Chapter 50:
The sky turned dark yellow.
Old Huang walked alone in the alley, hurrying home.
His house was also in the outer city. As he walked deeper into the alley, it became increasingly dim and quiet.
Almost half of the vacant houses in the outer city were empty. The alleys he walked through showed no signs of people, only the echoes of footsteps in complete silence.
"The Zhang family disappeared two months ago, and the Chen family’s house over there, when did they leave Yan City… about six months ago?"
He walked slowly for a while, then turned a corner.
At first glance, he saw a few kids playing in the alley.
When Old Huang walked over, his own baby reached out with both arms and climbed onto him. Soon, he had a doll hanging on his thigh and another one on his back, shouting in a cute voice, "Daddy, play with me!"
The previous silence was gone, and the liveliness suddenly returned.