QQ Lost - Chapter 5
It seems the fat security guard's eyesight is better than his intelligence; sure enough, there was an uninvited guest in the pitch-black 407 room!
By the faint blue light emitted from the turned-on computer, a figure dressed in black and wearing a black hat could be vaguely seen hunched over, operating the computer.
Computer screen display--
QQ login window
Enter a 16-digit password in the "User Password" box.
Click "Login" to open the QQ panel.
The mouse cursor quickly locates the "Mischievous Wild Girl" face.
Bring up the menu and select the "Delete from this group" command.
His gloved hand pressed the left mouse button.
The "mischievous tomboy" face mask disappeared from the QQ panel in the blink of an eye...
The man in black suddenly turned his face alertly—
A face wearing a silver-gray mask!
Soft footsteps were heard outside the door, followed by the rustling sound of keys being fumbled in.
In the blink of an eye, the man in black grabbed the desk lamp, leaped and smashed the ceiling light, then quickly switched off the computer, plunging the room into complete darkness...
"Bang!" The door to room 407 was flung open from the outside! Entering the room was a person whose features were obscured by the darkness. He had clearly heard the commotion inside and immediately demanded in a low voice, "Who's there?!"
He reached out to press the switch on the wall, but the broken ceiling light naturally did not respond.
The person who entered the room became even more vigilant, immediately bending over and clenching his fists, assuming a fighting stance at any moment. He groped his way into the room step by step in the dark, and heard the cracking sound of broken glass lampshades falling to the ground under his feet.
He approached the desk, reached out and touched the lamp base lying on the table. His eyes met it, and seeing only a shard of glass remaining from the bulb, he tossed it aside in confusion… Suddenly, he noticed the half-open window, stepped closer, and stood on tiptoe to look down—
Downstairs, all was shrouded in darkness and utter silence.
His tiptoed feet slowly landed, nearly colliding with a pair of feet that had just managed to retract in time.
These are the feet of the man in black!
The man in black, who had no chance to escape, was now risking lying in the narrow gap between the bed and the wall, using the floor-length curtains to cover his face, revealing only two dark eye sockets on his mask, watching the person entering the room closely...
The person who entered the room turned around and was startled again! He noticed that the power indicator light on the computer monitor was flashing a small yellow light. He hurriedly went over and reached out to touch the case: it was still warm!
The person who entered the room thought for a moment and then walked towards the bathroom next to the door.
The man in black suddenly sat up, looking for an opportunity to escape, but the person who entered the house went to the bathroom, opened the door, turned on the light, and then immediately returned. The man in black had no choice but to lie back down on the ground.
The person who entered the room clearly intended to examine the computer using the light from the bathroom, but just as his hand touched the power switch and before he could press it, a soft knock sounded at the door.
The person who entered the room was taken aback, withdrew their hand, stared at the door, and hesitated whether to open it or not.
The man in black, who had been hiding close to the ground, seized the precious moment of hesitation, used his feet to push forward, and moved half of his body to the window!
The knocking intensified.
The person who entered the house hesitated and moved towards the door.
The man in black quickly sprang to his feet and grabbed the windowsill.
"Thump! Thump!" The knocking turned into a heavy banging on the door. Then, almost simultaneously—
The man in black quickly propped himself up, climbed onto the windowsill, and leaped out of the window!
QQ Lost 6(2)
The person who entered the room heard the noise behind them and suddenly turned around!
The door was kicked open, and the momentum caused the fat security guard, who had smashed open the door with his flabby body, to fall headfirst into the room!
The person who entered the room rushed towards the window without regard for anything, but was immediately grabbed by Da Yu and Xiao You, who rushed in from outside the door like lightning.
The person who entered the room struggled to break free and lunged at the window again.
The chubby security guard, who was only wearing floral underwear because his pants were wet with urine and he was lying on the ground for a long time unable to get up, took the opportunity to pounce on the person entering the room and squeeze between their legs, tightly hugging both legs of the person entering the room.
The three, united in their hatred, firmly pinned the suspect, who was desperately trying to escape through the window, to the bed.
Two beams of flashlight light shone on the face of the subdued man.
It was none other than Xu Haibing!
Xu Haibing was both amused and exasperated, and stamped his foot in despair:
"Alas! Not only did you fail to catch the cow thief, you even let the one who pulled up the stake escape!"
...
