Chapter 77 Investigation Team
"Fuck you, you have no conscience and no moral integrity. Which bastard is so shameless? Fuck his father, you just watch, if you let me catch you, I will not be named Gao unless I teach you a lesson..."
Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui could hear Gao Cuifen's cursing from a distance. When they stepped through the door, they saw that although the other people in the yard were not cursing like Gao Cuifen, they all looked furious.
Shi Yue raised his eyebrows: "Hey? What's wrong with everyone?"
Aren't they out there volunteering? Why do they act like they're out fighting?
Gao Cuifen saw Shi Yue coming back and immediately came over: "Hey, Shi Yue, you're back just in time, I was just looking for you!"
Shi Yue: "Ah? Looking for me? What's wrong?"
Gao Cuifen dragged Shi Yue to the gate and said, "Come, take a look at my old Zhang's tricycle. The tires are all punctured, all three wheels, front and back!"
"Wow." Shi Yue looked down and saw that all three wheels of the tricycle were flat. He looked up and asked, "Auntie Gao, who did this?"
Gao Cuifen: "I was wondering who did it!"
She scowled and said angrily, "We just got back, and our old man Zhang thought it was a nice day, so he went to wash the tricycle. But when he got over to take a look, he saw that all three wheels of the tricycle were flat. He thought it was flat, so he took the air pump and tried to pump it up, but it didn't go in. Then our old man Zhang checked and found that all three wheels were punctured! I don't know which wicked little bastard did this! He not only punctured the tires of my tricycle, but also others. He punctured the tires of so many people in our yard!"
"Yes, our tire was punctured too. Look at how flat it is. We can't ride it without repairing it!"
"And this one of ours. Chief Shi, come and take a look at this one of ours. There's a thick needle stuck in the tire of ours!"
Li Xiuying, Da Liu, Xiao Liu, Niu Xiaodong, everyone in the yard who had a bicycle at home stood up.
Even Yang Zhiqiang stood up and said with a bitter face: "Don't even mention your bicycles. Even my motorcycle was not spared. The tire was punctured. My motorcycle tire is thick. I guess they punctured it with a nail."
Gao Cuifen: "Just talk about how wicked this guy is. If he only punctured one or two tires, you could say he was just being impatient, but he punctured so many people's tires at once. This isn't just impatient, this is pure evil! What a bastard!"
Shi Yue nodded: "Indeed, this is a very unethical thing to do!"
He nodded in agreement, but was a little confused. It wasn't him who did it, and he wasn't at home this afternoon. He didn't know who punctured everyone's bicycle tires. Why did Gao Cuifen look for him?
You can't blame him just because he doesn't have a bicycle or a motorcycle, so there's no loss, right?
But we can’t blame him for this, right?
Shi Yue: "Well, that bastard who punctured the tire is annoying, but we can't just be angry at him, right? The tire is flat, right? Let's find someone to patch it first, right?"
He looked at Gao Cuifen and said, "Aunt Gao, Uncle Zhang runs a car repair shop. You can let him fix his own tire first, and then let him fix everyone else's tire."
Gao Cuifen: "Repairing the tire is one thing, but Shi Yue, I have something else to talk to you about!"
Shi Yue: "What's the matter?"
Gao Cuifen: "Catch the bastard who punctured the tire!"
Shi Yue pointed at himself and asked uncertainly, "Huh? You mean I should catch the guy who punctured the tire?"
Gao Cuifen: "That's you! You're the deputy chief of the security department at the machinery factory. Ours is the factory's family compound. This is something you should be in charge of!"
Shi Yue: "Oh, okay, I'll take care of it..."
What Gao Cuifen said was not wrong. The machinery factory’s staff quarters were also under the management of the machinery factory.
But Shi Yue was really confused.
He thought about it and asked his daughter to go to the backyard to call Zhao Hui over.
As the deputy section chief of the security department, he has to be in charge of things. There is no reason why Zhao Hui, the section chief, can be idle.
Shi Qiu Shui ran fast with his short legs and quickly called Zhao Hui over. Zhao Hui had gone out to volunteer with the people in the hospital today and had just returned. He was resting at home when Shi Qiu Shui found him.
He went to the front yard and listened to Shi Yue's account of what had happened. He felt very embarrassed. Yes, this matter was indeed under the jurisdiction of their security department, but it was obvious that it was not easy to handle.
Almost everyone in the yard was out today, and there was no one watching. They didn't even know when the tire was punctured. How could they find out who punctured the tire?
Gao Cuifen saw Shi Yue calling Zhao Hui over, and pulled Zhao Hui over to complain, "Section Chief Zhao, come over and take a look at what a beast this bastard is who punctured someone's tire. Look at him! All three tires on our tricycle are punctured, and each tire has more than one puncture. Our old man Zhang checked it, and he said the front tire alone has three or four punctures."
