FS-novel Chapter 500: Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, Fleeing is the Best
Chapter 500: Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, Fleeing is the Best
Xiao He sometimes truly admired the System's ability to pick locations.This place really was quite suitable for a criminal base, huh. Not only did they think so, but other "same kind" also thought so.
Opening the door to immediately encounter two suspicious characters, Xiao He was truly at a loss. The desire to run away was stirring restlessly within him.
"Get lost—"
The Bunny Man angrily waved his hand at the Fat Man with disgust, while the Fat Man, thinking about the things downstairs, wasn't willing to say much to him either. He simply rolled his eyes, turned around, opened another room in the corridor, and slammed the door shut heavily.
"You be quiet too!"
The Bunny Man glared at Xiao He, mustered all his courage to shout sharply, and then whooshed back into his own room, as if terrified Xiao He might suddenly erupt and charge out to attack him.
Xiao He took a deep breath.
What kind of people are these?!
Xiao He returned to the living room, sped up putting on the dust covers, then looked at the now fully tidied room with satisfaction, preparing to return to his current villa.
This place, he probably wouldn't be coming back to for a while—
And perhaps because Xiao He had stopped his tidying actions, the room was indeed very quiet. But soon, he heard a sweet female voice coming through the wall from next door.
"Thank you, brother, I just went to get the takeout~"
"Mhm, I've been dieting recently, my condition hasn't been great, can only survive on greens, boohoo, it's super miserable."
"Wow, thank you for the rocket, brother, you're so good, love you~ There will be Little Treasure's kissy gift later tonight, remember to check for it~"
Xiao He: ? So I misjudged that guy. This room really isn't soundproof. The neighbor's voice at night is really clear!
It's just that this voice... seems off, right?
Why did it turn into a sweet female voice again?!
Wasn't it a male voice just a moment ago?!
Could it be that two people live over there?
A few minutes later, he heard the sound of a delivery guy coming upstairs.
Immediately after, the door next door was knocked on.
Then, the familiar rough male voice rang out: "Thank you."
Not long after, he heard the sweet female voice from next door again, cooing her thanks: "Wow, thank you for the takeout, Deep Feelings Brother~ I already said I'm on a diet~ How can you be so bad! Deliberately tempting me at night, how am I supposed to sleep tonight! Really, I don't know what to do with you, hmph!"
"Then I'll punish Deep Feelings Brother to stay with me in the live stream room all night tonight, okay?"
Xiao He sucked in a sharp breath.
Wow! Now he finally understood where that criminal aura on that guy came from.
Isn't this pure fraud?
Thinking of the guy he saw earlier, Xiao He was truly impressed by them.
This is the times progressing, technology developing. As long as your moral bottom line is low enough, you can definitely earn loads of money.
Xiao He thought of that Bunny Man who made himself up like a female ghost, shuddered, and rubbed his arms.
He couldn't stay here a moment longer!
He had to leave this place first, to avoid getting into trouble!
Of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is the best!
Before leaving, Xiao He even deliberately and carefully adjusted the mask on his face and the cap on his head, then let out a long breath.
Just as Xiao He was locking the door, the Fat Man who had confronted the Bunny Man earlier also walked out of his room at that moment.
Seemingly not expecting the newly moved-in neighbor to also be going out, the Fat Man looked at the new neighbor in front of him with a wary eye.
The new neighbor was dressed head to toe in black, even his cap was black. His overall aura seemed particularly gloomy in this somewhat dilapidated corridor. The Fat Man's intuition told him this person wouldn't be someone like a police officer.
Since neither of them are good people, then what is there to fear?
The Fat Man's tension eased slightly. His gaze fell on the neighbor's locked Room 403. His eyes calculatingly rolled around. He deliberately lingered in place for a moment longer, then followed the other person downstairs, trying to strike up a conversation as they walked: "Brother, is this room of yours rented or bought?"
The new neighbor slightly lowered his head, his facial expression unclear. He just adjusted the mask on his face, as if smelling something particularly disgusting, moved a bit to the side, and then answered in a hoarse voice: "Do you need something?"
"Well, you see, I actually wanted to rent this room before, but I never could find the owner."
The Fat Man rubbed his hands together, "So I wanted to know if this house is yours? If it is, could you possibly..."
"No."
The new neighbor replied coldly, lifting his leg to continue walking forward.
"Hey, brother, brother, let's talk some more."
The Fat Man, however, persistently followed behind.
"Let's talk this over nicely, can we discuss it a bit more? Brother, you don't seem like someone who lives here often. If possible, I could pay a bit more rent—"
"Hey, brother!"
"Bro, there's movement!"
Behind the big tree, Police Officer Little Jin's words made Police Officer Zheng's expression tense. His hand instinctively gestured for his colleagues behind him to take cover.
In their line of sight, a shabbily dressed scavenger, carrying a dirty plastic bag, squatted behind the railing of a distant billboard.
"It should be him. Last time, it was also him who came to make the exchange." Police Officer Little Jin lowered his voice, "This guy does three transfers, sells them at high second-hand prices in the neighboring town, and even used old batteries to deliberately set a fire, resulting in one death and one injury. It's definitely him!"
"He got away last time. This time we'll catch him red-handed. Let's see how they try to weasel out of it then!"
Police Officer Little Jin stared at the person over there, his eyes burning with excited fire.
Although stealing and reselling cars isn't a huge case, this one is also connected to another case of deliberate arson, so they had to be cautious.
Moreover, this was his first time fully participating in such an outdoor arrest operation!
Just thinking about it is super interesting!
Of course, being able to catch the criminal is itself a meaningful enough thing.
So, under Police Officer Little Jin's expectant gaze, their target, the Fat Man, finally appeared!
It's just that walking in front of the Fat Man was a young man wearing a mask and cap. The two seemed to be talking as they walked.
Of course, from their angle, they could only see the Fat Man chasing after the young man and saying something. The young man's face was almost entirely shrouded in the shadow of his mask and cap, so no one knew if the young man was responding.
But this was enough to raise the young man's level of suspicion!
"It's the guy who drove the Jeep this afternoon!"
Police Officer Little Jin whispered, "He really is suspicious!"
The registered owner of that vehicle is a middle-aged man, not this young man in front of them. They had originally guessed it might be a borrowed car, but now seeing him walking together with that electric scooter battery thief, it looked highly suspicious.
—Could this car also be stolen?
Police Officer Little Jin instinctively made a reasonable suspicion.
Police Officer Zheng didn't think it was likely, but out of caution, he also instructed: "Pay attention later, have him wait too, for questioning."
If there's no problem, then all is well. But if there is a problem, then they couldn't let him go either.
"Understood!"
Police Officer Little Jin nodded repeatedly, his gaze burning as it fell on the young man.
Having just shaken off that annoying Fat Man and preparing to speed up, Xiao He instinctively rubbed his arms.
Why does it feel a bit weird.
As if someone is watching me.