Chapter 44 Suspicious Person
"Shhh."
While Huang Jinghe was speaking, Lan Jin seemed to hear a sound of light footsteps following behind them. Because she had drunk the spiritual spring water, her five senses were much more sensitive than before, so no matter how small the sound was, as long as she noticed it, she would not have misheard it.
The footsteps following them up the stairs were too light, obviously not the sound of normal footsteps going up the stairs. Since she heard it, there was no reason for her not to confirm the situation.
But the person downstairs was also very alert. After the two of them fell silent, he immediately stopped his footsteps.
Lan Jin quickly walked to the handrail of the stairs and looked down at the gap in the middle of the stairs.
Huang Jinghe was originally climbing the stairs by the handrail. Seeing Lan Jin looking down, he also looked down. Unexpectedly, at this moment, in the blink of an eye, they both saw a black arm retracting into the stairs.
The two looked at each other and immediately felt that there was something wrong with the black arm. Otherwise, you would just go on and on, why are you hiding?
Huang Jinghe suddenly felt something was wrong, but he was also a little unsure, so he immediately asked in a low voice: "Sister Lan, is someone following us?"
Lan Jin nodded and whispered, "Let's talk about it when we get home."
The two of them hurried home, their steps light and quiet. Lan Jin waited until she heard the door upstairs close before closing her own front door. Then, Lan Jin received a message from Huang Jinghe, "Sister Lan, was someone following us just now? I saw that black arm, but I'm worried I'm mistaken. Could it be someone living on the 30th floor?"
Lan Jin glanced at Ren Siqiao and Nana beside her legs and said quickly, "Mom will make a phone call first. Let's play a game. See if you two can wait until Mom finishes talking before talking again. If you can, each of you will be rewarded with a chicken drumstick later."
As soon as they heard there was a chicken leg, the boy and the dog shut their mouths before they even opened their mouths.
Seeing the game started, Lan Jin immediately called Huang Jinghe back, "Actually, when we were going upstairs, I heard a faint sound of footsteps following us. At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, after all, we live on the top floor. But just now when we were queuing...
Oh, you might not recognize him, but almost everyone from 29th to 30th floor had already gone upstairs, and even those who hadn't gone upstairs were lined up behind us. I immediately felt something was wrong, so when I got to the 30th floor, I started to walk more quietly. But after we went up one floor, the person was still following us, so I stopped to take a look.
Huang Jinghe said, "I don't know the people on the 29th floor, but I do know the people on the 30th floor. There was one family in line behind us, and three other families went up the stairs before us. And the people behind us weren't wearing black, which means this person was deliberately following us."
"Maybe. She wasn't from the 29th or 30th floor anyway. But when we looked down, the person standing on the 30th floor clearly had a problem."
Huang Jinghe couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Sister Lan, are we being targeted again? But we didn't buy much."
"The less you have, the more likely you'll be targeted. If you don't buy anything, it means you have it. Who knows how much stuff you have at home, or how many contribution points are in your residence permit? Besides, we two are easy targets." Lan Jin said seriously, but Huang Jinghe was a little scared. "What should we do then? Do we have to keep watch at night?"
"I don't think so. After all, someone was murdered in this building last week, and the murderer hasn't been found yet. No one would dare to come here at night. I think we just need to be careful during the day."
But Lan Jin's words clearly reminded Huang Jinghe, "Sister Lan, you mentioned the murderer. Could the person who just followed us be the murderer? We're in danger. Do you think we should call the police? After all, this is a discovery. What if it helps the police solve the case? The murderer can be caught directly, and then our building will be safe, right?"
This, if they get caught, it will be even more unsafe. After all, there's a hidden danger imprisoned in the same building. No matter what, everyone will be afraid and dare not go out easily. If they get caught...
Bah, doesn't she know what's going on even if others don't?
Lan Jin twitched her lips, but didn't object to Huang Jinghe's idea. "I think it's okay. If the person following us is really the murderer, we two may not be his match."
"Then Sister Xinglan, I'll call the community first." As for why she called them, it was naturally because they didn't know the phone number of the police officer.
Huang Jing quickly hung up the phone after he finished speaking. When Lan Jin put down the phone, Ren Siqiao and Nana beside her took a deep breath and immediately said to Lan Jin: "Mom, Mom, am I a good boy? I didn't say anything when you called."
"You're so good, Qiao Qiao, and Nana, you're so good too. I'll take out the chicken legs in a moment and we can each have one."
The child and the dog were barking happily, "Yeah, yeah!"
Ever since the two guys were separated last time, their dining place changed from the dining table to the coffee table. Of course, the dining table and chairs were also replaced when they exchanged contribution points last time in order to destroy the evidence. So Lan Jin put the lunch box on the coffee table, picked up a box that looked okay and opened the lid, then took out three chicken legs, put two on the lid of the lunch box, and put one in Nana's bowl.
Because the lunch box was too full and the child couldn't eat much, she didn't give Ren Siqiao a separate portion of food. Instead, she picked a little bit of food and put it on the lid of the lunch box and let her eat it.
As for the lunch box, it is the most common and ordinary four-compartment lunch box. The largest compartment is filled with rice, the slightly larger compartment above the rice is filled with stir-fried potatoes with green peppers, beef brisket with tomatoes on the right, and stir-fried cabbage on the left. The food in each compartment is packed tightly, not only is the quantity sufficient, but the box is also much taller than the previous lunch box.
With this amount, it would be good if Lan Jin could eat one third of it now, but in her previous life, Lan Jin could eat a whole box of food in one meal. This shows how devastating the end of the world is to people.
For those who had normal meals every day, they would not be able to eat anymore after eating a little. Lan Jin put the untouched lunch box and breakfast into the space city, and then put the half-eaten food into the refrigerator. She would heat it up in the microwave in the evening and it would be another meal.
Unexpectedly, just as she finished cleaning the coffee table, she heard footsteps coming up the stairs. After waiting for a while, a group of people knocked on her door.
As soon as I opened the door, besides the community staff, there was the police officer I had met last time.
Lan Jin asked, "Hello, you guys came pretty quickly."
Since the group had been upstairs before, it wasn't surprising that Lan Jin knew they were coming over. "Yes, we have a few questions we'd like to ask."
Lan Jin invited the people in and locked the child and the dog in the master bedroom before saying, "The children are too noisy. It's quieter here. If you have any questions, just ask them."
(End of this chapter)
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