96: The naughty child made a contribution and the courier was exposed

Electrician…

This is a skilled job!

To be honest, Shen Bei's biggest advantage when doing odd jobs was his physical strength.

He knew nothing about tiling, whitewashing, plumbing, masonry, carpentry, and so on.

Not to mention anything else, just picking one of those would require learning from a master for a year or two.

Shen Bei didn't have the time to spend on that.

So, when it came to technical trades, Shen Bei was completely in the dark.

Shen Bei shook his head and said, "I can't do electrical work, so let's just forget it—"

Before he could finish, the man interrupted him, saying, "You just need to assist me and record a video."

"Huh?" Shen Bei was a bit confused: "Record a video?"

"Yes." The man smiled: "I have quite a few followers online, haven't you seen me?"

How shameful… my short videos are all about Young Misses; big data never pushes men to me.

Shen Bei hummed, "That's certainly doable."

"Let's go, it's just about an hour's work, and I'll give you 100 yuan."

After the two agreed.

They drove together to the resident's home where the electrical fault had occurred.

On the way, Shen Bei learned through conversation that the man's surname was Wang.

An unlucky surname, a surname that makes neighbors panic.

He was indeed an internet celebrity online, with several million followers, all of whom watched him fix various electrical faults.

"Brother Wang, where did you learn your electrician skills?" Shen Bei asked curiously.

Old Wang said with a heavy expression, "After getting electrocuted enough times, you naturally learn."

Shen Bei: …

Good heavens!

Shen Bei thought, 'My electrician skills are about the same as yours; I can tell if a wire has electricity just by touching it.'

If it's tingling, it's 24 volts.

If you're shaking all over and foaming at the mouth, it's 240 volts.

Soon.

Shen Bei followed Brother Wang to a residential area, went upstairs, and arrived at the employer's house.

The homeowners were an old couple, plus a grandson.

The old couple described the specific fault very clearly: except for the outlets, everything else was live.

Shen Bei was stunned and greatly shocked.

Old Wang calmly opened his toolbox.

Inside were various tools.

Screwdrivers, pliers, multimeters, ammeters, and so on.

Whether someone is professional or not, you'll know by opening their toolbox.

This method can also be applied to the Young Misses giving massages on the second floor of a bathhouse.

If a Young Miss opens her small bag and it contains balloons, after a simple chat, you can go up to the third floor for a deeper conversation, feeling refreshed.

At this moment, Shen Bei's job was very simple: just to film Old Wang working, and he would edit it later and post it online.

Old Wang took out his test pen and began to check.

Indeed, just as the old couple said, places that should have power had none.

In places that shouldn't have power, the test pen frequently emitted beeping alarms.

"Oh dear!"

Old Wang looked surprised: "Why are the tiles on the wall all live?"

Old Wang then measured the casings of various appliances.

Good heavens.

It was just a series of beeps.

Old Wang asked Shen Bei to take the test pen and check the other rooms, while he went to look at the electrical control box.

Shen Bei waved his hand, indicating: "No need for a test pen, my own finger is the test pen."

Old Wang's mouth twitched: "If you didn't brag so much, I might even give you a bit more money."

Shen Bei: …

Shen Bei went to the other rooms.

He poked around with the test pen everywhere; just keep testing, and each test showed something live.

No matter what appliance it was, its casing was live.

Shen Bei didn't understand any of this.

He turned to leave, intending to report the situation to Old Wang.

But out of the corner of his eye, he inadvertently noticed a gold necklace stuck in a power strip under the desk!

There must have been an electrical arc, as both the power strip and the necklace were blackened.

Shen Bei blinked; even if he wasn't a professional electrician, seeing this scene, he seemed to understand what was going on.

This was a short circuit!

Shen Bei immediately unplugged the power strip, then pried the necklace out of it.

Instantly.

All the appliances in this house powered on and began to work normally.

Just as Shen Bei was about to announce the good news, he heard Old Wang let out a yell.

Shen Bei ran out to look.

Old Wang had been bending over, checking an appliance's wire.

