Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 671 Old Man Guo
Underground Parking Lot.

After parking his car, Yang Chang joked with Chen Chuan while muttering to himself that this was the first time he had been ordered to work at the parking lot checkpoint. But it was good, though, since there weren't many onlookers in the parking lot, which made it easier for him to play on his phone.

"Heh, this leader must have lost his mind. What's the point of setting up a checkpoint in this parking lot? But it's good, we're happy to have some peace and quiet. I wonder if we'll be able to leave work on time tonight."

With his hands behind his head, Yang Chang followed Chen Shu into a rather secluded spot near the back of the parking lot.

The first thing you see is two rows of police cars. Several armored personnel carriers from the special police detachment are also parked not far away, and there is even a high-tech police reconnaissance vehicle that is rarely seen on a daily basis.

As one police car after another drove into the parking lot, Yang Chang finally couldn't help but ask, "Huh? Why are so many cars parked here? What are they doing here?"

Just then, an older policeman got out of the police investigation vehicle and, while standing by the car with his head down putting on his hat, happened to catch a glimpse of Chen Shu and his group as they passed by.

"Oh, isn't this Young Master Chen?"

The old policeman looked up, the dim light in the basement illuminating his face, and a mysterious smile appeared on his lips.

"Hey, old Guo, the team even sent out a big shot like you this time," Chen Chuan greeted with a smirk.

Old Guo, who got out of the police investigation car, took off his hat again and tucked it into his arm. He walked side by side with Chen Chuan and said with a smile, "What great master or not, he's just an old man who comes out with our team's 'miracle car' to press buttons."

As he spoke, Old Guo's eyes darted around, fixing on Chen Shu, who was walking in front. He nudged Chen Chuan and asked mysteriously, "Young Master Chen, is that your classmate?"

Chen Chuan crossed his arms and raised his chin slightly.

Old Guo stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "I've always wondered why someone as dashing as you would abandon such a mundane job in our detachment and wander around aimlessly at the grassroots level. Now I really understand."

"Understand what?"

"You're just bored!"

"Tch, all nonsense. Old Guo, it's rare to see you, can you say something worthwhile?"

"I heard the name Chen Shu in the car earlier and it sounded familiar. I just took a moment to look up his information. Wow, this kid's life story is like something out of a movie!"

Yang Chang, who was following behind, became increasingly confused as he listened. Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer and stepped forward to interject, "Hello, may I ask who you are?"

Chen Chuan glanced at the other person: "Deputy Branch Secretary."

"Oh, are you also from your technical investigation team? Hello, Master Fu." Yang Chang was full of questions and blurted out a few greetings without thinking.

A moment later, he immediately realized what had happened, and his mind was filled with astonishment, as if a thunderbolt had struck.

"Deputy Chief!"

A scream suddenly erupted in the hallway.

Old Guo smiled and said, "Hey, the team just gave me a random position because I'm old. It's alright. It's nothing. People over there don't care about that."

Yang Chang looked left at the amiable Deputy Detachment Leader Guo, then right at Chen Chuan, who was pouting and looking indifferent, and was quite surprised.

This technical investigation unit can be said to have a higher level of secrecy than the Science and Technology Information and Network Security units.

As the only unit in the city's public security bureau authorized to utilize high-tech equipment, it resembles a special agency possessing core secrets. It's said that secrets—both those that can be told and those that cannot, even those unknown to anyone—are not considered secrets to them.

In particular, their brigade leaders, having stayed for so long, have accumulated the most secrets, making it impossible for them to be transferred to other units through normal channels.

There's no other reason than that I've seen too many secrets.

Most people go through a declassification period, but for a leader like Old Guo, who is at the deputy branch captain level, the declassification period is basically his working period. When the time is up, he retires. Oh no, even after retirement, he might still have to wear a small badge indicating he has access to classified information for years to come.

Knowing the old man's level, Yang Chang had no choice but to suppress his doubts and do nothing but follow the two closely, trying to catch every sound.

