Chapter 208 Distress
Zhou Yunjie drank a little wine that night, not much actually, but when he got out of the taxi and was blown by the night wind, he felt slightly drunk.
It wasn’t actually too late, but because this residential complex was quite old and all the residents were elderly, there were not many people downstairs.
The streetlights had been in disrepair for a long time, and the dim light flickered among the sycamore leaves, stretching her shadow longer and shorter.
Normally, after finishing her night shift, she would turn on the flashlight on her phone and run across the neighborhood and up the stairs as quickly as possible. But today, whether it was because she had been drinking and her reaction was slow, or because the alcohol gave her courage, by the time she heard footsteps behind her, the person was only three or four meters away from her.
Zhou Yunjie subconsciously glanced at her and saw a man wearing a black baseball cap with the brim pulled down low, so his face couldn't be seen clearly. However, he was following her slowly at a distance of several steps behind her.
When she speeds up, the other person speeds up too; when she slows down, the other person slows down too.
A chill suddenly ran up my spine.
Suddenly, she had a flashback to when she first moved here. The old men and women sitting downstairs and chatting said that the area seemed to be in turmoil recently. A girl who came home late was robbed of her money and her hand was scratched.
It's fine if I don't think about it, but once I do, it's like the floodgates are opened. All those robbery scenes from crime dramas rush to my mind.
In the dim corridor, the cold light of a dagger suddenly flashed, and the victim screamed in terror...
Zhou Yunjie felt his temples throbbing and cold sweat broke out on his palms.
She turned on her phone, opened the address book as quickly as possible, and called Lin Xiaotang, but no one answered.
The footsteps behind her were getting closer and closer. Without time to think about it, she clicked on Shen Zhiyu's phone and dialed it.
The receiver beeped a few times and the call went through.
With almost no hesitation, she shouted into the microphone, "Husband!"
Shen Zhiyu on the other end of the phone obviously hesitated for a moment before asking, "What's wrong?" As if emboldened by the person on the other end of the phone, Zhou Yunjie stopped, turned to look at the man following behind him, and said into the phone, "Hubby, I've already reached the flower bed. How about I go out and look for you?"
As she spoke, she looked at the man in the baseball cap. Although the man did not stop, he walked very slowly.
Zhou Yunjie had already confirmed that he was following him, so he walked out without thinking, saying to the phone as he walked, "Honey, I'm already at the fitness equipment. Come in and pick me up..."
The person on the other end of the phone suddenly interrupted her and said, "Don't hang up, wait for me!"
Zhou Yunjie didn't dare hang up, and continued to talk to herself on the phone, trying to dispel the fear and panic that was creeping through her body. She knew that even if Shen Zhiyu could make it, it would take an hour to drive from Junting. If that man really wanted to do something, an hour would be enough.
So, she could only hold the phone tightly to resist the fear in her heart.
The man in the baseball cap caught up again, this time with a faster pace than before. Zhou Yunjie wanted to run away, but he found that his steps were weak and he had no strength.
The heavy footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Zhou Yunjie was becoming more and more panicked. She could already see the shadow of the man in the baseball cap cast on the wall from the corner of her eye.
I closed my eyes and was about to run out as fast as I could when I suddenly saw a tall figure walking in at the entrance of the community.
The shadow was tall and heroic, like a knight walking on the moon to save the princess.
My heart is finally at peace.
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