After receiving Seventh Master's call, Song Xiaotian immediately drove me over.
It was already past ten at night when we arrived.
Seventh Master lived in Huangshikou. The place was bustling during the day, with people coming and going, but it was quiet at night, with hardly anyone on the streets.
Seventh Master was waiting for us outside his front door.
My feelings were a complicated mix of excitement and other emotions. I hurriedly asked him where the child was and how he had found him.
"Inside. I was afraid he'd run off, so I put talismans up in the room."
Seventh Master said, "I went out this evening, and when I came back, I found him at my door."
Song Xiaotian and I were rather surprised.
"Did this little ghost come here on his own?" Song Xiaotian asked.
Seventh Master shook his head. "Probably not. When I got back, he was lying outside my door, crying nonstop, but he didn't wander off. My guess is An Ning brought him here and told him to stay put."
At the mention of An Ning, I hurriedly asked, "What about An Ning?"
"She probably left after dropping him off," Seventh Master said. "I just went out looking for her, but I couldn't find her."
I frowned. "What's she trying to do, bringing the child back without a word but not showing herself?"
Ever since Du Yuwei died, this child had been her only remaining family in the world.
Now she had brought her nephew here without showing herself. Could she be planning to do something?
Seventh Master sighed. "She did some bad things while she was following Du Yuwei. Although she never killed anyone directly, she indirectly caused quite a few deaths. I want to find her too, and persuade her to do