Peerless Cupid System

Page 56

Yu Meiren entered the room and tapped his head. "Mingxi is planning to go home. You can see her off."

"Um, no need, her home isn't too far from here." Because of the red thread, Ling Ziqian was afraid to have contact with Su Mingxi.

"Are you going to send him or not?" Yu Meiren asked with a dark face. She pulled up her sleeves, intending to stuff Ling Ziqian into the oven.

Ling Ziqian quickly got up and went downstairs.

Upon seeing Ling Ziqian, Su Mingxi smiled and said, "I'm heading back now. Please lock the shop door properly."

Ling Ziqian nodded and followed Su Mingxi outside.

Su Mingxi, holding onto her pink bicycle, was about to get on and leave when she saw Ling Ziqian still following her. "No need to see me off, I can get home quickly by bike."

"Mm." Ling Ziqian nodded, still following behind Su Mingxi.

“You…” Su Mingxi was both amused and exasperated.

I'll just follow along. Anyway, I'll feel anxious walking alone at night.

Su Mingxi walked ahead, holding onto her bicycle, while Ling Ziqian lagged a few steps behind.

On the way, Su Mingxi and Ling Ziqian chatted for a bit about the cake shop.

Ling Ziqian breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at Su Mingxi's house and nothing suspicious happened.

Red lines and such aren't really that scary.

Ling Ziqian mentally scoffed, when Huan Yue's voice rang out, "Hmph, just you wait and see!"

Just as she was about to refute Huan Yue, several beams of flashlight light flashed from the window on the second floor of Su Mingxi's house.

Someone was on the second floor with a flashlight.

Is there a power outage?

Even if the power is out, no one is home at Su Mingxi's house; her parents have gone out of town!

Thief!

Su Mingxi also noticed the situation, and she looked at Ling Ziqian in horror.

Ling Ziqian made a phone call gesture, indicating to Su Mingxi to call the police.

Su Mingxi took out her phone, but her face still showed anxiety.

"Is there anything valuable in the house?" Ling Ziqian asked softly.

“There’s a set of jewelry, it’s not very valuable, but it was my grandmother’s dowry for my mother,” Su Mingxi explained.

Ling Ziqian nodded, and seeing the 1 point of ambiguity on the silver watch, he decided to go inside.

Chapter 58 Seize the opportunity to gain an advantage!

Seeing that Ling Ziqian wanted to go in, Su Mingxi grabbed him.

Although she was worried about her mother's dowry and jewelry, Su Mingxi didn't want Ling Ziqian to be in danger.

"It's alright," Ling Ziqian smiled slightly. "If the police arrive late and the thief steals the jewelry, that would be terrible."

"But it's too dangerous! The thief will definitely have something like a dagger on him!"

"Believe me!"

Although he only had 1 point of ambiguity, Ling Ziqian was confident that he could take down the thief.

Of course, this is on the premise that there is only one thief.

Seeing Ling Ziqian's insistence, Su Mingxi gritted her teeth. "I'll come in too!"

Ling Ziqian immediately refused. He wasn't worried about Su Mingxi being in danger, but rather that she would get in his way.

"This is my house, I know it better than you do. If you go in and bump into something and make a sound, that would be terrible!"

"……All right."

Ling Ziqian compromised. He couldn't tell Su Mingxi that he had a photographic memory and had already memorized the layout of Su Mingxi's house.

Su Mingxi called the police, and then carefully followed Ling Ziqian into the courtyard.

Reaching the doorway, under the streetlights, the two saw that the living room door lock had been pried open.

I gently pushed open the door. The room was pitch black.

Su Mingxi wanted to go in first and lead the way for Ling Ziqian.

But Ling Ziqian grabbed her and pulled her forward.

“I’ll go first, and you give directions,” Ling Ziqian said.

"Go to the kitchen first, there's a wooden stick there," Su Mingxi said softly. "Go straight ahead."

The two walked one after the other, making their way quietly forward in the darkness.

The sound of a thief's footsteps came from upstairs.

Su Mingxi felt scared, and she couldn't help but reach out and grab the back of Ling Ziqian's clothes.

