Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 532 Night Inspection
Fifth floor, duty room.

Chen Shu led Zou Qing to the door of the duty room. Just as they were about to open the half-closed door, Yan Song's pretentious voice and the chuckling laughter of several others came from inside.

Intrigued, Chen Shu stopped in his tracks.

"My monthly salary allows me to slack off at work without feeling guilty; this is what it means to have a clear conscience about my salary."

“When I go to work every day, my complexion may not be very good, so please don’t mind it. This is called ‘appearance reflects one’s income’;
"Hey, when I go on blind dates, the girls ask me how much I earn a month, and I get really scared, afraid of embarrassing our special police! That's called being on edge while getting paid."

"I really have absolutely no interest in our job. Every day it's just training and patrolling. I don't want to be on duty. It's like not being paid for what you're doing."

"Hahaha! Brother Song, you're really something!"

"Awesome! Thumbs up!"

Standing outside the door, Chen Shu shook his head with a wry smile, then pushed the door open and went inside.

Upon seeing this, several special police officers facing the door hurriedly stood up. Yan Song, who was sitting with his back to the door, immediately realized what was happening, hurriedly put on his police hat, turned around, and awkwardly greeted them.

"Chen Da, we were just joking, yes, just joking."

Chen Shu waved his hand with a smile: "Brother Song, if we go out for an extra shift tonight, won't you be overworked?"

Yan Song immediately patted his chest and pledged his loyalty: "Brother Chen, I'm the king of overtime work!"

Chen Shu handed him a cigarette: "Brother Song, we don't get overtime pay for working overtime."

"Serving the people." Yan Song solemnly took the cigarette and hung it behind his ear, then changed his expression sheepishly and awkwardly asked, "Brother Chen, wanna order some late-night snacks?"

"Still want to eat? As long as you can eat, I'll take it all!"

Yan Song jumped up, stepped onto a chair, waved his hand, and shouted loudly, "Brothers, let's go!"

The group sat in the troop carrier and, based on the identity information Chen Shu had found on the police mobile terminal, located a dormitory rented by the construction team.

It's called a dormitory, but it's actually just a temporary warehouse.

A row of dirty electric scooters was parked at the entrance, and the yard was filled with abandoned machines, steel pipes and other things, some of which were rusty and obviously unusable.

The door was unlocked and opened with a push. Inside, a few dim lights shone, and a dozen migrant workers were sleeping on a large bed made of bricks and wooden planks. The smells of foot odor, leftover food, and clothes drying in the sun were mixed together, creating a pungent and unpleasant odor.

Yan Song put away his flashlight and patted the table nailed together with wooden planks: "Get up, get up, it's time to check your ID."

"Hurry up, wake up!"

"Who is in charge here?"

The other team members followed them into the house, kicking the migrant workers' wooden beds one by one to wake them up.

Chen Shu did not follow him into the house. The success rate of finding the clue to the case by checking the ID card was too low, practically negligible. To make a breakthrough, he had to start from other subtle details.

After wandering around the yard and looking at the mountain of things, Chen Shu rummaged through them but couldn't find anything good. Just as he was about to go inside, a bright red electric scooter came into view.

Zou Qing reacted very quickly. Just as Chen Shu turned his gaze to the red electric scooter, she skipped and hopped over to it.

"Senior brother, this place is a mess and full of men. Suddenly a new electric scooter that looks like it's meant for girls appears! There's definitely something wrong with it!"

"Hey, senior! I know this brand and model number; it costs several thousand!"

What initially piqued Chen Shu's curiosity wasn't the electric scooter itself, but rather the fact that while everyone else's electric scooters were parked in a row outside, this one was neatly parked in a corner of the yard, which made him somewhat suspicious.

Upon closer inspection, Chen Shu smiled. Just as Zou Qing had said, it was indeed a brand-new red electric scooter. Touching the body, there wasn't a speck of dust on it, and there wasn't even a place to put a toolbox.

