This superpower is unreliable.

As soon as she reached the third floor, Huang Chiyao found Huang Guojian sitting in the living room with his back to her, drinking tea. Looking at him against the light, he looked like a shadow whose outline could not be seen clearly. Although she had not seen him for several months, she subconsciously froze when she saw his back. Then she came to her senses, walked over and called him, "Dad."

"Are you back?" Huang Guojian turned around slowly, squinted his eyes and looked at her. He saw the bag of fireworks in her hand and frowned.

"What a waste of money."

Huang Chiyao swallowed his saliva and smiled faintly, "I thought that we could have fun together during the New Year. I also bought some for Dad, and we can set off fireworks as a family then."

"It's redundant. You can enjoy it by yourselves."

Unexpectedly, Huang Guojian only scolded her lightly and did not continue talking. Instead, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket, opened it, put it on the table, and tapped his fingers on the paper, "Go to the street in the next two days and buy all the things on this list. You will need them for the New Year."

"Okay." Huang Chiyao picked up the list and was surprised to see that both sides of the paper were filled with items to be purchased. In the past, she only followed her mother to buy New Year's goods and never noticed how much she bought. She didn't expect that she would have to prepare so much for every New Year. However, when she carefully looked at what she had to buy, she found that sacrificial items seemed to account for the majority, and even much more than she remembered in previous New Year's Day.

"besides."

Just when she was feeling a little confused, Huang Guojian took out a piece of paper folded into a small piece of dried tofu and handed it to her, "After dinner, go to your third grandmother's house and give this to her."

Huang Chiyao took the small piece of dried tofu and asked casually, "What is this?"

"It's none of your business." Huang Guojian glanced at her, took a sip of tea and continued, "Anyway, remember, don't open it. Just give you the Third Lady's milk directly."

Huang Chi lowered his head and observed the small piece of dried tofu in his hand. He saw that it was folded into a square, and the opening was deliberately tucked in. He felt like he was holding a square talisman. If he didn't use his fingernails to lift out that corner, the piece of paper would not be easily opened.

Is there something hidden inside? Or are there some secrets written inside? Is it a spell or something?

"What are you staring at? Did you hear what I said?"

Huang Guojian suddenly raised his voice and called out to Huang Chiyao, which diverted her attention from the piece of dried tofu. She quickly put away the two pieces of paper in different shapes in her hand and said, "Got it."

"Okay, go help your mother cook."

As soon as Huang Guojian said this, Huang Chiyao felt as if he had been pardoned. He turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

The previous feeling that something was wrong because life was going too smoothly came up again at this moment.

How could this happen? She wasn't scolded?

She had brought the fireworks in front of her father with some provocative intentions, and even accidentally lost her focus while he was speaking. If it had been in the past, she would have been scolded to death, but today it was just passed over lightly and everything was fine.

It was so unbelievable that it didn't conform to her usual understanding.

Puzzled, Huang Chiyao walked to the kitchen and saw Lin Jinluo picking vegetables by the window. The winter sun was gentle, and when it came in through the windowsill, it seemed to cast a layer of soft light on Lin Jinluo's body. The quietness and beauty made her feel warm, and her uneasy heart was finally calmed down.

Huang Chi walked over on tiptoe, opened his arms, and unexpectedly hugged Lin Jinluo from behind.

"mom!"

She noticed that the body in her arms first stiffened, then relaxed, and then let out a sigh.

"I'm really back..."

Lin Qinluo turned around and hugged Huang Chiyao back, stroking her head and said with a smile: "My dear daughter, why do you act like a spoiled child to your mother as soon as you come back?"

Huang Chi shook his head and placed it on Lin Jinluo's shoulder, rubbing it against hers, and said in a muffled voice, "Because I miss you so much."

At this point, she suddenly remembered something, raised her head abruptly, and asked nervously, "Mom, are you okay?"

"Did Yaohui tell you that? Really." Lin Qinluo shook her head helplessly and smiled faintly, "It's nothing, I just bumped into it accidentally, and it's better now after applying the medicine."

Huang Chiyao directly lifted up the hem of Lin Jinluo's skirt.

"Hey, wait a minute..."

When Lin Chenluo was about to pull down the hem of her skirt, Huang Chiyao quickly grabbed her hand to restrain her movement. When she looked down, she found several large purple bruises on her exposed feet and a swelling on her knee. Perhaps it was because of the medicine she had applied, the smell of the medicine oil went straight into her nostrils. A layer of yellowish-brown color covered the purple color, and it looked like an overturned messy palette on Lin Chenluo's fair skin.

Huang Chiyao's brows were furrowed as he watched, and just when he was a little dazed, Lin Qinluo immediately put down her skirt.

"Why are you so irritable, kid?"

"Mom, are you... really okay?" Huang Chiyao stared at Lin Jinluo, trying to find something from her expression and eyes.

Was it really an accident? Was it really just an accident?

After a pause of several seconds, Lin Qinluo averted her gaze from Huang Chiyao, and then pretended to exert force but actually just gently hit Huang Chiyao's hand that was holding her arm, "Didn't I say nothing? You've been thinking about nonsense all day long."

"Come and help me wash the vegetables. The rice is almost ready. We need to hurry up and cook."

Huang Chiyao remained silent, with a pursed mouth as if he was angry, and the water made a "splashing" sound when he washed the vegetables.

She also hoped that she was just overthinking it, but she really felt that something was wrong.

However, she was now in a state of complete ignorance and could only wait and see. But in any case, she came back this time just to figure out what was wrong.

She must protect the most important people and things in her life.

After washing the vegetables, she handed them to Lin Chenluo obediently. Lin Chenluo smiled softly at her, "Thank you, baby." Then she turned on the range hood, skillfully heated the pan, poured in the oil, and poured in the garlic. After the garlic aroma came out, she poured in the green vegetables with a "sizzle".

Amid the whirring sound of the range hood and the crackling sound of the incompatible hot oil and water, Huang Chiyao seemed to hear Lin Jinluo's low whisper, which was clearly inaudible, but somehow reached her ears amid the noise.

"No matter what, Mommy won't let anything happen to me. Mommy still has to protect Yaoyao."