The room was fine, as Gu Xinzhou always kept a small desk lamp on, just so he could check on the child at any time during the night.
So when McDull came out, he wasn't scared or frightened.
But once he left the room, he was terrified.
The apartment wasn't pitch black, there were tiny night lights designed around the base of the walls. The light from these night lights wasn't strong and couldn't illuminate the entire room, but they could light the path below just enough to prevent someone from running into a wall.
McDull walked carefully, his shadow magnified immensely and cast upon the walls.
This made him suffer even more.
His chubby little body was almost squatting on the ground as he cautiously moved forward.
The wicked queen from the cartoons, Grey Wolf, monsters… they all seemed to appear faintly within the elusive halo of light.
Moreover, this was McDull's first visit here.
He wasn't very familiar with the layout and terrain of the apartment.
Barely managing to keep from crying, he trembled and made it halfway before thinking of giving up, but he was scared to turn back because he dared not move forward nor return!
"Ying ying ying~"
McDull sobbed in a very low voice.
He regretted it now.
He really didn't know the outside world could be so frightening.
Eventually, he found the stairs, holding on, he climbed down to the first floor.
He looked around the dimly lit living room, following his memory he began to name the places: "This is the dining room, this is the living room, this is.... George is here..."
He whispered to himself, crawling towards the door he recognized.
As he crawled, he kept saying, "Don't be scared, McDull isn't scared, McDull is going to find brother, McDull isn't scared."
Suddenly—
All the lights in the hall turned on.
McDull lay on the ground, eyes brimming with tears, looking up innocently.
Looking at the brightly lit sofa, carpet, television, and other things, he felt inexplicably reassured.
Song Zhen stood by the study door, looking profoundly at this poor little fellow.
He quickened his pace, rushed forward to pick McDull up entirely, grabbed a cushion from the sofa, unzipped it, and turned it into a blanket.
He wrapped the shivering McDull in the blanket, wiped his tears, and spoke gently, "Why are you up in the middle of the night, crawling around here?"
McDull felt very warm and reassured.
Fearing his daddy might scold him, yet unable to lie,
he became so anxious he didn't know what to do and cried out, "I wanted to see George, ying ying ying~ Mommy wouldn't allow, I couldn't help it, I wanted to see George, woo I, I wanted, ying ying ying~"
Knowing the reason, Song Zhen sighed.
He had just finished his work and was planning to rest early today, but then he noticed his phone's alarm vibrating.
His apartment, although luxuriously decorated, was no different from a standard house, but it featured a state-of-the-art global security system. The tiny night lights at the base of the walls actually served to detect living beings.
When McDull came downstairs, Song Zhen saw him.
At first, he was startled, thinking McDull was sleepwalking!
After all, McDull had been a wanderer abroad with Gu Xinzhou, who knew if McDull might have a psychological disorder?
Nervous and not wanting to disturb, because a sleepwalker should not be abruptly awakened,
but when he realized McDull was consciously identifying the rooms and even talking to himself, he then confirmed the child was not sleepwalking and hurriedly turned on the light to ask about the child's condition!