"Expired ID card?" Xu Mo furrowed his brow. "That can't be possible..."
In the next moment, he took out his ID card and checked it.
"Uh... It seems like it really expired."
After saying that, he handed the ID card to the manager for him to take a look.
"I'm sorry, Manager. I didn't expect this... It expired."
After the manager confirmed that Xu Mo's ID card had indeed expired, his confusion disappeared.
He had been wondering why Xu Mo and Yang Jingxuan's ID cards couldn't be verified online.
Now, he finally understood.
So, their ID cards had expired!
Expired ID cards were unusable, and the manager was well aware of this.
They couldn't even book a hotel room with expired ID cards.
Then, the manager looked at Yang Jingxuan and asked, "Is your ID card expired too?"
Yang Jingxuan blankly took out the ID card Xu Mo had given her.
She glanced at the date on it.
"Mine has also expired..."
After saying that, she handed her ID card to the manager as well.
As the manager took Yang Jingxuan's ID card and glanced at it, he realized that her ID card had also expired.
"This situation..." the manager smiled. "Alright, now we understand."
He looked at Xiao Hu and said, "No need to rush. Let's wait until their ID cards are renewed before we proceed with the recording."
Xiao Hu nodded.
Since the manager had given instructions, there was no need for him to be anxious.
Audience in the live broadcast chat: "???"
"They managed to bluff their way through?"
"How is it possible that both of their ID cards have expired? Weren't they just using fake IDs?"
"This must be Xu Mo's plan. He must have anticipated that fake IDs wouldn't pass the online verification, so he prepared two expired ID cards just in case they ran into any problems."
"Wow, I didn't expect this. I thought they were done for this time."
Backstage.
Song Yixue stared at Xu Mo on the screen, wearing an intriguing expression.
Not only the viewers in the live chat, even she thought Xu Mo was finished a moment ago.
Little did she know, Xu Mo had already anticipated this.
He had prepared two expired ID cards in advance.
Xu Mo put away his ID card and looked at the manager.
"Manager, I heard from the flight attendants that we have a captain in our company who hasn't been feeling well recently."
"Yes," the manager nodded. "He has a slight fever. Originally, he should have taken a few days off, but we're currently short of captains. We have no choice... Besides, his flight schedule is already fixed. We'll give him a break after he completes it."
Xu Mo continued based on the manager's words.
"Then, how about I cover for this captain for a couple of days? You can give him a two-day break to rest. It's not a joke to operate a flight when you're not feeling well. It compromises the passengers' safety."
The manager was slightly taken aback.
Well... that might work.
Although having a slight fever wasn't a big deal.
But being a captain came with significant responsibilities.
If his health affected his ability to fly, even a minor mistake could lead to major consequences.
Though the current captain only had a slight fever, it wasn't too serious.
But what if the fever gets worse after the plane takes off?
Xu Mo has a point.
It's true that flying a plane while feeling unwell is a serious safety issue for the passengers on board.
If nothing goes wrong, then everything is fine.
But if something goes wrong, he cannot bear that responsibility.
With this in mind, the manager nodded.
"Then I'll rely on you. You help cover for the captain for now. I'll talk to him and ask him to rest for two days until he recovers from his illness and comes back to work."
Little Hu, who was standing nearby, wanted to remind the manager that the new captain couldn't be considered officially employed yet due to an expired ID card.
But he didn't dare to interrupt, so he decided not to mention it.
"No trouble at all. Ensuring the passengers' safety is absolutely crucial, and that's my bottom line," Xu Mo said.
Upon hearing these words, the manager instantly recalled Xu Mo's heroic deeds.
If any other captain had said this, he might not have believed it.
But when Xu Mo said it, he believed it wholeheartedly!
In his eyes, Xu Mo was definitely an exceptional hero of a captain.
The manager thought to himself that he had truly struck gold this time!
"Let me take you to meet the captain and do the handover. When it's time for the next flight, you'll take over his shift," the manager said.
Pausing for a moment, the manager glanced at Yang Jingxuan beside him.
"You can come along too. I'll assign both of you to that crew."
After saying that, he led the two of them out of the door.
...
The members of the investigation team were currently sitting at headquarters, feeling completely at a loss.
This time, everyone felt an unprecedented level of challenge.
Just when they were making progress in capturing people, all the leads suddenly vanished. Can they still continue?
They were now like headless flies, not even knowing where Xu Mo was last seen.
In other words, finding Xu Mo now seemed impossible.
Would they have to turn the entire city upside down?
But was that even feasible?
