Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 178 She's a Police Officer
Zhongshan Police Station, interrogation room.

Chen Shu looked at Lao Lei, unsure of what to say. When conflicts arose among the community police officers, only their deputy director in charge, Wu Haojie, or their instructor, Zeng Hong, could handle the situation.

He was just a little curious. Why would Lao Lei, who had been working in the same community for so many years, go to someone else's jurisdiction to investigate cases? Wasn't that just embarrassing? But Jin Jianguo's temper was too volatile. They were colleagues, so why did he resort to using a gun?

It's simply unethical for Lao Lei to leave his jurisdiction to handle cases elsewhere, especially since they're all within the same police station's jurisdiction. Jin Jianguo's act of pointing a pistol at his colleague, however, directly violated the "Weapons Regulations."

If this is taken seriously, he'd probably have to be locked up in solitary confinement.

"Old Lei, you've been in this community for a long time, why would you think of trying to get quotas in Jin Jianguo's jurisdiction? Don't you have any resources of your own?"

Old Lei frowned, hesitant to speak, "Chief Chen, this is my jurisdiction..."

For veteran police officers like Lao Lei, who have been rooted in Zhongshan for over a decade without moving, there are both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that they are adept at understanding the people and affairs in their jurisdiction. If a case involving interpersonal relationships arises, such as fights or mass incidents among locals, their intervention is particularly effective.

The downside is that they are too familiar with the local people, so sometimes things that were just done are not done, and fines are not imposed when they should be imposed.

For example, this time, Lao Lei most likely couldn't operate within his own jurisdiction, so he resorted to targeting Jin Jianguo's territory. Chen Shu took a sip of water: "How much was the fine?"

Old Lei: "One thousand."

The fines weren't much. According to Chen Shu's knowledge, the bureau usually sets a starting point of 10,000 yuan for fines levied on companies within its jurisdiction that use hazardous chemicals.

This thousand yuan is the minimum; it's probably because Lao Lei is feeling guilty and doesn't dare to go all out.

Jin Jianguo, a community police officer who had also worked in Zhongshan for many years, regularly interacted with businesses in his jurisdiction. This time, Lao Lei bypassed him and directly punished the offender. Although the fine was low, the act was tantamount to slapping him in the face.

The fact that a case was handled across communities by the same police station has caused such a mess. Who knows what big problems might arise in the next case involving Shang K?

Chen Shu handed Lao Lei a cigarette and chatted with him casually while waiting for Zeng Hong's notification.

But in his mind, he was thinking about the case of Shang K that he was handling.

At 2 PM, Zhongshan Institute
Chen Shu yawned, turned the doorknob, and walked into the office. With his eyes still half-closed, he was surprised to find Zhao Feifei from the Public Security Brigade leisurely lying on the long sofa, scrolling through Douyin (TikTok) without any apparent concern.

“TikTok, record your beautiful life!”

As the software's built-in closing remarks played, Zhao Feifei casually tidied her police attire, sat up, tied her long, high ponytail, revealing her smooth, beautiful forehead, and looked at Chen Shu with a sly smile, as if she were looking at prey.

Do you know why I came here today?

Seeing the other person's malicious smile, Chen Shu was pretty much certain that she was there to recruit him. On the surface, however, he smiled and asked in return, "So, do you know where I'll be going for the next few days?"

Sure enough, when Zhao Feifei heard this, she thought Chen Shu was going on a business trip or taking a year-end leave, and her expression tightened. She sat up straight and asked nervously, "Where are you going?"

"Go to work at the institute! Where else can I go?" Chen Shu muttered under his breath, then sat down on the single sofa next to him. He had already gotten the answer from the other person's reaction earlier.

He asked, "Tell me, when do we make our move? How many men do we need?"

Zhao Feifei, who was initially furious and about to curse, immediately composed herself and stared at the deputy director of the public security bureau, who had recently become very popular in the branch office. She then habitually weighed the situation in her mind. After a moment, she said in a deep voice, "We'll make our move this weekend."

Chen Shu nodded. Since the leaders of the public security brigade were there to back him up, his cross-regional case handling this time wouldn't be considered a loss of face, and no one in his colleagues would say anything bad about him.

After making a rough estimate in his mind, Chen Shu met the other party's expectant gaze and slowly said, "Sister Feifei, I'll get you ten police officers tomorrow. I'll lead the team and make sure they keep a close watch on the scene!"

In Chen Shu's mind, the Zhongshan Police Station was mainly doing the heavy lifting in this case, just to increase the number of officers for the Public Security Brigade and make the operation look more impressive. He wouldn't compete with them for the main raids or arrests.

He was finally able to relax and enjoy himself.

Zhao Feifei smiled, her eyes narrowing, and waved a slender white index finger: "Not enough. Chen Shu, you need to send out some more people."

Chen Shu swallowed hard, thinking to himself, "You're not going to take advantage of me for free, are you?"

He held up his palm and said, "Sister Feifei, we're just a small station. We also have to be on duty and on standby. We can't send out too many officers at once. At most, we can only add this many more."

Chen Shu keenly noticed the change in Zhao Feifei's emotions. Just as he was about to ask her a question, he noticed that her eyes were dark and she was deep in thought.

"Chen Shu, I can only send three people, including myself. That's definitely not enough to deal with them. Could you add some more men?" Zhao Feifei remained silent for a long time before finally speaking the truth.

Is there only three people in the public security brigade?

How can it be!

Chen Shu stroked his teacup, his heart sinking. He recalled Zeng Hong's warning that morning: "Don't let yourself be used as a pawn." Although he had responded nonchalantly at the time, the situation was actually too bizarre, and he had to be careful!
Is it reasonable that their unit only sent three people to handle a case led by the deputy captain of the public security brigade? They are not a small, peripheral unit like the anti-terrorism brigade, which has five people in a brigade, one brigade captain, one instructor, two deputy captains, and one member.

The Public Security Brigade is a formidable force within the branch bureau, no less so than the Criminal Investigation Brigade!

Chen Shu was already preparing to back out!

He said with difficulty, "Sister Feifei, we really only have this many people available, and we can't spare any more."

Zhao Feifei noticed the other party's polite refusal and raised her hand to interrupt, asking directly: "Chen Shu, your police station is cracking down on these KTVs in your jurisdiction every day, suspending them for three months one day, and for six months the next. After completing the bureau's targets, have you ever thought about what will happen to the young ladies working there?"

Chen Shu first frowned slightly, then his brows furrowed tightly, then his face stiffened, and finally he was completely bewildered, sitting there blankly.

Recalling the promises Zhao Feifei had casually made over the past few days and the words she uttered today.

A shocking and unbelievable thought popped into his mind.

Zhao Feifei, do you want to help them?

Help these liars and lazy girls?

She's a police officer!

(End of this chapter)