EBE Chapter 42 His Apartment: Promiscuous Relationships Are Prohibited
Chapter 42 His Apartment: Promiscuous Relationships Are Prohibited
The doorbell rang three times, but no one came to open the door.
Li Xi banged on the door with her hand. The violent action did not disturb Jiang Xinghe, but it did attract the attention of Gu Zhen in the next room.
"Li Xi".
Gu Zhen's voice rang out behind Li Xi.
Li Xi quickly turned around.
Gu Zhen, wearing a black bathrobe, leaned against the door of his apartment, staring at Li Xi with an inscrutable expression.
He glanced at the moonlight outside the window and reminded Li Xi, "It's 3:20 in the morning. You came to find Jiang Xinghe?"
A lone man and woman, meeting secretly in the middle of the night...
"I feel I need to remind you that in my apartment, all tenants are strictly prohibited from engaging in casual sexual relationships. If you want to, move out."
Gu Zhen's voice was calm, yet inexplicably cold.
"You've misunderstood." Li Xi walked over and naturally grabbed Gu Zhen's arm, asking urgently, "Did you see Jiang Xinghe tonight?"
"The Jiang family's house was burned down tonight, and everyone suspects that Jiang Xinghe was responsible. I need to find Jiang Xinghe to prove that he has an alibi."
Gu Zhen stared intently at the hand that Li Xi was pressing against his arm; his eyes were deep and dark, and the arm was burning hot.
He closed his eyes, let out a soft breath, and then said, "I saw him coming out of the elevator carrying a case of wine at eight o'clock."
"He should be at home, maybe he's drunk."
"Wait," Gu Zhen said. "I'll go get the access card."
As the landlord of this building, Gu Zhen has all the emergency access cards for all the tenants.
But every time the card is swiped, the tenant will receive a notification, so there's no need to worry about him committing a perverted act of burglary.
Gu Zhen did not close the door.
Patrick heard the noise and jumped down from his cat board. He crossed the living room from the balcony and came to the entryway.
Patrick Star squatted on the black entryway carpet, his eyes meeting those of Li Xi, who stood outside the door.
"aim."
Patrick Star wagged his tail, as if showing off to Li Xi: You scheming woman, come in if you dare.
Realizing that Patrick Star was really provoking her, Li Xi deliberately strode into Gu Zhen's house.
Seeing this, Patrick turned and ran, but bumped into Gu Zhen's calf.
Li Xi then noticed that Gu Zhen was only wearing a black bathrobe, his calves were bare, and his leg hair was clearly visible.
Further up...
It was covered by the bathrobe material.
"Meow!" Patrick Star stood next to Gu Zhen's calves, his tail pointing skyward as he hissed at Li Xi, as if to say: You big pervert, where are you peeking at my master?
Li Xi guiltily looked away, then raised her eyes to meet Gu Zhen's deep black eyes.
Caught red-handed peeping, Li Xi not only showed no remorse, but also calmly turned the tables, saying, "It's cold in late autumn, Professor Gu should wear more clothes at night."
Gu Zhen chuckled, "My house has the heating on."
Dongzhou is located in the south, unlike northern cities which have centralized heating, so not many homes have central heating. However, Lanting Apartments is thoughtfully designed, with heating systems installed in every apartment.
But Li Xi was a bit stingy and didn't want to open it. Mainly because the weather wasn't too cold yet, and it wouldn't be cold if she dressed warmly.
"It's so good to be rich." Li Xi genuinely envied Professor Gu.
Gu Zhen chuckled and waved the universal card in Li Xi's hand. "Let's go, let's go see Jiang Xinghe's house."
"it is good!"
As Li Xi turned to leave, taking advantage of Patrick Star's inattention, she suddenly bent down, grabbed Patrick Star by the throat, and pinned it to the ground, then vigorously rubbed its soft belly.
"Meow!!!" Patrick let out a bloodcurdling scream like a pig being slaughtered.
Gu Zhen paused, and when he turned around, Li Xi had already released Patrick Star.
Patrick Star was all puffed up, his yellow cat eyes bulging like copper bells, looking like he was about to fight Li Xi.
"Hehehe!" Li Xi stuck out his tongue at Patrick Star and then pushed Gu Zhen out the door.
As Gu Zhen turned to close the door, he met Patrick's pitiful little eyes. He felt a little helpless, but he chose to ignore it.
