Chapter 157
The old residential building's exterior walls had been repainted, but inside, it still looked much as it had ten or twenty years ago. Even the voice-activated lights still flickered on and off unpredictably.
Yan Beiyou whistled, and every sensor light in the narrow, mottled, pitch-dark stairwell lit up at once.
Their footsteps on the stairs formed an uneven rhythm.
First floor, second floor, third floor...
When they reached the fifth floor, Yan Beiyou stopped.
The tall alpha reached above the door and took down a string of keys that clinked against one another.
Standing behind Yan Beiyou, Ye Nanxun leaned slightly to the side as he watched the alpha insert a key into the lock. Then he glanced up at the high doorframe.
"Wouldn't someone take the key and open the door to get in?" Ye Nanxun asked curiously.
"They have before, but there's nothing valuable inside. They went in empty-handed and came out empty-handed."
Perhaps Yan Beiyou had not been here in a while. The key turned several times in the lock before the door finally opened.
The door let out a rough creak as it was pushed open, and Yan Beiyou switched on the lights inside.
An old but tidy home appeared before Ye Nanxun's eyes.
"Sit wherever you like." Yan Beiyou casually tossed the keys onto the table, wiped a hand over the sofa covered with a slipcover, and said, "There's a cleaning robot that tidies the place regularly."
"Don't we need to change shoes?" Ye Nanxun stood at the entrance and looked around.
There was a simple two-tier shoe rack just inside the door, but it did not hold a single pair of shoes.
"No need. Wait upstairs for me. I'll go to the convenience store outside and buy some daily necessities." Yan Beiyou