Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 717 I need to go out and clear my head
In an instant, the young policeman, who had been cheerfully about to take his phone out of his pocket, suddenly placed his hand on the butt of his pistol on his belt, and his expression turned serious.

Chen Chuan explained with a bitter face, "My junior brother, we really came here to provide support."

We don't know who we're supporting?

The young policeman nodded in agreement, but slowly pulled his pistol from its holster, still pointing it straight at Chen Chuan.

Chen Chuan looked at Zhu Yiba, who was standing to the side, as if pleading for help, but Zhu Yiba shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to help.

However, Zhu Yiba, with his sharp eyes, noticed that the young policeman standing opposite him hadn't opened the safety on his pistol, so there was no danger, and he was happy to watch the show.

Chen Chuan spread his hands and tried to get closer, saying, "We really are here to provide support. If you don't believe me, call and ask Captain Cai from the Criminal Investigation Department. By the way, what's the progress on your end? Do you need our help?"

Do you really think I'm stupid?
The young policeman glanced at the coat carelessly tossed on the coffee table, the empty water bottle, and the faint smell of alcohol in the air, and gave a heavy snort.

Chen Chuan, who had just boasted to Zhu Yiba, felt a little embarrassed. The young policeman in front of him was also young, so his tone became a bit sharp: "Call Captain Cai! Make a call, understand? Make a call, OK? I'm telling you, what's wrong with you guys? You're all acting crazy!"

The young policeman said earnestly, "Senior, our phones were confiscated by our superiors before the operation, so we couldn't make any calls."

Chen Chuan pointed to the walkie-talkie hanging on the other person's shoulder: "Use a walkie-talkie."

The young policeman stared at Chen Chuan without offering any explanation.

"Damn, I give up! I'm impressed!" Chen Chuan slumped back onto the sofa, looking utterly hopeless, letting Zhu Yiba laugh at him. He felt like he'd had the worst luck imaginable, running into this stubborn guy today. He was sure Zhu Yiba would laugh at him for a month when he got back to the brigade.

The young policeman stood in the doorway, keeping an eye on Chen Chuan and his companion. He took a few steps back, one foot inside the room and the other outside, and shouted into the hallway, "Instructor! Instructor! There are two suspicious individuals here! They claim to be from our Zhengming Special Police Brigade!"

After waiting for a while and seeing no response, the young policeman slowly took the walkie-talkie off his shoulder and called for backup. Whether they were genuinely busy or short-staffed, the commander told the young policeman to keep an eye on things for now.

On the contrary, Chen Chuan felt that it was a bit undignified for the other party to have called everyone over, as if they were being watched like animals. So he decided to go out and find his acquaintance, Captain Cai, to explain things properly.

The moment he lifted his foot, the young policeman stopped him with a gun. His tone was gentle, but his attitude was firm. He pointed the dark muzzle of his gun at the sofa against the wall in the finance office.

"Senior brother, why don't you rest on that sofa for a while?"

So, Chen Chuan, Zhu Yiba, and the young policeman stared at each other for two or three hours in that small finance office, during which some interesting conversations took place.

For example, because he had drunk a lot at the bar, Chen Chuan asked to go to the toilet. However, since the police officer was only one person, he couldn't keep an eye on both Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba at the same time, so he let Chen Chuan urinate directly outside the window.

For example, Chen Chuan tried to get closer to the other person by adding them on WeChat, but the other person casually said that their phone was out of battery, which shut him down. Of course, it is also possible that the phone was taken away by the higher-ups before the operation.

In addition to refusing to add them on WeChat, the junior police officer also forbade Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba from using their phones, citing the excuse of tipping them off. However, when the junior police officer was about to confiscate their phones, Chen Chuan firmly refused.

This was the last bit of stubbornness Chen Chuan, as the senior officer of the Municipal Public Security Bureau and a senior academy student, could muster.

The result was still good. After finishing his work, Captain Cai suddenly remembered the incident on the walkie-talkie and hurriedly came over to pick up Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba again, just like picking up children from kindergarten.

Even with his thick skin, Chen Chuan couldn't take any more harassment and just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

However, since they've come to provide support, they should at least do something substantial. Otherwise, with so many eyes and mouths on site, who knows what strange gossip will spread throughout the entire organization after just one night.

At Chen Chuan's insistence, Captain Cai assigned him the simplest escort mission.

This is enough to demonstrate Chen Chuan's experience at the grassroots level.

