civilwarnovels Chapter 339 - 341: A Close Call
Chapter 339 - 341: A Close Call
The man glanced outside, his expression furious, but his height prevented him from spotting the ledge just below the window.
Under the cover of night, the girl clung tightly to the wall. She was small and thin to begin with, which placed her perfectly in his blind spot.
It was a close call, but she remained undiscovered.
In reality, if the man had been at a higher vantage point, or if he had lowered his head just a bit more.
If he had looked just a little more carefully, he would have discovered her.
The girl was clinging to the wall, holding her breath, not daring to move, as stiff and still as a corpse.
"Dammit, where is she? A whole person... where the hell did she go?!"
He ground his teeth viciously, gripping the knife and swinging his arms in a rage.
He hacked at the washing machine again.
[Oh my God, he’s gone crazy!]
[Hold on! Whatever you do, don’t make a sound!]
[Thank God, thank God! The streamer saved you, otherwise you would’ve been a goner!]
In truth, it wasn’t that Su Nian was exceptionally clever; any ordinary person could have thought of this solution.
It’s just that when faced with such a life-threatening danger, most people lose their heads.
They become unable to assess the situation and make the correct judgment.
The man viciously hacked at the washing machine a few more times before finally calming down a little.
He paced around the bathroom, his mind racing.
’Could it be that she ran downstairs, and I just failed to catch her?’
’No, that can’t be right. I didn’t hear anyone running downstairs at all. How could a girl possibly be that fast?’
’Besides, I’ve been watching this place. Very few people live in this building, and I know for a fact two of them aren’t home tonight. There’s no way a neighbor came to help her!’
The man muttered to himself in the bathroom.
[Holy shit, he’s been watching you for a long time? That’s terrifying!]
[Oh my God, I’m so scared. He’s no different from a madman!]
[And he’s still holding that knife!]
[Good thing she escaped. If he’d caught her, it would’ve been all over!]
[I’m terrified just thinking about her hiding on that ledge, so close to that psycho!]
’Am I really going to just let myself get caught like this?’
’I’ve killed two people and managed to stay on the run for years. Am I really going to get nabbed here today?’
The man’s face twisted with resentment. He swung the knife around wildly, but he was out of options. The police would be here any second.
[He... he... he’s killed people before?!]
[He’s a murderer! Thank God she hid so fast. If he’d caught her, it would’ve been game over!]
[Thank God for the streamer’s warning!!]
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got, but then his eyes landed on the window again.
"Wait! I can climb out the window! As long as the police don’t spot me, I can still get away clean!"
He exclaimed, his voice filled with excitement.
Meanwhile, the bullet comments erupted in a uniform flood of exclamation marks.
At that moment, no one dared to type another word.
The girl was overcome with panic. Her pupils dilated unnaturally as her nails dug viciously into her palms.
It felt as if the blood vessels in her brain were about to burst. Almost every part of her body was trembling uncontrollably, and her limbs grew even colder.
She bit down hard on her lip; on the screen, it could be seen slowly starting to bleed.
Tears streamed wildly down her cheeks, snot ran from her nose, and beads of sweat broke out across her forehead.
Her face was a mess, smeared with all these different fluids.
But she made no move to wipe any of it away, leaving her face a grotesque mask. Not a single person watching mocked her wretched, pathetic state.
[!!!!!!!!!!]
[I... I’m not exaggerating, I was so scared I pissed my pants!]
[When I heard him say that, I got such a fright I threw my phone! This is scarier than any ghost!!]
[Now I finally understand what that movie meant when it said people are scarier than ghosts!]
The man had found his escape route, but he still cast one last, resentful glance outside. Fortunately, once again, he failed to spot the girl.
At that very moment, the sound of hurried footsteps announced the arrival of the police.
The man glanced around. The bathroom was right next to the front door.
And once the police arrived, their patrol cars would surely be parked downstairs, attracting a crowd. If he were to hang from the bathroom window, he would definitely be seen by a lot of people!
He immediately dashed toward the bedroom. He remembered it had a large window.
He planned to just hang from the window. As long as he didn’t fall, he could definitely hold on.
Besides, he’d rather die than be taken away by those cops.
No sooner said than done.
The man lunged in an instant. His movements were swift, and even as he moved, he took care to cover his tracks.
In just a few seconds, he was hanging from the window frame, not forgetting to pull the curtains slightly to conceal himself.
His mind flashed back. He remembered that outside this window, there were several ledges for the other apartments.
’If I hide on one of those, no one will ever find me!’
He gloated, pleased with his own cleverness and resourcefulness.
But in the next second, the smile froze on his face.
"I know where that bitch is hiding!"
He fought the urge to charge back in, but just at that moment, he heard the police break down the door, and he ducked back out of sight.
He looked at the ledge below him—the one for the 24th floor. It was about two meters away.
’Should I risk jumping for it?’
But tipped off by the online viewers, the police quickly apprehended him.
They grabbed him before he even had a chance to jump.
Meanwhile, a police officer reached out to the girl.
"Take my hand. Come on up. Be careful, it’s dangerous!"
Upon seeing the familiar police badge, the girl burst out crying. She was laughing and weeping at the same time, releasing all of her pent-up terror.
Her heart filled with the ecstatic joy of survival. She looked like a madwoman—hair a mess, face filthy, and clothes rumpled and creased from her desperate scramble to hide.
Less than ten minutes had passed, but it felt like she had lived an entire lifetime.
As the police pulled her up, she finally, truly felt alive.
But her legs had gone completely soft; she had no strength left to climb up on her own.
It took two police officers to finally pull her back inside.
"You’re safe now!"
"Waaaaah..."
The girl wiped at her tears, but couldn’t hold them back. Her legs gave out, and she collapsed to the floor, paralyzed.
She looked around her familiar home, then saw the police escorting a short, gaunt, unfamiliar man out of the bedroom.
For the first time, she felt that her once-cozy home was filled with a strange and terrifying presence.
She instinctively recoiled, trying to shrink into a corner.
In her intense fear and tension, she had never once let go of her phone, clutching it tightly the entire time.
Now, this action was also captured on the stream.
[My God, that goddamn psycho murderer... she looks completely traumatized!]
[Never mind her, I almost had a heart attack just from watching!]
[I literally just got up and searched my entire house, terrified a stranger like that might have gotten in.]
[Sob... I literally cried from fear. But thank God, it was a close call and nothing truly terrible happened.]