Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 174 Your Faith
The following morning, in the office on the third floor of Zhongshan Police Station.

Chen Shu sat in front of the computer, recalling the conversation between Zhao Feifei and the EME staff member last night, while also reviewing last year's security cases.

"On July 7, 20XX, EME PARTY was ordered to suspend operations for one month for providing escort services for profit. The penalizing unit was the Public Security Brigade of the Zhengming District Public Security Bureau."

According to the information on the computer, EME has indeed been penalized. However, the timing of this penalty is quite interesting.

Based on Chen Shu's past experience in handling cases and the punishment cases he knew, the minimum penalty for "paid companionship" in public security cases, let alone in Zhengming District, is three months, even in Dongzhou City. EME's minimum penalty of only one month was indeed, as the slick-haired man said, a "lenient punishment."

But considering the heated exchange last night, there's no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides. Zhao Feifei did indeed have an affair with him; it was a one-night stand, probably a blatant one.

Tonight is going to be interesting, a big event!

Chen Shu stroked his chin, looking at the evening meeting time that Zhao Feifei had sent via WeChat early that morning with amusement, and thought to himself.

"Drip."

I received a new WeChat message.

Upon opening it, it was our dashing Chen Chuan, the young master.

"Chen Shu, I have a feeling that a big deal will happen tonight."

At 10 p.m. that night, at the entrance of EME PARTY on Beitang Street
The police cars with flashing red and blue lights were parked in the same spot as yesterday, but tonight they were occasionally sirens blaring.

Chen Shu and Chen Chuan sat silently in the police car by the roadside, looking at each other without saying a word.

It was initially thought that Zhao Feifei, after last night's investigation, had discovered the other party's inside information. It was assumed that tonight they would bypass this person and quickly assemble police forces to strike at EME.

It must have been an extremely fierce battle!

As a result, it was another quiet night.

Seeing Zhao Feifei sitting comfortably in the driver's seat, playing with her Huawei police mobile phone, Chen Chuan, who had wasted two good nights and missed out on a good show, couldn't help but feel annoyed.

"Sister Feifei, are we waiting for someone else tonight?"

After spending time together recently, Chen Chuan, a social butterfly in nightclubs, naturally assumed that he and Zhao Feifei had developed a relationship, and their way of addressing each other became more intimate.

Zhao Feifei feigned a sigh, "Time flies! I'm so old now."

Chen Chuan's eyes darted around, and he reacted quickly: "Miss Feifei, look."

"oops!"

Chen Chuan's vision went black as something black suddenly hit him in the face. When he recovered, he picked it up and saw it was a police communication device. He complained, "That hurt! Zhao, you can't play like that! Who hits people with this thing!"

"If you're going to rest, just rest quietly there. Who told you to talk nonsense?" Zhao Feifei said with a grin, looking at Chen Chuan's embarrassed expression in the rearview mirror.

Today, not only did the energetic young man at the EME entrance offer them a cigarette or a bottle of water, but not even a dog came to disturb the three policemen who were resting alone.

Zhao Feifei casually honked the horn a few more times, then asked with a smile, "Chen Chuan, tell me the truth. Do you go to these kinds of brothels all the time?" Chen Shu stared at Chen Chuan with bright eyes. If Zhao Feifei hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that he had seen this guy dressed in flashy clothes during his plainclothes investigation at EME. Thinking back to how Zhao Feifei had been so humble and subservient when he saw her at the city police station cafeteria a few days ago, he figured she might have been caught fooling around somewhere!
This is a bottom-line issue, and we cannot afford to be careless in the slightest.

Seeing that the two men were determined to get to the bottom of things, Chen Chuan tightened his ordinary black coat, sighed deeply, and confessed everything.

After graduating from university, there were still three months before we officially joined the police force. Most of us took advantage of this long holiday to go on a long graduation trip with our close friends.

Chen Chuan, who hadn't spent much time with his family growing up and didn't have many friends at school, chose to join his parents' company, hoping to help out.

At first, I started with the most basic tasks, but it gradually turned into non-stop socializing day and night. From dining with clients to singing, foot massages, and other services, these past few months have been a blur. Sometimes, after drinking too much beer at night, I would look up at the sky the next day and feel like it was yellow.

Then I met her.

Her father was a gambling addict, and she was forced to come out and pay off her gambling debts. This was the only way to make money the fastest.

The story is cliché, but the two of them still ended up together.

She fulfilled all his fantasies from his early twenties.
He selectively forgot about his imminent formal employment.

One day she suddenly disappeared.
That day was the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

In the days that followed, he often blamed himself for whether she had discovered the secret he had deliberately hidden, or whether he had inadvertently revealed his hesitation towards her after being formally enlisted.

But the person has already left, and no one knows the real reason.
So many years have passed, and he has long forgotten his original feelings of longing.

All he could do was want to ask her "why" when he met her again.

After finishing the story, Chen Chuan unceremoniously reached into the pocket of Chen Shu's jacket where he kept Hua Zi, completely disregarding his tragic role in the story.

Chen Shu reached out and slapped the shameless guy away. Just as he was about to mock the guy for putting on such a show, he noticed out of the corner of his eye that Zhao Feifei, who was sitting in the driver's seat, had red and swollen eyes and some tear stains on her fair cheeks. She had clearly cried from being moved just now!

Chen Shu was completely surprised that this usually decisive and efficient deputy captain of the security brigade, whom he had known since they met, was so melancholy: "Sister Feifei..."

Following Chen Shu's gaze, Chen Chuan was also shocked by the scene!

Is this still the spirited, strong-willed, and unyielding "Sister Man"?
Zhao Feifei asked softly, "Chen Chuan, why did you become a policeman?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Chuan immediately stopped laughing and straightened his back: "Sister Feifei, I grew up alone, and I'm very lonely and insecure. Hmm, I want to be someone who can bring a sense of security to others!"

"Chen Shu, what about you?"

Chen Shu originally wanted to say something lofty and not let Chen Chuan look down on him. But seeing the tear stains on Zhao Feifei's cheeks, he couldn't bear to lie and told the truth: "I originally planned to join the army to serve my country, but I didn't do well on the college entrance exam and was a few points short, so I chose the police academy."

"Sister Feifei, what about you?" Seeing how Chen Shu addressed her earlier, Chen Chuan seized the opportunity and quickly pulled out a cigarette from the pack he had just grabbed, joining in the fun.

Zhao Feifei turned and took it, waited for it to be ready, and hesitated for a long time before replying, "I want to protect those vulnerable women."

In the afterglow of the streetlights, her tear-stained cheeks regained their resolve.

(End of this chapter)