Chapter 170: Sneaky Thief, Clearly Not Something Good

Chen Ke's proposal seemed feasible to everyone.

They knew clearly that Xu Mo came to this residential complex with a purpose.

That purpose, ninety percent sure, was to find a place to live.

He certainly couldn't really take the four girls to sleep in a bridge tunnel!

Xu Mo and Yang Jingxuan aren't locals of Hangcheng, so they don't have a house in Hangcheng.

According to their records, that is indeed the case.

Neither of them has a house in Hangcheng.

An Youyi and Zhou Qiaoqiao, however, are locals of Hangcheng.

But the Police know their specific information.

They don't own any property in this residential complex.

That leaves only Li Jiaxin…

Li Jiaxin is also a Hangcheng local.

It is assumed that she has a house in this complex.

That is why Xu Mo came here.

He plans to stay in a property under Li Jiaxin's name to evade the Police!

Han Fei and his team can say they know nothing at all about Li Jiaxin.

Beyond her name, they have no other information.

They don't even know what she looks like.

The only time they met face‑to‑face, she had even used a Disguise.

But…

Knowing the name is enough.

The property management registers owner information.

What they need to do now is go to the complex's property office and look up an owner named Li Jiaxin.

Then they will head to the specific address they find.

Han Fei also knows time is tight, so he immediately prepares to take the police officers to the property office.

"Let's go!"

…

The residential complex's property office.

After learning Han Fei's group's identities.

The property staff were very cooperative.

Without hesitation, they had a staff member type the name 'Li Jiaxin' into the computer to search.

After the query, the staff turned to Han Fei.

"Police officer, we have no owner named 'Li Jiaxin' here."

"Impossible. Is your system wrong, or did you enter it incorrectly? Check again," Chen Ke said instinctively.

Chen Ke's tone was very confident.

For a moment, the property staff seemed uncertain.

Could the system really be malfunctioning?

He wasn't sure.

"Maybe I typed it wrong; let me try again,"

Saying that, the staff entered 'Li Jiaxin' again.

This time, he didn't click search immediately, but looked at Chen Ke.

"Police officer, could you see if this is the right name? I didn't mistype, did I?"

Chen Ke stepped forward, glanced, and nodded: "That's it, click search."

The result this time was the same as before.

The query returned nothing.

There is no owner named Li Jiaxin in the complex.

At least the computer shows none.

"What about tenants? Can we check tenants?" Han Fei prompted.

"This…" the staff said awkwardly, "We can't look that up; we only have owner information, tenant information… we can't check it."

In fact, when Han Fei asked that question, he had already guessed the answer.

Property offices generally only register owner information.

They have no jurisdiction over tenant data.

Whom the owner rents the house to is the owner's freedom and has nothing to do with the property office.

"If it's not the owner but a tenant… that would be difficult. Should we ask a nearby agency?" Li Chen scratched his head.

But soon, he shook his head.

"That won't work either; if the owner rents directly, an agency is useless."

The property search yielded nothing.

Han Fei's party didn't stand stupidly at the property office.

Instead they chose to leave.

After finally getting a glimmer of hope, it vanished while searching, and that feeling was extremely unpleasant.

Han Fei stared blankly at the rows of apartment buildings in the residential complex.

The shortcut of contacting the property management to check the owner's information won't work.

What remains is only the most clumsy method.

Either go door‑to‑door to investigate.

Or lie in wait at the various entrances of the complex, waiting for Xu Mo to emerge.

The former is more troublesome to implement; it consumes manpower and also disturbs the residents.

The latter doesn't waste as much manpower, but who knows when Xu Mo will show up?

And the most important thing is,

Even if we want to use these two clumsy methods, we must first confirm one point—Xu Mo is indeed in this residential complex right now!

To be honest, Han Fei doesn't even dare to be one hundred percent sure whether Xu Mo is hiding in this complex.

Because he only knows that Xu Mo drove into the complex.

And parked the car in the complex's parking lot, that's all.

If Xu Mo merely parked there, he might have left for elsewhere after parking.

Xu Mo has done plenty of things that deliberately leave misleading clues to confuse the police.

No one can say for sure whether Xu Mo's intentional parking is another Smoke Bomb he left behind.

The kid is so pathetic.

Just as Han Fei was pondering the next step,

Chen Ke stepped forward.

"Han Team, what do we do next? Should we search house by house?"

"There are so many houses in this complex; how long would a house‑by‑house search take? It would consume too much manpower and also disturb the residents," Li Chen shook his head.

He then looked at Han Fei.

"Han Team, why not station people at the complex's entrances? As long as Xu Mo is in this complex, we can lie in wait. I don't believe he'll stay hidden; once he shows his head, we strike."

Han Fei rubbed his temples and looked at Li Chen.

"You also said the premise is that he's in this complex. What if he's not? All we know is that he parked the car here; we have no way to confirm whether he's inside the complex or not."

"Leaving false clues to mislead us isn't Xu Mo's first time. I'm afraid he parked the car here to waste our time in this complex, while in reality he's not here at all and went elsewhere after parking."

Hearing that, Li Chen was momentarily stunned.

"You mean Xu Mo might have parked here and hidden in the neighboring complex?"

"It could be the next‑door complex, or even farther. He might have parked here, swapped the car for another and driven off—not necessarily. It's just that this time the owner didn't notice immediately; any of these possibilities exist," Han Fei added.

Upon hearing this, the group fell into silence.

After a dozen seconds,

Han Fei fixed his resolute gaze on everyone.

"But whatever the case, we cannot give up."

Immediately after, Han Fei looked at Li Chen.

"We'll do as you suggested—lie in wait—but not only in this complex; we need to guard several surrounding complexes as well. Xu Mo might have gone to a neighboring complex after parking, after all."

"Also... send a team to coordinate with nearby districts to see if there have been any car‑theft reports. I suspect Xu Mo might have parked here and then stolen another car to drive away."

…

Night had deepened.

Wan Hui Cheng.

A family car was parked by the roadside at the complex entrance, from afternoon until night!

No one got out of the car.

Menwei Laodaye grew increasingly uneasy.

The car at the gate was too strange.

It stayed parked at the gate for hours; even after dark, no one got out.

He kept staring at the complex entrance with a sneaky look.

It was clear it wasn't anything good!

Without time to think further, Menwei Laodaye gripped the rubber roller in his hand, took out his phone, and pressed Yaoyao Spirit to dial out…