Chapter 137: Dog brother, I truly am not a thief!

Night fell, the rain grew heavier and heavier; in the arid northern regions, this is really rare.

Heaven itself is helping me, haha~~~

Li Hengbo sleazily hid in the shadow of the hutong corner, secretly observing the movements of Courtyard No. 37.

The gate was locked, and no lights were on inside.

It looks like no one will come tonight; it's already so late, that damned Lin Dongfan is surely hiding under the covers with Chu Lingxi, living a shameless life.

Damned Lin Dongfan!

He stole my dream goddess, seized my ministerial-level father-in-law, forcing me to become a pretty boy and even take up work as an assassin!

If you don't die, heavenly principle will be hard...

He hadn't even uttered the word 'tolerance' when a sudden boom thundered, a bolt of lightning split the sky, startling Li Hengbo so much his soul trembled, nearly making him wet his pants.

Li Hengbo looked up at the sky.

He asked glumly: 'Big brother, did I say something wrong? Why pour such heavy rain out of the blue, if not to help me? This is called 'when the water reaches the channel, it flows.'

Such self‑pitying complaints are destined to receive no answer from heaven.

But it doesn't matter.

A killer's self‑cultivation—Li Hengbo had realized this even before acting: a true killer is absolutely not a clumsy butcher who hacks melons and vegetables, but a master of creating accidents.

To avoid electrocuting himself.

Li Hengbo deliberately wore insulated rain boots today, plus a pair of insulated gloves, to ensure he wouldn't suffer the tragedy of dying before achieving his goal.

Rainwater streamed down the brim of his raincoat like a beaded curtain.

He wiped the water from his face, carefully observing Courtyard No. 37 ten meters away, thinking that picking the lock would surely fail and leave traces of the crime.

Looking left and right, he fixed his gaze on the crooked‑neck tree beside the wall.

That's it—climb the tree and scale the wall!

Li Hengbo slipped the essential insulated pliers for the job into his trouser pocket.

Clenching the flashlight in his teeth, he freed both hands to climb the tree.

The tree trunk was a bit slippery in the downpour, but with his legs clenched tight, he grunted and persisted for a dozen seconds, finally reaching the top of the wall.

When jumping from the blue‑brick wall into the courtyard, he deliberately avoided the cluster of crape myrtle at the corner.

During his daytime scouting, he had already noticed that Lin Dongfan admired this cluster of crape myrtle; his size‑43 feet must absolutely not step on it, or it would leave traces.

Heaven endowed me with talent for a purpose; anyone who doesn't appreciate using me is an idiot!

Tonight!

This is when I'll make my name in a single battle!

Lin Dongfan, you damned wretch, you are destined to become my stepping stone, contributing the last bit of your residual heat to my smooth rise to prominence.

Prepare to die!

Li Hengbo crept into the house, bursting with excitement.

He didn't know that the interior and exterior had already been fitted with 360‑degree blind‑spot‑free surveillance.

Even without lights on, it could still capture the footage.

At that moment, in a nearby fast hotel, Lin Dongfan and the head of the security detail, Xie Xiaofeng, had already opened their laptops and were monitoring the movements inside the house.

The remaining ten guards were all in position, on standby.

Xie Xiaofeng grew more doubtful watching: 'This kid is sneaking into the house—what is he up to? It seems he's alone; does he think he can carry off the loot by himself?'

Lin Dongfan stared at the surveillance screen, a mysterious smile curling his lips: 'No rush, let's first see what brand of knockout drug he's selling from his gourd.'

The ensuing footage made Xie Xiaofeng increasingly puzzled.

Having slipped into the house, Li Hengbo first located the indoor outlets, then produced a non‑contact intelligent sensing probe and traced the concealed wiring along the outlets.

Finally, at a damaged spot on the wall, he pulled out and stripped the wire.

Xie Xiaofeng puzzled: 'What is he trying to do?'

He's probably trying to pose as a professional assassin, faking the appearance of rodent‑chewed cables to electrocute me. I'm so outstanding that I've even forced the Executive to resort to killing me.

