In the silent corridor, Nasha, dressed in workshop coveralls, stopped before the tightly shut door. She looked up at the number 1305 in front of her, reached out, and was about to press down on the handle.
Just then, she paused slightly and turned to look beside her.
An old man with white curly hair and beautiful brown-gold eyes stood at her side.
"Sir," Nasha looked up at the Old Man before her and asked in confusion, "is there something you need?"
"A small matter." He Ao glanced at her, then at the number 1305. "Do you know much about the previous owner of this apartment?"
"The previous owner?" Nasha looked at the Old Man in confusion. "I rented this place from the Nolanka Group. It's one of the Group's apartments. Before that, it seemed to have been an apartment owned by Stars Pharmaceutical."
"What about before that?" He Ao smiled at her. "You've been in this room before, before you joined the Nolanka Group, right?"
Nasha froze slightly, then her gaze abruptly stilled. She looked up at He Ao and, after a brief pause, said softly, "I did know the previous owner. When I was a stripper, she was one of my regulars. She invited me to her home too, but she left this city a long time ago. Why are you looking for her?"
"When you say she left this city," He Ao looked at Nasha and asked with a smile, "do you mean she told you she was leaving?"
"She only said she would be gone for a while and told me not to worry," Nasha paused, speaking slowly. "But after that, she never came back."
"Was that all she told you?" He Ao asked gently.
Nasha glanced at He Ao. After a brief pause, she looked