Yang PeiMin understood what he ant; Huang Tao, who had to pay compensation, was definitely not willing to let it go. When everyone ca back, they vividly described her expression as if she had lost her parents. Shen Yixia said, "Comparing money to parents? Of course, money is dearer to her than her own parents!"
In fact, it was obvious that Huang Tao was the kind of person who put profit above all else, money above all else. Otherwise, she wouldn’t keep coming back to apologize to Chen Guizhi, after being rebuffed previously, even for a tiny benefit.
To get her 50 yuan back, Huang Tao would definitely think of another way. She wanted to prove to herself that she hadn’t been wrong, to prove that the Shen family really did have dirty things crawling up to their doorstep; that’s why there would definitely be so commotion outside the Shen family’s courtyard wall tonight.
This was also why Shen Yiguang had instructed everyone not to ntion the chicken blood the Li Family had splashed earlier, to avoid frightening them off from taking action.
Yang PeiMin blinked and looked at Shen Yiguang, "You’re not going to squat by the wall all night waiting for soone to co by, are you?"
Shen Yiguang laughed, "Of course not. It’s freezing cold, and even if we want to catch a Li family mber red-handed, there’s no need to make ourselves suffer."
Her brother-in-law explained with a smile, "We can just set a trap by the wall."
Everyone suddenly realized the plan, and went to sleep feeling reassured.
Shen Yiguang took Yang PeiMin back to the room, made her a cup of Milk Essence, and drew a foot bath for her. "Tired? Let’s rest early. You don’t have to worry about any noise from the Li family side. You’ve had a tiring half a day following us around. Get so good sleep, and you’ll have an exciting show to watch tomorrow."
Yang PeiMin nodded, "I got it. I’m just worried that I won’t be able to sleep by myself. Wait until I fall asleep before you do anything, okay?"
Shen Yiguang playfully stroked her nose and laughed, "You little thing, the excitent on your face tells you won’t be falling asleep anyti soon."
Yang PeiMin giggled, "It’s okay, you can keep company and chat for a while."
Shen Yiguang shook his head helplessly, having no idea what to do with his wife who loved being in the thick of things.
As they lay in the dark after turning off the light, Yang PeiMin’s big eyes blinked in the darkness and she couldn’t help herself. "Tell , what kind of trap did you set?"
"In our military region’s cafeteria, rats have always been our formidable enemy. The food we stored in the warehouse was often eaten by stealthy rats. Later, soone had an idea and had a batch of rat traps made at the factory. Nearly every night, we’d catch sothing at the windows and doors of the warehouse. I also worried about our houses in the military having the sa issue. Isn’t my wife the one who’s most afraid of such things? I brought a few back just in case. Just so happened that our dormitories in the military region had extras that we couldn’t finish using, and our old ho’s cellar and warehouse could use them too. Now, there’s an even better use for them." Shen Yiguang’s voice was light and pleasant in the darkness.
Yang PeiMin laughed, "Whoever cos to splash the chicken blood is in for a tough ti."
"Plus, the shout will be loud. It will be very noticeable in the night. Then you guys can rush out and catch soone red-handed."
"Who do you think it will be?" asked Yang PeiMin, clearly excited.
"Li Ershuan."
"We’re thinking alike then; I also think it’s Li Er. Li Er must not be pleased about the amount of money he had to shell out for his wife. And with us storming up to their door so fiercely, he must be fuming inside. Huang Tao’s incompetence in handling things would surely make Li Er reluctant to trust her to act."
Shen Yiguang embraced her and gently patted her back, "My clever wife, let’s still try to sleep early so we have the energy to catch the thief later."
Yang PeiMin nodded in the darkness, hugged his waist, and found a comfortable position nestled in his arms.
At so ungodly hour, a burst of noise erupted outside. Yang PeiMin woke up with a jolt and reached out to find the spot beside her was already empty.
She reached for the cord on the wall above the bed and turned on the light, then imdiately heard soone knocking at the door.
"Sister-in-law, are you awake? There’s chaos outside, my brother asked to co and keep you company."
"Is it Yiyue? Co in, quickly."
Shen Yiyue then pushed the door open and entered, Yang PeiMin urged her to hurry onto the kang bed, "Is it cold?"
Shen Yiyue, without any hesitation, snuggled into the quilt Yang PeiMin had opened, "Sister-in-law, they caught the person outside."
Shen Yiyue’s eyes were shining brightly, filled with excitent, "They finally caught the person. Let’s see if he dares to play any more tricks. I was so disturbed by it I couldn’t sleep all night yesterday!"
Yang PeiMin asked, "Do you know who they caught?"
Shen Yiyue pursed her lips, "It’s Huang Tao’s man, Li Er."
She had guessed correctly.
"When I heard the noise, I imdiately got up with Yixiang. She wanted to go out and watch the excitent and dragged along. Since I couldn’t sleep anyway, I followed her outside. Then my brother saw and told to co in and keep you company."
"I took a look outside myself, and Li Er was caught in a rat trap, screaming in pain. When he saw everyone coming out, he even had the gall to ask for help to get the trap off his foot... When I ca back, it seed like there was also so commotion at the Li Family next door. People wanted to co over and see what was happening."
Eldest Son of Li Family really did rush out to see his brother surrounded by a crowd and felt a thump in his heart, sensing trouble!
The Shen Family had already sent soone to call the team leader, and other nearby neighbors who heard the commotion quickly dressed and ca out to check.
Li Er had already removed the trap from his foot but was blocked from leaving by the Shen family, so he could only squat in the corner looking defeated.
"What’s happened here?" Eldest Son Li shouted in disbelief.
"You’ve arrived just in ti. Your precious brother is outside our courtyard wall drawing with chicken blood!"
Li Dashuan shook his head, his face filled with disbelief, twisting his mouth into a smile uglier than crying, "You must be mistaken, how could Ershuan dare to do such a thing?"
Shen Yidong snorted and wouldn’t even bother with him.
Because by that ti, the team leader had already arrived.
He briefed the team leader on the situation.
The team leader listened with a dark expression. Considering it was now past two in the morning, and despite the absence of snow, the biting north wind made it quite chilling to crawl out of the cozy quilt.
He told everyone to go back ho, saying they would deal with this matter the next day. Li Er was also allowed to go ho, and the team leader glared at Eldest Son Li, "Don’t let your brother run away. If he does, you’ll take the bla!"
Old ginger is hotter than fresh.
This warning extinguished any little sche Li Er might have harbored.
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