At Hong Kong House of Chow, the owner of the place, Austin Yanghui, was handling a shipment of radishes. Austin was an elderly Chinese man who wore a waiter outfit. By the time he got back to the restaurant lobby, he dropped his clipboard in horror. His prized jade dragon statue was gone.
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On a Friday afternoon ,Tokkori was going around the ground for a wormy lunch. That was when an orange and red van drove past him. He got mad, declaring, "I'll teach those rocker roadhogs not to ruin my breakfast."
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Inside the van were six Chinese-American siblings. They were practicing "Sugar Sugar" for their next gig. Tokkori flew towards their van and deliberately poked into a tire, causing the van to crash into a fire hydrant. Ms. McBruce was coming out of the bookstore when she saw the Chan Clan safely coming out.
Later at Roadhouse Fantasia, Ms. McBruce fixed up a free meal for them. "So tell me," she asked, "what caused your little car crash?"
"We were on our way to our gig at Disco Day in Harrisburg when some green bird purposefully gave us a flat tire," Alan replied.
Ms. McBruce knew that Tokkori did this on purpose. She found Tokkori eating all the lo mien, grabbed him, and took him to the Chans' table. "Tokkori," she growled, "this is the third time this month you deliberately caused a flat tire. The first one was for Principal Hopkins when she kicked you out of the school and the other was for Mr. and Mrs. Zand when they thought you were a stray bird."
"I ain't no stray, Lorraine," Tokkori said. "I'm a Dreamland bird."
"He's a dreamer, but not the only one," Stanley said. Suzie, Alan, Anne, and Tom started to laugh.
"Forgive Stanley," Henry said. "He's always being a big dummy, and unfortunately I'm responsible for his antics."
"Since no one was hurt," Ms. McBruce said, "maybe you should test your instruments to see if they're alright."
After the Chan Clan tuned their instruments, they asked Ms. McBruce if she wanted any requests. "Do you know 'What A Feeling' by Irene Cara?" she asked. "That's my favorite song. It even inspired my girls to feel confident."
Alan knew the song from the song list they performed, including their originals.
The Klue Queens barged in to see Ms. McBruce performing with the Chan Clan.
"Mom knows how to sing, doesn't she, Kirby?" Leah asked as she looked down. By her foot, she saw that Kirby was missing. "Kirby?" she asked.
By the stage, Kirby played Leah's harmonica really badly. "Hey!" shouted Alan. "You're ruining our rehearsal!"
As Kirby got on Henry's drums, Leah grabbed him and confiscated the harmonica. "Kirby" she said, "I need that for my Harmonica Harmony badge."
By the door, a familiar face came in feeling glum. "Tang," said Leah. "We haven't seen you in ages."
"Yeah," Tang answered. "I've been super busy with the town news and Hong Kong House of Chow, and recently, our prized jade statue has been stolen."
"Wham Bam! Lititz Heights is in a jam!" Stanley said.
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Later at Hong Kong House of Chow, Tang rushed up to her father and hugged him. "Tang," he said, "I'm glad you caught the Klue Queens and Mr. Charlie Chan's 6 eldest children's."
The Chans were surprised about this. "You knew our Pops?" asked Suzie.
"Knew him?" Mr. Yanghui replied. "We went to high school together. He told me of your little performances as a band and Jr detectives. You're always doing your best to help him out."
"After our mom died giving birth to Scooter," Tom explained, "we knew that he needed all the help he could get bringing in money for food and bills. So we decided to form a band."
"Enough familia talk," said Estrella. "What happened to the jade statue?"
"It's actually called the Yù Lín Dragon," Mr. Hanghui explained. "It was made by sculptors who served Princess Kay Lo in China. Years later, treasure hunters decided to take them to America. I won the statue with 200 Yuans."
Kirby was a little confused. "Yuans are Chinese currencies," Tania said.
"Do you have any suspects on who would steal the statue?" Kaylin asked.
"Here are the suspects to the jade dragon theft," Tang explained as she gave them the suspect list.
Suspects
Brayden Kǎchē (Mover) - Keeps sleeping on the job.
Ayla Yídòng (Mover) - Always angry.
Xavier Xuyao (Mover) - Was out sick during the shipment.
Jameson Yuen (Truck driver/owner of moving company) - Confined in a wheelchair and is worried about the finances of his business.
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Later, Henry, Leah, Kirby, Stanley, Estrella, and Swinger were at the library looking for some answers on the statue. Leah and Estrella turned her heads to see Stanley wearing something silly.
"What on earth are you doing?" Henry growled.
