Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 378 Forming a Commando Team
After the bureau chief meeting ended, Zhang Xuming returned to his office, followed by Director Wu and Ren Guoqing.

The three men sat down on the sofa, each lit a cigarette, and a long time passed in the swirling smoke. Ren Guoqing, the most impatient of the three, was the first to speak.

"Director Zhang, actually, Chen Shu's shooting this time was perfectly legal and reasonable, there's no need to make a mountain out of a molehill!"

Director Wu nodded: "Actually, the current social atmosphere is gradually shifting towards reasonable police force, especially in cases of assaulting police officers. Society is more tolerant of such incidents. We don't need to make ourselves overly sensitive."

Zhang Xuming sat upright on a south-facing single sofa, his eyes, weathered by time, gazing out the window, but he brought up a different topic: "Old Wu, how many of these young police officers do you think have any backbone?"

Director Wu was taken aback, wondering why Zhang Xuming would suddenly bring up this topic. From the perspective of the older generation of police officers, although today's police officers are highly educated, they have indeed lost some of the fighting spirit that the police of the past should have had.

Ren Guoqing, who, like Zhang Xuming, had transferred from the military, immediately realized: "Does Director Zhang mean you dare to take action?"

Director Wu glanced at Ren Guoqing, his brow furrowing slightly: "Chen Shu must be psychologically affected by this murder. The real significance of his dismissal is to give him time to adjust his mindset."

Ren Guoqing chuckled and involuntarily interrupted Director Wu's words.

He didn't mince words and said directly, "Don't try to hide it from me. Chen Shu must have caused quite a stir when he went to the Silver Triangle last time. Whether or not someone is killed is not an issue for him."

At this moment, Zhang Xuming's liaison, Xiao Li, knocked on the door and, after receiving Zhang Xuming's permission, quietly entered the office carrying two bags.

He walked to the sofa, bent down slightly, and reported to Director Zhang: "Special Police Officer Chen just brought over two bags of fruit. He knew you and Ren Da would be back soon, so he said they were specially for you two. He also left a couple of messages."

Logically speaking, giving gifts privately is a major taboo in the workplace, especially when it involves a third party. However, the three people present knew Chen Shu's personality very well and didn't take it seriously.

It's just a little strange, though, what message was left behind?

Ren Guoqing, who works in criminal investigation, keenly noticed that Xiao Li, Zhang Xuming's liaison, did not refuse the gift as usual, but instead accepted it and handed it over. This contained a lot of information.

"What did he say?" Zhang Xuming asked, placing his cigarette on the edge of the ashtray.

Ren Guoqing was also curious, his eyes fixed on the bag in Xiao Li's hand, wondering what Chen Shu would give him.

Xiao Li's face suddenly tightened, as if he couldn't help but laugh. He imitated Chen Shu's expression at the time and said vividly, "He said to let you and Ren Da eat some durian to calm down. He also said that the durian brand is Elvis, a brand name product, and it's very expensive."

Director Wu burst out laughing first. He patted the wooden armrest of the sofa and commented, "You know, Chen Shu has been a policeman for seven or eight years, how come he's still so petty?"

Director Wu hit the nail on the head. For example, would a lower-level manager in the workplace dare to give the second-in-command a bag of fruit in public? That's not giving a gift; that's slapping the face of the higher-ups.

But Chen Shu gave it away. What did he rely on?
Ren Guoqing, sitting to the side, was somewhat gratified. A year ago, he bumped into Chen Shu delivering fruit to Li, a legal expert, on the stairs of the branch office. During the conversation, Chen Shu mentioned that his favorite fruit was durian, and he didn't expect Chen Shu to remember it.

He's a thoughtful person!

It's a pity it wasn't delivered to their criminal investigation office, otherwise we would have definitely stopped them for a good chat.

Zhang Xuming took the plastic bag from Xiao Li, opened it, and saw that it was indeed a huge, golden durian covered with sharp spiky fruit.

He didn't understand brands or anything like that; after all, it was just a fruit, and it couldn't be that expensive. But Chen Shu's casual remark, "Branded goods, very expensive," did somewhat sway him.

