Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 181 Zhao Da is shocked
At 10 p.m., the convoy headed towards EME PARTY.

The car wheels rumbled on. Xu Chaofan, who claimed that everyone at Dongming Institute was a country bumpkin and had never been to Beitang Street, rolled down the black window a little, glanced at the night outside, and said thoughtfully, "Zhao Da, I forgot to mention earlier, sorry. I think according to the time, EME shouldn't have started any projects yet at this hour. Should we wait a little longer?"

Based on past case-handling experience, illegal activities in early business KTVs tended to occur later in the evening. These included things like "getting hyped up" or "sex" (a euphemism for sexual activity), or prostitution.

When people involved in drug trafficking say they're going to a KTV to "get high," they're not just relaxing; they're going to use drugs. After using drugs, they need loud bass music to stimulate them, which is called "getting high" in slang. "San (two points - shui)" has a similar meaning.

Those colorful games are usually reserved by the operators as the grand finale, played during the last part of the karaoke session.

Zhao Feifei raised an eyebrow: "Chief Xu truly lives up to his reputation as the second-best in the branch office for cracking down on crime; his experience in dealing with such locations is indeed extensive! However, this timing is difficult to pinpoint. If we arrive too late, they might have already finished and gone home, and we might end up empty-handed. The longer we wait, the more things could go wrong. With so many of us crammed together, we might easily be spotted by their 'eyes.' Let's stick to the plan!"

Chen Shu interjected, "Should the police car convoy disperse and circle around first? And the hitchhiking convoy should slow down before regrouping?"

Zhao Feifei: "Scatter? Are you sure they won't tip you off?"

Zhao Feifei brought up the same old point again, and although she was being cautious, this obvious distrust of grassroots police officers still made Chen Shu feel uneasy.

He firmly stated, "If you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them. Now that we've already started taking action, let's not worry about these external factors anymore. Whether or not to cut back on time is up to you, Zhao Da!"

The title changed from "Sister Feifei" to the formal "Big Brother Zhao".

Zhao Feifei sensed Chen Shu's dissatisfaction and knew that her habitual defensiveness in the public security brigade had unintentionally hurt the pride of this grassroots policeman. She apologized inwardly, but outwardly remained calm and went along with Chen Shu's wishes.
“Then let’s keep the time down. Chen Chuan, after you arrive at your destination, drive around Beitang Street once and then park at the original location.”

Xu Chaofan was a little surprised by the sudden tension between the two, and quickly smoothed things over: "Right, right! Taking a detour is a good way to check the situation and be on the safe side!"

"okay!"

Chen Chuan was driving the lead car in the convoy, and all the vehicles behind him followed his lead.

We arrived at the designated location half an hour later, about 200 meters from EME PARTY.

As planned, plainclothes police officers got out of their vehicles and walked into the EME first, while other police officers stayed in their vehicles and waited for instructions in a corner not far away.

Zhao Feifei was a "regular" at EME. From the boss to the cleaning lady, everyone knew this tough policewoman, so she was left behind.

The remaining plainclothes team, led by Chen Chuan, with veteran womanizer Mr. Xu and novice Xiao Yang bringing up the rear, entered EME smoothly in a grand procession of about ten people.

Upon reaching the second-floor business area, as the elevator doors opened, Chen Chuan led his team into the inner area amidst two rows of female greeters chanting "Welcome!" Xu Chaofan pulled along Xiao Yang, a new police officer who was standing dumbfounded to the side, perhaps stunned by the female greeters, and they rushed towards the back door of EME.

Zhu Chaoran, along with Xiaoqiang and Xiaolin, stood guard at the elevator entrance as planned. The two burly men, each over 1.8 meters tall and weighing over 200 kilograms, stood there, their eyes glaring, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. Xiaolin was responsible for giving verbal instructions.

Chen Shu ran to the front desk at lightning speed, shouted "Police!" and confiscated the cell phones of the two terrified female clerks.

The young man who had been standing behind the female greeters, guiding guests, had long since disappeared. The dozen or so female greeters in the lobby reacted in two very different ways.

Some of the older, experienced female receptionists remained calm. After looking around and finding that only three plainclothes officers guarding the elevator doors and one police officer inside the front desk were present, they lifted their skirts and walked into the inner passage.

The remaining female greeters were probably encountering this situation for the first time. They just stood there in a circle of three or four, heads down, chattering away, no one could tell what they were saying.

Chen Shu took out the walkie-talkie clipped to his lower back and called Zhao Feifei over.

Four or five minutes later, Zhao Feifei, with her hair tied in a high ponytail and looking very dashing, arrived with a large group of people.

"How is it?" Zhao Feifei called out to Chen Shu from afar as soon as she entered the room.

"Leave a few people for me. The rest of you take them inside and take control of the scene! Record audio and video!" Chen Shu shouted in response.

Zhao Feifei waved her hand, leaving three police officers in the front hall to assist Chen Shu, while she led the remaining officers hurriedly to the inner area.

The EME front desk has two computers: one is an operations computer for room booking and checkout, and the other is a monitoring host with monitors displaying real-time surveillance videos from every corner of EME.

Chen Shu lowered his head and looked at the monitor in front of him, a playful smile on his face.

Sixteen small square windows appeared on the monitor, each capturing different corners of EME.

There is a lobby, front and back doors, and corridors on the first floor. One of the rooms looks like a warehouse. In the dark room, more than a dozen scantily clad women are sitting scattered around. They are either smoking or touching up their makeup. They are obviously business girls working at a KTV.

Chen Shu was curious why EME, which had previously used photos and videos to select people to circumvent legal regulations, was now blatantly setting up waiting rooms directly in the clubhouse.

After checking the waiting room, Chen Shu noticed in the video that Xu Chaofan and several others had sealed off the back door of EME. The back door was quiet at this time, with neither EME staff nor guests entering or leaving.

Perhaps bored, Xu Chaofan, who likes to join in the fun, left Xiao Yang and several auxiliary police officers at the back door after giving a few instructions. He then took out his phone and returned to the inner area of ​​EME.

This guy left Xiao Yang to guard the back door, he definitely wanted to go to the inner area to see what was going on and take some photos. Chen Shu knew that Xu Chaofan was putting in a lot of effort to make Dongming Police Station a hit in this case, and he didn't mind.

A quick glance at the monitor revealed that Zhao Feifei was kneeling by the door of the inner corridor, leaning against the wall and vomiting.
What on earth happened to make a seasoned police officer act like this?
Losing composure?
Chen Shu casually turned off the monitor, unplugged the power cord and network cable from the front desk, and moved the main unit from under the front desk to the table, but left the monitoring host powered on and running.

He called Xiaolin over and instructed him to keep a close eye on the operating host on the table and the monitoring host under the table, and to make sure that neither of these two things was lost.

After giving his instructions, he hurriedly jogged over to where Zhao Feifei was.

(End of this chapter)