While working out at home, I received a message from my boyfriend.
“Saw this being forwarded in a WeChat group. Be careful of some ill – intentioned deliverymen.”
I clicked on it. It was a chat record from a delivery rider group.
There were a lot of Stealthie photos of girls opening the door to get their takeout, and all kinds of lewd comments made me feel physically sick.
The latest one was a photo of a girl in yoga clothes lowering her head to pick up the takeout.
A chill ran down my spine. It was me in the photo!
“Guys, this chick is mine tonight. Even if she’s a corpse, I’ll have a good time.”
1
Suddenly, the door was slapped hard.
I instinctively took a step back and asked, “Who is it?”
“Hello, I’m really sorry. I accidentally delivered the wrong meal just now. I’m here to change it for you now.”
“Please open the door.”
The voice was muffled, exactly the same as the delivery guy with a mask just now.
Thinking about what he said in the group, whether it was just talk or for real, I definitely couldn’t open the door.
“I’ve already eaten the food. It can’t be changed.”
“Impossible! You’re working out. How could you have eaten it?” The voice on the other side suddenly rose two degrees.
I frowned unhappily and opened the takeout order to take a look.
The original light meal had turned into fried chicken.
As if realizing his gaffe, he cleared his throat and said in a low voice,
“We only earn a few yuan per order. If I get this order wrong, I’ll have worked for nothing on several orders. Please, help me out…”
“I said I’ve already eaten it.” I interrupted him directly.
If I hadn’t seen that message, I might really have opened the door to change the meal.
But now, I didn’t need to put myself in danger to prove anything.
Seeing that playing the pitiful card didn’t work, the person at the door suddenly started provoking by banging on the door.
“You’re so shameless. You seem to be rich at home, but who would have thought you’d take advantage of us low – level people like this!”
“It’s only five in the afternoon and you’re working out at home. You’re definitely a mistress without a job, being kept by someone!”
His intention was obvious. He wanted me to open the door angrily and have a fight with him.
“Delivering the wrong meal is your problem, not mine. If you keep pestering me, I’ll call the police!”
There was no sound outside the door.
The other person seemed to have calmed down. A few seconds later, he apologized, and then the sound of footsteps faded away.
I held my breath and listened against the door for a while. There was really no one there.
Only then did I let out a soft sigh of relief, took out my phone and contacted my boyfriend Liang Yuanqing to complain.
The video call connected.
He was very close to the camera. His whole face filled the screen, and I couldn’t see the surroundings at all.
Strange. Usually, he would hold the phone at a certain distance.
2
“Why are you…” I was about to ask but was interrupted by him.
“Baby, why do you look so pale?”
Asked like this, the emotions of grievance and fear gushed out instantly.
“The last picture in the group chat you sent just now was me!”
“Fortunately, he’s gone. When will you be home? I’m a little scared by myself.”
I told him the whole story.
His face became more and more serious.
“Baby, lock the door! I’ll be back right away!”
I took a look outside through the peephole. No one had come back after all this time. He should have really left.
After venting like this, I calmed down.
“You don’t need to be in such a hurry. Anyway, the person has left. You can get off work as usual.”
The fried chicken wafted a fragrance beside me. I opened it and took a look. It looked golden and crispy.
The deliveryman had evil thoughts after seeing me, and the wrong delivery gave him an opportunity to come back. So this fried chicken should be okay.
After thinking for a while, I said to Liang Yuanqing, “Don’t eat outside today. Help me eat this takeout.”
He joked, “No way. We’re about to get married. Why should you be the only one getting thinner and more beautiful?”
“I won’t eat this fried chicken either.”
My mind went blank with a buzzing sound.
Looking at Liang Yuanqing’s distorted face because he was too close to the camera, I asked,
“When did I tell you that the wrong – delivered thing was fried chicken?”
3
I only told Liang Yuanqing that the meal was delivered wrong.
Not sure if it was my illusion, but Liang Yuanqing’s expression was a bit unnatural for a moment.
Quickly, he returned to normal and scratched his head in embarrassment, “Oops! I’ve been caught!”
“When you weren’t at home before, I secretly ordered fried chicken. Their packaging is very similar to the light meal you often order. They delivered it wrong to me once before.”
I looked at the packaging bag. It was indeed very similar.
So when the deliveryman handed me the meal, I didn’t notice anything unusual.
