The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 172: Trick Xu Damao

Perhaps due to the seriousness of the situation, after Director Zhou finished his report, a truck arrived quickly and fully armed soldiers took the stranger away.

After Director Zhou sent the soldiers away, he rubbed Lu Zixuan's hair and said cheerfully:

"Boy, this time it might be a great achievement. Tell me what you want, I will satisfy you. Haha..."

Lu Zixuan asked awkwardly:

"The credit is all yours, we don't care about it. If anything goes wrong, just don't involve us.

Well, if you really want to thank me, please help me get a camera, even a second-hand one is fine, and I will buy it for you. I promise not to show it off outside, just play with it at home."

The request made by Lu Zixuan did make Director Zhou feel embarrassed, but he still agreed to help.

As soon as she walked out of the police station, Chen Ping asked Lu Zixuan:

"Were you planning to steal someone's camera? And seeing that it wasn't an ordinary item, you were afraid of getting into trouble, so you went to the police station?"

Without waiting for Lu Zixuan to answer, he shook his head with some regret.

"That man has a handsome face and doesn't look like a bad person, but I didn't expect that he would betray his country. What a waste of such a good-looking person."

Lu Zixuan frankly admitted:

“Well, I did want to borrow his camera for fun, but I didn’t intend to cheat him.

At that time, I was only paying attention to the camera and was a little excited. I didn't observe the people carefully and just paid attention to them at the police station.

That person is not a journalist, nor is he a spy or someone who betrays his country.

He talks all the time about the international situation and the well-being and happiness of the people, and he is full of boasting. Coupled with his high-end clothing, it is almost certain that he is the son of a leader, who is too well protected and has never truly experienced the cruelty of the battlefield.

Looking at his humble attitude when meeting the police, I guess he brought the camera out secretly from home because he was afraid of being scolded when he got home. I hope he doesn’t hold a grudge against us…”

After leaving the police station, Chen Ping and her mother returned to the courtyard and held a meeting for the whole courtyard to praise Yan Jiedi for her carefulness and vigilance. Chen Ping paid for Yan Jiedi's meal ticket for one month and once again reminded everyone to be vigilant against strangers.

After the meeting, Chen Ping mysteriously took Aunt Zhou to her home in the backyard, and even Lu Zixuan was locked outside the door.

The two talked in secret for nearly two hours and did not leave the room until dinner was over in the cafeteria.

I don't know what they talked about, and Lu Zixuan didn't ask much. From the next day on, Aunt Zhou became busier and busier. She always left home early in the morning and returned to the courtyard in pitch dark.

Not only Aunt Zhou but also the Xu family are busy all day. Xu Fugui first led the construction team to hammer and bang at home for ten days, which should be the preparation before decoration.

That day, Lu Zixuan returned to the gate of the courtyard excitedly with the old camera he bought from Director Zhou, and heard Xu Damao's bragging voice.

"My buddy married a lady from a wealthy family. Have you ever seen what a lady from a wealthy family looks like?

She is so beautiful, fair, rosy and with skin as white as cream. I will bring her to you to see after I have cleaned up the house.

Do you know? They gave such a large steel mill to the country without blinking an eye. That was a small event. Have you ever seen a car? Every day when people go out, they are picked up and dropped off by cars. As for this bicycle, they don’t even look at it…”

When Lu Zixuan heard this, he was really worried about the Lou family finding such a son-in-law. This was to spread the fact that the Lou family was a big capitalist to everyone. No wonder no one sympathized with Lou Xiao'e in the original plot, and everyone wanted to plot against her and use her...

When Lu Zixuan was shaking his head in regret, he heard Xu Damao shouting:

"Come here, kid. Where did you steal that camera? Show it to me, or you'll go to jail."

Lu Zixuan looked around, looked at Xu Damao with a half-smile, raised the camera in his hand, and replied with a bit of boasting:

"This is something Chief Zhou from the police station lent me to play with. Want to see it? Go ask Chief Zhou. If you break it, even if I sell you, it won't be enough to pay for it."

When Xu Damao heard this, he immediately flew into a rage and started cursing:

"Oh? You little bastard, you are so rebellious. I have to watch it today."

As he spoke, he pounced towards Lu Zixuan. Seeing this, Lu Zixuan tightly gripped the camera and ran in the opposite direction. Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi were happy to see the river rising, so they whistled and ran after Xu Damao.

After all, Lu Zixuan had short legs, and he had not run a few steps before Xu Damao grabbed him by the back of his collar. He wanted to lift Lu Zixuan up, but his arm strength was limited, so he could only pull him with one hand and reach for the camera with the other.

Xu Damao grabbed the camera and pulled it with a little force, then he held the camera lens in his hand. But before he could feel proud, he heard a "pop" and the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

When everyone looked down, they saw only black and white camera fragments on the ground. Then they looked at Xu Damao's hand and saw only the lonely round lens.

Time seemed to stand still, Xu Damao stared blankly at the camera in his hand, perhaps recalling what happened. Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi also stood aside, as if they were stunned.

Lu Zixuan broke free from Xu Damao's grip, snatched the camera from Xu Damao's hand, slowly squatted down and looked at the fragments on the ground. After a long time, he spoke out a reminder.

"Xu Damao, this is the only camera in the police station and the only public camera in the entire district. Director Zhou asked me to hand it over to the district government for publicity purposes.

And you are robbing me of state property, and are suspected of attempting to sabotage or deliberately delaying government propaganda work, which can be regarded as robbery.

Tomorrow, I will report the truth to Director Zhou. Whether you are shot or imprisoned depends on your own luck. "

After saying that, Lu Zixuan smiled contemptuously, ignored Xu Damao's explanation, turned around and walked towards the courtyard. Only three people were left standing there looking at each other, while Yan and Liu's eyes clearly revealed a gloating excitement.

Half an hour later, He Yushui returned to the backyard and saw Lu Zixuan, and asked:

"Seeing you cherish that broken camera so much, I thought you were going to fix it yourself. It turns out you wanted to trick Xu Damao. Fortunately, I didn't shout at you at the time, otherwise my plan would have failed. How did you know Xu Damao would chase you for the camera?"

Lu Zixuan shook his head and explained:

"I'm not a god, how could I know he was at the door? He asked me for the camera and that was the last thing I thought of.

I will be out for a while and Xu Fugui should be here. You can pretend that you don't know about this and talk to him on my mom's behalf, trying to guide him to go to Lou's house to borrow a camera and return it to me.

If he doesn’t fall for it, I’ll threaten him and ask him to go to the police station tomorrow to explain the robbery to the district government…”

Sure enough, before dark, Xu Fugui brought a dejected Xu Damao to Chen Ping's door, apologized and promised to pay compensation.

Because Chen Ping and He Yuzhu didn't understand what was going on, they ignored Xu Fugui's pleading and moral blackmail, and watched He Yushui deal with Xu Fugui the whole time.

After harassing Chen Ping for two hours, Xu Fugui saw that Chen Ping and the He family were not getting along, so he no longer had any hope and left in anger...