Room Escape 017

  Yi Xiaodao felt a movement behind him and knew that Qiao Zhenglin had caught up.

  "Officer Qiao, what do you mean by this?" Yi Xiaodao slowly turned around and asked.

  Qiao Zhenglin said coldly: "Where did you hide her?"

  Yi Xiaodao retorted: "I have no idea what you're looking for, the shoe cabinet was trampled by you guys, and the ceiling was torn down by you guys, what exactly are you trying to find?"

  Yi Xiaodao's nonchalant attitude infuriated Qiao Zhenglin, but he remained calm: "Stop pretending to be stupid! Open the door!"

  At this time, two subordinates also rushed over, panting and trembling with acid-swollen legs. The remaining households on the 9th floor also opened their doors to see what had happened.

  Yi Xiaodao sneered and didn't say a word, taking out the key to unlock the door.

  Qiao Zhenglin didn't wait for his subordinates to rush in first, he himself had already dodged past Yi Xiaodao's side and rushed directly into the bathroom through the living room.

  The bathroom was still the same as it had been not long ago, except that it looked a bit shorter. There was nothing suspicious about it at first glance. But upon closer inspection, Qiao Zhenglin discovered several fine cracks on top, forming a square shape, like a chessboard. He glanced around and spotted the mop in the corner of the bathroom, grabbed it with the wooden handle facing up, and forcefully poked it towards the crack.

  He exerted a fierce force, and with a loud crash, a concrete slab was lifted, and a neat square black hole immediately appeared on the top of the bathroom.

  I knew it was hidden here!

  "Come out!" Qiao Zhenglin held a pistol in his right hand, his index finger trembling slightly, ready to pull the trigger at any moment.

  The surroundings were dead silent. Everyone, including Yi Xiaodao, was shocked by the secret space discovered by Qiao Zhenglin. Qiao Zhenglin did not expect that there would be a hidden room above the bathroom, and it was disguised very successfully. Yi Xiaodao also did not think that such a secretive hidden room would be discovered by Qiao Zhenglin.

  Yi Xiaodao stood in the living room, but listened carefully to the movements in the bathroom.

  Qiao Zhenglin's men had already followed into the kitchen, and Yi Xiaodao could have left the room safely before they discovered him, but he didn't move. The exposure of the secret room might just add another label to his reputation as a pervert.

  At this time, Xiao Dao was lounging on the sofa, while Qiao Zelin in the bathroom was facing off against a black hole as if it were a formidable enemy.

  A minute later, there was no sound in the black hole. Instinct told Joe that the target was not here. He put away his gun and gave a wink to his two subordinates. The subordinates had followed him for some time, and with just one wink, they knew what he wanted to do. They also put away their guns, and one helped the other stand on the washbasin, pulling out a box from the small secret room.

  When I opened it, there were seven or eight pieces of women's underwear neatly arranged inside, in different sizes, styles and colors.

  A plainclothesman closed the trunk and carried it into the living room, heavily throwing it in front of Yi Xiaodao.

  "What is this?"

  Yi Xiaodao glanced at the open box and the messy lingerie, saying casually: "A bra. You've never seen a woman's bra before?"

  "I asked you why there's a secret room in the bathroom? How can these things be inside?" Qiao Zhenglin tried his best to remain calm. As a police officer, he needed to stay absolutely calm when facing suspects, especially when dealing with tricky opponents like Yi Xiaodao.

  Yi Xiaodao said slowly, "This is my collection - a rather unusual one, I suppose. I just didn't want my girlfriend to know, so I made a secret room to store it."

  "You——" Qiao Zhenglin almost couldn't hold back his anger, but he finally restrained himself and turned to a subordinate: "Immediately notify the colleagues in the forensic department to come and see if there are any traces left by the suspect in the sealed room." The subordinate nodded and went off. Qiao Zhenglin turned back to Yi Xiaodao and said: "Mr. Yi, would you please follow me to the police station?"

  "Go to the police station?" Yi Xiaodao coldly snorted and said, "Officer Qiao, I don't have time."