But I was still a bit suspicious. “Why are you so close to the screen today?”
“I’m slacking off in the bathroom. I can’t let you see me going to the toilet, can I?”
Saying this, he slightly turned sideways, showing me the white wall and the partition board behind him.
I smiled self – deprecatingly. Maybe I was being neurotic today.
Besides, it was my boyfriend who took the initiative to send me the chat record to remind me. How could he be related to the deliveryman incident.
I pretended to be disgusted and turned my head away, “Okay, who wants to see you go to the toilet? Hang up, hang up!”
As soon as the video call was hung up, a strange number came in.
I picked up the phone in confusion.
It was a woman’s voice, “I’m so sorry! I was hit by a car at the intersection just now. I’m late for delivering your meal. I’m on my way now. I’m really sorry!”
I was full of questions, “Wasn’t the meal already delivered?”
“How could that be! Please check the delivery progress. I’m 20 minutes late on my end.”
The deliveryman just now came at the normal delivery time, so I didn’t check my phone.
I hesitantly opened the takeout page.
It clearly showed that the rider was 3.9 kilometers away from me.
Clicking into the rider’s profile, it was a woman!
4
Then who was the man just now?!
Fear instantly filled my whole body.
Why did he know what I ordered? Why did he pretend to be a deliveryman, take a photo of me and post it in the group? Why did he come back on the pretext of delivering the wrong meal?
Suddenly, I thought of something even more terrifying.
Our community is a new one with a low occupancy rate. The only person I often see is Sister Wang upstairs who is renovating her house. Last time, when they were moving furniture, they hit the elevator, causing it to make a clicking sound every time it runs. We’ve reported it to the property management several times, but no one has come to fix it.
Just now, I only focused on listening to the footsteps. Now, when I recall, I’m sure I didn’t hear the sound of the elevator.
So, he didn’t leave.
By this time, it was already getting dark, with thunder rumbling. There was a faint sign of a heavy rain approaching.
I had a bad feeling in my heart and tried to think of a solution.
Even if Liang Yuanqing came back now, it was the evening rush hour. It would probably take half an hour.
Calling the police seemed a bit far – fetched. After all, it was all just my speculation. Nothing had actually happened yet.
Right! The person who helped Sister Wang move the furniture was her distant relative, a burly man who knew how to deal with water and electricity lines. He was much taller and heavier than the deliveryman just now.
I’ve met them several times, and they would always greet me warmly.
Thinking of this, I sent a message to Sister Wang.
“Sister Wang, are you and your brother still in the community?”
She quickly replied, “I had something to do and left today. Li Fuguo is still in the new house helping me paint something. What’s wrong?”
“I feel like there’s someone at the door. Could you please ask Brother Li to come down and take a look? Thank you!”
“Don’t be so polite. I’ll tell him right away.” Sister Wang was very enthusiastic.
“I also have a favor to ask. Your living room is decorated very beautifully. Could you take a few photos for me to refer to?”
Sister Wang always liked to chat with people. Last time she met me, she insisted on coming to see the decoration of my house.
Actually, I didn’t really like others copying my home style, but since I needed her help, I immediately took a few photos and sent them over.
Sister Wang said, “Okay!”
“Li Fuguo will go down in about two minutes. Don’t worry!”
These two minutes were extremely long.
I pressed my ear tightly against the door and could even clearly feel my pounding heartbeat.
Click, the elevator door opened.
A heavy footstep came out and paused in the stairwell.
My heart was in my throat.
That heavy footstep, after a burst of chaos, rushed into the stairwell, and then there was the sound of a scuffle.
It could be confirmed that the fake deliveryman just now was indeed hiding in the stairwell!
I paced anxiously, struggling with whether to go over and help. After all, Li Fuguo came for me. If he got hurt, I would feel guilty.
The moment my hand was on the door lock, I calmed down.
Two men were fighting. I couldn’t help at all if I went out. I would only cause trouble for Li Fuguo.
At this time, the movement in the stairwell became quieter, and someone came out.
Who was it?
I was nervously about to look through the peephole when suddenly a thunderbolt struck in the sky.
The room lost power!
If I was just scared before, now the pitch – black darkness made me extremely panicked!
The footsteps were approaching the door.
I pinched my palm, summoned up my courage, and stood on tiptoe to look through the peephole again.
It was also pitch – black outside.
