He decided not to bicker with her, or else he would die of anger. He said, "I'll give you credit for arresting a few scammers. How about it? Do you want to thank me?"
Luo Qun immediately said, "There's something wrong with the people you brought home in the afternoon, right?"
Li Du sighed. "Don't make wild guesses …"
This girl is smart!
"You dare say it's not them?" Luo Qun asked.
Li Du felt helpless. "Anyway, don't get off work yet. Bring your partner along. They should be easy to deal with. I'll call you later and you can come over to arrest them."
After hanging up, he leaned on the railing and continued to watch the crowd below.
Everyone was having a good time. Most of them were drinking. Frank and York were passing hunting knives around. Ma Cheng and the other two were looking at the hunting knives and the handicrafts they had brought back from the Hopi tribe.
Li Du looked down at them, his heart filled with mixed feelings.
Flagstaff's population was small, and the number of Chinese was even smaller. There were only a few overseas students at the university.
Li Du didn't usually go near the university, so he hadn't seen many Chinese people.
To be honest, he felt good conversing with Ma Cheng and the other two in Mandarin, even though their Mandarin was full of Hong Kong and Taiwanese accents.
The three of them gave him a better impression. They were forthright, honest, thrifty, cultured, and knowledgeable. He really wanted to interact with people like them.
Unfortunately, it was all fake. They were scammers who had teamed up with Ma Zhi-an to trick him.
Hence, he could only call the police and let Rose arrest them.
This made him feel bad. He didn't want to treat his fellow countrymen like this, but what his countrymen had done was too despicable. They had actually used the trust between their own people to cheat them!
If he hadn't discovered the identities of these people, he would have shown them the gemstone saber, the papyrus, and even the Patek Philippe on his wrist.
And with the good impression the three of them had given him, if they had offered to help him deal with these precious items, he would have been willing.
Once he lost these items, he would have lost everything. These items were worth tens of millions of dollars. He didn't even dare to think that he would have so much money!
"Sorry, I'm a good person." Li Du took another can of beer, raised it, and toasted the three from afar.
Hans walked up and said, "Everything has been arranged. I found a few guys from Bones Community. They're waiting for my call."
Li Du asked, "Is it reliable?"
Hans said, "Of course, it's Robert and Lewton. You know them, right? When the hospital and the community held a joint event, you were in the limelight there. "
Li Du nodded and smiled. "Not to be in the limelight, but to protect myself."
He called Lu Guan again and asked, "How is it? The car hasn't left Flagstaff, right?"
Lu Guan replied, "No, they're repainting. I don't think they'll be able to leave within a week."
Li Du had arranged for Lu Guan to follow the three of them. Hence, when the three of them brought Frank and York to the bank, Lu Guan followed along to monitor them.
In the meantime, he had been reporting to Li Du on the phone. When Li Du found out that Ma Cheng and the other two had convinced Frank to change the items he had stored in First Financial Bank to the bank account, he knew that his plan had succeeded.
There was no partnership with Christie's at all. It was all a scam set up by the three of them.
After talking to Lu Guan on the phone, Li Du said to Hans, "Stabilize the people living here. I'm going out to do something. It's best not to let them make any calls in the meantime."
"That's not a problem," Hans agreed readily.
Li Du, Robert, Lewton, and the others contacted each other and met up at the first intersection of Flagstaff.
When he reached the intersection, there were two police cars parked there. A few black men and Native Americans in police uniforms were squatting by the side of the road, smoking.
However, if one looked closely, they would realize that they were not police cars. The cars did have police lights, and the paint was the same as that of a police car. However, there were no "POLICE" letters on the cars. Instead, there were six jumbled letters: "PCLIOE."
Also, the clothes they were wearing looked like police uniforms, but in reality, they were not. They were just security uniforms made to imitate police uniforms.
Li Du stopped the car and said, "Hey, guys, good evening."
After seeing him, Robert, who was the leader, smiled and said, "Hey, Li, what's the deal this time?"
Li Du said, "A few scammers cheated a friend of mine of something. We're going to pretend to be police to scare them. We just need to get them to hand over the item."
Lewton frowned and said, "Pretending to be a police officer is against the law."
Li Du said, "No, trust me, I'll arrange everything flawlessly. I won't break the law, and neither will you guys."
Robert threw away his cigarette, looked at each other's clothes and said, "He's right, Lewton. We're not pretending to be police officers. We're just a few cosplay hobbyists out to have some fun tonight."
Li Du took out a stack of bills from his pocket. "Five thousand dollars. As long as you guys go in front of them and say something to scare them, the money will be yours!"
Robert and the others' eyes lit up. In the night, they looked like the eyes of wolves.
The three cars set off. Li Du asked Lu Guan's location. He was in a garage in the suburbs. The van that had left from the bank in the evening was there.
When they reached the garage, Robert said, "Oh, this is Billy's place. This guy specializes in modifying cars underground. We're going to do it in his place?"
"Does he have a strong background?" Li Du asked.
Robert shook his head and said, "No, we're buddies. If we do it here, it'll be easier. However, I have to call him first."
Li Du had an idea and said, "If that's the case, tell him to open the back door."
"Then wouldn't the people we're scaring be able to drive away?" Lewton asked.
Li Du smiled and said, "If they feel guilty and run away, that would be the best. You can't really go and arrest them, right? I've said it before, we're not breaking the law. "
When everything was in place, Lu Guan, who was hiding in a small, broken car, came out to meet them.
Li Du took out a video recorder and told him to start recording. He said, "The sixth scene of the police and robbers cosplay game. We've arrived at a garage. It's said that this is a den for stealing and modifying cars. We're going to conduct a surprise inspection here …"
Robert and a few others drove to the garage's entrance in a police car. Suddenly, the police siren started wailing and the lights turned red.
A few lights were quickly turned on in the garage. Two burly men rushed out and asked, "What are you doing?"
Robert roared, "We received a police call. In the evening, three swindlers came to your place with stolen goods. Get out of the way, we're going to conduct an inspection!"
"According to the tip-off, the swindlers are two Caucasians and one Asian. They're driving a Ford van. The van has the logo of the bank painted on it …"
Robert's voice was very loud. His roar could be heard throughout the garage.
Just as he said that, the sound of a car engine starting came from the garage. A small van drove out from the back door.
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