Solve Three People

Xia Yu did not act immediately. He squinted his eyes and stared at Qiao Yang, who had just entered, trying to see what he was up to.

Qiao Yang was a bit cautious. He quietly called Tina and Qiao Ting's names. When they didn't respond, he still didn't feel relieved and said there was a cockroach.

Though Xia Yu knew Qiao Yang was lying, he was still shocked at heart and held back the urge to beat up Qiao Yang.

After confirming that the two were asleep, Qiao Yang showed a wretched smile and walked towards the edge of the bed.

Quickly, he arrived by Xia Yu's side and reached out his hand.

He grabbed Xia Yu's small bag at the edge of the bed, took out the money inside, and did not even glance at Qiao Ting and Tina on the bed.

Xia Yu's heart was full of doubt.

Did you sneak into their room while your sister and cousin were sleeping just to steal some money?

In his mind, he recalled the scene he had just witnessed: the middle-aged woman giving Qiao Yang five yuan and asking him for one hundred yuan yesterday.

According to Qiao Yang, he took the money to go out and play with his friends.

So, was this "cute sibling bonding" supposed to mean that good friends were more attractive?

This guy is really twisted; there's no hope for him.

Xia Yu continued to watch Qiao Yang. Qiao Yang took out a one hundred yuan banknote and three ten yuan banknotes from the bag. His face first showed surprise, then hesitation.

After standing in place for three seconds, Qiao Yang put the three ten yuan banknotes back and put the fifteen yuan banknotes that the middle-aged woman had given him earlier into the bag.

He was a man of principle; he would only take one hundred yuan as he said.

After putting the bag back by Xia Yu's pillow, Qiao Yang tiptoed towards the door.

Having witnessed Qiao Yang's behavior, Xia Yu didn't know how to evaluate him right now.

Anyway, this was a good opportunity to blackmail Qiao Yang.

He followed Qiao Yang closely.

Upon leaving the bedroom and closing the door, Qiao Yang's tense mood relaxed immediately.

He turned around with a smile, ready to go back to his room, but before taking the first step, his smile froze.

Behind him, Tina was leaning against the wall with her arms folded, looking at him with a playful expression.

Qiao Yang was almost frightened enough to scream.

He had just seen Tina sleeping in bed. How could she suddenly appear behind him?

Since it was daytime, Qiao Yang didn't dwell on the issue. He quickly thought about how to deal with Tina.

Should he return the money and pretend to be ignorant, or should he threaten to keep the secret?

Thinking about the happy time he had planned with his friends to eat at KFC, Qiao Yang made a decision to threaten Xia Yu.

He clenched his fists and approached Xia Yu with a gloomy expression, thinking that this should scare him. Then he could say a few harsh words, and the matter would be resolved.

A little girl couldn't be that threatening.

Qiao Yang felt that he had a high chance of success and that there would be no problem.

The scene was exactly as he had imagined; Tina was completely frightened and didn't move at all.

Qiao Yang approached Xia Yu, pretending to be fierce, and reached out to grab Xia Yu's hand. As he wished, he got hold of Xia Yu's hand. Qiao Yang's arm exerted force, trying to pull Xia Yu in front of him, but his body instead fell towards Xia Yu.

Before he could figure out where Tina's strength came from, a small fist swung at his belly. At this point, Qiao Yang didn't realize anything was wrong. He thought he merely lost his balance and didn't expect a little girl's fist to have that much power.

The next moment, he was on the ground, holding his stomach. He couldn't believe it, looking at Tina in front of him. Tina clenched her fist just as he had done before, but while he only pretended to do so, Tina made a crisp sound.

Grabbing Qiao Yang's hair, Xia Yu pulled his face to hers, releasing a little intimidation: "Remember this, from now on, listen to me obediently, or else... hehe. Do you understand?" Qiao Yang immediately nodded.

Xia Yu reached into his pocket and took out a hundred-dollar bill. Qiao Yang watched in despair as the money left him and thought of how he also put the fifteen dollars his mother gave him into Tina's bag.

He dared not ask Tina for it. Xia Yu didn't put the hundred dollars in her pocket, but waved it in front of Qiao Yang: "Do you want it?" Qiao Yang nodded, then shook his head.

He was afraid it was a trap set by Xia Yu. "Clean up all the cockroaches downstairs, and this will be yours." Although Xia Yu could use her fist to make Qiao Yang obey, using a bit of money would make him work harder.

"I'll give you two days." Stuffed the money back into Qiao Yang's pocket, Xia Yu said. Seeing the money return, Qiao Yang was overjoyed and nodded hastily.

"I'll go right now!" He stood up and ran downstairs. Lying at the stairwell, Xia Yu watched Qiao Yang prepare his tools and felt very satisfied.

If she had used the hundred dollars as bait from the beginning, Qiao Yang would have agreed but not with as much effort. Under the not-so-hardline approach of their employer, employees often skipped tasks. A hundred dollars wasn't much for Xia Yu, and just by lying about the amount spent on food, Qiao Yang's father would be satisfied.

Downstairs, a middle-aged woman's voice rang out. "What's gotten into you? Cleaning up cockroaches? I've never seen you so dedicated even when they crawled into your pants!" The middle-aged woman was puzzled by his actions but didn't scrutinize too much since Qiao Yang was already sixteen years old. She watched him carry on.

The old lady, feeling sorry for her grandson, picked up the tools and began to help. Xia Yu hoped the two of them could get the job done thoroughly. She went downstairs, holding the white cat and watching from the sidelines.

"Tina, pour me a glass of water," ordered the middle-aged woman, sitting on the sofa and watching TV. Xia Yu frowned. She silenced both Qiao Ting and Qiao Yang, but the middle-aged woman still needed to be dealt with.

"Pour a glass of water, can't you hear me?" The middle-aged woman's tone was very harsh. Not wanting to make the situation worse, Xia Yu got the woman a glass of water and then pondered how to deal with her.

Qiao Ting and Qiao Yang both had serious issues that could be used as leverage, so Xia Yu was able to take decisive action. However, the middle-aged woman didn't have much of a problem.

After watching TV for a while, the middle-aged woman got up and prepared to leave, asking the elderly lady to send Qiao Ting to school later.

"What do you do every Thursday?" the old lady asked curiously. It wasn't time for the middle-aged woman to go to work yet, and she usually went to work after sending Qiao Ting.

"I meet up with my sisters!" The middle-aged woman left the house.

Xia Yu stroked his chin.

Eight hours later, after returning to his own body, Xia Yu sent a message to An Siyao, asking her to tell the driver to investigate the middle-aged woman.

Although the driver was currently in A Fang, he believed that the driver would be able to find out about Yao Guang's situation.

As it turned out, Xia Yu's trust was well placed. On Friday morning, Xia Yu received the information that the driver had investigated and sent to An Siyao.

First, there were four surveillance videos, which were from a stationery store in the urban village. The focus was not on the stationery store, but on the hair salon across the street.

The four videos showed four different Thursdays when the middle-aged woman, wearing different clothes, parked her bicycle in front of the stationery store and then went into the hair salon across the street.

Tsk, she gets her hair done quite frequently.