13 Mink Street

Under the dim streetlight, Jeff dropped a cigarette butt that almost reached the filter on the ground.

immediately,

His eyes quickly looked around, and at the same time he habitually stepped on the cigarette butt with the sole of his leather shoe and rubbed it back and forth.

"Hiss...damn..."

Jeff flicked his feet vigorously. He forgot that the soles of his shoes had been worn so thin that they were almost breathable, and now he was scalded to the soles of his feet.

The evening wind was blowing back and forth on the street wrapped in a chill, and there were not many pedestrians on the road, and some people in the distance were also wrapped in hats and scarves and hurried along the road with their heads down.

Jeff turned up the collar of his coat, and the collars on both sides were oily due to stains, but at this moment, it gave him a sense of security that he was being hidden and protected.

In front is No. 128 Minke Street. From No. 50 to No. 200, they are all row buildings. People who buy or rent here may not be rich, but they are at least middle-class.

The house in front of me is a family of three. The male owner is a doctor and the female owner is a teacher. They also have a seven-year-old son.

During the day, there will be maids to clean and tidy up the house, but the maids will not stay at night, and will go home after dinner is ready.

In addition, the family has a habit of going out to the theater to watch performances every Saturday night.

The door was opened, and the male owner in a black suit came out first, and started the car parked at the door;

Afterwards, the hostess in a red dress also led the child out of the door, closed the door, and got into her husband's car talking and laughing with the child.

Subsequently,

The car drove away.

Jeff licked his upper and lower lips with his tongue, stepped forward quickly, first turned over and jumped over the low wooden fence that even a small dog could not stop, fell into the flowerbed, then quickly walked up the steps, and took out a handful from his pocket. key, insert.

"Crack..."

A crisp sound means the door is successfully opened.

Three months ago, when Jeff, who was still a worker of the moving company, was providing moving services for this family, the hostess trusted the moving company with the keys to the new house, and Jeff took this opportunity to secretly match one.

It's just that he was still hesitating whether to steal or not at that time, he had almost lost everything at that time;

Now, he didn't have to hesitate, because not only did he have nothing, but he also owed a lot of debt.

After opening the door, Jeff stepped in and quickly closed the door.

"After tonight, you should be able to understand the reason why you have to change the locks after you move."

The first floor is an open kitchen and dining room, plus a nanny room in the northwest corner.

Jeff went directly to the second floor. Instead of turning on the light, he turned on the flashlight he brought. The light of the flashlight was a bit unstable.

"Damn..."

Jeff cursed silently again, knowing it was because the battery was low, but it was also because he had spent the money he had planned to buy the battery on a pack of five rupees Morph cigarettes himself.

The elbow tapped hard on the flashlight a few times, and the light of the flashlight was brighter than before.

The second floor is the couple's master bedroom plus a small study and a washroom;

As for the third floor, because it is an attic, it is only used as a bedroom for children.

Jeff pushed open the door of the master bedroom, and what he saw was a big bed and all kinds of simple cabinets. He knew that there was a high probability that this valuable thing would be in the master bedroom. Take a peek in the small study.

"Hiss... hiss..."

The friction sound of electric current and the sound of snowflakes came.

"Welcome to "Luo Jia's Storytelling Program", I am your old friend... Alfred, the moonlight is beautiful tonight, under such a beautiful moonlight, no matter what you do, it seems that you can be accompanied by a wave of the taste of happiness……"

Startled by the sudden sound, Jeff looked down and realized it was an old peanut tube radio.

"Damn, everyone is away from home, don't you know how to save electricity bills!"

Jeff reached over and turned the radio off.

Afterwards, he began to look through the dressing table cabinet in the room. Generally speaking, the hostess likes to put some frequently worn jewelry and family living expenses here. Of course, it would be great if he could find a jewelry box next.

"Crack..."

At this moment, there was the sound of the door opening on the first floor.

Jeff almost jumped up in fright.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of high-heeled shoes going up the stairs. The goal was very clear, that is, they were coming to the bedroom.

