"Have you seen my father?"
"Ah, Ning Tianlang, he's out, he'll be back soon," the soldier answered.
"Oh, alright." Ning Yu'er looked disappointed.
She realized she didn't feel the excitement she thought she would at the prospect of seeing her father, no real distress either. She glanced back at the corner, not finding Tang Ye's figure, and then left in a trance.
Having confirmed that she was safe, Tang Ye had already set off towards Honglin High School, appearing solitary in the setting sun.
She was back, back in human society. Tang Ye pondered where he was supposed to go now. Every time he left, he always ended up back in that dormitory, which felt like home. Every day he would return after finishing his tasks to find a girl patiently waiting for him behind the door...
