Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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He Yuzhu said, "Sister Ling, don't talk nonsense. There's no young girl here. The translator at this movie theater is my neighbor. I need to talk to him."

"Really?"

"Of course, if you don't believe me, I'll take you to the screening room upstairs."

"Even if what you're saying is true, start the car now, I've requisitioned your car."

"Even if what I said is true, it is clearly true."

"Okay, okay, drive now."

Seeing that Bai Ling wasn't joking, He Yuzhu unlocked the jeep, took out the crank, and started the engine.

Bai Ling immediately sat in the passenger seat and said, "I was just following a wanted criminal, you need to drive quickly."

He Yuzhu quickly drove forward as instructed, and took the opportunity to inquire about what had happened.

It turns out that Bai Ling had spotted a wanted criminal on the street and followed him until he went into a shop to buy something.

She hid under the cover of the jeep, and then realized that the jeep looked somewhat familiar.

He Yuzhu had barely said two words when the other party came out of the shop, at which point Bai Ling urged He Yuzhu to drive quickly.

They quickly caught up with the wanted criminal. He Yuzhu drove forward, stopped at the intersection, and then got out to buy cigarettes from a roadside stall.

He Yuzhu got into the car after the wanted criminals had crossed the intersection.

"Not bad, you actually have a talent for tracking."

"This is nothing to worry about."

Bai Ling glanced at him but didn't say anything. Soon, she saw the wanted criminal turn into a small alley.

He Yuzhu stopped the jeep and asked, "What do we do next?"

Bai Ling said, "Isn't this a piece of cake for you?"

He Yuzhu looked somewhat embarrassed: "Get out of the car and follow them?"

Bai Ling had already opened the car door and jumped out. He Yuzhu quickly locked the car, got out, and walked over to her side.

"Why are you following me? I can manage on my own."

He Yuzhu said, "Are you very capable?"

Bai Ling thought of He Yuzhu, who had practiced martial arts, and just snorted without saying anything more.

The alley is winding with many side streets, and many of the bluestone slabs on the ground are broken.

The wanted criminal in front suddenly turned around, and He Yuzhu quickly pulled Bai Ling to lean against the wall. Before she knew it, Bai Ling had fallen into He Yuzhu's arms.

"What are you doing?" Bai Ling said, somewhat angrily.

He Yuzhu reached out and covered her mouth, then whispered in her ear, "Didn't you see the other person trying to turn around?"

Bai Ling recalled that the other person seemed to have made a movement as if they wanted to turn their head, but she didn't react at all.

Unexpectedly, He Yuzhu immediately figured it out. Not only did he figure it out, but he also acted extremely quickly and immediately pulled her to dodge.

After some reflection, I realized that the two of them were in a rather ambiguous position.

She buried her entire body in He Yuzhu's arms, the pressure on his chest making it hard to breathe, turning her into two big pancakes.

She blushed immediately, but He Yuzhu probably didn't mean it, so she couldn't blame him.

She quickly stood up, her face flushed, and said, "You follow ahead, and I'll follow behind."

He Yuzhu nodded and walked ahead. He could sense through his mental power that the other party had just turned back to check, which was just a normal operation and did not see him and Bai Ling.

The two followed behind, and soon the wanted criminal turned a corner and entered a small courtyard.

These are all individual courtyards, none of them very big, with just a few rooms. But the good thing is that each family has its own courtyard, so there are far fewer petty squabbles between neighbors.

After the wanted criminal entered the courtyard, He Yuzhu could also sense that he was the only one inside, indicating that this was a place for him to stay.

The other party had already closed the courtyard gate. The two walked a few steps forward and stopped in the alley.

"What should we do now? Should we climb over the wall and grab him, or wait and see if he has any accomplices?"

Bai Ling thought for a moment and said, "It's best to wait. This guy sells opium."

Opium is a form of drug that is considered extremely harmful and is one of the most intolerable legal practices in China.

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "Then they should all be shot if they are caught."

Then, looking around, Bai Ling asked, "What are you doing?"

He Yuzhu said, "We can't just stand here like this, can we?"

Then he peered over the wall at the yard next to the wanted criminal's house.

I just checked with my mental energy, and there's no one in this courtyard. The houses are a bit dilapidated, and it seems like no one has lived here for a long time.

