Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 508 My brother is still alive
Night fell, and a cold wind howled. Shelly shivered, biting her lip as she sat on the steps of the flowerbed by the gate of the coal mining company, staring blankly into the dark distance.

Her shoulders were thin, and she wore a white down jacket, her attire extremely simple. Against the backdrop of the fallen snow, the scene was both beautiful and desolate. She waited for two hours. Her body gradually froze, her legs went numb, her lips turned blue, and even her heart felt frozen.

Chen Shu walked over to Shelly's side, feeling inexplicably sorry for the girl.

Although she is a popular female internet celebrity, at this moment, she is just a weak and helpless woman who has lost her family.

Chen Shu gently comforted him, "I just went to the body site to check the list of people, and your brother's name wasn't on it."

“Oh.” Shelly’s expression was sorrowful, her eyes were red-rimmed, and the sadness between her brows was obvious.

Chen Shu thought for a moment, then bent down and repeated, "Your brother's body wasn't among the bodies that were found."

"Oh," Shelly replied emotionlessly, her mind wandering elsewhere.

Looking at the other victims' families still in such a miserable state, Chen Shuhuan felt a pang of pity and whispered in Shelly's ear, "Your brother might still be alive."

"what!"

These words were like a bolt from the blue, jolting Shelly, who was already on the verge of collapse, back to reality. She excitedly grabbed Chen Shu's arm and asked, "Really?"

Chen Shu nodded: "Your brother has either been taken away with him, or he's still hiding in some corner, too afraid to come out. I've already asked the police from the Science and Technology Bureau to expedite the repair of the broadcasting equipment in the work area; a full-scale broadcast will be conducted soon."

As the two were chatting, Wang Hao came running over, looking travel-worn, and excitedly slapped Chen Shu on the shoulder twice, exclaiming, "Chen Shu! You're amazing! We found the person!"

Then, looking at Shelly, he said with certainty, "Survivors were found in the server room on the top floor of the dormitory. It's very likely your brother."

"Ah! Really! Thank you, Brother Hao, thank you, Brother Shu!" Shelly thanked him incoherently, her big almond-shaped eyes brimming with tears.

She kept praying in her heart that God would protect her brother and keep him safe.

The noise attracted the attention of other victims' families nearby. Chen Shu took Shelly's small hand and gestured for Wang Hao to lead the way to the dormitory building.

Seeing the hope finally returning to Shelly's eyes, Chen Shu couldn't bear to dash it, so he coughed lightly twice and said, "Shelly, maybe..."

"Ah, what?" Shelly's eyes were red and swollen, and there were still some tear stains on her snow-white cheeks.

Chen Shu sighed and stopped talking, then took Shelly's hand and ran upstairs.

The three of them went to the top floor of the dormitory building, opened the iron gate that was half rusted, and found that a number of police officers were already standing outside the row of computer rooms on the west side of the platform.

Captain Zhao stood at the door, patiently calling out to those inside: "Come out, you inside. We're the police. Don't worry, you're safe now."

Without a second thought, Shelly rushed to the door, her voice hoarse, "Brother, it's me, Xiaoli. You heard me? Come out quickly, don't scare me. I'm scared... Waaah, please come out, please come out quickly!"

As she spoke, Shelly could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

The sound of heavy objects scraping against the ground came from inside the door, and everyone knew that the person hiding inside had begun to move the heavy objects blocking the door.

The door opened, and a man who looked to be in his sixties, with gray hair, a wrinkled face, and wearing dirty miner's clothes, walked out.

After the man went outside, he immediately helped Shelly, who had collapsed by the door, to her feet. Tears streaming down his face, he said, "Xiaoli, you must be Ma Dacheng's sister. I'm so useless! I was so scared when I saw those people that my legs went weak. If it weren't for Dacheng saving me... sigh, he even called me 'Uncle,' I should have died!"

The man was none other than Old Zheng, a miner from the mining area.

Old Zheng was taking a dump in the public toilet in the corner of the third floor. Hearing the noise outside, he immediately realized something was wrong and he had to run. Knowing that there were people downstairs, he thought of running to the roof.

