Domineering Female CEO: "Those who get selected to live here aren't ordinary criminals. According to the profile, Lin Shengli is a very special rapist with principles. His hunting targets are women who've verbally abused him or harmed him in some way. Wang Ju perfectly fits his criteria since she insulted him yesterday and gave him a bad rating, even though that rating couldn't actually hurt him since he's not really a deliveryman."

Fairy Sister: "Hmm, the records show this guy hasn't committed any crimes since being brought to the apartment. This would be his first offense."

Domineering Female CEO: "Right, and this first offense is one he orchestrated himself. He probably couldn't resist after seeing Xiao Nuo bring so many people back yesterday - must have seemed like a golden opportunity!"

Yesterday, Lin Shengli first killed the real deliveryman, then impersonated him while deliberately delivering the order late to provoke Wang Ju into humiliating him, thus satisfying his psychological need for a "worthy" victim.

Fairy Sister: "Poor Wang Ju... I wonder if that bastard Lin Shengli has already..."

...

The tall male student and others had already reported to the police.

The good news was they didn't get the "missing under 48 hours, can't file a case" response. After hearing their account, the police immediately opened an investigation into Wang Ju's disappearance.

"Don't worry, they've filed the case. I'm sure they'll find Wang Ju soon," Xiao Peng comforted, patting the tall male student's shoulder.

But the tall male student shook his head in distress: "What's the use? We already checked the surveillance footage beforehand. And you know what's terrifying? The cameras didn't catch Wang Ju leaving room 904 at all!! Nor did she fall from any windows! Now I'm starting to wonder if this is some kind of ghost story!!!! How could a living person just vanish into thin air like this?!"

The others remained silent until a girl hugging her phone frowned and said, "That's really strange. If this place was actually haunted, there'd be rumors online, but there's absolutely nothing?"

About a dozen people now stared up at the beautiful apartment building, their emotions extremely complicated. Several already had goosebumps.

"Should we hire a Taoist priest or Buddhist monk? With supernatural stuff like this, I don't think the police will be much help," another frightened girl suggested.

None of them could have imagined their simple gathering would turn into this nightmare.

Just as the group stood there helplessly, waiting for the police to arrive, a voice suddenly spoke from their left:

"This isn't supernatural. Your friend is currently in room 504."

Everyone whirled around to see a young man only slightly older than them.

The tall male student urgently asked, "Are you telling the truth?!"

The young man replied, "Of course. Go check for yourselves - what do you have to lose?"

Just as the tall male student was about to sprint into the building, Xiao Peng stopped him - just like when he'd prevented Xiao Nuo from talking to Jiang Ran earlier.

Xiao Peng asked suspiciously, "How do you know this?"

The young man coldly said, "Don't worry about how I know. If you keep wasting time here instead of going, you'll regret what happens next."

Hearing this, the tall male student charged forward like an unbridled stallion without another thought, regardless of whether it was true. The others had no choice but to follow.

Xiao Peng turned back for one last look at the young man's features - unusually pale skin with a beauty mark near his left eye.

...

"Please... please let me go... I'll never give you a bad rating again..."

In the living room of 504, a large bed occupied an abnormally large space. On it lay a young girl, weeping uncontrollably, her limbs tied to the four corners of the steel-framed bed with thick ropes, completely immobilized like a lamb awaiting slaughter.

The girl was Wang Ju.

Now completely naked, though her face and figure were rather plain, her youth, vitality, and fair skin still gave her considerable appeal.

The girl kept begging hoarsely, her voice clearly worn out from hours of crying and screaming for help.

Beside the bed stood a middle-aged man wearing only underwear - the "Lightning Delivery" driver from last night, Lin Shengli.

Lin Shengli gazed appreciatively at Wang Ju while continuously kneading her pale flesh with his right hand, chuckling:

"What's the use of saying this now? You already gave that bad rating. Now you need to atone, understand?"

"I'll atone, I'll atone! I'll pay money to atone! Please just let me go..." Wang Ju's crying had long since drained her strength.

When she woke up this morning, she'd found herself tied to this bed completely naked, with this perverted man in his underwear standing beside her - the deliveryman from last night!

At first she'd angrily demanded he release her, but eventually she'd broken down into tearful pleading.

Lin Shengli ignored Wang Ju's begging, simply smiling faintly as his large hands roamed every inch of her pale skin, murmuring to himself:

"7 PM tonight will be the perfect time to devour you. Soon, very soon... just a few more hours and you can atone for your foolish behavior last night."

Lin Shengli's expression remained warm and pleasant.

Just as he was enjoying himself, an extremely urgent knocking suddenly came from the door - loud and rapid.

Lin Shengli wondered who could be knocking - he never ordered deliveries or takeout.

Then he heard a voice outside:

"Wang Ju! Are you in there?"

When no response came, it continued:

"Open the fucking door right now!"

A young voice.

Frowning, Lin Shengli crept to the door and peered through the peephole, shocked to see Wang Ju's classmates outside.

"How do they know she's here?!" He couldn't fathom it.

"Whatever. So what if they know? I just won't open the door - what can they do?"

As he thought this, the sound of someone kicking the door erupted from outside. But the force clearly couldn't break down this specially reinforced door.

Outside, the tall male student led the university boys in taking turns kicking the door while Xiao Peng went to get the key from manager Xiao Zhang.

The tall male student couldn't wait though, violently kicking the door while assuring others he'd pay for any damages. Several other boys joined in, but the door proved extraordinarily sturdy.