It was easy to handle Mom and Dad, but dealing with my little sister was hard.
The family meeting ended hastily. I went back to my room, wanting to tell the others in detail about what I'd just heard from Wu Ling.
Remembering the look in my sister's eyes, I didn't send a voice message. Instead, I patiently typed everything out, one message at a time, without even using long paragraphs.
I was only halfway through when my sister knocked and came in.
I immediately switched my phone screen to another app.
My sister didn't seem suspicious. She just closed the door with a serious expression, dragged a chair over, and sat down in front of me.
I sat up on the bed, facing her.
"Big brother, tell me honestly. Those two people we saw last time, were they the ones who..." My sister looked conflicted and trailed off. "And this time, that sudden storm..."
I laughed. "Aren't you imagining things a little too wildly? If people really had the power to summon wind and rain, the world would have changed hands long ago. Would humans still be at the top of the food chain?"
My sister looked at me seriously.
I sighed and gave her the explanation I'd prepared earlier. "Yes, they were those two people, but there were others, too. There were five of them in total. Besides the homeowner, there were four others. They used to be together, but then they split up. We finally managed to find three of them." I deliberately paused. "They think the homeowner might have gotten caught up in something and can't get away. I suspect... maybe... well, that's what happened. But they don't believe it. So things are a bit tense right now. We're doing our best to help them look