At the airport pickup area, there was only one taxi left.
Even so, Xu Mo still hadn't gotten on the car. He gave the driver two hundred yuan for no reason, asking him to take the empty taxi for a spin.
Xu Mo said it was to mess with the investigation team.
He did mess with their eyes, but now there were no taxis left!
The two of them waited there for over twenty minutes without seeing a single taxi.
Yang Jingxuan started complaining.
"Xu Mo, we've been waiting for twenty minutes already without a taxi showing up. What should we do now? The last taxi, you didn't want to take, so what now? Don't tell me we can't leave..."
Xu Mo calmly said, "Let the bullets fly a little longer."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean soon there will be many, many taxis coming over."
Yang Jingxuan frowned, feeling like Xu Mo was lying to her. "How is that possible? I don't believe it..."
...
Five minutes later, the taxis came.
Not just one, but a whole group.
Too many to count, they started coming over.
Seeing this scene, Xu Mo let out a deep sigh of relief.
Contrary to his nonchalant words earlier, he had been uncertain!
Xu Mo was gambling.
Betting that the driver from earlier would tell the other drivers about getting easy money at the airport.
Betting the other drivers would believe him and come to the airport to get easy money.
Clearly, he gambled right.
Now, the way Yang Jingxuan looked at Xu Mo changed.
Her eyes filled with admiration.
Her tone was full of surprise.
"How did you know so many taxis would come? Can you read the future?"
"No, I can't," Xu Mo laughed.
"Then how did you know?"
"Because the driver from earlier must have told the others about getting easy money at the airport. Hearing about easy money, of course the other drivers would want to come get some too. No need to read the future, just use your brain a little."
Yang Jingxuan: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a
Seeing this scene, the livestream exploded again.
"Damn, he's showing off again!"
"Nine out of ten times he's bluffing, but the one time he pulls it off feels so good."
"I clearly saw Xu Mo breathe a huge sigh of relief, he didn't even know himself if his guess was right!"
"Nice bluff this time, promise me don't do it again okay? Or else my Jingxuan will become yours..."
With all the new taxis around,
Yang Jingxuan looked at Xu Mo.
"With so many cars now, can we go?"
"No rush, haven't messed with their eyes enough yet," Xu Mo smiled and shook his head.
Xu Mo knew clearly that when the investigation team got to the airport, they would check the surveillance footage.
He also guessed they would split into two groups after realizing the first taxi was a smokescreen. One group would keep checking footage, the other would go follow the taxi.
What Xu Mo had to do now
was mess with their eyes as much as possible.
Splitting into two groups was no big deal for the investigation team.
But what about splitting into twenty groups?
Surely they didn't have that many people right?
Reaching into his pocket, he took out the money prepared beforehand.
He waved over one of the drivers.
"Damn, he's really giving money?"
"That guy didn't lie! There really are fools with more money than they know what to do with."
"Get paid two hundred for doing nothing, this trip is awesome!"
Xu Mo didn't beat around the bush.
Taking the money in his hand, he gave each driver two hundred yuan.
"Go drive around and relax, I bet you haven't gotten a break in a long time. Take this chance to really enjoy your day off. We're shooting a short video, this episode's theme is caring for the people working hard in the city..."
It was the same speech Xu Mo had used earlier.
The drivers didn't get suspicious at all.
After taking Xu Mo's money, they thanked him one after another.
Most of the drivers also felt Xu Mo made sense.
Although they didn't plan on taking the whole day off, half a day shouldn't be a problem.
After handing out money for a while, Xu Mo put the remaining money on the ground.
"I won't hand them out one by one, drivers who didn't get money can come get some. Split this up and take a day off."
After saying that, he casually pulled open a taxi door and got in.
"Driver, let's go."
...
Xu Mo's operation this time
really messed up the investigation team when they arrived at the airport an hour later.
Earlier they had chosen to split into two groups.
Han Fei, Li Chen, and five officers stayed at the airport to check surveillance footage.
Shen Manni and Chen Ke took five officers to West Lake to follow the taxi and look for clues about Xu Mo.
Right now, Han Fei and the others were watching the footage.
Seeing a bunch of taxis arrive on the screen, Han Fei's heart thumped instinctively.
He had a bad feeling about this...
And it was a very strong feeling!
Right after, a taxi drove away from the airport pickup area.
Seeing this, Han Fei first looked at the airport staff.
"Rewind the footage five seconds and zoom in on the license plate."
Then he turned to one of the officers.
"Xu Mo might be in that car, call and ask where it is now."
Hearing the order, the officer quickly made the call.
Contacting their colleagues in traffic, he soon got a reply.
That taxi was currently stopped at the provincial museum.
Han Fei looked over at Li Chen beside him.
"Take two officers and go check the museum!"
After making arrangements, Han Fei went back to watching the footage.
In the video, another taxi drove off.
Han Fei: "???"
Are you kidding me?
He was a little pissed.
But nothing he could do except keep investigating.
Having the officer call to check, they found out this taxi went to Qinghefang.
So Han Fei sent another two officers to Qinghefang.
Now only him and one other officer were still at the airport watching the footage.
But that wasn't the end of it.
Another taxi drove off on the monitor...
Then another...
Han Fei counted a total of fifteen taxis leaving in just those few minutes!
Not to mention the one from twenty minutes ago that went to West Lake, that made sixteen.
Fourteen people on their team.
No way they could split into sixteen groups!
Seeing this, Han Fei was completely exasperated.
Rubbing his hands over his head over and over.
Eyes wide, mouth hanging open.
A completely dumbfounded expression.
After staring blankly for a bit, Han Fei started cursing up a storm, unable to restrain himself.
"Mother****er!"
That's right, Xu Mo had messed with the investigation team again.
They could split into two groups because they had a decent number of people.
The four person investigation team, plus the ten officers from the Hangzhou police totaled fourteen people.
Even splitting into two, each side would have seven people.
But...
They only had fourteen people total.
Yet fifteen taxis had already left the airport.
No, with the one from twenty minutes ago, it was sixteen.
Fourteen people, how could they split into sixteen groups?
"Hilarious, just too funny hahahaha..."
"Han Fei: **** your mom! I quit!"
"Even donkeys on a farm wouldn't put up with this hahahaha!"
"Captain Han, promise me you'll stop investigating okay? You can't beat Xu Mo."
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