An ordinary residential building, narrow and unremarkable. Even the elevator still had its wooden protective boards from the renovation. An ordinary floor with two elevators and four apartments... An extraordinary day.
First, observation.
She called it planning before taking action.
Zhong Luoyue was good at observing.
She did not dare say she could notice every detail, but a woman's natural delicacy and intuition had probably kept her above average.
The shoe rack in front of the door.
Men's shoes, women's shoes, women's shoes, women's shoes... women's shoes?
There were many women's shoes, all in different sizes. Different women.
Some favored a mature style, while others went for youthful vitality... or the refined style of a lady.
She pondered in front of the door: More than one woman lived in this house... and they were different types of women. Most likely, they were all young.
Siblings... guests?
Or perhaps female companions... Of course, they could also be wives?
"Too young. That can't be."
She remembered that he should be somewhat younger than her... When she had seen him back then, he had been tiny, not even as tall as she was, like a little woodland elf who had escaped his home at night to play.
She continued pondering.
The Third Miss of the Zhong Family had never expected a shoe rack to become the obstacle blocking her way—she had already been standing there for more than three minutes.
Just then, the apartment door seemed about to open. Zhong Luoyue heard the sound and hurriedly hid behind the emergency door at the back of the stairs, leaving it slightly ajar... and observed.
She did not know why she had hidden. It had been instinctive, and it even made her feel like a guilty thief—which was wrong.
"Well, I'll go take out the