What Was Wrong with the Head of the Household's Brain? (Two Chapters Combined)

"Phew..."

A gentle breeze swept through the street. The lush branches and leaves of the towering trees swayed lightly, giving off an unending rustle.

Beneath the great tree, in the cool shade, a man less than a meter sixty tall and with a sharp, rat-like face poked his head out from behind the trunk, his eyes fixed on the black-clad constable gradually disappearing into the distance.

"Hm?"

The black-clad constable was highly alert. He seemed to sense someone watching him, so he immediately stopped, turned around, and looked toward the place from which the gaze had come.

"Strange. Why is no one there?"

He swept his eyes over the area ahead for several seconds but found no suspicious person.

Thus, the black-clad constable assumed he had been mistaken, withdrew his gaze, and continued patrolling ahead.

Before long, the patrolling constable disappeared from sight.

Once he was gone, the sharp-featured man hiding behind the great tree, who had not dared even to breathe, immediately let out a breath.

"Phew..."

"That scared me to death."

"That constable was pretty alert. If my reaction had been any slower, he definitely would have noticed me and come over to question me."

The sharp-featured man took several deep breaths to calm his pounding heart, then turned his gaze toward an extremely luxurious villa in the distance.

In a run-down residential district near the river stood a small house built of wood.

Standing not far from the little wooden house, one could vaguely hear many different voices coming from inside.

"Big Brother, we've succeeded again and again lately. The authorities must have noticed something.

"My thought is that it won't be good for us to keep acting now.

"Let's take the money we've obtained and leave Dongwu City for the time being. We can find