By the time I got home, my younger sister was already asleep. Mom, however, was still awake. As soon as I opened the door, she hurried out of the bedroom. I could see Dad lying inside watching TV, and he was looking at me, too.
Mom asked worriedly, "That kid, Dalong, is he all right?"
"He's fine. Young couples have their spats. They'll make up soon. We went all that way for nothing." I said with a cheerful smile, though inside I felt tense.
I let out a quiet breath.
At most, Li Xingfang's ability could tell him who the real culprit was. But my ability let me change the past and alter what had already happened.
There was a reason Ye Qing valued me. I'd saved Gu Mo and Nangong Yao, helped the Fatty once, and changed the fates of many people. I was sure I could protect my family, too.
Mom started nagging us young people for making a fuss over nothing.
Dad called from the bedroom, "That's enough. When you and I were dating, didn't you get mad over every little thing, too?"
Mom immediately turned around and shot him a glare, then started arguing with him about all those old stories.
Seeing them, I couldn't help laughing.
It was already late, so I washed up and went to bed.
Just as I'd suspected, I didn't dream that night.
Kang Dalong and the others had been silenced far more thoroughly than in a gangster movie. Their very souls had been wiped out, without a trace left behind. There was no way I could dream about them and learn the truth about the restaurant.
So when I woke up in the morning, I didn't feel refreshed at all. Instead, I was in a terrible mood.
The restaurant situation