Li Caiyi wanted to make sure whether that person really had left or not, but her foot was rooted in its place, refusing to move. She was too scared to find out.
What if that person was still outside the room, waiting for their chance?
Her heart almost leapt out of her ribcage when her phone rang, followed by a knocking on the door. Unlike the last ti, the knocks weren't aggressive, but they made her body tense with apprehension.
"Excuse ? Is there anyone inside?"
That familiar voice belonged to the security guard she had t a few tis before. Li Caiyi was so relieved her legs almost gave up on her. She gingerly approached the door while answering the phone.
"Yes? I'm inside, but I'm too scared to check outside."
"Young miss, no one is outside except , so you can rest assured."
"That's a relief. Can you please check on the CCTV for after this?"
"Yes, I will check it for you. Do you want to call the police?" He asked worriedly.
"No, it's okay. Please tell if you find anything."
"Yes. Please call when this happens again."
Li Caiyi hung up the call and paced around her room, waiting for further reports from security. She wanted to make sure of sothing before contacting Detective Tang about this.
After fifteen minutes, the security called her again.
"Young Miss, I'm sorry, but we can't find anything from the security footage."
Li Caiyi took a deep breath. She didn't expect they would go this far. There was no further explanation needed. She had a faint idea of what the culprit was thinking from that bit of information.
"I see. Sir, do you happen to rember what kind of person ca in and out of the apartnt today?"
"I'm not sure. There were many people apart from the residents here. I can't possibly rember each one of them."
She was a tad disappointed but kind of expected that response, so she quickly cut the conversation short and hung up the call. Next, she called Detective Tang imdiately.
This ti, he picked up the call after only a few rings. "Yes? Did sothing happen?"
Li Caiyi hadn't said anything yet, but he seed to know what she wanted to say. His sharpness cald her down a lot.
"Detective Tang, that person was here just now."
***
"I see," Detective Tang said in a grim tone after she finished explaining everything. "The culprit prepared everything well this ti."
"Detective Tang, do you think they had predicted everything from the beginning?"
"I think so. If you opened the door recklessly, there was no telling what they could do to you. They knew you had been on guard and used that to their advantage. They used you to lure the security to leave his seat for a while. Their purpose was to erase the security footage from the start."
"But that's strange. If they were so afraid of getting caught from the start, why only now did they do it?"
"They must have other reasons to do that. Either way, there is one thing for sure. The culprit had an accomplice."
"I think so too. One person diverted our attention, and when we were distracted, their accomplice went and erased the security footage."
Li Caiyi's mind couldn't help but think about 'Hu Jian' again. There was a possibility that person was the mastermind's accomplice all this ti. He beca their hands and did the dirty work while the real culprit waited from the safe place and watched her suffer.
Li Caiyi hated to admit it, but their plan went well. She felt like her heart would retire early if this went on.
"Detective Tang, have you found sothing about this matter? This situation began to get out of hand. I can't even sleep peacefully at night like this."
"The last ti I checked, the person who sent that box in front of your apartnt room was only a regular person who got paid for doing his job. Nothing suspicious of him, which is good and bat at the sa ti, because we lost the only lead we have.
I thought of checking the security footage, but my request was denied since I wasn't a resident of your place."
Detective Tang sighed, "Sotis, becoming a policeman hinders your movent, but without it, there is only so much you can do."
"Don't bother. I have watched it, and I didn't find anything that can be used to investigate."
"If you said so, then it must be true. You have a keen judgent that I sotis forget you are only a little girl sotis. But still, this is really dangerous for you. Do you still want to live there?"
"Yes. If I move, it's like indirectly admitting that I'm scared of them, and I don't want that." Li Caiyi clenched her hand into a fist before rembering sothing. "Oh yeah, is there a possibility that the culprit probably planted so kind of bug inside my room?"
"Hmm, it's not impossible, but less likely. You said that you barely left your house these past few days. Unless they were a professional or soone you invited yourself to, it was almost impossible to do that without leaving a trace. They knew you contacted the security because they had an accomplice watching the situation."
The only people who ever entered her room were Dai Zhiqiang and her friends. They couldn't possibly be the culprit, so Li Caiyi's shoulders loosened a little, knowing her apartnt room was safe.
"You are right. I got scared and beca too paranoid, apparently." Li Caiyi rubbed her temple with a tired sigh.
"I bet you are. It would be weird if you didn't feel bothered about this. But still, today's incident must have scared you a lot. How about you invite soone to stay over at your place for tonight?"
For so reason, Dai Zhiqiang's face automatically appeared in her mind when thinking about soone she wished to accompany her. How nice would it be if he could be with her all the ti, but she knew it was impossible, so she scratched that idea.
"That's a good idea. I'll think of soone to invite tonight. Please tell if you find sothing else."
"Yes. Please rest for today."
Li Caiyi was so exhausted after the call. She wasn't in the mood to do her howork anymore.
"So, who should I call here?"
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