Strange. Even when there’s a power outage, the emergency exit indicator light usually has a dim green light.
I moved closer to look.
The person at the door suddenly said in a murmur voice, “Miss, did your room lose power? It’s so dark inside.”
5
I was so startled that I sat down on the ground.
So! It was the person outside looking into the room through the peephole! The pitch – black was his pupil!
“Miss, I know how to deal with electricity. Let me help you take a look.” The person outside the door continued to speak.
At the same time, he knocked on the door rhythmically like a robot, and my heart thumped accordingly.
It seemed that the person at the door was Li Fuguo. Did he win the fight with the deliveryman?
But why did he suddenly become so strange!
I forced down my fear.
“Brother Li, no need to trouble. My boyfriend will be back soon. I’ll ask him to check the electricity.”
“Did you see anyone in the stairwell just now?”
“No one. Everything is normal. You can come out and check if you don’t believe me.” Li Fuguo replied, but the knocking on the door didn’t stop.
He was lying!
At the same time, an idea popped up, and my spine began to get cold.
Li Fuguo was proficient in water and electricity. Could the power outage in my house just now be his doing?!
I looked far towards the window and sure enough saw a few dots of light in the building in front.
At this time, my voice was already tinged with a slight sob.
“Brother Li, I believe you. Thank you so much! It’s already so late today. You can go back first. I’ll invite you and Sister Wang to dinner another day.”
At the same time, I tremblingly sent a message to the property management immediately.
“There’s a strange person at my door. I’m home alone and worried about danger. Please come and check as soon as possible!!”
The property management replied instantly, “Okay! I’ll come right over!”
I felt a little relieved. It would take about seven or eight minutes for the property management to come.
At this time, although Li Fuguo was still pestering me by knocking on the door, I just needed to hold out for a while longer.
However, the property management’s next words made me feel like I was falling into an ice cave.
“By the way, your boyfriend entered the community half an hour ago. Didn’t he go home?”
6
My boyfriend had already come back!
Few people had moved into the community, and the property management was mainly in charge of the doorman at present. He was familiar with the few owners, so it was impossible for him to mistake someone!
Then why didn’t Liang Yuanqing go home? Why did he say he was slacking off at the company during the video call?
I felt like my brain was about to explode. All the things that happened tonight couldn’t be related to each other.
“Miss, open the door!”
“I came to help with good intentions! How can you shut me out?!”
Li Fuguo became more and more impatient, and the knocking on the door became louder.
I took a deep breath and looked through the peephole again, trying to find Liang Yuanqing’s whereabouts.
Under the reflection of the voice – controlled light, I saw that Li Fuguo’s whole body was covered with dark red liquid, his expression was sinister, and his eyes were fierce.
The huge visual impact made me cover my mouth desperately to hold back the scream.
At this moment, I didn’t care about anything and directly took out my phone to call Liang Yuanqing to confirm his safety.
Ding – ding – ding……
A faint ringing sound came from outside the door. It was Liang Yuanqing’s phone.
I saw Li Fuguo stiffly reach his hand into his pocket and viciously hang up the phone while looking at the contact note on the screen.
His phone… was actually on Li Fuguo!
7
My act of calling Liang Yuanqing seemed to have enraged him.
He kicked and smashed the door even more frantically. At the same time, he took out a machete from somewhere and started hacking at the door like crazy!
The originally solid anti – theft door was instantly chopped with several marks.
I was on the verge of collapse! Because of a fake deliveryman, I had actually provoked an even more terrifying madman!
This time, I didn’t hesitate and called the police directly!
Seeing that the door was about to be deformed, in a flash of inspiration, I suddenly thought of Sister Wang.
Now only Sister Wang could stop him.
“Sister Wang! Help me! I don’t know what’s wrong with Brother Li. He’s been hacking at my door!!!”
“Is he under some kind of stimulation? He’s not like this usually.” Sister Wang muttered in confusion.
“What did you say?!” I tried my best to push a cabinet over to block the door, not daring to relax at all.
“Nothing. Put your phone on speaker. I’ll talk to him.” Sister Wang regained her normal state.
Trembling, I pointed the phone receiver towards the door.
“Li Fuguo, what are you doing?!”
“Have you forgotten what I told you just now?”
“You’ve scared the little girl! Don’t embarrass me here. Go back immediately!!”
Sister Wang’s angry shout really worked.
