Free Web NovelChapter 1364: Chapter 1363
The chief purser was focused on moving forward, but suddenly a car drove out from the side. Startled, the chief purser instinctively turned the steering wheel to dodge, and the car’s front collided with a roadside concrete pillar, instantly becoming a total wreck, with smoke coming out of the hood.
Fortunately, the car stopped just in time, and the chief purser was only jostled but not injured.
The chief purser looked up and saw the car that had suddenly shot out was now in front, with its lights on and the driver’s window facing her. It was Lin Fan’s car, and Lin Fan was looking at the chief purser at this moment.
"Bye-bye."
Lin Fan smiled and greeted the chief purser, waved his hand, then started the car, made a turn, and drove off quickly.
The chief purser was furious, trying to start her car to chase, but her vehicle was beyond control, unable to start. There were greater troubles ahead: several police cars were already in pursuit from behind.
The traffic police got out of their cars one after another, armed and closing in.
"Put your hands on the steering wheel, let me see your hands!" a traffic cop shouted.
"Damn it!"
The chief purser spat angrily but had to give up struggling. By now, she had no hope of catching up with Lin Fan, focusing instead on getting rid of these cops first.
She obediently placed her hands on the steering wheel, not moving, but her eyes were fixed ahead, watching Lin Fan’s car go off into the distance until the taillights were no longer visible.
She now understood very well that she had been outsmarted by Lin Fan. Lin Fan was indeed too clever, calculating each step precisely, grasping the timing and psychology completely, leaving her powerless against him. It was simply terrifying.
As an agent, in front of Lin Fan, she seemed like a fool, played to the point of having no power to fight back.
At this moment, having shaken off the chief purser, Lin Fan could finally head to Li Zixia’s apartment with peace of mind.
Imperial College London, an apartment nearby.
Lin Fan deliberately parked the car nearby, then got out and walked to the base of Li Zixia’s apartment building.
According to the address given by Master Xiao Ye, Li Zixia lived on the third floor of the apartment building. At this time, it could be seen that Li Zixia’s apartment was not lit.
Lin Fan came downstairs and found there was an access control, with two rows of buttons beside it, requiring the occupant to open the door upon call.
Li Zixia was definitely not at home at this time, so naturally, he couldn’t call her to open the door, but this did not hinder Lin Fan. He reached out and brushed over, pressing all the buttons at once, trying his luck. Among so many households, there had to be someone who would help him open the door.
Beep!
Sure enough, though it was unclear which resident responded, the door opened immediately.
Lin Fan quickly pulled the door open and went in.
Lin Fan then arrived at the third floor, in front of the door of Li Zixia’s residence. The door was tightly closed. Lin Fan tried to open it but easily got it open as the lock on this door had already been broken.
After entering the room, Lin Fan did not turn on any lights but turned on the flashlight on his phone.
He saw the room in disarray, indicating that a conflict had occurred here. Some things had been knocked over, but the primary reason for the mess was that the place had been searched, not knowing what they were looking for.
The apartment was not large, a one-bedroom with a living room, plus a bathroom and kitchen, the kind of small apartment meant for the students living nearby.
Lin Fan searched around but found nothing of value. Master Xiao Ye said it seemed Liu Yuying had found clues here and followed up on them; perhaps those clues were the only ones, but they had been taken by Liu Yuying.
Nevertheless, Lin Fan didn’t walk away empty-handed. He noticed there was no computer or phone in the room.
Master Xiao Ye had mentioned that Li Zixia was in computer science, so she surely had a computer. A mobile phone is also a necessity for everyone. The only explanation was that these things had been taken away.
Judging from the traces left on the scene, Lin Fan could roughly infer what happened. Four days ago, someone broke in here. Li Zixia, upon discovering this, frantically called Liu Yuying, but she did not manage to say much before the call was cut off.
There are two possibilities here: one is that a crook came in, snatched her phone, and cut off the call. The second possibility is that Li Zixia hung up voluntarily.
From the traces at the scene, Lin Fan judged the situation to be the second possibility.
The reason Li Zixia hung up voluntarily was that the assailant had already entered the room. She intended to hide and didn’t want the assailant to hear the sound.
"Where could she have hidden?"
Lin Fan scanned the room, came to the bedside, squatted down, and used his phone light to look.
There were scratch marks from fingernails on the bedboard beneath the bed.
Li Zixia must have been hiding under the bed initially, but such a place is hardly a good hiding spot. She must have been discovered quickly and then dragged out from under the bed. These scratch marks were left during her struggle.
Lin Fan pondered; what clues did Liu Yuying find, and where did she go? Master Xiao Ye said she had not been seen for three days, indicating that the lead she followed must have been useful.
And this clue was most likely left intentionally by Li Zixia for her.
But since the only lead was already taken by Liu Yuying, Lin Fan now had no idea what it could be.
Lin Fan was contemplating what to do next.
Just then, he suddenly heard movement; someone was at the door, about to enter!
Lin Fan frowned. Who was it?
The chief purser had already been shaken off. It was unlikely to be her; even if she had the skills to track him here, it wouldn’t have been so quickly.
It was someone else!
From the footsteps alone, Lin Fan could tell that two people had entered. They were searching the living room outside, and would soon come into the room.
Lin Fan glanced at the window of the room, quietly walked over, and looked out. He saw that it was possible to stand on the outer wall. Without hesitating, Lin Fan crawled out the window and hid on the exterior wall.
Just as Lin Fan climbed out, the room’s door was pushed open, and Lin Fan could hear someone walking into the room.
"Search carefully, leave no trace!" said a male voice.
There was a sound of rummaging from the room.
The two intruders stayed in the house for a while, turned it inside out almost completely, but like Lin Fan, they found nothing.
Eventually, both of them were disappointed and had to leave.
It’s uncertain who they were, or why they had to sneak into Li Zixia’s apartment, and what they were searching for.
Could it be that they were the ones who had kidnapped Li Zixia, and, not getting what they wanted, returned to search again?
If this were the case, just by following these two, Lin Fan could potentially find Li Zixia.
Since Lin Fan didn’t have any leads anyway, the only clue taken away by Liu Yuying, he might as well trail these two and see what he could find.
The two individuals had no idea that Lin Fan had gotten to the apartment before them. While they were rummaging, Lin Fan was hiding on the outer wall, and now with them leaving, he was following them!
Unaware they were being tailed, the two led Lin Fan through the London night. For the moment, it was impossible to know what awaited Lin Fan ahead.
