At the entrance of the residential compound, a man with his upper body bare, wearing only swim trunks, was fleeing in panic.
This was the notorious bandit of Nanjiang, Zhao Yuan!
If it had been someone else knocking, he might not have recognized their voice.
But the problem was that Chen Shu's voice had left too deep an impression on him, to the point of making him grind his teeth in hatred.
Two hours earlier, it was precisely Chen Shu who had called him.
Of course, scams were merely his side hustle; his main occupation was theft.
Having been in the business for years, he had never encountered anything so infuriating.
Not only did the other party claim he had epilepsy, but they also insisted he had lost a limb, and most importantly, he couldn't refute it.
What else could he do when he was a scammer?
What rotten luck! How could he have encountered such a nemesis?
Zhao Yuan, disregarding the stares of others, attempted to hail a taxi while still in his swim trunks.
He assumed the other party thought he was a scammer and had called the police. If he were caught, his identity as the bandit of Nanjiang would naturally be exposed.
At this moment, Zhao Yuan wanted to flag down a taxi,
but the issue was that he was wearing only swim trunks and his upper body was bare. Who would dare to give him a ride?
A person dressed like this was either mentally unstable or caught in an affair.
Damn it! What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen performance art?!
Zhao Yuan, agitated, lashed out at the people around him.
Just then, a ball of green light shot towards him, enveloping his head.
The surrounding people all witnessed the dazzling green light and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Wearing only swim trunks and with green light emanating from his head!
This was truly a divine spectacle!
Some even began taking photos, wanting to capture such a miraculous scene.
Zhao Yuan felt a sense of foreboding; the green light on his head was clearly a skill from a contracted spirit.
At that very moment, a Thunderbird arrived at extreme speed, almost reaching him in the blink of an eye.
"Old Xie, is this your skill 'Love is a Beam of Light'?"
Chen Shu's mouth twitched. He immediately spotted the dazzling green light.
This was truly a soul-crushing divine skill!
"You guys are behind this?"
Zhao Yuan narrowed his eyes, his gaze filled with rage.
He had initially thought that people from the Spirit Suppression Bureau had arrived, but to his surprise, it was just two students and an elderly man.
"Hey? Your voice? It sounds so familiar?"
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow, suddenly recalling something.
"Holy cow, an old classmate!"
Chen Shu instantly remembered, never expecting such a coincidence as to run into the scammer from that morning.
"Old Zhao, has your epilepsy gotten better?"
Below, Zhao Yuan clenched his fists, his face contorted with anger. Coupled with the resplendent green light shining on his head, he looked like a returning war god.
Chen Shu spoke, "Xu Xingxing! Attack!"
Xu Xingxing looked bewildered and asked, "Attack? Attack where?"
"Use your bird to hit him!"
Zhao Yuan was a Beast Tamer. Chen Shu couldn't make a move easily, so he decided to trick the naive youngster into testing the waters first.
"Uh, my Thunder Bird doesn't have combat power..."
"???" Chen Shu was equally stunned.
Textbooks described Thunderbirds as contracted spirits that commanded the power of lightning, with their innate skill, Falling Thunder, inflicting immense damage.
And now you're telling me this?
"My Thunder Bird is a bit mutated; its innate skill is Swift Thunder!"
Xie Sunan also looked astonished and asked, "For downloading movies?"
"Your contracted spirit can download movies?" Xu Xingxing's mouth twitched. "Of course, it's for escaping," he replied.
Chen Shu waved his hand and said, "Stop fooling around! Deal with our old classmate first!"
While Zhao Yuan below couldn't see their subtle movements, Chen Shu quietly took out a urea bag from his backpack.
"Ah, this? You carry this with you?"
Xu Xingxing and Xie Sunan trembled, nearly wetting themselves.
To them, this was clearly their first time seeing such a thing.
"Leave it to me! Have the Thunder Bird fly down a bit."
Chen Shu held the urea bag in both hands. Seeing that they were only about two meters from the ground, he suddenly leaped down.
"Behold, Divine Descent!"
Zhao Yuan looked up, but the green light above was too dazzling, making it difficult for him to open his eyes.
Acting on instinct, Zhao Yuan summoned his contracted spirit.
A black rat appeared on the ground, its eyes darting around, looking incredibly agile.
In fact, the true bandit of Nanjiang was this Night Mouse. Its innate skill, Night Camouflage, allowed it to blend into the darkness, easily evading various surveillance.
The black rat seemed to sense the danger and immediately chose to flee.
Facing Chen Shu descending from the sky, it was afraid too!
"Damn it!" Zhao Yuan cursed inwardly but was helpless.
He had trained the Night Mouse to steal since he was young; when it came to combat, he was completely unskilled.
*Plop!*
The urea bag descended from the sky, directly covering Zhao Yuan.
As if sealed, Zhao Yuan lost all combat capability.
Xie Sunan and the other two immediately swooped down to finish him off. The three of them beat Zhao Yuan soundly, finally forcing him to surrender.
"Uncle Wang, come to Bailixiangdu. We've caught the bandit of Nanjiang."
"Really?" Wang Qian's expression shifted in surprise, and he hurried to the north of the city.
Soon, the bandit of Nanjiang, who had terrorized Nanjiang City for ten days, was apprehended. The trio had once again contributed to a harmonious society.
"Hero Xu! Thank you for your help. The stability of Nanjiang City wouldn't be possible without you!"
Chen Shu and Xie Sunan were full of admiration, practically lifting Xu Xingxing to the heavens.
"Something's not right!" Xu Xingxing, while appearing to bask in their praise, his eyes darted about.
"You're trying to send me away, aren't you? As a wanted criminal, there must be a reward!"
"Damn it! This guy isn't stupid!"
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow, having originally planned to trick him into leaving.
Xie Sunan slapped his forehead and said, "Look at me, I forgot about this. There is indeed a reward, a total of two thousand yuan!"
"How about this, you were just assisting, so I'll give you five hundred, and the remaining fifteen hundred we'll split between us. Any objections?"
Xu Xingxing's eyes widened, making the two of them uneasy.
After a long pause, he finally said, "There's really two thousand yuan?! I only earn two thousand a month at my part-time job! A criminal is worth that much!"
"Of course, of course!"
Xie Sunan generously took out five hundred yuan from his bag.
"Thank you!" Xu Xingxing was so happy his face almost split open.
"Isn't this better than being researched?"
Chen Shu and the other took their money with glee and headed to the Beast Tamer Association to claim the hundred-thousand-yuan reward.
"Old Xie, since you gave Xu Xingxing five hundred yuan, this time you'll get twenty-nine thousand five hundred yuan. No complaints, right?"
Xie Sunan nodded, but he felt something was off.
By the time he realized it, Chen Shu had already long departed.
"Today is a good day."
Chen Shu whistled as he returned home.
He had been worried about not having living expenses for the new semester, never expecting them to be delivered right to his doorstep.
Just as he was getting excited, his mother's words instantly cast a shadow over his heart.
"Son, school is starting soon. How is your homework coming along?"
"Huh? Huh! Huh?!!"
Chen Shu's eyes widened, his body trembled violently, and he felt like he couldn't catch his breath.
"Homework? What homework?!"
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