"Who is Cheng Xue?" The suspect looked at Xu Mo with a blank expression.
"We found another female body on the mountain not far from this neighborhood. Did you kill that girl too?" Xu Mo changed his approach.
As he spoke, he picked up a photo of Cheng Xue from the interrogation table.
Holding up the photo facing the suspect, he asked, "This is the girl. Do you recognize her?"
Upon seeing the photo, the suspect nodded.
"Yes, I recognize her. I killed her too."
Before Xu Mo could continue questioning, the suspect began confessing his motive and the process of the murder.
"After I realized I had accidentally killed someone, I got scared. I was about to leave after destroying all the fingerprints and footprints I left at the scene. But just as I opened the door, I ran into this girl. At that moment, I thought I might as well kill her too since I'd already gone this far. However, when I tried to grab her and pull her into the room, she managed to escape. I chased after her, finally catching up with her on the mountain next to the neighborhood. I drowned her by holding her head underwater. After she was dead, I was afraid the body would float up and be discovered if I left it in the river, so I quickly dug a hole and buried her."
After the suspect finished confessing, Xu Mo turned to look at Han Fei and Chen Ke, who had rushed into the interrogation room earlier and watched the whole process with widened eyes.
"You heard that, right? He confessed to everything, and it's all on camera."
The two nodded, still in a daze.
The scene was so surreal that they hadn't fully processed what had just happened.
After several seconds of silence, Han Fei looked at Xu Mo with confusion and asked, "What... what method did you use to make him confess?"
Xu Mo shrugged, "Just as you saw, I asked, and he confessed."
Han Fei: "???"
Chen Ke: "???"
They certainly didn't believe this explanation.
Just ask and he confesses?
How could that be possible?
It's worth noting that this suspect was a tough nut to crack.
Whether it was due to his previous criminal record or some experience passed on to him by seasoned inmates during his time in prison, he had stubbornly maintained his innocence.
From start to finish, he would either say a couple of sentences before shutting down, insist on his innocence, or simply refuse to speak at all.
That's why he had wasted an entire night of the officers' time.
Who would have thought that Xu Mo could break this tough nut with just two sentences?
How did he get this man to admit to his crimes so readily?
The two suspected that Xu Mo must have used some unknown method.
But what this method was, they had no idea, not even the slightest clue.
After all, they had been watching from outside the interrogation room when Xu Mo questioned the suspect.
What they saw was indeed Xu Mo asking a couple of questions, and then the suspect confessing...
It sounded far-fetched, but that's exactly what happened!
At that moment, a familiar system prompt sounded in Xu Mo's mind.
Capturing fugitives wasn't limited to the literal meaning of physically apprehending them.
In fact, bringing fugitives to justice also counted.
If it weren't for Xu Mo, the police might not have been able to do anything with this tight-lipped guy, and when the time was up, they would have had to let him go, even though they knew he was the killer.
"You have successfully captured a fugitive. Reward: Audi RS7 x1!"
The car came with all the necessary paperwork and license plates, completely legal.
The car was parked on the street outside the police station.
As for the car key, it had already appeared in Xu Mo's pocket.
"RS7? My dream car!" Xu Mo thought to himself.
His face beamed with uncontrollable joy as he prepared to go try out the car.
"Captain Han, I just remembered I have something to do," Xu Mo said as he stood up. "We've finished interrogating the suspect, so you can handle the rest. I'll be heading out now."
Han Fei didn't try to stop Xu Mo.
After all, Xu Mo was only there to help out and go through the motions.
Han Fei wouldn't have minded even if Xu Mo hadn't shown up at the police station at all, let alone leaving after finishing the interrogation.
"Alright, if you have something to do, go ahead. We can handle the rest."
Just as Xu Mo walked out of the interrogation room, he suddenly remembered something.
He turned back and re-entered the room.
Smiling at Chen Ke, he said, "I almost forgot, you haven't fulfilled our bet yet."
Chen Ke: "..."
If Xu Mo hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten about it.
Earlier, they had made a bet on whether Xu Mo could get the suspect to talk.
The stake was that Chen Ke would have to call Xu Mo "dad."
Now that Xu Mo had successfully gotten the suspect to confess, Chen Ke had lost.
A bet's a bet.
Chen Ke reluctantly and with a pained expression called out to Xu Mo in a voice barely louder than a mosquito's buzz: "Dad."
Xu Mo smiled, acknowledged it with a sound, and then turned to leave, quite satisfied.
Just then, Han Fei suddenly called out to Xu Mo.
"We'll be heading back to Ram City after we wrap up this case. When are you going back?"
Xu Mo thought for a moment and replied, "Probably in the next couple of days."
"Alright," Han Fei nodded. "When you get back, contact me when you're free, and I'll help you with the employment procedures."
...
Outside the police station, Xu Mo immediately spotted the brand new RS7 parked on the street.
He took out the key and started the car.
Before he could drive away, his phone suddenly rang.
He took out his phone and saw it was An Youyi calling.
"Hello, what's up?"
"Xu Mo, um... could you help me with something?"
The system had just rewarded him with his dream car, so Xu Mo was in a great mood.
He agreed without even thinking about it.
He didn't even ask what kind of help An Youyi needed.
It probably wouldn't be anything too troublesome.
"Sure, what is it?"
"Great!" An Youyi exclaimed. "I knew you'd help me! Can you be my boyfriend?"
Xu Mo: "???"
Well, well.
He had gotten himself into quite a situation by agreeing to help!
This definitely wouldn't do!
Although An Youyi was beautiful and wealthy, he wasn't the type to just go along with something like this!
Becoming someone's boyfriend just because of one sentence was too rash!
"What did you say? I didn't hear clearly."
"I said, can you be my boyfriend?"
"Not that part, the part before that."
"The part before was... can you help me with something?"
"No, I can't!"
An Youyi: "???"
How could he back out like this!?
"Xu Mo... you're going back on your word. You can't do that. You already agreed," An Youyi said, her voice on the verge of tears.
Xu Mo was also quite helpless.
"Well, I didn't know that helping you meant being your boyfriend. How is that just helping?"
"No, no, I didn't explain clearly earlier. I meant pretend to be my boyfriend. My mom is forcing me to go back to Hang City for a blind date. I don't want to go on a blind date, so I told her I already have a boyfriend. What I meant was, could you pretend to be my boyfriend to fool my mom!" An Youyi realized she had been too hasty earlier and hadn't explained clearly, so she quickly clarified.
Hearing this, Xu Mo finally relaxed.
Pretending... that's okay.
After thinking for a few seconds, Xu Mo agreed: "You should have been clearer... Pretending is fine. By the way, when are we meeting your mom?"
"Can you come right now? She's here in Jiangcheng City, at the Tianyuan Grand Hotel. I'm calling you secretly from the bathroom. My mom said if she doesn't meet my boyfriend today, she'll take me back for the blind date. Please come and save me..."