"Home? I'm home?" Charles gazed in surprise at the front door hung with the character for "fortune" upside down.
There was a "click," and the thick security door suddenly opened on its own, revealing the cozy little living room inside.
Loud voices came from the side of the living room—it seemed there were people at home. The voices were familiar, belonging to his family members.
Emotions brimming with excitement, Charles stepped inside and saw his family seated on the couch, engrossed in the television and their smartphones.
The first to notice Charles was Gao Suling; the girl's eyes shifted from her mobile phone to gaze at her brother.
However, in her wide eyes there was not a trace of joy, only a deep sense of terror, as if she had just seen the most horrifying thing in the world.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" The girl screamed hysterically, clutching her head as she retreated frantically toward the balcony.
