"The room had been through a fierce battle."
"Master Xiao drove the uninvited guest out of Tangtang's room."
Tang Lao didn't want to use words that were too gruesome around a child so young.
"Tangtang doesn't need to worry about it showing up near you again."
When Tang Lao mentioned his room, the child's feelings from the moment she had seen it surfaced once more.
Shock, fear, disbelief...
She screamed...
Then Grandpa took her away from the room.
"So you can relax."
Tang Lao gave the child a gentle smile.
"It's all over."
"Tangtang is safe now."
"Believe Grandpa."
"Grandpa would never lie to you."
"Would he?"
The child stared blankly at her grandfather.
Then, slowly, she nodded.
Yes.
Grandpa had never lied to her.
Whenever he promised her something, he always did it.
The child gradually began to accept what Grandpa had told her.
That horrible... Big Spider...
Really had left her.
"Tangtang."
Seeing the child fall silent, and knowing that she was very young and might not know how to begin telling him what she had been through...
Tang Lao started her off with a question.
"Have you been drawing all this time because it told you to?"
The child was slightly taken aback.
She shook her head without thinking.
Then nodded.
Then shook her head again.
Tang Lao was thoroughly confused.
Was she nodding or shaking her head?
"I..."
The child pinched her fingers, her gaze a little unfocused. "It..."
"Mom..."
Hm?
Tang Lao was surprised.
What did her mother have to do with this?
The child's mother and father had been away on work trips lately. Even when they came home, they were in a hurry and soon left again...
"Take your time."
Tang Lao spoke