"I like these unusual things."
They made him seem different from everyone else.
Like the protagonist of a novel.
"Some people must be terrified of seeing them."
This special ability brought them nothing but panic and fear.
Not being able to see them was a relief for them.
What about him?
Xu Zizhen asked himself honestly.
Did he want to see them?
Would he be afraid?
Would he want to run away?
The answer was...
He didn't know.
Before anything actually happened...
Even his own reaction would be hard to predict.
But right now...
Xu Zizhen felt...
If he could see them...
It would probably make him happy.
He wanted to see...
Xu Zizhen's gaze fell on the maple tree in the courtyard.
His uncle's childhood friend.
She had kept his uncle company—
No.
Perhaps she had simply never refused.
Never refused to let his uncle be by her side.
But that could still be taken as tacit permission.
After all, if she hadn't wanted his uncle to find her...
She had plenty of ways to avoid him.
What could his uncle have done about it?
He really wanted to see the... friend his uncle had thought about for so many years.
His uncle had considered her a very important friend.
As for what she thought...
Could anyone really watch their friend suffer for so many years and remain unmoved?
Oh.
She wasn't human.
She was a monster.
Even if she was a monster...
All right.
Perhaps monsters couldn't understand human feelings.
Surely she could tell how wistful and sorrowful his uncle was whenever he stood beneath the maple tree, remembering her.
He really wanted to ask that monster to her face.
To ask on his uncle's behalf.
Why?
Thinking about it...
Xu Zizhen