Chapter 84: Xu Mo's New Assistant

At that moment.

Xu Mo's phone suddenly rang.

The call was from the Program Crew.

To be precise, it was Song Yixue.

Because they had spoken before, Xu Mo remembered the number.

Almost without thinking, he hung up the phone outright.

"Who called, why didn't you answer?" Yang Jingxuan asked, puzzled.

"Answer? No way, it's Song Yixue's call," Xu Mo sneered. "I can already guess why she's calling—she's definitely saying that the 500,000 isn't proper procedure, it's stolen money, and wants me to return it."

Yang Jingxuan was stunned when she heard the word "stolen money."

She hadn't really considered the issue of the 500,000 before.

Now that it was mentioned, she also felt the 500,000 couldn't be taken.

Procedurally speaking, the money is indeed stolen!

"How about... we return the money?"

At this point, Yang Jingxuan had almost completely forgotten her own identity.

She, a Meat Ticket, was worrying more than Xu Mo, the robber.

Unexpectedly, Xu Mo shook his head without a second thought.

"I won't return it. I earned the money with my own ability—why should I give it back? Moreover, the 500,000 is money I traded with the Scam Gang; they paid, I sold them a piece of information. Is trading information illegal?"

"Their money is indeed stolen, but money spent in a transaction has any reason to be returned? They squandered all the swindled cash. Does the Police intend to imprison every small trader who ever dealt with them?"

"And the 500,000 is money I traded with the Scam Gang; the Police still owe me a 500,000 Bounty. I'm not asking them for another 500,000; treating this 500,000 as a bounty is already generous enough. What more could they want?"

Yang Jingxuan blinked after listening.

Although she felt Xu Mo's reasoning was twisted.

But for a moment, she truly couldn't find a point to refute.

She pursed her lips and said, "That's what you say, but what if the Police stubbornly cling to this point?"

"Cling to it to death?" Xu Mo sneered. "They're the ones being excessive, letting officials start a fire but forbidding the common folk from lighting a lamp?"

Xu Mo's thinking was simple.

The robber identity was imposed on him by the Program Crew and the Investigation Team.

If you're called a robber, how can you not be breaking the law?

Especially when it's a trivial matter that can be settled with a simple procedure.

If the other side tries to label him over such a trivial thing and gets serious, Xu Mo can also play seriously with them.

Then, who knows who will end up with a headache.

As soon as the words finished, Song Yixue's call came in again.

This time, Xu Mo answered.

The moment the line connected, he stated his intention.

"I know what you want to say; I won't return the 500,000. Don't try to trap me with procedures; I won't buy that."

Originally, Xu Mo thought Song Yixue would, upon hearing this, try every way to persuade him.

But the Song Yixue on the other end was first stunned, not expecting Xu Mo to have guessed their original intent.

But soon, Song Yixue smiled lightly and said calmly,

"Don't worry, we don't intend to trap you with procedures. The 500,000 is your Bounty; you don't need to worry about the paperwork—the Program Crew will handle the aftermath."

Xu Mo slightly furrowed his brow.

He truly hadn't expected Song Yixue to say that.

The next second, Song Yixue's slightly lazy voice continued from the phone.

"Besides this time, no one will ever blackmail you with such petty matters again. Playing the robber, you have to get some privileges. Rest assured, for such small issues in the future, the Program Crew will have your back."

After speaking, Song Yixue paused.

She wanted Xu Mo to digest what she had just said.

After Xu Mo had digested it, she continued.

Xu Mo smiled.

He had been puzzled earlier, not knowing what trick Song Yixue was pulling.

But after hearing that sentence, he almost guessed.

"You called not just to tell me this, right?"

"Yes," Song Yixue said without hiding anything, getting straight to the point: "Do you want to play the big one?"

Xu Mo remained silent, tapping his finger on the phone.

As if pondering something.

He was waiting for Song Yixue to continue.

Song Yixue kept speaking.

"We want you to help test a bank's security."

Almost as soon as the words finished, Xu Mo replied, "No, not going, it's boring."

Song Yixue let out a slight sigh.

Xu Mo seemed to refuse, but in fact, it wasn't really a refusal.

Song Yixue instantly understood the meaning behind Xu Mo's words.

"How could it be that he refused just because it's boring?"

He just wants a benefit!

He wants the Program Crew to give him a token favor.

As long as the token is satisfactory, Xu Mo will find the Program Crew's proposal interesting.

"I'm not asking you to help for free; there's a reward—how about two million?"

A smile appeared on Xu Mo's face: "That's a bit interesting."

He thought that Song Yixue was still very shrewd!

If he were to help for free, he definitely wouldn't agree, but with a reward, that can be negotiated.

Song Yixue continued.

"Besides that, the Program Crew will assign an additional Challenger to join, counting as your assistant."

This time, Xu Mo outright refused.

"There's no need for that."

But Song Yixue acted as if she hadn't heard Xu Mo.

She continued on her own.

"The newly added Challenger is a woman, a beauty."

Xu Mo thought, "Just use this test officer?!"

Huh?

Add a beautiful assistant, thinking it'll sway me?

Two of them, then!

"One assistant might not be enough; how about adding another, making it two?"

Song Yixue: "……"

Heh, men.

Everything else doesn't work.

Mention money and beauties, and they get excited.

With a helpless sigh, Song Yixue said.

"Just one, no more; are you willing to help with the test?"

Xu Mo wasn't in a hurry to give a definite answer.

Instead, he mused, "Let me think about it."

A few seconds later.

Xu Mo spoke.

"Adding one assistant, I agree to that, but the reward is still a bit too low."

"How much do you want?" Song Yixue frowned.

Xu Mo said nothing, but pointed a finger at the camera on Yang Jingxuan's body.

He knew Song Yixue could see his gesture.

Song Yixue was sitting in the Program Crew's backstage, watching the live feed.

When she saw Xu Mo extend a finger.

Song Yixue's tone suddenly rose a few levels.

"Ten million? You Shizi, big mouth? Last time we gave you ten million; now you come again, you can't just pull the wool off a single sheep with all that effort."

"No, no, no, not ten million," Xu Mo said.

Hearing that, Song Yixue was stunned.

She hadn't expected Xu Mo's tone to be so bold!

"One hundred million? No, no, no, that's impossible!"

Xu Mo smiled.

"How could that be? Am I the kind of Shizi who makes a big mouth? What I mean is, this time, under the pretext of testing a bank's security, all the money we seize will be mine."

Song Yixue: "???"

One bank—take whatever you can get.

Dare you even say that!

Then you're not a Shizi with a big mouth!