It had been a few days since Ling Hong took away Wuhai's painting. Only Ling Hong, Grandfather Ling, Yuan Zhou, Jiang Changxi, and Yin Ya knew about this.
However, none of them said anything about it. They just watched silently as Ling Hong threw the painting into the orange flames until only some black ash was left.
Yes, Ling Hong took a video of him burning the painting and sent it to everyone.
After all, this was Wuhai's painstaking effort. It should be shown to everyone.
Early in the morning, Yuan Zhou woke up at five as usual. His eyes were wide open as he stared at the dark ceiling. After a while, he rolled over and got up.
"Swoosh." Yuan Zhou opened the curtains and looked outside.
This was Yuan Zhou's habit. Ever since he knew that the old lady would come to clean in the morning, the first thing he did when he woke up was to open the curtains.
This was like a tacit understanding, just like how the old lady always left after cleaning.
After opening the curtains, Yuan Zhou turned around and went to wash up. Then, he changed into his sportswear in the washroom and returned to his room to tidy up his appearance.
However, today seemed to be a little different. Yuan Zhou stood behind the mirror and opened the curtains. He stood by the window and stared at the opposite side with his eyes wide open.
"Are my eyes playing tricks on me?" Yuan Zhou touched his forehead and got a little puzzled.
At five twenty, the sky was already starting to brighten. However, the sky was still a little gray, and there were no streetlights on this street.
Furthermore, lanterns were only hung on the first floor. Therefore, when looking at the opposite side, it was still foggy. However, Yuan Zhou's eyesight had always been extraordinary.
Therefore, Yuan Zhou could clearly see that the window of Wuhai's opposite side was half open. It was connected to a slide, and there was a person sitting on the slide.
"That's a person, right? A cat can't be that big." Yuan Zhou frowned.
Wuhai's slide was like a child's slide. The only difference was that the slope was slightly higher. However, there were safety railings on both sides. Furthermore, in case it was raining, there was an arched barrier in the middle of the slide.
The person that Yuan Zhou saw was at the place where the arched shelter was.
That's right, the cover was transparent, so Yuan Zhou could see what was going on inside.
"Let's go take a look." Yuan Zhou was very sure that the person in the shade was not Wuhai. After all, the figure was different.
With a sound of "Dadada Ta", Yuan Zhou quickly went downstairs, directly opened the partition of the kitchen, and then pulled open the shutter door of the main entrance.
Speaking of which, Broth and Rice didn't come to the front door to guard it because they were accompanying Yuan Zhou. Therefore, the entrance was very clean and there was nothing on the street.
Yuan Zhou quickly walked to the bottom of the slide and looked up.
Now, Yuan Zhou was sure that it was indeed a person, and it didn't seem to be someone he knew.
The man was not fat, but perhaps he was climbing in the wrong position. His right leg was curled up in front of his chest, and his left leg was under the slide. Half of his head was tucked into the shelter. His left hand was holding the edge of the arch shelter, and his right hand was holding a phone to his face.
At first glance, one could tell he was in pain, but he just kept silent without saying anything.
Besides that, Yuan Zhou could also see the sweat rolling down from his head. Then, Yuan Zhou kept silent.
"Is he a thief?" Yuan Zhou thought inwardly.
"Dadada Ta". Just when Yuan Zhou was staring at the thief in silence, there came a sound of footsteps.
"Boss Yuan, you came here so early today." Huang Ling walked over with the cleaning tools and greeted him.
"Not yet." Yuan Zhou turned the head and looked at Huang Ling.
"Boss Yuan, what are you looking at? Are you waiting for Brother Wu to run together?" Huang Ling looked around curiously and then asked with a smile.
"No." Yuan Zhou answered immediately.
"There's someone up there. It's not Wuhai." Not waiting for Huang Ling to continue, Yuan Zhou pointed at the slide and said.
"Ah? Someone? "Huang Ling was immediately shocked. She raised her head and looked up in panic.
Due to the gloomy sky, it was easy to miss the person in the shelter if one didn't pay attention. However, if one stared carefully, one could clearly see a dark figure there.
However, Huang Ling's eyesight wasn't that good. She could still see the sweaty appearance of the person.
"Oh my god. There's really someone. Who is he? Is he a thief?" Huang Ling immediately became nervous.
"I've never seen this person before." Yuan Zhou recalled carefully and then said.
"Did he faint? Why isn't he moving or talking? "Huang Ling walked around the slide in circles.
"Maybe he's afraid." Yuan Zhou thought for a while and said.
Actually, it was easy to determine if the person was a thief. For example, he had heard the sound of Yuan Zhou walking down the slide. Now, there was also Huang Ling. She was obviously stuck, but she didn't make any sound. That was too strange.
From the looks of it, it could only be that she didn't dare to make a noise now.
"No. Boss Yuan, you go to inform the others. I will watch this person and prevent him from coming down." Huang Ling stood in front of Yuan Zhou and blocked Yuan Zhou.
"I saw Director Wu go to his office just now. Boss Yuan, hurry up." Huang Ling turned her head and instructed again.
"Don't worry. He can't come down. He's stuck." Yuan Zhou felt warm in his heart and said gently.
"Stuck? Stuck?" Huang Ling was stupefied. She looked at Yuan Zhou and asked.
"Um. He seems to be stuck in the shelter." Yuan Zhou nodded and said earnestly.
Just like that, the two of them discussed the thief on the slide as if there were no one else around. The sweat on the thief's forehead flowed even more vigorously. It was as if he was sweating like rain.
"I'm so stupid. I can call him directly." Huang Ling suddenly patted her forehead and then took out her phone to make a call.
Huang Ling made it very simple. She just said that there was a thief in front of Yuanzhou shop. As soon as she finished saying that, the phone was hung up immediately after an exclamation.
"Director Wu will come right away." Huang Ling said.
"Um. Let's call the police first." Yuan Zhou nodded and then said.
"Yes, yes. Call the police. I'll call the police right away." Huang Ling took the phone and was about to call 110.
"Pa Da Pa Da", just at that time, there came a sound of hurried footsteps.
The first person who came was Director Wu. She was a little fat and breathed rapidly. Behind her were several middle-aged aunties who ran here together with her.
"Yuan, Boss Yuan, are you okay?" Director Wu asked immediately even before she caught her breath.
"I'm fine. Please take a rest." Yuan Zhou took a step forward and then said.
"That's good. That's good. Where's the thief? He dares to steal from our Taoxi Road. He must have eaten a leopard's gall." Director Wu looked Yuan Zhou up and down carefully and then waved her hand. Then, she revealed a fierce expression and said.
Once Director Wu said that, the several aunties behind her immediately echoed.
"Yeah, yeah. Exactly. Who is so audacious to steal from Boss Yuan's shop?" The aunty who said that was the one who threatened the reporter that Yuan Zhou couldn't afford the compensation if he fell.
"Exactly. Where's the thief?"
While saying that, these people rolled up their sleeves and revealed a manner that they didn't intend to let go of Yuan Zhou.
"Director Wu. He's over there." Huang Ling pointed at the slide and then said.
The several people immediately raised their heads and looked up. As the sky became brighter and brighter, the person on the slide came into their sight clearly.
"You thief! Come down quickly. Do you think I can't catch you up there?" Director Wu said angrily.
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