The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Chapter 1785 It was your son who stole it.

On the bedside table.

The Bat brand electric fan produced by Factory 720 has blades that rotate powerfully, but it blows out hot air.

Xu Damao lay listlessly on the bamboo mat, with a damp towel draped over his head; he was clearly suffering from internal heat.

Several small blisters, which looked transparent and glistening, appeared on the corners of my mouth, causing them to crack. To relieve the pain, I applied lard or badger oil to them.

The thick gold chain around his neck was nowhere to be seen. As for the reason, just look at the number of people in the video arcade and you'll find the clue.

In the past, the two video arcades were always packed with moviegoers, if not full on holidays.

Video arcades don't care who their customers are; as long as they buy tickets, they make money.

The petty thugs loitering on the streets, the petty thieves who affect public order, the students who have nowhere to go during summer vacation, and even young people who are dating.

All gone!

Video arcades have been under strict crackdown lately, with police and cultural inspectors coming around very frequently. As for the customers, none of them want to come and risk watching videotapes during this period.

But for Mr. Xu, who already had a broken leg, he can only hope that the video arcade will make a comeback.

As a result, before the broken leg could be reattached, the leg in the video arcade also seemed to be malfunctioning. In his anxiety, his mouth rotted.

"Ouch, ouch!"

Lying on the straw mat, Xu Damao felt as if his life had suddenly turned gloomy, as if he had been reduced from a wealthy household with ten thousand yuan to a household with only a thousand yuan.

They want to climb back up and at least make up for the back taxes, but at the current pace, it seems like a long way off.

Staring blankly at the ceiling, Da Mao was numb. He had been to the south and seen how much people in Hong Kong earned in a day, which made him more clear-headed than most people at the moment.

Being a millionaire in Hong Kong is nothing special. Even if he opened a video arcade in Beijing and was considered a successful small business owner by others, he would be nothing in Hong Kong.

Since the money in his house was stolen, he never thought he could get it back. He just considered it a loss. But the video arcade's revenue wasn't keeping up and had even slowed down, which made him very frustrated.

Although Liu Guangqi told him to try his best to solve the case as soon as possible, or that he was investigating and not to rush, Xu Damao thought it was just words of comfort.

Three thousand yuan was something he could tolerate a few months ago, but now that he has paid the back taxes, it feels like a piece of his own flesh has been ripped off.

I don't want the house I bought from Qin Huairu anymore. Thieves have been targeting that place, and even if I move in, I don't dare leave any money there.

He's now realized that there might actually be such a thing as feng shui. It's no wonder he's been plagued by a series of misfortunes since buying Qin Huairu's house.

For Mr. Xu, it was all bad news. No one dared to take over Qin Huairu's house. Although the property rights were clear and the location was good, someone had died inside. Many people in the community had witnessed it.

Three thousand two, plus the four hundred yuan paid to Yan Bugui, that's three thousand six hundred yuan. I'm in a hurry now, so I can't sell it so quickly. This matter depends on fate.

"Brother Xu, Brother Xu, that policeman from last time, he's here again!"

The young man working at the video arcade lifted the beaded curtain at the door and hurriedly ran into the room, shaking Xu Damao's arm with both hands, looking very anxious.

Xu Damao, lying on the "sick bed," opened his eyes weakly, his empty gaze sweeping over the young men under his command.

"Let them investigate, let them investigate. There aren't many people left anyway, let them investigate all they want!"

He didn't even want to get up. Xu Damao stopped struggling. Whether he, the owner of the video arcade, showed up or not, whether he offered cigarettes or not, it wouldn't stop people from investigating.

Anyway, the passenger rate is less than 30% today, so whatever, take it or leave it.

"No, he seems to be here to see you!"

Before the servant could finish speaking, a pair of hands reached out from behind the beaded curtain at the door and tossed the plastic beaded curtain aside.

"Splash, splash~!"

The sound of the falling beaded curtain colliding alerted the two people beside the bed.

Liu Guangqi, wearing a peaked cap, entered the room and saw Xu Damao's seemingly short-lived appearance, and shook his head with a wry smile.

However, considering that Xu Damao's business had been struggling lately, his smile faded.

"What's wrong? Has Mr. Xu, the famous owner of the Youth Video Hall in the Workers' Stadium area, been completely defeated by this blow and given up?"

He gestured for the young man to leave, then Liu Guangqi turned the electric fan on the bedside table around, took off his peaked cap, and let the fan blow directly on his head.

This hat isn't breathable, and it's quite uncomfortable to wear it down.

"Oh dear, Captain Liu, this is just one blow I've suffered. I'm getting blown one after another. I don't think I've done anything outrageous. I don't even dare to show taboo movies."

