"Xiaofei, Xiaofei."
"Dad?"
Du Fei was momentarily stunned to see his father, Du Wenzhong, appear.
Du Wenzhong reached out and stroked Du Fei's head. "Xiaofei, you're grown up now. You're the man of the house and its pillar. You need to take care of your mother and sister."
"Dad, don't worry, I'll take good care of Mom and sister."
Du Fei nodded in agreement.
But the next moment, he suddenly realized. Hadn't his father passed away? How could he be seeing him now?
Just as Du Fei was about to speak, he saw Du Wenzhong smile. "Dad believes in you, Xiaofei. You've always been a sensible child, never needing Dad to worry about anything. Dad knows you're all doing well, so I can rest assured over here. Don't worry about me. As long as you're happy, that's all that matters."
Hearing Du Wenzhong's words, Du Fei's eyes immediately turned red, and tears streamed down his face.
Then, before Du Fei could say anything, Du Wenzhong's appearance began to blur.
Hoo.
Hoo.
Du Fei rolled over and sat up abruptly.
But as soon as he sat up, he almost fell back down in fright.
Because Du Fei, who had just sat up, found a massive head right in front of his face.
Huge nostrils, eyes like bronze bells.
It appeared before him so suddenly, it was truly terrifying.
Du Fei instinctively pushed back with his hands.
Unexpectedly, the owner of the head noticed Du Fei's intention and grabbed his shoulder first.
Caught by a hand as large as a palm-leaf fan, Du Fei felt as if he were being clamped by iron tongs, completely unable to move.
Wasn't the person holding him the same giant who had appeared out of nowhere earlier and attacked him without a word?
Du Fei realized this immediately after his reaction.
He had fainted earlier, and he hadn't expected the giant to not kill him. Du Fei found this quite surprising.
After all, judging by the ferocity of the giant's previous attack, it seemed like he was aiming to kill.
But now, he hadn't killed him.
Could it be that the giant had a sudden burst of kindness?
A somewhat nonsensical thought flashed through Du Fei's mind.
The giant again stared intently at Du Fei with his bronze-bell-sized eyes. Du Fei could even feel the hot breath he exhaled.
Thump.
Thump.
Even though Du Fei considered himself brave, being scrutinized so closely by such a powerful giant who had nearly killed him made him nervous.
His heart pounded like a drum.
Since the giant hadn't killed him, there must be a reason.
Du Fei held his breath, trying not to make any sound.
He was afraid that a single misstep would enrage the giant again and he would be slapped to death.
After an unknown amount of time, Du Fei was almost suffocating when the giant slowly moved his head away, and his hand gripping Du Fei loosened.
Then, just as Du Fei was rapidly contemplating how he could escape from under the giant's nose, the giant suddenly extended his left hand towards Du Fei and slowly opened his palm.
Du Fei immediately saw the milky white sword, connected to his mind, lying in the giant's palm.
He instinctively wanted to channel his true qi to recall his sword.
However, as soon as Du Fei tried to channel the true qi in his body, a sharp pain shot through his dantian, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
It was likely that in the last two exchanges with the giant before he fainted, he had overexerted himself, causing his dantian to ache whenever he channeled his true qi.
Garrr-ghh.
The giant spoke in a language Du Fei couldn't understand, pointing to the milky white sword in his left palm with his right hand, as if asking Du Fei a question.
However, after the giant's lengthy chatter, Du Fei was still completely bewildered.
Roar!
Seeing that Du Fei had no reaction despite his long explanation, the giant slammed his fist next to him, causing the ground to shake.
Du Fei, seeing the giant's angry expression, quickly waved his hands and pointed to his ear.
He wanted to convey through gestures that he wasn't ignoring the giant, but simply couldn't understand what he was saying.
Whether Du Fei's gesture worked or the giant had a realization, this time he first pointed to the milky white sword in his left palm, and then pointed to Du Fei.
"Are you asking where I got this sword?"
Du Fei, guessing and inferring, tried to understand the giant's meaning.
However, as soon as Du Fei finished speaking, the giant's massive head began to nod incessantly.
Then, after a long period of trial and error, Du Fei discovered that the giant could understand him, but Du Fei had to speak very slowly and clearly.
Moreover, Du Fei couldn't use overly profound words, as the giant wouldn't understand them.
Following this, after a difficult communication, Du Fei finally understood why the giant hadn't killed him. It turned out to be because of the milky white sword currently in the giant's palm.
The giant seemed to know the owner of this milky white sword.
The giant had just been asking Du Fei where he obtained the sword.
Previously, Du Fei had found the giant's question perplexing.
But now that he understood, Du Fei was even more troubled.
Because the way he obtained the sword was too bizarre. Du Fei was afraid that if he directly told the giant he found it under his car, the giant would think he was lying and slap him.
After some thought, Du Fei told the giant that the sword was a gift from a friend.
Hearing that the sword was from a friend, the giant immediately showed a look of joy.
This was the first time Du Fei had seen a joyful expression on the giant's face since he woke up.
Could it be that the giant knew the owner of the sword?
Du Fei thought to himself, but he didn't dare to ask. After all, he was now, to put it bluntly, a prisoner. His life was in the hands of the giant before him, and he had no right to ask questions.
"How about I take you to find the owner of the sword?"
Du Fei suddenly had an idea and tentatively asked the giant.
Although the giant wasn't killing him for the moment, his appearance and behavior were like a savage's, and his thoughts couldn't be understood by normal human reasoning.
Therefore, Du Fei feared that if he stayed by his side for too long, the giant might suddenly change his mind and attack him again.
Since the giant was interested in the owner of the sword, Du Fei decided to trick him down the mountain first.
As for how he would escape later, that was a matter for another time.
In any case, the priority was to get down the mountain.
Mmm, mmm.
The giant grunted and shook his head repeatedly.
When Du Fei asked why, the giant pointed to the side.
Not long after Du Fei woke up, he had discovered that the giant had brought him to the place where that fellow Fei Shifu had tricked him into believing there were treasures.
And where the giant was pointing at this moment was the door on the mountain wall.
Could it be that the reason the giant appeared here was because of what was inside the mountain wall?