66: What are you doing? Stealing clothes?

Chen Kai was stunned. Why was this voice so familiar?

He turned his head and saw Tang Yunshu standing by the bench, carrying a bag of strawberries, tilting her head as she examined him.

"Uh... I came to find a friend, but he hasn't returned yet."

Chen Kai discovered that ever since he obtained the Intelligence System, his ability to make things up on the spot had improved significantly.

"What are you doing here...?"

Tang Yunshu immediately put on a surprised expression. "Ah? What a coincidence, does your friend live in the same neighborhood as me? I thought you had moved to our neighborhood, brother. I got happy for nothing."

Chen Kai immediately raised an eyebrow and shifted to the other side of the bench, leaving an empty spot for someone to sit.

"Why happy for nothing? What were you happy about?"

"Ah... no, nothing. I was just thinking that if you had moved to this neighborhood, I could ask you more questions whenever I'm free."

"After trading Stocks with you, I found that I've improved so quickly. I kind of admire you!"

Tang Yunshu didn't stand on ceremony; she sat directly next to Chen Kai and placed the bag of strawberries she was carrying on the empty spot between them.

She proactively opened the bag, removed the strawberry leaves, and held one to Chen Kai's lips.

Chen Kai was stunned. Had her admiration reached the point where she could feed him strawberries herself?

Besides, what had he even taught her? Why didn't he know about it?

Could she have imagined some grand drama in her head? No way, right? Whenever he saw Tang Yunshu before, she had been quite aloof.

He decided not to stand on ceremony either, opened his mouth to bite the tip of the strawberry, and swallowed it in one gulp.

"By the way, brother, why haven't you contacted me these past few days? Did you not find any good new Stocks?"

Seeing him fall silent, Tang Yunshu took the initiative to start a conversation.

She was so eager to improve; she wanted to chat with Chen Kai more, hoping she might learn a little something.

As she spoke, she took out two strawberries, removed the leaves from the tops, popped one into her own mouth, and held out a larger one to Chen Kai's lips.

Chen Kai was fed like this as he answered.

"I haven't seen any Stocks worth buying these past few days. If I find any, I'll definitely come find you."

"Okay~ then you must contact me! How much longer until your friend comes back?"

"Should be soon, I guess? Why?"

Chen Kai chewed the strawberry; it was quite sweet.

"It's a bit hot outside. Do you want to come over to my place? We could have a meal, and then you can go find your friend."

Tang Yunshu tilted her head, her beautiful, layered hair draping over her shoulders.

Chen Kai pulled out his phone and glanced at it; it was already nearly two o'clock. He shook his head firmly. "I'll have to decline this time, but I'll definitely come over to your place next time."

"Alright then~"

Tang Yunshu looked a little disappointed, but her hands didn't stop. She removed the leaves from two more strawberries for Chen Kai, feeding one to his lips and placing the other in his hand. "Well, I'm off then. I'm getting a bit hungry, so I'm going back to cook."

"Brother, if you find any good Stocks, you must contact me! You're welcome to visit anytime—at my home or at the office!"

Tang Yunshu slowly straightened up, turned back with a smile to wave at him, and walked toward the apartment entrance with light, quick steps. On the way, she took out her phone and replied to a WeChat message; the contact name was 'Sister'...

...

Chen Kai watched her retreating figure. That expanse of snow-white back… hmm… this backless dress was truly beautiful.

He smiled faintly, looked down at the prepared strawberry in his hand, and tossed the last one into his mouth.

The very next moment, a heated argument erupted near his left ear.

"Li Qiang! If you dare to go fishing, I'll divorce you!"

"I'm talking to you! Are you freaking deaf?"

"Li Qiang! Are you even listening to me?!"

Upon hearing the voices, Chen Kai felt a sudden surge of joy. The Intelligence System had said that it was because of an argument that the man's things had been thrown out.

He quickly turned his head and realized the sound was coming from the building closest to his left.

A moment later, a man walked out of the building entrance, carrying a fishing rod and holding a combined fish cage and small stool.

A woman followed behind him, holding up her phone and muttering as she chased after him.

"Li Qiang! I'm talking to you! If you dare to go fishing today, don't bother coming back! I've thrown all your clothes and quilts away!"

"Li Qiang!!! I'm counting to three!"

Chen Kai quickly shifted his gaze to the man carrying the fishing rod. Li Qiang said nothing, just kept walking straight ahead without even turning his head back.

Not until Li Qiang walked out of the neighborhood gate did the woman storm back into the building entrance.

Seeing this, Chen Kai stood up quickly and strode toward the Used Clothing Recycling Bin.

Just as he approached the Used Clothing Recycling Bin, he saw the woman storm out of the building entrance, holding a pile of clothes and quilts with a cold, angry expression.

Chen Kai was overjoyed; the clothes in her arms were emitting a faint glow! He stood next to the Used Clothing Recycling Bin, lit a cigarette, and pretended to scroll through his phone, acting as if nothing were amiss.

His eyes, however, remained fixed on the woman. Only after she had tossed all the clothes and quilts into the Used Clothing Recycling Bin and disappeared back into the building did Chen Kai quickly flick away his cigarette butt and scramble over to the bin.

He quickly pulled at the opening for depositing clothes, only to discover that it was a one-way flip mechanism—things could go in, but they couldn't come out!

Chen Kai pulled out his phone to check how to open the Used Clothing Recycling Bin and found that they were all designed to be opened from a locked cabinet door at the bottom.

It was impossible to retrieve clothes through the rotating deposit slot at the top; even if he reached his hand in, he could only grab a few items at random, with no way to distinguish which one was the jersey.

"Damn it... how am I supposed to handle this?"

Chen Kai scratched his head, pacing back and forth in front of the green Used Clothing Recycling Bin, feeling a bit at a loss.

He reached out and pulled on the rotating deposit slot, sticking his arm inside, but the bin was too deep; even with his whole arm extended, he couldn't reach the bottom.

"Damn it..."

He squatted down to check the retrieval door, only to find it secured firmly by two large, new padlocks—not the rusty kind that would break with a bit of force.

Chen Kai was completely stumped now. If he'd known, he would have intercepted her before she threw them away.

How was he supposed to intercept the item now?

Just then, a small van pulled up behind him without him noticing, and an old man stepped out from the driver's seat.

"What are you doing? Stealing clothes?"

He turned around abruptly to see a gaunt-faced old man in a green vest staring at him with a suspicious look.

The green vest had the words "Used Clothing Recycling" printed on it in large white letters.

Chen Kai rubbed his nose. Recalling the "I'm counting to three" scene from just moments ago, an idea instantly popped into his head.

"I'm a resident here. When I was throwing out some old clothes just now, I accidentally threw away my cigarettes. My wife is super strict and won't let me buy any, and that was the only pack I had, hidden in the clothes. My nicotine cravings are kicking in, and it's driving me crazy."

Chen Kai poured out his grievances to the old man, his eyes darting to meet the old man's gaze from time to time.

Hearing this, the old man gradually relaxed. "That's pretty rough, man. Sigh... I get you. We've all been there."