This electric scooter doesn't look like the kind of vehicle a migrant worker would own.

It's not that migrant workers can't buy stylish, high-end electric bikes; it's just that migrant workers are out on the go, and making money is their primary concern, so they try to save money wherever possible. An electric bike is just a means of transportation, and besides carrying people, it also needs to have a rack to hold toolboxes.

This red electric scooter is really not suitable for the spontaneous work style of migrant workers.

Chen Shu assigned a task to his lively junior sister: "Zou Qing, go and sneak around the house for a bit to see if there are any women living there."

"Alright! Don't worry, senior brother, I'll turn it upside down. Just watch my eyes then!"

Having graduated from police academy a few years ago, Zou Qing still retained a strong curiosity about solving cases. Upon receiving the order, she rushed into the room like a gust of wind.

"What right do you police have to come and check IDs in the middle of the night? Is there no law anymore? We work for the government, what's there to check?" The foreman came out of the inner room, putting on his coat as he frowned and shouted loudly.

“No matter who you work for, you have to show your ID card,” Yan Song stepped forward and loudly reprimanded.

With Chen Da, this fierce and protective god, around, he wasn't afraid of these people at all.

The noise inside was deafening. Chen Shu walked in from outside the courtyard, glanced at Zou Qing who was gently shaking her head, and knew that there were probably no women inside. He then smiled and said:
"What a coincidence, we meet again. What's your name again, Xu something?"

Upon seeing the armed police officers enter, and recognizing them as the leader of this group, the foreman's imposing manner immediately softened: "Officer, my name is Xu Cheng. I'm the one who came here in the middle of the night, police."

Chen Shu waved his hand to interrupt Xu Cheng: "We have a reason for coming here, Mr. Xu. I'm asking you, whose is that red electric scooter in the yard?"

Xu Cheng was taken aback. He had thought the police had come because of the late-night snack stall incident, but they hadn't expected them to bring up the red electric scooter in the yard.

The new car was brought in a few days ago by a young man named Xiao Wu from his team, who said it was a brand new car he had just picked up from the store.

The foreman even advised Xiao Wu that the small vehicle had no battery and no frame, making it unsuitable for their work, and told him to return it immediately.

But after so many days, Xiao Wu still hadn't returned the electric bike, and later even brought several strangers to look at it. At the time, Xu Cheng thought that the electric bike was of dubious origin and was most likely stolen, but since Xiao Wu had come from his hometown with him, he turned a blind eye.

Now that the police are knocking on his door, this is no longer an ordinary matter. Stealing an electric bicycle means jail time, and these things aren't cheap; Xu Cheng knows this perfectly well.

At this moment, the other migrant workers in the room kept glancing at a young man hiding in the corner. Chen Shu glanced at him, pointed at the young man, and said, "Is the car yours? Hmm, come with me to the team first."

After he finished speaking, Yan Song and the others surrounded him. The young man was terrified and hung his head, not daring to utter a sound.

This timid and hesitant demeanor, in Chen Shu's eyes, was naturally a sign of guilt after committing a crime.

Xu Cheng hurriedly pulled a cigarette out of his pocket and said with a fawning smile, "Officer, Xiao Wu is a relative I brought from my hometown. He's always been honest and wouldn't do such dirty things. Do you think there's some misunderstanding here?"

Chen Shu was thinking about how to entangle the foreman in the case when, unexpectedly, the man jumped right into it himself.

He chuckled and patted Xu Cheng on the shoulder: "Is Xiao Wu a relative you brought along? Boss Xu, it seems you'll have to come with us on this trip."

"What?" Xu Cheng panicked.

Chen Shu gave a signal, and the team members worked together seamlessly, each grabbing one of Xiao Wu's arms and dragging him out.

"Mr. Xu, you're just going to give a statement, you'll be back soon."

Chen Shu gestured for Xu Cheng to follow him out, comforting him while keeping a close eye on his hands, waiting for him to take out his phone.

(End of this chapter)