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

Chapter 423: Stakeout

After Jiang Ran finished listening, he thought for a moment, then lowered his head and asked, "Then at around three or four this morning, that person was right outside the door. Why didn't you go out and catch him? Why did you let him slip away before the police arrived?"Shangguan Fei answered honestly, "To be frank, I was a little scared."

Jiang Ran said, "So that means I shouldn't be scared?"

Shangguan Fei: "No, that's not it. Isn't there me? That's why I said the two of us should go together!"

Jiang Ran shook his head. "No, I won't agree to that. Find someone else."

Shangguan Fei: "Who can I find? Aren't you the assistant manager? Didn't the group say residents with trouble could ask you to handle it?"

Jiang Ran said, "Brother, you know I'm only an assistant manager. The money I get each month isn't life-buying money. I wouldn't do something this dangerous. Also, this has already gone beyond a resident's ordinary trouble and doesn't require my intervention."

"More importantly, that time wasn't during working hours."

Seeing Jiang Ran like that, Shangguan Fei felt this was nothing like what he had expected. According to the usual horror-survival story formula, if you asked an NPC-like rule-giver for this kind of favor, they would generally agree. That makes it easier for subsequent plot to happen. If he were turning his current experience into an online novel, he would arrange for Jiang Ran to agree to go with him and catch the person.

"Oh, a new manager is here. Go talk to him. Maybe he'll agree to go with you."

Seeing Mao Li Zhishu, the manager who had just come out of the manager's single room, Jiang Ran felt like he'd found a savior and pushed the hot potato in front of him onto this new manager.

The new manager, Mao Li Zhishu, had just come out to get some air and stretch because he'd been working hard. Suddenly he was pulled into the matter. He listened to the whole story about what had happened to Shangguan Fei and heard the request.

To Jiang Ran's complete surprise, this new manager, Mao Li Zhishu, actually agreed to Shangguan Fei's request. His reason was, "As a manager here, if a resident encounters this kind of terrifying incident, it's my duty to resolve it and give residents a peaceful, comfortable living environment."

Not only did he say he would personally stay to help, he also told Jiang Ran, "Jiang Ran, come with us. The more people, the stronger we'll be!"

Jiang Ran didn't buy that persuasive speech. "Forget it. Don't drag me into this. If you want to go, go yourself."

"Besides, I just remembered, doesn't our apartment have a security team? Isn't this the kind of thing they should handle?"

Mao Li Zhishu was snapped awake by that remark and suddenly realized, "Right, I can call the security team to join."

What followed was Mao Li Zhishu and Shangguan Fei talking further.

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"Things really haven't been peaceful lately. First there was an entertainer who killed someone and hasn't been caught, and now a person wearing a white ghost face mask shows up, sharpening a knife outside someone's door in the middle of the night."

He massaged his aching lower back with both hands.

Jiang Ran took the elevator up to the third floor. Just as he stepped out of the elevator, his phone rang.

"Why is everyone calling me today?"

Jiang Ran felt like today his luck might be off. He pulled out his phone and saw another unknown number. He picked up. A man's voice came through.

"Hello, is this Assistant Manager Jiang Ran?"

Jiang Ran thought it was probably another resident. "Yes, this is he. Who's calling?"

"Oh, I'm Lin Feng from Room 904. I need a favor."

"Okay, I'll be up right away."

After hanging up, Jiang Ran rubbed his waist and re-entered the elevator. Soon he arrived at Room 904's door.

When he saw the silver metal door of 904, Jiang Ran froze. The door inexplicably gave off a solid sense of security;when he knocked it felt completely solid. It was a lot sturdier than his newly replaced security door.

After admiring the silver metal security door for a moment, he prepared to knock. Just as he raised his right hand, the door suddenly opened. A somewhat handsome man's face smiled at him and invited him in.

Jiang Ran stepped inside and the man closed the door. Standing in the living room, Jiang Ran looked around and quickly noticed that the balcony glass here was different from other apartments, though he didn't dwell on it.

"Here, drink some water."

At that moment, a tall, very pretty girl carrying a cup of water handed it to Jiang Ran. He glanced at the beautiful girl with long straight black hair. Earlier he'd only been looking at Lin Feng's face and didn't recall anything. Seeing this pretty girl's face now, he immediately recognized her—she seemed to be the new resident who had come to the welcome party a while back, part of a couple.

"What did you need me for?"

He had to admit this couple was good-looking—especially the girl, whose level of beauty surpassed Lin Feng's handsomeness by several degrees. The only flaw, which many beautiful girls share, was that she was a flighty type.

"Oh, here's the situation."

"Sometime after midnight this morning, maybe after one, someone wearing a white ghost face mask was outside my door sharpening a knife. He did it for a long time."

"I wanted to tell you."

Lin Feng spoke. In Alice Apartment, who else could the Ultimate Rich Kid Lin Feng trust besides Jiang Ran? So he wanted Jiang Ran to come over and see if he could help deal with the white ghost face mask person. Of course, he felt uneasy and insisted he had to do something. He couldn't just wait. Who knew how much trouble that person might ultimately cause if left alone.

"You encountered that person too?"

Jiang Ran had assumed the couple had called him about some repair or similar issue. He hadn't expected it to be about that person as well.

"From what you say, does that mean other people have encountered him too?" Lin Feng asked.

Jiang Ran told them about the new resident Shangguan Fei also encountering the white ghost face mask person. He added, "The new manager Mao Li Zhishu and the security team will be with Shangguan Fei tonight. If that person dares to come again, he'll definitely be caught on the spot, so don't worry."

"If you two want to tag along and check it out, you can."

"No, no, I'll wait for their good news," Lin Feng quickly shook his head. Getting Jiang Ran to come to his home and meet him face-to-face was already the limit for him. As for other people, he absolutely would not meet them face-to-face or let them into his home. After all, one careless move could be disastrous.