Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 176 Playing the Good Cop
Chen Shu's refusal of Zeng Hong's kind offer completely surprised everyone.

From an official standpoint, Chen Shu had already taken on the responsibility of maintaining order in the station, so there was absolutely no need for him to take on community work as well. From a personal standpoint, it directly reduced Chen Shu's workload. At this point, which police officer would complain about having less work?

The more you do, the more mistakes you make. Everyone understands this principle!

However, seeing Chen Shu's resolute attitude, Zeng Hong did not insist further. Before the meeting adjourned, he informed Chen Shu that starting next month, the station would give him a fixed monthly security allowance of 30,000 yuan, which he could decide how to use.

This is good news!

Tonight I need to set aside time to properly plan this budget. China has money! Why not use it? No need to worry about saving it for him. Chen Shu smiled broadly as he bid farewell to Zeng Hong.

Looking at the time, it was almost lunchtime. Without thinking much, Chen Shu went to the front desk to get the keys to his Santana and drove off towards the Dawn grid.

Upon arriving at the location, I instinctively went to check out the police station. To my surprise, in just a few days, several new pieces of police equipment had appeared in the office.

In addition to the existing blast helmets, blast forks, and batons, this time there are also stab-proof vests, blast shields, warning tapes, and reflective cones.

It's clear that Yan Chenxi is genuinely dedicated to the police work within the grid management system.

The neighborhood committee has more money than the police station, and the grid management unit has more money than an entire security team!

Thinking of the 30,000 yuan monthly security fee that Zeng Hong had promised, Chen Shu put his mind to the grid again.

Perhaps we could try establishing a high-standard security team. They could be responsible for patrolling and maintaining order in the designated "Dawn Grid" area during normal times, and be drawn into the team to focus on investigating cases when needed at the station!

There must be a brave man under a huge reward!

With the money in place, Chen Shumei was confident he wouldn't have trouble finding capable and skilled people. He happily planned for the future and stepped into the grid's canteen.

At this moment, two groups of people were clearly separated, standing on either side of a large round table in the cafeteria.

A middle-aged, bald man wearing glasses led a group of people and asked in a gloomy tone, "Grid leader, did you take money from them? This EME clearly has so many problems, why aren't you investigating it!"

Standing opposite him was none other than Yan Chenxi, the grid leader of the Dawn Grid.

"me……"

EME does indeed have problems, and they haven't been investigated or dealt with.

Her face flushed red, and she was speechless for a moment.

what's the situation?
This grid must have been established not long ago, so why is it acting like a staged drama, with this whole coup attempt happening?
Yan Chenxi has really been bullied to the extreme!

How can a leader be blocked in the cafeteria by his subordinates?
Chen Shu withdrew his right foot, which had already stepped out, and seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he stood outside the door and looked around.

"Old Wang! Last time EME came to cause trouble, you were running to the toilet quite frequently." A fat, burly man in a police uniform retorted without backing down.

"Damn it!" Another equally tough policeman didn't say much, but stubbornly retorted.

Chen Shu looked closely and saw Zhu Chaoran and Xiao Qiang. What were those two doing at the community canteen again? But this time they made the right choice. Otherwise, Yan Chenxi, this inexperienced young girl, might have been bullied terribly.

Old Wang, wearing black-rimmed glasses, turned to Zhu Chaoran and chuckled: "Don't think I don't know what kind of person your deputy director is! He never comes to work at the grid, I wonder where he goes to fool around at night? I know, he must be at EME to find women to play with! He takes money and plays with women for free, tsk tsk!"

Then, with an exaggerated expression, she looked at Yan Chenxi and said, "Oh! I know, you two must have conspired to be EME's protectors, right? A man and a woman, who knows what you're doing in bed together at night!"

"Old Wang, what nonsense are you talking about! You!" The simple-minded Yan Chenxi was dumbfounded, her eyes darting around in their sockets, probably never having felt so aggrieved before.

"Dry!"

