Volume 1] Chapter 388- Family Ties

"Hello, Papa!" Jiho exclaimed, the word slipping from her lips like a long-lost melody, reverberating in the air around them.

The moment felt charged, as if time itself had paused, bridging the vast chasm between past and present, fear and love. As she leaped into her uncle's embrace, the warmth of his presence cocooned her, wrapping her in a shield against the world's harsh realities. For that fleeting instant, the shadows that had haunted her faded, and she felt whole again.

Her uncle stepped back slightly, a teasing grin spreading across his face, his eyes twinkling with mischief.

"Now acting spoiled, huh?" he said, cocking an eyebrow as he scrutinized her. "You don't even call me all this time, huh? Just because…" He pretended to frown, raising his hand to grab her ears gently, tugging them playfully.

"Just because you think you've become a college student, it doesn't give you the right to ignore your uncle's calls like this, huh?"