"That's because the people who come here are all unemployed. What decent person would have nothing better to do than hang out in a video arcade every day?" Liu Guangqi didn't take Xu Damao's complaint to heart at all. He picked up a slice of watermelon from the table and ate it without any hesitation.

I must say, it's quite sweet and very thirst-quenching. After eating it, the summer heat seemed to dissipate a bit.

Xu Damao wasn't so poor that he couldn't even afford a slice of watermelon. After all, the two of them had grown up together in the backyard, and he had even eavesdropped on Liu Guangqi's wedding. They were childhood friends.

One of them went down the wrong path, and the other went down the right path, which has led to the two of them being like a mouse and a cat now.

"I'm not like you guys. I'm just opening a shop to do business. Do you think I can check people's identities? If you want to check, then hurry up. If this business doesn't work out, I'll just find another one next year!"

Anyway, Xu Damao could find all those things in the store—aviator sunglasses, jeans, digital watches—waving his hand listlessly and saying in a huff.

"I'm here to tell you some good news, not to investigate you. I just need your cooperation!"

Liu Guangqi carelessly tossed the watermelon rind he had finished eating into the foot basin under the bed, wiped his hands with a rag, and raised his chin toward Xu Damao, who was groaning on the bed.

"Tch, you can still give me good news? What, this big inspection is over, and you're not allowed to conduct any more inspections?"

His empty eyes suddenly gained some color. Xu Damao was suspicious for a moment, but seeing Liu Guangqi's serious expression, he quickly propped himself up on his arms and sat up from the bed.

"No, didn't I tell you? This part won't loosen!"

"The mastermind behind the burglary, along with some accomplices, has been apprehended!"

He raised an eyebrow at Xu Damao, giving him a look that said, "You're always thinking good things." Just as Boss Xu was about to lie down again, he suddenly jumped up from the bed.

"Clang~!"

He stepped on the edge of the foot basin under the bed, and several pieces of melon rind flew out, showing just how excited Xu Damao was.

"They caught him! Oh my god, really! I knew there was no case Captain Liu couldn't handle. Damn it, he even dared to steal my money, he must be tired of living!"

He grabbed the wet towel from his forehead and threw it onto the bed. Xu Damao, who had just said he didn't have much time left, was now like a wind-up toy, full of energy.

Liu Guangqi was not surprised at all. Seeing Xu Damao's ecstatic expression, he waved his hand, signaling him to calm down.

"Some of the money may be unrecoverable, as they've already spent it, but the mastermind still has over a thousand yuan in his hands!"

Xu Damao, who was just excited, immediately became dejected after hearing Liu Guangqi's words, and muttered something unsatisfactory.

"Well, whatever we can recover is what we should. I've already paid taxes on this money; it's legal income. Those bastards must be severely punished! They should all be sent to jail!"

"That's for sure, but I think this is already good news for you. In a little while, the Municipal Bureau will take the mastermind to the apartment you rented to identify the crime scene."

"If you don't want to go, you can give me the house key, and I'll open the door for you!"

At this point, Liu Guangqi looked at Xu Damao with a strange, peculiar expression, a half-smile that was hard to decipher.

"I'm willing to go! Why wouldn't I? I want to see which scoundrel dares to steal from his grandfather. Do you think I'll throw eggs at him?"

Xu Damao was so engrossed in the gnashing of teeth and the pleasure of revenge that he didn't notice how strange Liu Guangqi's expression was.

"Hey, no way!"

"Don't you want to ask who the mastermind behind the theft is?"

With a hint of guidance, Liu Guangqi told Xu Damao to put aside the matter of revenge for now, saying that the law should judge that, and that it was up to him, the victim.

"Who is it? Do I know them?"

It was only then that Xu Damao realized something was amiss. This question seemed to be telling him that he knew the mastermind behind the theft.

"Legally speaking, you could say he's your son, and as a neighbor, I think so too!"

Liu Guangqi's words completely confused Xu Damao. Everyone in the courtyard knew that he couldn't have children, and Guangqi had no reason to joke about such a thing. He was just deliberately stabbing someone in the back.

"What do you mean, Captain Liu? This is no laughing matter. Don't you know my situation? This is no laughing matter?"

"I'm not joking with you. You know the suspect, and he knows you. Legally speaking, you two were indeed father and son in the past!"

Legally, they are father and son. Xu Damao never expected that someone would give birth to a son for him.

After eliminating all the impossibilities, only one possibility remained: Xu Damao's only marriage partner was Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu has already been punished for participating in enemy espionage activities. He has no son, but Qin Huairu does.

"Stick?"

(End of this chapter)