He had knocked at the door for a long time, but no one answered.
Ethan Vale sighed and was about to leave when he turned around and saw a middle-aged man emerging from the stairwell with groceries in hand.
"You are...?" The middle-aged man looked at Ethan Vale suspiciously, sizing him up before glancing at the fruit and gifts in his hands.
After studying him for a long while, he confirmed that he did not know this visitor.
"Uncle Xie, I'm Ye Cheng's son. My name is Ethan Vale." Ethan Vale politely stepped aside.
"Ethan Vale?" He was stunned for a moment, then immediately remembered. This was the son Ye Cheng had mentioned, the one studying at a university away from home.
"Uncle Xie, my dad told me about Jiang Jiang. I wanted to come see her..." Ethan Vale stood by the door.
Xie Bing stepped forward and took out his keys. "Thank you for coming to see Jiang Jiang. Come in. She'll definitely be happy to know you came to visit her."
Ethan Vale noticed that the skin on the back of Xie Bing's hand holding the keys was also hideously twisted, the healed flesh uneven and bumpy.
Perhaps noticing Ethan Vale's gaze, Xie Bing did not mind. Before opening the door, he simply called into the apartment.
"Jiang Jiang, your childhood friend Ethan Vale has come to see you."
About ten seconds later, he finally turned the key and opened the door.
"Xiao Feng, make yourself comfortable. Jiang Jiang may not be very willing to see people right now. I'll ask her for you." After settling Ethan Vale on the living room sofa, he walked over to an ordinary bedroom door.
"Jiang Jiang, it's Dad." He knocked softly on the door.
As soon as his voice fell, the