Chapter 40 Lou Yuncheng

Shu Fu feels that her "little cutie" has become a little less cute recently.

This was the second time recently that a task had completely disrupted her plans, but - she still had to try her best to complete it.

After all, if the task is not completed, the progress bar will be deducted, and she has no choice.

It was around six in the evening when the property management and neighborhood committee people went up to the 21st floor. After checking the 21st floor where she was, there were still four floors above that needed to be checked, which would take at least another one to two hours.

At this time, Shu Fu had already called Zheng Feifei, but she felt that she would not have time for dinner, so she just said that she would stay over overnight. Zheng Feifei exclaimed on the other end of the phone, obviously surprised, but soon became happy and said that she could wait for her to come over for dinner.

"No, I don't know how long we have to wait. I will come over after dinner, and you should also eat on time." Shu Fu gritted his teeth and finished the call.

The task deadline is before 24:00 tonight, and she certainly can't let others wait for her without eating. Anyway, after she gets there, she can just eat some bread or instant noodles at Zheng Feifei's house and complete the task of eating.

Moreover, this kind of task that will reverse the progress bar is usually accompanied by some "unexpected problems", and eating should not be the focus. She has already prepared a nail gun and a stun baton, which have been put into her backpack and will be taken directly when the time comes.

Outside the door, in addition to the property management and neighborhood committee staff, there were three fully armed team members, one of whom was an acquaintance.

When Liu Shuang saw the person inside the door, she was stunned for a moment. She pushed her helmet upwards, and three words were clearly written in her eyes: What a coincidence?

Shu Fu had anticipated this long before.

When the rescue team arrived that day, the residents in the community were frightened all night. At first, they were not sure whether the rescue from outside was real or fake. So many residents who were on the lower floors and close to the rescue team took pictures of the rescue team members outside and posted them to the residents' group, asking others if they knew their faces and whether they were pretending to be the thugs.

One of the photos just captured most of Cheng Yu’s face.

Shu Fu had become somewhat accustomed to this and was not disturbed by such coincidences.

On that day, the troops and rescue team only cleaned the scene roughly. Although they swept the inside of the building house by house, that was to make sure that every house was safe. As long as the doors and windows were intact and there were no signs of fighting and blood at the scene, it was considered safe and they would quickly go to the next house.

At that time, Shu Fu had never met Cheng Yu and Liu Shuang.

Now, a detailed check is conducted. After passing the inspection, residents will be photographed on the spot and then receive an electromagnetic card with a photo on it. One card corresponds to one person. After scanning at the entrance and exit of the community, the cardholder's house number will appear on the computer in the security room.

This will be the credential for entering and leaving the community in the future.

"Captain Liu." Shu Fu took the initiative to greet him.

"Why are you living here? Cheng Yu said that you and your relatives--" Liu Shuang interrupted herself halfway through her words.

Obviously, living under someone else's roof is not a very pleasant thing, especially in the current environment. A relative who has not been seen for a long time and comes to live with you is obviously not very welcome.

And she was a smart girl who didn't like to trouble others, so she would leave on her own initiative if she noticed. The east side of the city was the most disorderly and chaotic area in the entire Louyun City, but the rent in this area was also the cheapest in the entire Louyun City...

Liu Shuang only said half a sentence, but he felt that he had imagined the whole picture of the incident.

She looked at the girl in front of her, changed her expression, and spoke again: "So you are the resident of 2106. I heard from them that it was you who saved them."

They had just finished checking the house next door before they came over. During the inspection, they heard the couple mention that they were rescued by 2106 that night, so she was very curious about the owner of this house before she knocked on the door.

The couple came to express their gratitude the next day after they were rescued, and brought a gift. Shu Fu confiscated it and had no intention of making friends, so the two of them could only say thank you a few more times.

"Yes." Shu Fu said calmly, picked up the backpack beside him, and took out a nail gun. "If I save someone with this, will it be confiscated?"

"This is a construction tool. Do we look so boring?" Liu Shuang was amused by her. He took the nail gun and looked at the flashlight tied to it. He handed it back to her with admiration, "You are smart, but you are a girl alone, so you have to be smarter and more capable."

