Chapter 23: Peeping

  （1）

  The weather is somewhat gloomy, with occasional small snowflakes floating down from the sky. It's only mid-November and it's already this cold. The weather forecast always says that another wave of cold air from Siberia is moving south, and a large-scale temperature drop is about to occur in Northeast China and North China.

  Xiao Ke's anxiety increased due to the gloomy weather. Just now, Lu Ya came to find her and handed her a miniature listening device, asking her to install it in the residence that needed monitoring. This made her even more uncertain about what Mr. Yu was planning to do.

  I hope it's nothing illegal, she stood up and sat down again, pacing back and forth in the room several times. Finally, gritting her teeth, for the sake of tuition fees, or rather, for the sake of tuition fees, she steeled herself.

  Someone is making a phone call in a telephone booth.

  "Alright, you can send someone over." The man in the black hat strolled out leisurely.

  This is a high-end community near A Da, and it's not far from Xiao Ke's home.

  Shu Xiang Garden. Even the name is so elegant. Xiao Ke sighed and her legs started shaking again, especially when she saw the security guard at the entrance of the community, she almost wanted to turn around and run away, even if it meant hiding in a phone booth on the street.

  "Delivering, delivering express." Xiao Ke pressed down on his hat, trying hard not to let his voice tremble.

  The security guard glanced at her with the corner of his eye, squeezed out a sharp "hmm" from his throat, and then didn't even bother to give her another glance.

  Sister, isn't he just a security guard? What's the big deal! Wait till I graduate and find a good job and move into this neighborhood, then I'll get you fired through the property management! Xiao Ke glared at the little security guard, panting heavily, but her courage grew by several degrees. She stomped her feet loudly and swung the express package in her hand almost to the sky.

  Building C-12.

  28 floors. Xiao Ke cursed silently, the height of Lu Ya's house had already made her tremble with fear, and this time the floor was even higher than Lu Ya's house, wasn't that purely trying to take her life?

  Fortunately, the high-end residential area and the affordable housing are incomparable, even the elevator is spacious and bright. Xiao Ke still doesn't feel very comfortable, but at least she doesn't have the suffocating feeling like in Lu Ya's home elevator. However, as the numbers gradually approach 28, she always feels like she's going to faint the next second. Her heart beats rapidly with anxiety, thinking about what would happen if she gets caught. Would she be sent to prison? If she goes to prison, she won't have to go to school anymore. If she doesn't go to school, she can't find a job. If she can't find a job, she can't earn money. Without money, she can't afford a good apartment...

  The phone suddenly rang loudly in the enclosed elevator, startling Xiao Ke so much that she jumped.

  It was Lu Ya who called her, and she stared at the phone screen for a long time before answering it.

  "I said Keke, you're not thinking of running away now, are you?" Lu Ya's voice was soft.

  Xiao Ke's heart skipped a beat as she subconsciously looked back, almost thinking that Lu Ya had followed her up, or else how could he have grasped her thoughts so clearly.

  "Dead girl, I've known you for so many years, and there are still several twists in your heart that I don't know about."

  Listening to her say this, Xiao Ke suddenly felt wronged, "I said Lu Ya, can I talk to Mr. Yu? This is private intrusion, invading people's rights, can we change to a different task? Besides, if I'm discovered as a fake courier, and there's another tall and strong man in the house, I don't think I can escape."

  A chuckle echoed through the phone, "Don't worry, Mr. Yu just wants to see if you have the ability to do a good job with the work he'll be handing over to you later. There are Mr. Yu's informants in this neighborhood, so everything is clear. That household only has one girl now, and she's not in good health. With your formidable skills, taking care of such a little girl would be as easy as kicking your living room coffee table several meters away."

  Upon hearing this, Xiao Ke first let out a sigh of relief, then felt a deep sense of guilt. "How could I kick such a weak and delicate little girl... Let's switch to a different task instead, I really can't do it."

  "I knew you'd say that," said Lu Ya, "Mr. Yu should have told you too."

  "What? What?" Xiao Ke was stunned.

  "That side chuckled a few more times, 'Do you know who lives in that house?'"

  "Who?"

  "It's Aunt Zhen."

  （2）

  Xiao Ke was stunned for a moment and didn't even notice that the elevator door had opened, so it closed again and continued to go up.

