Wu Tian suddenly felt a sense of weariness. He had initially intended to toy with this fellow, but now it seemed better not to, lest he be driven to speechless exasperation himself.
He waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. Since you don't believe me, then go ahead and call the police."
"Don't worry, I won't run. I'll wait here for the police to arrive."
Upon hearing this, Li Ru's eyes immediately lit up.
He exclaimed loudly, "Aha! So you are a thief! You must know you can't escape from me, so you've given up, haven't you?"
"Do you think I'll let you go just because you said that?"
"You're too naive! I'm going to call the police right now. I'll definitely send scoundrels like you to jail!"
As he spoke these words, Li Ru was genuinely overjoyed.
If he could apprehend Wu Tian, his plan would be complete, and he would undoubtedly earn the appreciation of the villa's owner.
Because he usually idled about, his father disliked him immensely and lectured him constantly.
Now, having achieved something like this, he couldn't imagine his father wouldn't look at him with newfound respect!
With this thought, Li Ru became increasingly excited.
He quickly took out his phone, about to dial the police station's number.
But at that moment, an inquiring voice came from the villa's main gate: "What are you doing?"
Wu Tian and Li Ru both looked over and saw that it was a security guard from the residential complex.
As soon as Li Ru saw the guard, he immediately said, "It's good that you're here. I ask you, how do you patrol? You can't even keep an eye on a thief."
"You collect such high property management fees every year, and this is how you serve the owners?"
"There's a thief?" Hearing this, the security guard immediately became vigilant. "Where is the thief?"
Li Ru pointed at Wu Tian and said, "Isn't he the thief?"
"Let me tell you, this is the Central Villa. If there's a theft here, can you bear the responsibility?"
The security guard quickly looked at Wu Tian, but as his gaze fell upon Wu Tian, he immediately froze.
Following that, his expression became particularly strange.
Seeing that the security guard wasn't moving, Li Ru immediately accused him, "Hey! What do you mean by this?"
"Hurry up and arrest him! Are you in cahoots with him?"
But the security guard's subsequent actions made him utterly dumbfounded.
The security guard quickly walked up to Wu Tian and bowed, saying, "Mr. Wu, you're back. Why didn't you inform us!"
Wu Tian smiled and replied, "I just came to take a look, so I didn't want to disturb you."
Li Ru was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Wu? What do you mean, do you know him?"
The security guard nodded and said, "Mr. Li, I think you've misunderstood something. Mr. Wu is not a thief at all; he's the owner of this Central Villa!"
"Ah?!" The security guard's words struck Li Ru like lightning.
Li Ru let out a scream-like sound, and then his entire body went numb.
For a full half-minute, Li Ru couldn't speak.
His throat felt as if something was stuck, and he had almost lost the ability to speak.
His eyes widened like ox bells, and after a long while, he managed to say, "You're not joking with me, are you? How can he be the owner of the Central Villa?"
The security guard explained, "Mr. Li, Mr. Wu doesn't usually live here, so it's normal that you don't recognize him."
"But Mr. Wu has visited the property management several times, so I still recognize Mr. Wu."
"I'm not lying to you, Mr. Wu is indeed the owner of the Central Villa. You've truly misunderstood Mr. Wu this time."
Li Ru was stunned. The security guard then asked, "Is there anything else?"
Wu Tian smiled and waved his hand, saying, "It's nothing. You can go now; I'll handle this with him."
The security guard nodded and left. Wu Tian looked at the dazed Li Ru and smiled, saying, "How about it? Weren't you going to call the police?"
"I'm not stopping you. You can proceed with calling the police now."
After a long while, Li Ru mechanically turned his head to look at Wu Tian.
He asked foolishly, "You... aren't... You... are you really the owner of the Central Villa? But you..."
He originally wanted to say that Wu Tian's appearance didn't quite match, but due to his inner fear, he didn't voice it.
Wu Tian, guessing what he intended to say, continued to smile, "Who told you that if I bought this villa, I must dress in a certain way?"
"The clothes you're wearing are not bad, are they? But you're not the owner here!"
"So, judging a person solely by their appearance is not a good method."
At this point, Li Ru finally accepted the reality and understood that Wu Tian was indeed the owner of the Central Villa.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he forced a smile, saying to Wu Tian, "Yes, yes, Big Brother, you're right. I was too hasty this time."
He was extremely scared, after all, he had been acting like a clown for so long in front of the actual owner!
The thought of his earlier performance made his heart clench tightly.
Fearing that Wu Tian would blame him for this, he quickly added, "Big Brother, I really didn't mean it just now. Please don't blame me!"
Although Wu Tian found Li Ru quite annoying, he didn't dislike him. Instead, he found his simple-mindedness rather amusing.
He smiled and said, "I don't blame you, but since you treated me this way today, if I do nothing, it might seem like I'm easily bullied."
"So, no matter what, I still have to punish you."
Li Ru's heart trembled slightly, and he said with a fearful expression, "You... what do you want to do?"
Wu Tian said, "You also know that I don't live here often. To be honest, I'm a bit worried about theft here."
"Since you like to watch over my house so much, then fine, you can guard here from now on."
"Catch anyone suspicious you see."
Wu Tian's request made Li Ru freeze, and then he looked somewhat troubled.
After all, Wu Tian's words meant making him a security guard, didn't they?
But how could he, a young master who frequented fashion boutiques, do such a thing?
Seeing the resistance on Li Ru's face, Wu Tian deliberately made his tone colder and said, "What's wrong? Are you unwilling to do it?"
"If that's the case, then I'll have to pay your father a visit and see how he plans to resolve this matter."
Li Ru's body trembled violently, and then he frantically shook his head, "No! Big Brother! Please don't!"
If his father found out that he had offended the owner of the Central Villa, his father would surely kill him on the spot!