"It seems like no one lives in this courtyard."

After speaking, He Yuzhu climbed over the wall and quietly jumped inside.

Then they found the spare key in the yard and opened the gate.

Bai Ling came in and said, "How come you seem so familiar with doing this?"

"Back in the day, I fought my way in and out of Moscow three times."

Bai Ling laughed and said, "So you're going to be a thief?"

He Yuzhu quickly covered her mouth: "Keep your voice down. No one lives in this house. That wanted criminal must know. Let's stay in the yard and try not to make any noise."

He Yuzhu acted quickly, so he didn't pay much attention and pulled Bai Ling into his arms again. The posture was a bit ambiguous, but fortunately, he only hugged her halfway.

Bai Ling gently struggled free and whispered, "I understand."

I did speak a bit too loudly just now. If the neighbors heard the noise, they might come over to check.

After all, those who can work in this line of work are all extremely careful.

In fact, He Yuzhu had been using his mental power to observe the neighboring yard. After the wanted criminal entered the yard, he went into the house and did not come out again.

He Yuzhu asked, "He's wanted by the police, which means he's committed a crime before. How were you able to see him?"

“This criminal is wanted by us internally, but we are only suspected of drug trafficking. I suddenly saw him on the road today, so I decided to follow him.”

He Yuzhu nodded, then carefully searched the neighboring yard, but didn't see a single speck of tobacco.

Then suddenly, they discovered something unusual in the courtyard they were in. In the corner of the courtyard, under the water vat, there was a package wrapped in multiple layers of oil paper, containing a lot of opium.

Suddenly it dawned on me: no wonder this courtyard looked like it had been uninhabited for a long time; it was all the work of that wanted criminal.

The other party did not hide the opium directly in their own yard, but placed it in the yard next door.

Even if someone is caught by accident, few police officers will go to the neighbor's yard and dig up the ground.

He would only search for evidence in the yard where he lived.

If that's all there is to it, then there's no way to find opium, and without evidence, he can't be convicted.

Those who dare to enter this line of work are all shrewd and capable.

Unfortunately, the other party ran into me. Standing here without moving, I could easily discover the evidence of their crime.

If I were a police officer, that would be great too; no crime could escape my watchful eye.

However, how can I reasonably tell Bai Ling about this?

If I were to tell her directly, that would be too outrageous; there would be no way to explain how I knew there was opium hidden under the water vat in the yard.

He Yuzhu asked, "Does your headquarters have any police dogs?"

Yes, there are, but not many.

He Yuzhu was relieved. He didn't need to give any special reminders. Now that they had found the wanted criminal's hideout, the criminal wouldn't be able to escape.

Bai Ling said, "Thank you so much today. Without you, we wouldn't have been able to track you all the way here."

Thinking about how He Yuzhu had hugged her twice today and even covered her mouth with his hand, she felt a little embarrassed.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's what I should do. We're good friends now."

"Yes, we're friends now."

There was no commotion in the neighboring courtyard either. The two sat on the steps and chatted. He Yuzhu was very eloquent and never let the conversation fall silent.

I learned most of what Bai Ling was going through, but I didn't ask about her divorce from Zheng Chaoyang.

It wasn't until evening that the wanted criminal in the neighboring yard came out to cook. After eating, he didn't go out; he went straight to wash up and went inside.

He Yuzhu and Bai Ling sat there until evening, only then were they able to confirm that the other had no intention of going out.

Bai Ling said, "Thank you so much for today. We can leave now. I'll arrange for someone to come and keep an eye on things later."

He Yuzhu said, "There's no rush. Let me treat you to dinner."

"Let me treat you, you've gone to so much trouble for me today."

He Yuzhu didn't say much. The two of them came out of the yard, and He Yuzhu hid the key, locked the gate, and then left.

After getting back into the jeep, He Yuzhu said, "If you're going to monitor me, how are you going to do it? You're not going to hide in the yard like you did just now, are you?"

Bai Ling shook her head and said, "Of course not. There's only a wall separating the two sides, so it's too troublesome to monitor. We mainly monitor the entrances and exits inside the alley. After he comes out, we'll follow him and confirm the people he's dealing with."