Chapter 352: If You Can't Drink It, Don't Drink It

The Handcuffs were taken out by Xu Mo for a remote arrest mission; in this remote arrest operation, Xu Mo, Chen Ke, and Li Chen each wore a pair of Handcuffs to prevent accidents.

Chen Ke's pair was used up right away, but Xu Mo's remained in the System Space, and unexpectedly it turned out to be useful now.

Li Yunfei took the Handcuffs Xu Mo handed over: "Thanks, I didn't bring mine, I'll use yours for now and return it to you when I get back to the Police Station."

"No need to be formal," Xu Mo smiled.

The two chatted and laughed, but the older woman beside them panicked.

The moment she saw the Handcuffs, she realized something was wrong; after hearing Xu Mo and Li Yunfei's conversation and realizing they were police officers, she didn't hesitate at all, sprang up from the floor, said nothing, and turned to run.

If you pull a scam on a police officer, can you just stand there and wait to be caught without running?

Scamming someone else can earn you money, but scamming a police officer only gets you a pair of shiny silver Handcuffs!

"Stop!" Li Yunfei shouted loudly, then gave chase.

The older woman's stamina naturally couldn't match the young man's; she was caught after only a couple of steps.

Li Yunfei seized the opportunity to pull out the Handcuffs Xu Mo had just given him, cuffed the older woman's wrists, and escorted her back into the car.

"Sorry for making you look foolish," Li Yunfei scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed: "In this small place, the legal education isn't particularly well developed."

Chen Ke only gave a wry smile after hearing that, chose not to reply, and thought to himself that this was just a scam, not a big deal—what's there to be embarrassed about? In his jurisdiction, there are daily murder cases!

If you have to compare it to the legal education's improvement, wouldn't that be even worse than the so‑called "small place" Li Yunfei mentioned?

"I'll take her to the Police Station first, let her receive some education from the other officers; after that we can go eat, it might take a bit more time, sorry, sorry…" Li Yunfei continued.

"No problem, understood!" Xu Mo and Chen Ke said in unison.

"You successfully captured the scam‑calling older woman and earned a reward—100,000 yuan in cash," a notification sound rang in Xu Mo's mind.

At the same time, an additional 100,000 yuan in cash appeared in the System Space.

"I just handed over a pair of Handcuffs; does that count as me catching someone?" Xu Mo was slightly stunned.

Of course, Xu Mo didn't dwell on that; why turn down a reward? He took it, you can't just return it.

The reward this time was a bit small… but it's understandable; after all, the target wasn't a serious criminal, just a scam‑calling older woman. In terms of capture difficulty, it can't compare to murderers, so a modest reward is normal.

Li Yunfei took the scam‑calling older woman to the Police Station en route, let his on‑duty colleagues handle her, and also introduced Xu Mo and Chen Ke to the station staff before leaving the station and heading straight to the restaurant.

Xin Cheng Restaurant.

Room 218.

Li Yunfei pushed the door open and entered; Xu Mo and Chen Ke followed him into the private room.

"I ran into a scammer on the way, caught them and took them to the Police Station, which delayed me a bit," Li Yunfei explained as he entered.

"We don't care; if you're late, you have to punish yourself—three bottles!" a police officer shouted.

He paused, then smiled at Xu Mo and Chen Ke: "Uh, you two don't have to punish yourselves; you're guests, he can punish himself."

When he heard about the three‑bottle self‑punishment, Li Yunfei instantly wilted.

"It's not… after paying the three bottles, what will I eat? How about three glasses? Or just one bottle, one is enough; three is too many. Besides, I was delayed because of official business, not intentionally late."

"Li junior, your drinking capacity is lacking—can't even finish three bottles of beer? You need to train, you know?" Chen Ke patted Li Yunfei's shoulder.

If you can't finish three bottles, your drinking ability is only suitable for sitting with a child.

But the next second, Chen Ke was stunned.

"Brother Chen, you misunderstood—we don't drink alcohol; we still have to do a night shift at the Police Station later, how can we be on duty after drinking? We'll have this instead," the officer said, lifting a box of mineral water from under the table onto the surface, opening it, and tossing three bottles of mineral water to Li Yunfei.

Xu Mo: "…"

Chen Ke: "…"

After all that, it turned out these people were drinking water, not alcohol; no wonder Li Yunfei said he couldn't finish—it's hard for anyone to drink three bottles of mineral water…

Xu Mo also reached out, patted Li Yunfei's shoulder, and gave him a look of wishing him good fortune.

"Come, come, you sit first," the officer warmly invited Xu Mo and Chen Ke to sit.

Li Yunfei, feeling depressed, picked up the mineral water and began gulping it down.

During that time, a police officer sitting beside them asked.

"We still have to go to the Police Station later, so we can't drink alcohol; would you two like something? I'll have the server bring some drinks."

"I can't drink," Chen Ke shook his head: "I'm in the hospital; I'll just have water with you."

"If no one is drinking, I won't either; I'll have water too," Xu Mo also shook his head.

After a few exchanges, Li Yunfei had already finished two bottles of water, wiped his mouth, and after taking a breath with the third bottle, he had to slow down before continuing to drink.

"Enough, enough, if you really can't finish it, just stop!" someone said.

As the proverb says, a true hero can't be swayed by a turtle's urging.

Hearing that, Li Yunfei's competitive spirit flared up instantly—can't finish it? Who says I can't? Who's looking down on me? Huh?

"Damn… I can't finish it? What a joke!" he said, then without hesitation unscrewed the cap and downed it in one gulp.

"Awesome! I'll go call the server to bring the dishes."

…

During the meal, almost all topics revolved around Xu Mo, mainly his case‑solving experiences.

The police officers asked, Xu Mo answered, and Chen Ke beside them occasionally added a few words.

Because the meal was accompanied by water, and everyone drank a lot.

Thus, halfway through the meal, people kept getting up to run to the Restroom, with Li Yunfei being the most frequent, since he drank the most water.

When the dinner ended, Xu Mo also felt a bit bloated, got up, and prepared to go to the Restroom.

"Are you going to the Restroom? Let's go together." Li Yunfei, seeing Xu Mo get up, immediately followed.

Restroom.

As the two were flushing, they heard a conversation from the stall behind them.

"Hai Ge, you've become prosperous lately, I see you've even put on a big gold chain."

"Ha ha, what's the fuss about getting rich? I just made a little cash… about four million."

"WTF? About four million? How'd you make it? Can you show the junior?"

"What are you talking about, we're all buddies, what's this about bringing or not bringing, I'll just tell you how I made it, you follow my steps. My method… money comes fast, in a week I earned over four million, like a damn money‑printing machine. But if you want to do this you need startup capital, about two hundred thousand…"

Hearing this, Xu Mo and Li Yunfei exchanged a glance.

Problem!