Chapter 54 - Partners In Crime (2)
That night, Lu Qingfeng was expecting Su Xiaofei to knock on his door. He was still awake despite it being past midnight. Su Xiaofei knew that he had a problem falling asleep at night, and this had persisted until adulthood. His doctor had said that his chronic insomnia might have started after his parents' death, and it only worsened after Su Xiaofei's death.
In her past life, Lu Qingfeng spent sleepless nights in her bedroom after her death, lying on her bed, doing nothing. He would stay like this until sleep caught up with him at four in the morning, only to be forced to wake up at six for work.
As expected, Lu Qingfeng heard three steady knocks on his door, pulling him out from his deep thoughts. He closed the book he was reading and slipped out of the bed to open the door.
Outside, Su Xiaofei was dressed in her pink bunny pyjamas, with her face bare and clean from any makeup she used to wear during daytime. She was holding that accursed counterfeit designer clothes box in one arm, with a wicked smile on her lips.
Su Xiaofei gave him a head to toe look and wasn't surprised to see him dressed in a loose white shirt and gray pyjamas. His hair was a little disheveled, but it only gave him a lazy charming look.
"Ready?" She asked him.
Lu Qingfeng sighed and allowed her to take his hand. She then pulled him out of his room before closing the door behind him.
"Hold this for me, will you?" Su Xiaofei pushed the box to his chest, giving him no choice but to accept it.
"So, where are you going to take me this time?" He groaned as she started to drag him away, refusing to let go of his hand.
"We are going to set a trap tonight. We need to hurry, or she will beat us to it" Su Xiaofei whispered, not wanting to gain unwanted attention from others. It was important that she set the trap as soon as possible, or she wouldn't have the chance to destroy Chen Li once and for all.
Lu Qingfeng's eyes caught their twined hands, putting him in a trance. With her hand tightly holding his larger ones. Her hand felt warm and smooth against his slightly callused hand.
As he was so engrossed in their twined hands, it was too late for him to realize that Su Xiaofei had dragged him to the third level of the Su family's home and unlocked a familiar room he hadn't seen in ages. He gave Su Xiaofei a questioning look, but she only grinned at him in return.
Once they entered the room, Su Xiaofei used the flashlight of her phone to navigate their way in the room.
"Hurry, Xiao Feng." She said slowly, gesturing to him to follow him deeper into her walk-in closet that housed multiple designer clothes, shoes, make up and things that her mother bought for her.
Su Xiaofei led him to the party gowns and dresses section and pulled out the almost identical box that Lu Qingfeng was holding. Only then he realized what she was truly up to this time. She was intending to replace her authentic designer dress with a fake one, but why?
"Place it in the same spot for me, please." She whispered to him.
Lu Qingfeng sighed for the umpteenth time that night, but he still did what he was told.
"What now?" He just asked, when they heard someone just outside the door, trying to unlock it.
Su Xiaofei's eyes widened in realization. She turned off the flashlight on her phone and dragged Lu Qingfeng with her to a two-door cupboard and pushed him inside. It was a little cramped inside with Lu Qingfeng hovering too close to her, the only thing separating them was the box.
Lu Qingfeng lowered his eyes and could see Su Xiaofei's face lit up by the moonlight through the slits of the door in front of them. Her familiar scent reached his nose, and he couldn't think of anything that smelled better than her.
Suddenly, whoever was fiddling with the doorknob outside managed to get in. Su Xiaofei and Lu Qingfeng held their breaths, not moving an inch from where they were, their eyes following the sound of the footsteps until it stopped in the same spot they were standing at earlier.
Lu Qingfeng looked over Su Xiaofei's shoulder to see who it was, alerting Su Xiaofei of their close proximity, as she could almost feel the warmth of Lu Qingfeng's breath against her nape.
Under normal circumstances, she would definitely not go inside a closet to hide like this as she usually would feel constrained and trapped at the same time, but with Lu Qingfeng accompanying her, she couldn't feel any fear at all, only his presence next to her.
Lu Qingfeng couldn't believe what he was seeing. The person who arrived was no other Chen Li. Did Su Xiaofei know that she would come here to steal something again? If so, how did she know?
Chen Li pulled out the box Lu Qingfeng had placed earlier and opened it, marvelling at the sight of a beautiful black dress inside it. Some people wouldn't be able to tell that what she was holding was fake, but Su Xiaofei and Lu Qingfeng could.
"Look at you, being stored here and forgotten. Why don't I take you with me?" Chen Li spoke with such admiration to the dress she was holding. "Right, I should take you with me. That Su Xiaofei surely wouldn't notice that you are missing."
Su Xiaofei and Lu Qingfeng waited until Chen Li stepped outside the room, taking the box of counterfeit dress with her.. Once they were certain that she had left, they stepped out of the closet and Su Xiaofei sported a wide grin.
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