Wen Ning's gaze lingered on Doudou for two seconds.
Then he naturally looked away, his expression unchanged.
"Ms. Zhou."
He spoke as casually as if they were chatting about everyday life.
"Does Doudou ever do anything unusual?"
The question came out of nowhere, and Zhou Min was visibly taken aback.
She instinctively glanced at Doudou in her arms, then looked back up at Wen Ning, bewildered.
"Unusual? There's nothing wrong with her."
She thought for a moment, then seemed to remember something, her tone turning uncertain.
"Well, sometimes she laughs by herself at night. We aren't playing with her or anything. She just lies in bed and laughs.
"That shouldn't count as unusual, should it? She's a little kid. Maybe she's dreaming, or just having fun on her own."
Liu Qing chimed in from beside her.
"We asked my mom. She said all kids are like that. They can see things adults can't, and they'll grow out of it. So we haven't really thought much of it."
Wen Ning listened without any change in his expression.
He was absolutely certain that a layer of yin energy surrounded Doudou.
Although the gray mist was extremely faint, his perception, enhanced by the Jade Emperor's Golden Register, picked it up clearly. There was no mistaking it.
But normally, if yin energy attached itself to someone, even an adult would become listless, frail, and sickly, let alone a child this young.
Yet Doudou had rosy cheeks and bright eyes. She shied away from strangers when she should, laughed when she wanted to, ate well, and slept soundly. She was a perfectly healthy little girl.
That was what made it so strange. The yin energy wasn't harming her at all. Instead, it was as gentle as a protective film, resting quietly against the child's body.