The room was small and could be taken in at a glance. Other than the coffin and beneath the bed, there was nowhere to hide.
Although Zhu Juntang was also skilled at rolling around and struggling on the floor, she generally would not hide under a dusty bed. The Empress Dowager did not have the strength to clean that place spotless as well.
Liu Chang'an remembered that Zhu Juntang had lain in this coffin before.
That time, he had taken Zhu Juntang to track bats, then saved a vampire atop Elephant Nose Hollow Mountain. Stimulated by Liu Chang'an's blood energy, Zhu Juntang suddenly fainted from stress the next day while eating firewood-roasted goose. Shangguan Dandan had then placed Zhu Juntang in the coffin and saved her. (Previously...)
From then on, Zhu Juntang had clung to Shangguan Dandan's thigh, relying on her to provoke and confront Liu Chang'an in all sorts of ways.
Without a doubt, Zhu Juntang was hiding inside the coffin now. Liu Chang'an reached out and flicked the coffin lid with a finger. It did not budge.
When Qin Yanan had first delivered this bronze coffin, Liu Chang'an had tried opening it. With the brute strength available to him in human form, it was basically impossible.
But if he really used greater brute force, would he shake Zhu Juntang to death inside?
He was clearly so angry that he wanted to turn her into lamb kebabs, yet time and again he had to worry about truly hurting her. No wonder so many fathers and mothers throughout history had been driven into shutting themselves away by their unfilial children.
Really, it was still Shangguan Dandan's fault. She had always backed Zhu Juntang up... Even when she was not here, she had left behind a refuge that spared Zhu Juntang