Chapter 115: Do it big
Having arrived silently at the Yan family's backyard, just as Su Ning was about to move a ladder out of her spatial storage, she heard a commotion coming from the abandoned house across the wall!
Although the person was very careful, she was immediately noticed because she was pressed close to the wall and in the quiet darkness.

Who is it?
What are you doing in an abandoned house so late at night?
With a lingering question in my heart, I slowly climbed up the wall using a ladder and cautiously poked half my head out.

By the light of the not-so-bright waning moon in the sky tonight, I saw an orange-yellow light that seemed to be obscured by something.

After thinking for a moment, she figured it must be a flashlight. The person probably covered it up because they were afraid the beam would be too conspicuous in the night, so they could see the road clearly without worrying about being discovered by the light.

Seeing the yellow light drift into the rightmost room, Su Ning thought for a moment and felt something was wrong. She climbed onto the wall, retracted the ladder, and then extended it to the other side. After climbing down, she did not choose to leave immediately but quietly crept over.

The house in front of me had been abandoned for who knows how long. The half-hanging windows and doors were so dilapidated that they could barely serve as decorations that could fall down at any moment.

He peered out from behind the windowsill, only his eyes visible, and quickly scanned the room.

Strangely, although she clearly saw someone come in, there was no one in the room at that moment.

There is a secret passage or a dark room!
Almost subconsciously, that was the only thought that popped into my head.

Given that this abandoned house is right next to the Yan family's house, someone sneaked over here under the cover of darkness shortly after the Yan family's house was burglarized...

Su Ning had some guesses in his mind, and calmed down, remaining motionless in place.

Within minutes, a faint noise came from inside the house, followed by footsteps.

She pulled her head back and pressed herself against the wall, slowly holding her breath. Even as the footsteps faded into the distance, she remained in a half-squatting, half-leaning position without moving.

After waiting for ten minutes, until my legs went numb and I was sure the man had no intention of returning, I sat down and began to vigorously massage my legs.

Once the tingling and numb sensation had completely subsided and I was able to stand up, I quickly went inside.

He took out a flashlight from his spatial storage, and like the other person, he took out a light and breathable shirt to cover it, instantly illuminating the room with a faint light.

It was only then that she realized the room didn't seem like a place for living; it was more like a storage room or a utility room.

Because there's a barn made of thick wooden planks against the wall?

She had seen similar granaries in the homes of villagers in several other brigades.

In the south, where rice is the main crop, most households built such a granary to facilitate the drying of grain after the autumn harvest.

Unlike the rice that can be directly obtained in the city, what the team distributed was millet, which was threshed and threshed using a grain-threshing bucket when it was time to eat.

So building such a granary here is neither practical nor space-consuming. Who would bother to build a granary that is not even half full?

This made her suspect that the barn was just a smokescreen.

As if to prove his point, Su Ning didn't go inside to check. Instead, he circled the outside of the barn, trying not to miss any details.

"what?"

The dust around here is so thick, why is there only a thin layer here?
Especially since it's in a very inconspicuous location, a place that most people wouldn't notice.

She tentatively reached out and explored, and the uneven texture of her fingertips caught her eye.

"Click——"

As the wooden planks of the barn slowly sank down, a cellar-style pull-out door was revealed.

He put on new gloves, gripped the handle, and pulled hard. A staircase made of rammed earth appeared before him.

Perhaps because it had just been opened and fresh air had flowed in, I didn't smell any strong dusty smell.

Holding a flashlight, Su Ning slowly climbed down. When he pulled back the shirt covering him and took in the full view of what was underneath, he couldn't help but marvel at his luck.

"Is this one of Yan Bin's three burrows?"

Boxes of the same type contain similar items.

Two boxes of neatly bundled black croakers, two boxes of large yellow croakers, and one box of gold, silver, jade, and jewelry.

So that person was Yan Bin, and he took some time out of his busy schedule to check if his belongings had been stolen after his house was burgled?

You left so peacefully only after discovering that nothing was there, right?

Sorry, it wasn't there before, but it's not now...

With a wave of her hand, Su Ning stored all the boxes in the cellar into her spatial storage. She then decided to pull off another big heist!

