Master, Your Wife Has Become a Super Star Through Fortune-Telling-Chapter 91 - 92: The Grateful Thief
It was obvious the thief had been drawn in by Xiao Chen.
[Be careful, dude! You’re good, but what if that bastard has a weapon?]
[Yeah, no matter how good your kung fu, you still fear a kitchen knife.]
[This thief is so damn greedy!]
[It’s a good thing those three strong guys are there.]
Xiao Chen took his sweet time. He seemed to be excitedly talking on the phone while washing up, then he dawdled into his room and closed the door.
In reality, this was all an act. He pretended to go into the bedroom, but he was actually hiding cautiously in the living room.
[Four strong guys waiting for one thief!]
[When you put it that way, this thief is getting the VIP treatment.]
[He’s going to come down all excited, only to find not five million yuan, but four burly men!]
[Congratulations to Mr. Thief. If all goes to plan, he’ll be singing the jailhouse blues tonight.]
Three burly men were already waiting in the living room, and Xiao Chen pretended to be asleep. A few minutes later, the thief finally couldn’t hold back any longer.
CREAK...
The thief opened the window as quietly as he could, but it still made some noise. The moment the window creaked, everyone inside the house was instantly on alert.
[Catching a thief on a live stream! This is something else!]
[This thief is going to get what he deserves today.]
[He’s probably already figured out how he’s going to spend that five million.]
The thief moved stealthily, carefully placing his feet on the ground.
Then, with a light hop, he landed nimbly on the floor.
He started carefully rummaging through the living room. ’I’m here for the five million,’ he thought, ’but I can’t let any other valuables slip by.’
[He’d skin a flea for its hide!!]
[I’ve gotta say, being a thief takes talent too. Look at the way he’s searching through things. The key is that after he rifles through everything, he can make it look untouched.]
[And he’s actually pretty professional. He even knew to wear gloves!]
He crept closer and closer to the small room. A chair had been placed by the door, and Xiao Chen was squatting behind it.
The thief crept over cautiously, his mind probably racing with thoughts of the five million yuan.
Even after turning the living room upside down, all he’d found was a single five-yuan bill.
But this didn’t discourage him. The thief carefully gripped the doorknob, trying to open it with the least amount of noise.
Slowly, slowly, as if he were moving at a snail’s pace, his hand moved downwards just a tiny bit at a time.
But the effect was remarkable. There was absolutely no sound.
[Seeing him so tense over the five million, I can’t help but laugh!]
[Hahahaha, I just hope he doesn’t get scared stiff when four huge guys suddenly jump out at him.]
[Four burly guys... one punch from each and his scrawny body probably won’t be able to take it.]
[What I’m thinking now is that the guy really does live in a remote area. I reported it to the police a while ago, and they still haven’t arrived.]
The thief was still carefully pulling the door when suddenly, one of the burly men’s phones rang.
The thief whipped his head around. The burly man was quick, immediately placing the phone on the sofa.
This led the thief to a misunderstanding. He thought the resident had intentionally left it outside.
After all, many people don’t take their phones into the bedroom these days to improve their sleep quality.
"Eheheh, don’t blame me for this!"
The thief let out a sleazy laugh and crept towards the phone.
[This thief is so greedy!]
[Greed will be his undoing. He chose this himself.]
The thief moved toward the phone step by step. Everyone’s attention was fixed on his every move. Meanwhile, Xiao Chen leaned in close to his neck and gently blew a puff of air.
The thief froze. An unspeakable fear began to creep over him.
’Is... is something behind me?’
In a flash, the thief mustered his courage and spun around.
But what met him was Xiao Chen’s fist. Then, Xiao Chen quickly had him in a restraining hold.
"Which crew are you with?!"
The thief couldn’t believe he’d been caught. He thought Xiao Chen was also in the same line of work.
He deliberately lowered his voice and whispered to Xiao Chen.
"This family picked up something of mine. I’m just here to get it back. I definitely won’t get in your way."
Xiao Chen flicked on the light. "You’re really after my five million?"
"Huh?"
The thief was dumbfounded.
"You... how did you know!"
He even asked with a strange sense of self-righteousness.
[What a stupid thief!]
[So clueless. First time I’ve ever seen one this idiotic!]
[I’m seriously dying of laughter.]
"Eheheh, didn’t expect that, did you? I was just messing with you. Win five million? If I won five million, I wouldn’t be living here. I’d ascend to heaven on the spot!"
"Wondering why I’d say something like that?"
"It’s because of you, you idiot! You were outside my window scrolling through TikTok and laughing too loud. Big Bro was looking for you, and I happened to spot you."
"I’m an absolute genius, hahahaha!!!"
Xiao Chen laughed smugly. The thief’s face had gone from red to a mix of blue and purple.
"You fight dirty!"
"P’TUI! Honor my ass!"
The burly men also jumped out from the shadows, one after another.
Like lifting a baby chick, they grabbed him from Xiao Chen’s hands and, the moment they had him, slapped him across the face.
Then they patted him down and, sure enough, found a wallet on him.
"Hey, you son of a bitch!"
The thief was slapped again. Seeing the other three men cracking their knuckles behind him, he was stunned.
’If they each give me a slap, this will be no joke.’
He was already terrified. He remembered a case he’d seen before, about a thief who was beaten to death by a burly man after being caught stealing.
Though he lived by stealing, he still wanted to live a long life. What’s more, he was facing four burly men—quadruple the trouble!
’If each one lands a punch, I’ll probably cash in my chips right here.’ At that moment, his heart sank. He had a premonition that things were about to go very wrong.
He quickly begged for mercy. "I was wrong, I was wrong! Please, just call the police and have them arrest me! Don’t beat me!"
[Hahahaha, this has to be the first thief to ever beg for the police to come arrest him!]
[The best part is how sincere he sounded, hahahaha!]
[Let’s grant him his wish. He’s not acting; those are his true feelings!]
Under Big Bro’s sharp gaze, they finally handed the thief over to the police. He was incredibly submissive the entire way, terrified they’d give him another beating before it was all over.
He was used to being in and out of the station—a real hardened case. But getting beaten up by four burly men at once was an experience he was not eager to have.
And so, under the thief’s grateful gaze, the four men were utterly bewildered. ’This bastard isn’t just lazy,’ they thought, ’he’s crazy too.’
As for Xiao Chen, he made a killing from this whole affair, easily pocketing a thousand yuan.
[What kind of insane luck is that?!]
[Hahaha, I’m so jealous, but if it were me, I wouldn’t have the guts to do that.]
[Me neither. I’d be afraid the thief would punch me into a wall.]
[That look in the thief’s eyes just now killed me. Anyone who didn’t know better would think those guys had just done some incredibly heroic deed for him!]
[So jealous, but it’s all thanks to the streamer.]
Xiao Chen scratched his head sheepishly. "Yeah, if it weren’t for the streamer, I wouldn’t have this thousand yuan today!"
Su Nian: "You deserved this good fortune. Even if I hadn’t reminded you today, you would have discovered the thief anyway because of how loudly he was laughing at TikTok. The only difference is that you two would have fought, and you would have gotten hurt."
[That’s still thanks to the streamer.]
[Getting hurt sucks!]
[The streamer is such a good person!]
"Alright, that’s all for today’s stream. See you all tomorrow at the same time."
After saying that, Su Nian ended the stream as cleanly and decisively as always.
「Two hours earlier.」
Mu Wan, however, was enduring inhuman torture.
