Rebirth: I Am Super Rich in Apocalypse
Chapter 357: Two Petty Thieves

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: Two Petty Thieves

The light from outside cast Xiao Ma’s silhouette onto the window beside him.

Due to the different light sources, creating a double shadow visual effect is normal.

However, these two shadows were different in size and definition.

And in terms of posture and direction, they had to be proportionally enlarged or reduced.

If they were disordered, one could determine at first glance that they belonged to two people.

"Liu Yang, tell us about the specific situation at that time."

"I just turned around and saw Brother Xiao Ma’s shadow, it was dim and indistinct, and I couldn’t see clearly."

At that time, he hadn’t paid much attention, and his current description was hardly of any reference value.

"And the location, approximately where was it?"

Liu Yang scratched his head, then ran out into the yard.

Jhiang Yuan watched him stop in front of the firewood shed, gesturing to show the size.

"The shadow outside should have been like this, up to here..."

He gestured at an angle, then went on to mimic the indoor shadow.

Song Yi felt there was something fishy about the situation, it probably wasn’t done by a professional.

"If that’s the case, it must’ve been a distance of about one to two meters.

The person should have been standing here."

With that, he took a position less than half a meter away from the stove.

"As for where this person came from?"

Song Yi put a finger to his lips, closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, then turned around and pointed towards the Northeast.

"Definitely from here..."

"Why?"

Zhang Kaiyang was utterly confused. If the position was determined based on the distance and light source and the data was accurate, it would be quite easy to find this point.

But even if the description wasn’t very precise, Song Yi’s eyes were not rulers, so how could he have locked onto it so quickly?

It wasn’t that he distrusted him, but as a science student, his nature made him more rigorous.

Whether others understood or not, Jhiang Yuan did.

"Because our steamed buns were placed next to the pot. If someone came out of the room from the west side,

they would have come straight here, not taking extra steps or making a detour to this spot."

It was human habit, always choosing the closest object.

And they wouldn’t engage in useless efforts.

"Exactly, that’s what I meant."

Afterward, everyone turned their attention to the northeast corner.

They were all ordinary farmhouses, nothing exceptional about this side.

There was a door to the east leading to the main room, and further north.

There was a dining table and four chairs, where they had sat and drunk rice soup the day before.

Moving further north, there were two big number one jars and an old-fashioned bowl cabinet against the wall.

It all seemed normal.

Song Yi quietly walked to the side, and the others followed suit.

Not a single one dared to make a sound, as if they were afraid of startling something.

Jhiang Yuan also came along, watching Song Yi, who first checked the bowl cabinet.

She even looked underneath it, but found nothing.

She then pondered over the two large jars in the back.

In the countryside, having these was quite normal.

They’re generally used to store water and pickle vegetables, like pickled mustard greens and sauerkraut back in their hometown during winter.

In some places, they are used to make kimchi.

Having these containers wasn’t strange.

Both jars were covered with lids.

They were made of sorghum stalks, showing some signs of age from their use over time.

Slowly, she removed the lids, but the jars were empty, containing nothing.

The second was the same, and Jhiang Yuan sighed, as things grew more confusing.

The rest felt some disappointment as well and sighed.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Song Yi stretched out his arm, and though the rest did not understand, they still looked in his direction.

All I could see was that the bottom of this last vat actually had a small ring of black marks.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the bottom had been cut around, separate from the body of the vat.

He gestured to the several people beside him to move the big vat aside.

Immediately, people came over, all of them young adults with the strength for labor.

Quietly, silently, they accomplished this task.

Song Yi crouched down and removed the vat bottom.

A small cover was revealed, what is this?

A cellar?

Everyone became alert, Zhang Kaiyang also crouched down, and together with Song Yi, they yanked the cover open with force.

Inside, there was no sound at all, pitch black, except for the light shining down from the entrance, nothing else could be seen.

"Little thief, come out quickly for your daddy.

I’m counting to three, or else it’s time for a fire!"

Zhang Kaiyang was indeed ruthless, this was drawing the logs from under the pot!

But still, there was no movement below, he couldn’t stand it any longer.

Over in the hall, there was still a fire burning.

He directly grabbed a piece of kindling and threw it down.

The burning red charcoal, blue flames flickering around it.

As soon as it touched the ground, the surrounding straw ignited.

"You’re a brave lad to not fear this..."

Just as Zhang Kaiyang finished expressing his thought, a figure charged out.

He pounced to stamp out the fire, and right after, another one came.

"Well done, hurry up and come up!"

The person stamped out the fire and, brandishing a firewood knife, pointed it at Zhang Kaiyang, who was crouched above.

"You, bad man..."

Oh, it turned out to be a child!

Dressed in too many clothes earlier, and being down below, no one realized it.

"Don’t get agitated, little brother, I’m not a bad guy, hurry up and come up."

"I don’t want to~"

Oh, quite the temper there.

"Little brother, come on up, we’ve started a fire here, it’s nice and warm.

Sister won’t hurt you, rest assured."

At these words, he pondered for a moment, "Then can you give us some meat to eat, my sister wants some."

Well, the other one turned out to be a girl.

"Sure, come on up."

Zhang Kaiyang was speechless; stealing buns wasn’t enough, they actually wanted roasted meat.

The two children, skeptical, took the ladder from the side and slowly climbed up.

Song Yi was at the exit to catch them, heavens, it turned out to be a boy of about thirteen or fourteen.

The girl appeared to be around eleven or twelve, neither had grown much, both with youthful faces.

"Sister, you promised me~"

"No problem, come over and warm yourself by the fire first."

The two children followed her, and women, comparatively speaking, do have more affinity.

They sat beside the fire, on some small stools found in the homes of these people.

Song Yi went to get the meat from earlier, and the girl’s eyes instantly lit up.

Looks like the kid was quite tantalized by the smell of yesterday’s roast meat.

"What are your names?"

Jhiang Yuan passed over two cups of hot water and asked.

"I’m Chuyi, and this is my sister Chuliu."

Huh, okay, quite casual names.

"So, where are you from, and how come you were hiding in there?"

Upon hearing this question, Chuyi immediately objected.

"This is my home, I am the master of this house~"

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