Bungalow Burglar - The Super Sleuth Trio

Author: Liu Dongyu, Wen Biao / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
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"‘When will you finally finish your homework?’ Mom poked her head in from the door, asking impatiently. I didn’t say a word, pretending to be deeply focused on a problem, my whole body almost leaning on the math workbook. Seeing my demeanor, Mom coughed softly and quietly, then slipped away. As soon as she left, I immediately pulled out the bicycle ad again, which I had already looked at at least ten times today. On page seven of the ad was the bicycle I really wanted: a deep blue mountain bike, stylish and high-quality, priced around 1,200 marks. Sigh, it’s so expensive. Thinking of the price, I couldn’t help but sigh. In fact, I had a lot of money in my savings account, which was the prize money I received from Balthazar Glen. This was because I, Xiawa (her real name was Xiawa, but we always called her Xiawa), and Heitz had successfully solved a fraud case together. At the time, a newspaper even published an article about us, titled ‘The Trio’s Operation to Catch the ‘Hamster’. The ‘three people’ mentioned in the article, of course, were me, my sister Xiawa, and my cousin Heitz.
During that time, my parents had to go to Africa for work for three months. As a result, they sent me and Xiawa to Aunt Sabine’s house in Balthazar Glen. My dad accepted the invitation from an institute in Africa because he hoped to become an archaeologist in the future and find a job that matched his expertise. However, things didn’t go as planned. After returning from Africa, Dad didn’t find an archaeology job and had to continue driving a taxi. Before that, he had already been driving a taxi for a long time.
After my parents returned from Africa, we went back to our own home, and life returned to normal: I and Xiawa went to school every day, and my parents often worried about money, fighting and doing nothing productive. Holding the bicycle ad, I dreamed of the day when I could own such a mountain bike, while everything around me seemed to be getting farther and farther away. Suddenly, a clatter of utensils came from the dining room, pulling me back to reality. I realized that I had been sitting here for a long time, and it was already time for dinner, yet my homework was still unfinished. P1-2