The person in the surveillance footage could only be An Lili. Although I only saw her back, I was 100% certain it was her based on her figure and the clothes she was wearing that day.
Why her?
Why did she do that?
My hands were trembling as I held my phone. Although I had already prepared myself for the possibility that it was An Lili, my heart was still aching.
"What exactly are you trying to do? If you're planning to release that thing to harm me, why are you being so kind to me?" I closed my eyes in anguish and muttered to myself in a trembling voice.
Perhaps without realizing it, I've already fallen for An Lili. Now that she's done this, how should I face her? Should I pretend I know nothing about it, or should I directly ask her?
But I have a feeling that if I ask her face to face, An Lili probably won't admit it. I'll have to present the evidence. I don't know what will happen to An Lili in the end, and I don't dare to think about it.
Did I misunderstand her?
After all, I didn't see her open the lock with my own eyes. Perhaps An Lili just went to the back for a stroll, and the lock wasn't opened by her.
Yes, that must be it. Such a youthful and sunny girl, I believe she would do such a thing; it would do her absolutely no good.
With my overconfident belief, I pressed play. Immediately, An Lili moved again in the picture. However, due to the angle, I couldn't see her face clearly. Just as An Lili was about to disappear from the picture, a second person appeared.
My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly pressed the pause button. However, because this person was walking on the far left, I couldn't see her head; I could only see her body from the shoulders down.
This person was wearing a large blue floral shirt, black pants, and embroidered shoes.
Wait, embroidered shoes?
Who is this person? In this day and age, who would still wear these kinds of shoes?
I zoomed in on the image with both hands, and the embroidered shoes came into view. However, due to the low resolution of the camera, the image became even blurrier after zooming in, and I could only make out the general shape. I moved the image slightly and then saw the feet wearing the embroidered shoes. My pupils immediately contracted.
Although the image was still blurry, I could see a pair of purplish-gray feet with many black spots on them. What kind of person would have feet like that?
However, I still can't get an answer to the question of perspective.
I unpaused the playback to see if this strange person would appear on screen later.
By the way, this person followed An Lili in through the back door. Did An Lili know she was there?
Then, without me even having to guess, An Lili, who was about to disappear from the screen, suddenly turned around, waved to the strange person, and moved her mouth a few times. However, there was no sound from the surveillance camera, and just by looking at An Lili's mouth movements, I couldn't guess what they were saying.
I quickly pressed the pause button, and An Lili's face was fully displayed in front of me. She looked less lively than usual, and seemed to be gloomy and even a little painful.
Actually, I had already confirmed that it was An Lili, so I wasn't too upset. The only thing I wanted to know was what the strange person looked like, and who she was. Did she come here with An Lili really to open that copper lock?
Judging from how familiar An Lili and she seemed, what exactly is their relationship? And why did An Lili have that complicated expression?
I pressed play again, wanting to see if I could see anything else.
But I was still disappointed. After saying a few words, An Lili disappeared from the surveillance camera's view, and the strange person also disappeared from the camera's view step by step, never being able to see her head.
I let out a long breath, took out a cigarette and lit it, hoping that the strong tobacco smell of the Red Dragon cigarette could dilute some of my complicated emotions.
An Lili and the others have disappeared from the scene. Based on their walking route, I was unable to determine whether they were heading towards the small house by the wall.
Wait, in the scene just now, I think I saw that strange person holding something in their hand.
I quickly reached out and zoomed in on the scene when An Lili had just appeared. This time, my gaze wasn't on An Lili, but fixed on the spot where the strange person was about to appear.
A moment later, the strange man finally appeared. I quickly pressed the pause button and looked closely, but I was a little disappointed. I didn't see anything in the strange man's hand.
Could it be her other hand? But because of the angle, I couldn't see her other hand.
I continued playing the surveillance video, my eyes fixed on the strange man's left hand.
Even after the strange person met with An Lili, I still couldn't see her left hand. The video was still playing, and the strange person was about to leave the surveillance range.
Could it be that I misread it before? It must be, otherwise, if I looked at it carefully from the beginning, how could I not see that she had something in her hand?
But just then, as the strange person in the video was about to step out of the surveillance frame, I finally saw her left hand, and it seemed that she was indeed holding something.
I used the speed of someone who's been single for over twenty years to instantly pause the video and zoom in.
The object in the strange man's hand also came into my view. Although I couldn't see it completely, I could make out the general idea: a pitch-black wooden handle and half a pitch-black blade. To be precise, it wasn't a blade, but a sickle blade. What shocked me even more was that this strange sickle was emitting a faint, eerie green light, and there seemed to be a symbol in the middle of the sickle blade.
I zoomed in on the image again, but the sickle became even blurrier. I couldn't make out what kind of pattern it was. In the blur, it looked like a crocodile, but it didn't have a head like that, and crocodiles aren't that long. It looked like a snake, but snakes don't have legs.
I took out a pen and paper and sketched the general shape of the strange pattern from the blurry image. I had a feeling that if I knew what kind of symbol it was, I might be able to find out the identity of this strange person.
Another way is for me to ask An Lili directly, but An Lili definitely won't tell me, and I don't want to ask her either. Actually, An Lili in my heart is already shrouded in mystery, and she is no longer that innocent and sunny girl.
I continued scrolling through the surveillance video. An Lili went in through the back door and will definitely come out through the back door as well. Maybe I'll even see what that strange person looks like then.
About half an hour later, An Lili appeared on the surveillance screen again. The complicated expression on her face did not lessen, but became much more intense. However, at this moment, I did not want to focus on An Lili, but instead stared intently at what was behind her.
Soon, the strange man finally appeared. The first thing I noticed was his feet. This time, he was walking not far behind An Lili. If I followed this route, I was sure I could see her face.
With a mix of excitement and nervousness, I waited to see the strange man's true colors.
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