Reinforcement Panel: Tech Wars

Chapter 35 Intruder

"Dad, you just stay in the car. If there are too many people inside, I will get in the car and we will just run."

Wei Jiang thought about it for a moment. His father Wei Yonghe was not mobile enough. If there were other people in the yard, he might not be able to do it alone.

"Yes, yes, the door is open!"

"Go over there and take a look quietly first. Don't cause any conflict. There are only old guys around. No one can help us."

Wei Jiang had to admit that his father was right. There were only a few elderly people in the village now, and they could not be relied upon if anything really happened.

Wei Jiang arrived at the gate of the courtyard. His eyes moved as he glanced at the pile of debris at the door. He pulled out a rotten wooden stick about one meter long from the pile to use for self-defense.

Standing at the door, Wei Jiang took out the key and carefully unlocked the door. He gently pushed open the gate and prepared to check the situation inside first.

Contrary to expectations, the iron door at home had been damp for a long time, causing the metal hinges to rust. The moment Wei Jiang pushed the door, there was a crackling sound from the metal friction.

Wei Jiang was already nervous, and the unusual noise made him push open the gate without thinking too much.

"Grandson! You stole into your grandfather's house. How dare you!"

"Brother Li, hurry up and catch this bastard!"

Wei Jiang shouted and rushed into the yard.

After taking a few big steps, Wei Jiang quickly glanced around the yard and saw a figure in a black short-sleeved shirt rushing out of the shed from afar.

"Boy! Don't run! Stop!"

Wei Jiang didn't move his feet, but his mouth was busy.

Hearing Wei Jian's voice, the man was obviously frightened and almost fell down while climbing the brick wall of the toilet.

The other party was terrified. Standing on the wall, he looked back at Wei Jiang.

The intruder was of medium build, with his hair tied in a bun at the back of his head and a panicked look on his face.

"Brother Li, hurry up! We caught the thief!"

Seeing only one person, Wei Jiang was certain.

He was about to rush towards the other person with a stick in hand, but perhaps frightened by Wei Jiang's unstoppable momentum, the man put his hands on the wall and jumped out of the wall.

Wei Jiang rushed to the shed in a few steps. The original equipment in the shed was still there, and the moisture-proof cloth covering the submersible and battery repair and restorer at the back of the yard was pulled aside.

There was no time to check. Thinking that his father was still outside the door, Wei Jiang rushed out to the yard while shouting.

"Brother Li, don't come in! That kid has escaped over the wall, chase him!"

Wei Jiang ran to the gate of the yard in a few steps. His father Wei Yonghe was sitting in the Wuling mini and looked at Lin Tao anxiously.

"What's going on? Where is the other party?"

Wei Jiang pointed to the west side of the yard. On the other side of his yard was farmland.

"There was only one person. He was so scared by me that he jumped over the wall and ran away."

After Wei Jiang finished explaining, he was about to go around the courtyard gate and continue chasing. Wei Jiang was confident that he could handle the other party alone.

"Come back, come back, little brat!"

Wei Jiang had just taken a few steps when Wei Yonghe shouted hurriedly.

Without paying attention to his father's voice, Wei Jiang quickly ran to the side where the thief climbed over the wall.

From a distance, Wei Jiang saw a figure wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans getting on a motorcycle and running away.

"Damn it! Stop!"

Wei Jiang stood there and shouted, then threw the wooden stick in his hand out fiercely.

The motorcycle was moving very fast and disappeared from Wei Jiang's sight after turning a corner a dozen seconds later.

Wei Jiang stood there, feeling uneasy. Who was the other party?
My house had never been robbed in the past ten years, but this time, it was broken into just a few days after I went to Shangdu.

Did the thief know that no one was home?

Frowning as he thought, Wei Jiang returned to the Wuling car.

"Where is the thief? Did he run away?"

"Don't chase me, don't chase me. Don't you understand the principle of not chasing after a desperate enemy?"

"What if you push the other person into a corner and he pulls out a knife or something else?!"

