What was home?
It was a harbor sheltered from the wind, a place to rest when weary, the last refuge in times of danger...
That sounded a little poetic, but Zhou You really did feel that way.
In a world with danger cranked all the way up, he needed somewhere to unwind. Otherwise, even with his temperament, he would have struggled to keep going.
At Sansan's greeting, he couldn't help smiling.
"Yeah, I'm back."
Such ordinary words, yet they felt especially precious.
Just then, Sansan also noticed Wang Xiao'er behind him.
Although the little girl was blind, her other senses had grown much sharper to compensate. She immediately detected the outsider and instinctively took a defensive stance.
"Brother, who's..."
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"Oh, him?" Zhou You shrugged. "A kid I brought back from outside. He helped me quite a bit, so I let him tag along... Don't worry, he's not dangerous."
Wang Xiao'er, now labeled "not dangerous," gave a faint, wry smile, but still greeted her politely.
"Hello. Um, Brother Zhou helped me a lot before, and he's told me about you too. Nice to meet you. Uh... sorry for intruding."
Perhaps because he hadn't socialized in so long, Wang Xiao'er's greeting came out haltingly, though he was clearly doing his best to show goodwill.
Yet for some reason, Sansan, who was usually kind to everyone, seemed rather cold.
The blind girl raised her head toward the voice. Only after a long while did she speak softly.
"Hello. My name is... Sansan."
And that was all.
Wang Xiao'er froze awkwardly and could only look to Zhou You for rescue. Zhou You had never been good at handling situations like this—he couldn't even manage his own Little Female Ghost—so he scratched his head and said,
"Well, uh... how about we eat first?"
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