Catch a thief

Luo Chen entered the system and saw a familiar red dot jumping at the location of her home.

She clicked on it and saw a stealthy figure running in the darkness. The moonlight shone through the gaps between the leaves, illuminating the surrounding buildings.

[Oh my god, where is this? ]

The neighbors recognized the owner of the familiar voice and immediately jumped up, grabbed their belongings and rushed out.

They thought: How dare he steal things from our benefactor? Does this thief want to live?

However, as soon as they stepped out of the house, they stopped in their tracks. Where was the thief?

Luo Chen was concentrating on the screen displayed by the system, trying to determine the location of the thief:

[There is a large area of ​​bungalows on the left, and there seem to be a few taller buildings on the right. Is it a factory? I can't see it clearly. No, the street lights are too dim, and I can't see the iconic buildings at all. ]

People were getting anxious. This kind of layout of bungalows and factories could be seen everywhere, not only in Chishui City, but also in the entire Chishui Street!

Someone asked the neighbor who had just peeked out, "Auntie, how many factories are there in Chishui City?"

The woman, who was nearly sixty years old, pushed her reading glasses on her nose and said, "Not much."

The man was overjoyed and immediately wanted to mobilize the three members of his family to go out and investigate, but the next second he heard:

"The census report from the year before last was as thick as a book, so... there are probably only a few hundred or a thousand of them."

"..."

Fortunately, there is always a way out——

[Hey, this person ran onto a bridge, and there seems to be a wide river under the bridge? But, what kind of river is this? There are no landmarks around. ]

river?

Where is the river in Chishui Street?

People who were looking out of every door on Chishui Street suddenly became excited and started discussing enthusiastically:

"It's the river near Luochuan City. I remember that river is quite wide."

"How is that possible? Even if Luochuan is the next city, it still takes two hours of suspended train to get there. If the thief could run there just by running, wouldn't he be a flying man?"

"Stop arguing. Have you forgotten that Chishui City also had a canal, but it was later abandoned. If I remember correctly, the bridge over it has not been demolished yet, right?"

Everyone understood instantly, and then some got on the suspension vehicles, some got on the ground vehicles, and some ran as fast as they could, all wanting to reach the destination first and catch the audacious thief!

When Xu Cheng and several policemen came out of the police station, they saw this scene:

Everything from flying in the sky to running on the ground is available.

Chishui Street, which used to be deserted at night, was now bustling like a vegetable market where everyone was gathered.

After a full minute, Xu Cheng finally uttered in disbelief: "...Our police station has been diligently doing legal publicity for several years, but we haven't been able to reduce the crime rate here by even one percentage point. It's only been a few days, and now the whole city is in catching thieves mode?"

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Half an hour later, the old bridge that had long been abandoned was surrounded by traffic, and the lights of flashlights of various colors shuttled through the darkness.

"Where are the people?"

"Where are the people?"

"Oh no!" Someone slapped his head and suddenly realized, "Could the thief have already left here?"

"I was just thinking, if we can hear it, doesn't that mean the thief can also hear it and report his location? He must have run away long ago!"

"Ah? Where can we find him then?"

[Hey, he crossed the bridge. Is there a warehouse on the other side of the bridge? ]

After hearing this voice, everyone gritted their teeth and said, "Since we're here, let's take a gamble!" Then they ran all the way to the other end of the bridge!

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At the same time, a man was walking quickly. From time to time, he looked back nervously. He looked sneaky and his wide cuffs looked bulging.

Finally!

He looked at the building appearing in front of him, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

He made his living as a thief, and this was where he hid all his stolen goods.

He avoided all surveillance cameras along the way, and now that he was here, he was completely safe, because both the bridge and the warehouse had been abandoned a long time ago, and no one would come here at all!

He pushed the door open and entered the warehouse, squatted in a corner, and began to count the money happily.

He was counting money while humming: "Under the bridge in front of the door, a group of ducks swam by. Come, come and count them. Two, four, six, seven, eight. Quack, quack, quack. There are so many of them. I can't count how many ducks there are. I can't count how many ducks there are—"

"Bang!" The warehouse door was kicked open, and the thief's singing was instantly interrupted. He raised his head inch by inch, looking confusedly at the group of people who appeared at the door.

This group of people seemed to be very powerful and hard to mess with. As a thief walking around the world, how could he not see that this group of people were here to rob thieves? He quickly said with a smile: "Brother, I didn't know this place was your mountain. I'm leaving now..."

He was holding the treasure bag in his hand and was about to run away when he heard a sentence: "Stand still!"

Everyone was talking at once: "Put down what you have in your hand!" "You thief, you stole someone's things and you want to run away?"

