Chapter 1082 - 1082

Bai Huanyu was quite certain that this wasn't the familiar scent of sandalwood.

Since it wasn't sandalwood, how should this fragrance be explained?

For a moment, his gaze gradually became profound.

A gust of wind at the back of his head...

A strange fragrance...

The more he thought about it, the more abnormal it seemed. Suddenly, Bai Huanyu stood up, feeling his heartbeat quicken and breathing become rapid, an uncontrollable stirring in his heart.

This feeling, for someone of his age, was both unfamiliar and familiar, a long-lost sensation.

Bai Huanyu panicked in his heart and looked down...

"What on earth is happening?" Bai Huanyu cried out in his heart, feeling increasingly impatient.

He had installed over thirty surveillance cameras in the courtyard and assigned people to take turns monitoring them around the clock.

Logically, no one should be able to enter without being noticed.

Meanwhile, Bai Tieniu was walking towards the courtyard.

As he approached the courtyard gate, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him, quite urgent in their pace.

He turned around and saw two Security Guards marching in step.

With a sigh of relief, Bai Tieniu coughed lightly and asked, "What's the rush?"

One of the Security Guards replied, "We just got a notification saying there's some issue with the surveillance in the master's courtyard, so we're going to check it out."

"Oh," Bai Tieniu nodded, "then go ahead."

The two Security Guards agreed and hurried towards the courtyard, while Bai Tieniu followed leisurely.

Upon reaching the courtyard, Bai Tieniu ignored the Security Guards checking the surveillance and headed straight to the window, asking, "Dad, are you asleep?"

Inside, there was no response for a long time.

Bai Tieniu found it strange; if his dad were asleep, he'd always turn off the lights. Could he have forgotten today?

It's possible. After all, at his age, forgetting to turn off the gas is common, let alone the lights.

With this in mind, Bai Tieniu walked to the door, planning to turn off the lights for his father, as a son should...

His thoughts came to an abrupt halt.

Staring at the figure sitting at the bedside, Bai Tieniu took three steps back in fright, leaning against the doorframe, his eyes wide open, "Dad!"

Bai Huanyu, startled by the shout, abruptly raised his head.

Bai Tieniu shivered immediately because his dad's eyes were blood-red at that moment.

"Shut the door!"

This was the last thing Bai Huanyu said before completely losing his sanity.

Understanding the principle of not airing family grievances, Bai Tieniu quickly closed the door after glancing at the Security Guards in the courtyard.

Turning back, just as he was about to say something, his dad began advancing towards him step by step.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?

Dad!

Dad, don't come near me!"

In the courtyard, one Security Guard wondered aloud, "There's nothing wrong; everything's normal here. What's up with you?"

The other Security Guard responded, "Also normal."

"What a fuss over nothing. Let's go play cards somewhere."

"Keep it down; you afraid they won't hear inside or something?"

As they talked, the two were about to head out when they heard Bai Tieniu's panic-stricken cries from inside: "Dad, what's wrong with you?!"

The two exchanged glances, both seeing confusion in each other's eyes.

From the sounds of it, it was like a fight had broken out?

"Should we go in and mediate?"

"Mediation, my foot!

Pretend we heard nothing and leave quickly!"

However, as soon as they took a step, a scream erupted from within the room.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

The sound was so harrowing that the two Security Guards trembled uncontrollably.

"To be so harsh on one's own son?"

"Might have come to blows; we should check, just in case something serious happened."

Thus, the two dutiful Security Guards turned back towards the door.

Just as one of them was about to push the door open, the other stopped him, whispering, "Listen carefully, something seems off."

The two of them pressed their ears to the door, then heard a series of rhythmic "thumps" and a kind of suppressed, heavy breathing.

"Boom!"

It felt like a bomb exploded in their heads, shaking their worldview.

Because the sounds were too familiar.

Tiptoeing away from the door, they looked at each other, at a loss for words.

"Did I just... mishear?

Could that have been the sound of spanking?"

"At his age, getting spanked?

If you made a mistake, would your dad still spank you?

Besides, can spanking make someone scream so miserably?"

Three questions in a row, even without witnessing the father and son inside, they already had the answer in their hearts.

"Suddenly, this world feels so unfamiliar!"

"I agree; the world has gone so insane!"

The two Security Guards lamented briefly and quickly ran out of the courtyard.

...

At that moment, Xiao Feng was sitting in a taxi, almost back at Jinyue Garden.

"I wonder if Old Man Sun's medicine works?" Xiao Feng thought to himself.

The potency was excessively strong, enough to make one lose sanity.

Xiao Feng remained skeptical about these claims.

He touched the packet of powder in his pocket, pondering, "There's still a bit left; should I try it myself?"

The moment the thought occurred, Xiao Feng forcefully dismissed it.

No telling if it has side effects, testing it on himself would be unwise.

...

When Bai Tieniu emerged from the courtyard, his eyes were vacant, and he appeared lifeless.

When the patrolling Security Guards greeted him, it was as if he couldn't hear them, moving like a zombie, stiff and mechanical.

If given another chance, he definitely would not have recklessly gone back to his father's courtyard.

Alas, there's no "what if" in life, only results.