She said angrily, "It's so hard to even fix a tire, so we have to replace it. Replacing a tire is not cheap. If we add up the tires of so many people in our yard, it will cost a lot of money!"
Actually, she was angry because the tire of her tricycle was punctured, but after she knew that everyone in the hospital had their tires punctured, she was not so angry anymore. After all, her family member, Old Zhang, was the only one who ran a repair shop nearby, so when everyone needed a tire repaired, they could only ask Old Zhang to do it.
These punctured tires belong to her family's business and her family's money.
When she thought of this, she felt a little happy.
But she couldn't show it. After all, everyone was angry because their tires were punctured. If she was happy, wouldn't others suspect that she was the one who did it?
Plus, her old man is the only one who runs a car repair shop nearby, so he’s sure to get it done!
Gao Cuifen was very smart. She thought of this matter immediately. She might not care about her own reputation, but for the sake of the old man's auto repair shop, she would never allow others to suspect her, so she was jumping up and down like crazy, showing that she hated the guy who punctured the tire very much.
However, it must be said that Gao Cuifen thinks too much.
No one really suspected her. After all, everyone was watching. She and Old Zhang had been volunteering with everyone and had never left everyone's sight.
However, no one noticed anything unusual about Gao Cuifen.
After all, Gao Cuifen is a stingy person. When she buys vegetables, if she encounters a vendor who doesn't give her a discount or onions, she will come back and complain to him in the yard for a long time. Today, the person who punctured the tires punctured all three tires of her tricycle, so it is not surprising that Gao Cuifen is angry.
Shi Yue and Zhao Hui saw Gao Cuifen and the others' anger, and they looked at each other helplessly. Shi Yue said, "Brother Zhao, where do we start?"
Zhao Hui shrugged. "Let's start with the bicycles. Shi Yue, go ask the two neighboring courtyards to see if anyone else's bicycles have been punctured. Anyway, no one in our backyard has had their tires punctured."
Shi Yue: "Well, okay, I'll go ask."
Zhao Hui: "Well, I'll go ask Zhiqiang. Wasn't he home all afternoon? I'll ask him if he heard anything."
Shi Yue: "Okay, go ask..."
Zhao Hui and Shi Yue took action separately. People on both sides knew Shi Yue and knew that he was the deputy chief of the security department. They knew that he was here to investigate something, so they all cooperated with his work.
Shi Yue quickly asked around and returned to the compound. At this time, Zhao Hui had already asked Yang Zhiqiang about the situation, and Shi Yue reported to Zhao Hui.
"Brother Zhao, I've asked around, and there haven't been any cases of bicycle tires being punctured in the courtyards to the left and right. Only ours has had one."
Zhao Hui touched his chin and said, "This is strange."
He didn't explain what was strange at first, only saying, "I just asked Yang Zhiqiang, and he said he wasn't paying much attention to what was going on outside, so he didn't see who punctured the tire."
Zhao Hui looked at Shi Yue and said, "Hey, Shi Yue, were you home this morning too?"
Shi Yue nodded: "Well, I was at home this morning and went out in the afternoon."
Zhao Hui: "Did you notice anyone entering our yard while you were at home? Did you pay attention to anyone's tires?"
"Oh, I really didn't notice that." Shi Yue frowned and said, "But I remember that when I left, the tire of Aunt Gao's tricycle seemed to be still intact."
When he went out, he had to pass by Gao Cuifen's house. Gao Cuifen's tricycle was parked at the door of her house. He remembered taking a look at it when he passed by there in the afternoon.
Zhao Hui: "Then the person who punctured the tire probably came in the afternoon. Yes, what time did you leave?"
Shi Yue: "About two o'clock."
Zhao Hui: "Everyone came back at five in the afternoon. The person who punctured our tire must have come here between two and five. Let's go out and ask the people in the alley to see if anyone noticed anyone entering our yard during this time."
Shi Yue: "Okay."
Shi Yue and Zhao Hui ran to the alley and asked around, but unfortunately everyone in the alley was hesitant and no one could say for sure whether anyone had come in that afternoon.
This is actually not surprising. After all, it is a hot day, and people who are enjoying the cool air in the alleys don’t come out until three or four o’clock when the sun goes down. They can only be sure that no strangers have entered their yard since four o’clock. As for whether anyone has entered their yard before, no one can be sure.
Shi Yue and Zhao Hui returned to the courtyard with nothing. Facing the people in the courtyard with expectant eyes, Shi Yue spread his hands helplessly.
"We haven't found anything, and people outside can't be sure if any strangers have entered our courtyard."
Hearing this, Gao Cuifen started yelling again: "No, Xiao Xiao Zhao, did you two conduct a thorough investigation? Did you thoroughly question everyone in the alley door to door? How did you ask?"
