Chapter 81: It's a Misunderstanding

"Hey, just kidding, don't be nervous."

Lin Sui sat back down on her chair with a smile.

Everyone in the Live Streaming Room: "..."

The four members of the spirit-hunting team exchanged glances; even though she said she was joking, looking at the smile on Lin Sui's face, they still felt a bit apprehensive.

"Big sister, are you really okay?"

"I'm fine, doing great, you guys continue." Lin Sui waved her hand.

Her room was brightly lit and glowing, looking quite safe indeed.

It was just that they were a little afraid she would start shouting and screaming again.

After hesitating for a moment, the group continued walking inside.

The only girl in the team continued, "After the mistress of this house committed suicide, the master didn't even wait a few days before bringing home a new girlfriend..."

Beep—beep—beep—

A strange and terrifying background music started playing in the Live Streaming Room; it was a female vocal chant that instantly made people feel a sense of hair-raising dread.

The girl telling the story turned her head to look at her other three teammates, "Why are you guys playing music?"

It was already scary enough as it was!

"Who played it?"

They never play background music when they do their Live Streaming!

Realizing this, the group looked at Lin Sui in the neighboring Live Streaming Room again.

Lin Sui blinked her eyes, "Setting the mood."

Everyone: "..."

"Hang up, hang up, hang up quickly!"

They couldn't take it anymore; one moment she was shouting and screaming to scare people, the next she was playing background music.

Did she think they were Japanese people she could mess with!

"Eh, no, I won't play it, I won't play it, let me watch..." Lin Sui turned off the music.

The other side was quick and also cut the connection.

Lin Sui was a bit puzzled, "You're already spirit-hunting Live Streamers, how can you not even handle a little background music?"

Don't you usually try to create an atmosphere?

LV32 Has Health Insurance First: "What kind of spirit-hunting Live Streamers are they? What kind of real spirit-hunting Live Streamer would be such a coward? I live in this neighborhood; this Villa area is simply one where the developer ran off, it has nothing to do with a haunted house."

LV20 Client Shut Up: "Is that for real?"

LV32 Has Health Insurance First: "Real, I felt the place they went to looked familiar from the start. I just took a look from the window, and sure enough, I saw four sneaky guys holding flashlights over there not knowing what they were doing; so it was them."

LV32 Has Health Insurance First: "Wait, I'm going to go give them a shout."

Lin Sui: "..."

"You really are wicked!"

LV32 Has Health Insurance First: "I'll let out a howl and scare them away, but I think when it comes to being wicked, you're still a step ahead."

That expression just now gave their audience a fright.

Lin Sui gave a sinister smile, "Is it possible that I wasn't pretending?"

Everyone: "..."

LV41 Nothing To Report: "You not entering the entertainment industry is a huge loss for the entertainment industry!"

Bang!

Lin Sui still wanted to say something, but a loud noise suddenly came from outside, like something hitting the ground.

Her expression changed slightly, and she immediately stood up, "I'm going out to take a look; don't let me catch you, you pervert."

LV31 Passerby A: "Be careful, Live Streamer! Should we call the police?"

LV31 Quancheng Zuiguai: "Does anyone know the address? Hurry and call the police!"

Lin Sui had already run out following the sound, but the sound felt both so close and so far away.

She only noticed after running into the courtyard that the study wall was adjacent to a neighboring Villa.

The sound seemed to have come from next door as well.

Lin Sui leaned over the wall of her own courtyard to look at the neighbor's, seeing a man sitting on the ground holding his waist; he looked like he had fallen from a height.

This man didn't look like the person who was supposed to deliver things to her; after all, he was climbing the neighboring Villa, more like a thief.

Lin Sui secretly climbed onto the wall, wanting to pin him down.

The man on the ground seemed to hear the movement and turned his head abruptly; the two locked eyes.

He instinctively scrambled up and ran.

This guilty look made Lin Sui even more convinced that this guy was a thief.

She leaped down from the wall and chased after him, "Little thief, don't run!"

Words like that only make people run faster.

Lin Sui chased wildly behind him in her flip-flops.

In this suburban Villa area, the occupancy rate was very low, and she couldn't call anyone for help.

Lin Sui wanted to chase him to the entrance of the residential area; at least there were security guards there.

Strangely enough, no matter how the man in front ran, he kept circling the residential area and had no intention of running toward the main gate.

Lin Sui couldn't help but start to wonder if he had an accomplice and was waiting for them here?

The two circled round and round, and the man in front finally started to run out of steam.

Lin Sui took off one of her slippers and threw it fiercely at his back.

Whoosh—

Smack!

The slipper hit the back of his head with pinpoint accuracy.

