Police officer Chen Shu

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The two watched quietly as Chen Chuan performed his heart out at the other end of the corridor.

Zhu Yiba suddenly said, "Chen Da, do you think the woman in the room might have committed suicide after drinking? I feel there's a strong smell of alcohol in the room."

Having witnessed countless murder scenes, Chen Shu calmly said, "It could be suicide, but it could also be homicide. I can't be sure. All we can do is do our best to fulfill our duties as police officers."

His tone was flat, as if he were discussing what to have for lunch.

Zhu Yiba crossed his arms and sighed, "Ah, it's still more comfortable to be a soldier. You just have to follow orders and do it, without having to use your brain."

“Retiring means changing your way of life.” Chen Shu glanced at him and laughed. “When we were young, we all learned and lived according to our parents’ teachings. Now that we’re grown up, do you still want to listen to their lectures? Yiba, don’t you have any of your own thoughts? Don’t you want to be yourself?”

Be yourself?
What do I want to do?
Zhu Yiba was taken aback, and the image of his stern grandfather suddenly popped into his mind.

This abrupt transfer from the border armed police force was abrupt. Instead of returning to his hometown of Taipei or staying in Yunnan Province where he had served for many years, he requested to go to an eastern coastal city he had never set foot in before. Perhaps this was the only act of rebellion hidden deep in his heart.

Zhu Yiba took a deep breath, shook his head, and said with a wry smile, "Hey, Chen Da, I can't beat you when it comes to talking about life."

"Let's discuss it together." Chen Shu shrugged, knowing that heart-to-heart talks are a long-term topic that can't be rushed and must be taken slowly.

After a while, Chen Chuan returned after finding out the news.

"The security here is much worse than in Donghai. People are used to seeing dead people. Correspondingly, the leaders of the Public Security Bureau don't pay as much attention to it as we do. So it's normal that no leaders come to investigate cases like this, since it hasn't been determined whether it was suicide or homicide yet."

After a pause, Chen Chuan seemed to enjoy the attentive looks from the other two, and slowly said, "We've got two pieces of news so far, one good and one bad. Which do you want to hear?"

"Stop with all this fluff and get to the point!"

Zhu Yiba was getting impatient; the main reason was this feeling of powerlessness, a lack of control over the situation at hand. Unlike his early days in the military, when he carried a gun and felt he could fight the whole world, and didn't even care about anyone.

"The bad news is that no matter how little attention they pay to it, they won't hand over such a deadly case to the newly arrived border police officers."

Chen Shu frowned and asked, "Then why hasn't anyone else arrived yet?"

Chen Chuan glanced at the blond-haired man chatting happily with Jiang Hai not far away, then turned back and said, "It's just that this guy is unlucky. The other transferred armed police came in batches, so they were all considered and assigned to suitable places. But for some reason, this blond-haired man was transferred from the army all by himself, as if he was just thrown over here. Naturally, the bureau won't pay attention to him or give him any special consideration, and it's impossible for them to make room for him in a good place."

"The criminal investigation team here is short-staffed, so the political department assigned them to their brigade. It's said that there isn't a single person from the military in the criminal investigation brigade, and Huang Mao is all alone inside with no one to take care of him. I heard he's quite immature, and in their eyes, he's even... even..." Chen Chuan didn't say it aloud, but everyone knew it wasn't anything nice.

"Huang Mao is a bit slow-witted and doesn't know how to get along with people, but he's a good person at heart," Zhu Yiba explained, then sighed. "I'm the one who dragged him down. Otherwise, he would definitely be better off if he had transferred to the border inspection unit with the rest of the team." Chen Shu didn't ask any questions, but silently patted Zhu Yiba's broad back.

People and things in the workplace aren't usually targeted at a specific individual; basically, Huang Mao himself definitely has problems. However, since Huang Mao is Zhu Yiba's subordinate, Chen Shu couldn't say anything directly about certain things.

Chen Chuan continued, "Their captain probably wouldn't even look at Huang Mao."

After a pause, Chen Chuan glanced at Zhu Yiba and smiled, "It's not that I'm targeting Huang Mao personally. It's just that their captain wants someone who can get things done, so he keeps running around the bureau clamoring to replace him. After the captain's actions, and since the guys below don't get along with Huang Mao, they thought he was about to be transferred. As time went on, everyone had more cases on their hands, so naturally they neglected Huang Mao."

After all, they were his own men, and it would be a lie to say that Zhu Yiba didn't feel sorry for them. Now, listening to Chen Chuan recount Huang Mao's situation over the past few days, he felt really bad.

During a mission in the military, Zhu Yiba's mistake resulted in the loss of several comrades, leaving him disheartened and forcing him to leave for Donghai. Huang Mao, who was also traumatized during the same mission, was unable to remain in his original unit, and since his hometown was in the same province, he was preferentially transferred to the provincial capital's public security bureau.

Seeing Zhu Yiba's uncomfortable expression, Chen Chuan couldn't help but grin and seize the opportunity to sarcastically say, "Look at you, acting like a woman, aren't you ashamed?"

Chen Shufei kicked him: "Can't you speak like a human being?"

Seeing that Zhu Yiba wasn't arguing with him, Chen Chuan lost interest in teasing him further. He patted Zhu Yiba on the shoulder and comforted him, "I have good news for you. It's just that Huang Mao is too naive; he hasn't realized he's being ostracized yet. At least he hasn't suffered any real emotional harm. And you all know how the workload is at the Criminal Investigation Department compared to that at the police station. In other words, he's having a much more comfortable time than his comrades who were assigned to the police station!"

This twisted logic is actually quite comforting. Chen Shu was both amused and exasperated, but looking at Zhu Yiba's expression, he actually believed it.

After listening to the information Chen Chuan had gathered, Zhu Yiba felt a mix of emotions. After all, the biggest reason why Huang Mao hadn't transferred to the border inspection with the rest of the group was because of him. So at this moment, Zhu Yiba really hoped that he could step forward and resolve the crisis Huang Mao was facing, as a way of making amends to him.

Ultimately, he was no different from Huang Mao in essence. He was very skilled in hand-to-hand combat, but he was equally incapable of solving cases, which gave rise to a sense of powerlessness.

Therefore, Zhu Yiba could only stiffly turn his neck to his colleague who had come to Yunnan Province for vacation with him. He was a little embarrassed to speak, so he expressed his request with his eyes.

With things having come to this point, Chen Shu, feeling Zhu Yiba's burning gaze and Chen Chuan's ambiguous smile, could only obediently nod: "Alright, we'll take this."

Zhu Yiba cupped his hands in greeting to Chen Shu, everything was understood without words.

Chen Chuan, arms crossed and leaning against the wall, mouthed "Conan" with his eyebrows arched, extremely happy, as if he could already see everyone cheering for solving the case.

(End of this chapter)