Jeff pushed the drawer back immediately and turned off the flashlight.

He is just a thief, not a robber. Stealing and robbery are two completely different concepts, even if they are convicted in court.

On top of that, he simply didn't have the guts to be a robber!

The sound of high heels came quickly, with a little eagerness.

Jeff didn't have time to think too much about other things, so he could only lie down, sideways, and rolled under the bed.

"Squeak..."

Almost at the same time, the bedroom door was pushed open.

"Snapped!"

The lights are turned on.

Jeff, who was doing "pseudo-plank" under the bed, saw a pair of red high-heeled shoes go to the dressing table. After searching messily, he seemed to have found a small medicine pot. Finally there is the sound of swallowing.

Immediately afterwards,

It was a series of breaths of relief.

Jeff saw the woman's high-heeled shoes pause in front of the dresser for a long time, then the woman stood up and the high-heeled shoes began to move.

"Dingling...jingling..."

The phone rang.

The high heels left the bed and walked towards the coffee table under the window sill, where the phone was placed.

The woman answered the phone:

"Yes Yes."

"Uh-huh."

"I originally planned to go with them, but I suddenly fell ill and had to come back to take medicine. Let them go tonight. I will rest at home."

"It's okay, don't worry, thank you for your concern, I'm fine."

The woman hung up the phone, turned around, and walked towards the bed.

"Click."

Stepping on the heels of both feet to take off the shoes, the high heels almost fell in front of Jeff, so close that Jeff could even smell the smell from the upper.

Immediately, the bed shook.

The woman should have been lying on the bed directly,

And let out a long sigh of comfort,

Obviously,

After finishing work during the day, she broke away from family activities with her husband and children, and finally got a moment of leisure, even if it was because of physical reasons, it was very pleasant to think about it.

Under the bed, Jeff began to think about what he should do.

He regretted it a little now, he should have covered his face in advance, if he knew that it was only a woman who went home alone, he could cover her face to intimidate her, tell her not to move, and then leave by herself.

I believe that the woman is alone, and she dare not act rashly, and before he has time to steal, the other party...maybe one more thing is worse than one less thing, and they won't even call the police!

But, just think about it.

Even if it was confirmed that there was only one woman lying on the bed, Jeff didn't have the courage to come out from under the bed and threaten her.

Jeff opened his mouth as far as he could, and began to let himself breathe in silent gulps to relieve the tension at the moment.

Wait for the woman to sleep, wait for the woman to sleep,

After she fell asleep, before her husband and child came back, she could get out quietly from under the bed and leave safely without disturbing anyone.

The woman lying on the bed was humming, and there was the sound of turning the pages of a book in her hand.

Damn, why aren't you sleeping yet?

Jeff didn't know how long the woman above had read the book, because he was under the bed at this time, and he had lost the perception of the concept of time passing.

finally,

"Snapped."

Jeff heard the sound of the book being closed.

The woman got out of bed,

bare feet.

She started walking toward the bedroom door, yawning as she went.

Are you going to take a shower?

Jeff was overjoyed.

While she was taking a shower, he could sneak away!

However,

To Jeff's disappointment, there was only a "click", and the woman came back again, followed by the snowflake sound of the radio.

"Squeak..."

The woman lay back on the bed and picked up the book.

Light music started to play on the radio, and the woman hummed along.

Damn, she wouldn't go to bed until her husband and child came back!

a song ends,

A man's voice came over the radio:

"After a short break, welcome back to Luo Jia's story club. We continue the story we just told. Our hostess Catherine is lying on the bed, with a book in her hand, listening to songs, and she is enjoying the short leisure of the night;

In fact, she has always envied other full-time wives, because for a woman, it is too tiring to take care of family affairs and children while going to work outside. "

"well……"

Jeff heard a sigh from the woman on the bed, who seemed to have had a similar experience.

However,

at this time,

on the radio,

It made Jeff's hair tremble!

"But what Catherine didn't know was that when she was lying on the bed enjoying this rare leisure, in fact, there was a person lying under her bed at this moment..."

"..." Jeff.

"……"woman.

