Late at night.
Zhu Ping'an walked along the streets of Green City.
Scattered bricks and stones still littered the road here and there.
His eyes were full of confusion. Since his parents and younger sister were still alive, where had they gone?
All three of them were ordinary people. His younger sister, Zhu Kaixin, even had a heart condition and couldn't endure intense stress. Where could they have gone?
In the end, Zhu Ping'an had no way of finding an answer.
He didn't know where to go, either. His home had been reduced to ruins, and his family had vanished without a trace. He was like an outsider, unable to fit in.
"Zhu Ping'an."
A cool female voice called out to him.
Zhu Ping'an turned around. Leng Tianjiao stood calmly at the mouth of the alley.
"Come on. Come home with me."
"Home?" Zhu Ping'an tilted his head.
"You're the Leng Family's live-in son-in-law, so shouldn't you come back to the Leng Family with me?" Leng Tianjiao said as if it were only natural. Only her flushed ears betrayed the emotions churning inside her.
"Okay. Let's go home."
The two walked side by side toward the Leng Family, their shadows stretching long beneath the starlight.
On the second day of Zhu Ping'an's stay with the Leng Family, Lin Zhao came to visit. He had brought Zhu Ping'an the thing he had been yearning for most: a Storage Ring!
The ring was engraved with diamond-shaped runes and carried a faint ripple of spatial energy. It was wondrous beyond words.
"Mayor, this is..." Zhu Ping'an asked.
"This is a gift of thanks from all the people of Green City." Lin Zhao smiled. "Without you, the Beast Tide would probably have destroyed the whole city, and none of us would have survived. Come