In Taihua Tianji's eyes, aside from occasionally taking an unusual interest in certain demonic artifacts, his daughter had always been sweet and sensible.
But now, he was troubled to discover that his daughter was actually keeping something from him.
What was that cylindrical object she'd hidden away? And why had she locked her door?
The old father couldn't help worrying. Surely she hadn't developed an interest in things she shouldn't be doing at such a young age.
At the thought, Taihua Tianji could no longer sit still.
He sent the electronic edition of Introduction to Sword Dao to his five students' phones and told them to study on their own for a while. Then he quietly got up and made his way to his daughter's room.
A faint wisp of Sword Qi slipped into the keyhole, and the door's lock clicked open without a sound.
Through the door, Taihua Tianji could hear his daughter letting out an occasional, unusual giggle.
That made him all the more nervous. He abruptly pushed open the door.
His daughter was completely hidden beneath a small blanket, so he couldn't see what she was doing.
But Taihua Tianji could clearly see a cylindrical object propping the blanket into a conspicuous bulge. It was also moving around nonstop.
As soon as it sensed someone entering, the cylindrical object stopped moving. It was quickly laid flat on the bed, and its outline vanished beneath the blanket.
Then the white-haired loli, her hair a tangled mess, cautiously poked her head out from under the blanket.
A glimmer of light from a phone screen clearly shone through the corner of the blanket she'd lifted.
When she saw that the intruder was Taihua Tianji, her little face was unmistakably guilty.
"Dad, why did you barge into my room? I wasn't