There are definitely no professional escort vehicles available.

In situations like this, where there are many people but few vehicles, those who seem insignificant and are not afraid of collusion or recantation are usually crammed into a van and taken back together. In such cases where the only remaining danger is the brakes not working properly due to overloading, there is definitely no need for special police to accompany them.

Therefore, the task of escorting one of the main criminals fell to Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba.

A Santana was being driven by an auxiliary police officer from the Criminal Investigation Detachment. Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba sat on either side of the back seat, with the main criminal being escorted sandwiched in the middle – this was the standard escort posture at the grassroots level. Chen Chuan, experienced in grassroots deployments, immediately chose a thin, bony young man. He and Zhu Yiba each propped the man up on either side with their elbows, tightened their grip, and slightly lowered the car window, eager to escape what was, to Chen Chuan, nothing short of "hell."

"Young Master Chen, I apologize for the poor hospitality. Please come again next time!" Cai, standing by the car, waved goodbye with a half-smile, his expression resembling that of a brothel madam or pimp.

And you know what? The special police officers who came to provide support were detained twice by criminal police and police officers from the local police station. They ended up in the finance office for two hours in a daze. No matter when, it's always a hot topic of conversation after drinking.

Then, they contacted the person involved, who turned out to be the well-known Mr. Chen from the Municipal Bureau. The gossip was so interesting that it would at least allow Captain Cai to get a few packs of cigarettes from his other colleagues.

Thinking about it, Captain Cai finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Ha ha!"

"Pah! Pah!" Chen Chuan retorted without any politeness. After thinking for a moment, he felt that it still couldn't fully express his feelings, so he added, "Get lost!"

As the police car drove off, Zhu Yiba thought to himself with admiration. He was impressed that a veteran detective like Chen Chuan, who was much older than him, could get along like brothers with him. He had to admire Chen Chuan's smooth interpersonal skills, something he himself had always lacked.

The two looked at each other and laughed, but then their faces suddenly fell at the same time, because they were both thinking of that stubborn guy at work.

"How about we take him out for some fun next time, maybe have a few drinks or something?" Zhu Yiba suggested, recalling Captain Cai's farewell.

“Drinking isn’t working anymore. I think we should take him out for a walk, preferably somewhere far away, to help him clear his head,” Chen Chuan said seriously.

"Huh? Didn't you say earlier that no injured man can withstand the healing effects of alcohol and beautiful women?" Zhu Yiba asked, intrigued by the other's seriousness.

Chen Chuan pulled a hand out from the main culprit's thin, bamboo-like arm and slowly counted on his fingers: "You count how many female confidantes our deputy captain has. Intellectual, sexy, aloof, and cute ones, there are too many to count."

Zhu Yiba nodded in agreement, but frowned and asked in confusion, "What does this have to do with going on a trip to relax?"

Chen Chuan grinned, like a teacher offering guidance: "Idiot! That idiot has seen too many beauties from Dongzhou, he's already immune to them, so they're probably no longer effective. We need to help him change his tastes!"

"An excuse! You're the one who wants to go out and find women, aren't you?"

"What are you thinking! Do you think I'm that despicable? I'm doing this for my brothers, after all my hard work!"

The two started bickering.

"Officer, I have something to say." The skinny guy, who had been ignored by Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba and was sitting in the main seat, cautiously raised his hand.

"Spit it out." Chen Chuan's face darkened; his ability to change his expression was extremely skillful.

"Well, if the officers are interested in pretty girls, I can treat next time," the skinny guy suddenly added, remembering the farewell words of the leader surnamed Cai. "Then, invite Captain Cai too, and yes, and that Officer Ma too, let's all come and have some fun."

Officer Xiao Ma was the young policeman who pointed a gun at Chen Chuan all night.

The skinny guy, unaware of what had happened, saw the two men with Chen Chuan and assumed they were close colleagues, so he decided to invite them over as well.

"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!"

Why bring up something you shouldn't mention?

With a slap, Chen Chuan, whose face might become the news tomorrow morning, slapped the skinny man on the forehead with a frosty expression, immediately silencing him.

Zhu Yiba covered his mouth, laughing quite happily. He was already thinking about how to give Young Master Chen a good talking-to when he returned to the brigade.

The skinny bamboo pole looked completely bewildered, not knowing what he had said wrong.

The police car, its red and blue lights flashing, drove off.

(End of this chapter)