The original sighs on the bed and the sound of turning the pages of the book stopped abruptly.

The sound from the radio was also suspended at the same time. It seemed that the signal was not good or there was something wrong with the old-fashioned radio, and the sound of snowflakes filled again.

Jeff's heart was almost in his throat at this time, he just felt that the quiet atmosphere made it difficult for him to breathe.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

bed,

A woman's laughter came, as if she was trying to relieve herself from the embarrassment. Of course, the main purpose was to relieve the depression of "scaring myself".

If the environment did not allow it, Jeff would really like to laugh together:

Look ma'am, don't listen to that bastard on the radio, there's no way there's anyone under your bed!

However,

at this time,

Jeff saw a foot and slowly lowered it.

The woman moved to the side of the bed.

Jeff watched the foot, and his own fists slowly clenched.

He saw that the woman's toes were also tense.

The woman seemed eager to get out of bed and look under the bed, and Jeff knew exactly what she would see if she got out of bed and looked down...

but,

The woman's feet slowly retracted after touching the floor.

call……

Jeff breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he knew it, he was already drenched in cold sweat.

But when he was panting, he had to deliberately control it. He hated this scene, hated this situation, and even hated himself who planned to be a thief.

perhaps,

After five minutes?

Jeff didn't know if there were five minutes, he didn't have a watch, and he couldn't count the time under the bed.

Suddenly,

Jeff saw a strand of hair hanging from the bed.

Jeff under the bed can almost imagine this scene, the woman on the bed is planning to gradually look under the bed.

hair,

longer and longer, and more and more,

The frontmost strands of hair almost touched the floor.

Jeff just stared at this scene so stupidly, he didn't know how to face this scene later.

Is it kneeling down and begging, begging the woman to let me go?

Or use the most outrageous and threatening tone to make the woman quiet before leaving?

It seems... the first one is more suitable for me.

hair, which has touched the floor;

Immediately, the woman's forehead slowly appeared in Jeff's vision.

A little bit further down, a little bit further down,

just a little bit,

Jeff can see the woman's eyes,

But it also means that women can also see him under the bed.

Jeff held his breath, the extreme anxiety and tension made him forget to breathe at the moment, just staring at the woman's constantly moving forehead.

Then,

The woman stopped moving.

It seems that women are also very scared, very afraid of what to do if they really see someone under the bed.

Although she knew that taking a look was the best way to relieve doubts and fears, but she just didn't dare to look...

The woman's hair that fell to the floor began to rise again,

The woman's forehead also disappeared from Jeff's field of vision,

The woman lay back on the bed again,

The woman began to gasp,

Jeff finally realized that he seemed to be holding his breath for a long time, opened his mouth, and began to silently greet the air.

His head was a little dizzy, tears began to secrete from the corners of his eyes, he wanted to cry, he wanted to go back to the street now, even in the face of the cold wind, but he could sit by the flowerbed happily, smoking a cigarette and spitting, and he had to Spitting loudly, exaggeratedly and without public morals!

I don't know how long it has been,

There was no movement on the bed,

she,

Should have fallen asleep, right?

Jeff estimated the time, and when the woman's husband and child came back, he probably really couldn't escape.

He was already so afraid of a woman, and when the man came back, he would probably lose all his courage.

she fell asleep

That……

I,

let's go

Jeff began to move his position slightly. He was lying on the bottom of the bed. At this moment, he first turned over carefully to lie on his back, and then began to wriggle his body slowly, moving his upper body slowly. poke out under the bed;

The wriggling sensation made Jeff feel like a huge... maggot.

His left hand was pressed on the floor, and his right hand was resting on the side of the bed. Many parts of his body began to exert slight force, pulling himself out from under the bed little by little.

the first to come out,

It's Jeff's head.

Previously, the reason why he had to turn his face up first was because Jason wanted to ensure that his eyes could always catch the movement on the bed when he left the bottom of the bed.