Wei Yonghe was so anxious that he got in and out of the car slowly by himself, holding the door with his hand and standing with one foot, and kept scolding Wei Jiang.

Wei Jiang quickly supported his father and nodded to admit his mistake.

"Yes, I was wrong."

"That guy is such a coward. He ran away after I yelled at him a few times." Helping his father to steady himself on the seat, Wei Jiang opened the back door of the car and took out the wheelchair.

"Luckily we came back early."

Wei Yonghe also nodded, he was also shocked by what had just happened.

Xiafang Village is a very small village, and many people have moved out, especially in recent years.

Petty theft has not occurred in the village for many years.

If someone can make the other party think about it, that person must have planned it.

"Wei Jiang, is the thief coming for us?"

Wei Jiang pushed the wheelchair into the yard and first checked the doors of each room. The doors were locked properly and there were no signs of damage.

Seeing Wei Jiang walking out of the house, Wei Yonghe turned his gaze to the work shed nearby and his expression became serious.

"The other party came for the auto repair shop."

Wei Jiang nodded and pushed the wheelchair into the shed. There were several footprints on the submersible and the battery compartment door of the power battery restorer was opened.

Wei Yonghe naturally also noticed the abnormality of the restorer.

The restorer is the most important device in the home. Wei Jiang always covers it with a moisture-proof cloth after use, and even puts some broken parts on it to compact it for camouflage.

The camouflage and cover-ups in front of him had been thrown aside, and the person who came was obviously very interested in the restorer.

The indicator light above the restorer is on, indicating that someone has manually connected the power supply to try to figure out the restorer's functions.

"Wei Jiang, what should we do now? Should we move?"

"Why didn't that person steal the finances instead of rummaging through these things?"

Perhaps because of the injury in his right leg, or perhaps because he felt helpless while sitting in the car just now, Wei Yonghe seemed extremely cautious.

"Not really, Dad."

"Even if that person saw the restorer, without the program I wrote and the detailed instructions for use, he would never be able to understand the specific functions of the restorer."

Wei Jiang shook his head, his expression looked cold but he did not show much worry.

"To outsiders, it's just a somewhat unfamiliar device."

Wei Jiang pointed to the submarine covered with footprints and said:
"Just like this submarine, that person can't understand it either."

After cutting off the power supply of the restorer, Wei Jiang covered the restorer and the submersible with moisture-proof cloth again.

Seeing his father's still frightened expression, Wei Jiang smiled and said comfortingly:

"It's okay, don't worry."

"I'll buy some cameras and install them around the yard soon."

Pushing the wheelchair under the eaves, Wei Jiang rolled up his sleeves and said:

"That person came when we were not at home, which means he is a coward. There is nothing to worry about."

"Next time he shows up, I'll give him a hard time!"

After getting a glass of water from the water dispenser and handing it to Wei Yonghe, Wei Jiang smiled and said:
"Okay, don't worry. I'm hungry. I'll get us something to eat."

Wei Jiang turned and walked into the kitchen, his expression changed immediately.

Unlike the calmness he showed when he was comforting his father just now, there was a fierce light in his eyes.

"Wei Jiang, let me tell you, how about we call the police?"

Hearing his father's voice coming from outside the kitchen, Wei Jiang took out the frozen beef from the refrigerator and replied loudly:

"Dad, don't worry about it. After this, the other party will definitely not have the courage to come again."

Although he said it easily, Wei Jiang was not calm inside when he put the beef into cold water to thaw it.

The man obviously broke into the house with a purpose.

He thought about what had happened in the past period of time, and there was only one point that might attract the other party's attention.

With the frequent second-hand power battery replacement services, some people probably calculated that the father and son made a lot of money.

Money is a powerful thing. When those who are interested see the huge profits, they will naturally choose to take risks.

"But who is the other party?"

“Some ride-hailing driver who came to the store to have his battery replaced?”

"Or someone in the online ride-hailing driver group?"

(End of this chapter)