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Chapter 70: Chapter 70: The 88k Shoes: Authentic or Knockoff?

He didn’t message Feng Yu.

Even though he knew she was eager for a case, this wasn’t her jurisdiction. He couldn’t just act recklessly.

"Hello? Yes, my upstairs neighbors are up in the middle of the night, having a rave. It’s extremely disruptive. Please send someone over to deal with it..."

Chen Mo called 110 directly, explaining the situation and providing his detailed address.

The person on the other end replied that they would dispatch officers immediately.

A few minutes later, there was a knock on Chen Mo’s door. He opened it immediately.

"Mr. Chen, you’re the one who called the police, right?"

Two police officers looked at Chen Mo and asked.

"Yes. Just listen to the commotion upstairs."

Chen Mo pointed at the ceiling.

In truth, they didn’t need Chen Mo to point it out; they could already hear the racket from the floor above.

"Let’s go upstairs."

The three of them then took the elevator upstairs.

Standing in front of the door to the corresponding apartment upstairs, one of the officers knocked.

As soon as they knocked, the sound of the TV inside abruptly stopped. Someone had probably hit pause.

At the same time, the sound of jumping around also disappeared.

"Who is it?"

A woman’s voice, tinged with wariness, came from inside.

"Police. You’re disturbing the peace in the middle of the night. The resident downstairs filed a complaint. Open the door."

The officer’s expression and tone were calm. They’d seen plenty of noise complaints and were practiced in handling them.

If the residents were cooperative and sincere, it would usually end with a verbal warning at the door.

If they were uncooperative and had a bad attitude, the officers would have to go inside, check IDs, and file a report.

Chen Mo stood behind the two officers, a flicker of anticipation in his eyes.

’Please be stubborn.’

Inside, upon hearing that someone had called the police and that they were right at the door, everything went silent.

CLICK.

A few seconds later, the door opened from the inside.

A middle-aged woman stood in the doorway. When she saw the two officers and Chen Mo, her pupils contracted and she tensed up instantly.

"I’m so, so sorry. Our child was being too rowdy and must have disturbed you. I just disciplined him and sent him to his room to sleep. We guarantee it absolutely won’t happen again!"

The middle-aged woman reacted quickly, an apologetic look on her face as she apologized profusely to Chen Mo.

She had been extremely nervous when she first heard the police were here.

But when she opened the door and saw Chen Mo in his pajamas, she realized the police weren’t here for *that*. It had to be a simple noise complaint.

Realizing this, the knot in her stomach loosened slightly.

A noise complaint could be a big deal or a small one. As long as you had a good attitude and apologized sincerely, the police usually wouldn’t press the issue. They’d say a few words and leave.

"A pleasant living environment requires everyone’s cooperation. You need to be more considerate. Who can tolerate such a racket in the middle of the night?"

Sure enough, after hearing the woman’s sincere apology, the officer just gave her a couple of sentences’ worth of a lecture.

"We understand. We guarantee it won’t happen again."

The woman nodded repeatedly, her attitude a picture of sincerity. She just wanted them to leave as quickly as possible.

"We’ll keep our child under control. We’re sorry."

Just then, a middle-aged man also came out from inside the apartment, looking at Chen Mo and the two officers with an equally apologetic expression.

"Mr. Chen, if they disturb you again, just give us a call."

The officer felt the matter was pretty much resolved and turned to Chen Mo.

This noise complaint was handled very smoothly. They had encountered countless arrogant and unreasonable people in the past.

"Okay, thank you for your trouble."

Chen Mo said with a smile, thanking them.

To be honest, this hadn’t achieved his goal.

Since the ’ding’ had gone off, those two upstairs were definitely up to something.

But there was nothing he could do. After all, it was just a noise complaint. It wasn’t enough to warrant interrogating them as if checking their household registration.

That would be too absurd and unrealistic.

Especially since they had apologized so sincerely, it was completely out of the question.

The police station wasn’t his to command. He couldn’t just do whatever he wanted.

"We guarantee it won’t happen again. Please, see yourselves out."

The middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief and said with a placating smile.

Chen Mo and the two officers turned to head downstairs.

However, just as he turned...

...his peripheral vision caught sight of a shoe tossed carelessly by the shoe cabinet inside the doorway.

