Chapter 116: Xu Mo Hides in a Nursing Home?

The helper has already been chosen.

Next, Xu Mo prepared to carry out his plan.

Xu Mo took out his phone.

He quickly typed a passage on the phone.

He then handed the phone to Dun Dun.

"Record this information; write down as much as you can, and it's fine if you can't remember everything."

"Okay!" Dun Dun nodded with an unusually firm expression.

He took the phone that Xu Mo had passed over.

He began noting the passage Xu Mo had typed.

During that time.

Although the other kids were somewhat puzzled.

But to avoid disturbing Dun Dun, who had been selected by Xu Mo, everyone remained silent.

…

Five minutes later.

Seeing that the time was about right.

Xu Mo took the phone back.

He asked Dun Dun, "How's it going? Did you record everything completely?"

Dun Dun shook their head, "No... not finished."

He had thought Xu Mo would hand the phone to him again so he could continue.

But instead, Xu Mo slipped the phone straight into his pocket.

"Better that it wasn't finished!"

After saying that, Xu Mo handed the car key to Zhou Qiaoqiao, "Go fetch the computer from the car."

"Alright."

Soon, Zhou Qiaoqiao returned with the computer and a portable WiFi.

"Find a way to locate the Investigation Team's phone number," Xu Mo said.

Zhou Qiaoqiao is different from Xu Mo.

She has watched the Live Broadcast Room and knows the people in the Investigation Team from the streams.

For a hacker, looking up a phone number when the target's identity is known isn't very hard.

Especially since several members of the Investigation Team are now fairly well known.

Finding a celebrity's phone number is even easier.

After only a few minutes, Zhou Qiaoqiao had found Han Fei's phone number.

"Make a call using a virtual number," Xu Mo continued.

Zhou Qiaoqiao was slightly taken aback.

"Virtual number? That kind of number only fools ordinary people; if the Investigation Team asks the Police to check, the issue would be exposed."

"It's fine," Xu Mo said. "The Investigation Team is the Investigation Team, the Police are the Police; they won't ask the Police for every tiny matter. Besides, even if the Investigation Team did ask the Police, at worst they'd just get exposed. We can think of other ways; we won't lose anything."

Seeing Xu Mo speak that way, Zhou Qiaoqiao said nothing further.

She immediately used the computer to simulate a virtual number and called Han Fei.

Just as the call went out, before it connected.

Xu Mo reached out and lightly patted Dun Dun on the back twice, smiling, "Little Dun Dun, it's your turn to act."

Dun Dun solemnly nodded.

At that moment, the call connected.

"Hello, who is this?"

Dun Dun recalled the passage Xu Mo had shown them earlier.

Then they spoke.

"Hello, uncle, I'm Dun Dun. Are you after someone?"

Han Fei on the other end was startled.

Before he could recover.

Dun Dun continued.

"Uncle, I saw the person you're after; hurry and take them away!"

Because of the program, Han Fei always used speakerphone when making or receiving calls.

He did so to let the Water Friends in the Live Broadcast Room and the remaining three members of the Investigation Team hear the conversation.

Dun Dun's words reached Li Chen's ears word for word.

"Enthusiastic citizen?" he said, sounding a bit excited.

The program had been running that long, so an enthusiastic citizen calling in was normal; presumably they saw Han Fei's phone number in the Live Broadcast Room and called.

Moreover, that wasn't against the rules.

When capturing real criminals, people often call to provide information for a Bounty.

Information obtained from enthusiastic citizens is considered a legitimate channel.

The next second, Li Chen rushed to ask.

"Little Dun Dun, where is the person we're after?"

"At..." Dun Dun scratched their head. "At the place where the old people live; my grandmother also lives there."

"Nursing Home?" Li Chen asked.

"Yes!"

"When did you see the person we're after? Are you sure it's him?"

"Just now. Of course I'm sure—I saw him on my phone, exactly the same!"

Li Chen continued, "Which Nursing Home?"

Dun Dun was silent for two seconds, "…I don't know."

"Then where is that Nursing Home located, do you know?" Li Chen asked another question right away.

"Um… I don't know, it's just a place with lots of grandpas and grandmas. You guys hurry and catch him! My grandma is also there, I'm afraid he'll hurt my grandma."

Li Chen: "…"

Communicating with a child is really a hassle!

Which Nursing Home doesn't have many elderly?

This answer is just like playing around.

"Dun Dun, is a parent with you? Could you hand the phone to a parent?" Li Chen said, pausing.

As expected, Dun Dun refused outright.

"No, I made this call secretly. My dad would scold me if he found out. You guys hurry and catch the person!"

At that moment.

A young man's voice came through the phone.

"Dun Dun, grandma's calling you, stop playing with the phone."

"Enough," Dun Dun said, "My dad's calling me!"

Then a burst of static sounded on Han Fei's phone.

The call was cut off.

The Investigation Team members exchanged glances.

Chen Ke was the first to speak.

"So, after Xu Mo robbed the bank, he hid in a Nursing Home?"

"That does make a good place to hide someone; ordinary people usually don't go to a Nursing Home," Li Chen added at that moment.

Han Fei frowned.

"I feel something's off about this kid's words."

He was truly fooled by Xu Mo.

Since the hunt for Xu Mo began, they've taken on a massive gig, even more than all the gigs they've had in the first half of their lives combined.

"Impossible," Chen Ke said, "Han Team, you're being far too suspicious; how could a child lie?"

Han Fei thought for a moment.

That's right.

Children usually say whatever they think, they don't lie.

Especially, the tone of the kid who just called was extremely childish.

The younger the child, the less likely they are to lie.

Even if they lie, it has to be under someone's instruction.

But if someone teaches them to lie,

then at least they'd have rehearsed the entire false story in advance.

They would also occasionally prompt the child, fearing a misstep that would ruin the effect.

But recalling what that kid said earlier,

it doesn't seem like something memorized at all.

Because he answered "I don't know" to every question!

Moreover, Dun Dun's way of speaking is pure childlike tone, not like something taught beforehand.

If indeed someone taught him to deceive,

his answers should be very structured, bearing an adult's way of speaking that a child shouldn't have.

Could he say that the Nursing Home is a place with many grandpas and grandmas?

Instead, he would directly give the Nursing Home's name.

Yet even so, Han Fei's concerns were not completely dispelled.

He always felt there was something slightly eerie about this matter.

At that moment.

Han Fei received a message.

To be precise, it was an MMS.

The MMS contained a photo.

A photo of Xu Mo wearing a Nursing Home caretaker's uniform…

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