Li Fuguo stopped his actions as if he was frozen.
Just then, the property management staff arrived and came out of the elevator.
“Sir, what are you doing at the owner’s door? Please leave immediately.”
Li Fuguo turned his head to look in the direction of the property management, his eyes heavy.
“I told you to leave. Why aren’t you leaving? Hey? Is that a machete in your hand!”
The light outside was still a bit dim. As the property management staff spoke, they shone a flashlight on him.
The staff was so scared that they fell to the ground with a thud.
“Ah! What’s on you? Is it blood?”
My heart was in my throat.
I was afraid that Li Fuguo would fly into a rage and kill the property management staff too!
Unexpectedly, he just calmly weighed the already somewhat deformed knife in his hand and glanced at the unknown liquid on his body.
“This is the knife used for my sister’s house decoration.”
“The red stuff on me is red paint.”
“That’s right!” Sister Wang heard the commotion on the phone and shouted.
“Li Fuguo was helping me with the furniture today. He needed to cut some materials, and the cabinet was indeed painted with red paint.”
The property management staff got up, a bit dissatisfied, and went closer to check.
“It really is red paint. But you can’t just hack at someone’s door with a knife!”
“I’m really sorry. He’s usually straightforward and impatient. He might just be worried about the little girl’s safety and insisted on entering the room to confirm.” Sister Wang helped to explain. “I’ll replace the door with a new one later. I’m sorry.”
I didn’t believe it.
The ferocious look on his face just now really seemed like he was going to kill me!
“Then why is my boyfriend’s phone in your hand?” I stared closely at Li Fuguo.
“I picked it up at the door.”
Li Fuguo was still very calm, showing no sign of the mania he had just now.
At the door? Did my boyfriend really come here! Then why didn’t he come in? Could he have been… by the deliveryman who was hiding just now?
At the moment, I really couldn’t tell whether Li Fuguo’s words were true or false.
Although I still had doubts, at this time, I didn’t want to entangle with this madman any longer.
It would be the safest to deal with Liang Yuanqing’s matter after the police came.
The property management staff watched Li Fuguo leave. But he couldn’t fix the electricity. After trying a few times, he said it could only be fixed tomorrow.
Before leaving, I asked the property management staff,
“Could you help me take a video of the stairwell?”
“Sure.”
I unconsciously clenched my fists and held my breath.
After about ten seconds, the property management staff sent me a short video.
In the video was the slightly empty stairwell and his voice with a bit of echo.
“Take a look. There’s nothing here.”
I finally relaxed and let out a long sigh of relief.
The world became quiet, as if nothing had happened.
The whole night of being on tenterhooks made me a little thirsty.
I groped my way into the kitchen in the dark, planning to boil some water with the gas stove.
In the dark, the waiting time seemed particularly long.
I tapped the table with my hand and boredly flipped through the video the property management staff had sent me.
Two pieces of wooden boards that flashed by caught my attention.
After trying several times, I finally froze the frame on the picture where the wooden boards were.
Instantly, I gasped.
These were clearly the wooden boards Liang Yuanqing showed me during the video call. But at that time, they were placed horizontally to form a partition.
So, it was my boyfriend in the stairwell? He was the one pretending to be the deliveryman!
8
I was completely puzzled.
What was Liang Yuanqing’s purpose for doing this? And where was he now?
Just as I was thinking, there was a sudden rapid knock on the door outside.
“Miss, your takeout has arrived!”
It was the voice of the female delivery rider.
Damn! How could I forget about her? My home was still very dangerous. I should have cancelled the order!
“Just leave it at the door and go back quickly!” I urged.
“Okay. Enjoy your meal.”
The female rider put down the things in her hand and was about to walk towards the elevator.
Thank goodness, she was okay.
I leaned against the door, patting my chest in relief.
Suddenly, there was a click from the elevator, and it slowly opened.
Instantly, my hair stood on end.
“Ah!” The female rider let out a horrified scream as if she had seen something terrifying.
Without any thought, I directly pushed the cabinet away, opened the door, and pulled her into the room in one go.
In the dark, both of us leaned against the door, gasping for breath.
When we calmed down, I swallowed hard and asked nervously, “What did you see?”
“A… a very tall man, holding a knife.” Her voice was trembling.
Was Li Fuguo back again?
I checked the time. It had been ten minutes since I called the police. The police would arrive soon.
