The man wearing a flat cap lingered near Jiang Xiaoxiao's school, having seen Jiang Xiaoxiao and her friends take the bus to a competition, which would likely take several hours.
He had plenty of time to search the house thoroughly to find anything he needed.
If he couldn't find it, the boss had instructed him not to act rashly and alarm others.
Maybe the item was in a safe, but people usually weren't that careful with valuables, just hiding them in a place they thought was really safe at home.
He returned to the car, took out a newly purchased map, and found the street where Jiang Xiaoxiao lived.
He could get there in fifteen minutes at most and still had plenty of time to complete the task.
As he drove past the neighboring community, he observed whether any neighbors were in their yards planting flowers or weeding.
These houses were small and long past their prime.
