Chapter 688: Bundy Targets Manager Wu Meiling |
To this, Jiang Ran couldn't care less.
After all, when Manager Xiao Zhang had been away on that business trip back then, he had also filled in for him, watching over the management office.
It was just that, last time, Manager Xiao Zhang had said he was going on a business trip, and then he never came back.
Hopefully, Manager Mao Li Zhishu wouldn't also leave and never return.
After all, the two of them had gotten along quite well.
"Whatever, back to the manga."
Jiang Ran buried his head in reading.
Building No. 2.
Bundy's bedroom.
The moment they opened, a wave of chill radiated from his gaze.
He got up from the bed and glanced at the cold woman's corpse beside him.
He pulled the covers over her.
After tucking her in.
He got out of bed, got dressed, and put on his shoes.
Fully dressed, he straightened himself up in front of the tall floor-length mirror in the bedroom.
He felt quite pleased with himself.
Then, he opened the bedside table and tucked a folding knife into his waistband.
After that, he crouched down, reached his right hand under the bed, and felt around.
He pulled out a long, silver steel pipe.
He hid the hard steel pipe behind his back, wedged securely between his belt and the back of his shirt.
Afterwards, he left his home.
He left his apartment, took the elevator, and went all the way down to the first floor.
Clack, clack, clack. His footsteps echoed through the silent first-floor lobby.
The sound triggered the voice-controlled lights throughout the lobby, and at the same time, it startled Manager Wu Meiling, who was also awake in the management office, watching a TikTok livestream.
Manager Wu Meiling looked up and saw that foreign face getting closer and closer to her.
She knew this man.
He had originally been assigned to Building No. 1 and had already moved in. But later, for no apparent reason, he requested a transfer to a different building.
And so, he ended up in Building No. 2.
But what was he doing coming down at this hour?
She wasn't worried that this man, Bundy, would try anything against her.
Because she had checked his files.
She knew that this guy's targets were exclusively young women.
And she, Wu Meiling, was anything but young.
Besides, the fact that he was coming down at this hour probably meant he wasn't looking for her.
But she was wrong.
Bundy walked into the management office.
Manager Wu Meiling put away her phone and watched him warily.
"Is there something you need?" she asked.
During his college years, Bundy had studied Chinese at the University of Washington, even though this was his first time in Hua Country.
Still, his Chinese was at least good enough for basic communication.
Even if his accent was a bit odd.
He flashed a very gentlemanly smile at Manager Wu Meiling.
"Manager, there's a problem with my faucet at home. Could you please come and take a look for me?"
Manager Wu Meiling thought to herself, who in their right mind would go to your place in the dead of night?
I wouldn't go during the day either. That's just asking for death.
Even though she wasn't his target.
She said, "Jiang Ran, the assistant manager of Building No. 1, is available. Go ask him to take a look. He's the one in charge of that kind of thing."
Let Jiang Ran go to your place in the middle of the night. He'll teach you a lesson!
"No, I want you. What do you say? Are you willing?" Bundy continued to smile warmly.
Manager Wu Meiling wondered, could she actually have become his target?
What a joke?
"How about this, tomorrow. It's already very late, and I don't know how to fix it either. I'll send a professional to your place tomorrow to fix it," Manager Wu Meiling said.
Her eyes were fixed on Bundy's face, and she clearly noticed that his gentlemanly and friendly smile was slowly changing.
It was becoming terrifying, sinister, and insane.
But he was still smiling.
Then, Bundy unzipped his thin down jacket and pulled the folding knife from his waist.
He flicked the blade open and held it in his right hand.
He pointed the tip of the knife at Manager Wu Meiling.
"How about this? Are you willing to come to my place now?"
Manager Wu Meiling slowly slid her butt off the seat.
At the same time, her hand slowly crept towards a desk lamp on the table, as if she intended to use it as a weapon.
"No, beautiful lady, don't move your hands. Otherwise, I'll kill you right now."
As a deranged serial killer with blood on his hands, Bundy immediately noticed the purpose behind Manager Wu Meiling's movement.
Manager Wu Meiling stopped her hand, as expected.
Her lips were dry. She had just had a drink not too long ago, and now she had to use her tongue to moisten her cracked lips.
She said, "Bundy, have I become your target? Shouldn't your targets be young women?"
Bundy spread his hands. "How could that be? You're not my target. I'm just inviting you to my place, beautiful lady. I only want to spend the night with you."
"So, come with me. I promise I won't do anything harmful to you. You know, after all, I only kill young women."
Like hell I believe you! You cunning old foreign devil!
If she, a proper manager, actually fell for his bullshit, she'd be a complete fool!
She had to save herself.
That's what she thought.
Meanwhile, Bundy seemed to be getting impatient, stepping closer and closer, forcing her to go with him to his place.
Perhaps fate hadn't abandoned her.
A glimmer of hope flashed in Manager Wu Meiling's eyes. She slightly tilted her head and saw that the elevator was moving.
She didn't know when it had gone up, but now it was about to come down.
She watched the elevator floor numbers tick down from 6, to 5, to 4.
She desperately hoped that whoever it was, they would come to the first floor.
At least she could cause a commotion and be rescued.
As she wished, the elevator finally stopped at the first floor.
Two young men with thick arms and big fists stepped out of the elevator.
They were walking in their direction.
Manager Wu Meiling immediately recognized the two young men and shouted at them, "Help!!!"
"Yang Qi! And Zeng Yan!!! This foreigner is trying to rape me!!!"
The two young men over there were none other than Yang Qi and Zeng Yan. They were heading out to buy some barbecue for a late-night snack.
As they got out of the elevator and took a few steps, they naturally noticed the man and woman in the management office.
But they didn't pay it much attention.
However, that scream got their full attention, especially the word "rape"!!!
Zeng Yan's body was still sluggish upon hearing this, unsure whether to rush over immediately or what.
But Yang Qi beside him had already launched into a sprint, rushing over like a motor, instantly accelerating.
Carried by that momentum, Zeng Yan also mustered up his courage. Charge, charge, charge!!!
Inside the management office, a vein twitched at the corner of Bundy's left eye.
He folded the knife back up and tucked it into his waistband, then pulled out the steel pipe he had hidden behind his back.
"Heh, you women are all damned bitches. You think these two men can save you?"
Bundy, holding the steel pipe, walked out of the management office. He stared at the charging Yang Qi and Zeng Yan, a faint sneer of disdain curling at the corner of his mouth.
Yang Qi rushed over purely because he felt Manager Wu Meiling needed help. Of course, he didn't plan to attack the white man the moment he got there. He'd need to ask what was going on first. But when he saw the white man standing at the door of the management office, holding a steel pipe and pointing it at them, he knew that the time for asking questions had been skipped entirely.