I calculated in my mind.
My door, except for the few cuts just now, was still relatively solid. If Li Fuguo really used the knife to hack at it, it would take him several minutes.
If we hid in the bedroom, we could delay for a little more time.
But I always had a faint feeling that I had missed something important.
Outside, there was another flash of lightning and thunder, making the female rider’s face even paler.
Only then did I notice that her delivery uniform was very clean except for a little rain.
Clean? She said she had a car accident on the road. There should be some scratches no matter what!
Quietly, I stood up and stepped back a few steps facing her, keeping a distance from her.
How could I not have thought of it?! If Li Fuguo was really outside with a knife, how could he be silent for a minute!
“Who on earth are you?” I asked, unconsciously gripping the vase beside me.
But she looked past me, her eyes staring straight behind me.
“You… you behind…”
“Don’t try to fool me. There was no one outside just now, right!” I said coldly.
But her pupils suddenly dilated, looking like she had seen a ghost.
“Boom!”
There was another big flash of lightning, illuminating the room as bright as day.
A huge human – shaped shadow was projected on the living room.
My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly turned around.
There was a person hanging straight in front of the balcony window!
9
I was so scared that my blood seemed to reverse, and I almost fainted.
The balcony window of my house was not closed, and that person was trying to climb in by grabbing the window sill!
At this time, the kettle boiled, making a shrill whistle, which made me even more flustered.
If I didn’t think of a way, it would be all over if he came in!
Got it!
I directly grabbed the kettle and rushed towards the balcony, opening the lid and pouring it out.
Accompanied by a heart – rending scream, the person lost his strength and let go of the rope in his hand, falling straight down.
Only then did I slump to the ground, belatedly realizing.
This was the 8th floor. Then he…
I was really in a mess. In a hurry, I couldn’t think so much.
Why! I just ordered a takeout. Why did so many strange things happen!
A cold wind blew from behind.
The female rider was already standing behind me.
“You bitch! You killed my husband!”
Her voice was cold as she raised a vase high and smashed it hard at my head.
There was no time to resist, and I fell to the ground.
Vaguely, I heard someone breaking in.
“Stop! We’re the police!”
The voices in my ears became less and less clear. Was it all over?
10
When I woke up, I was already lying in the hospital bed.
The doctor said I had a mild concussion and told the two police officers beside me not to tire me out.
I told them everything that happened that night in detail.
A younger police officer looked at me sympathetically. “Okay, the situation you described will be verified.”
“Where’s my boyfriend?” I asked eagerly.
“His body was found in Wang Chunxiang’s house. Li Fuguo is the prime suspect. Please accept our condolences.”
Tears welled up in my eyes. Liang Yuanqing was really dead.
A few days later, the investigation results came out.
The older police officer remained silent, looking at me with deep eyes.
It was still the younger police officer who spoke.
“We’ve investigated, and it’s basically consistent with what you said.”
“But I still don’t understand what exactly happened that night. Can you tell me?” I looked at him in confusion.
Then, I finally heard the complete story, which completely subverted my perception.
The story started with Li Fuguo.
Li Fuguo had manic – depressive disorder. He hurt someone and was imprisoned in his hometown. He couldn’t make a living there, so he came to seek refuge with Sister Wang.
He and the female rider were husband and wife. He joined a delivery rider group under the pretext of his wife.
Often seeing the photos of women picking up takeout sent by other riders, he became itchy. He often forced his wife to take photos for him, and then he posted them in the group to have dirty talks.
Liang Yuanqing, for some reason, was also in that group.
Seeing the pictures sent by Li Fuguo, he realized that the delivery area was near our community. So he privately messaged Li Fuguo,
“If there’s an order for 7 – building, 805, I’m willing to pay 2000 yuan to deliver it instead.”
Realizing that Liang Yuanqing had some ulterior motive, Li Fuguo didn’t expose him. After all, 2000 yuan was not a small amount.
But to be on the safe side, he asked Liang Yuanqing to take some photos and send them to him, in case there were any problems.
Liang Yuanqing put on the rider’s uniform he bought online. When delivering the meal for the first time, he sent the photos to Li Fuguo as agreed.
Li Fuguo saw the photo of me in yoga clothes and couldn’t help but forward it to the group to have dirty talks.
In order to clear himself of any suspicion later,
Liang Yuanqing deliberately forwarded the chat of Li Fuguo in the group to me.
