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[VD: A Chinese Tiktok by @/chenwilliam20 in Tiktok. A woman jiggles the handle of an apartment door, then says over the phone with a frown, "Excuse me, it’s the locking company. Are you almost there? I’m in a hurry."
A man in a coat, suit, and tie walks around the corner, looks at the woman and then glances down, and calls, "Hello." The woman turns with surprise, and he asks, "What’s going on here?" She looks at him silently, and he explains, "Ah, I’m a neighbor on the same floor."
The woman says, "Oh! I went out to take out the garbage and forgot my keys." Just then, a man in a black hoodie and baseball cap calls, "Excuse me, do you need to unlock it?" The woman exclaims, "Right. Come on, open the door for me!" The man agrees and bends down with a toolbox.
The first man asks, "Are you two singing a double spring?" An ominous piano sting plays, and the locksmith and woman whirl around and ask in unison, "What do you mean?" The man starts to explain intensely as faded shots point out what he's talking about.
"You said you went out and threw garbage. but the trash can is right ahead. And your slippers are covered in dirt. Which means you just came in from the outside." The woman and locksmith both look uncomfortable as he continues, "And Xiamen must call the police first to unlock it. it is illegal for a private lock to be opened. And you didn't confirm the identity of the other person, just let him unlock it. There must be a problem."
The man finally says, "Last point." He whips out a megaphone and yells, "This is my house!" The woman and locksmith yelp and begin to run down the hall, making the man emit a high-pitched laugh and snort as "Get Ugly" by Jason Derulo starts to play. The woman and locksmith stumble as they run away, and the man triumphantly strides toward them, flicking his coat aside to reveal he's wearing Hawaiian shorts and sandals below the coat. End VD]