After several team members entered the room, they moved quickly. After all, the house was small and Shu Fu was the only living person there.

Shu Fu showed the property management and neighborhood committee people her rental contract, ID, and her name in the residents’ group.

After confirming that everything was correct, the other party took a photo of her and used a machine they carried to make an electromagnetic card on the spot, asking her to be careful not to lose it. He then sent her the password for the newly installed anti-theft door of Building 3 through a separate chat box in the residents' group.

"Then after we finish inspecting Building 3 today, can I go out?"

"Okay." The property manager nodded, but couldn't help wondering, "You're still going out so late?"

"Go to Building 4 next door to see my friend."

"Of course you can, but you can't get out once you're in there. You can't leave until everyone in Building 4 is checked and you get your electromagnetic card tomorrow."

"I know. I'm staying at her house tonight."

When the group was leaving, Liu Shuang stayed at the end and reminded her to be careful recently and to call for help immediately if she saw any suspicious persons. He also told her not to be reckless and that the reason she was able to successfully save people before was due to the conditions and that she could not guarantee her own safety every time she acted bravely.

The east of the city is in chaos now, so she told her to remember to protect herself first. Finally, she asked Shu Fu to write down her cell phone number for her, saying that she was still on a mission and could not use her cell phone, so she took the cell phone number back and added it to her address book.

Shu Fu immediately went to the table, tore off a note, wrote down her phone number and WeChat name for the other party, then opened the refrigerator and took out six sandwiches and a bag of oranges.

She made this herself after she called Zheng Feifei. It contained ham, eggs and cheese slices, without even any vegetables. It was the most common kind of sandwich, mainly for when visiting someone's home, and you can't go empty-handed.

Because she had a lot of time, she made a lot of them, wrapped them one by one with plastic wrap, and put most of them on the storage shelf. She left six in the refrigerator, and a bag of oranges also had exactly six.

She put the six sandwiches and the bag of oranges into a plastic bag, tied it tightly, and handed it to her along with the note.

Liu Shuang put the note into the inner pocket of his jacket but did not take the bag: "I cannot accept gifts when I am carrying out a mission."

"It's not an expensive thank-you gift. It's oranges and ham and egg sandwiches, exactly six of each. You can eat them after you finish inspecting this building."

Liu Shuang stood sideways at the door, and when he looked up, he just happened to see the looks his two teammates were giving him.

They are members of the rescue team, not army members, so there is actually no problem with these little things. When teammates from other teams checked Building 1 and Building 2, they accepted some food and drinks sent by the residents as a thank you. The only thing they had to do was not eat them during the mission.

However, Liu Shuang was transferred from the army to the rescue team with Cheng Yu a few months ago. They were more strict in this regard. All the things given by the residents at the end of the day were rejected. In order to finish the inspection as soon as possible, everyone had been hungry for a day. It was rare to see a friend who knew the captain give something, so naturally they were a little excited.

A ham and egg sandwich sounds delicious, better than eating compressed biscuits on the bus...

Liu Shuang knew what they were thinking, so he smiled and took the bag from Shu Fu: "Then I'll thank you on their behalf."

"You're welcome, Captain Liu." Shu Fu also smiled.

Liu Shuang was a little dazzled by this smile. Thinking of her appearance when he rescued her from the water just now, and seeing her clean and white face at this moment, a part of her heart softened inexplicably: "Don't call me Captain Liu, call me sister from now on."

"Sister Liu Shuang." Shu Fu readily followed suit.

"Be good. I'll talk to you later." She patted the spot where the notes were collected on her clothes and led the others to the next house.

**

At 8:30 in the evening, Shu Fu, who had already eaten dinner, put on her backpack and raincoat and went to Building 4.

There are several rescue team members guarding the gate of Building 4. The security door has been installed, but the security door password of each building is different, and only the residents of this building know it. At present, Building 4 has not been inspected, so even the residents of this building do not know it.

Shu Fu wanted to go in, but the rescue team members had to open the door for her.

The two rescue team members assigned to guard the gate of Building No. 4 quickly opened the door when they saw that she presented the electromagnetic card of this community.