One glance at its size told him it belonged to a child.

But it wasn’t the size of the shoe that caught his attention.

It was the style.

Some time ago, he had happened to see a news story online.

It was about a first-grade boy at an elementary school in Jingcheng whose shoes were worth 88,000 yuan.

He’d been curious and clicked on the article, only to find it wasn’t clickbait.

The elementary schooler’s shoes were really worth 88,000 yuan!

At the time, many people had commented that their annual salary wasn’t even enough to afford one pair of that kid’s shoes.

They also said his classmates probably didn’t dare play with him, because if they accidentally stepped on his shoes, they wouldn’t be able to afford to replace them.

That’s why he remembered the style of those shoes.

And the shoe tossed carelessly by the shoe cabinet right now looked very, very similar to the one he had seen in the news.

’Something’s not right.’

Chen Mo subconsciously felt that something was off.

The couple’s clothes were cheap and simple, probably only worth a few hundred yuan in total.

But their child wears shoes worth 88,000 yuan?

’That doesn’t make sense. Unless they’re high-end fakes?’

Chen Mo wasn’t sure, so he couldn’t bring it up.

After they went downstairs, the officers left, and Chen Mo went back to his apartment.

Watching the backs of Chen Mo and the two officers as they left, the couple’s taut nerves finally slackened.

"They didn’t find anything, did they?"

The middle-aged man glanced at the woman, worried.

"Don’t be paranoid and scare yourself. It was just a normal noise complaint. We’ll just have the kid be more careful from now on."

The middle-aged woman shook her head and shut the door.

...

Back in his apartment, Chen Mo sat down at his computer and searched for the shoes.

Soon, high-definition photos of the shoes from every angle appeared on the screen.

He compared them to the shoe he remembered seeing and found they were the exact same model.

Identical.

’Even though it could be a knockoff, I have a feeling it’s authentic!’

Chen Mo had a hunch that the shoes were genuine.

It wasn’t because he knew anything about shoes, but because he understood his own unique ’constitution’.

Whenever the ’ding’ went off, no matter how illogical a situation seemed, it would always end up making perfect sense.

It was just that magical.

But without evidence, it was useless.

The police had just been up there and found nothing out of the ordinary, so there wasn’t much he could do.

’Forget it. I’ll just sleep on it.’

He shook his head, pushing the thoughts aside.

Given the nature of his Golden Finger, whenever misfortune struck, his own good fortune was sure to follow.

It would always find a way to benefit him.

So he didn’t need to dwell on it. Things would work themselves out.

Once the apartment upstairs fell quiet, Chen Mo quickly fell back asleep.

...

「The next day.」

Chen Mo went through his disciplined morning workout.

However, he felt his current workout routine was no longer intense enough.

He used to break a sweat after just half an hour, but now he barely perspired.

He decided to find a gym soon to up the intensity.

Back home, he took a shower and made himself some breakfast.

"How are you today? Still holed up in the hotel?"

Chen Mo messaged Pan Kejia while he ate.

He’d really gone full-throttle two nights ago, and he wondered how she was holding up.

"I’m already at the office."

Pan Kejia sent him a photo she took in the break room.

She was still walking a bit unnaturally, but it wasn’t a major issue. She had even made a special trip home to change into flats.

She had planned on resting more, but the thought of all her colleagues sending her photos yesterday made her determined to come in to work.

Otherwise, rumors might spread that she was burying her head in the sand and didn’t dare to show up.

Besides, the pressure to meet her performance targets was immense.

"So dedicated, Rem."

Chen Mo was a little surprised. ’She’s quite the career woman.’

"So, when are you going to give me that ’wealth code’ you promised?"

Pan Kejia quickly messaged back.

She’d even given herself to Chen Mo just to get his help.

If Chen Mo didn’t help her now, then she would have really given herself away for nothing.

"6012."

Chen Mo sent her four digits.

"? Did you forget the last two digits?"

Pan Kejia was taken aback for a moment, thinking Chen Mo had missed two digits.

Stock codes are six digits long, but this was only four.

"?"

"That’s a room number. Same place tonight. Be there."

The corners of Chen Mo’s mouth turned up as he replied in a deadpan tone.

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