"I'm supposed to be a mover," Stanley said while badly dressed up as a mover. "I figured since they're part of a moving company, I could blend in." Estrella, Leah, Swinger, and Kirby started to giggle uncontrollably.
"Will you get out of that stupid disguise?" Henry growled.
"Fine, fine," replied Stanley. "I did come up with the titles for you."
With a quick twirl, Stanley changed back to normal while Estrella, Leah, Swinger, and Kirby calmed down. "Sorry," Leah replied. "Stanley's humor always makes us laugh."
"But I'm afraid you won't have a laughing joke," said the librarian. "A group of movers broke into our library last night and stole a book on painting statues."
The sextet was shocked.
Meanwhile, Suzie, Kaylin, Alan, Paige were riding Chan Scoots around town when they saw Issac moping at the front of Jukebox Rock. "Hey, Issac," asked Paige, "what's wrong?"
"My brother Harry," Issac answered sadly. "He's visiting us, but has just gone missing. He hasn't called at all and we promised to eat at Jukebox Rock when he comes. I waited an hour, so I ordered a milkshake myself."
"Leah is not going to like this," Paige said to Alan.
"I can't see true love go downhill like Romeo and Juliet," Kaylin said.
"Me neither," Suzie replied. Both girls decided to take Issac to Leah and tell her what's going on.
"Does Kaylin always get all cutesy when it comes to romance?" Alan asked.
"She does," Paige replied.
Rylie, Anne, Tokkori, Tania, and Tom were patrolling on the Chan Bike. "Hey, Anne," Tokkori inquired. "Since when do you start wearing skirts?"
"Skirts? Please," Anne groaned. "You're being awfully rude."
Tokkori was so busy taunting Anne and Tom, he bumped into a street light. "That's for giving us a flat tire on purpose," Anne growled.
Tokkori woke up to see the Yù lín Dragon. "Hey, guys!" he shouted. "I found that stupid Young Line dragon."
"It's Yu Lin," corrected Tom, "Which is Chinese for 'jade scale'."
"Whatever, four-eyes," snapped Tokkori replied. "Now let me go find some worms to eat."
They were mad but were happy they found the statue, or so they thought. Thanks to Tania's color comparison she learned in elementary school, she knew the difference between jade green and a few other shades. She could tell that the statue was pear green. Without scrape, they realized that the statue was a fake.
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At the front of Hong Kong House of Chow, Billie was coming out of the nail salon when she spotted Henry. She was amused by his gorgeous looks. "Hey, handsome," she said. "What's your name?"
"Henry," Henry greeted as he annoyingly pushed Billie, "and I'm a visitor."
"Too bad," Billie replied. "I've been looking forward to a candlelit dinner without the Klue Queens interrupting."
"We're kind of busy, Billie," Leah replied.
"Shut up, shut up, shut up!" Billie shouted. "Henry is mine, and he's going to like it!" Before she had a chance to punch Leah, Tokkori came in and kissed her. He said, "You're as lovely as a honey boo."
"Eww," growled Billie. "Bird kisses." She ran off in disgust.
Rylie, Tania, Tom, and Anne came up to inform them that the culprits tricked them into thinking that they left the statue behind.
At the same time, Suzie, Alan, Kaylin, Paige, and Issac came in to warn them that Harry was missing. Determined to help find her boyfriend's brother, Leah agreed to help him.
"Wait a minute," Tom said. "Let's get inside to Hong Kong House of Chow."
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In the restaurant's kitchen, they saw the freezer with an "Out of Order" sign, which Tom knew that it was the least likely place to hide something or someone. In the fridge, they found Harry frozen, bound, and gagged.
"Harry!" Issac shouted as he untied his brother. "What happened?"
"I was coming home from shopping for food for my chimps when I saw a bunch of strange movers with the Yu Lin Dragon," Harry explained. "On my phone, I recorded their secret smuggling and hoped to report it to the police. Unfortunately, one of the guards came and broke my phone, preventing me from contacting you and accidentally breaking the promise to meet you at Jukebox Rock."
"No wonder you never called," Issac replied. "But don't worry - after we catch those movers, Martin can repair your phone."
"Did you say 'those movers'?" asked Henry. "Because the librarian said that a bunch of movers stole a painting book from the library."
"I think I know what this means," Leah replied
"The whole company is the culprit!" they shouted.
Kirby then spotted a trail of pear green paint from the back. "Good eye, Kirby," Rylie said. "If we follow this trail of paint, they would lead us straight to the movers."
