Chapter 1088: A Thief Came to the House

Chapter 1088: A Thief Came to the House

Once all the foundational work had been taken care of, Su Shen didn’t stop there.

He had every single lock in the house replaced with brand-new ones, then went the extra mile by hiring workers to raise the perimeter walls significantly.

As a final touch, he had shards of glass cemented along the top—an old-school yet highly effective method to deter unwanted visitors.

In the courtyard stood a flowering crabapple tree, which Gu Zi adored. That, of course, had to stay.

However, Su Shen quickly noticed a problem: the tree’s exact location made it the perfect launchpad for anyone attempting to climb over the wall.

And so, in the most practical stroke of genius, he set up Big Yellow’s doghouse right beneath it. By evening, the large yellow dog had been brought over, and Su Shen personally led him to his new home to get acquainted with the surroundings.

As it turned out, Su Shen’s foresight was spot on.

That very night, a thief came sneaking in.

The move-in had drawn some attention, after all—between the delivery trucks, the sudden arrival of new furniture, and the transformation of a long-abandoned courtyard house into a quaint and lively home complete with a tiny vegetable garden, the neighbors weren’t the only ones who had noticed. It would have been shocking not to attract the wrong kind of interest.

Sure enough, the thief chose the exact route Su Shen had anticipated: he scaled the wall and aimed for the crabapple tree as his landing point.

What the poor fellow hadn’t anticipated was the presence of Big Yellow beneath the tree.

Thinking the night would unfold like any of his past break-ins, the thief silently clambered over the wall. But the moment his foot reached for a solid landing, he met a pair of glowing eyes staring up at him, sharp and alert—Big Yellow, in full guard mode.

Startled, the man lost his balance and fell with a heavy thud.

Within a heartbeat, Big Yellow lunged. His mouth opened wide, revealing a terrifying set of teeth glistening with saliva.

One snap, the thief thought in horror, just one bite and a chunk of his arm would be gone. He had never encountered such a ferocious guard dog in his life. His knees buckled instantly. Letting out a strangled “Ah!” he blacked out from sheer terror.

By the time Su Shen and Gu Zi rushed out to investigate the noise, the scene was almost comical: the thief lay motionless on the ground, while Big Yellow pawed at his leg with a look of innocent confusion. He turned his large, honest eyes toward Gu Zi as if to say, ‘I barely touched him, I swear. He fainted all on his own.’

Su Shen wasted no time—he bundled the unconscious intruder off to the police station that very night.

But despite the quick resolution, Gu Zi couldn’t shake the lingering fear. A break-in on their first night? How could a neighborhood be this dangerous?

Thank God for Big Yellow.

She bent down and gently stroked the dog’s head—a gesture of reward, but also of self-comfort. With Big Yellow standing guard, surely no thief would dare try again.

Still, that night, sleep didn’t come easily.

The next morning, Gu Zi rose early and simmered a hearty pot of pork bones just for Big Yellow. It was the least she could do to thank her canine hero. As she handed over a large, meaty bone to the dog, a knock came at the front door.

Opening it, she found a woman in her thirties standing outside, dressed plainly and smiling in a friendly way. “Hello, miss,” the woman said. “I live nearby. There was quite a commotion at your place last night—everything alright?”

Gu Zi, sensing no malice in the woman’s face, decided it might be a good chance to learn more about the neighborhood.

“We had a bit of a situation,” she said with a small smile. “A thief tried to climb over the wall during the night, probably thought it would be easy. But our dog scared him stiff—he fell from the tree and passed out. My husband took him to the police station. It was really quite frightening.”

The woman gave an audible tsk, then said with conviction, “It must have been that bastard Jiang Yao. I bet my life it was him. That wretched man—he’ll never change his ways!”

Startled by the certainty in her voice, Gu Zi’s curiosity piqued. “Why are you so sure?”𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The woman’s expression darkened. “You just moved in, so you probably don’t know the situation around here. That Jiang Yao is infamous in this neighborhood—he’s a total degenerate. He drinks, gambles, solicits prostitutes… you name it, he does it. And when he’s broke, he goes around stealing whatever he can get his hands on. He even stole someone’s voltage regulator once. A few years back, he beat his wife to death and went to prison. Every household around here guards against him.”

Gu Zi’s brows furrowed. That didn’t sound right. If she remembered correctly, in this day and age, killing someone was a serious crime—death penalty serious.

“Wait,” she said cautiously, “he beat someone to death and only served a few years in prison?”

The woman leaned closer and lowered her voice. “That man’s been a thug since he was a kid. He’s got some underworld connections. Made some money before, lost it all gambling. As for his wife, that poor woman had been suffering for years. People passing by their house could always hear her crying—those weren’t just one-off incidents. He didn’t kill her in one go; it was years of abuse that wore her down. She died from accumulated injuries. The police couldn’t find enough evidence to prove it was intentional murder, so he got off without the death sentence.”

She then looked at Gu Zi with genuine concern. “You’re still so young, and such a pretty girl too. You really must be careful. That scumbag’s greedy and lecherous—he’s harassed plenty of young women before.”

A chill crept down Gu Zi’s spine, though she maintained her composure. “Thank you for the warning. My name is Gu Zi. You’re welcome to come visit any time if you’re free.”

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