A two million dollar bounty has been placed on his head, and the assassin might already be on his way to Hangzhou.

Thinking of this, Zhao Peng suddenly shuddered and hurriedly picked up his phone.

His hands were shaking so badly that his fingers trembled as he dialed his subordinate's number.

"Send men! Immediately! Right now! Send thirty! No, fifty bodyguards! Guard my villa inside and out! Don't let a single corner slip by!"

The person on the other end of the phone quickly responded.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Peng immediately dialed his aunt's number.

As soon as the call connected, his voice was trembling with tears, and he was so flustered that he couldn't speak coherently.

"Auntie! Auntie, help me! Someone's trying to kill me! Two professional assassins from the dark web! Send people over here right now! Send more people! Guard my villa! Hurry! If you're even a step later, I'm really going to be killed!"

His aunt was startled on the other end of the line and reassured him that she would arrange for police to go there immediately.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Peng huddled in his chair, his eyes scanning every corner of the room with fear.

He never dreamed that his original plan to cripple Chen Mo would end up costing him two million US dollars, which would result in him losing two hands and feet.

There is no one in the world more wronged than him.

Meanwhile, Chen Mo was nestled on the sofa, his fingers flying across the keyboard as he typed code.

He found it too troublesome to browse through web pages one by one to learn a skill and search for information, so he simply wrote a script to automatically crawl the information.

Enter keywords to search the entire internet and get automatic filtering and categorization, saving you a lot of time.

I typed for over an hour, and finally finished the last line of code and pressed Enter.

A green message appeared on the screen: "Running successful."

Chen Mo leaned back, and just as he closed his eyes to rest for a couple of minutes, the electronic doorbell rang.

He glanced at the access control screen; five people in police uniforms, four men and one woman, were standing outside the door.

The woman stood at the very front, in her forties or fifties, wearing a white police uniform shirt. The star on her epaulettes was higher than the others next to her, and her face was as taut as an iron plate.

Chen Mo raised an eyebrow; the Zhao family was indeed moving quickly.

He called Ye Yunshu and Ye Jingge to go out and check. When Lu Xingyao heard that the police were coming, she quickly came over and hugged Chen Mo's arm.

"Brother Mo, they... they're not here to arrest someone, are they?"

"What's there to be afraid of?"

Chen Mo hugged her and kissed her.

"With me here, they won't be able to catch a single one of them."

The group walked to the door, and Chen Mo got straight to the point.

"Officer, what's the matter?"

A young police officer took a step forward, holding a notebook in his hand.

"We received a report from the public that you assaulted someone with steel bars and pipes at the villa entrance this afternoon, causing multiple fractures. We need you to come with us to the station to cooperate with the investigation."

Chen Mo chuckled after hearing this and raised an eyebrow at him.

"Who were you beating? Where are they? Where are the steel bars and pipes? We haven't left this villa all day, and we haven't even seen what you're talking about. Officer, are you sure you've got the right place?"

The young police officer was taken aback by his question. He opened his mouth to defend himself, but Zhao Xiaoning behind him raised her hand, signaling him to step back.

She took two steps forward, her gaze sweeping over the group of people. Her tone was neither hurried nor slow, yet it carried the air of an official.

"Whether or not a fight was committed will be clear once we get back to the station. Since someone reported it to the police, you have an obligation to cooperate with the investigation; that's the rule."

"No problem with coordination."

Chen Mo chuckled.

"But you can't just take someone to the station based on nothing, can you? Police officers need evidence. If you say we assaulted someone, you need to produce at least one of the following: CCTV footage, witness testimony, or a medical examination report."

Ye Yunshu then took half a step forward.

"You accuse us of assault, where's the evidence?"

She just received a notification on her phone.

All public surveillance cameras around the villa have been completely deleted by Chen Mo's program.

Zhao Xiaoning glanced at her, didn't reply, and turned to give instructions to the two police officers behind him.

"You two go to the community security office and check the surveillance footage of this area from noon today."

The two police officers responded and left.

The entrance remained quiet for more than ten minutes.

Zhao Xiaoning crossed his arms. Even if these rich kids from out of town have some money, how could they possibly cause any trouble in Hangzhou?

Not long after, two police officers jogged back, leaned close to Zhao Xiaoning's ear, and whispered something.

"Director Zhao, the security room's surveillance cameras are broken. We couldn't find any footage from noon today, and we can't find any footage from the surrounding area either."

Zhao Xiaoning's expression changed slightly, but she quickly suppressed it.

She didn't expect that the other party had tampered with the surveillance footage beforehand; it seemed they were somewhat prepared.

But since she was here today, she didn't intend to leave empty-handed.

Zhao Peng is her own nephew. He was beaten up like that. If she, as his aunt, doesn't step in, how will the Zhao family maintain their reputation in Hangzhou?

She looked up at Chen Mo, her tone suddenly turning cold.

"Put the assault aside for now. We now suspect that you are connected to an unsolved murder case from several years ago. Please come with us to assist with the investigation."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingyao was so frightened that she tightened her grip on Chen Mo's clothes, her face turning pale.

The word "homicide" is chilling to even hear.

Chen Mo laughed instead, took a step back, put his arms around Ye Yunshu and Ye Jingge's shoulders, and gently pushed them in front of the policewoman.

"What's your name, officer?"

The young police officer next to him immediately chimed in.

"This is Zhao Xiaoning, Deputy Director of the Hangzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau."

"Deputy Director Zhao."

Chen Mo's lips curled into a slight smile.

"What is your relationship with Zhao Peng? Do you know their identities?"

Zhao Xiaoning's heart skipped a beat.

The other party's calm and confident demeanor gave her a bad feeling.

She composed herself and said in a deep voice.

"What my relationship with Zhao Peng is is not important, nor does it matter who you are. If you are involved in a case, you must cooperate with the investigation. That's the rule."

"The rules are correct."

Chen Mo gently patted Ye Yunshu and Ye Jingge on the shoulders.

"But their surname is Ye. Before you arrest them, shouldn't you find out their identities first?"

Zhao Xiaoning's heart skipped a beat, and she asked tentatively.

"Your surname is Ye? You're from the capital? There are quite a few people with the surname Ye in the capital. May I ask which family you belong to?"

Chen Mo smiled.

"Is there another family with the surname Ye in Beijing?"

Zhao Xiaoning's pupils contracted sharply, and she froze on the spot.

It’s over.

The Ye family, the family of that Leader Ye in Beijing!

Let alone a deputy director of a municipal bureau, even a provincial director would have to treat the direct descendants of the Ye family with utmost respect.

She instinctively took two steps back, her back instantly breaking out in a cold sweat, even her palms were wet.

Zhao Peng is a piece of trash!

She cursed Zhao Peng eight hundred times in her heart.

What does "a few ordinary young people" mean?

Those are people from the Ye family!

Is this kid blind? He dares to mess with the Ye family and even called her over to arrest people. Isn't he just pushing her into a fire pit?

Zhao Xiaoning's mind raced, and she had only one thought in mind.

Let's get out of here!

She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the panic in her heart, and managed a smile.

"Everyone, it was a misunderstanding today. We'll be leaving now."

After saying that, he turned around and tried to leave.

Before he could even lift his foot, Chen Mo's voice came over.

"Wait, let me call Lao Ye."

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