"Take my flying kick!"

Lin Sui lunged at him, pinning him directly to the ground; she pressed one hand against the back of his head while picking up the slipper she had just used to threaten him.

"Running again? If I hit you with this slipper, you might die!"

The man: "..."

He struggled to turn his head to look at Lin Sui, his mouth opening and closing, "Med... med... med..."

Lin Sui: "Check it out?"

Such an old meme.

"..."

The man fell silent.

His hand slowly reached down toward his pants pocket.

Lin Sui saw that his face was pale, with large beads of sweat on his forehead.

At first, she thought he was just tired from running, but as his breathing became increasingly rapid, Lin Sui sensed something was wrong.

She quickly reached into his pocket and, sure enough, pulled out a small, unbranded bottle of medicine.

The man reached out to take it and hurriedly poured out a pill to stuff into his mouth.

Lin Sui let him go at this point and put her slipper back on.

"Buddy, you're out stealing things in this condition? Aren't you afraid you'll just drop dead one day?"

"..."

The man lay on the ground, his breathing slowly steadying; he stared intently at Lin Sui's profile by the dim streetlamp, wondering what he was thinking.

Only then did Lin Sui get a clearer look at him; he didn't look very old, but his face was as white as a ghost.

He had a buzz cut and had originally been wearing a hat, but after being pinned down by Lin Sui, the hat had flown off somewhere.

After he had recovered for a while, Lin Sui pulled him up, "Let's go, let's go tell the police officer!"

No sooner had she mentioned the police officer than the police officer arrived.

Lin Sui remembered that she hadn't ended her Live Streaming and had been gone for so long.

It was likely that A Fu had called the police.

Just as she was about to explain the situation to the police officer, the officer's gaze paused on Lin Sui before finally landing on the man.

"What's the situation?"

The man touched the back of his head and whispered, "A misunderstanding."

Police officer: "Then let me take you both back."

Lin Sui: "Huh?"

Only after being dropped off at her doorstep did she understand what was going on.

It turned out this man lived right next door; he was her neighbor, named Shen Ti.

Because he was in poor health, he lived in this quiet place to recuperate.

His mother usually didn't let him go out, but he would occasionally sneak out.

When he snuck out tonight, he missed his footing and fell directly off the wall, and was heard by Lin Sui, who was already extremely sensitive due to the "stalker fan pervert."

She had mistaken him for a thief.

And the reason Shen Ti ran as soon as he saw her was likely because he had mistaken her for a thief as well.

After all, no one had lived next door to his house for many years; who wouldn't find it terrifying if a woman suddenly crawled out from inside?

With that explanation, it really was just a misunderstanding.

The police officer clearly knew Shen Ti and was aware of his situation, so he explained a few more things to Lin Sui.

Lin Sui felt a lingering fear.

It was a good thing he carried medicine with him and she hadn't chased him until something bad happened, otherwise wouldn't she have had to pay until she was bankrupt?

After the mediation was finished, the police officer left.

Lin Sui took one more look at Shen Ti, who was standing at the doorway being scolded by his mother.

His mother was just as pale as he was, crying while pounding on his chest, repeating over and over that he never listened.

Seeming to sense Lin Sui's gaze, Shen Ti turned his head to look at her.

Lin Sui gave him an awkward smile and turned to head back into her own house.

What a massive drama event to have stumbled upon.

But Lin Sui had been moved in here for quite some time, and it was actually the first time she knew someone lived next door.

Returning to the Live Streaming Room, her Live Streaming hadn't been turned off yet, and who knew how many topics had already been discussed on the public screen.

LV52 A Fu Wan Ren Ai: "Are you okay?"

A Fu asked immediately.

She hadn't taken her phone when she chased out earlier, so she couldn't ask for news.

"I'm fine, it was just a misunderstanding."

Lin Sui sighed, "A massive drama event."

She briefly recounted what had just happened.

The reaction of the audience in the Live Streaming Room was the same as when she had first learned the truth.

Speechless, just completely speechless.

LV10 Bingbing Liangliang: "I have a bold idea."

LV20 Siyue Tian: "I also have a bold idea."

"No, you don't!" Lin Sui refused to look at their ideas.

"Alright, happy times always pass so quickly; I'm going to end the Live Streaming to take a shower."

After saying that, without giving the others a chance to react, she immediately ended the Live Streaming.

She could roughly guess what their bold ideas were.

It was nothing more than thinking that the things she received might have been sent by this person.

But Lin Sui felt that was impossible; if the person on the other side knew her, they wouldn't have run away when they saw her just now.

Since they didn't know her, it was impossible for them to do such an inexplicable thing.

…

After tidying herself up, Lin Sui sat to the side to apply medicine to the scrapes on her body.

