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I have no intention of telling Luo Qian about the secret code I found on the letter. It's definitely not a coincidence, but telling her now would be futile and could cause her even greater panic. I plan to solve this mystery on my own.
I've reorganized my thoughts. First, I've installed hidden cameras at the stairwell, the entrance, and even inside my home. Since I live in an open community with bustling streets and no dedicated property management, it's easy for someone to disguise themselves as a mail carrier. However, I believe they will eventually reveal a flaw.
Next, I carefully reread the letter from Luo Zhizhong to me. I found that all the letters only detailed the whereabouts and conversations between Luo Qian and me, but did not mention anything about the actions of Luo Qian and me separately. This indicates a problem: it is only when Luo Qian and I are together that the surveillance may have started. Of course, I believe it definitely wasn't Luo Zhizhong himself who was surveilling us, because he is disabled and not very mobile. And indeed, he seems to have disappeared.
It was a Sunday afternoon when I called Luo Qian out. We chose to meet at the same café where we had met Luo Zhizhong before. She seemed to sense that I had something important to discuss, so she arrived early and took a seat by the window.
"What would you like to drink?" she handed me the menu when she saw me approaching.
"Whatever." I didn't take the menu, but looked around the café. There weren't many people. Several waiters stood at the nearby bar, looking at us attentively. I waved to the waiter, and one of them, a young man with a center part, quickly ran over. "Two lattes," I said to him, very cautiously. The waiter took note and then returned to the bar.
"How did you get here? Have you been checked? Is anyone following you?" I asked in a low voice.
"There shouldn't be, I came out early today," Luo Qian replied, visibly becoming nervous as I asked. She tightly gripped her water cup with both hands.
"I found Luo Zhizhong," I deliberately said loudly, causing Luo Qian to jump in surprise.
I didn't wait for Luo Qian's response, and said loudly again, "I found Luo Zhizhong." This time it was even louder than before, and after saying it, I glanced to both sides.
At this moment, I observed the young man standing at the bar diagonally above. He seemed a little flustered, busy preparing coffee, but it was clear that his mind was elsewhere. Although he wasn't looking at me, I still felt his eyes closely watching me and Luo Qian.
It must be him!
Luo Qian then grabbed my hand in panic and whispered, "What are you doing, speaking so loudly? Did you find him?"
At that moment, a waiter with a center parting in his hair hurriedly walked over from the bar, carrying a cup of coffee. He lowered his head and placed the coffee on the table. Luo Qian quickly sat up straight and fell silent. Meanwhile, I suddenly grabbed his wrist and glared at him fiercely.
Luo Qian and the waiter were clearly frightened, the waiter desperately trying to break free. But I held onto him tightly, and he wriggled like an eel in a comical manner.
"Boss, what are you doing? Ahh... it hurts," the waiter pleaded in agony, looking at me in terror as if facing a lunatic. Luo Qian also seemed taken aback and immediately stood up to stop me: "What are you doing? Let go!"
It seems it wasn't him. Could it be that I'm really a bit neurotic? At first, I thought he was sent by Luo Zhizhong to spy on me, but now it's clear that I was wrong. I let go of him, feeling deflated, and slumped back into my seat.
"There's something wrong." The waiter muttered under his breath, rubbing his wrist and quickly walking away...
The next day, Monday, I still felt absent-minded and unfocused. It was too strange, I just felt that something was off, but I couldn't put my finger on it.
Xiao Hui walked over, seeing my expression, and asked with concern, "What's wrong? You look really unwell. Are you sick?" I shook my head, my mind had not been on work recently. The client business solutions we had worked on together last time were mostly completed by Xiao Hui, and I had only helped with the review. Feeling guilty, I patted Xiao Hui's shoulder, "You've been working hard lately. I'll treat you to a meal soon."
"No problem, it's nothing. If you're not feeling well, maybe you should ask for a day off and go rest." Xiao Hui smiled and walked away.
I got up unsteadily and headed to the restroom. The restroom was at the end of the hallway outside the company, so I had to leave the office first. Suddenly, I noticed a letter wrapped in brown paper on the coffee table by the door!
Since our company has an open management style, we don't have a front desk. Everyone comes and goes very casually, except for employees. Sometimes, clients, job seekers, delivery personnel, water delivery personnel, or property maintenance staff also come and go. The letter was likely left on the coffee table in this manner. Moreover, the coffee table was located near the upper left corner of the company's entrance, seemingly the only blind spot in the surveillance camera.
I went crazy and tore open the letter. There was a simple sentence written on it: "Don't try to find me, be careful! Otherwise, you'll regret it." I rushed back to Xiao Hui's workstation. "Xiao Hui, did you notice anything unusual in the company just now? Like any special or strange people?" Xiao Hui scratched his head in confusion, tried to remember for a while, and said, "Seems like nothing unusual. What's wrong?"
"Really nothing?" I was a bit hysterical, but Xiao Hui still shook his head in doubt.
I lowered my head in frustration and walked back with no energy, but halfway there, he suddenly remembered something and called out to me again. He said to me, "When you asked just now, it reminded me of someone I saw outside the company gate. They seemed a bit strange, wearing a blue hat and constantly peering inside. I couldn't see their face clearly. I thought they might be here for a job interview, so I didn't ask much."
"Was it a person with a limp?"
"Not." Xiao Hui said very affirmatively.
I hurriedly ran down the stairs. I inferred that the mysterious person wearing a blue hat should be the one delivering the letter, and he shouldn't have gone far. Maybe I could still catch up to him. I walked out of the company's office building, looking around desperately.
Luckily, not far away, I happened to see a person with a blue hat from the back of his head. He was walking somewhat hastily, and since I could only see his back, I wasn't sure what he looked like. He seemed to have a slender figure, definitely Not Luo Zhizhong. Who could he be?
After a while, he turned into a small path and disappeared.
I felt an inexplicable excitement, like hunting prey, and followed closely behind...
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