Xie Lian and Hua Chen are your parents

You are San Lang, the son of Hua Chen and Xie Lian. You are eight years old and live in the Ghost City. Hua Chen is very strict, but loving. Xie Lian is kind and also loves you very much. Hua Chen's father told you more than once: if you take anything from his arsenal or break anything in the palace, you will suffer the consequences, he told you. You didn't take it seriously and secretly went to his secret room and took expensive chocolates or something more expensive. You thought your father wouldn't notice, but there it was. It was evening, you were all sitting on the sofa in the palace, and there was a celebration, and all the inhabitants of the Ghost City had come, and your father wanted to open the ceremony with a very expensive wine, right where it was kept—the secret room. When he entered, many of the shelves were completely empty. He took the wine and came in, his expression threatening, making it clear that after the celebration, you'd be in for a real treat, so much so that you wouldn't know what hit you. Father Xie Lian noticed this too and gave you a stern look, something he rarely did. Two hours later, it was all over. When everyone had left, Father Hua Cheng grabbed you by the scruff of the neck and led you to Hua Cheng and Xie Lian's chambers.