Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 224 I want to take out a loan to buy a mobile phone

At noon, at the Dawn Grid Center, in the grid leader's office
Chen Shu asked, "Are you aware of its harmfulness?"

Yan Chenxi composed herself and briefly recalled the lecture on preventing campus loans she had attended at university: "I have a general understanding, but you'd better repeat it again."

"Campus loans are a relatively new phenomenon that has emerged in recent years, and most people don't understand them yet. However, in the eyes of us police officers, this thing is essentially similar to high-interest loans in casinos. And their targets are gamblers who have lost everything and college students who overspend, regardless of age, they are essentially the same."

When they borrow money, they overestimate their repayment ability and ignore the excessively high interest rates, always thinking that everything is under their control and that they can pay it off by squeezing out their living expenses in the next few months.

After squandering the borrowed money, they often fall into a similar vicious cycle—unable to repay the loan, they borrow money from other lending platforms to fill the previous hole, resulting in more and more debt and interest until it becomes unmanageable.

These students spend all their time studying in classrooms, surrounded only by classmates, teachers, or parents; they have virtually no social experience. If they encounter something like this and tell their parents or teachers, that's fortunate; the real danger is that they're afraid to speak up and end up being manipulated. If it's a girl, the outcome will be dire.

Yan Chenxi, her face pale, nodded to indicate that she understood.

Chen Shu said with a grim face, "I suspect that some offline microloan companies have infiltrated No. 13 Middle School. According to reliable sources, several senior high school students at No. 13 Middle School may be considering [something related to] campus loans."

"What! No. 13 Middle School!" Yan Chenxi exclaimed in shock.

Although she didn't understand what "campus agents" or "high-powered gambling" meant, she could tell from Chen Shu's words that this kind of cancer, similar to that in casinos, was now spreading to high schools.

These are the flowers of our nation!

They are as innocent as a blank sheet of paper, and have no resistance whatsoever!

She stood up and paced back and forth in the small office. After a few steps, she asked, "Chief Chen, I don't know much about these crime-fighting matters. Just tell me simply what you need me to do."

Chen Shu nodded: "Since the parents didn't report the case, it would be too sensitive and inappropriate for us police to go directly to the school to investigate. I doubt the school would cooperate. Your neighborhood committee usually has more dealings with schools, so it might be better if you handle the inquiries yourself."

Yan Chenxi chuckled and said, "To tell you the truth, unless the Education Bureau intervenes, our local agencies might be polite to you on the surface, but they won't really pay any attention to you."

"why?"

The young official, obsessed with officialdom, declared righteously, "Their principal is only a deputy section chief."

The group exchanged bewildered glances, and the office immediately fell silent.

This is getting a bit tricky.

Cases need to be investigated; only with a case can they be investigated. Since the parents hadn't reported the incident, the police had no leads, and the school, being a sensitive, semi-closed institution, wasn't convenient for direct investigation, the situation suddenly became awkward.

"Hey!"

Chen Shu sighed deeply. For now, the only option left was Yu Yu's connection.

However, he was only in contact with the head of the school's security department. Someone who sits in an office like that probably wouldn't get any useful leads.

"sister!"

Just then, a crisp sound came from outside the office door.

They had just parted ways, so the voice sounded extremely familiar to Chen Shu. He turned around and saw Jiang Hai, carrying that conspicuous canvas bag, standing naturally at the office door.

sister?
Did you hear me wrong?

Is Jiang Hai Yan Chenxi's younger brother?
Chen Shu also stood up, pointed to where Jiang Hai was standing, and asked Yan Chenxi, "Is Jiang Hai your biological brother or your cousin?"

Yan Chenxi walked to the door, gently pulled Jiang Hai to her side, and replied with a smile, "He's my younger brother. Our parents divorced years ago. I lived with my mother, and Jiang Hai lived with my father, so we don't have the same surname." Chen Shu: "Didn't your parents run away?"

Jiang Hai pursed his lips: "They really ran away, I'm not lying to you."

Yan Chenxi gently stroked Jiang Hai's hair: "Xiao Hai has been living with his grandmother for the past few years. He's stubborn and never asks me for a penny. I don't know how he's managed all these years."

Jiang Hai turned his head away without saying a word.

"Xiao Hai, what brings you to my place today?"

Knowing her younger brother was stubborn, he never even called her, let alone came to her workplace. His sudden appearance in the online community today reminded her of the school bullying incident at No. 13 Middle School mentioned by Chen Shu.

Xiao Hai studied at this school.

Yan Chenxi knew exactly what was going on, but she still hoped that Jiang Hai would say it himself.

Seeing that everyone in the office was staring at him, Jiang Hai couldn't stand the pressure: "Sister, I want to go with Officer Chen to solve the case! But he won't let me. When I secretly got into his car earlier, I heard him say that he was coming to your place, so I rushed over."

Chen Shu walked over to Yan Chenxi and pulled her to a corner outside the corridor.

“Grid leader, this case is not a game; it can be dangerous.”

Yan Chenxi turned her head to look at her younger brother, who was standing by the wall fiddling with his phone, and then said, "Director Chen, I think this is an opportunity. Let me ask you, do you have any leads that can take down these campus agents? We all went through our student days, and we know that some things students know better than teachers."

Chen Shu sighed: "Hey! Investigating cases is not child's play, it's not as simple as you think! Since you can't help me inquire at the school, I'll just go directly to them."

Yan Chenxi stamped her foot: "They won't mention the suicide of a student from their school to a police officer like you. That would be a slap in the face. Besides, the person isn't dead, so they definitely won't say anything."

"Let me try."

After saying that, Chen Shu turned and left. As he passed Jiang Hai, he added one more reminder: "Everyone has their own things to do."

He patted the other person on the shoulder and left.

Zhu Chaoran ran out of the office, gave the grid leaders and their siblings an apologetic smile, and then left the grid with Chen Shu.

The two got into the Santana one after the other.

"Go to No. 13 Middle School."

Chen Shu gave the instructions, then took out his phone to contact community police officer Yu Yu, asking him to wait at the school gate for a moment, and then the group would go into the school together for a visit.

Within the grid

Yan Chenxi comforted Jiang Hai for a few words. As an older sister, she didn't want her younger brother to take risks. There were only half a year left before the college entrance examination, and he shouldn't waste his precious time on anything other than studying.

Jiang Hai put down an old cell phone that he had handed over to his sister Yan Chenxi, looked up at his sister and said, "I've already asked a classmate to inquire, and I should be able to get the news before class this afternoon."

Yan Chenxi was taken aback. Since it was too late to stop her brother, she stopped insisting and casually asked, "How could you possibly ask that? How did you ask?"

"I told them I was short of money and wanted to take out a loan to buy the latest iPhone."

(End of this chapter)