Can We Take Shortcuts in Spiritual Practice?

"Tell me, how long have you been doing this?" "No, policeman, I just moved here too." The policeman dug into his backpack and took out a thick envelope. It was densely packed with photos of women, as well as contact information and addresses. "You still haven't told me the truth!" "What on earth did you spy?" Li Mochen lowered his head and said word by word: "I saw that woman, she was..."