Unexpectedly, when the top-floor iron door was opened, the bearings on the door were rusted due to years of disrepair and lack of maintenance. In his haste to escape, Lao Zheng opened the door too quickly, and the overburdened iron door made a sudden, loud noise as it was pulled. A pair of hands reached in from outside the iron door, grabbed Lao Zheng, and threw him inside.

"Uncle Zheng, go hide in the server room."

Before Old Zheng could react, the person flashed by, shouting "Help!" as they ran down the opposite fire escape. Watching their retreating figure, Old Zheng suddenly remembered that the quiet Ma Dacheng usually lived in the abandoned server room on the roof. But at that moment, Old Zheng, terrified, had no strength left to struggle, only able to crawl into a corner of the server room.

"Da Cheng, I've truly wasted so many years of my life!"

Old Zheng hugged Shelly and wept bitterly.

Shelly, who had been crying for a long time, suddenly quieted down, but the despair on her face moved all the police officers watching.

A moment later, Shelly broke free from Lao Zheng's hands, knelt on the ground, and crawled to Chen Shu's side at an extremely fast speed, hugging his leg.

She looked up, her face deathly pale: "Brother Shu, didn't you say you didn't see my brother's body? Was he taken away? Was he? Tell me, was he? Waaah..."

As she spoke, she broke down in tears.

Chen Shu squatted down, hugged Shelly, and gently patted her back: "Yes, I will go and bring him back, bring him back safe and sound."

Chen Shu waved to Old Zheng. This old man had been saved by Shelly's brother, so he would definitely take good care of her from now on.

After entrusting Shelly to his care, Chen Shu, with a somber expression, pulled Zhao and Yu Maiken along and headed to the Gobi Desert to begin the search operation.

Wang Hao, who appeared out of nowhere, followed breathlessly carrying a half-empty bottle of mineral water. Ignoring the solemn atmosphere around him, he muttered something and splashed water around everyone's feet.

However, this interruption did ease the tense atmosphere somewhat.

Team Leader Zhao cursed, "Hey, my comrade Wang Hao, do you know what you're doing? You're a graduate student, aren't you ashamed?"

Wang Hao carefully put the bottle away: "Losing face is a small matter, but losing my life is a big deal."

As a police officer from outside Xinjiang sent to assist in the fight against the epidemic, Wang Hao was not actually obligated to go to the front lines with them for the operation. However, after he said that, everyone knew that this gullible guy was going to come along.

Chen Shu pursed his lips and nodded: "Let's go."

Airport, boarding gate.

Lin Dakai stared at the stubborn girl standing in front of him, feeling exhausted: "Julie, are you really determined to go back?"

At the entrance stood Julie, dressed in black and wearing a high ponytail. Her beautiful oval face was solemn, and the cold of NX made her ponytail flutter, giving her a dashing and heroic air.

This forensic pathologist, from a high-ranking official's family, had a fair and clean oval face, always without makeup. Her eyes, like black pearls, were clear and bright. Her sharp eyebrows accentuated a subtle yet formidable aura about her.

Julie glanced back in the direction Chen Shu had left, her tone firm: "I'm a doctor, they need me. Besides, I'm a police officer, I don't want to be a deserter."

"Your father," Lin Dakai, raised his hand, attempting to use the excuse of being a family member to stop Julie's willful and reckless behavior once again.

Julie smiled slightly: "You heard what my father said just now. Professor Lin, you don't need to worry. As a doctor, I will just stay in the back. There is no danger for me."

Lin Da smiled wryly and could only agree helplessly: "Be careful, we'll be waiting for you to come back in the East China Sea."

Julie nodded and turned to leave.

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Watching these young people bravely sacrifice themselves one by one, Lin Dakai, one of the earliest peacekeeping police officers of the Republic and a second-class hero, felt old for the first time.

"Jiang Hai! You stop right there! I'm just old, but my eyes aren't blind!"

Lin Da ran a few steps, grabbed Jiang Hai who was wearing a hat and trying to sneak away, and gave him a good scolding.

(End of this chapter)