Chapter 46

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Translator: Cheese

Don’t move, police!

In the evening, Xi Yun stood in front of the door, strapped with his backpack. He took a deep breath, recalling the words Su Tian told him just a bit earlier.

【Go home, knock on the door, and your dad will open the door for you. He’ll let you in first, and as soon as the door is locked he’ll make you hand over the things you stole.】

Knock knock knock. Xi Yun rapped on the door. It was the first time in history that Xi Zhiqiang had opened the door so quickly. Before giving Xi Yun time to speak, he dragged the boy in, locking the door right after. He stretched out a hand and ordered, keeping his voice down, “Give me the stuff.”

【Take this stud earring and hand it to him. Remember, this earring must be wrapped in a paper towel. You can’t touch it.】

Xi Yun raised his right hand. Xi Zhiqiang saw it and pried the hand open, revealing a small paper ball. He snatched it up and unwrapped it, unveiling the exquisite metalwork inside.

Xi Zhiqiang softly bit into it with his teeth. It was soft, making him gleeful. Platinum gold. This earring was worth a lot of money.

【After checking it, he’ll ask you if you have any more. Tell him no, you don’t. Don’t be afraid. If he wants to hit you, just say that there’s a box in the toy store with a lock, but it was too heavy, and you couldn’t move it.】

But just this one earring was too little. Just how much money could he get from it?

Xi Zhiqiang asked, “Anything else?”

Xi Yun shook his head, saying in a small voice, “There were people in the store. I only got this one.”

Useless thing.

Xi Zhiqiang raised his hand to hit him. Xi Yun shut his eyes in fear and quickly spoke according to Su Tian’s instructions, “There’s a big box in the store. There’s a lock, but it’s too heavy. I couldn’t move it.”

Xi Zhiqiang lowered his hand, asking, “What box? What’s inside?”

【If he asks, just say you saw You Pinyan stuffing all the money from the toy store and the jewelry she had on into the box. This stud earring accidentally fell out, and you secretly picked it up.】

Xi Yun repeated exactly what Su Tian said.

【He might still try to hit you. Don’t be afraid, and throw this key to the ground.】

When Xi Zhiqiang heard this, he had a thought. The stud earring that came out was made of platinum gold. The things in the box must also be valuable ah. Maybe they were all like that bracelet, studded with diamonds.

But this useless thing, only bringing back a worthless earring.

When he thought this, Xi Zhiqiang grew so angry that he raised his hand to hit Xi Yun.

Just as he raised his hand, there was a crisp clatter, and a big, shiny key fell out of Xi Yun’s pants.

The hand that was originally aimed for Xi Yun’s head swerved and picked up the key off the ground.

“Where did this key come from?”

Xi Yun hurriedly answered, “It’s the spare key for the store. I took it while xiao Yan jiejie was packing things up.”

Xi Zhiqiang drew the corners of his lips up into a grin and roughly rubbed Xi Yun’s head, praising, “Little bastard, you were quite clever this time.”

Without this key, he really couldn’t do anything about the toy store’s huge U-shaped padlock.

Xi Yun: “I wanted to wait for xiao Yan jiejie to leave, then ask someone to help me lift the big box out. I can’t move it alone.”

Xi Zhiqiang heard this and thought, how could this work? All the things in the box were treasures; wouldn’t letting others lend a hand be giving others a piece of the pie?

He decided in that instant. The little bastard couldn’t move it, but could it be that he, an adult, couldn’t?

“Get inside, get inside.” Xi Zhiqiang impatiently waved his hand.

Xi Yun scurried inside, locked the door, and turned the bedroom lights on and off three times.

Su Tian and the others were downstairs. Seeing Xi Yun’s signal, they rushed upstairs and entered Su Tian’s house.

They kept the door open so that any movement outside could be heard clearly from inside the house.

He Qingwan didn’t know what the three of them were doing so sneakily, but she was an enlightened mother. With a helpless sigh, she prepared fruit salad and milk for the three of them for when they got hungry.

The time spent waiting was boring, so Su Tian took out a deck of cards from the drawer, and the three of them sat together and began to play cards.

Later, He Qingwan couldn’t keep going and returned to her bedroom to sleep. Su Tian’s group of three were still playing cards.

In the dead of night, You Pinyan was fast asleep on the sofa when Su Tian suddenly nudged her.

There was a faint sound of footsteps from upstairs.

The three of them roused their spirits. They snuck over and locked the door. They peered through the peephole, and sure enough, they saw Xi Zhiqiang quietly tiptoeing downstairs, a flashlight in hand and a backpack slung over his back.

As soon as Xi Zhiqiang came out of his cave, Wang Qi, who was waiting downstairs, ran over and pulled him into the shadows.

In the end, the woman wasn’t very brave. At this moment, Wang Qi was terrified. At first, she’d only wanted to have Xi Yun steal a bit of jewelry. She’d never expected that Xi Zhiqiang would call her just now and say that he wanted to make a big play.

