Four days?
Chu Qingjiu picked up on the number "four days" immediately. The incident involving the residents of 504 had happened exactly four days ago. Whether he was overthinking it or not, he had to ask the mother and daughter.
He brought Qi Wu over to ask them about it. It turned out that Mimi was a ragdoll cat who had disappeared four days ago.
"If we see Mimi, we'll let you know."
The little girl smiled through her tears. "Thank you, big brothers! You're so nice!"
After saying goodbye, Chu Qingjiu went to 504 with Qi Wu.
The door to 504 was locked. Qi Wu picked it effortlessly, then rather smugly demanded a reward from Chu Qingjiu.
Chu Qingjiu grumbled that he wouldn't, even as he obediently kissed Qi Wu on the cheek.
Once they entered, an indescribable stench greeted them. The apartment had gone unventilated for so long that it smelled as though something had rotted inside.
Frowning, Chu Qingjiu walked to the bedroom door.
Even before they opened it, the nauseating stench was already seeping through the gap beneath the door. Even if they hadn't come now, the smell would probably have spread into the fifth-floor corridor within another day, and the sealed apartment would have been opened again.
The moment the bedroom door opened, Chu Qingjiu covered his mouth and nose with a pained expression, turned his head away, and began coughing softly.
"Cough, cough... It reeks... Cough..."
Qi Wu looked equally uncomfortable, but his first priority was to rub Chu Qingjiu's back to ease his coughing. Then he helped him lean against the wall before hurrying inside to open the bedroom window and air it out.
After a short wait, the stench finally grew less overpowering, and only then did Qi Wu bring Chu Qingjiu