The usual ten to twenty-minute journey took only five minutes with his deliberately quickened pace.
Standing next to his front door was a young woman.
It was Gangye Yoshiko who had just called Beichuan Si.
Gangye Yoshiko was frowning tightly at the moment, and upon seeing Beichuan Si return, she raised her hand to greet him.
"Beichuan, you're back."
Her voice wasn't as relaxed as usual, instead carrying a sense of inexplicable gravitas.
Beichuan Si nodded at her, acknowledging her greeting, and immediately turned back to look at his home.
The Beichuan Family house was still the same, but something had changed.
His front door was half ajar, and the modestly decorated courtyard had messy footprints all over, as if quite a few uninvited visitors had come by.
The reason Beichuan Si had let Shen Gu Mirai go sing karaoke earlier was precisely because of this.
Gangye Yoshiko had already informed him of the situation at home over the phone.
