Outside, in the corridor.
Huo Wushuang pressed himself against the door, his ear against the panel as he listened for a long while, but he heard nothing.
He straightened up and looked at Huo Wudi beside him in confusion. "Dad, there are so many empty rooms at home. Isn't it... a little inappropriate to let Ye Xiao stay with my sister?"
Huo Wudi was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. Hearing that, he knocked Huo Wushuang on the head irritably.
"Smack!"
"Ow!" Huo Wushuang clutched his head, his face full of grievance.
"What do you know?" Huo Wudi shot him a glare. "Do you think a freak like Ye Xiao can be found all over the streets? It wasn't easy for Huo Wu to catch his eye. Of course she has to hold on to him tight!"
Huo Wushuang rubbed his head and muttered softly, "But they're still so young..."
"Young?" Huo Wudi snorted. "The two of them aren't even twenty combined. What could they possibly do? They're just sleeping in the same room. What's there to worry about?"
Huo Wushuang thought about it and figured that made sense.
They were only a few years old. Even if they slept in the same bed, they could not do anything.
He nodded. "That's true."
Huo Wudi ignored him and looked past the corridor toward Huo Wu's tightly shut door.
Moonlight streamed in through the window at the end of the hall, illuminating his resolute face and revealing a trace of complicated emotion.
He murmured softly, "Come on, daughter."
After a pause, he added, "The future of the Huo Family is in your hands."
Standing beside him, Huo Wushuang's mouth twitched at those words.
Dad, the way you said that... it sounded like our family was some grand clan.
But