Chapter 63: Presenting the second criminal suspect, please step aboard! (Bonus Chapter!)-Desafio de transmissão ao vivo: Cem vezes entrando por engano em cenas de crime(Gato de rua)

After receiving the ride order, Lu Xingzhou drove toward the designated pickup location.

Lu Xingzhou leaned back in the driver's seat, quietly waiting for his passenger.

His gaze swept over the cheerful bullet comments continuously popping up on his smart glasses.

"There's no need to get so excited. That's definitely not the case.

The ride-hailing app requires mobile verification, and phone numbers must be real-name verified. If he were a criminal, he would have been caught long ago.

Even if it were someone caught in the act, unless they were dragging a corpse into the car, there's no way I could possibly recognize whether someone is a murderer. It's not like people walk around with the word 'killer' written across their foreheads... Huh?"

Lu Xingzhou suddenly noticed two figures walking out of a roadside bar, dressed in flamboyant and flashy outfits...

The crucial point was that he actually recognized them...

Weren't those his older sister and Xu Hui?

And even more crucially...

The two of them were actually hugging and kissing each other...

Only then did they wave goodbye to the people inside the bar...

"Oh my god, no wonder she didn't answer my phone calls. She's completely immersed in her own sweet world."

Before Lu Jiangying and Xu Hui had taken two steps after turning around, they caught sight of Lu Xingzhou, who was straining his neck and peering outside like an eager giraffe.

The gossipy smile on Lu Xingzhou's face was so wide that the corners of his mouth were practically reaching his ears.

Lu Xingzhou left his live-streaming equipment in the car, unbuckled his seatbelt, and stepped out to enjoy the gossip firsthand.

"Sis, Sister Hui, when did the two of you get together?"

Seeing Lu Jiangying's expression gradually turn dark, Lu Xingzhou hurriedly explained, "I have absolutely no objections to the two of you being together! I totally approve! Sis, you know me, no matter what you do, I support you unconditionally!"

Lu Jiangying raised her foot and kicked Lu Xingzhou on the shin.

"What are you thinking? The two of us are out here executing a mission!"

Xu Hui let out a sigh. "It's all because of that Yu Yiting from yesterday. The address she gave for the transaction is this very bar. Jiangying and I came here for advanced reconnaissance and to scout the location. Only after we arrived did we realize this is a lesbian bar! The two of us had no choice but to pose as a couple."

What kind of bizarre folklore trope was this—straight women boldly venturing into a lesbian bar?

Lu Xingzhou suddenly remembered Yu Yiting mentioning that she liked women.

"Whatever, I'm not explaining anymore. I haven't slept in twenty-four hours. I'm going back to the dormitory to catch some sleep, finish my report, and then I'm heading home to sleep tonight."

Lu Jiangying yawned, said goodbye to Lu Xingzhou, and prepared to return to the police station.

"Driver! Where's the driver?"

A middle-aged man wearing sunglasses stood by Lu Xingzhou's car, shouting loudly.

"Coming, coming!" Lu Xingzhou replied. "Sis, I'm going to work now."

Lu Jiangying waved her hand. "Go ahead. Just try not to jinx another passenger to death."

"Pretty lady, leave a contact number!" The uncle in sunglasses whistled toward the direction of Lu Jiangying and Xu Hui.

Lu Jiangying couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to such a person. She turned around and opened the car door...

Then, she glanced back in the direction of the uncle in sunglasses... and turned her head away...

Immediately after, she glanced a second time toward the uncle in sunglasses... and turned her head away again...

Just as she was about to get into the car, she cast a third glance toward the uncle in sunglasses... and once again turned her head away...

She sat inside the car and fastened her seatbelt...

The uncle in sunglasses grinned and bragged to Lu Xingzhou, who was walking back. "The girl driving that car looked at me three times. You think she's interested in me or what?"

Lu Xingzhou looked back at his sister's car for a moment, pondered for a second, as if realizing something. "If she gets out of the car in a moment, she's definitely..."

"I remember now!"

Lu Jiangying immediately unbuckled her seatbelt and stepped out of the car.

The uncle in sunglasses was startled, not expecting the woman in the driver's seat to actually come back out.

However, before the uncle in sunglasses could feel any joy, he heard Lu Jiangying shout, "Xiaozhou, pin him down!"

