176: I snagged a great deal on an iPad case.

In less than half an hour, Chen Kai parked his car at the entrance of the Score a Bargain residential complex and sat quietly in the car, scrolling through his phone.

He took a casual glance at the trash cans to see if anyone was coming to throw things away.

He had parked right next to the trash cans, and his mercedes-benz gle had privacy film, making it impossible to see inside, which helped avoid any awkwardness.

Chen Kai waited silently by the trash cans. Time ticked by second by second. He checked the time on his phone; it was almost twelve o'clock, yet he hadn't seen anyone come out to throw away trash.

Scratching his head in confusion, he was just about to get out of the car to check the situation when a sharp honking sound came from behind his car.

Chen Kai looked back through the rearview mirror and was instantly stunned.

"What the hell, a garbage truck? Why is a garbage truck here?"

Chen Kai was completely bewildered. His car was parked right to the side of the trash cans, partially blocking them.

A green garbage collection truck was parked behind his car, honking continuously to urge him to move.

It looked like they were here to collect the trash; even the hydraulic hook for the trash cans had been extended.

"Oh no!"

Chen Kai immediately had a bad feeling! Was it possible that the iPad case had already been thrown away and was currently inside the trash can?

The reason he hadn't seen it was because he hadn't gotten out of the car at all!

The system said to go there before twelve o'clock, probably because the sanitation truck would come after twelve and collect the iPad case as trash!

"Damn it! I was too careless!"

Chen Kai hurriedly pushed open the car door, got out, and walked toward the sanitation truck. He stood under the driver's side window and waved at the old man wearing a sanitation uniform, signaling him to get out.

The sanitation worker, an old man, got out of the truck quickly with a disdainful expression.

"What are you doing? Move your car quickly, don't delay my trash collection. Our sanitation station has strict time schedules!"

Chen Kai nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry. Look, could you go collect the trash at the next stop first? Go to another neighborhood to collect their trash first?"

Chen Kai rubbed the tip of his nose, his eyes darting around as he thought of an excuse, and he took a hundred-yuan bill out of his pocket.

"Please be flexible, brother. When my mom threw out the trash, she accidentally threw away a souvenir my Second Aunt gave me. She's at home feeling heartbroken right now."

"The item isn't worth much, just a few dozen yuan, but it was a gift from my Second Aunt. Since she has passed away, it's my last memento of her. I was hoping I could quickly rummage through the trash can to find it."

"This hundred yuan is for the time I'm wasting. Please be accommodating, brother. I won't take up much of your time, just half an hour, then I'll move my car."

The old man in the sanitation uniform rolled his eyes, and a moment later, a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

He took the opportunity to quietly take the hundred yuan and stuffed it into his chest pocket.

He patted his chest, acting as if it didn't matter and that he could park wherever he wanted.

"Oh, brother, you should have said so earlier! Your situation is special; I'll just explain it to the station manager when I get back. Go ahead, search, search!"

"Search however you like! You can even flip the trash cans over and dump all the trash out to look for it! I'll come help you clean it up later!"

"If you're in a rush, you can search here all day, it's fine! Everyone has relatives! I understand, I understand. Besides, I see there isn't much trash in these bins anyway."

"I'll come back tomorrow to collect it all together. You go ahead and search; I won't disturb you."

The old man chuckled, turned around, got into the garbage truck, quickly started the engine, cranked the steering wheel to the left, and stepped on the gas to head to the next garbage collection point.

Chen Kai smiled slightly. In his heart, his Second Aunt was as good as dead, so he didn't blush or feel his heart race at all while telling this lie.

After watching the garbage truck drive away, he put on the mask he had brought with him and slowly walked over to the three trash cans.

The three trash cans at the entrance of the complex were lined up in a row. Fortunately, there wasn't much trash inside, and the weather wasn't too hot, so there was no sour, foul smell.

This meant he didn't have to hold his breath to rummage through the trash, which saved him from being overly embarrassed.

He looked around, and after confirming that no one was around, he slowly walked up to the trash cans.

He immediately leaned over to look inside the trash cans and discovered that the middle one was emitting a faint, subtle glow!

Chen Kai was instantly excited, but the top layer of trash in the middle can consisted of a set of bed sheets, with a plastic bag full of kitchen waste underneath.

Fortunately, it hadn't leaked and was relatively clean; at least there were no flies.

He immediately clapped his hands together and started rummaging through the trash can!

He lifted the bed sheets and the bag of kitchen waste from the top layer and placed them into the other two trash cans.

Afterward, what was revealed to Chen Kai were several more pink trash bags.

But right inside one of the trash bags filled with sunflower seed shells and watermelon rinds, a faint, flickering glow was being emitted!

Chen Kai decided not to be picky anymore. He took the whole bag of trash out, carried it to his trunk, placed a mat down, and then put the trash on the mat in the trunk.

If he were to rummage through it right here at the trash can, it would be too easy to accidentally drop the copper coin.

If the copper coin wasn't inside the iPad case but had fallen directly into the bag, he would regret it to death.

Waiting until he was in a place where no one was around to rummage through it slowly was the best choice.

Thinking this, Chen Kai stepped on the gas and drove toward an empty trash can not far away.

Almost no one lived in this residential complex, so there was no risk of anyone seeing him rummaging through the trash.

Soon, he parked the car in front of the empty trash can, crouched on the ground, and opened the mouth of the trash bag.

He put on the disposable gloves he had prepared in the car and began to pick through the trash in the bag.

"Found it! The iPad case!"

Chen Kai hadn't rummaged for long before he found an iPad case with a black background and a small brown bear head printed on it.

He looked it over up and down, but he really couldn't see where the copper coin had been hidden.

However, there was really nothing else in the trash bag, only half a watermelon rind, and some snack bags inside the watermelon rind.

Moreover, after taking the iPad case out, the glow remained on the iPad case; there was no longer any glow in the trash bag.

"Then it must be on this iPad case."

Chen Kai scratched his head and muttered to himself.

This should be correct, but how could he not find where the copper coin was hidden in a small iPad case?

Looking at the style of this iPad case, it should be an iPad Mini model, which was only about the size of two or three mobile phones.

This iPad case... didn't really have any place to hide a copper coin.

Moreover, the case was already very old; the leather on the outer surface of the case had peeled off.

The color was also fading and chipping.

"Hiss..."

He was just about to take it apart to examine it when, at that very moment, Zhou Lei's phone call suddenly came through.