Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 121 Meeting Again
While Zhang Ke was patrolling the school, Lin Ge slipped away to the dormitory building alone.

The dormitory building was deserted during the day, and the smell of stinky feet and sweat that could be smelled from afar made Lin Ge unwilling to go near it.

He simply went to the place where the bullying had occurred the previous night, sniffed around to make sure there was no smell of blood, and checked again to find no signs of a fight before he felt a little relieved.

In other words, the bad kids at this school still have a little bit of sense of propriety.

While nine years of compulsory education may not necessarily help them become outstanding individuals, it at least plants the seeds of law in their hearts and lets them know that serious mistakes will lead to unbearable consequences.

That's enough!
Bad kids are unavoidable, and bad people can't disappear from the world. The only thing the police can do is to make them think twice, reduce the harm they cause to others, and punish them.

Lin Ge breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle, do you think it's okay to dig this deep?"

A somewhat familiar voice suddenly came from the other side of the courtyard wall, which made Lin Ge, who was planning to meet up with Zhang Ke and Sun Chang, pause for a moment.

This sound...

correct!

He's one of those two swindlers!
Lin Ge finally realized what he had forgotten that he had been racking his brains for so long but couldn't figure out.

Zhao Liang's matter was resolved smoothly, but the two big swindlers who cheated people downstairs from Zhang Yining's house have not yet been dealt with!
I don't know what that good-for-nothing Zhang Yong is good for. Didn't I already tell him what to do?

Lin Ge grumbled inwardly, feeling annoyed.

"Uncle, let me help you to a shady spot to rest. You can leave the work here to us!"

Then another conman's voice rang out.

"What's going on over there? Who are these two scammers trying to fool?"

Lin Ge looked around curiously and discovered the brick wall the students used to climb over to skip class. It was about a meter high, just enough for the kids to climb over with both hands.

Without hesitation, he used the stack of bricks to jump up and successfully climbed onto the wall.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the other side of the wall was a large, reclaimed vegetable garden. It wasn't small, about twenty acres. A few elderly people were scattered around, planting vegetables, energetically carrying water and digging ditches.

Near the courtyard wall, there were several mounds of finely turned soil. A conman dressed in a shirt and trousers was rolling up his sleeves and using a shovel to dig trenches next to the mounds, digging them deeper so he could then sprinkle the precious soil into the mounds.

This person worked very diligently, keeping his head down and stepping on the shovel steadily, without slacking off at all.

Not far away, under a large locust tree, a slightly hunched old man was slowly stuffing his pipe with tobacco, being well taken care of by another swindler next to him.

At first glance, it's a beautiful picture of a son serving his father with filial piety.

Even the elderly people in other vegetable fields not far away looked on with envy.

Only Lin Ge knew that these two swindlers must have much bigger plans! The old man they were so eager to curry favor with must have some very tempting benefits.

"The ditch needs to be dug deeper; if it's too shallow, it won't drain well when it rains."

The old man enjoyed the feeling of having his cigarette lit, took a puff of his pipe, and slowly said, "Xiao Kan, you're not as good at working as Xiao Ke. Don't just rely on brute force. Farm work requires using your brain; you can't grow good crops with just brute force."

"Yes! Yes! You're right!"

The swindler called Xiao Kan was the one with the shovel. He stood up, wiped the sweat from his brow, and patted his back, saying, "Uncle, I can tell at a glance that you must have been a skilled worker when you were young! Only someone like you could grow such delicious vegetables! Hehe... You should rest more and just give us brothers verbal guidance! People work hard all their lives, so they should enjoy their old age. Ye Ke, take good care of your uncle!"

"Why should I need you to serve me for no reason?"

The old man muttered something, but he didn't get up again.

A conman named Ye Ke offered to massage the old man's back, but the old man waved him off. A look of nostalgia appeared on the old man's wrinkled face as he looked at the clouds in the sky, smoking a cigarette, lost in thought.

Time passed slowly, and when Ye Kan got tired of working, Ye Ke would take over. The two brothers took turns, and by noon they had finally finished tending to all the plots of land.

Lin Ge patiently peered over the wall for a long time.

Seeing this, Lin Ge had to admit that these two swindlers were indeed patient and persistent. This was a real job, and there was no room for laziness; after all, the difference between good and bad was immediately apparent. Speaking of which, with such perseverance, why did these two swindlers choose to commit fraud when there were so many other things they could be doing?