The city was so large that it was clearly impossible.
The atmosphere at the moment was extremely oppressive.
Suddenly, Li Chen made secretive gestures, beckoning the remaining three members of the investigation team to come closer.
After the three of them approached, he whispered, "Why don't we take a sneak peek at the live stream? Once we see it, we'll know where Xu Mo is."
Han Fei, who was already in a bad mood, instantly turned black-faced.
"We don't need to resort to deceit. If we can't catch him this time, are we going to rely on live streams the next time we face a real fugitive?"
Li Chen sighed and remained silent.
Although he also felt that this method was somewhat despicable.
But wasn't this the only way left?
After all, there were quite a few people watching the live stream now.
Failing to catch the suspect would truly be embarrassing!
"There must still be some unconnected clues," Han Fei muttered to himself.
He quickly ran through everything that happened today in his mind, hoping to find some more leads.
Suddenly, Han Fei slammed the table.
"The flight attendant! That flight attendant might provide some clues!"
Everyone looked at Han Fei, waiting for him to continue.
Han Fei's gaze swept across everyone present.
"Have you ever wondered why Xu Mo specifically chose a flight attendant?"
"Li Chen subconsciously blurted out, 'Are you admiring the flight attendant's beauty and harboring ulterior motives?'"
Before Han Fei could respond, Shen Manyi shook her head.
"No, that's not right. He really does have ulterior motives. Would he just sit there and do nothing?"
"Then it means Xu Mo only wanted the flight attendant to help him book a room. What's so strange about that?"
"If that were the case, after the flight attendant helped him book the room, Xu Mo should have let her leave. But instead, he kept her at the hotel for the entire night. How do you explain that?"
This time, Li Chen remained silent.
He also sensed that something was amiss.
"Let me tell you why," Han Fei tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers. "It's because he wanted to extract the information he needed from that flight attendant."
Suddenly, everyone felt enlightened.
After Han Fei's analysis, another clue emerged.
The remaining members of the investigation team thought about it and found Han Fei's words reasonable.
Moreover, they didn't have any other reliable leads at the moment.
Since they had nothing else to do, they might as well follow this line of thinking and investigate.
With that in mind, they stood up from their seats.
"There's no time to waste. Let's set off now!"
"Expired ID card?" Xu Mo furrowed his brow. "That can't be possible..."
In the next moment, he took out his ID card and checked it.
"Uh... It seems like it really expired."
After saying that, he handed the ID card to the manager for him to take a look.
"I'm sorry, Manager. I didn't expect this... It expired."
After the manager confirmed that Xu Mo's ID card had indeed expired, his confusion disappeared.
He had been wondering why Xu Mo and Yang Jingxuan's ID cards couldn't be verified online.
Now, he finally understood.
So, their ID cards had expired!
Expired ID cards were unusable, and the manager was well aware of this.
They couldn't even book a hotel room with expired ID cards.
Then, the manager looked at Yang Jingxuan and asked, "Is your ID card expired too?"
Yang Jingxuan blankly took out the ID card Xu Mo had given her.
She glanced at the date on it.
"Mine has also expired..."
After saying that, she handed her ID card to the manager as well.
As the manager took Yang Jingxuan's ID card and glanced at it, he realized that her ID card had also expired.
"This situation..." the manager smiled. "Alright, now we understand."
He looked at Xiao Hu and said, "No need to rush. Let's wait until their ID cards are renewed before we proceed with the recording."
Xiao Hu nodded.
Since the manager had given instructions, there was no need for him to be anxious.
Audience in the live broadcast chat: "???"
"They managed to bluff their way through?"
"How is it possible that both of their ID cards have expired? Weren't they just using fake IDs?"
"This must be Xu Mo's plan. He must have anticipated that fake IDs wouldn't pass the online verification, so he prepared two expired ID cards just in case they ran into any problems."
"Wow, I didn't expect this. I thought they were done for this time."
Backstage.
Song Yixue stared at Xu Mo on the screen, wearing an intriguing expression.
Not only the viewers in the live chat, even she thought Xu Mo was finished a moment ago.
Little did she know, Xu Mo had already anticipated this.
He had prepared two expired ID cards in advance.
Xu Mo put away his ID card and looked at the manager.
"Manager, I heard from the flight attendants that we have a captain in our company who hasn't been feeling well recently."
"Yes," the manager nodded. "He has a slight fever. Originally, he should have taken a few days off, but we're currently short of captains. We have no choice... Besides, his flight schedule is already fixed. We'll give him a break after he completes it."