“What later?” I interrupted the young police officer.
“The plan in his chat record with his family was to invade you in the guise of a deliveryman, and then change into his own clothes to comfort you.”
“After you were invaded, he would prevent you from calling the police for the sake of your reputation, and then show his magnanimity of not minding. In this way, you would be determined to marry him, and your money would be his in the future.”
I clenched the bedsheet tightly.
Although Liang Yuanqing and I had only known each other for a little over half a year, we had always been in harmony and had reached the stage of discussing marriage.
Unexpectedly, it was this person beside me who wanted to ruin me!
11
After Liang Yuanqing forwarded the group chat message to me, things backfired, and he couldn’t knock on my door anymore.
He could only go to the stairwell to find a way.
At this time, I happened to call him for a video call. He hurriedly prepared with the wooden boards and fooled me.
Next, because I was too scared, I contacted Wang Chunxiang.
Wang Chunxiang arranged for Li Fuguo to come down.
Li Fuguo and Liang Yuanqing met in the stairwell. Liang Yuanqing thought that Li Fuguo took the money and still came to blackmail him. The two got into a fight, which caused Li Fuguo’s manic – depressive disorder to flare up. He directly stabbed Liang Yuanqing to death and took his phone!
Of course, Wang Chunxiang was not simple either. She had an affair with Liang Yuanqing.
They met several times in the community and were attracted to each other. But Liang Yuanqing thought she was too old and was just playing around.
Liang Yuanqing left Wang Chunxiang’s place after receiving Li Fuguo’s message, which made her very angry.
Coincidentally, I sent her a message, and a plan formed in her mind.
She had long expected that Li Fuguo couldn’t knock on my door. So she asked me to take photos on the pretext of looking at the living room decoration and found that my balcony was not closed.
When she reprimanded Li Fuguo, the sentence “Have you forgotten what I told you just now?” was actually reminding Li Fuguo that he could climb in through the window.
After Li Fuguo took the elevator upstairs, he returned from the stairwell, dragged Liang Yuanqing’s body away.
After doing all this, his anger towards me had reached its peak.
So he called his wife who had been waiting outside the community, planning to surround me from both inside and outside.
The female rider cooperated and played a scene to deceive me into opening the door and entering the room.
But she was just an ordinary middle – aged woman. She had been desperately making money for her husband who often caused trouble. She had never seen such a scene.
So, at night, when she saw her husband hanging in the air, she was scared out of her wits.
When her husband fell downstairs, she came to her senses and picked up a vase to smash it at me…
12
After the story was told,
The older police officer who had been observing me spoke up.
“Ms. Lin Rumo, according to our investigation, Liang Yuanqing bought a personal accident insurance two months ago, and the beneficiary is you.”
I put away my sad and shocked expression and replied, “Yes, that’s true.”
“Why did he suddenly buy insurance for himself?” The police officer asked with sharp eyes.
“Liang Yuanqing’s family was too poor. He always worried that he wasn’t good enough for me. He said he had nothing to give me, so he could only buy an insurance to give me a sense of security.”
Saying this, I smiled self – deprecatingly.
“Maybe he also thought that using insurance as a promise was unreliable, so he turned to the way of invading you to make you rely on him.”
“Were you aware of the relationship between Wang Chunxiang and Liang Yuanqing?”
I sighed and told the truth.
“I was aware.”
“Sister Wang insisted on coming to my house to see the decoration that time. When I opened the door, Liang Yuanqing was at home. I could tell something was wrong from his expression at that time. Later, Liang Yuanqing also confessed their relationship to me and I forgave him.”
“Since you were aware, why did you think of asking the mistress for help immediately?”
I covered my face and sobbed softly. “What could I do! There was a stranger outside the door with ill intentions towards me. The quickest way I could think of to save myself was to ask the person upstairs for help. Was that wrong?”
The older police officer frowned and said in a cold tone,
“But we checked the surveillance. The surveillance at the community entrance shows that Li Fuguo was verbally frivolous to you when he met you at the door and even tried to touch you. Would you trust such a person to save you?”
They even found out about such a small thing? I really underestimated them.
13
I composed myself, confident that there were no other flaws.
So I said calmly, “An acquaintance is always more trustworthy than a stranger, isn’t it?”
“Yes, you’ve known the property management doorman for a long time, so you also trust him a lot, right?”
