Siheyuan (courtyard house): My name is Shazhu!

The day before May Day, the brother and sister arrived at the restaurant, where Manager Wang and the chef were waiting for them.

Upon He Yuzhu's arrival, the master got straight to the point. "Yuzhu, Manager Wang has something to ask you."

"Manager Wang, what can I do for you?" He Yuzhu looked at Manager Wang, a man in his fifties, a shrewd and capable person, and the head manager of Emei Restaurant.

"That's how it is. The purchasing assistant didn't come to work. He rode the only bicycle in the restaurant home. We don't know where he lives."

I wanted to tell you two things. First, I need to borrow your bicycle to pick up some goods in Wangjiazhuang outside the city. They're all pre-ordered: ten catties of meat, two fish, and four or five catties of dried vegetables.

The second thing is, take this note, ride your bike there, and you don't have to work in the kitchen today. After work, you can take two meat dishes home. That's it.

"Manager Wang, how far?"

"It's 15 kilometers along the highway out of the city, about three and a half hours round trip. The road is still in bad shape. Wangjiazhuang is right next to the highway. If you go, it counts as a day off, but it's a normal workday."

"I'm taking the rain with me, just going out for a walk to clear my head. Will it be okay if I come back a few hours late?"

"Just come back before you finish work tonight; it's all the dishes and ingredients the customers will order tomorrow," Manager Wang replied.

"I'll be back this afternoon, it won't delay things, don't worry," He Yuzhu readily agreed.

"Pillar, be careful on the road."

"clear."

With He Yushui by my side, we rode our bikes out of the city and headed north. We rode along the highway for less than ten minutes after leaving Yanjing City, but the road became bumpy and potholed, and our speed began to decrease.

"Brother, where are we going today? You've been riding for a long time," He Yushui asked.

"Wangjiazhuang is outside the city; it takes more than an hour to cycle there, and it's still quite a long way. We'll ride there slowly, just to relax and clear our heads."

"I understand, brother."

With He Yushui by my side, we rode our bikes along, chatting and laughing. We asked three old farmers for directions before finally finding Wangjia Village.

After handing the purchase order to the village chief, I easily received over twenty kilograms of goods, all of which I couldn't carry back on my bicycle yesterday. I had already paid for them.

I used to buy goods frequently from Wangjiazhuang, and the village chief always gave me generous gifts. We've done this many times, so we're all familiar with each other. Plus, he shares the same surname as Manager Wang; there's something fishy going on.

He Yuzhu glanced at the goods; the meat was still fresh, the fish were alive, and the dried vegetables were of good quality. He put them on his bicycle and said goodbye to the village chief.

On the way back, after riding for about ten minutes, I vaguely heard fighting sounds and voices coming from the woods beside me, saying, "Master, hand over the treasure map, and we'll let you go."

He Yuzhu stopped his bicycle, pushed it to the other side of the road behind a grove of trees, and placed the rainwater beside the bike. "Wait a moment, brother. I'll go check what's going on across the road. Come right back. Don't make a sound, and don't be afraid."

"Brother, go ahead, I'm not afraid."

"Don't be afraid of the rain, brother will be right back." He patted Rain's little head.

He Yuzhu quickly ran towards the direction from which the sound came from; the treasure map had piqued his interest.

The sound moved, and soon an old man, over fifty years old, was seen fighting with a middle-aged man in his mid-thirties. They were evenly matched and neither could gain the upper hand.

The old man wasn't very motivated to fight and had always wanted to get rid of the middle-aged man.

"Master, why are you running away? Thirty years ago, you were a famous and notorious thief. You used the lives of the seven of us brothers to obtain the treasure map of the great traitor."

"Hand it over! I'm tough enough to survive, and I want to see what treasures are inside. Even if it costs us seven brothers our lives, you'll get it."

"Third brother, you're not dead..."

"Slap. Slap."

He Yuzhu knocked the two men unconscious with a small stone from five meters away, without bothering to argue with them.

They first looted the bag; the two men only had 270,000 yuan on them and nothing else. They picked them up and, seeing no one on the road, returned to the spot where He Yushui had been.

"Rain, wait for me a moment. I'm going to interrogate those two. I'll be right behind you. Shout if anything happens, I can hear you."

"Okay, brother." He Yushui didn't ask what was wrong. Her brother wouldn't do anything bad. The two of them weren't good people, that's why she was interrogating them. Children's thoughts are very simple.

Fifteen meters away from He Yushui, there was a small grove of trees. With no one around, they put the two people down, quickly tied them up, and gagged them.

Put on the mask yourself.

I used silver needles to wake them up. "I'll ask you questions, you answer. I want money, not my life. If you agree, blink or nod."

After three seconds of no reaction from either of them, each of them simultaneously thrust out nine needles, without targeting either of them.

Knowing they wouldn't confess within ten minutes, I returned to He Yushui's place.

"Brother, did those two bad guys confess?" He Yushui was very happy to see her brother return. It would be a lie to say she wasn't afraid in a deserted, open place.

"Not yet, it will take some time. I'll stay with Yushui for a while, while my brother interrogates them from fifteen meters away."

"Hmm, they're all bad people. Interrogate them properly. Should I go beat them up?" She's a little violent girl.

"Don't use rainwater; they'll attract attention anyway. Rainwater shouldn't be used to hit people randomly either. Only hit back if someone bullies you. Little girls shouldn't be too violent."

Why?

"There are laws, for those who haven't done anything wrong..." When He Yuzhu started teaching He Yushui how to beat someone, he said it was important to consider the person and the situation, and not to go too far.

She made the mistake, so she has to take responsibility and teach her slowly.

"Brother, I understand. I'll beat people less in the future." Whether it was true or not, He Yushui knew that beating people less was enough.

Fifteen minutes later, He Yuzhu left and returned to the two people being interrogated.

When the third brother saw He Yuzhu return, he blinked frantically. He couldn't take it anymore and wanted to confess.

"I'll take the third son ten meters away," I said, removing the gag. "Confess honestly, and you'll live. If he answers no, he'll die, and I'll exchange statements with your master."

Seeing the third brother nodding frantically, He pulled out the gag. The third brother took a few long breaths and began to confess. Five minutes later, He Yuzhu slapped him unconscious and carried him back to the old man's side.

When the old man saw He Yuzhu return, he nodded vigorously and began to confess.

He's a real piece of trash. Under the guise of "robbing the rich to help the poor," he does things that are not normal. He's done almost every kind of bad thing, especially the old man "Flying Leopard."

The third brother was somewhat better off; his only pleasure was listening to music in brothels and then getting a full-service package, during which he tortured and killed seven or eight women in the brothels.

Over the course of more than thirty years, the old man has taken countless lives, not only those of Japanese and foreigners, but also many of his own people. He should just go and become fertilizer.

He Yuzhu didn't know if the old man had revealed a lot of information, or if there was anything else he hadn't disclosed. Since he had revealed the treasure, there was no need for further interrogation. He simply sent the two of them to the system space.

Apart from He Yuzhu, no one else can enter; only ghosts can.

"Rain, brother's finished with the interrogation, let's go back."

"Uh-huh."

I rode my bicycle back to the Emei Hotel at 3 p.m. with He Yushui and the ingredients.

With the delivery quantity correct, He Yuzhu completed his task and returned to the kitchen.