The short circuit was eliminated in that instant, all the wires became live, and Old Wang was directly electrocuted and knocked over.

Shen Bei quickly pulled down the circuit breaker.

He patted Old Wang: "Hey, don't sleep, the ground is quite cold."

Old Wang slowly woke up, looking incredulous: "What happened? Why did the power suddenly come back on?"

Shen Bei immediately transformed into Detective Conan, performing a meticulous deduction and observation, delivering a lengthy speech that lasted several minutes, comparable to an electrician's adventure story, before finally revealing his discovery.

Old Wang's eyes widened, looking disbelieving: "So, after all that, you just found a necklace plugged into the power strip?"

Shen Bei nodded.

"Then you don't need all the preamble, just state the result."

Shen Bei whispered, "Isn't this for your own good? If I don't make it sound complicated, how will you charge money?"

In Shen Bei's opinion, if a job was too simple, how could one charge the employer money?

For example, with locksmithing, the master arrives, slides a piece of paper in for one second, and the door opens.

If you charge 200 yuan, the employer would definitely feel ripped off.

At most, they'd give 20.

How can you do it without making it a bit more complex, without laying out a difficult process?

Just like this necklace, you could simply take it out.

But if the old couple were to be unreasonable and say it was too simple, that they just didn't see the necklace, what could you do?

So, some things shouldn't be done too quickly, or too straightforwardly.

Old Wang rolled his eyes: "That's how it is with electricians; finding the fault point is very difficult, but once found, it could just be a loose screw."

Shen Bei didn't care about that.

Anyway, he had done his part.

As for who the culprit was, there was no doubt; everyone's gaze fell upon the naughty child.

After the fault was cleared.

The old couple indeed seemed a bit displeased.

It looked like they didn't want to pay the agreed-upon price.

But after Old Wang checked again, he found that the shower water heater was still live.

The fault point seemed to be a grounding issue.

The old couple's brows now relaxed.

They felt the payment was well worth it.

Old Wang took Shen Bei on an inspection tour.

From indoors to outdoors.

Then to the pipeline well inside the building.

And then downstairs to find the ground wire stake.

They went to the basement again.

After a long hassle, the reason was found…

The ground wire had been stolen!

"Damn it!" Old Wang looked at the iron plate that should have been buried underground, now completely gone, and couldn't help but curse: "Who is this? Stealing even this kind of thing?"

Shen Bei said, "Even the several large yellow metal characters made of iron outside the Patrol Bureau were stolen by thieves who thought they were gold."

Old Wang stroked his chin: "I saw that news; the key is that the Patrol Bureau only found out after several characters were stolen…"

Congratulations to Old Wang for discovering the blind spot.

"What do we do next?" Shen Bei asked, pointing at the ground wire.

Old Wang analyzed for a bit and said, "If the naughty child hadn't inserted the necklace into the power strip, causing the water heater to become the ground wire, all the appliances in this building would have exploded."

"Hiss~!!!"

Shen Bei didn't quite understand the principle, but Old Wang must have a basis for saying so: "Did this naughty child even make a contribution?"

"He probably won't have to worry about snacks in the future; the whole building will have to feed him."

After speaking, Old Wang slung his toolbox over his shoulder and walked ahead: "Follow me to the property management; we can't handle this, it's the property management's problem."

They arrived at the property management office.

Old Wang reported the problem.

The staff members also listened with trepidation and said, "The manager is currently meeting with a guest. Once he comes out, I'll report to him and arrange to fix the ground wire as soon as possible. Thank you both very much!"

Old Wang waved his hand: "You're welcome, let's go."

Just as the two were about to leave.

The manager and the guest walked out of the inner office.

"Manager, you've really gone to a lot of trouble; these express delivery lockers are also for the convenience of the residents, after all."

"Boss Wu, why are you being so polite? Just say the word, and I'll pick a spot for you; it's just a few lockers."

Shen Bei stopped.

The voice sounded incredibly familiar.

He secretly turned his head and glanced.

The so-called "Boss Wu" was none other than the courier who had snuck into his villa's basement back then!