Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 70 Training Ends
The second day of training also ended peacefully.

As a police officer at the local police station who frequently makes and receives phone calls year after year, Chen Shu was somewhat unaccustomed to the peace and quiet of the past two days.

He picked up his phone and opened WeChat to take a look.

The institute's WeChat group was still bustling with activity. Looking at the 99+ message notifications above the group avatars, Chen Shu, sitting in his chair, wanted to click but dared not.

Zhu Chaoran did send a few WeChat messages, but they were mostly gossip and meeting minutes from the institute.

This fat guy must have been playing games like crazy this week. Oh well, let him rest a bit. Everyone'll be busy after the training ends... Looking at the WeChat message from Zhu Chaoran, Chen Shu suddenly wanted to log into Honor of Kings to check his rank.

"Let's go, what are you still thinking about? Go back to your dorm and change your clothes. Tonight I'll take you to meet up with some of my good friends."

Chen Chuan walked over, bent down, hooked his left hand around Chen Shu's shoulder without any hesitation, and pulled him out.

Chen Shu: "Forget it, you go by yourself. I don't know any of them, so it's inconvenient for me to go."

Chen Chuan chuckled: "Lin Guoyu from the internet police is here too. Although he was doing this for my sake last time, it was still your case. It wouldn't be right for you not to go and toast him, would it? What, are you not going to handle cases next time?"

Two years ago, Chen Shu received a case involving blackmail through video nude chat. This kind of network IP location and household information retrieval is a core skill of the internet police.

However, they were overwhelmed with the large number of reports filed at the time. Furthermore, their primary focus was on collecting and monitoring intelligence on social, political, and public opinion situations.

Chen Shu got his case processed by asking Lin Guoyu to help him cut in line through Chen Chuan.

"Go ahead, go ahead," Chen Chuan said in a childish, coquettish tone.

Unable to resist any longer, Chen Shu raised his hands in surrender: "Go, go, go. Call Li Meng and Zhang Wei?"

Chen Chuan waved his hand and said, "Absolutely! That's our sugar daddy!"

A neighboring farmhouse restaurant, private room.

Chen Shu, Chen Chuan, and Lin Guoyu sat at a large table that could seat ten people. They looked at each other, and the scene became somewhat awkward.

Lin Guoyu: "Achuan, why is it just the three of us?"

Chen Chuan scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "Hehe, everyone's busy. It's good that there are fewer people, we brothers can have a heart-to-heart talk and share our innermost thoughts."

Chen Shu calmly picked up a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp.

In a short while, several of the restaurant's signature dishes were served: chicken stew, braised pork ribs, stir-fried pork intestines, and a platter of braised dishes, among other farm-style dishes.

Same as last night.

Although his family's food is indeed delicious, this is not the way to order it... Chen Shu glanced at Chen Chuan silently and put down the chopsticks he had already picked up.

He wasn't very familiar with Lin Guoyu, and their few meetings were all for official business at his workplace. At that time, they were quite polite to each other and didn't discuss anything in detail except for the case.

Chen Shu picked up his glass and offered a toast: "Brother Lin, thank you for your help with the case last time. I remember it was almost time to leave work, I'm really sorry."

Lin Guoyu graduated from Donghai University of Science and Technology with a major in computer science. After graduating, he pursued a master's degree at the same university before returning to his hometown of Dongzhou City to take the exam for the city's cyber police, which was a job that matched his major.

Lin Guoyu smiled, picked up his wine glass, clinked glasses, and downed the glass without hesitation.

"Okay! I'll play one!"

Chen Chuan, who organized the gathering, quickly joined in the fun and also drank it all in one gulp.

The atmosphere at the scene finally became a little more lively. The group clinked glasses and chatted idly, exchanging all sorts of nonsense, and time flew by.

Seeing that it was almost time, Chen Shu made an excuse to pick up his phone from the table and slipped out to pay the bill. He knew that although Chen Chuan was his college classmate and a good friend in real life, Chen Chuan's friends were having dinner together today, and he had to save face for Chen Chuan.

When he returned to the private room, Chen Chuan still kicked him a few times under the table.

While Lin Guoyu went to the restroom, Chen Chuan muttered, "What, you look down on me? I organized this party today, why are you rushing to pay the bill?"

Chen Shu knew that Chen Chuan, from a very well-off family, valued their relationship highly. Chen Chuan's earlier offer to help mediate cases was just polite formality. Deep down, Chen Shu also hoped that Chen Shu could get to know more police officers from other departments, making things easier for him in the future.

If Chen Shu were to bring up that the money spent on the dinner was for the previous case, given Chen Chuan's personality, he would definitely jump up and start cursing.

First, this shows disrespect for Chen Chuan; second, this shows disrespect for Chen Chuan's friend, Lin Guoyu.

Chen Shu said with a smile, "Last year I received a third-class merit award, which came with a bonus of five thousand yuan. You know how busy our institute is, so we haven't had time to invite you out for a celebratory meal. Since everyone's here today, I'll take care of it."

Chen Chuan was relieved and smiled broadly: "You've got a conscience, that's more like it."

Chen Shu picked up his wine glass and drank a full glass with Chen Chuan.

For grassroots police officers, promotion in rank is not only a benefit that allows their daily routines to return to normal, but also an opportunity to build good relationships with other officers.

The days that followed were uneventful and boring, but we still had to work harder to ensure the smooth progress of future cases.

Chen Shu put down his wine glass, thinking helplessly.

……

Five days of regular work and rest, along with physical training every afternoon, made Chen Shu feel refreshed and full of energy. He couldn't wait to return to Zhongshan Institute and make a big splash.

This was the last day of training. After class in the afternoon, Chen Shu and several classmates, including Li Meng, said goodbye and prepared to drive their Volkswagen Golfs around the institute for a while.

The police rank promotion training had already taken up a week, plus two more days of make-up duty. Chen Shu didn't have much time left to complete his targets.

Chen Chuan was taken aback when he heard Chen Shu's plan. He had originally wanted to take him out for a meal, but Chen Shu firmly refused: "I've been eating and drinking for a whole week, brother, give me some time to digest!"

As they parted, Chen Chuan shook his head and said to Li Meng and Zhang Wei, "This guy is so busy at the police station every day, he's probably lost his mind. Everyone else is rushing to rest, but this guy is offering himself up to work overtime. Brothers, we need to introduce Chen Shu to a girlfriend."

Huang Sisi's big eyes flashed through Chen Shu's mind, and he smiled without saying anything.

As soon as Chen Chuan graduated from police academy, his wealthy father found him a job in the municipal police department. Having never worked at the grassroots level, he probably didn't know that the monthly performance targets were directly assigned to individuals.

Li Meng replied earnestly, "The higher-ups will notice if we handle more cases. Don't keep me waiting too long."

Chen Chuan snorted and teased, "Hey Li Da, how long have you been thinking about saying something so pretentious? You've been suppressed by Chen Shu for so many years since the police academy, you've finally gotten your revenge, haven't you?"

Chen Shu remained calm, but still smiled at Chen Chuan.

After waving goodbye to the group, he looked at the gate of Dongzhou Police Academy with some lingering affection, as if it overlapped with the gate of the Provincial Police Academy in his memory.

He squinted, feeling a pang of nostalgia for the old days.

At that time, the young police cadets stood in neat rows on campus, heads held high and chests out, basking in the morning sun, and shouted in unison from the bottom of their hearts:
"Loyalty, rigor! Unity, dedication!"

(End of this chapter)