NOVEL NEXT Chapter 177: Inside and Outside the Door
"You try to stall them; I'm heading over right now,"
Wang Ye spoke rapidly, and after a pause of 0.01 seconds, he continued:
"Don't hang up the phone. We can just keep it on. Are you wearing a headset right now?"
There was silence on the other end of the phone. Just when Wang Ye thought something might have happened to Fang Feifei, he received a message from her on WeChat.
"Yes."
Seeing this message, Wang Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
It was fine as long as Fang Feifei was wearing a headset.
If Fang Feifei hadn't been wearing a headset, Wang Ye was really worried that the person on the other end might hear his voice while he was speaking to Fang Feifei.
And then make some rash move.
The unique engine noise of the Spyker C8 started, and the next second, it charged out.
Wang Ye listened to the sounds coming from Fang Feifei's side of the phone, assessing the situation she was facing.
...
Fang Feifei listened to the noise coming from the lock, considering the situation she was currently in.
The fact that they chose this moment to act, combined with the recent scene at Fang Cunshan, made Fang Feifei sure of one thing:
Her grandfather had already gone out and was not at the Fang Family's place.
Otherwise, they probably wouldn't have dared to make such a move at this time.
Suddenly, Fang Feifei felt that in this situation, aside from Wang Ye, who had not yet arrived, and Fang Cunshan, who had already left, she had no one else she could trust.
Like those people outside trying to unlock her door, who usually were her most trusted ones, now attempting to open her door with a key and put her in danger.
It was a strange feeling.
This was her own home, and the people inside were those she faced and knew well every day.
But in this situation, there was not a single person she could trust, as if she was surrounded by these people.
The place that should have been the safest had now become the most dangerous.
Fang Feifei said to the middle-aged woman outside the door, "Aunt Ke, please don't rush. I need your help with something."
The sound of the foreign object disturbing the lock ceased, and Aunt Ke's voice asked, "What do you need help with?"
"I want to go out, but I don't want the other Fang Family members to know. Can you help me plan a route? And bring my car around."
"The spare keys are in my study, in the drawer. You can take them out and drive the car out for me, and clear these people out as well."
Fang Feifei forced herself to calm down and started thinking of a way to cope.
At this moment, even delaying by a second was useful for Fang Feifei.
Because that one second could be the difference between a blade being thrust into Fang Feifei's neck and a blade about to be thrust but then being stopped by someone.
Aunt Ke outside the door was silent for a few seconds, possibly weighing the words Fang Feifei had just said, and whether she should agree or not.
Eventually, maybe feeling that letting Fang Feifei come out on her own would be much simpler than breaking down the door to her room, Aunt Ke straightforwardly agreed, "Okay, we'll do it now."
Then.
The sound of the foreign object being removed from the lock sounded, followed by several messy footsteps.
The footsteps grew fainter, indicating their departure.
Fang Feifei took a deep breath, but at that moment, even as she exhaled, she dared not make it too obvious.
Although the sound of footsteps was receding, if someone was still at the door complaining, and they detected something off from her own breathing, it would spell trouble.
In fact, the soundproofing inside Fang Feifei's room was very good, and there was also a distance between it and the outside, so even if Fang Feifei's breathing was a bit heavier, the others definitely could not hear it.
But under these circumstances, Fang Feifei was extremely vigilant, paying attention to anything that might expose her, all to prevent being discovered.
Fang Feifei entered a password on the computer, and after a series of operations, the image outside the room appeared before her eyes.
Outside Fang Feifei's room, there was a camera installed.
This was something Fang Feifei hadn't told anyone, not even Fang Cunshan knew that Fang Feifei had installed a camera at the entrance of her room.
And because it was hidden, no one had discovered it until now.
Fang Feifei observed the outside through the camera.
There was no one there.
It was possible that they didn't know Fang Feifei had already discovered them, so they trusted everything she said and hadn't left anyone outside.
"Good opportunity," she murmured.
Fang Feifei took a deep breath, came out of her room, and headed in the opposite direction.
After all, this was her own home. Even though Fang Feifei had been in her room just now, she knew which sections Aunt Ke and the others would clean, allowing her to leave the Fang Family's residence unnoticed.
From there, she only needed to leave in the opposite direction as planned.
Fang Feifei headed towards the gym.
The gym was usually deserted, mostly used by the men of the Fang Family, and previously, the only regular user was Fang Junxiang.
After all, Fang Cunshan was getting on in years.
After Fang Junxiang left, hardly anyone went to the gym, except for those who maintained it daily, so it was virtually empty.
Even though Aunt Ke and her group had already left, Fang Feifei was still extremely cautious as she made her way to the gym, avoiding being seen by anyone.
Even with some of the cleaning staff around, Fang Feifei would hide, moving only when they couldn't see her.
Now, Fang Feifei trusted no one present.
Fearing that even a seemingly ordinary person might be a spy for Aunt Ke's group, potentially exposing her location.
...
Five minutes later.
Unseen by Fang Feifei, Aunt Ke arrived at the door to Fang Feifei's bedroom. Behind Aunt Ke, several others were hiding on one side of the corridor, planning to lure Fang Feifei out and deal with her directly.
"Miss Fang, Miss Fang," Aunt Ke called out a few times.
But there was no response from inside the room.
Aunt Ke felt a sense of foreboding.
Recalling what Fang Feifei had initially told her, and having just led her and others away, Aunt Ke realized something.
Fang Feifei might have already discovered them.
She had just made them leave so she could move to a safer place.
With that thought, Aunt Ke spoke to the several people behind her, "Alright, stop hiding. One of you stay here and guard, the rest come with me. Find Fang Feifei!"