Lin Dongfan inhaled a puff of smoke with a smile, the exhaled smoke rings betraying his excitement.

Xie Xiaofeng watched, his scalp tingling, incredulously muttering: 'He seems to be bridging the neutral and live wires—surely he isn't trying to kill himself? Running out here in the middle of the night to flaunt his knowledge gaps…'

He hadn't finished speaking.

Suddenly, with a bang, the surveillance screen burst into a blaze of electric sparks; Li Hengbo shrank his hands, plopped onto his buttocks on the ground, his face turning deathly pale from fright.

It's estimated that half of his three souls and seven spirits have already fled in terror.

Faced with this embarrassing and comical scene,

Lin Dongfan shook his head in disappointment: 'Really useless, the junior‑high physics knowledge he just returned to the teacher.'

'Actually it's not that bad, he won't score zero.' Xie Xiaofeng chuckled appreciatively: 'At least he knows which is the ground wire, and didn't pull it out to shock you.'

Lin Dongfan smiled without a word, continuing to watch.

Li Hengbo covered his startled little heart, steadied himself for a moment, then carefully twisted the neutral wire aside with the insulated pliers to prevent it from touching the live wire again.

His next move was correct: he pulled out the live wire and brought it into contact with the ground.

Then he would pour some water on the ground.

To expand the conductive area.

Whoever steps on it will die.

Seeing this, Xie Xiaofeng couldn't help but frown: 'Next step, should we catch him or let him go?'

'Let him go, but don't let him get off too easily—notify everyone to release Leopard Head.'

The Leopard Head that Lin Dongfan mentioned is a dog's name; everyone likes the fellow, he is a retired military dog adopted by the new security team member Liu Wei.

After special training, the military dog has extremely high obedience, and its combat prowess is beyond doubt.

Xie Xiaofeng picked up the walkie-talkie and conveyed Lin Dongfan's order to his subordinates: "Brothers, let Leopard Head say hello to that guy—don't kill him, just leave him hurting."

Received.

A clear reply came through the walkie-talkie.

Just then, in the next second.

While Li Hengbo clenched the flashlight in his teeth, busily handling the live wire grounding issue, a Kunming dog that looked remarkably like a wolf sprang out from the backyard like lightning.

Woof! Woof woof!

The lonely night was shattered by three fierce barks.

In the blink of an eye.

Caught off guard, Li Hengbo was knocked to the ground by Leopard Head; he was probably scared out of his wits and shouted, "Damn!" He instinctively grabbed his flashlight and smashed it into Leopard Head's head.

Leopard Head retreated two steps.

Under the night, its eyes stared at Li Hengbo like a ghost, baring its stark white fangs, wisely considering where to bite.

Be good… don't come over, I'll give you something to eat…

Li Hengbo trembled as he stepped back two steps, feeling all his pockets, and suddenly felt a bit desperate; tonight this plan was drawn up too hastily, he didn't even have a sausage in his pocket.

As Leopard Head let out a low growl, staring with death‑god eyes, it stepped closer.

Li Hengbo trembled as he stepped back: "Brother, I can tell from the collar on your neck that you're an elite who's had special training; I know you can understand human speech, listen to me—I really am not a thief…"

Woof!

Before Li Hengbo could finish his chatter, Leopard Head let out a fierce bark.

Li Hengbo's heart jumped with fright, and he took off running: "Damn! You don't understand human speech, huh? I told you I'm not a thief! Don't chase me…"

He was probably panicking and running without choosing a path.

Li Hengbo ran to the gate, pulled back the bolt and tugged the door twice before belatedly realizing it was locked from outside, so the gate couldn't be opened from inside.

In desperation, he tried to climb the wall again.

This time he didn't care whether he'd trample the cluster of crape myrtle; wherever there was a foothold, he climbed, and his hands had just grasped the top of the wall.

The ferocious Leopard Head had already launched itself at him like lightning.

The next second.

Li Hengbo only felt a pain in his buttocks, as if a terrifying zombie's tooth had sunk into his flesh, and his whole body went numb as he collapsed to the ground, plunged into a tragedy of utter hopelessness.