Siheyuan: After traveling through time, who can still be an honest person?

Cao Yue asked three soul-searching questions, which made Yi Zhonghai unable to bear it.

Facing everyone's suspicious eyes, he quickly said, "Xiao Cao, don't misunderstand me. I am just guessing. If I knew who the thief was, how could I, as the head of the courtyard, sit back and do nothing? I would have arrested him and held a meeting for the whole courtyard to criticize him."

Cao Yue said coldly: "Uncle, the higher-ups asked you to handle minor disputes between neighbors. Theft is a big case. Even if you don't call the police, you must notify the steel mill security department."

"Uncle, I think Cao Yue is right. Our hospital cannot handle this matter, and we must report it." He Yushui mustered up the courage to agree.

Hearing this, Cao Yue gave her a big smile.

Liu Haizhong noticed Yi Zhonghai's unusual reaction and felt that this was the time to strike him down. He ignored his grudge against Cao Yue and nodded.

"Old Yi, this happened in our backyard. As the manager, I agree with Cao Yue reporting it."

"Our hospital has been around for more than ten years, and not even a needle has been lost. Today, such a big theft case occurred. We must get rid of this bad apple!"

Other neighbors also thought that it should be reported. Some were worried that something was missing from their own homes, so they rushed back home to check.

Yi Zhonghai had calmed down by now. He said earnestly, "Xiao Cao, you misunderstood me. I am not trying to stop you from reporting it. I just want to search the hospital first."

"If this is really someone in our courtyard who was confused for a moment, we can't just kill him with one blow. For the sake of our long-term friendship as neighbors, we should give him a chance to turn over a new leaf and start a new life."

At this point, Yi Zhonghai looked at the neighbors who were watching and said, "Besides, if there is a thief in our yard, it will bring shame to everyone."

"If this gets out, our courtyard's reputation will be ruined. If we don't tell others about it and let them point fingers at us, who would dare to marry us?"

"Old Liu, you have two sons in your family, and they are about to get married. You don't want the girl to ruin the marriage because of hearing about this, right?"

As soon as these words came out.

Liu Haizhong was speechless.

The neighbors who had just agreed to report the incident also shut up.

Which family doesn’t have a son who needs to get married?

Yi Zhonghai's words hit everyone's soft spot.

In fact, everyone present guessed that it was most likely done by someone in the hospital.

Because it's a holiday today, there are a lot of people in the courtyard. If an outsider came in, it would be impossible not to see it.

Cao Yue naturally couldn't let Yi Zhonghai have his way, so he pressed him, "Uncle, if this was really stolen by someone from our hospital, how are you going to compensate me for my loss?"

"I want to compensate you for your losses? Xiao Cao, do you think I'm a thief?"

Yi Zhonghai looked extremely ugly.

"Xiao Cao, everyone in the hospital knows the character of my husband Lao Yi. He would never do such a thing." The aunt was anxious and quickly defended her husband.

"Auntie, don't be anxious. I know it's not an uncle." Cao Yue said.

Yi Zhonghai said dissatisfiedly: "Since you know, why do you ask us to pay?"

"Why?"

Cao Yue sneered and said, "I am just giving you a heads-up. Let's not beat around the bush. The thief must be from our courtyard."

"When I catch him, I will make him pay my losses tenfold."

"But, sir, if that person doesn't take the money, and you use the reputation of the whole hospital to force me to reconcile, don't blame me for turning hostile on the spot."

"You either pay the money or report it to the police station. There is no third option!"

Cao Yue finished speaking in one breath, and there was silence all around.

Yi Zhonghai's face froze and he tried hard to remain calm.

In fact, he guessed from the beginning that this was Jia Dongxu's doing.

This is also the reason why he tried his best to prevent Cao Yue from reporting it.

Now that Cao Yue had pointed it out directly, he didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.

After a while, Yi Zhonghai laughed dryly and said, "Xiao Cao, don't rush to ask for compensation. The most important thing now is to catch the thief. Everyone should think carefully about whether you have seen any suspicious people come to the backyard, especially strangers."

Cao Yue’s neighbors on the left and right are a deaf old lady and Lou Xiao’e.

The deaf old lady has difficulty walking and usually does not leave the house, so naturally she cannot see the thief.

Lou Xiao'e repeated what she had just said to Cao Yue. She was lying in bed with a headache and had not gone out.

The other neighbors in the backyard also shook their heads and didn't notice anything unusual.

Now Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as no one sees it, it will be easy.

Yi Zhonghai glanced around the room and said deliberately, "Xiao Cao, judging from the situation at the scene, the thief didn't just come to your house to steal things, he also seems to have a grudge against you, he deliberately messed up your house."

"Think carefully about whether you have offended anyone recently."

As soon as these words came out.

It was fine for others, but He Yushui’s face turned pale.

Everyone in the courtyard knew that their silly brother had a conflict with Cao Yue. Last time, the silly brother was beaten up, and later he heard that he was kicked again at a meeting of the whole courtyard.

Sha Ge is a person who will not suffer any loss, so he will definitely find a way to take revenge on Cao Yue.

Based on He Yushui's understanding of her brother, he was capable of doing what he did today.

Because when they returned home in the morning, the brother and sister had another big fight because of Cao Yue, and they parted on bad terms.

Silly Brother even threatened to make Cao Yue pay.

Could it be that this was really done by a stupid guy?

He Yushui panicked and looked at Cao Yue with pleading eyes.

When Yi Zhonghai saw this scene, a hint of pride flashed in his eyes.

He didn't mean to frame Sha Zhu, he just wanted to use the relationship between He Yushui and Cao Yue to make Cao Yue hesitate.

Anyway, Cao Yue was not 100% sure who the thief was.

Cao Yue knew that Yi Zhonghai wanted to muddy the waters and sneered inwardly.

The old guy had a good idea, but unfortunately he had stupid teammates and was destined to be disappointed.

Cao Yue gave He Yushui a calming look, then sneered: "What the uncle said is right, this thief must have a grudge against me."

"It would have been fine if he had just stolen something, but before he left, he threw all the quilts on the bed onto the floor and stomped on them to get them dirty, and then he peed on them!"

"It is precisely because of this that he exposed his identity!"

After saying that, Cao Yue looked at Yi Zhonghai and said playfully, "Uncle, do you want to know what clues he left behind?"

Yi Zhonghai had sensed something was wrong and asked with a serious face, "Xiao Cao, if you have any findings, please tell us right away. Don't keep us in suspense."

"It's footprints."

Cao Yue pointed at the quilt on the floor and taunted, "That kid deliberately went outside to get his feet in the mud in order to disgust me, and then stepped on the quilt."

"Everyone knows that everyone's footprints are different sizes. As long as we compare the footprints one by one, the thief will have nowhere to hide!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone started talking.

Liu Haizhong finally had the opportunity to speak, and waved his hand and said, "In that case, call everyone in the courtyard over and compare them one by one."

"There's no need to go through so much trouble. I just observed that the footprints on the quilt are very small. We just need to call all the children under ten years old in the yard over." Cao Yue added.

Yi Zhonghai was shocked when he heard this.

There is absolutely no way to escape this time.