When social terror becomes the favorite of the police

Chapter 276 Thief
The neighbor shook his head. "No, I heard he was wearing a mask. The police took a statement and retrieved the surveillance footage from the property management. They said they would notify us if they caught him."

However, I feel it's very difficult to catch, sigh.

After hearing this, Li Qin clicked her tongue and said, "It's the New Year, and the house was robbed. What bad luck!"

"Who says otherwise? Sigh, never mind, I'm going to take out the trash."

"it is good."

After saying goodbye to her neighbor, Li Qin entered the elevator with a sigh in her heart.

When she got home, no one was home. She first hung up the clothes she had bought that day, and then began to tidy up the house.

"Ugh, they never clean up after themselves after meals, leaving me to clean up their messes all the time, honestly..."

Li Qin was furious when she saw the mess in the kitchen after her family finished lunch.

There's also laundry and trash thrown around in the living room...

She was perfectly fine when she left this morning, but in just half a day, she became like this. She's just a nanny!

In the evening, Li Qin's husband came home from get off work, and her son also came home.

Li Qin brought the prepared food to the table and called her husband and son to eat.

"Hurry up and eat! Every single day, you won't come out to eat unless I call you. I'm tired of calling you every day, don't you guys get annoyed too..."

Hearing his wife's (mother's) nagging, Li Qin's husband and son quickly put down their phones and sat down at the table to eat.

"What did the family in the neighborhood that got robbed say in the end?" Li Qin's husband asked.

Li Qin: "Sigh, I heard from the neighbors that the thief was wearing a mask, so the surveillance footage couldn't show what he looked like. The police retrieved the footage and said they'd be notified later."

Li Qin's son said while eating, "It's probably going to be hard to catch the thief."

Li Qin: "Others say the same thing, but I feel they can catch them. There are surveillance cameras everywhere now, so they're sure they can catch them."

Li Qin's husband said, "However, it's unlikely that the stolen items will be returned; those thieves are very cunning."

"Remember to lock the door before going to bed at night! And the windows too!" Li Qin instructed her husband and son while washing the dishes.

"Okay, I've locked the door from the inside. This is the twelfth floor; I don't believe any thief would dare climb up here. They'd be crazy..."

After hearing this, Li Qin did not respond. She needed to finish tidying up the house quickly so she could go online and play mahjong with her friends.

It was past 1 a.m., and everything was quiet. The lights in the entire neighborhood were off, and everyone was fast asleep.

A figure emerged from the shadows of the residential area and walked straight into an apartment building.

The man walked into the apartment building, took out a mask from a blind spot in the surveillance camera's view, put it on, then put on his clothes and hat before entering the elevator.

I pressed the button for the 12th floor.

At this moment, at the property management monitoring station of Sheng'an residential community, a group of police officers were watching every single surveillance camera.

"Boss, there's something going on here!" Li He shouted, pointing to one of the surveillance cameras.

He Qi'an immediately went over and saw a man wearing a black cotton coat and a hat with his head down in the elevator.

Which building does this elevator belong to?

Unit 5.

He Qi'an immediately stood up. "Zhang Ming, Ning Xuan, you two keep watch. The rest of you, come with me!"

"Yes!"

He Qi'an led his men and ran quickly toward the fifth unit building. Zhang Ming watched the footage on the monitor and saw that the man had already reached the twelfth floor and gotten off the elevator.

He immediately looked for the surveillance footage on the twelfth floor of the rented apartment building.

The property management staff on duty tonight said apologetically, "Well... to protect the safety of our residents, we only installed surveillance cameras in the elevators..."

Zhang Ming glanced at the property management staff member and scoffed inwardly.

Are you sure you didn't skip installation because you were lazy and didn't want to spend the money?
At this moment, the man had already gotten off the elevator. He stood still for a moment, carefully listening to the sounds around him.

The surroundings were quiet and still. Then, he took out a flashlight and shone it on the doors of several apartments on the twelfth floor.

He saw a mark on the door of one of the houses.

He walked over silently, without looking up to check if there were any surveillance cameras around, his face completely covered by his hat.

He skillfully took out lock-picking tools from his pocket, and the door was unlocked in less than five seconds.

The man didn't go in immediately. He carefully packed up his tools before slowly opening the door and entering...

After entering the house, he stood at the doorway and slowly looked around.

Then, he went straight to the kitchen, and when he came out again, he was holding a kitchen knife...

At the same time, He Qi'an and his men were running quickly up to the twelfth floor. In order not to alert the enemy, they did not take the elevator but took the stairs.

Soon, they arrived at the twelfth floor.

He Qi'an observed his surroundings, then walked alone to the door of each house, listening to the sounds inside.

Suddenly, he noticed that one of the door locks seemed to have marks on it. He waved, and the police officers behind him quickly and silently walked over.

The hallway was quiet; everyone held their breath, listening to the faint sounds coming from inside the rooms.

The door to Li Qin's bedroom was quietly opened, and the man skillfully took out a spray bottle and sprayed an unknown liquid several times onto the two sleeping people.

He then went to another room and skillfully began operating the equipment.

A few minutes later, after confirming that the person inside would not wake up, he boldly turned on the lights in the room.

They began quickly rummaging through drawers and cabinets, searching for valuables.

……

The next morning, Li Qin and her family woke up in the hospital.

"Where...am I???"

Li Qin stared blankly at the white ceiling and the pervasive smell of disinfectant.

"Mom, Mom, you're awake!"

"Honey, a thief has broken into our house!"

Li Qin's son and husband looked at their awakened mother (wife) with excitement.

Upon hearing that a thief had broken into her house, Li Qin jumped up abruptly, shouting, "What! Call the police right now, you two idiots!"
A thief broke into the house, and you're still laughing!

Li Qin's husband immediately pulled his wife aside and told her what had happened the night before.

It turns out that the family was taken to the hospital by the police last night. The thief was caught on the spot, and apparently nothing was stolen from their home.

Li Qin felt that she was still not fully awake, otherwise why wouldn't she know anything!

She's always a very light sleeper; she can hear the slightest noise. How could she be sleeping so soundly?

Finally, when the doctor came to examine them, he told them that they had been sprayed with a sleeping potion the night before, which was why they hadn't noticed anything happening the previous night.

Just then, the police arrived and told them to go to the police station after being discharged from the hospital to give a statement and have their belongings examined...

Upon hearing this, Li Qin knew she couldn't stay in the hospital any longer; she needed to go home first to check if anything was missing!

Another thief broke into Sheng'an residential area last night!

The good news is that the police caught the thief last night!

However, this still did not extinguish the homeowners' anger.

The residents rushed to the property management office, demanding that they increase patrols to ensure their safety.

The property management staff had no choice but to repeatedly promise to install surveillance cameras throughout the community and hire more security guards to take turns on duty...

(End of this chapter)