Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

Chapter 717: Xiao Chun’s Boyfriend

Zeng Yan naturally said it was nothing, just a small favor.They exchanged pleasantries and polite words.

But in truth, if Zeng Yan hadn’t been there at that moment, Xiao He would have definitely died.

The murderer wouldn’t have stopped at just one stab; it was precisely because of Zeng Yan’s timely arrival that he only managed to land one blow, without following up with a second or third. If he had stabbed her two or three times in a row, she might have ended up dead even with prompt medical treatment, depending on her luck.

Now that the questioning was over, the police officers took Zeng Yan and left the area, instructing Xiao He to rest well.

Walking out of the hospital, Zeng Yan said goodbye to the officers, who then got into their police car.

Once inside the car, one of the officers asked the others, “Do you think that guy could be the murderer?”

He asked this because surveillance footage of the killer had been posted online, with the police requesting leads from everyone. This led many people to know roughly what the killer wore when committing his crimes—sunglasses, masks, and the like.

As a result, copycat criminals had emerged, dressing up the same way to carry out their own misdeeds. They had already caught several such individuals during this time.

The older officer let out a deep sigh.

“I don’t know. I’m not sure. We still have no leads on that killer.”

“We don’t even know if the killer is male or female.”

“This murderer is just too cunning.”

Another officer said, “I went home the day before yesterday, and my wife asked if we had any leads on the case. She knows I’m involved in it. I told her we still didn’t have any concrete clues.”

“Then she asked if we could catch this killer.”

“I said, I don’t know.”

“And you wouldn’t believe it—my wife chewed me out, saying we cops are all just dead weight, that we went to police academy for years, yet we can’t even catch one serial rapist.”

After that remark, the car fell into silence.

The older officer sighed again. “Even though we have advanced surveillance systems and forensic methods now, these murderers and killers are constantly coming up with new countermeasures.”

“It’s a matter of everyone progressing, that’s the principle here.”

“And this killer is especially crafty. Look—he leaves us no clues at all. Every time he commits a crime, he carefully cuts the soles off his shoes to avoid leaving footprints before acting.”

The officers continued discussing the case as they made their way back to the police station.

Xiao He was attacked around nearly 9 p.m., and she was admitted to the hospital at roughly 10 p.m. Her emergency surgery ended around midnight. By the time she woke up and was questioned by the police, it was already a little past 7 a.m.

At around 8 a.m., not long after the police and Zeng Yan had left, Xiao He’s close friend Xiao Chun and her boyfriend rushed into her hospital room in a flurry.

Xiao Chun dressed like a trendy young woman, but in terms of looks, she was slightly more attractive than Xiao He.

Xiao Chun’s boyfriend, meanwhile, was a trendy young guy, but his hair wasn’t dyed yellow—it was a flashy pink.

Dyeing hair pink requires fair skin. This boyfriend’s skin was indeed quite pale, and his facial features were average at best.

The moment Xiao Chun arrived and saw Xiao He lying in the hospital bed, she burst into tears.

“I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry, Xiao He. It’s all my fault, all my fault. If I hadn’t asked you to pick me up last night, you wouldn’t have run into this.”

Xiao Chun and her boyfriend had already been contacted by the police. After all, when Xiao He was brought to the hospital and the police arrived, they unlocked her phone to search for clues. They saw that her last call was to Xiao Chun, so they had already questioned Xiao Chun and her boyfriend back then. That’s how they both learned what had happened to Xiao He.

“It’s fine. Don’t blame yourself. This is just my bad luck for running into that kind of person.”

Xiao He managed a faint smile.

At that moment, Xiao Chun’s boyfriend thrust his hands into his pockets, tossed his long pink bangs, and said coolly, “Hey, Xiao Chun, and Xiao He—do you think the person who attacked you last night might be that serial rapist-murderer that’s all over the news lately?”

Hearing this, both Xiao He and Xiao Chun turned pale.

There was no helping it. With a freak like that on the loose, specifically targeting young women, and operating in the same city as them, how could they not be terrified?

Xiao Chun’s boyfriend, of course, couldn’t feel their fear. After all, he was a man. If there were a serial rapist-murderer specifically targeting young men like him, would he be scared? Sure.

Of course, the biggest flaw of humanity is that you never feel afraid until it happens to you. Besides that, there’s also that blind confidence that such bad things could never happen to you. With so many people in a city, how could you be so unlucky as to run into a murderous psycho like that?

Trembling, she covered her head in terror.

Xiao He’s voice shook. “I don’t know. I really don’t. I didn’t even get a clear look at his face.”

“But I think there’s a good chance he’s that killer, because when he stabbed me, I could tell he didn’t hesitate at all. He seemed very experienced, like someone who’s already killed before.”

Xiao Chun’s boyfriend suddenly transformed into the detective Conan. “If that’s the case, then it’s very possible he’s the killer. After all, that murderer has already killed seven people, so he’s got plenty of experience. But there’s one thing that doesn’t add up!”

Xiao Chun asked, “What doesn’t add up?”

Her boyfriend suddenly struck a pose, mimicking Conan.

“Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu! (The truth is always one!)”

“Look, that killer has killed seven people. Besides the one man, he raped and then killed all six other women.”

“If that’s the case, if the killer had his eye on Xiao He, he would definitely have tried to do that to her. But don’t you think it’s strange? Even though the road Xiao He took was narrow and empty at the time, that was a village-within-the-city, and it was only around 8 p.m.—there were plenty of people coming and going. She could have screamed for help and attracted attention easily.”

“So, that place is really inconvenient for him to carry out his crime. If I were him, I would never choose a spot like that.”

“And more importantly, the weather’s cold enough. If he had to pull it out—well, if I were him, it would be so frozen I couldn’t even get it up.”

Speechless. Utterly speechless.

Xiao Chun looked at her boyfriend with complete exasperation and said, “Alright, you can stop watching Conan from now on. You’re always playing detective and spouting nonsense here, getting more and more off-track.”

“From start to finish, we need to get one thing straight. No matter whether the person who attacked Xiao He is that killer or not, for Xiao He, it was extremely dangerous!”