"Don't just ask them if they've seen any strangers. That's useless!" Gao Cuifen pointed out. "What if the person who punctured everyone's tire was some disobedient kid from our alley? You should ask if anyone has come into our yard."
Shi Yue: "Well, Aunt Gao, we know. That's what we asked."
Gao Cuifen: "So you guys didn't get anything out of asking like this?"
Shi Yue: "Yes, no one noticed..."
Gao Cuifen: "Fuck! Those old men and women at the entrance of the alley sit there all day long, but why aren't they looking at anything today? They're such useless bastards! It seems like the eyes on their bodies are just for venting anger, right?"
Gao Cuifen started nagging again. This time, Ma Yulan couldn't stand it any longer. She frowned and said, "Alright, Lao Gao, stop cursing. It's useless even if you curse. The man who punctured the tire can't hear you."
Gao Cuifen muttered, "Even if he can't hear me, I feel good after scolding him..."
Ma Yulan: "Then you should stop too. You've been scolding me for so long, everyone is tired of listening to me."
Gao Cuifen curled her lips: "Alright, alright, since you find me annoying, I'll just shut up."
"You are such a good person. Your Xiaodong's bicycle tire was punctured, but you acted as if nothing happened. You are really amazing..." She muttered in a low voice unhappily, but finally shut her mouth.
Ma Yulan: "Well, everyone saw it, and Xiaoshi and Xiaozhao both investigated seriously, but the situation is like this now. The guy who punctured everyone's tire was too cunning, and Xiaoshi and Xiaozhao haven't found any clues. If you ask me, let's just leave it at that for now. Everyone, don't gather in the yard for now. Let's all disperse. It's getting late. Those who need to fix their tires should fix them, and those who need to go home to cook should go home. Tomorrow is Monday, and everyone still has to go to work or school, so just go back and do your own things."
"Oh, no, Aunt Ma, if you mean that, should we just accept our bad luck?"
When people in the courtyard heard Ma Yulan's words, their expressions were not very good. It was Da Liu who spoke at this time.
Liu Da's family has two bicycles, one for him and one for his wife. Now the tires of both bicycles are punctured and need to be repaired, which costs double the money. When he heard what Ma Yulan said, he was very unhappy.
Although Ma Yulan could hear the displeasure in Liu Cixin's tone, her expression did not change.
She explained, "No, I didn't say that everyone should just accept their bad luck. This matter definitely needs to be investigated, and the grandson with the punctured tire still needs to be found. Not only will Xiaoshi and Xiaozhao be looking for him, but tomorrow morning, when the neighborhood committee office arrives for work, I'll also go tell them about this and have them help me find him."
She said, "Even this person is hard to find, so don't worry."
After hearing Ma Yulan's explanation, Da Liu's expression improved a little, but he still had some emotion: "Auntie Ma, you already said that this person is not easy to find, so what's the point of the street office getting involved?"
Ma Yulan: "One more person to help means more strength, otherwise we will be helpless, right?"
Li Xiuying chimed in: "Yeah, that's right, Old Ma is right. Anyway, we haven't found any clues yet, so let the street committee follow up and investigate slowly."
Guo Pozi also said: "Yes, that's the case, Aunt Ma is right."
He and his wife went out to set up stalls on their tricycle, but they also had a small bicycle with training wheels parked in the yard, which was for his twin brothers to ride for fun. The tire of that small bicycle was also punctured.
I have to say, the guy who punctured the tire is really mean!
Even the children's bicycles were not spared.
Big Liu frowned and thought about it. That was the case. Anyway, there was no clue at the moment. He didn't even know what the bastard who punctured the tire looked like, let alone catching him. If he couldn't catch that guy, his anxiety would be in vain.
Besides, replacing a tire only costs ten or twenty dollars, so he can just pay for it first.
Liu: "Okay then."
He turned to leave, and when he was about to enter the house, he turned back and said, "Well, Aunt Ma, don't forget this. Be sure to tell the street committee."
Ma Yulan: "Well, I'll go early tomorrow morning."
She waved her hand and said to the people still standing in the yard: "Okay, okay, there is nothing else to say, everyone should disperse and go back..."
She had to hurry home to cook for her child. Her son Xiaobei hadn't finished the college entrance examination yet, and he had another exam tomorrow. It would be bad if she delayed the child's eating and sleeping.
"Okay, let's disperse..."
"Let's go..."
Ma Yulan took the lead and led the children home. Everyone else in the yard also went home. Shi Yue said hello to Zhao Hui and took Shi Qiu Shui home.
Shi Qiushui's eyes twitched as she asked curiously, "Dad, who do you think punctured the tire?"
Shi Yue: "I really can't say for sure."
He frowned and said, "This is a very strange thing. If it was some unlucky kid who punctured all the bicycle tires in our yard, why did he only puncture the tires in our yard, and only the tires in the front yard, and not even the tires in the back yard? And the tires on your neighbor Uncle Yang's motorcycle are so difficult to puncture, it doesn't seem like something a child would do."
