Reborn in the 60s, I hunt to support my family and even seduce the village beauty.

The old lady found her money and counted it with trembling hands, taking three tries to count it correctly.

"My money, my food coupons, they're all back, they're all back!"

Muttering to himself, he glared fiercely at the thief: "You heartless bastard, you stole my things! I'll teach you a lesson for stealing!"

*Slap slap slap!*

Swinging her belt, the old woman started hitting the thief hard.

The three police officers, Chang Kun, did not stop the old lady. These days, if you catch a thief and don't let him beat you up, it feels like something is missing.

In many places where people born in the 70s and 80s live, there are slogans posted near schools that say it is no crime to kill highway robbers.

I remember when I was a child, if a chicken thief was caught in the village, about ten people would beat him up together. In the dead of winter, they would hang him in an empty house in the brigade and freeze him overnight before handing him over to the police the next day.

Then, after the millennium, things changed. People wouldn't dare to fight back even if they caught a thief, for fear of causing trouble and having to take responsibility.

"Master, Monkey King, there are no more thieves here. Let's take these back." Chang Kun suggested, seeing Lei Guohong and Hou Jun standing there dumbfounded.

The master and apprentice both pinched their thighs hard to bring themselves back to reality. No matter how unbelievable it seemed, the fact that they had caught five thieves in just three to five minutes was right in front of them.

"Hey, we should take them back."

"Alright, junior brother, you're right."

The two of them stared blankly at each other and used rope to tie the thieves on the ground one by one into long strings of candied hawthorns.

By this time, the old woman had finished venting her anger and approached Chang Kun, saying, "Officer, thank you so much! You saved our whole family!"

As he spoke, he shakily took out a few cornbread buns from his pocket: "I don't have anything good to thank you with, so please take these cornbread buns."

Chang Kun quickly took two steps back. He dared not touch the cornbread that the old lady had taken out of her arms, let alone eat it. With so much meat in his space, he wouldn't miss this bite.

Hou Jun, standing to the side, stared wide-eyed at the old lady. This was the cornbread he had just run to buy for her, and now the old lady was giving it to Chang Kun.

I felt that my sincere feelings had been misplaced. If it weren't for the old lady's advanced age, I would have spat at her.

Lei Guohong gave a wry smile. This old lady was really something else, giving away the cornbread they had given her right in front of them.

"Grandma, you should put it away quickly. We have a policy that we can't accept even a needle or thread from the people. Don't make me lose my job!" Chang Kun threatened the old lady, otherwise she would definitely have pulled him away.

The old woman blinked and put her hands together in prayer: "Then, comrade policeman, when I get home I will chant sutras and pray to Buddha to bless you with many children, abundant blessings, and a long and healthy life."

"Alright, ma'am, hurry up and pack your things. We need to catch these thieves too." Chang Kun didn't want to argue with her.

Lei Guohong had already called over four plainclothes officers, who tied up the thieves with ropes. The thieves still covered their faces and didn't dare to open their eyes.

As they pushed the thief out of the waiting room, cheers continued to erupt behind them.

"Good job, officers!"

"Finally, you did something good."

"That young comrade is the best; he seems to catch all the thieves."

Four plainclothes officers were also asking Lei Guohong about Chang Kun.

"Old Lei, is that young man new? I've never seen him before?"

"That's really impressive! Catching nine thieves at once, breaking our section's single-person record, right?"

"I've been staking out the waiting room every day, and I've never found so many pickpockets. Compared to him, I feel like I'm old and blind..."

Lei Guohong chuckled and puffed out his chest: "Chang Kun is only on his first day at work; he's my apprentice."

At this moment, he completely forgot that he had previously thought Chang Kun was some young master who came to gain prestige, and he also forgot that he thought Chang Kun was just bragging.

He was filled with joy; his apprentice had caught nine thieves in one go, and he felt honored to share in the victory.

An undercover officer's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "What?! Nine thieves caught on our first day?"

The other three plainclothes officers were also stunned, exchanging bewildered glances and speechless.

"Haha, now you know how amazing it is! I couldn't believe it at first." Lei Guohong's face was glowing, and he felt like he was floating on air.

Chang Kun walked behind, enduring Hou Jun's nagging in his ear.

"Junior brother, how did you find these thieves?"

"Junior brother, how did you manage to take down so many people at once? Teach me!"

"Junior brother, you said you captured four or five enemy agents? Is that true?"

"Junior brother, junior brother, you're so young, you must not be married yet. I have a cousin..."

Unable to bear Hou Jun's incessant chatter, Chang Kun wished he could stuff a handful of capsaicin into Hou Jun's mouth.

"Brother Monkey, now you're not saying I was bragging?"

Hou Jun smiled awkwardly. Who would have thought that catching a thief would be so easy?

"Junior brother, you're really amazing. I'm really benefiting from your success this time."

The three of them went out on patrol, and any thieves they caught would definitely be credited to them. Even the four plainclothes officers who participated in the arrest and escort would be rewarded.

Chang Kun smiled but didn't say anything. He had just started his new job, so what was it to let his new colleagues benefit a little? Besides, these two were his mentors and senior brothers, assigned to him by the section chief.

They escorted the thieves into the interrogation room and left the rest to their own devices.

Back in his office, Lei Guohong was too embarrassed to praise his apprentice. He just sipped his tea, his eyes fixed on Chang Kun. The more he looked at him, the more pleased he felt. He was really lucky to have such an apprentice.

Hou Jun didn't hold back, showering Chang Kun with compliments. Hearing that Chang Kun wasn't married yet, he practically wanted to tie him down as his brother-in-law, the kind of couple who could get engaged and married that very night.

Less than five minutes later, the office door was kicked open with a loud bang.

"I heard they just caught nine thieves? Was it Chang Kun who caught them?" It was Section Chief Zhang Qingfeng who came running over to ask after hearing his subordinates report the incident.

He was having a drink with his old comrade-in-arms Fang Qingsheng in the section chief's office, enjoying himself, when he heard the news. He forgot all about drinking and rushed to Chang Kun's office.

Catching a few thieves wouldn't normally make him a big deal out of it, as the section chief.

But since Chang Kun was personally delivered by Fang Qingsheng, he still had to show some respect in front of his old comrade-in-arms.

"Section Chief, Section Chief..."

The three people in the office stood up and greeted him.

Zhang Qingfeng ignored the other two, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Chang Kun: "You just arrived today and you've already caught nine thieves?"

Chang Kun nodded: "Section Chief, we just happened to run into them in the waiting room and caught them all."

Zhang Qingfeng opened his mouth wide, stunned for a moment, and couldn't say a word.

When did catching thieves become so easy, that you can just happen to run into them? If that's the case, the police at the train station would have caught all the thieves by now!

Catching nine thieves in one day would probably require the entire police force to mobilize. Now, Chang Kun alone has achieved the same result as the entire police force.

He paused for a moment, then turned to look at Fang Qingsheng behind him: "Old Fang, who exactly is this nephew-in-law of yours?"