Chapter 70: Plainclothes

Realizing that now there is a chance to take down this Scam Gang in one fell swoop.

Three plainclothes officers immediately reported this crucial lead.

When headquarters learned of the news,

they promptly dispatched additional manpower to them.

Of course, they were all in disguise.

They must not alert the Scam Gang and let it sense the Police's presence.

…

At this moment, the Investigation Team members arrived at the spot in the surveillance where Xu Mo was last seen.

They began the first round of investigation.

This time they wouldn't search every nook and cranny, but focus on high‑end hotels.

Any place that looked somewhat upscale was slated for a sweep.

After all, Xu Mo the kid has a record.

Previously, he had concluded that the Investigation Team wouldn't search hotels, which is why he dared to stay there.

This time, nothing can allow Xu Mo to slip through the cracks.

When they found a qualifying high‑end hotel and were about to go in for a search,

Chen Ke sneered, "He probably wouldn't even think— even if he were beaten to death— that we'd start by directly searching high‑end hotels this time."

At the same time, Chen Ke was somewhat puzzled.

He asked, "Do you think Xu Mo is delusional? According to the data, isn't he just an ordinary person? Why would he want to stay in a five‑star hotel?"

Hearing that, Shen Manni gave him a glance.

Shen Manni said, "When you suddenly get money you go on a revenge‑spending spree; that's normal. He's still hiding from us, and there aren't many places he can spend, so the only choice is a five‑star hotel."

After listening to Shen Manni's analysis of Xu Mo's mindset after becoming suddenly rich,

the group instantly realized.

Shen Manni was right.

When a person suddenly gets a huge sum of money, they inevitably start a revenge‑spending spree.

Food, clothing, and lodging will absolutely be chosen at the highest standard.

Therefore… Xu Mo's Sheer Cliff is right here among these high‑end hotels.

It's either five‑star or four‑star.

The more they thought about it, the more motivated the few became.

It felt as if they would soon catch Xu Mo.

…

In the guesthouse.

Xu Mo was standing by the window, deep in thought.

What the scammer sees and hears are exactly what Xu Mo intends him to see and hear.

It is his self‑directed act to mislead the scammer.

The purpose is to make the scammer mistakenly think he holds compromising leverage over Xu Mo.

If nothing goes wrong, the other side will soon start extorting.

What Xu Mo is pondering is how to get the scammer to willingly hand over money before the scammer can extort him.

Suddenly, Yang Jingxuan's remark interrupted Xu Mo's thoughts.

"Xu Mo! Stop just standing there. Didn't you say you'd treat me to a big meal? When are we going to eat that feast?"

Xu Mo turned his head and gave Yang Jingxuan a glance.

At that moment he was also a bit hungry.

"Right now, let's go."

Yang Jingxuan felt a surge of joy and rummaged a pile of cosmetics from her bag.

"Now? Then wait a sec, I'll retouch my makeup— a feast needs a sense of ceremony!"

Half an hour later.

Yang Jingxuan finished her makeup.

The two left the room.

As soon as they stepped out, they ran straight into a woman dressed very revealingly.

The woman walked to the doorway of one of the rooms.

She glanced at her phone, then at the room number, and only then knocked.

Xu Mo didn't look at the woman much.

But Yang Jingxuan was terribly curious, taking three steps and then looking back each time.

Having prior experience.

She now felt that every woman who knocks is a scammer!

After leaving the guesthouse and reaching the street, Yang Jingxuan stealthily slipped up beside Xu Mo.

If I'm not mistaken, that woman just now was also a scammer! I think she was here to return a phone.

"This guesthouse must be the lair of that scammer gang."

"I guessed correctly, right?"

After saying that, she wore an expression like "I'm so awesome, praise me!"

Xu Mo shook his head.

"That one isn't a swindler; she's a nurse."

"Huh?" Yang Jingxuan was a bit bewildered: "What nurse? Someone who feeds milk?"

Yang Jingxuan expressed that she couldn't understand.

"These days we have formula milk, it's not the ancient era; kids can drink formula."

Xu Mo said seriously.

"Did I say she's feeding milk to kids? She could be feeding adults in their twenties, thirties, up to eighty years old."

Yang Jingxuan: "???"

……

Xu Mo led Yang Jingxuan to a small stall selling jianbing at the entrance of the guesthouse.

"Owner, one order of jianbing, add some pork loin, add a sausage, no cilantro."

After speaking, Xu Mo turned his head toward Yang Jingxuan.

"What would you like to add?"

However, at that moment Yang Jingxuan stared wide‑eyed, her face full of disbelief.

"Is this the feast you mentioned?"

"I spent so long on my makeup, and you bring me here to eat this thing?"

She had been looking forward to it for so long.

She even did a special makeup for the so‑called sense of ceremony.

After all that, the "feast" Xu Mo mentioned was just taking her downstairs to buy a jianbing?

Does this thing have any relation to a feast at all?

Xu Mo smiled and comforted Yang Jingxuan, saying,

"It's not that the situation is special; next time for sure, next time for sure."

Hearing that, Yang Jingxuan sighed.

She also knew that they shouldn't be too conspicuous now.

Otherwise, if the Investigation Team catches them, it's over.

At that moment, Yang Jingxuan looked like an eggplant hit by frost.

She squinted and told the jianbing stall owner, "I'll have the same as him."

Yang Jingxuan didn't notice that the stall owner's expression was a bit odd.

But Xu Mo noticed.

He not only noticed that the stall owner's expression was off.

It seemed the owner was somewhat embarrassed.

Xu Mo also observed that the stall owner kept glancing, intentionally or not, at the guesthouse door.

The next second, the stall owner gritted his teeth.

He began to make the jianbing.

The owner's technique was very clumsy.

No matter how you look at it, he doesn't seem like someone who makes a living by vending.

That clashed with his somewhat aged food cart.

After ten minutes, the owner produced two soggy, broken jianbing.

Those two jianbing would probably make even a dog shake its head.

The owner looked at Xu Mo and Yang Jingxuan with an apologetic expression.

"Well… I haven't set up a stall for a long time, my hands are a bit raw, so these two jianbing are just for you to make do with, I won't charge you."

Yang Jingxuan looked at the two ruined jianbing, and her mood worsened.

It's fine that we didn't get the feast.

She was even ready to compromise.

She thought, eating a jianbing would be enough to get by.

But this…

"Is this damn jianbing?"

"How can a street vendor's skill be this bad?"

Suddenly, Yang Jingxuan's pupils narrowed slightly, as if she recalled something.

"I won't eat whatever this is!"

After saying that, Yang Jingxuan pretended to throw a tantrum and walked away without looking back.

Xu Mo immediately followed.

He came to Yang Jingxuan's side and whispered, "It's fine, the disguise is quite convincing. Did you see this person's true identity?"

Hearing that, Yang Jingxuan immediately became proud.

Her voice sounded noticeably more cheerful.

"Of course, my acting is great."

"Do you think I'm stupid? I saw online that when jianbing is made all crumbled, it's usually done by undercover agents. How about that? I'm quick on the draw!"

"If we were a step later, would we have been caught?"

Xu Mo was helpless.

"We wouldn't get caught; these aren't members of the Investigation Team, otherwise they'd have rushed in to grab us. I guess this is a local Hangcheng police officer, specifically tailing that swindler."