Chapter 449: With Thick Brows and Big Eyes, How Could He Still Deceive People?

The hidden police officers suddenly sprang up and rushed straight at the man holding a fruit knife.

In an instant, the man was pinned to the ground.

The knife in his hand was knocked away at once.

"Don't move!"

The man widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief.

Weren't those cops gone? Why the hell did they pop out again!

Damn… I've been fooled!

He never expected these thick‑browed, big‑eyed officers who looked so upright to be liars; they're too cunning! They were hidden inside the house yet pretended to have left.

The officers took out the handcuffs they carried and cuffed the man's hands behind his back.

After doing all that, the officers finally looked at Xu Mo with puzzled expressions.

"Team Leader Xu, how did you know there was still a person inside the house?"

Although the officers hadn't gotten much information from Xu Mo's hand signs earlier, by now they understood.

The reason Xu Mo knocked out the man who opened the door for them, hid him behind the side of the foyer, and ordered the officers to hide as well was because Xu Mo sensed something was off; he realized the situation wasn't that simple.

This wasn't a simple reporter test; in fact, it was a kidnapping!

The man who opened the door wasn't a reporter at all; he was a kidnapper, and besides him there was another kidnapper in the room.

"The person who called the police was a woman, but the one who opened the door was a man, and I didn't see anyone else in the living room; the reporting woman wasn't there, which is very suspicious… Also, I heard movement in the bedroom," Xu Mo explained briefly.

After that, he added another sentence.

"You didn't notice a problem because you didn't know the caller was a woman. When the report call came in, I happened to be passing by and listened, so I knew that detail… Moreover, the camera on the coffee table misled you, making you believe what that person said, thinking he was a reporter."

Some reporters really can do anything.

They are best at testing the law on themselves.

It's not just false‑alarm reports testing police response and dispatch speed; many go undercover into red‑light districts with hidden cameras, and most reporters end up pulling a gun during the interview…

Consequently, quite a few reporters have been caught on the spot in entertainment venues.

The police officers are already accustomed to such incidents; they've seen this so often that they get misled.

After the officers fully restrained the man, Xu Mo opened the bedroom door and saw a woman crouching in the corner.

【5】 Perhaps due to being overly frightened, the woman was now curled up, trembling.

Perhaps because she had been frightened too much, this woman was now curled up into a ball, trembling.

"Don't be afraid, we're police officers, here to rescue you. You were the one who made that emergency call earlier, right?" Xu Mo said, soothing the woman's emotions.

Although Xu Mo had said he was a police officer, the woman still didn't fully believe him; she glanced toward the doorway and saw the kidnapper who had taken her now handcuffed and pinned to the floor, and only then did she trust Xu Mo's words.

She muttered and nodded, "Yes, I called…"

She hadn't dared to speak earlier because the kidnapper inside the house pressed a knife to her throat, forbidding any sound.

Fortunately, Xu Mo noticed something was wrong in time.

If the problem hadn't been discovered, after the officers escorted the door‑opening man out, the kidnapped woman would likely have met a grim fate.

"They kidnapped you?" Xu Mo continued.

"Yes…"

"It's okay, the bad guys have been caught, you're safe. Come back with us to the station; we need you to give a statement."

With the two captured kidnappers and the rescued woman, the group returned to the Police Station.

……

In the office.

Xu Mo conducted a brief interview with the woman and learned the whole story.

The matter wasn't complicated.

Two kidnappers broke into the woman's home, abducted her with illicit intent, but the police officers arrived in time, and she was unharmed.

As for the camera, they found it in the kidnapped woman's house; they intended to record some footage as a keepsake.

The woman got a chance to call the police because the two thieves got hungry, forced her to order a takeout, and when the delivery was delayed, they made her call to urge the delivery.

In a moment of quick thinking, the kidnapped woman didn't call the delivery person; she dialed the Police Station directly.

She needn't recount what happened next; Xu Mo already knew.

After the officers, disguised as delivery workers, knocked on the door, one of the kidnappers, thinking quickly, pointed at the unused camera on the table and claimed to be a reporter…

After a brief statement was taken, Xu Mo brought the record to the Interrogation Room to check the interrogation progress.

The two kidnappers were detained in separate Interrogation Rooms for questioning; Chen Ke and Li Chen each brought a police officer and interrogated them simultaneously.

Caught red‑handed, they couldn't argue and obediently confessed.

Xu Mo briefly reviewed the kidnappers' statements and found them almost identical to the woman's record, with only minor discrepancies.

The two kidnappers were actually thieves who originally intended to break in and steal.

Who would have thought that halfway through the theft they discovered someone was inside; they tried to flee but unexpectedly found the homeowner was a single woman, and she was quite attractive.

The two instantly got greedy thoughts and turned malicious.

Coincidentally, the two bumbling thieves saw the woman with half a pizza left, got hungry, and forced her to order another pizza for them…

After waiting a long time with no delivery, they made the woman call to urge the delivery person, which finally gave her the chance to call the police.

When the police received the emergency call, they rushed to the address mentioned and captured the kidnappers.

The kidnapper, thinking quickly, pointed at the camera and claimed he was actually a reporter.

Although false‑alarm reports are illegal, their severity is much less compared to burglary and coercing a woman's will.

If the offender shows remorse, has a good attitude, and causes no serious impact, they may avoid detention; a fine and verbal admonition suffice.

Since the false‑alarm reporter was only detained and fined, he was very cooperative, hoping the police would quickly take him away.

This act was not only to protect his accomplice, but also to protect himself.

Only he is taken away by the Police; only then do his accomplices have a chance to handle the scene, flee, and conceal the evidence against the two.

After being captured, he claimed to be a reporter—what a shame you could think of that trick… Xu Mo skimmed the transcript and happened to see the robber's name recorded: Zhang San!

Well done, no wonder he could devise such a ploy to evade punishment; this kidnapper actually shares a name with the famed Lawless Rogue Zhang San, no wonder his mind is so sharp!