A tense standoff ensued in the cafeteria. The hot-tempered Xiao Qiang, seeing his boss and the kind female leader who often treated him to late-night snacks being humiliated together, bared his teeth and prepared to go up and fight.

Yu Guangzhong and Zhu Chaoran saw Chen Shu standing at the door. He paused for a moment, then grabbed the impulsive Xiao Qiang beside him. He knew that given his boss's cowardly and bullying nature, this foul-mouthed guy was probably going to get into trouble. Chen Shu, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, sneered, "Do you have any evidence for what you just said?"

As he spoke, he walked up to Old Wang, and taking advantage of his height of over 1.8 meters, squinted and looked down at him.

The power and influence accumulated over the years in combating crime were fully demonstrated at this moment.

When Old Wang saw that a real police officer had arrived, and a deputy director at that, his previous arrogance dissipated by most, but he still stubbornly said, "What's wrong? Are you so great as a police officer? Why aren't you investigating those lawbreakers? What are you showing off in front of me for?"

Chen Shu remained unmoved, squinting at the other person for a long time until the other person felt uneasy and lowered their head, before slowly saying, "If you have a problem with me, you can report or complain. But just now you publicly fabricated facts and slandered me as a 'protective umbrella' in front of so many people, and I recorded it all. Now please cooperate with me to go back to the station for investigation."

Chen Shu pointed to the body camera with a green light on its rank insignia, signaling Zhu Chaoran and Xiao Qiang to go up and take the people away.

Xiao Qiang, who had never been treated like this before, pounced on the man without hesitation. Zhu Chaoran, after a few seconds of hesitation, followed closely behind. The two burly men quickly carried the man away from the cafeteria.

The group of people in the cafeteria were all dumbfounded. It was just an argument, how could someone be taken away by the police from their own workplace's police station in such a short time?
"The police are beating people! The police are beating people! I want to file a complaint."

Little did they know that Chen Shu was both the branch office's top scorer in terms of the number of cases cracked each year and the top subject to reports. He didn't care about these trivial matters at all.

The sound gradually faded away and disappeared.

The canteen fell silent again, everyone standing still, glancing at the police station deputy director in his neat uniform, and then at the top leader of the grid management system.

Chen Shu glanced around at everyone, his gaze settling on Yan Chenxi, who was also standing there. He nodded, turned around, and left.

This unexpected turn of events ironically improved their relationship.

Everyone turned their attention back to Yan Chenxi with awe, showing a tendency to follow her lead.

After a long while, someone cautiously asked, "Grid leader, what should we do next?"

Yan Chenxi then realized what was happening and ran out, leaving everyone behind.

The corridor was already deserted.

Zhongshan Police Station, third floor, instructor's office

Zeng Hong, his nose twitching with anger, pointed at Chen Shu and yelled, "You little brat, how dare you lock up your own colleague from the grid! What kind of mess have you made? Go down there and release him right now! Apologize properly to me!"

He insulted my leader. Chen Shu, the kind of person who gives money and funding, curled his lip, took off the law enforcement recorder clipped to his shoulder, and threw it at him.

After watching the video, Zeng Hong calmed down, gave a curt "Oh," and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Chen Shu took out his police mobile phone and pretended to open a document: "According to Article 42 of the Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, anyone who publicly fabricates facts to defame others shall be detained for up to 5 days or fined up to 500 yuan."

"Don't read this nonsense to me! Tell me the truth, kid."

Chen Shu casually tossed the police briefcase onto the tea table, his tone somewhat disdainful: "Could you trouble Zeng Jiao to play the good cop? After all, he's a colleague from the same grid."

I don't care, but I have to save face for Yan Chenxi, Chen Shu thought to himself.

Zeng Hong agreed: "Then let him stay locked up for a few hours to calm down. I'll go get him before I leave work."

"Thank you, Instructor Zeng! I'll just pass the favor to their grid leader."

Zeng Hong was somewhat suspicious, but in the end he nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)