Clown Game
Chapter 199 - 187: Apartment

Chapter 199: Chapter 187: Apartment

It seems that Boss Xiao Yu’s coffee shop had already gained quite a reputation... of course, only within the "homebody" circle.

Here, it’s worth mentioning that concerning Jingjing’s sudden appearance, Boss Xiao Yu had blamed it all on Chen Xiao.

He told his cousin that Jingjing was a distant relative of Chen Xiao’s, who had suddenly been orphaned by a car accident a few days ago, losing both her parents. Though she survived the accident, she became an orphan, and at this moment, could only rely on Chen Xiao, her only kin. However, Chen Xiao, knowing too well his own flawed character and many bad habits, feared that he might carelessly commit some unforgivable mistake and live to regret it,

So, with self-awareness, Chen Xiao entrusted Jingjing to his care...

This kind of plot, seldom found even in third-rate movies, was full of holes, yet his cousin, carefree as she was, accepted the whole setup completely and even kindly insisted that Jingjing live with her.

Well... it seemed she didn’t trust her cousin’s character either.

After this, everyone could guess how things progressed.

The company of a tall, gentle big sister, along with a proud and aloof young girl, sipping coffee by their side, basking in either warm gazes or dismissive coldness—such a pleasant and wonderful feeling was beyond comparison to an ordinary coffee shop.

Such a unique opportunity had naturally led Boss Xiao Yu’s maid café to an inevitable success.

... uh... If you ask how "cold and disdainful" could be related to "pleasant and wonderful," well, I can only respond with a meaningful look, accompanied by the phrase, "You’re still too young."

Less idle talk—since Chen Xiao had little interest in "otaku culture," and Boss Xiao Yu was too busy in the kitchen to have time for mutual griping, Chen Xiao had a piece of cake in the café and then left sullenly.

He decided to check on his home...

He hadn’t been back for a month, and had no idea what condition his room, under the care of "Eyeball-kun," was in.

...

...

Apartment 603, 221 Shell Street

Chen Xiao pushed open the door.

Well... what was slightly unexpected was that everything in the room appeared unchanged; the gap between the desk corner and the floor was still obsessively aligned in a straight line, and the cups and dishes were all in the positions he left them, unmoved at all.

"Uh——————" Chen Xiao drew out the sound, humming thoughtfully.

Because all this~~ seemed a bit off... Everyone knew that the big eyeball who roamed the cabin couldn’t possibly be this quiet.

At this thought, Chen Xiao’s eyes almost involuntary darted to the corner of the wall.

Indeed, there were a few scattered pages there.

Everyone also knew that this room had varying degrees of connection with that cabin existing in some unknown world, and the corner of the room, at that specific spot... the two spaces could pass some messages to each other.

Chen Xiao immediately realized something, hurried over, and bent down to pick up one of the pages.

The page had a few crooked, twirly writings; the ink had long dried and sunk into the fibers, merging into one, as if it had endured thousands of years just to be seen by certain people at this very moment.

...

"Beware—of—that—old—woman"

...

Chen Xiao furrowed his brow.

Looking at the few highly recognizable ugly scrawls, Chen Xiao could even picture "Eyeball-kun" sitting on the floor, both "hands" propped up in mid-air writing the words, implying that this was a message "Angel" wanted to convey to him.

But...

"Beware of that old woman?" Chen Xiao muttered to himself:

He rummaged through his memory of the past few months and realized that he didn’t actually know any "old woman...". If he had to pick one based on the degree of aging, "Angel" herself would be the oldest woman of all.

"Women are so annoying, why do they always talk in half sentences?" Chen Xiao cursed to himself and immediately picked up a pen and wrote on the paper

"Who’s there?"

These two words. Then he sat on the ground, waiting for the other party’s response.

...

Um...

Based on previous conversations, after writing on paper, Angel should have responded quickly.

But this time

a full ten minutes passed..., yet nothing happened.

"???" Chen Xiao’s affection became even more puzzled.

"What’s going on?..."

Just as Chen Xiao was about to start all sorts of wild thoughts in his mind

"Ring ring ring~~"

His phone started ringing

Chen Xiao took out his phone and glanced at it...

"Huh???" he paused again

The caller was Bai Xiong, whom he hadn’t been in contact with for a long while.

Well... apart from him, no one else had ever called Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao answered the phone

"Yo, long time no see~!"

He greeted with what he thought was a very enthusiastic tone.

The voice on the other end was still calm, as if devoid of any emotion.

"Shell Street, Apartment 221, 6th floor, Room 603?"

Bai Xiong said flatly. However, from the subtle change in tone at the end, one could tell that it was a question. Therefore, Chen Xiao responded with a puzzled "Huh?"

"This is your address..." Bai Xiong continued.

Chen Xiao was stunned, "Of course I know this is my address... The key point is, how do you know? Um... and what do you want?"

As soon as he finished speaking

With a "click", the door to Chen Xiao’s apartment was opened... and then, Bai Xiong’s imposing figure walked in.

"What the...?" Chen Xiao, seeing Bai Xiong suddenly appearing, was a bit dumbfounded.

After holding back for a while, he barely gathered his wits and asked, "How... how did you open the door?"

This question was obviously not the focus, but he had too many questions and didn’t quite know where to start.

Bai Xiong didn’t answer Chen Xiao’s question and simply made a "silence" gesture, then pulled out a coin-sized electronic device from his suit pocket and pressed it.

A faint buzzing sound, Chen Xiao distinctly felt a magnetic field invisible to the eye sweep over him, making the hair on his entire body stand on end as if subjected to static electricity, quickly spreading to every corner of the room.

Bai Xiong stared at this little device, saw no other changes or sounds, then tucked it back into his pocket...

And turned to the doorway, saying:

"No issues inside, come in..."