"You're from Room 2106, Building 3. Come and see your friend - it's Room 1005." Shu Fu pulled down her mask and quickly gave the other party her door number for registration.

One person on the other side took the electromagnetic card to swipe it, and the other person registered, and at the same time told her that she could only enter Building 4 but not leave.

"I know. Thank you."

The electromagnetic card was fine, and the registration was completed. Shu Fu was quickly released. While waiting for the elevator, she heard the gatekeeper muttering: "It's so late, a young girl is still visiting, it's great to be young..."

Shu Fu: ...

She didn't want to either. She also wanted to lie down in her house on the drifting island and ignore the world...

It was raining but there was no thunder today, so Shu Fu took the elevator directly to the tenth floor. The apartment layout here is somewhat different from that of Building 3. The elevator is in the middle, and there are three aisles after getting out. The house numbers are also not arranged in order.

She walked around twice, and the sensor lights in the corridor flickered all the way. She didn't know if she disturbed the residents next door. When she passed a house, the door was opened, and a woman in home clothes half leaned out, and her eyes met hers.

Although Shu Fu was wearing a raincoat and a mask, she was still a girl even at such a close distance. She looked at her twice before looking away, reaching out to put a bag of garbage against the wall at the door. Her movements were very smooth, as if she had just come out to throw away the garbage.

The door closed again, and when Shu Fu looked away, she caught a glimpse of the house number next to the door: 1009.

Fortunately, she found it right this time. The next turn in this corridor is 1005. And not far from 1005 is the elevator. She realized that she had gone in a big circle.

Zheng Feifei hurried over to open the door. Shu Fu was standing outside the door taking off her raincoat. Zheng Feifei helped her take it. Seeing that she was still standing outside the door, she pulled her in: "Come in, come in first and change your shoes!"

Before Shu Fu entered the house, he looked back in the direction of 1009.

Just now, that familiar feeling that she had seen the other person somewhere appeared again. The resident of Room 1009 - she must have seen him before, but she just couldn't remember where.

Shu Fu knew that sometimes the more anxious one was to remember, the less willing the memory would be to help.

So after entering the house, she did not continue to dwell on this matter, but began to concentrate on being a guest. She politely greeted Zheng Feifei's parents and took out gifts from her backpack: six packaged sandwiches and a bag of apples.

Shu Fu didn't know that a few days ago in the middle of the night, her calm, slow and methodical warnings were heard by the other party's parents because Zheng Feifei played them aloud.

After all that happened, Zheng Feifei has understood that in her parents' hearts, she will always be their child. No matter how reasonable the words she says are, the effect will not be as good as those said directly by other people.

Perhaps she was not decisive enough, not calm enough when faced with things, and her ability to handle emergencies on her own was too weak, so she failed to give her parents enough trust and make them believe in her.

But she knew Shu Fu could.

She was younger than her, but most of the time she felt that she had a mature mind far beyond her age. Every time she encountered something and was at a loss, she could always give her useful advice and quickly calm her bewildered heart.

Sure enough, after listening to Shu Fu's words that night, her parents completely gave up their original idea and only remembered one sentence: If you don't want her daughter to die, don't be too sympathetic, don't be soft-hearted, and don't be soft-handed.

The crisis was finally overcome safely, and coupled with the previous waterspout incident, Shu Fu is now a shining figure in the eyes of Zheng Feifei's parents.

Not only did they prepare a sumptuous dinner, they also left a separate portion of each dish for her, and even a small pot of pork bone soup.

So Shu Fu, who had just entered the door less than five minutes ago, sat down at the dinner table under the enthusiasm of the three people.

"Xiao Fu is here, why don't you bring anything? Come over for dinner next time!" Mother Zheng was very enthusiastic. "Fei Fei said you live alone, so you have to cook for yourself. Our Fei Fei can't even cook well..."

The voice of Mother Zheng was heard all over the dining table. Father Zheng, wearing an apron, put down the soup pot, said "Eat, eat", and turned back into the kitchen.

