Police Station.
Han Fei was surprised to see Xu Mo and the others return so quickly with the suspects.
"Back already? And with two international friends. Are you sure it was them? It wouldn't be good if we made a mistake."
"We're certain. We caught them red-handed, and I questioned them on the way back. They've already confessed," Xu Mo nodded.
"Alright then... Xiao Wang, Xiao Zhang, take these two foreigners to give their statements," Han Fei assigned the interrogation work to the two officers who had accompanied Xu Mo on the arrest.
He then turned to Xu Mo: "Come with me for a moment, I need to discuss something with you."
Han Fei led Xu Mo into his office.
...
In the interrogation room.
Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang were reluctantly trying to take statements from the two Indians.
It's worth noting that besides Hindi, the Indians also spoke English.
However, their English had a very strong curry flavor...
As for Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang, their English level was barely passable, just enough to get by.
They could understand if the pronunciation was standard.
But with non-standard pronunciation, it was very difficult.
Ten minutes later.
Xiao Wang broke down.
"I can't take it anymore. What on earth are they saying... I can only understand half of each sentence, and have to guess the rest. We should get Xu Mo to do this."
"We should have asked Xu Mo from the start. Talking to these Indians is pure torture!"
"Wait here, I'll go ask Captain Han to lend us Xu Mo."
With that, Xiao Wang immediately left the interrogation room.
He went to Han Fei's office and pushed the door open without knocking.
At that moment, Han Fei was explaining some regulations to Xu Mo.
Since Xu Mo hadn't taken the relevant exams, it was normal for him to be unfamiliar with certain things, and Han Fei was bringing him up to speed on this knowledge.
"What are you doing?" Han Fei looked displeased at Xiao Wang barging in without knocking. "Knock, knock, knock. How many times do I have to tell you? Can't you show some manners?"
"Yes, Captain Han. I'll definitely do it next time," Xiao Wang nodded.
Han Fei: "..."
Another 'next time for sure'. When had he ever knocked?
Rolling his eyes, Han Fei couldn't be bothered to dwell on it. He asked irritably, "What do you want? Spit it out."
"Captain Han, can we borrow Xu Mo for a while?"
"Borrow Xu Mo? What for?"
"Those two Indians speak English we can barely understand. The curry accent is too strong. Captain, you know our English level is mediocre. Their pronunciation is completely different from what we learned. I really can't make heads or tails of it."
Hearing this, Han Fei turned and gave Xu Mo a questioning look.
"You said earlier that you chatted with them in the car. You can understand what they're saying, right?"
Xu Mo nodded: "Yes, I can."
Han Fei continued.
"Then go help out. We're about done here anyway."
...
Xu Mo followed Xiao Wang to the interrogation room.
With his arrival, the progress of the interrogation improved significantly.
After all, Xu Mo had the 'Language Master' skill rewarded by the system.
Whether it was heavily accented English or Hindi, he could understand it all.
In less than ten minutes, he helped the officers complete the statement for one of the Indians.
Then they moved to the adjacent interrogation room.
This was where the other Indian was being questioned.
They were interrogated separately to prevent them from concealing any of their crimes if questioned together.
Separate interrogations eliminated this possibility.
After all, if their confessed crimes didn't match up, experienced officers would spot the discrepancy immediately.
With Xu Mo's help, it took another ten minutes to complete this Indian's statement.
From the statements, it was clear that the two had confessed to almost identical accounts.
They were friends.
The idea of digging up the ATM was a spontaneous one.
But once the idea took hold, it spiraled out of control.
The two agreed immediately and sprang into action.
They stole the excavator from a nearby construction site, taking it while the workers were having lunch, and headed straight for the relatively isolated 24-hour self-service bank.
One kept watch while the other operated the excavator to dig out the ATM.
Then they quickly transported the ATM away from the scene using the excavator.
...
"You have successfully apprehended the fugitives. Reward: Luxury Villa ×1!"
As the system prompt sounded.
The location of the villa rewarded by the system appeared in Xu Mo's mind, along with the password to unlock the villa's front door.
This reward...
Xu Mo thought the system was quite considerate.
He had just ended his 'escape' and returned to Ram City, and the system had already arranged for him to have a luxury car and villa.
Just then, Xiao Wang beside Xu Mo looked at him with a smile.
"Thank you, Xu Mo. If you hadn't been able to understand what these two were saying, we don't know how much trouble we would have had."
"No need to be so polite," Xu Mo waved his hand. "We're in the same department, we're family."
"Right, right, we're family!"
At this moment, Xiao Wang's view of Xu Mo quietly changed.
He suddenly felt that Xu Mo might not be as bad as everyone had been discussing.
At least Xu Mo had some strengths.
For example, Xu Mo's language talent was quite good, and his physical fitness was decent too.
More importantly, Xu Mo's personality was quite likable, and it was comfortable interacting with him.
...
4:30 PM.
The RS7 that Xu Mo had arranged to be transported from Jiangcheng City to Ram City by a towing company arrived early.
The driver helped unload the car at the police station entrance.
Xu Mo drove the car into the police station's designated parking spot.
This scene left the other officers dumbfounded.
"Holy crap... An RS7, that car must cost over a million yuan, right? Xu Mo drives this to work?"
"What do you mean over a million? That's just the base price. This car easily costs two million."
"You're wrong too. It's not under two million. This is the ABT kit premium version with all the options. There's a markup for delivery, plus luxury car tax, purchase tax, vehicle and vessel tax, insurance, and whatnot. It's at least three million on the road."
"Three million!? Isn't that a bit exaggerated? Him driving this car to work... doesn't it violate regulations?"
"..."
5:00 PM.
It was time to clock out.
Although officers sometimes had to work overtime, that was only when there were ongoing cases.
When there were no cases for Xu Mo to handle, they clocked in and out on time, starting at 8:30 AM and finishing at 5:00 PM.
Xu Mo quickly tidied up and prepared to leave.
His car was parked next to Han Fei's.
When Han Fei came out, he happened to see Xu Mo getting in his car to leave.
Seeing that Xu Mo was driving a luxury car worth two to three million yuan, Han Fei was completely stunned.
He had just finished explaining the regulations to Xu Mo... and Xu Mo immediately turned around and drove off in an RS7 to go home after work!?
So Xu Mo hadn't listened to a word he said?
Driving this car in and out of the police station, if people saw it, who knows what they would think of their police station!
Thinking of this, Han Fei decided to nag Xu Mo again when he came to work tomorrow.
It would be best if he could persuade Xu Mo to switch to a different car. Otherwise, it would look really bad!