Xu Mo continued based on the manager's words.
"Then, how about I cover for this captain for a couple of days? You can give him a two-day break to rest. It's not a joke to operate a flight when you're not feeling well. It compromises the passengers' safety."
The manager was slightly taken aback.
Well... that might work.
Although having a slight fever wasn't a big deal.
But being a captain came with significant responsibilities.
If his health affected his ability to fly, even a minor mistake could lead to major consequences.
Though the current captain only had a slight fever, it wasn't too serious.
But what if the fever gets worse after the plane takes off?
Xu Mo has a point.
It's true that flying a plane while feeling unwell is a serious safety issue for the passengers on board.
If nothing goes wrong, then everything is fine.
But if something goes wrong, he cannot bear that responsibility.
With this in mind, the manager nodded.
"Then I'll rely on you. You help cover for the captain for now. I'll talk to him and ask him to rest for two days until he recovers from his illness and comes back to work."
Little Hu, who was standing nearby, wanted to remind the manager that the new captain couldn't be considered officially employed yet due to an expired ID card.
But he didn't dare to interrupt, so he decided not to mention it.
"No trouble at all. Ensuring the passengers' safety is absolutely crucial, and that's my bottom line," Xu Mo said.
Upon hearing these words, the manager instantly recalled Xu Mo's heroic deeds.
If any other captain had said this, he might not have believed it.
But when Xu Mo said it, he believed it wholeheartedly!
In his eyes, Xu Mo was definitely an exceptional hero of a captain.
The manager thought to himself that he had truly struck gold this time!
"Let me take you to meet the captain and do the handover. When it's time for the next flight, you'll take over his shift," the manager said.
Pausing for a moment, the manager glanced at Yang Jingxuan beside him.
"You can come along too. I'll assign both of you to that crew."
After saying that, he led the two of them out of the door.
...
The members of the investigation team were currently sitting at headquarters, feeling completely at a loss.
This time, everyone felt an unprecedented level of challenge.
Just when they were making progress in capturing people, all the leads suddenly vanished. Can they still continue?
They were now like headless flies, not even knowing where Xu Mo was last seen.
In other words, finding Xu Mo now seemed impossible.
Would they have to turn the entire city upside down?
But was that even feasible?
The city was so large that it was clearly impossible.
The atmosphere at the moment was extremely oppressive.
Suddenly, Li Chen made secretive gestures, beckoning the remaining three members of the investigation team to come closer.
After the three of them approached, he whispered, "Why don't we take a sneak peek at the live stream? Once we see it, we'll know where Xu Mo is."
Han Fei, who was already in a bad mood, instantly turned black-faced.
"We don't need to resort to deceit. If we can't catch him this time, are we going to rely on live streams the next time we face a real fugitive?"
Li Chen sighed and remained silent.
Although he also felt that this method was somewhat despicable.
But wasn't this the only way left?
After all, there were quite a few people watching the live stream now.
Failing to catch the suspect would truly be embarrassing!
"There must still be some unconnected clues," Han Fei muttered to himself.
He quickly ran through everything that happened today in his mind, hoping to find some more leads.
Suddenly, Han Fei slammed the table.
"The flight attendant! That flight attendant might provide some clues!"
Everyone looked at Han Fei, waiting for him to continue.
Han Fei's gaze swept across everyone present.
"Have you ever wondered why Xu Mo specifically chose a flight attendant?"
"Li Chen subconsciously blurted out, 'Are you admiring the flight attendant's beauty and harboring ulterior motives?'"
Before Han Fei could respond, Shen Manyi shook her head.
"No, that's not right. He really does have ulterior motives. Would he just sit there and do nothing?"
"Then it means Xu Mo only wanted the flight attendant to help him book a room. What's so strange about that?"
"If that were the case, after the flight attendant helped him book the room, Xu Mo should have let her leave. But instead, he kept her at the hotel for the entire night. How do you explain that?"
This time, Li Chen remained silent.
He also sensed that something was amiss.
"Let me tell you why," Han Fei tapped the table rhythmically with his fingers. "It's because he wanted to extract the information he needed from that flight attendant."
Suddenly, everyone felt enlightened.
After Han Fei's analysis, another clue emerged.
The remaining members of the investigation team thought about it and found Han Fei's words reasonable.
Moreover, they didn't have any other reliable leads at the moment.
Since they had nothing else to do, they might as well follow this line of thinking and investigate.
With that in mind, they stood up from their seats.
"There's no time to waste. Let's set off now!"