"Tsk tsk, your classmate is really something! If our technical investigation unit weren't such a dead-end unit where you can only enter but not leave, I'd want to bring your classmate in too!" Old Guo stared ahead with shining eyes, not holding back his praise.

"Tch." Chen Chuan didn't seem to care, perhaps because he was used to it. "I bet there will be a raid tonight. Is your classmate, the on-site commander, going to take you all with him?" Old Guo, who had spent most of his life in classified units, still spoke his mind without hesitation.

"Hmph." Chen Chuan rolled his eyes at the other man and quickened his pace, seemingly annoyed by the old man's talkativeness.

scare!
Was Chen Da in charge of the on-site command?
Then take them all with you?

Yang Chang, who was following behind, was completely dumbfounded.

From the brief exchange between the two men, he had already obtained a piece of news that was extremely terrifying to him.

This news is so shocking, yet so reasonable that it's undeniable.

Chen Chuan knew all this from the moment he arrived.

That's why he deliberately teased Yang Chang.

Thinking about his shirking of battle in troop transport, Yang Chang was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

As if grasping at a straw, Yang Chang grabbed Xu Mingliang, who was about the same age as him and usually lay low, and was in some ways like him, and asked, "Old Xu, do you think they're ganging up on me to fool me into thinking I'm uneducated?"

As a former military officer, Yang Chang's educational background is a few points lower than that of other police officers recruited through social examinations. However, he doesn't see this as a disadvantage; he simply believes that people with lower educational backgrounds have more reason to accept a lower position.

After all, he doesn't know anything.

Xu Mingliang shrugged and walked over in a few steps: "I don't think they'd be that bored."

Yang Chang then shakily grabbed Zhu Yiba, who was passing by, and asked for confirmation, "Is Chen Da going to lead us on a raid?"

Zhu Yiba straightened his already extremely upright posture even more, and with the unique pride of a demobilized soldier, confidently said, "This is a good thing."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Yang Chang, who had clearly become somewhat spineless, and asked in confusion, "Brother Yang, didn't you also come from the army?"

According to Zhu Yiba's understanding, soldiers should be full of enthusiasm. In this kind of situation, which one of them on the border would be eager to rush forward? Some of the slower ones are even afraid of being late!
Yang Chang complained bitterly, but he was unwilling to show weakness in front of this new junior, so he could only grit his teeth and say, "I'm from the cooking squad!"

Zhu Yiba was completely speechless. The cooks were one of the toughest people in their group!

"Ouch, I suddenly have a stomachache. You guys go ahead and do your thing, I'm going to take a dump!" Yang Chang reacted quickly and immediately got to the point: since he couldn't accept it, he might as well just run away.

He slipped away without looking back.

Chen Chuan laughed, pointing at the retreating figure of the cook squad leader as he fled, and asked Zhu Yiba, "Now I've finally seen the capabilities of your unit's cook squad. By the way, did they really only raise pigs, grow vegetables, and cook when they were serving?"

Zhu Yiba was also frustrated, and muttered, "Sigh, it's all a misunderstanding. A cook has to be a combat soldier first, and then a chef. Where I'm from, cooks also have to pass assessments. Things like parachuting and armed cross-country running. Besides carrying a gun like everyone else, they also have to carry the cooking pots!"

Hearing this, Old Guo, who was walking ahead, turned around and laughed, "I know this story well. Back in the day, when our unit was on a long-distance field training exercise, some cooks even carried half a pig and ran with us. They hadn't run far before they were ahead of the rest of the column, and by the time we reached the finish line, their chopping boards were already laid out and they were chopping it up."

"Hey, old man Guo, so you used to be a soldier?"

"Of course! This old man has shed blood for his country!"

"Yeah, I've picked my nose on computer keyboards before."

"Tch, he was already a policeman back then."

"Oh, a policeman picking his nose."

"Stinky boy!"

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The group walked into the makeshift command center, laughing and joking.

(End of this chapter)