Chapter 535 Catching a Thief

The man in the baseball cap was wandering around Jiang Xiaoxiao's school. He had just seen Jiang Xiaoxiao and her friends taking a bus to participate in a competition, which would take several hours if nothing unexpected happened.

He had plenty of time to search the house and find anything he needed.

If he can't find it, his boss has instructed him not to act rashly and alert the enemy.

Maybe it was in a safe, but people aren't usually that careful with valuables and just hide them somewhere they think is safe in their home.

He returned to the car, took out the map he had just bought, and found the street where Jiang Xiaoxiao lived.

He would arrive in fifteen minutes at most, plenty of time to complete the task.

He drove through neighboring neighborhoods, observing whether any neighbors were planting flowers or weeding in their yards.

The houses were small and long past their heyday.

He only saw a few children playing, indicating that most of the residents were older and their children had already started their own families, or they were newlyweds buying their first house and did not yet have children.

There was not a single bicycle in the corridor, indicating that people had already gone to work.

This has both advantages and disadvantages.

There aren’t many people at home in the neighborhood, but those who are at home are all elderly people.

Old people are very nosy. They know who are the residents of the community and who are strangers from outside. They have nothing to do but peek out the windows to kill time.

If anyone saw him, the trick was to make himself look ordinary, as if he had a right to be there.

It would be better if no one saw him.

He is very good at hiding himself, so the boss chose him for this job.

He drove around until he found a secluded basketball court. No one was exercising there at this time of day, so he parked his car as close to the court as possible.

He left the car there and quickly walked three blocks to Jiang Xiaoxiao's house.

When he reached her street, he began to go around to the backyard, using bushes and fences for cover.

Climb up the drainpipe quietly.

He just called Jiang Xiaoxiao's home phone number, but no one answered, proving that no one was at home.

It is said that there is a child in the family, but the couple are not at home during the day. The child must be sent to the elderly or a nursery, so the whole house will be empty.

Entering someone else's home is a piece of cake.

The lock on the door was no match for even a determined ten-year-old, and it took him only a few seconds to open it.

There were noises coming from a child next door and he didn't want to alarm anyone.

God, people just can't imagine how easy this is.

He first walked around the house, checking the most obvious hiding places: the refrigerator's freezer, the top shelf of the cupboard, and under the chair.

He wasn't sure what the notebook he was looking for looked like; no one knew.

The boss said just find a notebook and it will be old and dirty.

There weren't any dirty old notepads in the obvious hiding places.

The man in the Peaked Cap began to systematically search the contents of the house.

He checked every drawer, pulling out each one to see if there was anything hidden in the back or at the bottom.

He felt the curtains to check if anything was sewn to the bottom and examined all the chair cushions and pillows for signs of re-stitching or unusual bulges.

He hadn't damaged anything, it was a trick of an amateur with malicious intent.

The real art is to enter and leave a house without leaving any trace of his presence.

He did not damage any furniture and put everything back in its place after inspection.

He was quite efficient and in less than two hours he had completed the search, but had not yet found the notebook.

Unless that woman is really smart, the house is so small that there is no extra hiding place. Unless they make a special secret room, it is impossible for them to miss it.

He was certain that the notebook was not in the house, and he immediately left the house, taking the usual cautious steps to return to the car.

No one knew anyone had been here.

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Tangyuan suddenly raised his head, grabbed the big plastic knife in his hand, gestured to Mr. Song and said.

"Grandpa, there's a thief!"

Mr. Song smiled. His great-grandson had recently taken a liking to the game of police catching thieves.

Every time I pick up this big knife, I play this game. Of course, every time I am the thief, and my great-grandson is the policeman who catches the thief.

Old Master Song stood up and ran away quickly. Although he was exhausted from playing this game so often, he had no choice because the child liked him and he couldn't bear to hurt the child's feelings.

Tang Yuan stood there and pointed at the house opposite, "Thief!"

Mr. Song made a sound from behind the door, "Come and catch me!"

Old Mrs. Song looked at her old man and Tangyuan with amusement as they were engaging in a funny competition.

"I'm sure this kid will become a policeman when he grows up. He's never tired of playing this game since he was little. Besides, they always catch you, but you don't feel any sense of accomplishment as a thief. It's a good thing you've been on the battlefield, in and out of war, but with your skills, you can't even deal with a kid."

Old Master Song held his waist and said, "How old am I? You still let me go to war. That was when I was young. If you have the ability, play with this kid for a while, and you will know. Don't look at his short legs, this guy runs faster than a rabbit."

As he spoke, Tangyuan had already poked his head out and was staring at great-grandma and great-grandpa cutely.

He pulled Mr. Song hard and insisted on pulling him out of the door.

Old Master Song followed Tangyuan out the door helplessly.

"You little brat, weren't you going to play cops and robbers? Why are you out again?"

Tang Yuan looked at the door and was stunned for a while, "The thief ran away."

Old Master Song was speechless. It seemed that this kid had not given up yet.

"Alright, alright, the thief has run away, you should hurry back with your great grandfather. Are you missing your parents? Don't worry, your mother will only be away for a few days to participate in the competition, and she will be back after the competition.

Your mother said she would call you in the evening, but you are staying at your great-grandfather's house these days.

By the way, your Grandfather Wu and Grandma Wu will be here soon. Your Grandma Wu said she made your favorite date cake for you."

The old man picked up Tangyuan and carried him back into the house.

Old Mrs. Song held a bowl of egg custard and said, "Come on, little Tangyuan, it's time for lunch."

Tangyuan slowly climbed onto the chair by himself. He is a very independent child.

I looked at the door with some disappointment. Why didn’t my great grandfather understand what I said?

There was a thief, but he ran away without taking anything.

Soon Tangyuan forgot about all this and started eating the egg custard happily.

The arrival of Mr. Wu and Mrs. Wu immediately made the house lively.

They came specifically to take Tangyuan to the zoo for fun. The four old people took Tangyuan directly to the zoo by car.

No one knew that such an episode had ever happened in the family.

(End of this chapter)