Encounter

Early the next morning.

The moment Sansan stepped out of her bedroom, she was startled.

Though she was blind, her senses were still fairly sharp, and she immediately sensed someone standing in the room.

Both bedrooms connected to the outer room, and that person was standing across the only path, blocking every way out.

...Could someone really dare to break into someone else's home so brazenly...? No, her brother came back yesterday. Did they come to take advantage of that...?

Sansan swallowed, then fumbled around and picked up a stick beside her.

She did not think she could deal with an intruder, but this was strictly forbidden. If she made enough noise, then perhaps...

However, just as she sensed the figure move, her heart leapt into her throat. Sansan instinctively wanted to swing her flimsy "weapon"—when a familiar voice suddenly reached her.

"...Sansan? Why are you up so early?"

"Brother?"

"It's me. What's wrong?"

The little girl was utterly confused.

"Don't you usually like sleeping in? And why were you standing there silently so early in the morning... What happened?"

Zhou You did not answer. Instead, he let out a huge yawn.

To be safe, he had kept watch by the door since last night. He had only dozed off briefly, but until dawn, there had been no sign of any reinforcements from the other side.

Forget reinforcements—there had not even been any retaliation for killing those three people.

"Could they really have just been passing by...? But that's strange. Why would they enter someone else's home and start rummaging through things if they were only passing by?"

"Brother, what are you talking about?"

Seeing Sansan grow even more confused, Zhou You shook his head and said, "Nothing. Just think of it as one of Brother's regular bouts of madness...