As his clothes were gently tugged, Ling Ziqian felt a unique sensation—a sense of pride in protecting the girl.

He asked Huan Yue in his mind, "Seriously, it can't be that much of a coincidence. Could it be because of the red thread that a thief broke into Su Mingxi's house?"

Huan Yue chuckled enigmatically, "Who knows?"

Ling Ziqian's face darkened, and he stopped talking, moving quietly forward in the darkness.

"You've reached out your hand; you should be touching the wall soon," Su Mingxi reminded Ling Ziqian.

"Hmm." Ling Ziqian reached out and touched the wall. Without Su Mingxi's prompting, Ling Ziqian turned around and walked forward, touching the wall.

Not long after, they reached the kitchen door.

The door wasn't closed. Su Mingxi told Ling Ziqian that there was a wooden stick behind the door.

Ling Ziqian successfully found the wooden stick, and he gestured to see how long it was.

But unexpectedly, the stick accidentally touched the bottle on the stove.

With a loud crash, the air was filled with a strong sour smell—the vinegar bottle had been overturned!

Ling Ziqian and Su Mingxi's hearts began to pound rapidly.

"Meow..." Ling Ziqian had a sudden inspiration and imitated a cat's meow, hoping to fool the thief.

"Pfft..." Su Mingxi couldn't help but laugh, probably because Ling Ziqian's shout was too awful. Of course, she quickly covered her mouth after laughing for a moment.

A moment later, the sound of a thief's footsteps coming downstairs could be heard. The island demon died.

Su Mingxi quickly pulled Ling Ziqian and hid in a corner of the kitchen.

The footsteps grew closer, and the beam of a flashlight shone into the kitchen.

Hiding in the corner, Ling Ziqian gripped the wooden stick tightly in his hand. He tried to concentrate, but his mind kept wandering.

Because Su Mingxi, who was hiding behind him, was right next to him.

Ling Ziqian could clearly feel two soft mounds pressed tightly against his back.

Hey, hey, hey, this is definitely an incident caused by the Red Line.

Ling Ziqian's breathing became somewhat heavy.

As a homebody who had never been in contact with girls, Ling Ziqian found it hard to resist such intimate advances.

This is a dangerous time!

Ling Ziqian bit his tongue, using the pain to stimulate himself.

The beam of the flashlight flickered on the ground. The thief saw a puddle of vinegar and broken glass on the ground, then turned and went back upstairs.

After the thief went downstairs, there were no footsteps heard upstairs, which suggests that the thief was alone.

Relieved, Ling Ziqian and Su Mingxi walked out of the corner.

"The police should be here soon. Let's leave; it's too dangerous," Su Mingxi said softly.

"It's alright, the thief doesn't know we're here yet. I'll take this opportunity to knock him unconscious, otherwise it would be terrible if he left with the jewelry."

Su Mingxi tugged at Ling Ziqian's clothes resentfully, "I really regret telling you about the jewelry."

Ling Ziqian chuckled softly, "There's no going back in life!"

After saying that, Ling Ziqian walked out of the kitchen, and Su Mingxi quickly followed.

Next, they needed to go upstairs. Ling Ziqian wanted to subdue the thief as soon as possible, otherwise the thief would run Su Mingxi's house in a mess.

"You can just wait downstairs."

"No, I want to go upstairs too!"

Su Mingxi was adamant, and Ling Ziqian couldn't do anything about it.

The two of them walked stealthily up to the second floor, one after the other.

The thief ransacked the place even louder, and Su Mingxi was terrified.

"The thief must be in my room," Su Mingxi whispered in Ling Ziqian's ear.

"Mmm." Ling Ziqian nodded, his ears itching. When Su Mingxi spoke, her sweet scent wafted over, making him feel like he was being scratched by a cat.

Entering the second-floor living room, they walked towards Su Mingxi's room.

On the way, the two didn't bump into anything, but the house was ransacked by thieves, and many things were left on the ground.

Ling Ziqian kicked a cup, making a crackling sound. This time, he couldn't try to cover it up by meowing like a cat!

The thief reacted quickly; he threw something out of the room.

Ling Ziqian quickly turned around and pushed Su Mingxi onto the sofa next to him.