"Uncle, don't be busy yet. Actually, I have already eaten..." Shu Fu struggled to say something. When she turned around, Mother Zheng had already served her a large bowl of bone soup.

"It's okay. You young people tend to sleep late. Just save it for a midnight snack and let Feifei heat it up for you. Come, drink some soup first!"

Shu Fu turned to look at Zheng Feifei, who was trying to hold back her laughter: "Well, drink some soup, and we'll eat the rest together when you get hungry in the middle of the night."

"Your father..."

"He's making pancakes for you. His fried scallion pancakes are delicious, but they're only delicious if they're freshly fried. You can just take a bite later."

Shu Fu: ...

Shu Fu began to drink the soup under the gaze of the two. Zheng Feifei's parents were good cooks. Perhaps due to the lack of ingredients, no side dishes were put into the bone soup. They only sprinkled some chopped green onions they grew themselves and added some white pepper powder, but it was delicious enough.

Pepper can remove moisture. The weather is cold and wet now. A bowl of hot pork bone soup sprinkled with pepper warms her whole body.

The aroma of scallion pancakes soon wafted from the kitchen. The fragrance was so tempting that even though she had already eaten dinner, she still felt like having one more bite.

She remembered that in the building where she lived in Suicheng, several neighbors always loved to fry such scallion pancakes. The fragrance would fill the entire corridor even on rainy days - Shu Fu's memory suddenly revived at this moment, and she remembered it!

She remembered who that person was just now!

On a rainy day, with the aroma of fried pancakes, in the dimly lit corridor in the evening - the other person's name was, yes, her name was Zhong Li.

**

A moment later, Shu Fu was chewing on a scallion pancake while getting a lot of information from the "know-it-all" mother Zheng.

"Yes, one of the residents of that house is called Zhong Li. She also came from Suicheng, but she came a few days later than us."

"In fact, Zhong Li originally chose 1018. It's a big apartment with three bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms. There are four of them, so they probably want to live in a more spacious place... But the other woman disagreed. For some reason, she seemed to be the one who made the decision on renting the apartment. Zhong Li was very unhappy, and they even had a fight about it..."

"Later, I had no choice but to move into 1009... But it was not peaceful even there. We quarreled every few days. About ten days ago, maybe because the quarrels got too intense, the other couple moved out overnight. After that, only Zhong Li and her husband were left living there."

Zheng Feifei is usually busy and has never paid attention to these things. Now, when she hears her mother not only remember the other person's name, but can also speak so clearly from beginning to end, she is a little impressed.

But she also shared some information, which was the noise she heard through the door on the night the community was attacked by outsiders.

In fact, it was not an important matter. She was probably too nervous to hear the sound of the door lock. But she saw her mother was talking excitedly, so she joined in.

Sure enough, even Zheng's mother thought she must have heard it wrong. That night, every household guarded the door and windows tightly, so how could anyone take the initiative to open the door? Isn't this nonsense?

Shu Fu recalled Zhong Li's expression when she saw her just now, and felt that she didn't recognize her because she was wearing a mask. But even if she didn't wear a mask, she estimated that she wouldn't recognize her, because the only time they had met, she opened the door only a crack, not even showing her eyes.

She guessed that the couple who moved out overnight were probably Fang Xiwen and her husband. She didn't expect to hear news about Fang Xiwen after all the detours. It was a pity that she moved out a week ago, otherwise she could go over and say hello now.

As for Zhong Li, is she the person involved in this mission?

Shu Fu thought of a very small task she had done in Suicheng. At that time, she acted cautiously and did not go out to participate. After the task was completed, not only did she not get any progress bar bonus, she didn't even get a chance to draw a lottery.

At that time, she guessed that the key point might be between the first and second floors where the conflict occurred.

And Zhong Li was the resident on the second floor during that incident.

Shu Fu drank a bowl of bone soup and finished a scallion pancake under the expectant gaze of Zheng's father. Seeing that they wanted more soup, she immediately stood up from the table, indicating that she really couldn't eat any more.

"Okay, let Feifei play with you first. I'll take care of the food. You can eat it when you're hungry later."

