Chapter 169: Xu Mo: I

Of course, it's not absolutely safe.

It's only temporary safety.

Because Han Fei will eventually be able to trace this.

Even if Xu Mo parked that X7 in the Huban Xincun Community parking lot to mislead the police.

Then, after parking, he walked to the neighboring community called Wan Hui Cheng and avoided all the surveillance along the way.

But that doesn't solve everything permanently.

Xu Mo knows that Han Fei, the Former Criminal Investigation Team Leader, must have something up his sleeve.

He knows Han Fei will definitely be able to trace this, of course, but it takes time.

At least for a day or two, Han Fei can't locate this place.

…

The houses in the community are naturally not as large as An Youyi's villa.

Compared with the villa, the number of bedrooms is pitifully few.

There are only three bedrooms.

Sleeping one person per room like in the big villa is obviously impossible.

"There are only three rooms," An Youyi counted, "How will the five of us sleep?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Mo glanced at An Youyi and said,

"We'll have to squeeze in. I can't cram with you all; after all, men and women are separate. I'll take one room for myself, and you two can share the remaining two, but…"

He paused deliberately for two seconds, then smiled and said,

"If anyone insists on sharing a room with me, I have no objection; at worst I'll take a loss and squeeze onto a bed with you!"

The four women simultaneously rolled their eyes.

"Make you take a loss…"

"Who's actually taking the loss? Don't you have any sense?"

Seeing their looks, Xu Mo shrugged, said nothing, headed for the master bedroom, and shut the door behind him.

Two rooms remained.

After the four discussed, a result emerged.

An Youyi and Li Jiaxin would share a room.

Zhou Qiaoqiao and Yang Jingxuan would share one.

After entering the rooms,

Xu Mo first disabled the surveillance camera at the community entrance that had captured him.

Although this doesn't directly stop Han Fei from coming.

It can buy some time.

At least Han Fei can't quickly locate Xu Mo by checking the cameras, a highly efficient method.

What Xu Mo needs now is time.

He needs time to think.

Because he's about to do something big!

He must plan it carefully.

First, brute force definitely won't work.

Even though Xu Mo currently has a gun.

Having a gun is fine, but the problem is that the police now know he's armed.

They can't afford not to guard against it.

In the worst case, every officer would have a gun, even those not on patrol!

That would be a whole different story.

If Xu Mo forces his way, it's like walking into a trap.

It's like willingly throwing himself onto someone's bed.

Xu Mo knows that the prerequisite for breaking into the Police Station is that it be empty, or have so few people that they can't threaten him.

Only under such circumstances does he have a chance to walk away unscathed.

In other words, Xu Mo must find a way to draw all the officers out, or at least draw out most of them.

But that's the hard part.

Even a bank robbery, an extremely heinous and high‑impact case, isn't enough to mobilize the entire police force.

That shows that tricking most officers out is no easy task!

Xu Mo tugged at his hair.

"We'd have to cause something more serious than a bank robbery to achieve this?"

There are indeed cases worse in nature and impact than a bank robbery.

Massive explosion incidents with many casualties.

Or major serial‑murder cases that are hard to solve and spark public outcry.

Both types require massive police resources, making a full‑scale deployment possible.

But the problem is…

Xu Mo isn't a real criminal, damn it!

How could he possibly commit murder?

At most, he could just write the character "death" on a head.

But writing on someone's head is just a game between him and the Police.

The officers will cooperate.

What about ordinary civilians?

If you write the word "death" on their heads, will they lie on the ground motionlessly and cooperate?

Definitely not!

They would just wipe the characters off, curse "you lunatic", and then go on with whatever they were doing.

Then what case are the officers even investigating?

Xu Mo's thoughts were in disarray.

He seemed to have thought of something, but it slipped away instantly.

"Wait!", suddenly Xu Mo's eyes lit up: "Cooperation... that's the key to solving the problem! I get it."

He had thought of a method.

He quickly considered the feasibility of this idea.

A minute later, Xu Mo smiled.

This method is workable!

…

Lakeside New Village Ting Che Chang.

Han Fei and his party had already come looking.

There was only one x7 in the lot; given the license plate, it was undoubtedly the car Xu Mo stole.

The car being parked here indicates that Xu Mo was most likely nearby.

He definitely wouldn't have gone far.

Han Fei surveyed the surroundings.

He saw several surveillance cameras.

To find someone, the most direct way is to check the footage.

But he didn't intend to ask the property management for the footage.

That would be too troublesome.

Instead, he directly dialed Wuya's number.

He planned to ask him for help.

…

In no time, Wuya retrieved the footage from several cameras in the lot covering the past few hours.

He packaged it and sent it to Han Fei.

But the problem is,

After watching the footage, Han Fei found that the information it provided was far too scant.

Pitifully little!

The camera at the lot entrance captured the scene of the x7 driving in.

It was the only camera among all that captured Xu Mo, and it did so indirectly by filming the car.

Zooming in, the driver of the car is clearly Xu Mo.

Beyond that, there was no other useful information.

Based on the footage Wuya sent,

Han Fei and his team could only know that Xu Mo indeed drove here.

As for where Xu Mo went after parking, the cameras didn't capture it.

"This footage...", Chen Ke shook his head, "It's just a lonely shot; better not to watch it—wasting time."

Han Fei gave a wry smile.

"Alright, stop complaining; it's not entirely fruitless—we at least know Xu Mo did come here,"

He paused briefly, then pointed to the timestamp in the lower right of the footage and said,

"Look at the time; Xu Mo arrived here a little over an hour ago. He should be nearby... or rather, within this residential complex."

Chen Ke looked at Han Fei with a puzzled expression.

"We've already checked all of An Youyi's properties, right? There's no property of hers in this complex, is there? Why would Xu Mo come to this complex? Could he find a place to stay here?"

"It's hard to say. Don't forget, Xu Mo has more than one An Youyi around him—there's also Zhou Qiaoqiao and Li Jiaxin, both locals of Hangcheng," Li Chen analyzed.

At that moment, Han Fei shook his head.

"It can't be Zhou Qiaoqiao; we checked her early on, and none of her properties are here. It could be Li Jiaxin's house, but we have no data on her—just her name."

"Just knowing the name is enough!" Chen Ke slapped his thigh, "Han Team, go straight to the property management; they have the owner list…"