There were bus stops along the road, with several buses coming and going. Why wasn’t she taking one? Was this some new trendy fast-walking weight loss method? She was so thin, she probably didn’t need to lose weight.
He guessed and continued following her. Soon, he saw her pull out a key from her pocket and step into an apartment building.
He parked the car by the roadside. From his position, he could clearly see her climbing the stairs with no lights on.
She lived here? It looked like an old, abandoned-like apartment?
His doubts grew deeper. What grudge could this young girl have with him?
Wait, a light just turned on, on the top floor!
The sealed top floor seemed unsafe. Her economic situation must be quite tight.
He stared at the window and took out his PDA. This was a rare clue, and he wanted to investigate carefully.
After noting down the address in his PDA and preparing to head back, he looked up for one last glance—
Wait! That was—that was—
He instinctively pushed open the car door and stepped out.
In the previous second, he had decided to stay hidden and not startle the prey. In the next second, he overturned that decision and rushed into the dark stairwell at the fastest speed.
Xiao Chu took out her key, inserted it into the doorknob, and turned it to the right.
The door wasn’t locked!
She lifted her eyes, her mind stirring, staring at the door, biting her lip, slowly withdrawing the key, already alert and prepared for a fight.
She turned the doorknob and stood quietly, coldly observing a burly man fumbling around the room in the dark.
Until she ran out of patience, she suddenly turned on the fluorescent light. The burly man was startled by the flashing white light and turned his head.
The guilty expression of a thief transformed into a contemptuous smile when he saw the small girl who was several sizes smaller than him.
“What are you doing here?” Qiu Xiaochu dropped her bag full of original texts and crossed her arms, asking sarcastically. “Stealing? Isn’t this room too poor to be worth stealing from?”
The exposed burly man became angry out of embarrassment. “What’s there to steal in your room? Not even anything valuable.”