Shi Qiushui held up his chin and said, "Yeah, although we kids are naughty, we're not that bad."
Shi Yue: "Yes. But it doesn't seem like he was deliberately doing something bad. If he was, he wouldn't have punctured everyone's bicycle tires. There are so many people in our courtyard, it's impossible for everyone to have offended that person."
Shi Qiu thought about it seriously and said, "That's right."
Shi Yue: "So, I can't really explain what's going on. I'll just ask your Grandma Ma to talk to the neighborhood office and let them investigate."
"Yeah," Shi Qiushui nodded, seemingly agreeing. The next day, he told Zhao Ran, "No, someone in the alley has already said the bad guy who punctured the tire was a child. We can't let them wrongly accuse our child like this!"
Zhao Ran: "Hmm? Xiaoqiu, what do you mean?"
Shi Qiushui puffed up her cheeks and said, "I'm going to catch the bad guy who punctured the tire and let the people in the alley know that the one who caused the damage is not a child!"
Zhao Ran: "Hmm? How do we catch him? Didn't my dad and Uncle Shi investigate all afternoon yesterday and still not find any clues? How are you going to catch that bad guy?"
Shi Qiushui: "I've thought about it. It's definitely not enough for me alone. Even if you're included, the two of us wouldn't be enough."
Zhao Ran: "So...?"
Shi Qiushui: "So I'm going to call all the kids in the alley together to catch the bad guys!"
Zhao Ran pursed his lips and thought to himself, he was indeed overthinking it.
He thought Shi Qiu Shui was going to say that just the two of them were not enough and that they should hand the matter over to the adults, but he didn't expect that Shi Qiu Shui wanted to find a few more children.
Shi Qiushui clenched his fists and said, "Adults look down on us kids, thinking we only know how to make trouble and not do serious work. I just want to show the adults that we kids can also do serious work!"
She looked at Zhao Ran: "Do you want to come with me?"
Under the gaze of Shi Qiushui's bright dark eyes, Zhao Ran couldn't say no. He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."
Shi Qiushui: "Hehe, then you are my number one little brother. Let's go, number one little brother, let's go recruit little brothers now, oh no, I mean, recruit enthusiastic little friends, yes, enthusiastic little friends."
Zhao Ran: ...
Is this to find the bad guy who punctured the tire, or is this to satisfy her idea of recruiting younger brothers to act as the boss?
Although he was complaining in his heart, Zhao Ran still followed Shi Qiu Shui out to recruit enthusiastic children.
Shi Qiushui and Zhao Ran's first stop was Guo Pozi's family in the same courtyard. Shi Qiushui's target was the two twins from Guo Pozi's family.
She went to Guo Pozi's house and told her twin brothers about her idea. Ever since Shi Qiushui rescued them from a robbery, they had become his fans. They supported everything he said and every decision he made. When Shi Qiushui said this, they didn't hesitate at all and immediately raised their hands to follow him.
"Okay, then you guys come with me, I still have to find other kids!"
Shi Qiu Shui waved and set off with his two brothers. Oh, no, there were three brothers, after all, there was also Zhao Ran, the number one little brother.
Shi Qiu Shui looked for all the children who often played with her. Because she had been in the newspaper and praised by the kindergarten, she had a celebrity effect among the children. She also had three younger brothers following her. The children loved to follow the herd, so they decided to act with her without any hesitation.
In this way, Shi Qiu Shui's investigation team was officially formed.
From the children in the alley who had just started kindergarten to Niu Xiaobei who had just finished the college entrance examination, all the underage children joined Shi Qiu Shui's investigation team.
Yes, Niu Xiaobei was also pulled into the investigation team.
But he didn't do it voluntarily, but was forced by Ma Yulan.
The kids in the alley were making so much noise that Ma Yulan certainly knew what they were going to do.
After learning about this, Ma Yulan wasn't angry. After all, these children had good intentions, but they were too young. If left alone, they might get into trouble. They needed an adult to watch over them. However, the adults in the courtyard were either at work or on their own, and they all had their own things to do. At this time, Niu Xiaobei, who was on vacation after the college entrance examination, was the most suitable guardian for the children.
Niu Xiaobei tried to resist, but the resistance was in vain.
As a young adult without financial freedom, Niu Xiaobei finally gave in to Ma Yulan for a few dollars a day and was hired to act as the children's guardian, accompanying them on the investigation.
Of course, in Niu Xiaobei's eyes, he felt that he was actually just playing house with the children.
While Niu Xiaobei disliked the children, the children also disliked Niu Xiaobei because of his big body.
It's so shameful for him to play with these kids at his age!
If Boss Shi hadn't agreed, they wouldn't have agreed to Niu Xiaobei joining!
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