The moment Tang Sui carefully pushed open the door, Tang Hao, who was dozing in his own room, suddenly opened his eyes.
A sharp light flashed and disappeared, the room temperature instantly dropped, and then quickly returned to normal.
It was already late at night, who would visit?
Could it be...
Were the people from the Spirit Hall looking for him?!
Not good!
Thinking of his son and daughter, who were still sleeping in the house, Tang Hao's expression changed slightly. He silently got out of bed, moved out of the room in a blink, and quickly arrived in front of the siblings' room.
Fortunately, the house was small to begin with, and Tang Sui and Tang San's rooms were close to each other. Standing at the door and pushing open the room, one could see the interiors of both rooms at the same time.
With his spirit power enveloping the wooden door, it was pushed open carefully without making a sound.
The elder son, Tang San, was back to the door, his small body covered by a thin quilt, breathing steadily, clearly fast asleep.
And the younger daughter's room...
Sui Sui?!
Seeing the small quilt with only an indentation left, Tang Hao's expression changed. He immediately understood who had made the sound of the door opening that he had just heard.
That girl! Even in summer, it was late at night and the wind was cold. What was she doing out at this hour?!
Tang Hao, who had released his spiritual power, moved rapidly. Each step he took on the ground made no sound, nor did it leave any trace.
Found her!
The second, faint breathing sound that did not belong to the deep silence of the night was captured by his senses. Tang Hao hurriedly flew towards the direction of the forest, a huge, dark iron hammer already grasped in his hand.
This was his spirit, the Clear Sky Hammer.
Tang Sui was still a child, and her legs were short. Tang Hao did not need to chase after her. With just a few rapid movements, Tang Hao saw the little one hugging a tattered old cloth doll, staggering along the forest path.
"Achoo!"
The forest at night was very damp. Tang Sui, wearing a patched skirt, tightened her grip on the cloth doll she was holding. Listening to the trembling sounds from the dense bushes and the low growls of unknown spirit beasts in her ears, her nerves were tense.
"I didn't turn on navigation, don't lie to me, I don't know the way."
Tang Sui's soft and tender voice sounded somewhat abrupt amidst the monotonous chirping of cicadas.
Tang Hao, who was about to use his spirit power to startle his younger daughter, making her cry and return home, paused. His gaze narrowed, and he released his spiritual power, scanning the quiet forest around them sharply.
Who was Sui Sui talking to?
In her spiritual sea, the fox mask that was guiding Tang Sui's direction swayed gently and said, 'How could I lie to you? I was born because of you. If you become stronger, it will be beneficial to me and to you.'
Tang Sui hugged the doll, Tang San's birthday gift from last year, tightly. She sniffled, her small nose turning red. Since no one else would be around at this hour, she didn't say it in her heart, but spoke the conversation out loud.
Before coming out, the system had also assured her that if it detected any other strangers within its range, it would immediately issue a warning.
Therefore, Tang Sui was temporarily relieved.
She didn't know why, but she had a trust and intuition towards the system, believing that it would not harm her.
The system, which had received all of Tang Sui's inner thoughts and had already detected Tang Hao following her: [...] It would warn of strangers, but... Tang Hao doesn't count as a stranger?
—Author's Note—
I'm a bit busy today, and I'm updating this late QAQ.
What I mean is, if someone organizes a dinner party, be sure to ask where it is.
The restaurant is quite good, a 1.5-hour subway ride one way across several districts, but I don't want to go again next time [lying flat].
The side story next door should be finished in the middle of the night, so my little darlings can read it tomorrow~