She forced down her voice and asked, “You wanna die? You’re really stealing it yourself?”

Xi Zhiqiang: “What’re you afraid of? We’ll go in and take a look. If there’s nothing valuable, we won’t make a move. Who would know we came in? If there’s something valuable, we’ll take them and go somewhere far away. Who could find us?”

Seeing Wang Qi was still hesitating, Xi Zhiqiang pressed on. “Think about that 180,000 yuan bracelet. Platinum gold, a whole bunch of jewels on it. Who knows how many things like that are in the box. Aren’t you greedy for them?”

Of course Wang Qi was greedy, but…

Xi Zhiqiang: “If you’re too scared then don’t follow me. Later, when laozi’s rich, what woman couldn’t I have? Would I still look at you?”

Wang Qi gave him a hard pinch, then turned and said, “You bastard. Fine ah, laoniang1 won’t go. Go find someone else to go ba.”

Xi Zhiqiang grinned shamelessly. “Alright, I was just joking. If I didn’t want to get you a good set of jewelry, would I do something like stealing? Let’s go, let’s go ba…”

Wang Qi followed after some grumbling2.

It was already late at night, and there were no people on the roads of the small country town. The street lamps were old, and the lights were dim. Several of the lamps had gone out, making it ideal for committing crimes3.

The two snuck up to the door of the toy store, took out the key, and opened the huge U-shaped lock. Not daring to turn on the lights, they entered into pitch-black darkness, and they only dared to turn on the flashlight when they got inside.

Meanwhile, at Su Tian’s house. When it was almost time, You Pinyan exaggeratedly stood up. “Ai, I’m sleepy. I’m going back to sleep. Liu Kaiyan, you going?”

Liu Kaiyan straightened out the cards, saying, “I’m going too.”

You Pinyan: “Okay, let’s go together.”

Su Tian sent them off. When she came back, she saw Xi Yun standing at the top of the stairs and looking down, his eyes dim and empty.

Su Tian gave an imperceptible sigh. Sending one’s own father to jail, even if this father wasn’t good to him, the child would most likely be in a low mood.

Su Tian walked up and gently stroked his head.

Xi Yun hugged her, saying nothing.

Neither of them spoke.

At this time, spoken words were useless and unhelpful.

In the shadows, not far from the toy store, You Pinyan looked at the light faintly coming from inside the store and held up her phone to call the police.

“Hello, police? I want to report a crime. Someone’s stealing from the Lao Zhao Toy Store on Xuefu Road. There are valuables worth millions inside. Please send someone over immediately.”

The operator was initially feeling drowsy. When he heard it was the Lao Zhao Toy Store and the word ‘millions,’ he was instantly awake. Wasn’t that the toy shop where the recently hotly discussed wealthy young miss was working?

He immediately stood up and called to his colleagues, “Go go go, notify Captain Liu to dispatch some people…”

Xi Zhiqiang and Wang Qi found the box under the cash register. Sure enough, it really was heavy. It was a large, wooden box, locked with a three-digit code.

Xi Zhiqiang took a look at it and laughed. This kind of lock was simple and could be opened without damaging the lock core.

He rifled through the numbers, trying each combination until he found the correct password.

The box finally opened, and the flashlight shone on glittering jewels, dazzling the two people’s eyes.

Inside was not only the cash from the toy store, but also a random assortment of shining jewels, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, expensive bags, watches…

Neither of them had seen such valuable things in their two lives combined.

They looked blankly for a long while.

Wang Qi picked up a watch, her hands trembling. “This is a Patek Philippe watch. One piece is worth millions!”

Xi Zhiqiang swallowed. He picked up a bracelet and asked, “What about this?”

Wang Qi gave it a glance. “Don’t know. It’s all valuables anyways.”

The two people exchanged glances and took it all!

There just so happened to be cash in the box. Buy a bus ticket, find a place to sell these things, and they could eat and drink with no worries.

At this time, cars hadn’t implemented real-name systems4, and even ID cards could be faked. Once one went far away and concealed their identity and name, it really was possible to live comfortably for a lifetime.

Of course, on the premise that they could get away.

They opened the backpack they brought, and the contents of the box were poured in. Just as they left the store, they were quickly pressed to the ground.

“Don’t move, police!”

[1] 老娘: like laozi but for women. An arrogant way of referring to oneself

[2] 半推半就: half willing and half unwilling; to yield after making a show of resistance

[3] 杀人越货: lit. killing someone for their property or money, but I don’t think Wang Qi and Xi Zhiqiang are planning on oing that far…

[4] 实名制: a system in which you register using your legal name. A real-name system could be used both offline and online

Cheese: is su tian a genius mastermind or something like how did she predict literally everything xi yun’s dad would do??? i mean obvi it’s all for the plot but *clap clap*

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