“Shortly after you had a dispute with Li Fuguo at the door, he separated you two, and soon the surveillance inexplicably broke down.”
I shrugged indifferently.
“I do know him. He worked in the community where I used to live. Later, he was laid off. I didn’t expect to meet him here again.”
“And it’s normal for him to handle disputes between owners, isn’t it?”
“The surveillance breakdown you mentioned has nothing to do with me. Not only did the surveillance break down, but the elevator also made strange noises and no one fixed it. I don’t understand what you mean by telling me this.”
The two police officers looked at me intently, especially the older one, as if trying to see through me.
“Your ex – boyfriend also died in an accident, and you received a large insurance payout. Coincidentally, you and the property management were also involved in that incident.”
I unconsciously tightened the corner of my clothes,
then took a deep breath calmly.
It’s okay. That matter was already resolved long ago. They couldn’t find any evidence.
I met their gazes. “So you suspect that I’m related to my ex – boyfriend’s death. Where’s the evidence?”
“We not only suspect that you’re related to your ex – boyfriend’s death, but also your current boyfriend’s.”
14
The case was investigated for a month, but in the end, there was no evidence.
Of course I didn’t kill anyone. I just gave things a little push, just like last time.
The day I found out about the relationship between Liang Yuanqing and Wang Chunxiang, I checked his phone. While seeing their explicit chat records, I also saw the plan he revealed in his chat with his family.
I pretended to accidentally catch Liang Yuanqing meeting Wang Chunxiang and had a fight with him.
Afraid that I would break up with him, he knelt down to apologize and signed that personal accident insurance.
After getting that, I pretended to be sweet with him again, planning to get married when he became successful.
Seeing that I let down my guard, Liang Yuanqing couldn’t help but get in touch with Wang Chunxiang again.
And I started my next move.
Actually, I had a alternate account lurking in that deliveryman group.
Li Fuguo was lecherous, manic, and had a strong desire to share. Even if Liang Yuanqing didn’t send me messages, I could still know his action time.
After accidentally killing Liang Yuanqing, Li Fuguo was on the one hand a bit stimulated, and on the other hand, he had evil intentions towards me.
When I called Liang Yuanqing, he became extremely angry and hacked at the door.
The only one who could stop him was Wang Chunxiang.
Wang Chunxiang was a lonely rich woman. When she was with Liang Yuanqing, she also maintained an improper relationship with Li Fuguo, the so – called distant relative.
Wang Chunxiang gave him money and a job. Usually, Li Fuguo was a bit afraid of her. Plus, he had killed Liang Yuanqing, Wang Chunxiang’s new lover, so he was naturally a bit feel guilty.
So he chose to follow Wang Chunxiang’s instructions and enter through the window to attack me. As a result, I splashed boiling water on him and he fell downstairs and died directly.
15
After receiving the insurance compensation and preparing to leave this city,
Someone came to see me off.
She took off her baseball cap and bowed deeply to me.
“Thank you for saving me.”
It was Li Fuguo’s wife, the female delivery rider.
16
I had seen Li Fuguo beating and kicking her several times.
Li Fuguo was typically tough at home but submissive to others. He was submissive to Wang Chunxiang but violent to his wife.
She could only endure it silently, pick up her helmet, and continue delivering takeout in all weathers.
Until one time when she was Stealthie me taking out the takeout and I found out.
She knelt down and cried, begging me, saying that she was forced. If she didn’t do it, her husband would beat her to death.
I’m naturally indifferent, but seeing her in such a mess, I thought of my mother,
a woman trapped in a marriage for a lifetime and finally killed by her husband.
I softened my heart.
I gave her some medicine for bruises and sprains and said, “I can help you.”
Later, whenever there was an order for my house, I would chat with her a few words to comfort her. She finally let down her guard against me.
She added me to the deliveryman group where Li Fuguo and Liang Yuanqing were, helping me carry out my plan.
That night, although I knew Li Fuguo would come to my house through the window, I still thanked her for the reminder at the end.
When she smashed the vase at me,
I heard her whisper, “Please bear with it. I’m sorry.”
Now, she stood in front of me with tears in her eyes.
I helped her up.
“When the limelight passes, I’ll transfer a sum of money to your account.”
“I hope you can forget all the past and start a new life.”
I said this to her, and also to myself.
(The End)