QQ Lost 7(1)
Early in the morning, the phone in Xu Haibing's bright and tidy living room rang incessantly.
Although her hair was already graying, Xu's mother was still energetic and spry, not showing her age. She returned from her morning exercise carrying a pair of large red magnolia fans. Hearing the phone ring, she quickly picked it up:
"...Ah, you're looking for Haibing? He went to school...Ah? You're at school?...Oh, then he probably went to the police station. They asked him to help solve some case, ugh, so annoying! He didn't get back until late last night, and this morning he's...Ah? You're from the police station?!...Oh, then, I'll go see if he's left yet. I just got back from practicing my fan dance...Okay, okay, I'll go check..."
She covered the phone, went to her son's bedroom, and shook Xu Haibing awake, even though she knew he was fast asleep in bed: "Hey, it's the police station calling, should I answer?"
Xu Haibing didn't even bother to open his eyes. He took the phone, waved for his mother to leave, and started yelling, "Hey, hey, hey! Are you even police officers? Don't forget, protecting the peace and tranquility of the people is your sacred duty. Why can't you just let me have some peace and quiet?..."
Da Yu's voice came through the phone: "Don't try to pull a fast one! We didn't make things difficult for you last night; we trusted you completely..."
"Sigh, what use is your trust to me? I'm not expecting you to promote me..."
"I know you're of high rank and have a big attitude, but I don't have an official sedan chair to pick you up right now. Will a police sedan chair do? If you're willing to condescend, I'll drive up to your residence right away..."
"No need, no need. Ase'er, let's save taxpayers some gas money." Xu Haibing turned off the phone, lazily got out of bed and left the room.
"You're leaving already? You've only been sleeping for a short while," Xu's mother asked with concern.
Xu Haibing remained silent and went to the bathroom to wash up and relieve himself.
Mother Xu nagged on and on: "...I'm telling you, are you and Mengliu really done? You've only been dating for a few days, how can you break up like this...Hey, how far did your relationship go? Did you...Ugh, I told you before, when it matters, you have to step up!"
She forcefully shoved a long straw into the small round hole sealed by the foil in a carton of milk, and directly fed it to her son who had just come out of the bathroom: "...You know, nothing is more secure than a fleshy bond. Look at your Aunt Zhang's second son in the backyard, he's three years younger than you, and he had a big, healthy baby boy just three months after getting married..."
Xu Haibing ignored him, remained silent, sipped his milk, slipped on his slippers, and walked out the door in his baggy undershirt and shorts.
"Oh, I almost forgot! While we were learning the fan dance just now, your Aunt Zhang heard that your boyfriend had played the fan, and said she happens to have some ideas on hand, so you can meet him at noon today..." Seeing her son open the door and leave, Xu's mother chased after him, calling out, "Hey! Come back early, get dressed up..."
Da Yu was in a hurry to find Xu Haibing so that he could witness a demonstration firsthand.
The planner and participant of the demonstration is the fat security guard who is now squatting on the rear windowsill of apartment 407 in building D, with ropes tied around his chest.
The chubby security guard had always worried that his bulky build would hinder his chances of getting a permanent position, so he'd been looking for an opportunity to prove that "I may be fat, but I'm agile." After the incident last night, he felt his chance had finally arrived, and he couldn't resist jumping out to volunteer to play the role of the person who jumped out of the window, as described by Xu Haibing. Before he could finish speaking, the two policemen burst into laughter, asking where they could find a safety rope strong enough to withstand such weight. The chubby security guard replied that he wouldn't take on a job he wasn't qualified for, and he wouldn't volunteer to be the demonstrator without a sturdy rope. He went to the village before dawn, returning at the first crow of the rooster, and indeed returned with a large bundle of rope that looked thin but was surprisingly resilient.
Upon learning of the incident, the thin director was deeply concerned. He got out of bed early the next morning, not even bothering to change out of his pajamas, and rushed straight to room 407. The chubby security guard was deeply grateful for the school leader's concern, patting his large belly and reassuring him not to worry. The thin director stated frankly that it wasn't that he didn't trust the guard, but rather that he was worried about the new building housing hundreds of students. His fall was a minor matter; the collapse of the foundation would be a major one. If the entire building were to crumble as a result, he was willing to perish alongside his beloved students. These words terrified the chubby security guard, who, upon peering out the window, felt an even greater sense of dread.
