Chapter 309: The Burglar in the House (8/10, Autumn Subscription)

She steadied her breathing as best she could, and first sent a message to A Ming.

Then she sent a message to Fang Yue as well.

Bai Xiaoya could only hope that Fang Yue had just returned to his room and hadn't entered the game yet—otherwise things would get troublesome.

But strangely, the message... hadn't gone through.

Looking carefully at the top-right corner of her phone, the signal... had actually been jammed!

Bai Xiaoya's face instantly darkened.

The other party had come prepared!

While Bai Xiaoya was thinking, the thief in the living room hadn't been idle either.

She was rummaging through something, her movements rather careless, making quite a few light clanking sounds.

A normally sleeping person wouldn't hear sounds and noises at this level.

And someone who had entered the game would be even less likely to hear them.

Soon, the female thief had roughly swept through the living room.

But strangely, she didn't steal anything; instead, her gaze swept toward the kitchen and the sitting room, and she strode inside.

Bai Xiaoya grew more certain—the other party had come for her! For... the Jade Pendant on her chest!

"It's someone sent by those guys!"

Her mind started working. Bai Xiaoya took a deep breath, knowing she had to do something—sitting and waiting for death wasn't her style.

She weighed it out: the gap in strength between herself, who'd grown up in a greenhouse, and a professional like the female thief. She quickly abandoned the idea of going out to fight the female thief.

What remained was either escape, or calling for help.

Escaping naturally meant fleeing through the bedroom window, but the fire escape rope was kept in the living room—putting her right back in the same dead end.

And calling for help naturally meant asking Fang Yue for help, but he was inside his room, and she didn't know if his door was locked from the inside...

Most likely it was, because she'd heard the sound of Fang Yue entering his room and locking it earlier.

"First go check by the window, see if there's a suitable escape route."

Light on her feet, she slowly moved away from the bedroom door, then came to the window and opened it. The whoosh of wind nearly stopped her heart on the spot.

Fortunately, after a nervous glance back and a moment of listening, the female thief still seemed to be rummaging around the kitchen and hadn't heard the wind from this side.

She poked her head out the window and looked down—even without a fear of heights, she was about to develop one.

Falling from such a high floor by accident would mean certain death.

Fortunately, her room and Yuan Jie's room were very close—so close that she only needed to step onto the windowsill and take one stride to the left to land on Yuan Jie's window.

Luckily, Yuan Jie was careless and often left her window open, which came in handy at a time like this.

Her room and Fang Yue's room, on the other hand, were quite far apart.

Otherwise she would have preferred to go to Fang Yue's room—that would have solved everything.

Although by visual estimate she could stride across to Yuan Jie's room, it was only an estimate; she had no idea how it would actually work in practice.

She first retreated back into the room and observed the situation outside through the peephole.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The female thief had already moved from the kitchen to the sitting room; the next step... was the bedroom!

Bai Xiaoya's bedroom door was locked from the inside, but if a thief could get through the front door, a bedroom lock naturally wouldn't be a problem either.

Watching the female thief pace around the sitting room, Bai Xiaoya's heart rose to her throat—she needed to create a time gap.

When the female thief was picking the lock on Yuan Jie's bedroom door, stay in her own room.

When the female thief was picking the lock on her own bedroom door, escape through the window to Yuan Jie's room.

In theory, as long as she timed it right, she could perfectly avoid the female thief.

But it was only theory after all... Bai Xiaoya had no confidence in her own skills.

An expert was right there in the next room, yet she couldn't call out to him, couldn't notify him.

Why, why did that guy Fang Yue enter the game so early!

Bai Xiaoya couldn't help feeling a little resentful, completely forgetting that if not for this incident, she should have entered the game by now too.

Tap tap tap...

Footsteps came out from the sitting room. Under Bai Xiaoya's gaze, the female thief sized up the rooms and walked toward... Fang Yue's room!

Bai Xiaoya's heart began pounding violently, a hint of excitement and anticipation stirring—the female thief was walking into her own doom!

"Yes, go ahead and open Fang Yue's door—that'll wake him up!"

In Bai Xiaoya's anticipation, the expected sound of lock-picking and door-opening didn't come. The female thief merely scratched her head, seemingly a little obsessive, agonizing over which bedroom to start stealing from.

In the end, the female thief headed toward... Yuan Jie's room!

Bai Xiaoya's entire attention was focused to the extreme, her ear pressed against the door, listening.

She heard a creaking sound, then a click... in less than three seconds, Yuan Jie's bedroom door was opened.

Three seconds... three seconds isn't even enough time for me to jump over to the next window!

Her heart sank. Bai Xiaoya knew she couldn't keep dragging this out any longer.

She flung open the locked door and dashed out in a flash.

Bang!

Because she'd used too much force, the door she'd flung open slammed against the wall with a loud noise.

But that was exactly what Bai Xiaoya wanted—loud. She let out a piercing "Aaaaaaaah!" scream as she charged toward the kitchen, grabbed a knife at random, gripped it in both hands with the blade pointing outward, and turned to face Yuan Jie's room.

At this moment, Bai Xiaoya had two choices.

The first: flee the house directly, escape outside.

There were plenty of people outside; the other party probably wouldn't make a move there.

The only problem was, she feared that with her physique, she wouldn't even reach the elevator before being caught.

But Bai Xiaoya still tried.

She rushed to the front door and tried to open it, then immediately paled.

No matter how she twisted the doorknob, the door didn't budge at all!

She… was trapped inside her home!

Without hesitation, Bai Xiaoya immediately executed her second option.

That was to bang furiously on Fang Yue's door, create a loud noise, and force Fang Yue to exit the game.

Whether or not the female thief also had reservations, since Bai Xiaoya screamed, the female thief had not left Yuan Jie's room for a long time.

She couldn't help but grow suspicious.

Could the female thief have fled?

But this was a high-rise! Jumping down… no! If those people had sent someone, equipped properly, jumping from a high-rise wouldn't be a problem.

Bai Xiaoya frowned, raised her knife, and quickly moved to Fang Yue's room, then pounded on the door and shouted.

But inside the room, there was no response.

Her face darkened, her heart sank.

She glanced at her phone—the signal was still blocked, which meant the female thief was still inside, she hadn't left!

Cold dread surged through her.

"Fang Yue! Fang Yue!! Come out, help! Help! A thief broke into the house!"

Bai Xiaoya deliberately downplayed the situation, trying to calm the female thief.

But at that moment, the female thief suddenly emerged from her own room!

Stunned, Bai Xiaoya finally understood.

The thief had taken the exact route she had imagined.

From Yuan Jie's window, she jumped to Bai Xiaoya's window, then exited through Bai Xiaoya's room!

"You, don't come closer!"

(End of Chapter)