The thief's mouth slowly opened into an "O" shape.

He was completely calm but chaotic, and his heart was broken.

If it wasn't a case of thieves robbing thieves, there was only one way to explain the situation before us -

Was this money that he stole? Why would so many people be dispatched to search for him overnight? Could this be a military secret of the Empire disguised as money?

Until he was tortured by Xu Cheng, he kept explaining, with a crying voice: "Sir! Sir! I will never steal anything again. I really didn't mean to steal the imperial secrets! Even if I had the courage, I wouldn't dare to do that!"

Xu Cheng looked at him meaningfully and said slowly, "What you stole was money."

"Ah? Then..."

"Next time, remember to do in-depth research on the target before stealing."

"ah?"

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On the other side, Luo Chen was about to go out. After thinking it over, she decided to report the case to the police station. If the police station did not accept the case, she would go and catch the thief herself.

That was the government grant to compensate her for her mental damage! It was such a huge sum of money!

For a girl from the slums, losing this money would keep her awake at night!

Luo Tan opened the door in a daze, but nearly bumped into something when he looked up.

At the door of her house, dozens of people gathered densely. Some were familiar faces, her neighbors, and some were people she had never seen before.

"You are..."

Luo Tan turned his eyes and saw Xu Cheng standing at the edge of the crowd, and a man in black who was handcuffed by him.

Xu Cheng coughed twice, and the surroundings became quiet. He said to Luo Chen: "This is the thief who stole your money. We caught him. Promise, I will return the money to you."

Luo Chen took the bundle of money wrapped in paper in a daze and asked in confusion: "How did you know I lost the money?"

When everyone heard this question, their hearts were completely in suspense.

If you don’t answer this question well, you will lose everything!

Everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Cheng and Luo Tan, and for a moment the air seemed to be stagnant.

"Oh, that's it." Xu Cheng said calmly, "The crowd called the police and said that this guy looked sneaky, so I went to arrest him. After interrogating him, I found out that he stole your money."

Luo Tan didn't know what to say for a moment. Her eloquence in the past seemed to have become empty talk at this moment. She sincerely said to everyone: "Thank you everyone."

"Oh, sister, why are you being so polite?"

"We are all neighbors, this is as it should be."

"Yes, yes, neighbors should help each other." A few smart people looked at the confused thief and suddenly realized something -

The thief could not hear Luo Tan's inner voice.

Does this mean that people who are hostile to Luo Tan cannot hear her voice?

Those who realize this secretly vow:

But you must not do anything that would harm Luo Tan! You must keep this in mind!

...

Luo Chen closed the door, looked at Andre who had not yet left, took a deep breath and said, "I accept your invitation."

Time goes back to one hour ago, on a suspended train.

Andre: "I have a very difficult matter, I hope you can help me."

"What is it?"

Andre sighed: "In the past half month, a very strange thing happened in the neighboring Luochuan City. I heard that you have also encountered some things recently, so I want to ask you to see if there is anything in common."

Luo Tan reviewed the system and did not see the familiar red dot appear on the coordinates of Luochuan City.

She thought about it and decisively rejected Andre's invitation.

She is not a helpful person by nature, and she would run away as far as possible from dangerous things.

Besides, she couldn't help.

This makes sense.

But... at this moment, she looked down at the stack of money that was recovered overnight by her neighbors, and she didn't know what to feel for a moment.

Even though she has reached the stars, she can still hear the words that modern parents often say:

"When I was pregnant with you, I thought it was a boy. How come it turned out to be a girl?"

"If only you were a boy."

At first, Luo Tan could not understand the deep meaning of his parents' words, and stubbornly argued: "Girls and boys are the same! Whatever boys can do, I can do too!"

The parents shook their heads and sighed: "When you enter society, you will understand that women are born weak. Whether in the workplace or in other aspects, they are born with a big gap."

Later, my mother said, "You damn girl! If I hadn't hurt myself giving birth to you, I would never have been able to have a boy again. It's all your fault!"

Neighbors who love gossiping would also whisper: "I heard from that couple that their daughter killed their son."

“…”

The heart-wrenching events and hurtful words in her memory gradually faded away, gradually covered by the warmth and kindness she had felt recently.

So, she wanted to do something.

Hearing her change of heart, Wang Chu Andre looked very happy, thanked her several times, and then lowered his voice and said:

"This might be a little scary, so be prepared."

"Do you remember the means of transportation we took to get here?"

Luo Tan: "Isn't it just a suspended train?"

Andre took a deep breath and said, "On the suspended train line in Luochuan City, passengers mysteriously disappear every day."