The autumn with the falling leaves has passed, and the time has gradually reached the cold winter.

Winter is coming, and Yong Ye is nothing to be alone in the wild, but the sisters are still young after all, so it would be inconvenient to follow them in the wild.

So in this winter, when the snow began to fall in the east of the empire, Yongye bought a two-story house with a yard in the city with financial resources, ready to stop the wandering behavior temporarily.

He has been wandering for a long time, although the exercise has not even stopped, but Yongye knows that in this cold winter, he must find his own direction, he cannot wander forever, he knows that he has been depressed long enough.

On the rooftop on the second floor of the hut, he was half lying on his favorite rocking chair, staring up at the sky blankly, watching the snow continue to fall.

From dawn to night, I didn't go to dinner, just drinking and staring at the sky in a daze.

"...Dark, don't you eat dinner?"

Chi Tong came up with a large bowl of meat and looked at him with worried eyes, hoping that he could eat something, but Yong Ye didn't look at her, but asked a somewhat strange question.

"...Chitong, what do you long for? Or...what do you want? Have you found the direction of your life?"

"The direction of life or something... I don't know, but if I hope, I think it's fine now."

"...This answer is really a child."

Yong Ye felt a little emotional, sighed and shook his head.

"That...isn't that the answer?"

"No, as far as you are concerned, there is nothing wrong with being indifferent. It is in line with your own needs and is expected. It is my stupidity to ask you this question."

Chi Tong and Hei Tong are different from him. Yong Ye has long known this. They just want to be with their only relatives. This is very obvious. Now this kind of environment is probably what they once dreamed of, right?

Patting Chi Tong's head, Yong Ye took the food and started the first meal of the day on this night.

"...?"

The young Chi Tong obviously couldn't understand him, knowing that there would be no result if he asked, so he just turned his head in confusion and watched him eat.

"Dark, I always like to say something difficult to understand."

Sighing like this, Chi Tong sighed at Yong Ye, who liked to say things she didn't understand, and learned Yong Ye's sigh like a little adult, then packed up the dishes and left.

Three minutes after Chi Tong left, Hei Tong quietly touched the door, showing half of his head, carefully observing him in the dark.

He noticed Hei Tong's sight for the first time, but Yong Ye wanted to wait for her to leave, so he ignored it for a while, and Hei Tong didn't leave either.

I had a feeling before that these two sisters were quite stubborn children. Now that I think about it, this is really the case, but Yong Ye has no choice but to look at the sneaky child lying by the door.

"I said... Hei Tong, what are you doing?"

"I always feel dark and lonely, so..."

"Lonely? ... Maybe."

"My sister and I are both here, why are we lonely?"

"...Why, I don't know."

Looking at the sky with a depressed mood, Yong Ye just covered his face with his left hand, not letting Hei Tong see his expression at the moment.

"That... Although my sister is below, but now Hei Tong is also there, so it's two people?"

The young black pupil stepped forward, grabbed Yong Ye's finger, and showed him an innocent smile.

"...Yes, Hei Tong is really good."

Yong Ye, who had a feeling of 'the child has grown up, is very happy for the father', couldn't help but wanted to touch Hei Tong's little head and sighed inwardly at the child's change.

The child who was timid at him when we first met, is now so sensible and still comforting, which is quite a rare change.

"Hehe~"

Being praised and touched, Hei Tong felt a little embarrassed, but still accepted the praise frankly.

"When you're lonely, tell Hei Tong? Although you may not understand it, I will definitely listen to the troubles of darkness."

"...Yes, thank you."

Hei Tong's tender words contained pure goodwill and closeness. For Yong Ye, there was a feeling of being healed, which made him unable to bear the feeling of love and pity for this child, even the troubles and anguish seemed to were temporarily suppressed.

Next... The peaceful and ordinary days continued, and the troubles of Yong Ye never found the answer, but he practiced at home day and night every day, leaving all the matters of going out to the younger sisters.

This city has always been very stable, and the law and order is not bad, but there is nothing to worry about when going out during the day, and in the past, Chi Tong and Hei Tong were street children living on the streets. It also proves that their two children are not ordinary children who will be deceived.

Originally... Yong Ye thought so, so he let them move freely.

However, one day about half a month later, after having breakfast early in the morning, he said hello to him who was meditating, and accompanied the two sisters who went to the commercial street not far away to buy ingredients, and it was time for lunch. Haven't come back to cook yet.

Yong Ye, who was practicing sword swinging in the courtyard, never waited for Chi Tong or Hei Tong to call him to eat as usual, so it was impossible for him not to notice anything abnormal at this time.

"...Chi Tong and Hei Tong are not the kind of playful children. In the past, even if they were picking wild fruits in the forest, they should have come back at this time. They haven't come back yet, which means... something happened?"

Yong Ye glanced at the room, then looked at the rooms of the two sisters, Chi Tong and Hei Tong.

The two sisters insisted on living in the same room, and everything was the same as yesterday. There was basically no change. Obviously, it was not a matter of saying goodbye.

After all... After having known each other for so long, it is impossible for Chi Tong and Hei Tong to choose to leave without saying goodbye, and they have nowhere else to go except here.

Without any hesitation or observation, Yong Ye left the house with a knife without closing the door, and ran towards the commercial street less than 500 meters away.

The sky was gloomy, the snow was much heavier than the previous days, but Yong Ye's mood was gloomier than this day, but the commercial street was still bustling with people coming and going.

He searched all the way, but didn't find the whereabouts of the two sisters, and he looked back and forth on this commercial street several times, but also found nothing.

Not confident in his ability to find someone, Yong Ye simply grabbed a passerby, and because he was in an extremely bad mood, he fiercely pressed him.

"Hey! I'm talking about you! Have you ever seen two pretty cute sisters who look alike and are around seven or eight years old, one with long hair and one with short hair, one with red eyes and one with black eyes?"

"No, no, I didn't see it!"

A man with a knife scar suddenly makes such a move, and most people are afraid. This passerby is also obviously frightened. He shook his head like a rattle and quickly denied it.

"...No?—You didn't think about it!? Seriously! Tell you that I'm in a bad mood right now. If you dare to lie to me, I'll cut you right now!"

"Huh!! Yes, yes!"

Yong Ye's discomfort is false and he can draw a knife without saying a word, making passersby feel like they are going to be scared to pee, and his face is blue and he racks his brains to recall the key words given by Yong Ye.

"Yes, I have an impression! But...I just saw it before...I bought a lot of meat every day...I didn't see anyone today, I just came here today..."

"Are you sure you didn't lie to me?"

"No! Absolutely not! I swear! Please let me go..."