Chapter 15: a wild theory.

Shifan just switched his phone recently, so he didn't set it up to be mute at night, he jumped from his place with his eyes wide open. Looking at the phone beside the bed, he frowned, 'a phone call!' his hand reached for the phone.

Looking at the caller a vein appeared on his forehead, 'this bitc*,' he took a deep breath, he can't ruin his plans, patient, patient, he took the call, "why are you calling me in the middle of the night."

From his tone, he was holding himself back, a chuckle almost escaped her mouth, "Shifan, I'm scared, I had a terrible nightmare…"

"you're calling me because of dreAM."

"Shifan, I'm scared, it was a scary nightmare, someone was looking at me and.. and.. he didn't say anything and kept looking at me in the middle of the night and.. and.. his nose was big, and the hair in his nose was dark and twisting toward me like snakes, I got scared, Shifan, I'm scared."

"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW," his face turned red, before he finished his rant, he heard a sound.

TEET TEET TEET.

He looked pained at the phone he was about to break. no, he can't do that, he just bought it. he called her back, his finger pressing hard at the screen.

On her side, she really couldn't hold it any further than that, so had to hang up on him, she laughed her ass off. Not long after her phone vibrated, she took a few deep breaths before she took the call, and kept the phone a distance from her ear, "WHY DID YOU HUNG UP, ARE YOU PLAYING…"

"Shifan, I'm scared, and you're not helping. you keep shouting at me, let's talk tomorrow, I'm scared right now, his nose was really big."

BLIP

She hung up on him again and went into another hysterical bout of laughter. "Goodness, this was so fun," she felt thankful for him for volunteering for her sake, "such a good boyfriend helping me relax."

It wasn't that she was careless, she just faced more dangerous situations. Had it been her of the past, this won't even itch, but her young body still needs a bit of work. This call was really useful for her, though, she relaxed now, and from his reaction alone she could cross his name from the suspect list of this case. It must be someone close to Fanjie trying to scare her or something.

She turned her phone to silent mode after she received another call, went to sleep after she made sure all the windows were closed tight.

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The light of the next day finally descended, making an end to that long night. Haggard, she looked at her phone, it was 5 AM. Dark bags were under her eyes, she didn't really have a good sleep. she couldn't stop thinking, who could it be, and any sound took all the sleepiness from her mind. She had a splitting headache, and her tired mind couldn't really come up with any good ideas, though.

She sent a message to her stepmom that she would sleep more, and went back to sleep. with the morning reassurance, her mind was at ease now. She was really tired in no time she went into oblivion.

Waking up at 12:00, though still tired her mind was more clear. Taking her breakfast, she went back to her room, prepared some clothes, and got into the bathroom. Under the showerhead, the cold water brushed the fatigue off her body and eased her headache a bit. She was ready to think about it more seriously.

She crossed her father's family from the list readily, it wouldn't make sense, it didn't happen in the past for starters. Shifan and the teachers were out in no time, and only Fanjie remained, she was the only one who could pull it off to some extent. It must be a house worker close to her, and given he climbed to her windows, he was most likely a young man.

But no matter how she thought about it, it was too much for it to be just revenge for what happened to Fanjie. What would she achieve by scaring her, and it was too much if it wasn't that simple, and would want to go that far for her.

'Let's check the security cameras first,' she was about to look for someone from the security team when it dawned on her. She really forgot a prime suspect.

What if this was related to the hidden cameras, could it be the same person... but nothing like this happened in the past. Was it because she removed the cameras? That should make the perpetrator more alert, though, not pull a dangerous stunt like this.

'Unless…' a chilling idea crossed her mind, 'no no no, that can't be.'

Unless this happened before but she wasn't aware of it. She looked at the tea she forgot to drink and her forehead sweated. Things started to add up, she was frightened by the idea, her hands were shaking.

It looked like her boyfriend might be right about one thing, she might really not be a virgin. It did really make sense.

'Enough, damn it.'

She really needed to calm down, her head throbbed again. She would just harm herself like this. Until she found real evidence, she wouldn't jump to conclusions, but it was her best theory, for now, she will follow it and see where it goes. She was going to look for a security guy when she stopped again.

'I can't do that.'

Considering how the cameras were put on the lamps, whoever was responsible for the security cameras was a big suspect. Yeah, it would make sense, he would be able to know how the household works, he can easily drug her food, It could be someone from the security team. He might have already removed his traces or even avoided the security cameras.

'This would complicate things.'

At least she has a clue now, she would catch him red-handed the next time for sure. Since he failed this time because of the windows he would most like to try to temper with them, or something similar. She just has to set up a camera in her room and leave the door open. If there's a mouse, he would come out to take the cheese.

Giving some thoughts, she might not be the only victim. The fact that he didn't hesitate to target her once she set foot in this house means he's a repeat offender, he could have targeted the maids, her step-sister, and stepmom, or even other people... her thoughts got wilder and wilder, but it really made sense. The more she thought about it, the more she found that this might turn out to be bigger than she expected.

'This is horrific.'

In this case, she can't just act hurriedly and end up just with stalking charges against him. It was a wild idea but what if it's true. For the horrific criminal he might be, she can't let him escape or have it easy.

'Those damn policemen, it looks like your wish came true,' she laughed, shaking her head. Back then, even as they were investigating her in her broken state, she still kept hearing police gossiping about the serial rapist's last victims. His case was at the top of unsolved cases up until she died 10 years from now. It was one of the few things that caught her attention back then as he was very infamous and mentioned regularly in the police station. Funny thing, some of the policemen joked about him, they wished he targeted abominations like her.

He was a serial rapist who made dozens or even hundreds of victims by the time of her death, he put police to shame. He was even nicknamed the silent pollen by the internet users, and the name was later adopted by media and police. He got that name because most of his victims only found out after getting pregnant, he silently targeted his victims like pollen. It might be drugged as well, but that doesn't mean anything, drugging people was common among criminals.

"Should I look it up on the internet?"

It was a good idea, she can see criminal patterns, and see if it could help in her case. Even though she entered a generic search, the thing that came out at the head of the page was the silent pollen. He didn't cause an uproar yet, but was very among the community of crime stories on the internet,

Reading about him, the sneer disappeared from her face, the more she read, the more her face darkened, 'wait, what? that can't be,' she jumped from her place. 'I can't be one of his victims, can I? wait wait wait...'

His profile matched exactly with her situation, he was suspected to be young, a lot of his victims discovered hidden cameras, and drugged drinks in their houses after reporting to the police. He broke into many of his victims' houses from their windows and balconies; high floors didn't stop him either. To her horror, she found he was a killer as well. Now that she read it, it was true, he killed even more victims later, but he wasn't known for that now because only one of his victims was killed. Police suspected it was an accident, or to silence an awoken victim. And even later he was still known mostly by his rapist title. Dozens of his known victims were left alive, after all, and police suspect his unknown victims might be even more.

She stopped reading and thought about it carefully, indeed she had strong bouts of sleepiness sometimes after she came to this house in the past. She didn't mind it, who hates a good sleep; but now it seems there's more to it. Her wild theory was slowly turning into a reality, into the worst nightmare.

If that's the case, does he work in the house, or was she just unlucky, she shook her head. From the cameras, and other things, he was expecting her arrival, there's no mistake he works for them. What a hole of bad luck, nothing related to her father was any good.

Suddenly, she grinned evilly, he might have played with her body as he wished in the past but she got him good this time, before any of that s**t happens.

"You're screwed f**ker."