Chapter 4 — I Came Back To Pull You Down

As soon as she entered, Luu Y Y immediately used the excuse of "checking" and began to look into every place in my house.

"Oh my, the living room has yoga pictures hanging on them? That's not good, is it?"

“The color of this chair cover is so dazzling…”

She spoke while discreetly observing the layout of the house, finally her eyes stopped at the giant wardrobe in the bedroom. I pretended not to see her gaze, walked to the TV shelf, and took out a small black device about the size of a matchbox.

"Ms. Luu, Professor Bui, the neighbors, it's so embarrassing... because I live alone, I'm a bit timid, and I often watch the news, so I bought this."

I held the device out for them to see, "This is a hidden camera detector, it can detect microscopic cameras." As I said that, I turned on the switch, and the device made a slight "whisking" sound. I took the phone, scanned around the living room - no response.

“You all see, it's very safe.”

Then I slowly walked into the bedroom, everyone, including the Bui couple, followed. I scanned the detector around the bedroom – still no response. Everyone looked like a burden had been lifted. Luu Y Y pouted and said contemptuously: "Showing nonsense." I smiled, then slowly brought the detector closer to the wall with the closet — the wall shared with house 301. The moment the probe tip touched the middle of the wall —

“Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit! Tit!”

5

The shrill alarm sound suddenly sounded, the red indicator light flashed continuously. Everyone was startled, their faces full of shock and bewilderment. Luu Y Y's expression immediately stiffened, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on Bui Tu Nien's arm. As for him, although he also looked surprised, the panic that flashed through his eyes could not escape my gaze.

“What… what is this?” A neighbor stammered and asked.

“Why is this machine beeping?”

“Could it be that… is there really a… camera in the wall?”

I pretended to be even more frightened than them, my hands shook causing the detector to fall to the ground. I covered my mouth, looked at the closet wall in panic, my voice trembling:

"Why... why is this? In the wall... is there really something?"

The building manager, who had encountered many problems, stepped up to pick up the detector and also scanned the wall towards the wall. The result was the same — the deafening sound rang out again. At this time, everyone fell silent, their eyes looking at the Bui couple began to turn to suspicion and scrutiny. Luu Y Y almost couldn't stand, trying to act calm:

“This... this device must be broken! Or there's interference!”

"Yes! There is definitely interference! My house has many electronic devices, my husband is a professor, there is definitely electromagnetic interference!"

She spoke while frantically gesturing with her eyes at Bui Tu Nien. He understood, immediately supported the trembling Luu Y Y, frowned, and said in a professional voice:

"Don't panic, everyone. What Y Y said makes sense. Civilian devices like this are very sensitive and can easily be interfered with by WiFi, Bluetooth or electrical wiring in the wall."

"Miss Giang, this wall must be a load-bearing wall, right? There are many steel cores, easily creating an electromagnetic field, it is normal for the machine to make noise."

Listening to his analysis, it seemed reasonable, some neighbors began to waver.

“Sounds about right…”

"Professor Bui is right, like in my house, standing near the WiFi transmitter means the phone cannot receive a signal."

I watched the other two juggle and perform tricks, feeling only sadness in my heart laugh. Load-bearing wall? I have studied the floor plan of this building hundreds of times — that wall is absolutely not a load-bearing wall! But I don't expose them. Now is not the time. I need irrefutable proof, a fatal blow. I continued acting, pretending to be relieved, patting my chest: "So that's it... you scared me to death, I really thought..." I acted very well, exactly like a girl living alone, scared and fragile.

“Thank you, Professor Bui… you are really knowledgeable.”

The building manager also nodded:

"If it's just a misunderstanding, that's fine. Ms. Giang, if you're not reassured, tomorrow the technician can come check the wiring in the wall."

“Okay, okay, thank you very much.” I nodded continuously.

A storm that seems to have been "explained by science" and calmed down. The neighbors saw that there was nothing more fun to watch, so they conveniently taught me a few words "no matter what you do, stay calm, don't get excited", then left without getting excited. Before leaving, the Bui couple turned around. Bui Tu Nien looked at me and smiled "warmly".

"Miss Giang, rest early, today's matter... don't take it to heart."

That smile, in my eyes, is no different from a cold venomous snake sticking out its tongue.

6

Sending everyone away, I immediately closed the door and locked it. The room finally became quiet. I walked to the wall with the wardrobe, placing my trembling hand on the cold door. I know, tonight, they will definitely come. In my previous life, also after this "misunderstanding", they thought I was scared and let my guard down... so they took action. But in this life, I will hit your back with your stick and give them a "big gift". I took my phone, dialed my best friend's number, and turned on speakerphone. I deliberately stood right in front of this wall, used a volume just enough so that the person on the other side of the wall could hear clearly, and happily shouted:

"Hello! Little Asia! I have super big news to tell you!"

“I won the lottery!!”