Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

"Lin Baoyan, what's that smell in your house?" Liu Haizhong shrugged and asked in confusion.

"What's that smell? I don't smell it." Lin Baoyan had already noticed that the smell in the room was no longer dizzy when she was shouting. Of course, it was impossible for her to admit that there was a strange smell in the room now, otherwise it would be difficult to explain.

The second aunt also smelled it, and probably because her nose was blocked, she said, "It has no smell."

Liu Haizhong sniffed again and again suspiciously, and seeing that both of them looked puzzled, he snorted and turned to look at the door bolt. Upon looking, he found that there was indeed a mark on the bolt.

"Hey, your door bolt was really pried open."

"Uncle, I didn't lie, did I? I was lucky. I just woke up at night and suddenly heard a noise at the door. I was so scared that I screamed. It was so scary. How could someone enter the yard and steal things?"

"Baoyan, Baoyan, are you okay?" He Yushui's voice came from a distance. As soon as the voice fell, the door curtain was lifted and someone came in.

After coming in, he took Lin Baoyan and looked her up and down. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he relaxed.

"I'm fine. I just got up for the night and shouted when I heard the door being pried open. Then the second uncle came. I have to thank the second uncle because he scared the thief away."

Liu Haizhong smiled complacently: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm the second uncle, this is what I should do."

He Yuzhu shouted outside: "How come there is a thief in our yard? Is the gate unlocked? Third uncle, is Third uncle here?"

"Here I am, I have locked the door a long time ago. I just checked and it was locked and it was not open. How did the thief get in?"

"Could it be that Lin Baoyan heard it wrongly and shouted nonsense?"

Liu Haizhong was unhappy: "I checked, the door was indeed pried open, the marks are still there, a thief definitely got in."

"Where did the thief go?"

"Isn't it someone in the hospital who did it?"

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Lin Baoyan hurriedly walked out and said, "We have lived in this courtyard for many years as neighbors. We know each other well, and there is no one who steals. This thief must have come from outside, but we don't know how he got in. I'm thinking, should we report it to the police?"

"No! You can't go!" Yi Zhonghai immediately objected: "If we report it to the police, will our compound still have a good reputation?"

"Is reputation more important than catching a thief?"

"That's right, what kind of reputation does our compound have?"

"You said no, then why don't you find the thief?" He Yuzhu didn't give him face: "If the thief can steal from Lin Baoyan's house today, he can steal from other houses tomorrow. Who can guarantee that they will be as lucky as Lin Baoyan and find the thief in time to scare him away?"

"That's right. If we don't find the thief, no one can sleep peacefully at night."

"Report to the police, report to the police."

"Old Yi, I also agree to report to the police," Yan Bugui said. He didn't want a thief to come to his house and steal all his things.

Liu Haizhong walked out of the Lin family's house and stood at the door and said, "Call the police. I think the knife the thief used to pry the door open is very sharp. If someone wakes up and fights with the thief, someone might get killed."

"Hiss~" Everyone gasped.

A sharp knife can cause death.

Why don't you report it to the police right away?

Before we could even call the police, two policemen came over with the three aunts.

"Just now these two police officers knocked on the door, so I brought them here." The third aunt tightened her cotton coat and explained.

"Comrades, what are you doing?" Yi Zhonghai stepped forward and asked.

"We were patrolling here and heard someone shouting there was a thief in your yard, so we came over to check. Is there a thief in your yard?" The older policeman took a quick look and his eyes fixed on the Lin family's door.

Yi Zhonghai hesitated for a moment, and He Yuzhu said anxiously: "Yes, there was indeed a thief, and it was our second uncle who got up and scared the thief away."

Liu Haizhong squeezed out and ran to the police and said, "Hello comrade, I scared the thief away. Lin Baoyan screamed so miserably at that time, so I quickly got up to see what was going on. Then the thief saw me and was scared away."

The young police officer took out a pen and paper and began to record the information provided by everyone.

"I don't know where the thief came from. Anyway, when I got up, I checked the door, and it was locked tightly and not opened." Yan Bugui hurriedly cleared himself of responsibility.

Lin Baoyan also stood at the door and said, "A thief broke into my house, but I just woke up and heard the noise so I shouted. Then the second uncle also shouted and scared the thief away. Look, the bolts of my door have been broken."

The older policeman went forward to check the door and bolt, and when he saw the marks left behind, his eyes flickered, but he didn't say much.

Because the thief did not enter the Lin family, the two police officers recorded the clues and then carefully checked everywhere in the yard. Finally, they found half a footprint on the wall of the moon gate in the middle courtyard. If nothing unexpected happened, the thief entered and exited from here.

No wonder, the thief ran away in such a short time, and there were so many people in the compound, but no one saw him.

The two policemen went to the yard next door to the west to check, but unfortunately, so much time had passed and they didn't find anything.

Then, the two came back.

"We have learned about the specific situation. We will inform you when there is a result."

After collecting all the clues, the older police officer said to Lin Baoyan.

Lin Baoyan knew that this case was unlikely to be solved, but she still thanked the police for patrolling and investigating the case in the middle of the night. She quickly bowed and thanked them: "Thank you, police comrades, you have worked so hard."

After seeing the police off, everyone felt sleepy and didn't have time to discuss anything, so they all went home to rest.

He Yushui said worriedly: "Baoyan, I will sleep with you tonight."

Lin Baoyan refused: "No, the thief was scared away today and he won't come again. Don't worry, I'm fine."

He Yushui confirmed again and again that Lin Baoyan was really fine before he walked away, looking back every three steps.

Lin Baoyan returned home, bolted the door carefully, and moved a chair behind the door before lying down on the bed tiredly, feeling pain all over her body.

She stared at the roof with her eyes open and decided to go to the police station early tomorrow morning to ask Public Security Wang if there was any news about Chen Datou and his wife.

There were too many people there just now, so she couldn't ask the public security comrades.

The thief who came today is no ordinary thief.

Because ordinary thieves would not use drugs. When it comes to drugs, it is not easy.

Then, the thief was coming for her.

Not because of her conditions, but because of her personality.

She was just a little girl, what was there for such a big thief to deal with? There must be hatred.

Aren’t it Chen Datou and his wife who have a grudge against her?

I also remembered that I went to the orphanage to see Chen Guangzong yesterday. I wonder if this thief has any connection with him?

After thinking about it, I felt worried. If I wanted to ask these questions, I had to talk about the drug. If I talked about the drug, I had to talk about why she wasn't drugged. Could she say that she had a space, so she wasn't drugged? Worried!