Shu Fu wanted to help clean up the dishes, but as soon as she brought the dishes into the kitchen, she was pushed out by Zheng's mother, and Zheng Feifei directly pulled her into the room.

**

The house they rented had two bedrooms and a living room. The dining room and living room were connected, but the convenience was that there were two bathrooms. Zheng's mother thought that girls should have their own separate bathrooms when they grow up, so she let her live in the room with the ensuite bathroom.

Zheng Feifei pulled her in to wash up: "The bucket and basin are new. The water will be turned off at nine o'clock, so the water has been prepared for you. If the water temperature is not high enough, heat it yourself. The thermos is next to it, as well as the towel and toothbrush--"

"I brought a towel and a toothbrush." ​​Shu Fu also brought in her backpack. So staying overnight at someone else's house on a day like this would be a complete bother to others. If the backpack was not too small to be transformed into a washbasin, she could "bring her own" everything.

Besides, if you come to sleep in someone else's bed overnight, you can't just say "I've already washed up at home" and then go and crawl into someone else's bed...

Zheng Feifei nodded and put away the new towel and toothbrush: "I've already washed them. I'll wait for you outside."

When Shu Fu put down her backpack, she looked at her phone. There was an unread text message on it and a friend request on WeChat.

The message and application were both sent by Liu Shuang, who had obviously finished her task for today. Shu Fu approved the other party's application, and then saved the number of the message in her mobile phone, with the note: the cool sister Liu Shuang.

After she finished washing up, she found that Liu Shuang had transferred two red envelopes to her, saying that she was a little girl living alone and it was unreasonable for her to eat her food for free. He also told her to accept them, otherwise she would be angry.

Shu Fu thought about it and only accepted a red envelope, indicating that the money was enough, and then asked the other party about the boat hanging machine. Liu Shuang was also the captain of the rescue team, and she might have a way.

The other party was probably busy again and didn't reply after sending the red envelope.

Just as Shu Fu had expected, she hardly slept that night. Zheng Feifei had a lot to say to her. She talked about the thrilling experience of the previous night and revealed a little bit of her experiences in the last few days in Suicheng.

Zheng Feifei always felt that the last period of time after leaving Suicheng was the biggest setback in her life. She would never talk about this to anyone easily, but after experiencing the previous night attack on Jixing Community by thugs, the things that happened in Suicheng were nothing more than that.

It was just that when she was staying at someone else's house, she was grabbed by another person who was also staying there when she got up at night. He pulled her into the room and tried to do something bad to her. In the end, she hit her head with her phone, but she still shamelessly stiffened her neck and asked her why she smiled at him if she had no interest in him. He asked her for WeChat and she was willing to add him. She was clearly playing hard to get...

And the boyfriend who had always sworn that he loved her and would take good care of her, fought with others for his childhood sweetheart in the shelter, and the sight of the two of them hugging each other tightly in the end made Zheng Feifei feel that she was the one who was redundant...

But what she talked about more was the peaceful and comfortable life in Suicheng in the past. She longed for the days when she could slack off at work and punch in and out. Even the curry restaurant opposite the company, which she and Shu Fu did not get to eat at, became a beautiful memory with regret.

Shu Fu doesn't have to go to work now, so she lies down every day and doesn't feel anything if she goes to bed late or not. Zheng Feifei was forced to rest these days and didn't want to sleep. By the time they both fell asleep in a daze, it was almost dawn.

The next day was the inspection day for Building 4. Building 4 was one-third larger than Building 3 and had the most residents, so in order to ensure that all inspections could be completed today, two teams came and acted separately.

With the twelfth floor as the center line, one team goes up to check, and the other team goes down to check. The twelfth floor is very close to the tenth floor.

According to Zheng Feifei's previous estimation, the two of them could have slept until noon, but in fact, before eight o'clock in the morning, they were woken up by Zheng's anxious mother, who said that the inspection personnel had arrived at the tenth floor and were in room 1002 and would be here soon.

The result was that two people who had just fallen asleep tied their hair up casually, brushed their teeth casually, and went to the door without even having time to wash their faces.

