One second ago, the private room was bustling with activity.
Everyone was discussing plans to team up tomorrow for some bank promotion hunting.
But in the next moment, an unusual silence fell over the room, and no one mentioned the bank promotion anymore.
Because this wasn't just about hunting for promotions - if they had gone through with it, they would have been the ones getting fleeced. That bank on Huaihai Road... it was fake!
Sure, depositing 100,000 yuan would get you a phone, but that money would go straight into someone else's pocket. It was like paying 100,000 yuan for a phone worth only 4,000-5,000, and people were still excited about it.
Checking the time, Li Yunfei spoke up.
"We've got just over half an hour until shift change. Let's handle this case ourselves instead of troubling the day shift."
"Agreed!" The officer who had been scammed alongside Li Yunfei was the first to nod.
Looking at the handcuffed man, he had only one thought: "Damn you! Give me my money back!"
He was more than happy to personally bring justice to the guy who had scammed him out of his hard-earned money.
Li Yunfei glanced at Xu Mo and Chen Ke: "Want to join? This case is straightforward - we've already caught the mastermind, and the follow-up shouldn't be complicated."
Li Yunfei asked this mainly because Chen Ke had been hinting several times today that he could help with cases. Chen Ke was just too bored! He'd rather investigate cases with local police than lie in a hospital bed all day smelling disinfectant.
So predictably, Chen Ke immediately nodded when Li Yunfei extended the invitation: "Sure!"
Xu Mo nodded as well: "I'm in."
He was genuinely curious about what this fake bank on Huaihai Road looked like, considering it had fooled even police officers.
And not just one officer, but two!
Could that bank really be that convincing?
"Let's go then. I'll settle the bill, you guys wait for me in the parking lot. Keep an eye on him, don't let him escape," Li Yunfei said, handing the handcuffed Brother Hai to his colleague.
After paying the bill, everyone regrouped in the parking lot.
Just like before, Xu Mo and Chen Ke got into Li Yunfei's car.
The other officers took two different cars, taking the two arrested men with them.
Halfway there, they stopped at the police station to drop off the thinner suspect. They briefly explained the situation to the officer on duty, asking them to give the man a verbal warning, before continuing to Huaihai Road with the mastermind, Brother Hai.
On Huaihai Road.
Inside a half-closed ICBC branch, employees were still busy counting and bundling money.
Three cars pulled up in succession outside the fake bank, and the group escorted their suspect out.
After getting out, Xu Mo examined the fake bank's facade. He had to admit, the forgery was incredibly convincing! At least from the outside, it looked identical to a real ICBC branch - no wonder people fell for the scam.
Chen Ke also looked up at the bank: "This really looks legitimate, exactly like the real thing. No wonder you two got fooled."
Li Yunfei: ...
Well said, please don't mention it again.
It was just past closing time, and the bank's security grille was only halfway down. Though they weren't handling any more business, they could still enter.
Li Yunfei led the way, ducking under the half-lowered grille to enter the bank.
"If you want to make a deposit, please come back tomorrow. We're closed for today," an employee immediately called out when they saw people entering.
However, the group at the door ignored his words and kept coming in one after another, their eyes scanning the premises as they curiously examined everything inside the bank.
Seeing so many people, the bank employee became nervous, wondering if this was going to be a robbery.
"What are you doing? Get out! I'll call the police if you try anything!"
The next moment, everyone pulled out their police badges.
"We are the police."
"Oh? Officers, why are you here at our bank?" As the employee spoke, he noticed their manager - Brother Hai.
The manager was currently in handcuffs.
"Manager Wang? What's..."
"Impressive," Xu Mo looked around, remarking in surprise: "It's an exact one-to-one replica. No wonder they could scam people - they really put in the effort."
"Now I understand why you two got scammed. The interior design is identical to a real bank - it's impossible to tell the difference!" Chen Ke also wore an expression of amazement.
It was clear why this fake bank had succeeded in scamming people - it was just too convincing!
So much so that among all the police officers present, not one could spot any differences in the decoration or details between this fake bank and a real one.
If they hadn't known beforehand, who could have guessed this was a fake bank!?
The bank employee's mind was spinning trying to process all this, completely confused.
What scam? What forgery? He couldn't understand a word of what these officers were saying.
Li Yunfei turned to Brother Hai: "Is all the scammed money still here in the bank?"
Brother Hai shook his head.
"No, we only keep the money here overnight. Early the next morning, I have an armored vehicle come to collect it."
"An armored vehicle too? I suppose that's fake as well?"
Brother Hai looked guilty: "Yes... I rented a vehicle and modified it to look like an armored car."
"So you only have today's collections here? Where's the money from the previous days - at your home?" Li Yunfei continued questioning.
"No," Brother Hai shook his head. "I deposited all that money in a real bank, but it's not in my account anymore. I was worried about the money being traceable, so I found people to launder it. They haven't finished yet - the cleaned money will be transferred to my card from overseas accounts tomorrow morning."
Well, well - money laundering?
The officers immediately perked up - this was turning out to be quite the catch!
They hadn't just caught someone running a fake bank fraud, they might also uncover a money laundering operation!
This was an unexpected bonus - killing two birds with one stone!
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
grated, and just when he finally managed to get into an elite academy, he discovered that he actually had a system, and the way to earn rewards was extremely ridiculous. So for the sake of rewards, he had no choice but to start acting ridiculous as well. Su Cheng: "It's nothing but system quests after all." But later, what confused Su Cheng was that while he was already quite ridiculous, he never expected those serious characters to gradually become ridiculous too. And the way they looked at him became increasingly strange... (This synopsis doesn't do it justice, please read the full story)
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
