Awen walked home trembling with fear. The house was completely empty. Normally at this hour, his family would be busy preparing dinner, or at the very least washing and chopping vegetables, fetching firewood, splitting logs, and catching fish. They would be scaling fish and bustling about with cheerful energy, but at this exact moment, there was not a soul to be found.
A sense of impending doom weighed heavily on Awen's heart. Xiaolanhua had already returned to his temporary lodging, leaving Awen to walk home all by himself. He was terrified that the moment he pushed open the door, he would be confronted by three faces:
One person asking him why he wanted to harm A'le; another asking him why he dared to misuse the reading skills he had been taught; and a third demanding to know where Shi Potian was.
Chapter 152