As the executive director of the branch office, Zhang Xuming had seen all sorts of situations, big and small. In the early stages of the crackdown on organized crime, a big shot even placed a watch worth over a million yuan in front of Zhang Xuming, just begging him to be lenient or turn a blind eye to something.

Now over fifty, Zhang Xuming, a retired border guard, naturally knows that there's no such thing as a free lunch. He's not a noble person, and he often greets and sees off powerful and influential officials, but he has his own principles.

When faced with matters of principle, one must be clear about what is right and wrong.

Therefore, let alone a watch worth millions, even if antiques and paintings worth tens of millions were placed in front of him, he wouldn't even glance at them once his bottom line was crossed.

But at this moment, seeing Chen Shuguang openly delivering the large durian and even specifically reminding him that it was "quite expensive," the middle-aged police chief couldn't help but chuckle. He took the durian out of the bag and handed it to Liaison Officer Xiao Li standing beside him, laughing and saying, "Xiao Li, take it outside and cut it up so we can quickly share it."

After Xiao Li left, Director Wu said, "Director Zhang, what do you think Chen Shu was thinking? Oh, right, last time when the Silver Triangle undercover investigation required him to come and sign a few documents, he probably guessed that you helped cover it up."

"He's just a shameless and stingy guy," Zhang Xuming said dismissively, placing another bag of durians in front of Ren Guoqing. "Ahu, this is for you. Don't you like durians? What, is this Musang King brand expensive?"

Ren Guoqing's nickname in Zhengming District in his early years was "Tiger of Zhengming," a name his longtime partner Zhang Xuming had used for decades.

Ren Guoqing chuckled and said, "Director Zhang, this thing is really expensive, extremely expensive. Expensive enough to just cover two favors you've done for me."

"Hahaha."

Zhang Xuming burst into laughter.

After relaxing and chatting casually for a while, Ren Guoqing, who had already moved out of the branch office building, made an excuse to leave.

I walked all the way to a black Santana with license plate 9A parked in the corner of the courtyard. As soon as I sat in the passenger seat, I heard a nervous questioning voice next to me.

"Master, what will be the next step?"

Still preoccupied with what was happening, Ren Guoqing didn't react immediately and casually replied, "Oh, dismissed from office."

"what!"

A sudden exclamation rang out in the carriage.

A young man sitting in the driver's seat, wearing frameless glasses, stared with horrified eyes and exclaimed incredulously, "Master! I've been dismissed? No way! How could this be!"

A tremendous sense of loss instantly overwhelmed him. For some reason, the world suddenly felt extremely unfamiliar and distant to him. If his master hadn't been sitting in the car, he would have already collapsed from the shock of this news.

Ren Guoqing snapped out of his daze and gave the young man a strange look: "Oh, Li Meng, I wasn't talking about you. I was referring to the bureau's punishment of Chen Shu."

"What about me?" Li Meng asked anxiously.

Ren Guoqing frowned and said in a deep voice, "The bureau leaders didn't mention it, but this case should end with Chen Shu's dismissal."

"call"

Li Meng breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a great weight lifted from her shoulders: "That means everything's alright. I guess the bureau leaders didn't think of me."

At this moment, Li Meng, who was still the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, started the car's starter motor, quickly shifted gears, turned the steering wheel, and the Santana shook a few times before slowly driving out of the branch office building.

"Master, did you just say that Chen Shu is going to be dismissed? He's really unlucky. He's only been in the SWAT team for a short time and he's already run into this mess." Li Meng asked casually, feeling that the weather outside was pleasant and the street scene was beautiful.

"Oh, yes."

Ren Guoqing absentmindedly agreed, rolled down the window and looked at the bustling traffic outside. He originally wanted to give his last disciple a lecture, but seeing the other's smiling eyes, he swallowed his words.

"Compared to temporary promotions or demotions, what's most important is that Chen Shu is always on the leader's mind. While Li Meng escaped immediate punishment, the fact that she wasn't valued by the leader is actually worse."

Chapter 381 was blocked. The content was about Brother Wang intervening in the director's office meeting, which resulted in Chen Shu being removed from his position as deputy captain.

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