Chapter 31: A Thief Has Come to the Courtyard

It wasn't until the evening mealtime that everyone left with great reluctance; this was just a radio, if he bought a television in the future, wouldn't they just loiter in someone else's house and refuse to leave?

And Zhao Gangzi just played the part of a good person for this one day.

Since that day, he never took the radio out to listen with the crowd again, but instead left it at home to gather dust.

Ever since upgrading a whole bunch of skills, Zhao Gangzi had become increasingly sensitive to everything around him, and Jia Zhangshi's recent behavior had also caught Zhao Gangzi's attention.

This old hag had been running to the Back Courtyard for no reason lately, and often cast a few glances toward Zhao Gangzi's house, which made Zhao Gangzi have to wonder: had Jia Zhangshi's talent for theft awakened, and was she planning to "borrow" his entire home until it was turned upside down?

However, there had been no movement for several days in a row, and Zhao Gangzi didn't pay too much attention to it; after all, with his level of combat power, Jia Zhangshi wouldn't be so blind.

Until this night, when Zhao Gangzi went to the Middle Courtyard latrine to take a dump right on schedule.

"Damn it, why do I have to go to the toilet every single night!"

"In a few days, I must go find an old practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine to properly regulate my body..."

Zhao Gangzi's face was livid, and he clutched his stomach with one hand as he ducked into the latrine.

Hm?

Zhao Gangzi was suddenly startled.

He had a constant feeling that a pair of eyes was staring at him.

Could it be that Shazhu was up to his old tricks again?

Zhao Gangzi couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth upward; no matter who it was, as long as they dared to provoke him, even if the Heavenly King himself came, he couldn't stop Zhao Gangzi.

After Zhao Gangzi closed the latrine door, two pairs of green, oily eyes appeared from the crack in the door of the Jia Family in the Middle Courtyard; at this moment, Jia Dongxu was lying on the kang snoring loudly, while Qin Huairu was sleeping soundly while hugging Huaihua.

"Grandma, Mom and Dad are both asleep, let's go 'borrow' the radio together!"

Bang Geng's voice was very soft, and he said this while squinting his lecherous little eyes.

"Shh..."

Jia Zhangshi made a gesture.

Afterward, she led Bang Geng to open the door gently, and they crept out by the moonlight.

Based on Jia Zhangshi's scouting over these past few days, she had confirmed that Zhao Gangzi would definitely come out to use the latrine at midnight every night, and would squat there for at least half an hour.

That much time was enough to ransack Zhao Gangzi's home clean!

After all, the last time she stole from Shazhu's house, it only took about ten minutes to take away all of Shazhu's belongings.

Otherwise, Shazhu wouldn't have sold his furniture to Zhao Gangzi.

Even now, Shazhu's house was still empty; except for the bed, there was only a stool left...

"Use the cat steps I taught you, walk without making a sound, hurry up," Jia Zhangshi urged.

Bang Geng nodded immediately upon hearing this, then stood on his tiptoes and walked along the wall; sure enough, there was not a sound, and even the sound of falling leaves was louder than their footsteps.

This was one of the eight ultimate techniques of the Thief Saint grandmother, Phantom Cat Steps!

Bang Geng was a child with extremely high talent; not even four years old yet, he had already mastered such an ultimate technique, and his future was surely immeasurable.

"Heh, this is really interesting..."

After the two left, Zhao Gangzi pushed the door open and exited the latrine, then quietly followed them.

After all, those many skills weren't leveled up for nothing; he had already sensed it the moment Jia Zhangshi left the house, and he could hear everything the two of them said clearly.

Therefore, Zhao Gangzi directly pulled up the System Panel and used 1,000 Hatred Value to exchange for an "Endurance Pill," which could directly allow him to hold his bowels for an hour.

