The apartment block consisted of a long corridor with many separate rooms, left over from the seventies and eighties, looking quite old and worn. Only staff lived here. Seeing no one answered her knock, Chen Xiaoqian walked to the neighbor's door, planning to jump over to the teacher's house from the connected balcony.
There must have been someone at home; they just didn't hear her knock.
Xiaoqian knocked twice, but still no one answered. The music was thunderously loud.
Suddenly, someone tapped Xiaoqian on the shoulder from behind. She turned and saw Mr. Liu standing behind her.
"Are you looking for Mr. Wang?" Mr. Liu asked. Mr. Wang lived next door.
"No, I'm here for you," Xiaoqian shouted. She had to raise her voice because the music was so loud.
