Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

"Hanhai, just tell me! Is that Alice Apartment place rented by you or did you buy it? Since when did you get so rich?"

"I already told you, didn't I? Don't ask me about how I got this place. I won't tell."

"Aiya, fine if you won't tell others, but I'm your boyfriend! We're the closest people in the world to each other. You mean to say you won't even tell your closest boyfriend?"

"No. Even if you are my boyfriend, I still won't tell you. And you're making a mistake—you're not the closest person to me in the world. I have parents and siblings. We're just a couple, not married and sharing a life."

"But aren't we headed toward marriage? Saying that really hurts me. You know what? People suspect you're secretly a rich second generation. They asked me, and I told them I didn't know. Then they blamed me, thinking I was lying because I'm your boyfriend. How could I not know?"

"Enough. Don't ask me this anymore. If you keep asking, maybe I should consider changing boyfriends."

"Fine, fine, I won't ask. Since you have your secrets, you keep them."

A young couple's conversation echoed inside the library. The library was so quiet that although they spoke in normal voices, their words carried throughout most of the space from where they stood. The girl was this round's lab rat, Zheng Zihan. The boy was her boyfriend, Lin Yu. Lin Yu's final few remarks, especially that last line, were laced with resentment and displeasure. Unfortunately for him, Zheng Zihan recognized the meaning behind his words, but she was completely unmoved. Clearly in this relationship Zheng Zihan held the upper hand; she controlled the dynamic between them.

They weren't in the library to study; they were clearly just wandering through while chatting. As they walked, Lin Yu suddenly shouted in alarm. "Damn, Hanhai, look at that thing ahead of us!"

"That's… a person, not a thing," Zheng Zihan replied.

"Holy—what's going on? Who is that? Who tied him up?"

"Hey, Hanhai, don't go forward! Don't go near him! Be careful, it could be dangerous! Maybe the person who tied him up is nearby!"

Zheng Zihan and Lin Yu reached the center of the library's first floor and saw a pimply young man with his hands and feet bound, a black cloth sack covering his head. Compared to Lin Yu's cautious timidity, Zheng Zihan was fearless. She strode right up to the boy and yanked the black sack off his head.

When the covering was removed, Lin Yu behind Zheng Zihan let out a startled cry, "Damn, bro, what are you doing here? Who tied you up — did you tie yourself?"

The pimply boy wailed wildly, but a rag was stuffed into his mouth. As Zheng Zihan reached to take the rag out of his mouth, a piercing scream suddenly rang through the first floor.

"Kill!!!"

Zheng Zihan and Lin Yu were shocked. Then they saw someone sprinting out from one side, holding a dagger, wearing black stockings over their face, aiming directly at them. Before Lin Yu could react, his girlfriend Zheng Zihan had already run away. When Lin Yu snapped out of it, he glanced at the bound pimply boy and could only shout loudly, "Sorry, bro!" and run after her.

The pimply boy on the floor watched the two unreliable people flee. The desperation in his eyes seemed to concretize. The person wearing the black stockings, after seeing Zheng Zihan and the others run, did not pursue them. Instead, they immediately put the original black cloth sack back over the pimply boy's head, returned to where they had come from, and pulled the black stockings off their face. Underneath was the face of Huo Yun.

After taking off the stockings, Huo Yun said angrily, "Damn, we almost messed up!"

Huang Kaiyu walked over and quietly asked, "What do we do now? We've been exposed. Those two will definitely call the police after they get out. That's one problem. Second, what if the person who left me the white paper is also hiding here watching? If we rush out like that, he'll know we haven't left. Maybe tonight, even until 2:30 a.m. tomorrow, we won't get out."

Huo Yun was helpless. "I had no choice! Think about it—if I hadn't rushed out, those two would have saved that guy. We worked so hard to set up a fake lab rat here as bait. If that guy had been rescued, could you have guaranteed we'd get another one?"

Huang Kaiyu said, "We couldn't. If that pimply boy is rescued, their group of more than ten will tell each other. Then we won't be able to do anything in the confusion."

Huang Kaiyu grew agitated. "Damn it! Why did that person single me out? Why force me?!"

Huo Yun shrugged. "Okay, stop complaining. Stay hidden."

"Our job now is to watch and wait. No matter what, stick to the current plan and keep this up."

Outside the library, Zheng Zihan and Lin Yu had escaped and were out of breath. Lin Yu gasped, "Damn, there are kidnappers here?! Oh my God! We don't look like rich people!"

"Hanhai, what should we do now?"

Zheng Zihan turned her head. "What do you think?"

Lin Yu: "We have to notify the others! Then call the police!"

Zheng Zihan gave him an encouraging look. "Okay, you call."

Lin Yu took out his phone to call the police. Strangely...

"Damn, no signal? This place isn't even that remote! There was signal before!"

After trying for a while, Lin Yu realized there was nothing he could do. The phone had no signal. Forget calling the police—he couldn't even use online apps to notify other friends to come and help rescue the victim. "My phone has no signal either. Looks like signals are being jammed here," Zheng Zihan said.

Lin Yu: "If that's the case, we can only gather others first, explain the situation, and then go rescue him!"

Zheng Zihan nodded. "Mm, let's do that." Lin Yu was pleased that his girlfriend readily followed his lead.