Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 175 Doubts Arise

"Jingle Bell!"

A cell phone rang inside the carriage.

Zhao Feifei took it out, glanced at it, didn't turn it off, pressed the volume button to mute it, and casually placed it flat on the armrest.

Chen Shu, sitting in the back row, glanced at his phone, whose screen was still lit up.

"Chen Da is in charge of public security."

Zhao Feifei covered the back of her head with her hands and said nonchalantly, "Do you believe a captain would try to scare me away?"

While Chen Shu was still pondering the implied meaning in Zhao Feifei's words, Chen Chuan, who was standing next to her, eagerly agreed and followed her lead.

"Absolutely! We already gave him face last night, so there's no need to pay him any attention today."

Zhao Feifei beamed: "You're a good kid, come work with me on law enforcement!"

The phone rang for a long time before it finally stopped.

Knowing that Zhao Feifei wouldn't do anything futile, Chen Shu realized that her not answering the phone today must have its own reasons. He thought for a moment and realized that the policewoman known as "Sister Man" was not as reckless as the outside world described; every move she made had a deeper meaning.

She was simply using what outsiders perceived as recklessness to mask her own caution.

True wisdom often appears as foolishness; this is the essence of it.

Half an hour later, Zhao Feifei's phone screen lit up again on the armrest, and Chen Shu subconsciously looked at it.

"Security Forest Branch!"

Chen Shu didn't know any of the security personnel, but the official title following the surname startled him!
Even as a deputy branch chief, Lin Zhi is already at the level of a full section chief in the high-ranking branch of the Public Security Branch! If he were the official branch chief, then Lin Zhi would be a full-fledged deputy division chief.

If that were in Zhengming District, it would be the position of the head of the branch office!

In the public security system, this is already a fairly high level.

The atmosphere inside the carriage grew heavy with the series of beeping cell phones. Zhao Feifei also frowned, staring silently at her phone screen.

To everyone's astonishment, she neither answered the call nor muted it.

The phone rang for a very short time this time, probably only seven or eight times before it went out.

Zhao Feifei simply grabbed her phone, stuffed it into her pocket, pulled the handbrake on the police car, and sped away.

Tonight's operation is over.

Zhongshan Institute entrance
After dropping the two off, Zhao Feifei didn't say much and drove off somewhere.

Chen Chuan, who also saw the call from "Director Lin," clicked his tongue and said, "Sister Feifei, were you shocked by that Director Lin?"

Chen Shu recalled Zhao Feifei's resolute face when she spoke of "protecting those vulnerable women," and shook his head: "No way. I believe that even if the bureau chief called, he couldn't stop her."

Chen Chuan cursed out, "What kind of world is this! First they say 'big,' then they say 'zhi,' when will this ever end!"

Chen Shu silently gazed in the direction Zhao Feifei had left, listening to Chen Chuan's complaints while analyzing the situation in his mind.

Judging from his interactions with Zhao Feifei over the past two days, he's definitely going to proceed with the EME. But did she really wait two nights just for these two phone calls?
If we want to avoid these two individuals, we also need to avoid their close associates or subordinates, which would affect a much larger number of people. The remaining investigators could probably be counted on one hand.

Furthermore, it's unlikely that the meticulous Zhao Feifei would bring the deputy director of a police station outside her jurisdiction to the scene for investigation every day without a reason. Chen Shu turned around, looked at the blue and white signboard next to him that read "Zhongshan Police Station," and thought to himself with certainty.

Unless, she's short-staffed.

Nothing happened all night.

The next morning, Chen Shu attended the monthly meeting for the first time as a leader of the institute, sitting in an inconspicuous position on the stage.

The Zhongshan Police Station does not have a director; its work is usually overseen by instructor Zeng Hong. He also chaired this meeting, which focused on studying the spirit of documents from high-level officials in Beijing, conveying instructions from the Dongzhou Municipal Bureau and Zhengming Branch, and summarizing the work of the previous month.

At the end of the meeting, Zeng Hong proposed that the gym equipment at the station would be renovated and added at the beginning of the year, which made the police officers and auxiliary police officers below cheer.

Who would be so bored as to work out at the office? A pool table or ping-pong table would be much more useful. If you finally have a day off, who wouldn't rush home? Chen Shu thought to himself, taking a sip of water from his teacup to hide his displeasure.

However, Zeng Hong was indeed very dedicated to his unit. He delegated community tasks and public security targets to Wu Haojie and Chen Shu respectively, neither interfering nor asking questions. He focused most of his energy on improving the working environment and welfare benefits of police officers and auxiliary police officers.

Chen Shu even heard that the neighborhood committee had some complaints about his work in coordinating and serving government departments.

Although there is no subordinate relationship between the subdistrict office and the police station, the station chief usually holds a concurrent position in the subdistrict office to facilitate the work. The position of station chief in Zhongshan Police Station is currently vacant, so Zeng Hong has ample reason to refuse some of the subdistrict's unified actions.

Privately, he also hoped to reduce everyone's workload as much as possible.

The meeting ended after 10 p.m. After Zeng Hong adjourned the meeting, he kept Chen Shu and Wu Haojie behind.

Wu Haojie is the deputy director of the Zhongshan Institute, responsible for community work and patrols.

Zeng Hong had spoken at length in the previous meeting, and after taking a few sips of tea and resting for a while, he spoke up: "Chief Wu, although Chief Chen holds the title of community grid police chief, he is currently burdened with all the security work in the station and is indeed unable to take on community work. Could you arrange for a police officer to go to the grid to take over?"

Huh? Zeng Hong is telling me not to do community work?

Chen Shu was unaware of the situation beforehand and was caught off guard.

After a moment's thought, he realized that the other person was also doing it for his own good. He had been involved in crime fighting since he started working, and he knew very little about community work. Moreover, the crime fighting quotas of Zhongshan Police Station were all on his shoulders, so he was really not suitable to do community work.

However, as soon as Zeng Hong spoke, Chen Shu's mind was filled with the image of Yan Chenxi when he first met her, standing in the grid service hall, her aggrieved expression as she was being verbally abused by the public.

This naive young official, without my protection, might cause all sorts of trouble.

Yes, and Xiaolin, who just got a part-time job, also needs some time to settle down.

Wu Haojie nodded and agreed, "No problem, instructor. I'll arrange for Yu Yu to take over this afternoon. He's an experienced community worker and can do the job well. Hmm, I'll have him go directly to the grid office! Director Chen, you can focus on your crackdown. The grid will produce some results for you!"

Wu Haojie's words were well said.

Although Zeng Hong requested that another police officer take over the grid, Chen Shu was still listed as the police chief of the Liming grid in the documents. If anything happened in the grid, or even if the community work of the grid was not done well, the blame would ultimately fall on Chen Shu.

Conversely, if any achievements are made within the grid, Chen Shu will be the first to be credited!

As the deputy director in charge of the community, Wu Haojie was well aware that the community police officers under his command rarely visited their assigned areas. According to their internal discussions, going to the police station once a week to clean it was considered a favor to the neighborhood!
It's not that the police are lazy, it's just that their work overlaps, and there's no need to waste police resources!
Zeng Hong was very satisfied with Wu Haojie's statement. He turned around and said with a smile, "Director Chen, then we'll proceed..."

“Instructor, let me continue to handle the grid management. After all, the real title I’m wearing is Grid Sheriff,” Chen Shu said calmly.

"what???"

(End of this chapter)