The quilt had not yet fallen.
It suffered heavy blows from Lu Lu Shoes and Toast, and the entire quilt was stretched, its material's extensibility pushed to the limit. Then, it vigorously contracted, pushing Toast back.
Toast’s reaction was also quite swift; the moment it realized the quilt could still counterattack, it quickly opened its mouth and bit one corner of the quilt.
When it was pushed back, it dragged the quilt along with it as it flew out, then in the process, it collided with Lu Lu Shoes again, and the three together crashed through the window glass behind them, falling out of sight and sound.
Zheng Fan and Lin Yilin came to the bedside and saw the quilt bundled around two things, forming a ball below.
Lin Yilin: “…”
Li Li: “...What are all these things?”
Ye Mao: “So… so amazing…”
Zheng Fan: “Splendid, but Toast and Lu Lu Shoes still need more practice. Two against one, and they couldn’t even take down a wild quilt; they’re too weak!”
No sooner had he finished speaking than someone suddenly rushed out from the roadside, grabbed the quilt from the ground, bundled the three things together, and then rode away on a motorcycle from the roadside.
Zheng Fan was stunned.
What’s going on? How could someone even steal something like this?
“That person reacted very quickly; he immediately recognized what these things were. Judging from the angle he came out, he shouldn’t have been able to see Toast and the shoes, which means he was initially targeting the quilt,” Lin Yilin analyzed after a brief silence.
“Isn’t that… the neighbor’s uncle?” Ye Mao suddenly said.
“Ye Mao, you know him?” Li Li was a bit nervous, clearly seeing how swift and skilled that person’s actions were, worried her daughter knew bad people.
“He’s just the uncle who lives next door. I met him when I went to collect the quilt before…” Ye Mao explained.
Lin Yilin glanced at her: “Collecting the quilt…”
The sunniest place in such apartment buildings is the rooftop terrace, and most families like to take their quilts upstairs to dry them, then bring them back when the sun sets.
“At that time, that uncle also seemed to be collecting quilts… No, I saw him holding a quilt when I entered the elevator. Then we accidentally tripped, and both our quilts got mixed up…” Ye Mao seemed to slowly realize something.
Upon hearing this, Ms. Li Li also remembered something: “Was that the time I asked you to collect the quilt, and you brought it back dirty from falling on the ground?”
“Mm…” Ye Mao nodded.
“It seems it was taken by mistake before, but if a quilt can be accidentally mixed up like that… it seems that quilt itself wanted to escape from that man’s hands, using you to make its move,” Lin Yilin thought and said.
“Miss Lin, your Toast and shoes were all taken away… Is that alright?” Ms. Li asked.
Although she knew the neighbor was a troublemaker, nothing had happened in all the years they lived in this apartment. There was no neighborly relationship; everyone usually lived in peace.
Returning something taken by mistake was fine, not to mention it was a quilt that almost tormented her daughter to death; as a mother, she was actually relieved deep down.
However, Lin Yilin was invited to help, and her magical little things looked a bit astounding, but they must be very precious tools from the Processing Bureau, she thought.
“It’s fine; if that person took those two things, it’s their bad luck. Let’s settle the commission first; it’s just a small matter, less than an hour, so I’ll charge you the lowest price…” Lin Yilin picked up her phone and said.
She also took out a spare pair of shoes from her bag. Because of Lu Lu Shoes, the mother and daughter were still a bit scared when Lin Yilin took out the shoes.
However, the family was very straightforward about the payment. After settling the fee and leaving proof, Lin Yilin and Zheng Fan slowly left the apartment building together.
“I’m really not in a hurry, but Mr. Illusion, aren’t you going to chase them?” Lin Yilin asked at this point.
“Didn’t you say so? It’s that person’s bad luck to pick up Toast and the shoes together,” Zheng Fan was also completely unconcerned.
A joke, that was Perfect Toast and its shoe little brother!
What could possibly happen?
“Really?”
“Besides, yesterday I stuffed it with the blood drop I absorbed from the Killing demon, but I stuffed it in with a desiccant, so it probably hasn’t reacted yet.”
Zheng Fan casually said something a bit terrifying.
“You just directly stuffed that thing, which you haven’t figured out the specifics of, into Toast?” Lin Yilin knew Zheng Fan’s casualness, but she couldn’t help but complain every time.
“Wasn’t it the same last time? This time I originally wanted to give it to Jiang Si, but Little Zombie said she had enough attachments and didn’t need this one, then refused, so I gave it to Toast.”
“Experiment subject number one and experiment subject number two?”
“Lu Lu Shoes, number three, and you, number four.”
“Thank you for putting me so far down the list.”
“You’re welcome. Let’s just look slowly. Maybe as we search, by the time we’re ready to get off work and return to the office, we’ll be surprised to find them already waiting for us at home.” Zheng Fan was truly not worried at all.
Lin Yilin, however, directly took out her phone: “I already have that man’s information.”
“Hiss…”
...
Karaero rode his motorcycle and quickly called someone: “Hello? It’s me; I found that Phantasms I lost before. Yes, I’ve been staking it out for a long time; it turns out it was taken by mistake before.”
“You’ve been searching for so long and only now realized it was taken by mistake?! You should have thought of that long ago!” The person on the other end of the phone couldn’t help but curse.
“This quilt is really cunning; they didn’t tell me it was so smart when we handed it over before!” Karaero said indignantly.
He had been so worried about losing this quilt that he hadn’t eaten or slept well during this time. Was it easy for him?
“Forget it, just bring it over first. I’ll immediately contact the previous buyer; I hope they still want it. Otherwise, we’ll still have to figure out how to dispose of it ourselves.”
“Okay.”
He turned a few corners and entered an alley on Beixiao Road.
In a somewhat dirty factory building, as soon as he entered, he saw his usual accomplices.
He tossed the quilt onto the ground with some irritation: “It’s here. What did the buyer say?”
“They didn’t give a definite answer, but they said they’d send someone to take a look first, and there’s still a possibility,” someone replied.
“That’s good then.” Karaero wiped his sweat.
This could be considered locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. They were originally just doing this kind of intermediary and logistics work. This batch of goods was reportedly gnawed off from the Processing Bureau by the upstream party, entrusted to them for temporary safekeeping and to be traded to the downstream buyer after the heat died down.
But then, during a delivery recently, they found the goods were wrong; a quilt was missing.
Being held accountable made it very difficult for their small business to continue. It seemed these stolen goods and Phantasms they handled were valuable, but where did they get the courage to mess with them? The small amount of money they got was barely anything for each of them.
Although they inwardly grumbled that these people didn’t even clearly inform them of the specific information before entrusting them with the goods, they thought that perhaps those people also didn’t know the specific use of this batch of goods. Besides, they didn’t have the guts to talk back to forces that had weapons, so in the end, they could only suffer grievances from both sides.
Now that the quilt was back, even if it just helped their reputation a little, it was good. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to make ends meet during this period.
Many members of the team had already found other work.
“Hmm? Is this kid new?” Karaero saw an unfamiliar face, took out a cigarette, and took a puff.
“He’s a temporary helper, very capable, skilled at assembling things, and quick-witted,” someone said, looking at the kid who was helping them fix a motorcycle.
“Temporary? We don’t have much money right now…”
“He seems quite naive; we can just trick him later.” The two spoke in hushed voices.
Lu Chongming’s tools paused, then he continued his work as if nothing had happened.
But he was already cursing in his heart.
Damn it, seeing the conditions in this factory, he knew he probably wouldn’t get paid. These pieces of shit!