Using the master key to open Jiang Xinghe's front door, Gu Zhen gripped the doorknob and turned to Li Xi, saying, "Wait for me outside."
Who knows if Jiang Xinghe was wearing clothes at home?
Li Xi stood outside the house cooperatively.
Gu Zhen went inside for about a minute, then said to Li Xi, "Come in."
As soon as Li Xi entered the house, she smelled the odor of alcohol, and Jiang Xinghe was lying on the living room carpet wearing a thin fleece home dress.
It's like he's dead.
But he wasn't completely dead.
Gu Zhen said, "I'm quite drunk, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Xi filled a bowl with cold water from a ramen noodle bowl, walked over, and poured it over Jiang Xinghe's head.
This startled not only drunkards, but even sick men under anesthesia.
Jiang Xinghe sat up abruptly, touched the cold water on his face and neck, and instantly sobered up.
"Rental collector?"
"Li Xi?"
Jiang Xinghe was stunned for a while before he came to his senses.
Li Xi sat on the sofa, legs crossed, arms crossed, scrutinizing Jiang Xinghe, and said bluntly, "The Jiang family villa was burned down. No one was killed, but the house is completely uninhabitable."
"Jiang Xinghe, did you do this?"
As Jiang Xinghe took off his wet clothes, he shook his head. "I went home in the evening and have been drinking at home ever since. Rent collector... Brother Zhen can vouch for me for that."
Gu Zhen remained silent.
Li Xi sneered, "Who are you trying to fool? You figured out that Gu Zhen would get off work at that time, so you deliberately showed up in front of him so that we two could testify for you, right?"
Jiang Xinghe did not deny it.
Seeing that he had taken off his thin fleece jacket and was about to take off his undershirt, Gu Zhen suddenly said, "Go to your room and change your clothes."
Jiang Xinghe said nonchalantly, "What does it matter if we're all men?"
Glancing at Li Xi sitting on the sofa, Jiang Xinghe said, "She's not a woman, she's a ruthless female bandit."
That's what he said, but Jiang Xinghe still went back to his room to change into clean home clothes.
When he came out again, he was completely sober.
He sat cross-legged on the carpet, avoiding the wet patch, and asked Li Xi, "Was the Jiang family's house really burned down?"
Li Xi looked at Jiang Xinghe suspiciously: "You really don't know?"
“I went back to the Jiang family in the afternoon to pick up some things, but I left at five o’clock. After leaving the Jiang family, I played outside until eight o’clock in the evening.”
"I wanted to burn the Jiang family down, but do I have the reach to do that?"
"Besides, there are surveillance cameras everywhere around the Jiang family's house. Don't they know how to check the surveillance footage?"
Jiang Xinghe's words were indeed without flaws, and Li Xi called Gu Zhen and went out.
Just as I reached the entrance, Xie Xingyun called again.
"Li Xi, Jiang Xinghe..."
“He’s home. He’ll be home at 8 p.m. If you don’t believe me, you can call the police and have them bring you to Lanting Apartment to check the surveillance footage.”
"Bye!"
After hanging up Xie Xingyun's call, Li Xi followed Gu Zhen out thoughtfully, not noticing when Gu Zhen stopped and bumped into his back again.
Gu Zhen turned around and stretched his long arm toward Li Xi's left waist.
Li Xi thought Gu Zhen was going to hug her, and was about to dodge when she heard the door behind her close.
It turns out Gu Zhen was going to reach for the doorknob...
Li Xi felt a pang of embarrassment.
Suddenly, Gu Zhen whispered in her ear, "Actually, there are many ways to start a fire and create an alibi for him."
Li Xi suddenly looked up and asked Gu Zhen, "For example?"
"There is a chemical called white phosphorus that can spontaneously combust at a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius."
"But it's late autumn now..."
Thinking of something, Li Xi said, "Jiang Xinghe leaves the Jiang family at five o'clock in the evening. If he can remotely control some electrical appliances in his bedroom, such as the aromatherapy lamp, he can..."
"When the temperature around an aromatherapy lamp reaches 40 degrees Celsius, it can cause white phosphorus to spontaneously combust, leading to a fire..."
Upon hearing Li Xi's analysis, Gu Zhen's eyes were filled with admiring smiles.