Not only will he live in constant fear and anxiety for the next few days, but he will also suffer excruciating pain.

Who told her to be so vengeful and vindictive?

It was best to let him find out as soon as possible, so after climbing out, he didn't restore the place, but swaggered away, riding his bicycle quickly to the city's largest and only black market. He also had to thank Tang Tian for her memories, otherwise she wouldn't have known about the Yan family and Yan Bin's hideout.

When Zhang Ze and his group first came to Gushi, the black market they stumbled upon was simply a place for people to trade.

Their hideout wasn't far from the trading area; it was a stilted house near the Lishui River.

Facing the direction of the former Gaoyun Bridge, this stilted building has a stone wall painted with strange dances and mysterious characters.

There are about a dozen similar stone walls standing along the riverbank. It is said that if you look down from above, you will find that these individual stone walls combine to form an ancient rune.

Having already seen this two- or three-meter-high stone wall filled with mystery and legendary stories, she naturally passed by it and headed straight for her destination.

……

The stilted house was brightly lit, and three or four men, shirtless, sat around the main hall, with several plates of cold food on the table in front of them.

"Hey, do you think something big happened that made Big Brother call Biaozi and the others out so late?"

"I'd like to ask you the same thing. We're not mind readers, how could we know things that weren't told to us!"

"I noticed that my brother's face looked terrible; it looked very bad. I suspect something really serious has happened."

"Oh no... what should we do?"

The tallest man chugged a glass of cold water, seemingly answering his companion but also muttering to himself, "What can we do? We'll just have to die facing the sky!"

When you start in this line of work, you're always risking your life. Even if you wanted to quit, would the higher-ups allow it?

His words made the group, who were already frightened by the previous commotion, even more uneasy.

Even the people guarding the black market outside were all called back and taken away. Doesn't that illustrate the seriousness of the problem?
The group was hungry, but none of them had an appetite.

"I want to go home."

"Where are we going? Big Brother told us to guard the warehouse, just in case..."

With several large padlocks in place and the keys still with Brother Biao, what could be the problem?
It can just disappear into thin air, can't it?!

He wasn't the only one who disagreed; most of the people present had similar thoughts to some extent.

In the first two years, they might have been on tenterhooks, diligently watching over things, but after that, especially in recent years, they successfully absorbed all the black markets below and became the sole dominant player, so they no longer had the mindset of being vigilant in times of peace.

After all, who would risk their life to raid and destroy their hideout?

If some ruthless person were to run into us, even if we buried them, it would just be another grave mound on the southern hillside, and wouldn't cause a ripple.

"What if some fool has one of these things? What are you afraid of!"

"You madman, you really want to go back?"

Seeing him stand up and slam his QQ phone, which was clipped to his back, onto the table, the person who had been silent until now finally spoke up.

"It's usually fine, but things aren't quite right for you today. It's better to go back tomorrow. Otherwise, it might be hard to explain when your older brother and the others come back and find you're not here."

"Damn it, do you think I enjoy making this trip every day? It's just that my kid at home is really sick."

The group was quite loud, and when they got excited, they even slammed their fists on the table, practically handing Su Ning, who was hiding in the shadows, a perfect opportunity.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Ning, who had already entered, located the warehouse that the group had mentioned was locked with several large padlocks.

He took a handy tool from the tool room and, in time with the loud banging on the table inside, quickly pried open all the locks.

Regardless of what was inside, they emptied the room without even looking and then ran as fast as they could outside.

"Something's wrong! Quick! There's a commotion outside!"

"Damn it, who did this?!"

An open door, a broken lock, and an empty warehouse!
The men were so frightened that they broke out in a cold sweat, pulled out their weapons, and roared through gritted teeth.

"Find quickly!"

So many things, vanished in less than a minute?

How many people, how powerful ghosts, would it take to do something like this!

Whether the elder brother believed them or not, he didn't know. He only knew that if they failed to capture the people and lost the goods, the others would have to die!
Happy Qixi Festival, my lovely ladies! Asking for a vote isn't too much to ask, right? Hehehe, love you all~

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