No.
It was too soon to draw a conclusion.
Old Master Jiang needed to investigate further.
And the only lead...
was the child.
Since he hadn't found a monster...
maybe the monster really wasn't in this room?
Or maybe it had just left?
Then he could only rely on the child to tell him where the monster was.
The child's eyes widened.
She stared blankly at Old Master Jiang.
A faint glimmer seemed to flicker in her eyes.
But very quickly...
that tiny spark of light vanished.
Old Master Jiang's heart sank.
This wasn't good...
Sure enough.
The child shook her head.
"...No."
The child answered timidly.
"Good children don't lie."
Old Master Jiang calmly met the child's gaze.
The child froze for a moment.
He could see her eyes trembling violently.
This time, the child didn't say anything.
She only shook her head.
"Tangtang."
Old Master Tang knew his granddaughter better than Old Master Jiang did.
He could tell that his granddaughter wasn't telling the truth.
He wasn't surprised.
The psychologist they'd seen earlier had already told them...
The child was hiding something from them.
Her parents thought it was because she was secretly preparing a birthday present for her mother...
He didn't think so.
That was too ordinary to explain the child's unusual behavior.
"Are you really unwilling to tell Grandpa?"
Old Master Tang was helpless.
He had a feeling...
What the child was hiding from them was important.
Very important.
But the child's lips were sealed tight as a clamshell.
No matter what, he couldn't pry them open...
"You don't have to deny it."
Old Master Tang shook his head.
"You're not good at lying..."
"Old Master Jiang could tell you had something on your mind after only