The air was filled with a pungent sweet smell. The man's figure was infinitely elongated in the dim light, tightly covering Zhou Hui, making the environment she was in cramped and creepy.
Zhou Hui's originally confused thoughts became much clearer because of this little fear. She wanted to turn her head in panic, but found that there was tape on her mouth and she was tied up in a corner of the sofa.
Du Changqun beside her was also tied up in the corner in the same position. Unlike her, Du Changqun was sleeping soundly and had no reaction to his current situation.
What made Zhou Hui feel a little relieved was that after looking around, she found that she was still in her familiar living room. It was just because the man who suddenly broke in adjusted the position of the lights that she mistakenly thought she was kidnapped to another place when she just woke up.
But the breath of relief she had heaved was retracted when she saw the man standing in front of her against the light.
The environment she was in was of no help to her current situation.
There are two children in the family, and the only adult, Du Changqun, has been knocked down long ago. Even if he wakes up, it will be of no help in the current situation.
When Zhou Hui thought of her two children, tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. She moved her body hurriedly, wanting to know if anything happened to Du You and Du Honghong.
Du Honghong is at the age of youth and vitality, and a man who breaks into her home like this is likely to hurt Du Honghong.
Her eyes were red, and she struggled desperately, not knowing where the strength came from.
But Zhou Hui thought she was struggling with all her strength, but in the man's eyes, she looked like a ridiculous, wriggling, helpless insect.
"Mmmm..." She shook her head anxiously, and wanted to bump into Du Changqun who was sleeping soundly. Her action made the man who had been resting on the sofa on the other side turn his head slowly.
He tilted his face to the side, with one hand supporting the armrest of the sofa and the other hand supporting his chin. Under the light, his chin was pointed, as if it had been carved with a knife or an axe. His beard was shaved cleanly, and his lips were slightly pursed, looking somewhat familiar.
Zhou Hui was wondering if she had offended someone.
The Du family has always been honest and never caused trouble. However, in recent years, as her daughter Jiang Se became famous, the Du family has gradually become prosperous. They bought a house, and Jiang Se provides support every month. The whole family can also travel abroad. Perhaps this has attracted the attention of someone with ulterior motives, and they are staring at her.
After all, the more famous Jiang Se is, the more likely the Du family will attract attention. When she recalled a phone call she received before, Du Honghong complained that Jiang Se might have caused the trouble. Zhou Hui couldn't help but feel a little angry.
The man sitting on the sofa watched her struggle with interest. He suddenly stood up and Zhou Hui noticed his tall stature.
The curtains in the living room had not been drawn, proving that it was not yet time for bed when the family lost consciousness.
But how did she fall into coma? She was so panicked that she had no memory of anything.
I vaguely remembered that she was still packing her luggage, but the next moment she suddenly fell asleep.
She felt a little uneasy and just hoped that the security guards of this residential complex would be more responsible and notice that a thief had broken into her home. At the same time, she bumped into Du Changqun's body.
The tall man walked to the curtain, took down the silk rope that tied the curtain, wrapped it around his hand, as if testing whether it was firm, and then returned it to its previous position.
After the silk ropes tied to the curtains were removed, they fell down, blocking out the beautiful moonlight tonight.
Zhou Hui was a little desperate, but fortunately, Du Changqun hummed under her constant impact, showing signs of waking up.
Her eyes fell on the man's palms. A plastic shower cap wrapped his hair tightly and he was wearing rubber gloves. In the night, his eyes met Zhou Hui's. He didn't even seem to be panicked. Instead, he smiled slightly, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
He did not hide himself. After noticing that Zhou Hui was awake, he turned up the light of the desk lamp beside him, and his face was revealed to Zhou Hui bit by bit. The moment Zhou Hui saw him, her expression was as if she had seen a ghost.
"Long time no see." He said with a smile, his expression calm, as if he had seen an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.
He was clearly an uninvited guest in this house, but at this moment he sat down calmly, like a leisurely host.
"Hmm... Hmm..."
Zhou Hui felt her legs trembling. Du Changqun had slowly come to his senses. He felt something was not right and struggled a bit, but his result was not much better than Zhou Hui's.
He vaguely remembered that there seemed to be a problem with the water supply system in the building recently. The valves were turned off several times. The owners had complained to the property management several times, and the property management promised to manage it well.
Tonight, when Du Changqun was getting ready to take a shower, the water stopped halfway through. Guessing someone had turned it off as a prank, he angrily dried himself, put on his clothes, and prepared to go find the property management to argue.
He paid a high price to buy the house here, not to enjoy this kind of treatment. No matter who played the prank, the property must come up with a set of rules.
But soon after he opened the door, someone strangled him by the neck and covered his mouth and nose with something. The last thing he remembered was a nauseating sweet smell, and he soon lost consciousness.
It was unclear what happened afterwards, as he had just been woken up by Zhou Hui.
"I forgot you can't talk yet."
He smiled gently and made a 'hush' gesture to Zhou Hui to keep quiet. He deftly tied the silk rope between his fingers into a slipknot and put it around Du Changqun's neck. He held one end in his palm and moved his other free hand behind Zhou Hui's hair, touched the knot of the tape, and tore off the tape on her face effortlessly!
Jiang Zhiyuan's strength was obviously not very great, but Zhou Hui felt as if her cheeks and lips were being torn off by him.
She was shaking all over and was about to scream, but Jiang Zhiyuan had already tightened the rope in his hand, and Du Changqun was almost strangled to death.
"Don't yell. I don't like that the most." He was still the same as she remembered him at the beginning, not talking much.
He was handsome and cool back then, and she was so obsessed with him that she was at a loss as to which direction to go.
But when they met again this time, his cruel nature back then frightened Zhou Hui out of her wits.
"Please..."
She kept shaking, and Du Changqun's face turned red. Jiang Zhiyuan was still whispering "Shh, shh", signaling her: "Be quieter."
"What are you doing here?" She was a weak woman. She was like this back then, helpless and fragile. Now that she is older, her eyes and eyebrows still have some of her past look.
On the square table next to Jiang Zhiyuan, there were cigarettes, alcohol, lighters, and some of Du Changqun's belts and bags. The money and cards inside were scattered all over the table and had been taken out. (To be continued)