The timing was just right. He had just stood still when a group of inspectors came over. It was also a team of six people, three of whom were fully armed. One of them had a striking height and a striking face. It was Cheng Yu.

When Cheng Yu saw her, there was no surprise on his face like Liu Shuang showed yesterday. It was obvious that he had learned from Liu Shuang that she lived in Jixing Community, and he might even know that she said she was going to visit a friend's house last night.

Cheng Yu, wearing a full set of combat uniform, had an even more fierce aura. The gun on his waist smelled coldly of gunpowder, and the other two team members standing behind him were equally serious.

The three people standing there could freeze the air in half of the corridor. The few families who hadn't yet been inspected and had curiously opened the door to look out became very quiet when they saw this scene.

Zheng Feifei and her family had to go through the same inspection procedure that Shu Fu had checked yesterday, and she only had to show the electromagnetic card with her photo on it.

Cheng Yu took the card from her, and she read the hesitation in his eyes when he looked at her, but now he was on a mission and would not say anything more.

After he returned the electromagnetic card to her, he took a tablet from a team member beside him, opened it, and showed the photos on it to Shu Fu and Zheng Feifei's family.

The photo on the tablet was a little blurry, but it must have been enlarged and restored. It was a picture of most of the side profile of a bald man with a gloomy expression, and he didn't look like a good guy.

Sure enough, Cheng Yu told them that the person in the photo was an important leader in the riot. According to various information, he should still be in the east of the city and was probably hiding in one of the several residential areas attacked at night, so he asked them to recognize his face and asked if they had seen him before.

Shu Fu guessed that this should be the news that was just updated, otherwise there should have been wanted photos on the Internet a long time ago.

However, most people in Jixing Community were so good at guarding the gate that they couldn’t see the faces of those people clearly, and naturally had never seen this person.

The residents who had not yet been checked showed panic when they heard that there might be a small thug leader hiding in the community. Two elderly people even hurried back to the house to look for their reading glasses.

Shu Fu saw that the door of Room 1009 was also open. Zhong Li was still wearing her home cotton coat. She glanced at the inspection team members, her face did not look very good, and she looked a little doubtful.

This kind of suspicion was different from the panic of other residents. Other residents were simply frightened by what they heard about the thug leader, but she seemed to be more frightened...

I don’t know if it was because of the Suicheng incident that caused Shu Fu to have a prejudice. When she remembered that the other person was Zhong Li, she always felt that the other person was a little weird.

Last night when she passed the corridor, Zhong Li seemed to have opened the door to throw away the garbage, but in fact, her first reaction after opening the door was to look at her, and she looked at her carefully twice. It felt more like she heard someone walking around outside and came out to check.

Is she being alert?

Not only should we be alert to her who passed by last night, but also to the inspection team today...

It's understandable to be wary of her, but why should we be wary of the people in the inspection team?

The inspection of the Zheng family has been completed. The property management, neighborhood committee and two team members have gone to the house downstairs. Cheng Yu fell behind a few steps and stopped in front of Shu Fu. Before he could open his mouth, Shu Fu grabbed his arm and pulled him directly into the house.

Under normal circumstances, with Cheng Yu's skills, it is impossible for him to give others the opportunity to get close to him suddenly.

But he was completely unprepared for the person in front of him. Even when he was dragged into the house, his body's alert instinct made him want to break free and capture the other person, but he immediately resisted the urge.

Zheng Feifei and her family of three in the room were all shocked when they saw this, but Shu Fu had already turned around and made a hushing gesture to them before they could say anything.

Shu Fu's expression was extremely solemn, which made Cheng Yu react. He frowned and lowered his voice: "What did you find?"

Shu Fu said, "1009 is a little strange."

In addition to briefly and quickly stating her suspicions, she also told Zheng Feifei about the noises she heard through the door that night.

Zheng Feifei and her mother both suspected that they had heard it wrong and thought that room 1009 was not open that night.

But what if it isn’t?

If 1009 really opened its doors that night and was not attacked and killed by mobs after opening, what would that represent?

"I understand. Close the door and don't come out." Cheng Yu nodded, untied the glove of the gun, put his hands on the gun, then turned and walked out.