Make or Break It

The phones kept ringing in one after another.

Every time after Han Fei finished a call, he would cross out a string of addresses in his small notebook.

In just an hour, almost a third of the addresses had been crossed out already.

Of course, the crossed out addresses could be directly excluded.

If Xu Mo wanted to hide, he would possibly be hiding in one of the remaining addresses.

As the police officers continuously called in to report the situation,

the range where Xu Mo could possibly be hiding kept getting smaller and smaller.

Initially, Xu Mo could have been hiding in one of over a hundred houses.

But with the investigation by the police officers,

this range shrank to one of fifty plus houses.

Shrank to one of thirty plus houses.

Shrank to one of a dozen plus houses.

...

The police officers worked busily for a whole morning.

The range where Xu Mo was hiding narrowed down to three houses.

Looking at the notebook where only three addresses were left uncrossed,

Han Fei inexplicably felt a surge of excitement.

If his guess was not wrong,

Xu Mo must be hiding in one of these three houses!

Now what he needed to do was to wait patiently,

waiting for the police officers who were out on tasks to report back information.

As long as Xu Mo's hiding spot was confirmed,

he would immediately borrow some men from Director Wang to raid Xu Mo!

Borrow at least a hundred men straightaway.

With over a hundred armed police officers taking action together, how could Xu Mo possibly escape?

However, Han Fei waited left and right, but did not receive even one more phone call.

Even most police officers who were out had come back.

He still failed to receive any call reporting the situation.

...

An hour later.

Bad news came.

Among the forty-two police officers he had sent out, forty-one had gradually returned.

And one officer still had not come back.

Glancing down at the only three uncrossed addresses left in the notebook,

Han Fei's heart thumped loudly.

Something was wrong!

As mentioned before, forty-two police officers and each was given three addresses.

Now, forty-one officers were back, leaving only one who had yet to return.

And coincidentally in Han Fei's notebook, there were only three addresses left uncrossed...

Not just Han Fei, even the police officers' hearts thumped loudly.

Judging by the time, the missing officer should have been back long ago.

The fact that he still had not returned could only mean one thing...the officer had run into Xu Mo!

Although they already had the answer in their hearts,

Han Fei still tried his luck by calling the missing officer who had yet to return.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service..."

Hearing this call failure tone,

Han Fei was fully convinced.

The worst case scenario had occurred.

The officer was most probably already in grave danger...

Of course, it was not all bad news.

The good news was he could now confirm with 100% certainty that Xu Mo was hiding in one of these three houses.

The range had shrunk to a very small one already.

"Damn, Xu Mo could tell they were police officers even in plain clothes?" Chen Ke frowned slightly: "Does Xu Mo have a dog's nose? Can he even smell out the scent of cops?"

The analytical Shen Manyi slowly spoke up.

"Is it possible that the officer caught sight of Xu Mo and impulsively could not resist, intending to charge out and catch him, and that's how he...met his demise?"

Right after she finished talking, a police officer immediately refuted Shen Manyi's words.

"That can't be. Xiao Zhang is very prudent in everything he does. Everyone in the police station knows this. He would never act rashly."

"That's right, Xiao Zhang is especially steady. He would not be so reckless."

"Yes, we can all vouch for this."

"..."

Suddenly, Han Fei interrupted the words of the police officers.

"Now is not the time to discuss these things! At present, there's one good news and one bad news. The bad news is Xiao Zhang may have been captured by Xu Mo, or may have already 'sacrificed himself'."

Speaking to this point, Han Fei picked up the notebook and pointed to the three uncrossed addresses saying,

"The good news is we can confirm Xu Mo must be hiding in one of these three addresses! Otherwise, Officer Xiao would not have gone missing inexplicably."

"I'll call Director Wang now to borrow more men. We'll split into three routes to raid these three addresses. As long as we move quickly, we will definitely be able to catch Xu Mo!"

The next second, Han Fei called Director Wang.

The call was picked up by Director Wang after just a few rings.

Director Wang seemed to have guessed that Han Fei must be calling to ask for help.

He knew his old friend too well. No one comes to the temple without a cause, that saying precisely described Han Fei.

So as soon as he picked up, he directly got to the point asking,

"What else do you need my help with?"

Han Fei also did not stand on ceremony and was straight to the point: "Lend me some more men."

Director Wang: "???"

He even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.

Want more men?

Were the few dozen he lent last time still not enough?

He was stunned for a long time before finally asking doubtfully,

"You want more men? I already lent you over forty. Why do you need more people again... Wait, tell me the truth, Old Han. Don't tell me someone else got 'sacrificed' by you like those previous four?"

Han Fei: "(⊙o⊙)..."

He guessed right on target!

However, this time, it was not due to any problems with his decision-making.

Before the police officers set off, he had exhorted them to be more careful and act normally.

It was just that Xu Mo's eyes were too sharp.

Who would have thought even with the police wearing plain clothes, they still could not escape Xu Mo's eyes?

However, Han Fei knew the most important thing now was not to discuss the 'sacrifice' of the police officer.

After all, what had happened could not be undone.

The most crucial thing was catching Xu Mo!

Speed is of the essence. He could not let Xiao Zhang's 'sacrifice' be in vain.

"Now is not the time to talk about this. I have already narrowed down Xu Mo's hiding spot to three locations. I assure you this farce will end right here!"

"Hurry and send me two teams of men. Remember to pick two smart ones to lead. I'll send you two addresses later, get them to raid from both sides."

"Oh right, Director Wang. Any movements with the cars registered under An Youyi's name?"

"No movements with those after you called me about them last night. I got people to keep watch since then until now, all the cars are parked properly without any having moved at all.", Director Wang replied.

Hearing this, Han Fei felt the chances of capturing Xu Mo today were even higher.

"Since the cars have not moved, it means they have not escaped yet. But Director Wang, you've still got to continue having people keep watch closely. Monitor tightly. This way, we'll know first thing if Xu Mo and them try to escape by car."

After saying that, Han Fei promptly hung up the phone call.

And sent two of the addresses to Director Wang at top speed.

Hearing the busy tone from the phone,

Director Wang gave a wry smile.

Muttering to himself: "Good ol' Han Fei. When this matter is settled, see how I'll deal with you!"

After simply complaining a sentence,

Director Wang also did not waste any time.

He promptly arranged two teams of men to respectively rush towards the addresses Han Fei had sent him.

Whether or not they could capture Xu Mo depended on this one action!

That's all for now, good night my sweet babies!