Although Lu Xingzhou didn't quite understand why his older sister wanted him to pin down a middle-aged man, between taking a beating and pinning someone down, Lu Xingzhou definitely knew how to choose.

Lu Xingzhou swiftly reversed his grip and pinned the uncle in sunglasses against the rear of the car.

The middle-aged man tried to struggle free, but he found that he couldn't muster any strength in his entire body. It felt as though he wasn't being held down by a single person, but rather crushed beneath an entire mountain.

The middle-aged man made a threatening remark, "Let go of me! If you don't let go of me, I'll have people hunt you down and kill you! And that bitch too!"

Lu Xingzhou turned his head to look at Lu Jiangying.

"You mean her? Sure, go ahead. Her workplace is the Shanhe City Police Station, Major Crimes Unit."

As those words fell, the middle-aged man gave up struggling entirely.

Lu Jiangying also drew a pair of handcuffs from her waist and slapped them directly onto the middle-aged man's wrists.

"Miao Lijie! You're under arrest!"

Regret washed over Miao Lijie in waves. Why on earth did he have to run his mouth? Why did he have to ask for a phone number?

And even if he had to ask for one, why did he have to hit on a police officer?

A police officer was one thing, but she had to be from the major crimes squad! Who was going to get arrested if not him? His brain must have totally short-circuited a moment ago!

Miao Lijie was shoved by Lu Jiangying into the back seat of Lu Xingzhou's car.

Lu Jiangying and Xu Hui flanked Miao Lijie on either side, trapping him in the middle.

"Let's go, to the Shanhe City Police Station."

Lu Xingzhou slid into the driver's seat and looked at Miao Lijie through the rearview mirror. "Sis, is he a wanted fugitive?"

Lu Jiangying glanced sidelong at Miao Lijie. "Fraudster! He's been wanted for two years. I never expected to catch him here!"

Lu Xingzhou asked, "Then how was he able to hail a ride using a ride-hailing app? That requires registering with a mobile number."

Xu Hui explained, "Identity theft, obviously. Stealing someone else's identity information and then registering a phone number... or even directly cloning a phone number, both work! This isn't exactly a fresh type of crime; identity theft cases have been increasing year by year over the past decade."

Lu Xingzhou drove all the way to the gates of the Shanhe City Police Station.

The gatekeeper uncle glanced and saw that Lu Xingzhou was the driver, so he opened the station gates. He had already mentally accepted Lu Xingzhou as an unofficial member of the police force. After all, Lu Xingzhou swiped in at the police station more frequently than some actual officers.

Lu Xingzhou parked his car right downstairs from the Criminal Investigation Detachment.

Zuo Ziyi happened to be walking down the stairs and saw Lu Jiangying pulling a man out of the car.

"Little Lu, didn't you and little Xu go to scout the location? How did you end up dragging a suspect straight back? Did you get a breakthrough lead on the case?"

Lu Jiangying gave Miao Lijie's handcuffs a tug. "Team Leader, he has nothing to do with our current case. Miao Lijie, a fugitive wanted for fraud for two years. He happened to hail Lu Xingzhou's car via the ride-hailing app, so I just brought him along on the way."

Zuo Ziyi took a look at Lu Xingzhou and rubbed his temples.

This was like absurdity opening the door for absurdity—absurdity had arrived home!

"Kid, you're practically a 'beacon of criminal attraction'. You can attract criminals no matter where you go."

Lu Xingzhou looked a bit sheepish. "An accident, it's all an accident. I'm not always accurate every single time!"

"Oh, right!" Suddenly, Lu Xingzhou remembered something.

He walked over to Miao Lijie and pulled a smartphone out of his pocket. "Do me a favor, tap the screen and cancel this order. I still need to pick up passengers in a little bit, and having this active on your end causes me trouble."

Miao Lijie looked at Lu Xingzhou, sized him up for a few seconds, and sudden realization dawned on him. "I've seen you on the internet."

Immediately afterward, he glanced at his own phone and tapped the cancellation button.

"Actually, I don't think canceling or not canceling makes much of a difference. If the rumors online are true—that you're a beacon for criminals—my next customer is probably going to end up delivered right to the police station by you anyway."

With that, Miao Lijie turned around and was escorted inside by Lu Jiangying.

The moment Miao Lijie canceled the ride order, a new notification popped up on Lu Xingzhou's phone.

He picked it up and took a look...

[Ding! You have a new ride order!]

In a split second, the bullet comments unified once again.