She was trembling as she clenched the pig-slaughtering knife, ready to chop down with it.
"Hiss, it's me!"
Huo Shen's hoarse voice came from outside the door, and Lin Anning breathed a sigh of relief.
Not wanting to wake Li Hongxing, she tiptoed to open the door and went outside.
"What are you doing here at this hour?"
Huo Shen's gaze fell on the hand that Lin Anning was gripping the pig-slaughtering knife with.
He bent slightly and pried open her fingers that had turned white from gripping so hard.
"I just got back and heard about the family trouble from Ankang, so I came to check on things. Where's your auntie?"
He put the pig-slaughtering knife aside and pulled Lin Anning to sit down.
The surroundings were still pitch dark and eerily silent, but with Huo Shen there, Lin Anning wasn't scared at all.
"I had my elder brother take mom away. These next few days... our home might not be very peaceful..."
She told Huo Shen everything Grandma Li had shared with her.