Lin Ge couldn't understand what some people were thinking.

He should have contacted Zhang Yong right now and arrested these two fugitives in the Zhao Liang case. Looking back, it was his mistake; he hadn't even warned Zhang Yong about the connection between these two swindlers and Zhao Liang. He wondered how the auntie over at Zhang Yining's house was doing with her elevator installation project, and whether she'd been fooled by those two swindlers.

Lin Ge lazily daydreamed, deciding to follow the two swindlers to see what they were planning to do to the old man, and then find an opportunity to contact Zhang Yong to take them all down.

"Okay, that's it for today."

Just when Ye Kan and Ye Ke were completely exhausted, the old man finally spoke.

The old man slowly stood up, patted his trouser leg, and gave the two of them a satisfied smile: "You two have worked hard today. Come back with me for a meal. Let's put our things back first, and then go to the market to buy some groceries to treat you properly."

Ye Kan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly began to pack up the farm tools, saying as he did so, "Oh, no need! Treating me like this is too much. Let Ye Ke buy these vegetables as a token of our respect for you!"

"Huh? You call me uncle, and now you won't listen to me?"

The old man glared at him, feigning displeasure.

"Alright! Alright! Then I'll enjoy Uncle's care for the younger generation today!"

Ye Kan quickly made a gesture of surrender.

The old man laughed heartily with satisfaction, appearing to be in excellent spirits.

Following the old man's instructions, the two brothers put the farm tools into a low shed made of tarpaulin on this side of the courtyard wall, and then helped the old man out of the vegetable garden while talking to him.

Lin Ge quietly jumped down and followed at a distance.

Some elderly people who were still working saw Lin Ge and noticed his police vest. But these days there are many strange clothes, and even cats and dogs wear odd outfits, so the elderly people didn't immediately associate him with a police cat.

He assumed it was someone's pet that had escaped, muttered something, and continued working.

Then, the old man led the two swindlers into the residential area next to the vegetable garden.

The neighborhood doesn't look bad; it's all high-rise buildings, around ten stories or more. But judging by the peeling paint, it's probably an old building from over a decade ago. Then I thought, what kind of wealth did people have to afford an apartment with an elevator over ten years ago?
Baimiao used to be the most prosperous area in Zhangzhou, so even though these elderly people are still working hard to grow vegetables every day, they are probably richer than anyone else.

Lin Ge followed from a distance, watching the old man lead the two swindlers to the fourth building inside, open the courtyard gate on the first floor, and take the two inside.

From the outside, the yard was ridiculously lush with greenery. Grape trellises climbed over the iron fence, and inside, there were ivy covering the walls and potted plants everywhere. In the center of the yard stood a tree whose name Lin Ge didn't know, only that it was particularly beautiful when it bloomed in spring.

Lin Ge sneaked to a corner outside the courtyard and peered through the iron fence of the courtyard wall.

The two swindlers acted very reservedly and politely, refusing to enter the old man's house and only sitting awkwardly on small stools in the yard. The old man couldn't refuse, so he brought out two bottles of drinks with only English text from inside the house and gave them to the two men, telling them to rest a bit.

After saying that, the old man slowly walked out the door to buy groceries.

"How to do?"

"hold on!"

The two con artists exchanged glances, then continued to play the good boys, while keeping an eye on their surroundings to see if anyone would pass by.

Fortunately, the large amount of greenery concealed the yard quite well, and for a while, no one noticed that there were two people sitting in the yard.

The two waited a while longer, but finally couldn't wait any longer.

"Is this old man really hiding a treasure?"

Ye Ke couldn't help but ask.

"That's right! It's the real deal! A set of Go stones from the Ming Dynasty imperial kiln, complete with a certificate of authenticity. It's said that his spendthrift son wanted to sell it at a Hong Kong auction to emigrate, but this old man risked severing ties with his son to snatch it back."

Ye Kan said it with certainty, and couldn't help but lick his lips.

"Go game jars are great! You can just put them in a bag and take them with you, and nobody will know!"

Ye Ke laughed excitedly.

Ye Kan opened the door to the house: "You keep an eye on the outside, I'll go in and take a look. Be careful, the old man might come back early! Hehe... I've worked hard for him for three days, and I've finally gained his trust. I'll go in and see where the thing is, and find a chance to switch it with something tomorrow."

(End of this chapter)