  "Zhen Yi?" Xiao Ke's eyes widened, "You're not kidding, right? Zhen Yi? Are you sure?"

  "Otherwise? I told you before, Mr. Yu thought highly of you because you were relatively loyal to the Yu family, unlike other servants who would scatter and leave as soon as they got a chance. Mr. Yu has always been resentful about Madam Zhen getting her hands on the Yu family's property, and with Young Master Yu's disappearance possibly related to her, that's why he thought of you."

  Xiao Ke's eyes lit up, heaven knows how much she detested that old poisonous woman. Every day, with an air of superiority, she would find fault in her and even linked her to the disappearance of Yu Chen young master, causing her to be interrogated by the police for half a day. She dared to bet a hundred times that the death of Yu Chen young master was definitely related to her, but unfortunately, there was no evidence to be found.

  "Haha, that old thing is finally in my hands! I'm going to make her family go crazy!" Xiao Ke laughed wildly with his left hand on his waist in the elevator.

  "You'd better not, just stick to the original plan. You mustn't use any more violence or you'll end up killing someone and then you won't be able to think about anything else."

  Xiao Ke scratched his head, "I just said it to express my excitement, but speaking of which, the girl you mentioned wouldn't be the young mistress that Yu Chen Young Master married for good luck but was killed by bad luck, would she?"

  "No, it's another daughter of Aunt Zhen, named Zhen Tianqi."

  "What's your surname, Auntie? I really don't have a good feeling about this. Alright, I'm going to work now. Haha, my sister, I'm so eager to get started, hahaahahaahaha!" Xiao Ke hung up the phone again with another burst of crazy laughter.

  Zhen's aunt lives here, no wonder she felt something was off from the start (......), no wonder she sensed an unusual aura in this building (......), no wonder even the security guard at the entrance of the neighborhood looked so out of place. The reason is that Zhen's aunt lives here! Hahahahaha, Xiao Ke is indeed a legendary figure! (......)

  （3）

  The doorbell rang for half a day before Xiao Ke vaguely heard a voice inside the door.

  "Who?"

  Xiao Ke hastily leaned in close to the camera, making a big smile, "I'm here to deliver express."

  "The girl inside the 'express' hesitated and slowly opened the door, looking at Xiao Ke with a timid glance."

  The girl looked very delicate, with long hair hanging down to her waist, and had never been dyed or permed, looking very natural. However, her complexion had a kind of pale whiteness from not seeing the sun for a long time, making her look unhealthy, and coupled with her extremely thin figure, it gave Xiao Ke an illusion that she would break if he kicked her lightly.

  "Uh," Xiao Ke's eyes sparkled as he hastily handed over the package, "Sign for it here."

  The girl stretched out her slender hand to take over the package, carefully wrote her name on it, and then returned the pen to Xiao Ke.

  "Is there anything else?" The girl saw that Xiao Ke didn't seem to be leaving and asked with a tilt of her head.

  Xiao Ke raised a smiling face, "Hey, could you trouble little sister to pour me a cup of water? I've been running for the whole morning and I'm really tired and thirsty."

  "Uh... well, come on in and take a rest. I'll go get you some water." The girl probably didn't say much because Xiao was a girl too, so she just welcomed her in.

  "Thank you."

  She caught a glimpse of the girl turning into the kitchen, and Xiao Ke quickly walked to the TV in the living room, where there was a small power strip. She carefully removed the cover with her tool, then took out a small box from her pocket, which contained the miniature wireless eavesdropper that Lu Ya had given her that morning. She gently placed the eavesdropper inside the power strip and finally put the cover back on.

  Mission accomplished!

  Almost at the same time, a girl walked out of the kitchen with a cup of water. Xiao Ke hastily put on a smile, "Your TV is really nice."

  The girl didn't show much expression, just handed her water and said "Drink."

  "Oh." Xiao Ke chuckled a few times, downed the water in one gulp and quickly slipped out of the door. She unfolded the torn express delivery note, the signature on it was very elegant.

  Zhen Tianqi. She shook her head, looking like she really didn't resemble Zhen's daughter, but then again, where was Ge Tianyu?

  Zhen Tianqi watched as Xiao Ke left the camera's field of vision, a look of mixed emotions appearing on her face. Above her head, a 360-degree surveillance camera with no blind spots was lit up with a red light.