Upon hearing this, Yi Xiangyang immediately tried to console him.

Qin Mu was taken aback. "So soon?"

He had originally planned to buy a few more blind boxes and use his fishing skill to try his luck. If the surveillance cameras are installed... the thief probably won't ever come back. It'll be almost impossible to catch them then.

Actually, after discovering his packages were stolen, he had thought of a new solution: have Qing Lan send him a package. This package would contain an active GPS tracker. That way, he could definitely find the thief!

"We have no choice. If we don't install them soon, we won't be able to afford the compensation costs anymore..." Yi Xiangyang glanced over and sighed, feeling quite helpless. Caught in this situation, there really was nothing he could do.

He was just hoping now... that the thief would strike again after the cameras were installed. That way, he could recover all the money he'd lost in compensation!

「Jin City.」

In a hospital room.

"Doctor, how is my son?" a middle-aged couple stared nervously at the doctor, their faces fraught with worry.

Next to them, Xu Leshan lay unconscious on the hospital bed, motionless.

"The patient appears to have suffered from excessive fright," the doctor explained seriously to the couple. "This caused respiratory distress and a rise in blood pressure, leading to a series of complications. There are signs of a ruptured cranial blood vessel, which caused him to faint. However, you brought him in relatively quickly, so his life is no longer in danger."

The middle-aged man, Xu Ping, frowned, his expression grim as he looked at his son. He had come home from work today to find his son, who had been unemployed and staying at home, passed out on the floor. No matter how much he called out, there was no response. Moreover, his son's heart was racing, and his face was contorted as if he had seen something terrifying. Xu Ping had almost thought their home had been robbed, but the doors and windows were intact, and no property was missing.

The couple didn't have time to worry about other details; they quickly rushed Xu Leshan to the hospital.

"Thank goodness it's nothing serious." Xu Ping breathed a sigh of relief, the heavy weight on his heart finally lifting.

Afterwards, the couple began to ponder the culprit behind their son's fainting.

"The package! It must have been that package!" Xu Ping snorted coldly, quickly arriving at an answer.

He remembered seeing a blind box package lying in front of Xu Leshan when he fainted. It had all sorts of terrifying designs on it. Even he, a man in his forties, felt a chill looking at those things.

"We can't just let this go!" Xu Ping took a deep breath. He turned to his wife and instructed, "You stay here and watch Leshan. I'm going to find the owner of this package. They have to pay the medical expenses!"

This hospital visit, including registration fees, surgery fees, convalescence costs, and so on, had cost him nearly ten thousand in total. And there were still future treatment and hospitalization fees to consider.

In other words, this scare would cost him at least fifty to sixty thousand! He was inherently someone who wouldn't let things slide. He would never suffer injustice in silence. If the other party refused to compensate, he would take them to court!

As for those packages his son stole... how much were they even worth? Only an iPhone 13 among them was worth much. The rest were just daily necessities, not even enough to cover the medical bills!

「Mountain and Water Garden District.」

Nine o'clock at night.

Qin Mu and Qing Lan teamed up for a few rounds of video games.

At first, when their voice chat was on, the two would exchange a few words. Later, however, Qin Mu found that these few silver-tier matches were more difficult than he'd expected. While he was still farming safely in lane, the opponents were already on a killing spree.

This continued until... he inadvertently glanced at Qing Lan's 0-8-0 score. It instantly dawned on him. They had teamed up for several games in a row, and every single one had been like this.

"I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry..." Qing Lan seemed rather apologetic and kept saying, "UP, you wouldn't hold a grudge over something so small, would you?"

Qin Mu's lips twitched. He quietly went offline.

He took ten deep breaths to calm his emotions.

Playing games really does get one riled up. If he hadn't known Qing Lan personally, he would have started flaming her several times already. No matter how polite one was... encountering such teammates was sometimes truly unbearable.

Afterwards, he took out his phone, planning to scroll through some videos. He inadvertently saw the chat content in the homeowners' group.

"Damn it! My soap! They stole my soap too!"

"What's wrong with this thief? What's the use of stealing something worth a few bucks?"

"My toothbrush is also gone, but I heard they're installing surveillance cameras at the delivery point tomorrow."

"I hope the thief steals one more time! If I catch him, I'll beat him to a pulp!"

"..."

The few newly victimized homeowners were cursing vehemently in the group chat.

After every theft, a crowd in the group chat would "cordially inquire" about the thief's entire family tree.

For them, although the stolen packages weren't worth much, the act itself was incredibly infuriating. Buying something, only to have it suddenly stolen—the feeling was extremely unpleasant. Losing it would have been better than having it stolen!

Fortunately, hearing that surveillance cameras would soon be installed, many homeowners expressed their approval.

If the cameras were installed and the thief dared to show up again... then there'd be a chance to catch them!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Qin Mu was lying on the sofa, reading the chat in the homeowners' group, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on his door.

The knocking was aggressive and impatient.

He frowned.

He vaguely remembered the last person who had knocked on his door so furiously... It was that delivery guy, Liang Shuqi.

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