Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 194 The Excited Director Zhang
Gaodengqiao Road, not far from the Friendship Gold Shop!
The steps outside the jewelry store were no longer crowded with people like when Chen Shu, Yan Chenxi, and the others first entered. Apart from a dozen or so reflective cones placed on the road and rows of police tape tied around them, the entrance was deserted.

If you broaden your perspective slightly, draw a semicircle with a radius of about ten meters centered on the gold shop's entrance. The area inside the semicircle is deserted, while the area outside is crowded with police officers.

In addition to the usual police officers from the local police station and criminal police officers led by Li Meng, there were also traffic police wearing white hats, special police officers wearing bulletproof vests, and many other personnel at the scene.

Further away on the main road, rows of police cars with flashing red and blue lights were parked, as well as a very rare Ford Transit extended SWAT command vehicle.

Inside the command vehicle.

"Li Meng, tell me what's going on inside." A man with a rustic face, a goatee popular among middle-aged and elderly people, bright and piercing eyes, and an imposing demeanor.

Li Meng adjusted her glasses and calmly said, "Director Zhang, there are a total of three people inside the jewelry store. A suspect, suspected of being hallucinating from a drug overdose, has taken a young female employee of the store hostage, and a police officer from the local police station is still inside confronting him."

When I led the team in earlier, we withdrew because we sensed that the suspect was extremely unstable and posed a great danger to the hostages under his control.

Director Zhang said "Oh," and stroked his chin as he asked, "Was that policeman inside the one from Zhongshan Police Station who came earlier? Why didn't he come out with you?"

The oppressive feeling he had just experienced in the jewelry store resurfaced, the immense responsibility of taking a life with the pull of the trigger weighing heavily on him, making it hard to breathe.

Despite being surrounded by police, Li Meng couldn't help but shudder.

He believed that if the other party was a reckless criminal, a habitual offender, or a murderer, he would have seized the opportunity in the store just now, either by feinting or waiting for the right moment, and ultimately shot him dead.

At close range, he has the confidence and skill to back it up!
Privately, on his way here, he had also pondered the suspect through the command center. Since he was now cornered in the store by the crowd, it was probably just a free "mobile achievement."

So when he arrived at the scene, he didn't wait for backup police support. He quickly checked the gun outside and immediately led his men inside.

But what he was met with was a pair of disordered, murky eyes—the kind of guy who might just chop a knife into his head any second!
His previously planned shooting strategy and tactics were useless against this kind of person, because the other party simply ignored him, truly ignored him.

He also overestimated his ability to withstand high pressure.

Li Meng swallowed hard and downplayed the issue, saying, "The police officer was calming the person down."

When it comes to stabilizing emotions and mediating disputes, the colleagues at the institute are the most reliable.

It's useful in crucial moments, but ultimately the problem still needs to be solved!
Director Zhang nodded without asking any further questions. He then turned to a middle-aged man in a special police training uniform sitting next to him and asked, "Li Da, why don't you just send someone in and kill them?"

Just as Li Da straightened his back, about to say something, he was interrupted by Li Meng.

"Director Zhang, you absolutely mustn't!"

Seeing the two people casting questioning glances at him, Li Meng suddenly felt like he had shot himself in the foot. However, he still needed to find a good reason for his previous fruitless attempt.

Although Director Zhang didn't say anything, the veteran detective must have felt resentful towards him after he came to his senses!
Li Meng composed herself and explained in a serious tone: "The hostage-taker is hallucinating due to taking a large amount of drugs and is currently in a state of extreme madness, believing that many people are chasing him."

When I rushed in, he was already wildly attacking the hostages, so I retreated to calm him down. In that situation, if we rushed in rashly, he might panic and accidentally kill the hostages!

The command vehicle was completely silent. Director Zhang and Li Da looked at each other and felt a cold sweat break out on their backs.

"Li Meng, what do you think we should do?" They can shift the blame now. With the criminal's mind clouded by drugs, it's useless for anyone to go to the scene. Hearing this, Li Meng, who had been holding her breath, finally relaxed.

He frowned, deep in thought: "Since going in would frighten the target, I suggest we arrange for a sniper to take them down from a distance."

Director Zhang: "Li Da, do you have a sniper there? Can you fire a shot from a distance?"

Li Da was so embarrassed that he wished he had a cigarette. He sighed and said, "Director Zhang, to be honest, our team is called the Special Police in name only. We look all dressed up and look respectable, but we don't actually have the capability to handle these kinds of emergencies. We're just patrolling the streets and putting on a show."

"Then we can only notify the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Police Detachment; they have a professional sniper squadron there," Director Zhang hesitated.

As the executive deputy director of the branch bureau, he also bore responsibilities. It was fortunate that such a case with a serious negative social impact could be handled internally by the branch bureau; if the special police detachment needed to be contacted, it would inevitably have to go through the deputy director of the municipal bureau in charge.

Going down this chain of command, not only will it waste time, but when the case is finally finished, it will also leave the impression of incompetence in front of superiors.

"Hey!"

Human life is at stake, and time waits for no one.

Director Zhang made a decision in his heart, and suddenly looked much older: "Then let's contact the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Police Detachment. Xiao Li, just tell them that our branch needs their support."

The liaison officer, Xiao Li, sitting in the passenger seat, replied, "Okay, Director Zhang."

Apart from Director Zhang, the other two people in the car, Li Meng and Li Da, were all relieved. Li Meng took out her usual cigarette from her pocket and quietly handed one to Li Da.

Once this order to contact the city's special police detachment is officially issued, regardless of the outcome of the case, good or bad, the responsibility will not fall on their shoulders.

"Li Meng, what's the name of the policeman inside?"

Li Meng, who was secretly relieved to have escaped a disaster, casually replied, "Chen Shu".

"It's him!"

Director Zhang suddenly stood up from his seat and walked around the small space inside the car twice.

He looked at Li Meng again, somewhat incredulously, his eyes filled with joy.

"Li Meng, are you talking about Chen Shu, the police officer from Zhongshan Police Station who was involved in the Lamborghini kidnapping case and the Yangyi Reservoir murder case?"

Li Meng struggled to process Director Zhang's sudden change of attitude, momentarily bewildered: "Yes, it was him."

"Snapped!"

Director Zhang raised his loosely clenched right hand and slammed it into his left palm, exclaiming excitedly, "Li Meng, call the owner of that gold shop in immediately! I need to see the surveillance video on his phone!"

(End of this chapter)