Ping'an Lane.
The sunset had completely drawn to a close, and the fine rain swept obliquely across the hazy celestial light, as if it had turned the whole world into a painting in the rain.
Chen Xu swiftly walked down the bluestone-paved alley, seeing the smoke from cooking fires rising among the streets and neighbors in the rain.
But then he overheard a few casual remarks: "It's strange. This afternoon, a stray cat appeared from nowhere, running wild all over the lane, very annoying."
"Indeed, it even scared my own tabby terribly, it's not like a normal cat..."
"Hey, Mr. Chen, you're back?"
Chen Xu replied casually, an uneasy premonition already rising in his mind, and when he heard talk of a "stray cat" and such, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat.
He immediately rushed back home, closing the courtyard door behind him.
Bam!
Separated by a single door, the whole world seemed to momentarily plunge into a stagnant silence.