And if you come out first on your stomach, the woman on the bed behind you suddenly screams,

God,

Jeff thought he'd be freaked out like that!

move out slowly,

He saw the bedside,

He saw the woman's hand hanging by the bed,

move out gently,

He saw the woman's hair,

She should be asleep, she should be sleeping soundly, for sure.

It's just that the sleeping posture is a bit bad. Her husband is not at home now, so she should be sleeping in the middle of the bed now!

Continue to move out cautiously,

Jeff's figure stopped suddenly;

Because he saw that the woman's hair has a drop, and the height of the drop means that the woman is not lying down... Instead, she is lying on the side of the bed, and she is raising her head.

Who would hold their head up...to sleep?

So, she should be opening her eyes now, and... looking at the floor obliquely in front of her.

And if you continue to move outside,

It is very likely that the eyes will meet her eyes!

For a moment, Jeff felt his scalp was numb, and he really wanted to stop doing anything and pull himself out of the bed completely, but...but he didn't have the courage.

finally,

He could only slowly move himself back under the bed in great frustration.

When his head was covered by the bed board again,

The heart he was hanging on finally fell down.

The bottom of the bed gave him an incomparable sense of security, as if he had returned home.

at this time,

The sound of the car engine came from outside, and then the engine was turned off.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of opening the door at the entrance on the first floor, and the boy's laughter.

Men and children, back.

But Jeff didn't feel like he was done... he even felt... relieved.

He even expected to be discovered, and then rushed out by himself;

Or, he was stopped by a man and beaten up; or, he was caught by the police who came to call the police later.

But no matter what, even if you enter the detention cell of the police station, it will be infinitely better than it is now.

A series of footsteps started up the stairs,

The bedroom door was pushed open.

Jeff's face was facing the direction of the bedroom door.

He first saw a boy's sneakers, which he wanted very much when he was five or six years younger. They were expensive, and he would look more confident when he wore them.

Immediately afterwards,

He saw a pair of men's leather shoes, very delicate, not polished, but new leather shoes.

"Today's performance was really good."

"But I'm a little sleepy looking at it, Dad."

"Haha, when you grow up, you will be able to understand it. How about it, Mom and Dad will take you to the zoo next week, okay?"

"Really!"

"certainly."

"Mom, did you hear that, Dad said to take us to the zoo next week."

"I heard it, I heard it, okay, George, go wash up, you should go to bed. My dear, it's time for you to take your son to wash up, and I'll help George get out of bed."

A pair of red high heels came in from outside.

Jeff only felt that the atmosphere of this home was really warm. If he had such a warm home before, it would be great.

"Okay, okay, wash up, I'll tune the radio, it's time for the securities news."

The man seemed to fiddle with the antenna of the radio, and the sound of snowflakes that had been integrated with this night suddenly became louder and then disappeared:

"...it's a good nighttime story, isn't it? Every man, wherever he is, has his company and is never alone.

Alright, thank you for listening to tonight's Luo Jia's storytelling, the next program we will present to you is securities news, I believe, you are going to get rich again..."

on the radio,

Start playing soft music as a transition between the two programs.

Get rich... Hehe, get rich.

Jeff just thought it was ridiculous. If he hadn't listened to his friend and sold the house left by his father and bought a stock that was sure to skyrocket, how could he have fallen into this situation?

now,

There was a family of three standing at the door, the father took his son to the bathroom, and the woman went to the third floor to make a bed for her son.

This is your chance, now get off the bed, rush down the stairs, open the door, rush out, and be safe and free!

Jeff made up his mind,

When you put your hands on the floor and are about to exert force,

violently

his figure,

Suddenly froze.

A picture suddenly appeared in his mind,

That was before, the woman came in from outside the house and came back with her husband and child, the woman who had been lying on the bed,

she,

Who is it again?

Isn't she lying on the bed,

So how come the family of three who came back earlier didn't see her?

"Hush."

From the back of the head, there was a slight cry, slightly cool, stroking the back of his head.

Jeff turned his head slowly in astonishment,

together under the bed,

almost sticking to his back,

First he saw a pair of legs, then down, he saw a face;

No,

All he saw was a pair of legs, and the face between them.