Chapter 19: I'm Only Worth One Million? No, At Least Five Million

Very quickly.

Two bowls of noodle soup were brought up; the owner, seeing Xu Mo and Yang Jingxuan looking pitiful, gave each a few beef balls and even said to Xu Mo.

"Young man, I see your girlfriend is so pretty and still willing to endure hardship with you—well done, keep it up; everyone has off days."

After saying that, he set the two bowls down and left.

Only Xu Mo and Yang Jingxuan remained, eyeing each other.

Xu Mo: "……"

Yang Jingxuan: "……"

She shouted, "Hey, owner, I'm not his girlfriend."

But the owner couldn't hear her.

Only then did the two of them slurp their noodles while chatting.

"Seriously, how do you plan to borrow money from the Program Crew?"

"The key to borrowing money lies with you."

"Me?"

"Hmm."

"Hey, aren't you the one who wants to borrow money? Wait… is your borrowing proper? You can't be scheming, can you?"

"Do you really think I actually intend to borrow from the Program Crew?"

"I'm so naive, I thought you were just borrowing money. Tell me, how will you do it?"

"Very simple. What is my current status? What is yours?" Xu Mo asked.

"Isn't that obvious? You're the kidnapper, I'm the hostage."

"Exactly. Later I'll use your phone to call the Investigation Team, tell them to exchange money for a person, have them prepare a one‑million ransom for you, otherwise they'll be ready to tear the ticket."

"……" Yang Jingxuan said, blushing, "I'm only worth one million?!"

"Then what do you think?"

"You're really unambitious, have you heard of earning a quick thrill in a day?"

"Heard of it."

"Then that's it. I think I should be worth at least three million. No, five million. No, actually ten million!" Yang Jingxuan said while biting her chopsticks.

"Ten million is too much, can't get it. Then I'll have the Investigation Team prepare five million, otherwise I'll kill you."

"Xu Mo, can you stop constantly saying you'll kill me? I still want to live longer."

Xu Mo smiled, "Do what you love, love what you do; if I don't say that, how would I seem professional?"

"So you're preparing to go hard against the Investigation Team? You think you can beat them?"

"That depends on the plan."

"What's your plan?"

"One word: deceive."

"Deceive?" Yang Jingxuan tilted her head, couldn't imagine how Xu Mo would deceive, and asked, "How?"

"Too complicated; even if I told you, you wouldn't understand."

"Are you calling me stupid?"

"I didn't say that; you said it yourself."

"Hmph, if you get caught, my schedule will be for nothing."

Halfway through the chat, Xu Mo suddenly asked, "Why are you sticking your chopsticks into my bowl?"

"I'm not full; give me your beef balls."

"Funny, you're not full, yet you make it sound like I am." Xu Mo lifted the bowl, slurped a few bites, and finished it.

Yang Jingxuan rolled her eyes, "Stingy one."

A while later.

Xu Mo and Yang Jingxuan had already walked out of the Chaozhou Handcrafted Beefball Shop.

"Give me the phone," Xu Mo said to Yang Jingxuan.

Yang Jingxuan handed him the phone assigned by the Program Crew.

"Sky Eye Operation" Live Broadcast Channel 2.

Investigation Team members were mobilizing the surveillance around Garden Community and Snack Street.

Suddenly…

Han Fei's phone, assigned by the Program Crew, rang.

"A call from the Program Crew?"

Shen Manni, standing nearby, asked upon hearing the ring.

Their phones were the same; the Investigation Team's phones were also assigned by the Program Crew, containing only contact info for Investigation Team members and the Program Crew, plus some basic apps.

"Hmm!"

Han Fei nodded, answered, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Team Leader Han, Xu Mo called the Program Crew with a Ransom Call!"

"What?"

Han Fei could hardly believe his ears; he never expected Xu Mo, who had just run away, to…

In the end, the kid not only didn't do that, but also turned around and made a ransom call to the Program Crew.

What sheer audacity!

You don't know the limits.

You really think getting away once means you can get away a second time?

Do you really think the Investigation Team just eats dry rice?

Han Fei's face darkened a bit, and he asked, "How much did he extort?"

"The Program Crew is negotiating with him now, Team Leader Han, do you think you should come over?" the Program Crew replied.

"Alright!"

Han Fei replied with a nod, then hung up, and said to Shen Manni, "Manni, you and I will go to the Program Crew. Li Chen, you and Chen Ke stay here, investigate the nearby surveillance, and once you locate Xu Mo's trail, immediately inform the Probationary Police Officers under our command—we must catch him."

"What's the matter with the Program Crew?"

Hearing that, Chen Ke couldn't help but ask, at such a critical moment, the Program Crew sending Han Fei over must mean something big.

Sure enough.

The next second, he heard Han Fei speak.

"Xu Mo placed a Ransom Call to the Program Crew."

"What?"

"This guy actually dared to make a ransom call?"

"I've seen crazy, but never this crazy!"

In an instant, the other three members of the Investigation Team reacted differently, clearly all hadn't expected Xu Mo to place a ransom call on the Program Crew.

Li Chen felt humiliated.

Chen Ke was rather surprised.

As for Shen Manni, she was first stunned, then let out a light laugh, "Interesting—Is this the first time since the Sky Eye Operation Program Crew started broadcasting that a Challenger has extorted them? This Xu Mo seems very confident."

Not only the Investigation Team members were surprised.

Sky Eye Operation Live Broadcast Channel 2.

This is a Live Broadcast Room from the Investigation Team's perspective.

Among them are many Investigation Team fans who haven't switched to Channel 1 yet.

So when they heard the Program Crew was extorted, they all felt unusually shocked and curious.

"Puhahaha, Xu Mo is truly unbeatable, daring to extort the Program Crew."

"He knows how to play, damn, he really knows how to play!"

"If I were Xu Mo, wouldn't it be nice to find a place to hide? One day without being caught earns a hundred thousand; the longer I evade, the more money I get. Even if he extorts like this, once caught the money won't be his."

"You know nothing, others want to play big."

"Hmm, I really don't get it, but I know Xu Mo will definitely get himself into it; just wait and see!"

"My Li Chen will soon be able to catch Xu Mo."

"Whether Xu Mo gets caught or not, his daring makes it interesting; this is far more entertaining than the previous two episodes."

"Right, I'll go to Channel 1 and see how Xu Mo extorts."

"I'll go too."

Soon, the Water Friends from Live Broadcast Channel 2 poured into Live Broadcast Channel 1.

Not just them.

Someone posted a Weibo saying the Sky Eye Operation Program Crew was extorted by a Challenger.

That post attracted many people to come watch.

The Sky Eye Operation Live Broadcast Platform's audience surged again!

As soon as they entered, they started sending Danmaku…

"I'm here to watch the Sky Eye Operation being extorted by kidnappers!"

"Hahaha, me too. I watched the previous two episodes; the Challengers were so weak. Didn't expect this episode to be so explosive!"

"Who is this Xu Mo? How is he so awesome!"

"The Program Crew never expected they'd ever be extorted; I'm dying of laughter."

"..."

On the Program Crew's side, they truly hadn't expected that a legal‑education show could also face extortion.

The Live Broadcast Room of Channel 1 had long been switched to the Program Crew's camera.

The hot spots Xu Mo creates keep coming one after another, yet they are unusually headache‑inducing.

He even placed a ransom call to Lin An'an and the others!

Truly unprecedented.

She was holding her phone, negotiating with Xu Mo, when she heard Xu Mo's voice coming through the phone.

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