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Chapter 314: What Exactly is Behind?



"Queuing, queuing, always queuing!!!" Si Dehua, unable to contain his anger, roared after hanging up the phone. His daughter, Si Nannan, shrank fearfully into her mother Rong Guilan's arms. She was still wearing the pajamas she had on during the video call with Huahua, although they looked dirty, and she hadn't changed out of them. Rong Guilan, feeling distressed, hugged her daughter and gently stroked her shoulder, murmuring, "It's all right now, it's all right, it might have been a one-off thing, it's gone now." After speaking, Rong Guilan asked Si Dehua, "Did you get a good look just now? Are you sure that thing isn't in the house anymore?" Si Dehua was still fuming from being told they had to queue even after reporting to the Exorcist, his face red with anger. But his tone immediately softened when speaking to his wife, "It's not here, I'm certain that thing isn't in the house. The living room, bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom—I even searched inside the walls and the closet four times. I'm sure that it's not here." Rong Guilan was somewhat surprised and turned to her daughter, asking, "Nannan, are you sure you didn't see it wrong? Was there really nothing behind you at that time?" Si Nannan wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and nodded, "I heard footsteps behind me, but I didn't dare to look. Huahua, who was on the video call with me, kept telling me not to look. I was so scared, I ran and ran, and then I fell..." By now, the bruises on Si Nannan's elbow had been treated with medicine, and her pajamas were obviously dirtied from the fall. After receiving a call from Si Nannan claiming she had encountered strangenesses, her parents were terrified and rushed home from work. But until now, they had only heard Si Nannan's account and hadn't seen a thing themselves. Hearing Si Nannan's description, Si Dehua said in surprise, "Daughter, are you saying you didn't see the strangeness that was chasing you either?" Si Nannan wiped her tears and shook her head while looking wide-eyed, "No, but Huahua saw it. He was on a video call with me and warned me, telling me to run." The couple shared a puzzled look, silent, but both sensed the doubt in each other's eyes. "Huahua is that Xie Hua, the effeminate one?" Rong Guilan asked. "Mom, don't keep calling people effeminate. Huahua is actually quite a nice person," Si Nannan corrected her. "Did he tell you what it was that he saw?" Si Dehua asked. Si Nannan shook her head, "After I fell, he panicked on the other end, told me to aim my phone camera behind me, and then said he didn't see the strangeness anymore, but he was very worried about me." At this, Si Nannan's eyes suddenly lit up, "Oh, right, he said he was going to find a friend for help, claimed that his friend could get rid of strangenesses." "Which friend? We haven't even spotted where the strangeness is," Si Dehua's hunch felt increasingly correct, "Is Huahua the type to joke around? Maybe he saw you were alone at home and decided to scare you on purpose." Si Nannan paused, remembering that Huahua did initially ask her if she was alone at home when she sat down on the living room sofa. However, upon reflection, Huahua wasn't the type to joke around with such serious matters. Everyone knew that in this era, joking about strangenesses could be a grave matter that might lead to loss of life unless the joker was an idiot. "He wouldn't do that," Si Nannan shook her head, "And he was really concerned, he wasn't faking it. He said he would try to get his friend over as soon as possible. He was supposed to leave Tianmeng today, he's even cancelled his flight because of this." The couple exchanged another look and fell silent once more. After telling Si Nannan to change her clothes quickly, the parents left their daughter's bedroom and returned to the living room. Rong Guilan glanced towards her daughter's bedroom and said to Si Dehua, "I don't think that Xie Hua would deceive our daughter. After all, they have known each other for many years. It's not worth it for them to scare each other with this kind of thing." Si Dehua also nodded, "But I really didn't see any strangeness, I've looked everywhere in and out of the house." After all, Si Dehua was just an ordinary man, and searching every nook for a strangeness would require guts he would normally not have if not for the safety of his daughter. "Let's wait and see for a bit longer, it's hard to say what's going on right now," Rong Guilan sighed. She went to the side to boil water for tea for her husband, while Si Dehua glanced at the half-eaten pizza on the coffee table in front of the sofa, apparently ordered by his daughter. It must have been bought just before she got scared. Picking up a piece, Si Dehua noticed the pizza had gone cold, but he didn't mind and began to eat it slowly. Rong Guilan brewed a pot of tea and carefully placed it in front of Si Dehua, reminding him to be careful not to burn his mouth. In this household, Si Dehua was essentially the lord of the manor, not needing to do any housework. He was a senior executive at an international finance company with a generous annual salary, making his family unmistakably affluent. After finishing a piece of pizza, Si Dehua picked up his teacup, blew on it twice, and took a sip. At that moment, Rong Guilan brought out washed fruits from the kitchen and placed them on the coffee table. The door to their daughter's bedroom opened, and Si Nannan came out in a new set of casual home clothes. Although there was still a look of terror on her face, she seemed in better spirits. Scratching her hair, she started to say, "Mom, the decorative button on these clothes came off, have you seen it..." Before she could finish, she noticed her parents staring at her intently. Rong Guilan had just turned around, her gaze fixed on her daughter without moving. And Si Dehua was about to eat a piece of fruit, but had frozen mid-pose, looking over motionlessly.

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