Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 539 Discovery of Floating Corpses
Faced with Julie's undisguised praise, Chen Shu thought to himself that she was a forensic doctor working at the Criminal Investigation Department, and had seen countless police officers solve cases every day. He realized that he was just showing off his limited skills in front of an expert.

Chen Shu blushed and said, "These are just petty tricks that can't be taken seriously. They're nothing compared to you criminal police officers."

In a general sense, a forensic doctor's primary identity is that of a police officer, possessing law enforcement authority. Administratively, they belong to the criminal investigation department and are under the jurisdiction of the head of the criminal investigation team, so they can also be considered criminal police officers.

Julie, however, didn't take it seriously, counting on her fingers: "You're just too modest. Others may not know, but I know very well. Weren't the cases of the flat-headed female corpse at Hengyi Reservoir the year before last, and the dismemberment case at the steakhouse last year, solved because of you?"

"Those petty guys are all covering up the case and don't dare to publicize it. Actually, they're all from the same branch office. If you solve it, I solve it, so what's the difference? These men who care about their image, their vision is so narrow, hehe."

Julie covered her mouth to suppress a laugh. They were all from the same unit, and she had finally seen through the true nature of these self-proclaimed elite police officers.

Chen Shu could sense Zhu Li's good intention in bringing him a ladder to save face, but he also knew his own limitations. Even if a policeman from a local police station's security team had a high number of arrests, he would definitely not be as good as a seasoned criminal investigator when it came to solving major cases.

Since the topic of criminal investigation came up, Julie naturally raised a question.

"Why didn't you come to our Criminal Investigation Division last year? A normal person would have chosen to become a squad leader at the Criminal Investigation Division, rather than stay at the police station as a junior police officer."

Julie stared intently at Chen Shu. This was a small experiment, a test for Chen Shu before he had to choose between the branch office and the provincial department.

Last year, when Chen Shu was competing for the position of deputy section chief, Zhang Xuming, the executive deputy director of the branch bureau, specifically requested that he be parachuted into the Criminal Investigation Division to serve as the captain of its major crimes squad. This incident once aroused hostility among the detectives within the Criminal Investigation Division and gossip among other police officers in the branch bureau.

The rumors were rampant.

Originally, Chen Shu looked at the restaurant owner who was pushing the food cart over with great interest, just waiting for the well-done steak to be served. But when he suddenly heard Julie's question, he was stunned.

Memories flashed before his eyes like a slideshow. Chen Shu picked up his knife and fork but put them down again, and said frankly, "I feel that with my abilities, I am not qualified to handle the duties of handling serious cases."

"Your position determines your perspective. You can just work on a few cases with the veteran detectives to get some experience. Besides, you used to be a squad leader, so you can set a good example in cases without having to personally handle them."

Your position determines your perspective
"Then the victims in the cases I used to practice on, weren't they just unlucky for nothing?" Chen Shu said calmly.

His first reaction wasn't to himself, nor to his colleagues' or the bureau chief's feelings, but rather to the uncontrollable smirk on the victim Julie's lips, revealing a hint of smugness.

This sense of pride stems from his confidence in his own judgment.

She cleared her throat, presented a real-life example, and tried to persuade the other party: "You know, your SWAT team captain, Li Da, is about to be transferred to the legal education department as an instructor. According to you, someone who has worked in the SWAT team for over twenty years and only knows how to say 'hey hey hey' without even a lawyer's license or having handled any cases, does that mean he's not qualified to go to the legal education department?"

Chen Shu shook his head: "Others are others, and I am me."

Julie was so angry at the straight man in front of her that she wanted to crack open his head to see just how many trolls were inside.

"Alright, alright, I won't argue with you. Chen Shu, I have something serious to tell you." Zhu Li sat up straight, ready to bring up the provincial department's selection process and let him choose for himself.

According to Uncle Ma, this is a multiple-choice question that even a fool could answer. However, Julie felt conflicted and hesitated for a long time.

She was unsure.

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Chen Shu straightened his expression, thinking that Julie had encountered some difficult situation and needed his help, and became serious. Last time in NX, he had relied on Julie for help, so now that it was his turn, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

Just then, Julie's phone rang.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Okay! I'll be right there."

Julie put down the phone, her expression grave: "I have a case to handle, I have to go."

Chen Shu was taken aback, and subconsciously glanced at the gift bag he had specially brought with him to give away later, then immediately realized what was happening. He picked up the gift bag with one hand and grabbed the tomahawk steak that the foreigner had just served.

"Boss, pack it all up!"

Chen Shu ran outside the store and stopped Zhu Li, who was about to hail a taxi: "What are you thinking about? Get in my car!"

Julie smiled knowingly, not at all bothered: "Won't it affect your rest today?"

"For us police officers, there's no such thing as rest. When work comes, we have to do it!"

We sped along until we reached a river in the suburbs.

After the two got out of the car, they saw that local police officers had already set up a cordon, and several auxiliary police officers were standing outside dispersing the crowd.

"Director Zhu, you've arrived." A young policeman wearing a black peaked cap stepped out from the crowd and greeted him from a distance.

In Dongzhou, the head of the Criminal Science and Technology Division under the Criminal Investigation University is generally referred to as the director. Although Zhu Li is the director, she has always been at the forefront, mainly responsible for work involving corpses.

Part of the reason is the shortage of police officers at the grassroots level. This is particularly evident in the forensic field.

Julie simply responded with an "Mmm".

The young policeman, perhaps already accustomed to the way this "unpredictable" officer from the branch office handled things, nonchalantly led the two towards a small platform on the shore.

The crime scene was located next to a pillar on the riverbank under a bridge. The entire scene had been cordoned off by the police, and a net was temporarily placed around the body to prevent it from drifting downstream again.

"A headless body was found. We don't know if it was suicide or homicide. We can only wait for the criminal investigation team to arrive. We received a report of this case from a local resident around 1 p.m.

“He had a habit of taking a walk after meals, and his route was always the same. He would walk east along the river from his front door until he found the body blocking the bridge pillar when he crossed the bridge.”

As the young policeman explained the case, he kept glancing at the man standing behind Director Zhu. He felt the man looked familiar and guessed he was a policeman who had recently been transferred to the criminal investigation department.

"Director! You're here so fast!" A young man wearing glasses came running down from the roadside, carrying a heavy survey kit.

He arrived in front of the group, panting, and patted his chest: "Director, you're off today, why did you come so quickly?"

Julie said "Oh," and pointed around the body: "Xiaoming, give me the box, you take pictures first."

After saying that, she took the survey kit without allowing any room for argument and walked towards the shore.

Chen Shu looked around for a while, thought about it, and then followed.

Xiao Ming turned to the police officer standing nearby and asked, "Brother Huang, who is that man following the director?"

As Huang watched the two figures walk away while chatting, he was a little confused: "I thought he was from your Criminal Investigation Department. It turns out you don't know him either."

Xiao Ming followed Brother Huang's gaze, stroking his chin. "Brother Huang, have you noticed? The director seems a little gentler today. Look, at least he called me by my name. Do you think this guy might be the director's boyfriend? He looks kind of familiar, could he also be from our branch?"

"..." A series of ellipses appeared above Brother Huang's head as he urged, "Hurry up and get to work, there's still so much to do! By the way, didn't the people from the Major Crimes Unit come with you?"

"They haven't even confirmed if it's a murder case yet, and they've already sent me over to take a look. Brother Huang, why are you rushing me? Not even a leader from your own station has come, and you have the nerve to rush us?"

"Work!"

(End of this chapter)