"A dog's face with its skin peeled off? It's smiling at me?"
Listening to Bai Lingmiao's words, Li Huowang, who was blind, painted a horrifying image in his mind.
Li Huowang swallowed hard then asked in the direction from which he had heard the sound before, "Mantou?"
"Woof, woof!!" The familiar barking resonated.
Li Huowang had had Mantou for over a year, and he was absolutely sure of it; that was Mantou's voice, and in it was no trace of pain or fear, but rather a note of excitement and eagerness.
With furrowed brows, Li Huowang tilted his ear, straining to listen in that direction, then asked again, "Li Sui?"
Li Sui's slightly echoing voice came from the same direction as the dog's bark. "Dad, I'm here."
As he spoke, Li Sui seemed eager to climb in through the window, but was immediately interrupted by a burst of urgent drumming.
"Dad, mom won't let me come over," Li Sui said, a tinge of grievance in his voice.