Chapter 213: That was close
Xia Luna took a careful peek outside. There were indeed about fifteen armed police officers outside. She had been found out...
She was about to follow the order and go out when she frowned as a thought crossed her mind. All those police officers against one intruder? Not to mention that she was just a young woman and young women were usually underestimated. Wasn’t this too exaggerated? Perhaps there was someone else in the house and she didn’t know about it?
She heard the announcement again and knew that the police would flood into the house any second now. If she were caught, it wouldn’t matter whether she was the one they wanted or not. She would still be arrested nonetheless.
The police were looking up every window so her fastest exit, the master bedroom’s window, was inaccessible. She didn’t need to check to know that there must be one under the bathroom window as well. Besides, her time was already up. Even if she managed to distract the police and leave through the door, she might be captured by the surveillance camera she had tempered with. That would still help the police discover her. If only she had carried her laptop in here! But she had left it hidden together with her shoes for ease of movement.
"Get in. Search every nook and cranny of every room! And be careful, she might be dangerous." Luna heard one of the officers bellow orders.
Without a doubt, she was the one being looked for. ’What to do? Think, think think.’ She thought as she looked for a place to hide. Fighting an unknown number of policemen was definitely not an option when she couldn’t even beat Jiang Xingyu in their childish fights. Gah! Why did she have to think of him at such a dangerous moment? Her life was on the line now!
She scanned the wall, windows and roofs. How could a detective not have any place to hide in his home? Shouldn’t he have a secret passage at the very least? But no, he had none. And the police were coming upstairs. She could hear their heavy, rushed footsteps against the floor as they made their way into every room. They seemed to split ways, and she saw the knob of the door to the master bedroom twist.
Luna dashed into the closet and closed its door carefully just as the door opened. She knew it was an absolutely dumb move but she couldn’t give up without trying at least. She stilled her body and stopped breathing when she felt someone near the closet. The person moved away and she heard them go to the curtain and search for her behind it. She hit her lips to stop a laugh from escaping her mouth. What did he take her for, a child playing hide-and-seek?
"She’s not here." He announced after a while. She felt his footsteps retreat away, followed by their conversation.