Chapter 144: The Enthusiastic Citizens

I just asked for sick leave from my boss, and then the next thing I know, I have to ask my boss to rescue me because of a fight. This is so embarrassing.

Lin Xiangnan was confident that she could take down everyone blocking the gate before the police arrived and then leave in a grand manner.

The other party had done something wrong, so they wouldn’t dare report it to the police.

Lin Xiangnan stretched her limbs, ready to make a quick move and then run away quickly.

Aunt Hua held her hand, adhering to the principle of “peace is the most important thing,” and spoke first, “Let’s talk things out. Why are you blocking the gate?”

“Let my brother go.”

“Yes. Let him go. Otherwise, you two won’t be leaving this gate today.”

Lin Xiangnan looked at the bicycle thief she had tied up, her expression gradually turning to shock.

Such a black and thin person, looking like a monkey, was actually a big brother?

“You can’t judge a book by its cover,” Lin Xiangnan couldn’t help but exclaim, “How did you become the big brother?”

“I’m the only one who knows how to dismantle and assemble bicycles.”

Lin Xiangnan suddenly realized, “A skilled worker. No wonder they’re in a hurry. If you’re locked up, the team will fall apart.”

Her luck was pretty good, she caught the key person right away.

Seeing Lin Xiangnan’s unreliable appearance, Aunt Hua couldn’t help but give her a disdainful glance and continued, “If it’s just stealing a bicycle, you won’t be locked up for long. But you also brought people to threaten us two women, which makes the situation serious.”

“Let me go, and we’ll let you leave.” The black and thin big brother, who was being held hostage, took the initiative to negotiate.

“That won’t do. This matter can’t be brushed aside so easily. Today you stole our bike, and we let you go, tomorrow you’ll go steal someone else’s bike.”

Aunt Hua was a retired government official, no matter what the outcome, she wanted to report the case and alert the police in this area.

Aunt Hua only wanted to handle this matter officially, not privately.

“Didn’t we already fix your bike? If you want, I can even compensate you with another bike.” The black and thin big brother offered.

“We don’t need bicycles.”

“Two bikes?” The big brother continued to increase the offer.

“Three?”

“Four? You can ask for whatever conditions you want.”

This group of people stole bicycles, then dismantled them into parts for easier transportation and use. When customers needed them, they could directly assemble a bicycle.

A bicycle would cost over 100 yuan even if you bought it with coupons, which ordinary families couldn’t afford. But this group of people were in the business, so they naturally had no shortage of bicycles.

“These little things can’t bribe us. I advise you to be honest and go to the police station to turn yourself in.” Aunt Hua said with a righteous face.

As she said this, the others in the yard showed a fierce look, surrounding Lin Xiangnan and the other woman, with a threatening tone.

Lin Xiangnan thought Aunt Hua’s talk was a bit too much, but she still endured it. When the enemy moved first, she asked Aunt Hua, “Can we make a move now?”

“They are all just kids, why are they so stubborn?” Aunt Hua muttered, but she didn’t hesitate, and together with Lin Xiangnan, she picked up sticks and went to work.

Aunt Hua was a seasoned veteran, her skills were not weak. Lin Xiangnan took the lead in attacking, while she cleaned up the aftermath, beating them up until they howled.

“Xiao Lin, your skills are not good, you just have brute force. Doesn’t Gu Zhenhua teach you a few moves at home?”

“We don’t fight at home.”

The members of this bicycle theft gang didn’t expect to encounter two female demons, cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

Seeing that the situation was not good, some of them didn’t want to save their big brother anymore, they just wanted to run away. After a fake move, they rushed towards the gate.

Lin Xiangnan didn’t notice this, but Aunt Hua, accustomed to looking in all directions and listening to all sounds, saw someone running away and quickly reminded, “Xiao Lin, hit his leg.”

Lin Xiangnan followed orders and immediately smashed the stick in her hand.

With a thud, the person who was running away fell to his knees, clutching his calf and howling.

Seeing this, the others swallowed nervously, looked at each other, and then scattered in all directions.

“Wow, they’re so spineless?” Lin Xiangnan was surprised. They hadn’t even fought for a few rounds, and these people were already scared.

Running away separately was their old trick, they always did this when they encountered a crisis.

Lin Xiangnan and Aunt Hua were only two people, they were outnumbered, and they only managed to keep two of them, the other three took the opportunity to run away.

“Since they ran away, they shouldn’t dare to come back for a while. Let’s tie these people up in the yard first, and then ride our bikes to the police station to report the case.” Aunt Hua arranged.

There were a lot of bicycle parts scattered on the ground in this remote courtyard, but not many ropes, so Lin Xiangnan had to go into the room and find some old clothes to use as ropes to tie up the bicycle thieves.

“Aunt Hua, hurry up, the police will be here soon!” Lin Xiangnan urged while working.

Going to report the case voluntarily was different from being caught by the police.

The noise of the fight in the yard just now was quite loud, even in such a remote place, someone should have noticed.

As soon as Lin Xiangnan finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

“Open the door! Open the door quickly!” The voice was urgent, but full of authority.

“Are the police officers here?” Lin Xiangnan took the initiative to say, “I’ll open the door right away.”

As soon as the courtyard gate opened, Lin Xiangnan saw several police officers in uniform who were out of breath.

“Someone reported that you were fighting here.”

Lin Xiangnan was indignant, “We also want to report a case. Someone stole our bikes and tried to beat us. We caught them.”

“You actually caught them?” The police officers were surprised.

As the police in this area, they were quite familiar with this gang.

They would first steal bikes, and if the owner couldn’t find them, they would simply swallow the bikes. If the owner was able to find their way to their door, they would simply run away.

But by then, many parts of the bike had already been dismantled, and most ordinary people couldn’t fix bicycles, so they had to ask someone to help them repair them.

This gang, besides stealing bikes, also secretly operated a bicycle repair business. They would dismantle the stolen bikes, and some owners even had to pay them to put the parts back together.

No matter how you calculated it, they were making money.

This time, they stole Lin Xiangnan’s bike, and when they were found, they also ran away as planned.

Who would have thought that Lin Xiangnan wouldn’t play by the rules, and instead of checking her bike first, she chased after them.

This was like the gourd brothers saving their grandfather, one by one they fell into the trap.

“We have them red-handed. They’re definitely going to be sent to a labor camp. Please, you two ladies, come with us to the station to make a statement.”

This gang of bicycle thieves had problems, but Lin Xiangnan and the other woman’s skills were also too outstanding, the police also needed to verify their identities.

Lin Xiangnan put on a serious face, “Going to the police station is no problem. But I have to make it clear that we two are enthusiastic citizens who helped the police solve the case, we’re not involved in a brawl.”