He deliberately kept his footsteps light, obviously suspecting someone was hiding in the cabinet. He was afraid the footsteps would alert him.
Who could it be?
If not for his usual meticulousness, he probably would not have noticed that someone had been in his room and let his guard down.
So who was this person who had come to the manor?
Gong Fan suspected that the large closet was a hiding place, but he also realized that the door of the wardrobes was ajar. This made him even more vigilant.
Normally, given his obsessive-compulsive disorder, he would always return things to their original position, be it drawers or doors, closets or ornaments. This was especially so for cabinet doors and doors. He would never leave any gaps.