"I... I, I, I," the Little Nian Beast drooped its head.

"You, you, you, what are you trying to say?" Lin Xingshi tilted his head.

"I... have never slept on a bed before," the Little Nian Beast mumbled.

"No way, does your family really treat you that badly?" Lin Xingshi was shocked, frowning as he squinted, "Do they make you sleep on the floor, or in a doghouse?"

"Treat me badly?"

The Little Nian Beast took a moment, using its racial talent to understand the meaning of that phrase, "Are they really bad to me?" 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"Of course, who doesn’t let children sleep on beds?" Lin Xingshi looked at him with a mix of sympathy and amusement, suddenly pursing his lips, "What kind of life have you been living?"

"Oh, I see, my dad is treating me badly, he’s a bad guy," the Little Nian Beast frowned, "But... Xiaoxing, we don’t even have a bed at home."

"Huh?"

"We don’t have a bed at home. That’s why I’ve never slept on one," said the Little Nian Beast.

It thought to itself, it usually slept on the branches of trees in the forest or on the head of the Lotus Leaf Demon. It loved sleeping at the Spirit Heart Lake the most, as the soothing sound of the flowing water made it feel so at ease, it always slept really well there.

"I even initially thought you were a little prince," Lin Xingshi said in surprise.

"I am a little prince!"

"A little prince without a bed at home?"

"Yep, everyone around me calls me the Crown Prince."

"Which primitive tribe did they dig you out from, Crown Prince?" Lin Xingshi said speechlessly, patting the pillow beside him, "Here, you can sleep here tonight."

"Okay!"

The Little Nian Beast responded, then jumped barefoot onto the bed.

The two kids lay on the big bed, spacing out, and turned their heads to gaze at the clear night sky outside the rooftop. A red, flickering dot moved among the stars.

"What’s that?"

The Little Nian Beast raised its hand and pointed at the moving red dot.

"An airplane," Lin Xingshi blurted out.

"What’s an airplane? A demon?"

"Wow, you really don’t know anything," Lin Xingshi was taken aback, "An airplane is... an airplane is a flying car."

"Oh, oh, oh," said the Little Nian Beast.

"Come on, let’s go to the rooftop and take a look."

"Mm, mm."

Lin Xingshi grabbed the Little Nian Beast’s hand, and the two got off the bed, walking across the cool floor to the rooftop. The moonlight greeted them, illuminating their pupils.

They leaned against the rooftop railing, watching the brightly lit night street below. At this time, Li Jing’s festive atmosphere was strong. As far as the eye could see, the street was lined with food stalls, and couples strolled together.

"Ah!"

Lin Xingshi suddenly let out a soft exclamation, then quickly hid her head beneath the railing.

"What happened?"

The Little Nian Beast also crouched down, looking at Lin Xingshi’s profile. Her bright and lively eyes were peeking through the railing gaps, secretly watching a figure on the street below.

"See that big bald head?!"

Lin Xingshi raised a hand to point at the figure on the long street, speaking in a hushed voice.

"Who is that?"

The Little Nian Beast asked while following her gaze, seeing a man in long black clothes.

Actually, the man wasn’t bald. He had a buzz cut, a cold gaze, and a robust build like that of a soldier.

"He’s from my family, why is he here?" Lin Xingshi said, "Could it be they’ve already found out I snuck out here?"

"What should we do?" The Little Nian Beast widened its eyes.

Lin Xingshi focused, holding her breath, using the Concealing Aura technique her father taught her to the fullest;

The Little Nian Beast also lowered its aura to the minimum, just like a beast hunting in the forest, an innate instinct they were born with.

"Hit him, he hasn’t noticed us yet," Lin Xingshi mumbled, "At home, he’s always the fiercest to me. Whenever I made a mistake, it was him my dad made cut my hair, I hate him so much."

"How could you?" The Little Nian Beast said with a teasing tone, but had already slipped its right hand through an air-like opening, reaching over fifty meters to the back of the man’s head.

Suddenly, its gaze chilled, its pupils sharpening like those of a beast, and it fiercely gripped a buzz cut strand, tugging hard.

On the street, the buzz-cut man suddenly screamed, spinning around and looking around in shock and anger. Onlookers cast odd glances at him.

"Duck!"

Lin Xingshi was stunned, she hadn’t expected the Little Nian Beast to actually do it, so she quickly embraced the Little Nian Beast, and they ducked down on the rooftop floor.

"Who did that? So bold?!" At that moment, the man’s low shout echoed from the street.

The two kids stared into each other’s eyes, silent, hearts pounding loudly.

The moonlight elongated their shadows on the bedroom floor, their pupils clear, able to see their reflections in each other’s eyes.

Quite a while passed before the man’s angry shouts calmed down, replaced by whispering discussions on the street, mostly saying, "Is this guy crazy?" "Shh, don’t look at him."

At this point, Lin Xingshi and the Little Nian Beast still lay on the rooftop. After a while, Lin Xingshi finally spoke with lingering fear, "It’s okay now, he’s gone."

Then, she and the Little Nian Beast sat up from the ground.

"Xiaoxing, I avenged you," the Little Nian Beast said softly.

"How are you so amazing?" Lin Xingshi asked in awe.

"Amazing, right?"

The Little Nian Beast said, showing the buzz cut strand it had plucked from the man’s head.

Lin Xingshi stared at the strand of hair, stunned for a moment, before her face puffed up slightly, clutching her stomach, collapsing onto the floor, and laughing heartily while slapping the floor.