When she tackled Shen Ti, she had also gotten some scrapes on her body, and now that she had calmed down, it actually hurt quite a bit.

After applying the medicine, she received a private message from A Fu.

"Do you need me to come over and keep you company?"

A simple sentence gave Lin Sui a fright.

Lin Sui: "Brother, you are scarier than those spirit-hunting squads from today."

A Fu: "I'm serious."

He knew that Lin Sui didn't really want to have private contact with her older brother, so he had only called the police earlier and hadn't come over directly.

But after thinking about it, he felt that in this situation, what if she needed someone to keep her company?

Lin Sui: "No need, I didn't hire my boxing coach for nothing!"

Having at least achieved some small results recently, Lin Sui still had some confidence.

A Fu said no more.

There were others who cared about her safety, and Lin Sui replied to them one by one.

…

Early the next morning, Lin Sui was woken up by the sound of a doorbell.

She groggily picked up her phone to take a look; it was only 7:30 in the morning.

It had been a long time since she had gotten up this early.

She tapped on the gate surveillance connected to her phone, wanting to see who was outside.

It was a middle-aged woman she didn't recognize.

She flopped back down to continue sleeping, pretending there was no one home.

After dozing for about half a minute, Lin Sui remembered, flipped up from the bed, and quickly tidied herself up.

This middle-aged woman seemed to be the one she saw last night, the neighbor next door.

Could it be that her son had an episode after returning home last night, and now she had come to settle the score with her?

Lin Sui couldn't help but think darkly.

When she went out to open the door, she discovered the other party was holding a plate of steaming hot dumplings.

"Young lady, you're home." The woman smiled at her in a friendly manner.

It was evident that she had dressed up carefully today and was even wearing makeup; she looked much more vibrant than when she saw her last night.

Going to such great lengths?

"Is something the matter, Auntie?" Lin Sui asked with a bit of vigilance.

"Auntie is just here to apologize, no need to be so nervous." Her apologetic voice rang out, "My Xiao Ti scared you last night."

"It was my fault; I didn't figure things out and mistook him for a thief." Lin Sui opened the door, "Is he alright?"

Shen's mother smiled, "He's fine."

"These are what I just boiled this morning; try them, consider it an apology."

She bypassed Lin Sui and walked into the courtyard.

Lin Sui glanced at the gap between herself and the gate.

With such a small space, how did she squeeze in so easily?

Fortunately, Shen's mother didn't continue walking inside and just placed the plate of dumplings on the small table in the courtyard.

Since the person had brought their kindness to her doorstep, Lin Sui couldn't refuse.

"Thank you." She walked over and sat down on a chair.

Shen's mother also sat down opposite Lin Sui, acting quite familiar.

Seeing Lin Sui take the dumplings, she smiled with a face full of affection.

Intuition told Lin Sui that this matter didn't seem that simple.

She tentatively picked one up and put it in her mouth, her gaze fixed on Shen's mother.

Sure enough, eating someone's food makes you soft-spoken!

Seeing her eat, Shen's mother immediately asked: "How old is the young lady this year?"

Lin Sui: "22."

Shen's mother: "My Xiao Ti is 25, the age is just right."

Lin Sui: "Ugh—"

She spat out the dumpling in her mouth at once, "Did Auntie come for a blind date?"

"Is it not tasty?" She did not answer Lin Sui's question, only worrying whether her culinary skills were not up to par.

Lin Sui said with a forced smile, "It is a bit unsuited to my taste."

Not just the dumplings, but the person as well.

Shen Mu seemed to hear her metaphor, and her expression became somewhat unsightly.

"Then don't eat it."

She pulled the dumplings back, intending to leave, but felt a bit unwilling to let it go.

She asked one more question, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Lin Sui: "I have a whole bunch of boyfriends and girlfriends."

In the Live Streaming Room, one shout of 'husband' or 'wife' gets an immediate response from hundreds.

That doesn't count as lying, right?

Shen Mu: "..."

"A young girl like you should have more self-respect!" Shen Mu picked up her own dumplings, glared at Lin Sui, and got up to leave, clearly angered by her.

"That is something you don't need to worry about." Lin Sui waved at her, "Take care on your way out!"

Once she left, Lin Sui hurriedly locked her front door.

That was close!

I almost sold myself out for a plate of dumplings!

She leaned against the door and smacked her lips, not having tasted anything from the dumpling at all.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Lin Sui looked up toward the second-floor balcony of the neighboring Villa.

Shen Ti was standing on the balcony, looking right at her.

Seeing her look over, he even offered her a smile.

Lin Sui: "..."

What a bizarre mother and son pair.