Chapter 117 - 99: Don’t Like Me, I Don’t Do Online Dating
’Still, I should double-check the information on this property.’
Chen Mo was very interested in the villa, but he knew information on real estate websites wasn’t always reliable.
He opened the Modu Court’s website and ran a search.
He also checked a few major online marketplaces.
He found listings for the villa on several websites.
And all the information was consistent.
In other words, the details about the villa were likely accurate.
’I’ll still have to see the property in person to know for sure.’
Chen Mo wasn’t about to bid on the villa based solely on a few photos from a website.
He would definitely have to inspect the property in person. If he was still interested after that, then he would consider bidding at the auction.
’First, I’ll schedule a viewing.’
Chen Mo scheduled a viewing on the court’s website.
The villa had already been cleared out; no one was living there.
The court held the keys, and anyone interested in the property could schedule a viewing.
They probably held viewings in cycles, maybe once every seven days or every half a month.
Regardless of how many people were interested in the foreclosed property, everyone who made an appointment would be organized into a single group viewing.
After filling in his information and contact details to schedule the viewing, Chen Mo closed the website.
When it was time for the viewing, someone would call to notify him and then take him to see the property.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK~
Just then, there was a knock at the door.
Chen Mo knew it was Feng Yu’s colleague, here to return his things.
CLICK~
He opened the door and, just as he’d expected, saw the colleague who had come with Feng Yu the other day.
"Mr. Chen, all of your items have been recovered. Please check them."
The officer brought in a large cardboard box, opened it, and spoke to Chen Mo.
"Thanks for your hard work and for making a special trip out here."
Chen Mo smiled and thanked him.
Then, he took out a UV flashlight and began inspecting the items one by one.
The marks showed up on every item, and he could tell at a glance that they were his own drawings.
They were very distinctive.
All the expensive liquor and tobacco that had been swapped out were recovered.
Including the health supplements that hadn’t been touched, every single item he’d originally sent was now back, safe and sound.
"No problems here. They’re all mine."
Chen Mo said after finishing his inspection.
"Then please sign here. This is your acknowledgment receipt."
The officer had him sign a form and handed him an official document.
It was standard procedure to provide the person who filed the report with a closing document once the case was resolved.
"Thanks,"
Chen Mo said again after signing.
"It’s all part of the job. In fact, we should be thanking you, Mr. Chen. Thanks to this courier case, we managed to crack a few other cases on the side."
The officer took the signed paper, seemingly in high spirits, and started chatting happily with Chen Mo.
Hearing this, Chen Mo looked at the excitement on the officer’s face with a slightly strange expression.
’Jeez, is everyone this eager for a promotion these days?’
’He looks like one of Qi Ting’s men.’
"Well, here’s to your advancement."
Chen Mo smiled and offered his well wishes.
"Thanks for the good wishes, Mr. Chen. I’ve got things to get back to at the station, so I’ll be going now."
After thanking him, the officer hurried back to work.
Chen Mo closed the door and looked at the contents of the cardboard box, shaking his head.
’You guys have certainly had a rough life.’
’I bet when these things were made, no one imagined they’d one day end up at the police station.’
’I’ll just have to ship them again.’
Chen Mo placed another order on his phone.
He even used Shuntong Express again.
’Surely nothing will go wrong this time, right?’
Before long, the courier coming for the pickup knocked on his door.
When he opened the door, Chen Mo saw a familiar face.
It was Xiaoliu, the same courier who had picked up the package last time.
"Mr. Chen, are you shipping the same things again?"
Xiaoliu glanced nervously at the cardboard box on the floor.
Ever since the swapping incident, he got a headache just looking at valuable packages like this.
When he saw Chen Mo’s new order pop up in the system just now, he hadn’t really wanted to come.
Chen Mo had noted ’liquor and tobacco’ in the order details, so Xiaoliu knew it was the same stuff as before.
But he had no choice; this was his assigned district.
Since the customer placed an order, he had to come for the pickup.
Otherwise, he’d get his pay docked for an overdue pickup.
"Yes."
Chen Mo nodded.
"Okay... Don’t worry, I’ll make absolutely sure there are no problems this time."
Xiaoliu was determined to keep a close eye on Chen Mo’s package this time.
Even though the problem last time was Hu Chao’s fault, it was also because he couldn’t keep his mouth shut and told him about the package’s contents.
That’s what gave Hu Chao the idea.
This time, he wouldn’t tell a soul. After sealing the package, he would hand it directly to the station manager to watch over.
He was sure the station manager would keep an eye on it personally as soon as he mentioned it was Mr. Chen’s package.
"Let’s hope so,"
Chen Mo said with a small smile, not adding anything else.
He wasn’t too worried, though. People like Hu Chao were a minority, after all.
’If there were a lot of people like that, Shuntong Express would have gone under long ago.’
’Go public? More like go to the gallows.’
Then, Xiaoliu packed up the items and took them away.
Chen Mo sat in his chair, scrolling through his phone.
He was using an old model, browsing the feed on Xiaohongshu.
You know, for an app filled with so much cringe, it also had a lot of useful information.
For example, there were all sorts of food recommendations, travel guides, and solutions for minor everyday problems.
Whenever he didn’t know something, a quick search would bring up tons of helpful posts.
He found it more useful than Baidu.
He scrolled a few more times, then a post published just two and a half minutes ago caught his eye.