Xu Huo stood up and walked towards the side door step by step.
At this moment, darkness surrounded the inside and outside of the house, yet the area near the side door was exceptionally clear and visible even in the night.
In that instant, his brain ceased to think, reduced to a single, pure instinct: to go in and take a look.
An indescribable odd feeling overcame him; at that moment, Xu Huo had completely forgotten the word "danger," with no other aim but to simply "enter and see."
Just as he reached for the doorknob, ready to push the door open, something suddenly nudged him in the back. He snapped out of his "entranced" state, forcefully closed the door, and turned around to look back, finding the pair of grandparents silently standing behind him.
Two people with eyes red as blood lunged at him together. Xu Huo pressed down on the little girl's head with one hand and pushed the old man away with his umbrella, then sprinkled some sleeping potion in their direction.