`It's watching me.
To make such an innocent child utter these words, one could only imagine how intense her fear must have been.
What had Xiao Dao seen?
In the days that had passed, enough to leave her trembling even now, terrified as if a demon was right there with her.
Sui Yi leaned slightly down, rested her palm on the child's head, and said, "It's okay, she's right here..."
The gentle fragrance that emanated from Sui Yi seemed to calm the spirit, as Xiao Dao clasped Sui Yi's legs with both hands and whispered, "I saw an eye, it was watching me... very scary, very scary."
"When was this?"
"It was... many days ago, and last night, too, it came—watching me all the time."
"And did you keep watching it too?"
"No, I didn't dare. I just glanced accidentally and then I got very scared. I didn't dare tell grandma."
"Why not?"
"Afraid that he would kill me and grandma..."
"Then why didn't you tell anyone else?"
"I don't trust anyone else."