On the other side, Jia Zhangshi and Bang Geng did not know they were being tailed by Zhao Gangzi; instead, they headed toward Zhao Gangzi's home with a clear goal, as they had scouted the timing for so long—he would absolutely not come out of the latrine for half an hour.

"Grandma, the door to Zhao Gangzi's house is open, should we go straight in?"

Bang Geng's eyes were glowing with green light; this was the second of the eight ultimate techniques of the Thief Saint Sect, Night Vision Eyes!

This was the first time Zhao Gangzi had seen such a situation; he hadn't expected that, damn it, the Jia Family actually had a bloodline inheritance? Who would have thought their eyes would glow green in the middle of the night?

It was somewhat of a human-beast hybrid.

After all, one generally couldn't view this family with human logic.

"I want to see what kind of tricks you can pull; I have quite a few things stored in my house," Zhao Gangzi said, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly to reveal a sinister smile.

After all, he had seen the plot in his past life, so naturally, he wouldn't miss this part after transmigrating; Zhao Gangzi had even formulated a plan in his heart that was more meticulous than Jia Zhangshi's.

But unexpectedly, Jia Zhangshi didn't choose to enter through the front door, but instead took Bang Geng and climbed in through the window!

Bang Geng was easy to deal with, as he didn't have many pounds of meat on him, but Jia Zhangshi was as fat as a pig and almost crushed their window frame.

One could only say she was too dedicated; she wouldn't walk through the front door, but insisted on taking the side entrance.

Once the two were completely inside, Zhao Gangzi ambushed them from beneath the window, carefully observing their every move.

Zhao Gangzi's house was already quite small, and with the addition of the furniture purchased at a low price from Shazhu, the whole room appeared cramped; for a fat woman like Jia Zhangshi, there was barely a place to set foot.

"That goddamn Zhao Gangzi, he actually has so many good things in his house; good grandson, hurry and find that radio, that's the most valuable thing in their house!"

Jia Zhangshi directed from the side while simultaneously activating Sleeve Universe, one of the eight ultimate techniques of the Thief Saint lineage, seeing everything she could take and stuffing it into her sleeves all at once.

Furthermore, it was already late autumn, and it was freezing cold at night; Jia Zhangshi was dressed like a sack, and her effectiveness was just as pathetic as a sack.

Fortunately, most of the items were stored in the Storage Grid of the system, and what was left outside were just things like rice, flour, eggs, and some miscellaneous objects.

"Grandma, I see the radio, it's on the nightstand, I can't reach it!"

Bang Geng shouted happily, and the noise was quite loud, scaring Jia Zhangshi into rushing over to cover Bang Geng's mouth, whispering a reprimand: "Can you be quieter? Today we are 'borrowing' from a wealthy household in the Siheyuan, it's better to be careful..."

"Mm, mm!"

Bang Geng's head bobbed back and forth like a hammer.

"This is it, such a good radio; if we take it to the black market to sell, we can probably get 40 yuan for it!"

Seeing this brand-new silver-white radio, Jia Zhangshi's eyes immediately lit up, and she couldn't help but stroke it; however, Jia Zhangshi didn't dare to turn it on to listen, but instead pried the batteries out first and secretly tucked them into her bosom.

Zhao Gangzi, who was ambushing outside, had already sealed all the windows tight to prevent the mother and son from running out; now, Zhao Gangzi was standing at the front door, ready to catch the thieves at any moment.

"Daring to come to my house to steal, this time I must send you in to squat in a dark room for a few years,"

Zhao Gangzi snorted coldly.

The next moment, a scream suddenly rang out from Zhao Gangzi's home; Bang Geng, who was just preparing to steal some sugar to eat, suddenly stepped on a mousetrap, clamping his entire foot!

Being just a child, he could not bear such pain and immediately cried out loudly.

Hearing his mousetrap trigger, Zhao Gangzi slammed his door shut, stood in the courtyard, and shouted loudly: "There is a thief in the courtyard! Everyone, come out and catch the thief, or they will run away in a moment!"