By Warp Star, they followed the trail to Luobo Moving Company, with a huge sign that said "Secret Stash Here" in Chinese. "They need to learn not to use neon signs," Alan suggested. "Bilingual people could read that."
One by one, they entered the open window and landed safely in a pile of styrofoam peanuts. Kirby tried to eat some, but Alan caught him and warned, "Styrofoam peanuts are for packing, not eating."
As they got out, Anne seemed to notice a box filled with cards with Jameson's face on them. "Jace Yuan, Jaxson Yo, Josiah Yun," she deduced. "Those are fake IDs."
"Why would a moving company have a box of fake IDs?" asked Henry.
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Suddenly, they heard some movers handling some boxes. They quickly hid behind the curtain so they wouldn't get in big trouble. Jameson came to them while walking towards them. "He's been faking his disability the whole time?" asked Henry quietly. "The nerve of people."
"Did you take care of the decoy statue you guys made?" asked Jameson
"We did," Xavier said. "I didn't major in sculpting for nothing. I'm so glad I played sick so I can give myself time to work on the fake sculptor."
"Quiet, Xavier," Ayla said. "We get paid after we sell that statue to that crime lord in Hong Kong?"
"We do," Jameson replied. "I'm usually too lazy to handle the big guns myself, so I faked my multiple sclerosis so I can let you steal the dragon from my old job at Hong Kong House of Chow."
"Why bother?" Brayden replied as he yawned. "You got fired from there after you rudely yelled at a kid's birthday party for no reason."
"They're children," replied Jameson. "They always make a mess. After that, I decided to go in a life of crime all around America stealing valuable statues for profit for our fake moving company."
The Klue Queens and the Chans were horrified by the terrible truth of the moving company. Kaylin spotted some imported liquid soap and got an idea. "Kirby," shouted Kaylin, "suck it up!"
With a gulp of the liquid soap, Kirby turned into Cleaning Kirby. One by one, Kirby started cleaning up the dirty movers.
"Get up, you buffoons!" shouted Jameson. "That walking piece of gumball isn't going to expose us!" Kirby made Jameson's cohorts slip and slide, but Jameson took baby steps in order to get away.
"Stanley," said Henry, "do your song title joke."
"Do I have to?" Stanley replied.
"You have to," Henry answered. "You are my brother."
"I'm the number-one son of the number-one man," Stanley said as they started to giggle. "The undercover man with an undercover plan, who's got the goods on you, who's got their eye on you, yes I do, whodunit, who made me feel this way, Chan of the clan, you are a super sleuth man."
Jameson laughed so hard that Kirby placed some handcuffs on him. "Thanks for all your help, Stanley," Harry replied. "We really needed that."
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At Roadhouse Fantasia, everyone was enjoying themselves while having their Saturday Brunch. Cristina served Estrella her tea while wondering something. "Where's Swinger?" asked Cristina.
"He's going to test some cooking out in the kitchen" Estrella explained, "Just as long as he doesn't shed his fur, we don't want you to get fired."
"I can't believe that you guys solved a mystery with the Viewtube stars The Chan Clan" replied Cristina, "How did you guys figure that those movers stole the Yu Lin Dragon?"
"There were a few clues that they took the dragon," Kaylin explained, "Like the paint book stolen from the library, the color on the fake dragon being different from the original, and the green paint trail leading to the warehouse."
"Now the Yu Lin Dragon is back at Hong Kong House of Chow" Paige replied, "Peaceful and harmonized."
At Hong Kong House of Chow, Tang was writing down some reports on Lititz Heights when she saw the article on The Chan's and The Klue Queens rescuing her family's statue. Her father came up with some green tea and kissed her on the cheek. Tang smiled.
Back at Roadhouse Fantasia, Rylie was watching something special, "Guys" Rylie replied, "The Chans are live-streaming their performance at Disco Day."
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At Disco Day, they performed "Mystery Woman" dedicated to The Klue Queens. "So sweet how The Chans paid tribute to us huh, Kirby," asked Leah as she spotted Kirby napping, "Sounds like they made a rock and roll lullaby."
Swinger came out of the kitchen, carrying a disgusting casserole made of turkey and flies. A few rats tried to smell it, but they ran off in disgust, "Looks like the rats don't like Swinger's flea and turkey casserole."
"I'll take a bite out of the casserole" Chief Hess replied.
"Ugh," said Leah, "Chief, there's something you have to know."
"Not now" Chief Hess said as he started eating the casserole.
Just then, Chief Hess started getting very sick, he rushed to the bathroom, and barfed, "I'm okay" he shouted from the bathroom.
The End.
