"Do you usually hear the rooster crowing at night?"
Xiao Xiao's lips curved slightly.
"Mm."
Though he didn't quite understand why Xiao Xiao was asking, the young man nodded honestly.
"It's always when I'm asleep at night."
He was tired from work during the day, and he went to bed late at night.
He had to get up early the next day.
So before this started, he'd always slept very well.
Whenever he lay in bed for a little while, he'd fall fast asleep.
"You've already checked every apartment in that building?"
"We'll have to wait until tonight to find out."
The rooster's crowing was like a power drill, relentlessly boring into his brain and setting his nerves on edge...
One day, in a tone that was more than a little accusatory and even a bit unrestrained, he'd told the two boys not to keep chickens in their apartment.
As it turned out...
It didn't matter that no one else could hear the rooster crowing...
He'd still be jolted awake, dazed and half-asleep.
I went upstairs at the office and bought a cup of coffee.
The two young men lived next door.
The girl standing in the doorway looked completely dazed.
First he'd chop it into eight pieces, then chop it into eight pieces again...
But at the same time, the confusion on their faces couldn't have been more obvious.
Although he was surprised by this...
Otherwise, why would he lie?
There were no chickens in their apartment.
Xiao Xiao's lips curved upward.
But lately, even when the man fell asleep in bed—
It wouldn't leave him alone.
If he ever found the damn culprit...
The young man smiled bitterly.
The two boys' shrill voices overlapped, making his already sleep-deprived brain even