  "I now suspect that you are harboring a fugitive. You have the right to remain silent, but every word you say..." Qiao Zhenglin glared fiercely at Yi Xiaodao.

  But before he could finish, Yi Xiaodao interrupted him: "Officer Qiao, you haven't found anything, what makes you suspect me? Let's wait for your colleagues from the forensic department to take a look first."

  Qiao Zhenglin was speechless for a moment, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Yi Xiaodao was an accomplice of the suspect, and the secret room in the bathroom was where the suspect was hiding. But now the suspect had disappeared, could it be that Yi Xiaodao deliberately led them away to let the suspect escape?

  At this point, he noticed that the cigarettes Yi Xiaodao had bought were still lying untouched on the table, and upon scanning the entire room, not even an ashtray was found. In other words, Yi Xiaodao didn't smoke at all; his purchase of cigarettes was just a clumsy trick to lure the tiger away from its mountain - yet this clumsy scheme succeeded.

  Qiao Zhenglin's eyes were fixed on Yi Xiaodao, and he said to another subordinate, "You go find the landlord and get the video recordings for the past two days. See if there are any suspicious people entering or leaving."

  "Yes." The subordinate replied and went downstairs.

  The room was left with only Qiao Zhenglin and Yi Xiaodao, Qiao Zhenglin stared at Yi Xiaodao, while Yi Xiaodao gazed out the window. The sky outside was gloomy, although it was already late afternoon, but not so dark. The air felt particularly stifling, and Yi Xiaodao could feel sweat trickling down his back.

  "Is it going to rain?" Yi Xiaodao thought to himself, starting to get worried.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, a few minutes later, a strong wind suddenly blew outside without warning. The wind blew into the room from the balcony, and the room immediately became cool. Next, big raindrops started falling down, blown by the wind onto the balcony, and misty rain drifted into the room.

  Yi Xiaodao got up and closed the door of the room.

  The forensic police arrived. They fiddled around in the bathroom for over ten minutes and finally confirmed that no traces were found.

  Qiao Zhenglin looked very disappointed: "Impossible! Not a single clue?"

  "No." An old man in the forensic department said while putting away his tools, "There are two possibilities: one is that there was no suspect at all, and the other is that the traces were cleaned up by the suspect."

  Qiao Zhenglin glared at Yi Xiaodao, his eyes almost spewing fire, and after stifling himself for half a day, said: "Withdraw!"

  Yi Xiaodao withdrew his gaze from outside the window and looked at Qiao Zhenglin's back as he stormed out, a cold smile floating on the corner of his mouth.

  Downstairs, Qiao Zhenglin ignored his subordinates holding umbrellas beside him and walked through the rain to a police car parked not far away.

  "Have you got all the tapes?" Qiao Zhenglin asked.

  "We've got it, we sent it back for investigation earlier." a subordinate replied.

  Qiao Zhenglin looked through the thick rain curtain at the building where Yi Xiaodao was, and said: "Send someone to guard here, monitor Yi Xiaodao's movements for 24 hours, and notify me immediately if there is any situation."

  "Yes!"

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  The sky is getting darker and darker, with strong winds and heavy rain, it's hard to see things clearly even ten meters away.

  Two plainclothes policemen sat in a tea house, sipping tea and keeping watch on the movements across from them. However, nothing out of the ordinary seemed to be happening, just people constantly coming down from upstairs, wearing slippers, with their pant legs rolled up high, holding an umbrella in one hand and another under their arm, apparently delivering umbrellas to family members who had not returned home yet.

  The open space in front of the building had accumulated a lot of water, and the umbrella carriers had to wade through the water and pass by the entrance of this tea shop to get to the place without water. The two plainclothes policemen didn't even blink their eyes, carefully identifying each person passing by the small shop.

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  Today's second update.

  In addition, in order to cooperate with the recommendation, during the period of homepage recommendation, try to ensure two updates, and guarantee one update at other times.

  At noon, I chose a stylish cake, don't know if it will be a hit tomorrow. It's the thought that counts anyway.