Chapter 28: Was the Travel Bag Taken?

At this stage, with everything unknown, no one dares to claim they know Xu Mo's next move.

Regarding this uncertainty that hovers like a blade's edge, both Shen Manni and Li Chen feel a sense of danger and a sense of excitement.

Especially Shen Manni, a leading figure in criminal psychology.

She rarely encounters such an inscrutable individual.

In her bright eyes, excitement flickers.

Now that's interesting.

Isn't it?

Two Haval H6s race along the main road.

They speed toward the second intersection of South City Avenue.

They are taking a special route; at this moment every minute and every second is extremely precious.

A minute faster increases their chance of catching Xu Mo by a minute.

Erxian Bridge Wanda Plaza is normally over twenty minutes' drive from this intersection.

But they arrived in twelve minutes.

Boom!

Li Chen, Shen Manni, and seven or eight plainclothes officers quickly get out of the car.

They rush into the bank.

Even before they arrived, the bank staff had been notified and were waiting here.

"We are pursuing a Wanted Status."

"Please cooperate with us and retrieve the surveillance footage."

The staff member, perhaps new, has never seen such a display and feels nervous upon hearing Li Chen's orders.

"Alright… okay."

"Hold on."

He fumbles while pulling up the surveillance.

On the footage, a disheveled figure with messy hair and tattered clothing appears.

He rubs his hands, seeming a bit excited.

While waiting, the person looks left and right, appearing very uneasy.

After taking out a sizable amount of money, the person looks even more excited.

Clutching the cash, he quickly disappears from the camera's view.

"Something's wrong!"

Li Chen and Shen Manni exchange a glance and say confidently.

"This person looks similar, but it's highly likely not Xu Mo."

"Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that Xu Mo deliberately disguised himself."

He possesses a super brain known as a humanoid camera.

His memory is terrifyingly sharp, often retaining a single glance vividly.

Naturally, he has long stored Xu Mo's figure firmly in his mind.

Shen Manni adds, "Exactly, this person appears very uneasy, took only a modest sum, and his post‑robbery excitement starkly contrasts with Xu Mo's usual composure and shrewdness."

With her expertise, she can easily discern a person's condition and mindset from subtle voice and movement details.

"But I also can't rule out that this isn't a performance deliberately staged by Xu Mo to confuse everyone."

After receiving Shen Manni's affirmation, Li Chen quickly pulls out his phone to call the police bureau, "This is Li Chen, request the surveillance near the bank at the second intersection of South City Avenue."

"Make it quick!"

Soon, the video is transmitted via the phone app.

In the footage, the person, after grabbing the cash, runs happily, occasionally glancing at the bag in his hand.

He walks into the bustling street, browses, and finally swaggered into a high‑end five‑star restaurant.

"This person isn't Xu Mo, but he must be connected to Xu Mo; his body should hold clues related to Xu Mo."

"Or perhaps this person is now handing the money to…"

"We'll chase after him."

Up to now, it's only eighteen minutes since they left Erxian Bridge.

Three minutes later, they arrive at Mantic Restaurant.

Li Chen leads the way.

Entering the Da Ting, his eyes sweep the crowd and spot the man sitting in a corner.

"There!"

With a whoosh, all the plainclothes officers rush forward.

They surround the man.

The man startles, a lobster half‑ejected from his mouth.

"What are you… doing…"

Shen Manni slightly frowns; the guy's expression seems clueless.

Li Chen already begins to interrogate, "Don't you know what we're doing!?"

"Tell us, where is Xu Mo!?"

The man blinks, "Xu Mo? I don't know Xu Mo!"

"Who are you, and what do you want!?"

"We are police!" a plainclothes officer pulled out his credentials and questioned, "You don't know Xu Mo!? And where did that card for withdrawing money come from?"

Shen Manni tugged at him, "He really doesn't know Xu Mo; we were sent away as a diversion."

The man eating also learned about the card they mentioned.

He said, "Are you talking about the card I used to withdraw money??"

"It was given to me in the afternoon by a rich friend who felt sorry for me."

"He's really a good person; he said he felt sorry for me, gave me this card, which has five million, and I can take as much as I want."

"Take it and spend it however you like."

"Even if you are police, you can't control this, can you?"

Shen Manni covered her forehead, and Li Chen knit his brows.

The plainclothes officer now realized he had been played by Xu Mo and instantly became furious.

After running a long way, hurrying fast and slow, they encountered this kind of thing.

"You dare to use a card given by a stranger?!"

"If that person is a criminal, or if the card is full of dirty money, you're an accomplice, it's illegal, you'll go to prison, understand!!"

The man was stunned for a moment, then blurted out, "I'm a Sanhe big shot, sometimes I have a meal, sometimes I don't, living like a dog every day, I can spend this much to enjoy myself."

"Who cares about that?"

While saying that, he also grabbed the lobster on the table and shoved it back into his mouth.

Then, while eating, he said, "If you want to arrest someone, wait until I finish this meal, okay?"

"This huge lobster, truly worthy of a five‑star hotel, is really delicious."

The group fell silent.

Xu Mo clearly never intended to use the money in the bank card; it was just to confuse people.

A Sanhe big shot, who doesn't even have an ID card.

He doesn't care about any of that at all.

The two met by chance, and the Sanhe big shot could never possibly know more about Xu Mo.

This thread has already been cut.

Shen Manni immediately relayed the situation here to Chen Ke.

"Over there, keep an eye on it; the bank card has already been abandoned by Xu Mo."

"The people here are just a front."

"The bank card has been reclaimed… wait, where's the card!?"

The plainclothes officer also instantly questioned the Sanhe big shot, "Where's the card!?"

"Throw… threw it."

The Sanhe big shot stammered, his sclera subconsciously shifting upward for a moment before returning to normal.

"Thrown?"

Shen Manni noticed his micro‑expression and chuckled, "I think it's on you, then."

She could tell immediately; the Sanhe big shot was lying.

"Really not!" the Sanhe big shot tried to deny.

Shen Manni said no more nonsense and directly ordered the plainclothes officer to search him.

Soon, several plainclothes officers finished searching the vagrant's body.

But they found no bank card.

"Sister Shen, nothing found!"

Shen Manni couldn't help but frown and asked again, "I'm asking about the card again; you won't say you're waiting… to go to prison, will you?"

Saying that, she picked up the silver‑white Handcuffs.

The Sanhe big shot then had to answer, "I hid the card."

"Who told you to hide it?"

"The person who gave me the card told me that once I withdraw money, I must immediately hide the card, otherwise someone will come to snatch it."

"Never thought it would be you police officers coming to snatch it."

"Xu Mo really is despicable!"

Hearing that, Shen Manni couldn't help but spit.

"What do you mean?" Li Chen asked.

Shen Manni then said, "The card—he definitely won't use it again, but we can't just ignore that bank card; it contains several million. Send a few brothers with the Sanhe big shot to retrieve that bank card; we must hurry back there."

"This guy is distracting us, wasting our time; he'll probably act over there."

Shen Manni's words just fell.

The next second.

From the wireless communicator came a report from the other side.

"Someone took the Black Travel Bag from the trash bin."

"It was a man in a suit."

"He's running!"

"All units, attention, give chase!"