Hao Ren had a thousand and one questions in his mind, but he had to refrain from going farther. It was time to regroup in his house. Strangely, while the entire Southern Suburbs and even the whole world had transformed, his old house and a small area around it remained unaffected by the messed-up space and time. Like a safe house in a disaster, Hao Ren's house was now the only stable refuge amid the global chaos.
Hao Ren and Lily were the first to return. The house remained quiet. Rollie was lying on a blanket in front of the mouse hole at the corner, soundly asleep. A meter away, Lil Pea was in the water basin. It seemed that the dumb cat was dedicated to the task that Hao Ren had assigned to her. But to be able to sleep like a log in such a chaotic time, it seemed that the cat was a little too heartless.