Wow! The path below, and even Dayu and Xu Haibing standing on it, are all swaying...
Inside the room, the thin director, holding one end of the rope, kept trying to coax him: "Don't look down, the more you look, the more scared you'll get, and the more scared you'll get, the more dizzy you'll feel. Just relax, close your eyes and you'll go down. I won't let go."
The chubby security guard, his voice trembling with tears, pleaded, "You absolutely have to put in a good word for me with the security company about getting me a permanent position..."
"Sure, sure."
"You absolutely have to give me a generous overtime pay this month..."
"It's nothing, it's nothing."
"You need to give me two more days of rest..."
"Of course, of course."
"return……"
"Oh, no problem! Go ahead and jump!" the skinny director said, casually waving his hand. Unexpectedly, his fingertip touched the fat security guard, and the fat security guard immediately staggered and fell headfirst!
Startled, the thin director loosened his grip on the rope, and it slid down with a whoosh.
"Ah--!" The out-of-control fat security guard closed his eyes, opened his mouth and howled, and quickly swooped down headfirst!
"Oh no!" Da Yu downstairs was eager to rush forward to save the person, but fearing that stepping on the grass would ruin the scene, he raised his leg but couldn't bring it down for a long time.
The chubby security guard was about to tumble headfirst to the ground when he suddenly froze.
His ankles were still tightly bound with a "backup" rope!
Looking up, you could see Xiao You gripping the rope tightly at the window.
"What?!" Da Yu, seeing that it was a false alarm, got angry again.
The fat security guard, who was hanging upside down, suddenly realized what was happening and quickly sprinkled the chalk dust he was holding in his hands onto the grass under his head.
Da Yu raised his hand to indicate that the demonstration was over. Xiao You and the thin director worked together to hoist the now useless fat security guard up one by one...
Da Yu pulled Xu Haibing over: "Come here, come here. Don't keep drooping your eyelids. At least you went back and dozed off for a while last night, but we've been squatting here all night."
QQ Lost 7(2)
He pointed to the circle of grass that the portly security guard had bravely and recklessly marked out: "According to you, if someone really jumped from the fourth floor last night, the landing point wouldn't have been outside this area, right? But look closely, are there footprints here? Or are there any other impact marks?"
Xu Haibing squatted down and observed carefully, looking puzzled: "Huh, that's strange. Every blade of grass on this lawn is growing straight and well, without bending or collapsing, showing no signs of being trampled or crushed."
He looked up at the back window of room 407, pondering: Could someone leap from such a height without leaving a trace? Was he a master swordsman with unparalleled lightness skills? Did he casually unfurl his cloak, leap gracefully, and disappear into the distance, his toes barely touching the grass? Or was he a blue-faced, fanged monster? His claws outstretched, he floated down lightly, vanishing in a wisp of smoke before even touching the ground? ...
"Hey, hey..." The fat security guard's panicked shout brought Xu Haibing back to reality.
The fat security guard was being lifted upside down by the window, while Xiao You and the thin director were pulling him into the house by his thick legs. Still shaken, the fat security guard instinctively reached out and grabbed a locust tree branch that stretched out to the windowsill to steady himself.
Several leaves were shaken off and fell, hitting Xu Haibing's face.
Xu Haibing touched his face and then noticed: right next to the iron fence at the very edge of the campus, there was an old locust tree leaning forward at an angle of more than forty degrees. Its trunk, which would take three or four people to encircle, was almost completely withered, but it still stubbornly stretched a strong, thick branch high into the air like an arm, with the branch almost touching the back windows of rooms 407 and 507, which were near the northwest corner of the building...
Xu Haibing's eyes suddenly lit up. He seemed to see the dark figure from last night leap up from the 407 window, grab a tree branch, and then do a backflip, falling into the 507 window!
"Thump thump thump," Xu Haibing rushed straight to the fifth floor.
"Stop!" A burly female building manager, cracking sunflower seeds, stood blocking the security door at the entrance of the building, gesturing with her chin—
A large sign hangs at the entrance, with several eye-catching red characters: "Girls' dormitory, no men allowed!"
Xu Haibing lied without thinking: "Oh, oh... I'm from room 407 downstairs. I'm looking for the students who live in room 507. Sometimes they make too much noise upstairs, thumping and banging, which disturbs the rest downstairs."
The female dormitory supervisor was very firm: "No way!"
"I really am..."