Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 235 Return
Not to mention how stupid it is for wanted criminals to do live streaming.

Just as Lin Ge and his team were about to retire successfully, good news kept coming back, bringing his hard work over the past few days to a successful conclusion.

With the help of Lin Ge and the hard work of all the police officers in Zhuzhou, the two major cases were solved.

The murderer in the first case, Jiang, along with his mentally challenged brother, and the murderers in the second case, Wei Laosi and Zhu Laowu, have all been apprehended. They will face the merciless judgment of the law.

When the victim's family arrived in Zhuzhou, burned the victim's body, and took it back to their hometown, the serial murder and dismemberment case that shocked Zhuzhou and even the entire southern province was finally about to be closed.

There is no doubt that Ling Ge played a very important role in this; it could even be said that without him, these two cases would never have been solved so quickly.

So much so that when Deputy Director Yang heard that the cat was going home, he showed a very reluctant expression.

He tried to lure Ling Ge to stay in Zhuzhou, even pitifully pleading for Ling Ge's help with several unsolved cases. However, this time Ling Ge wasn't so easy to persuade. He knew cases were never truly solved, and he unhesitatingly chose to leave.

Although reluctant, Deputy Director Yang ultimately agreed to Lin Ge's request.

He prepared a banner for Zhanghe Police Station, as well as for Lin Ge and Sun Chang, which was a pleasant surprise. It is quite rare for a banner to be presented by the Municipal Public Security Bureau to a police station in another city. Even when Nie Guoqiang heard this on the phone, he showed a very satisfied smile.

Upon learning that Mimi was leaving, the police officers in Zhuzhou, to express their gratitude for his help, piled up a lot of cat treats, cat food, and cat supplies in his car on his return journey. The police dog handlers, especially, were extremely reluctant to part with her and collectively pooled their money to buy Ling Ge a deluxe cat house, ordering it online and having it delivered to his home at the Zhanghe Police Station. Everyone surrounded Ling Ge, talking endlessly, promising to take him out for a good time next time they visited, showing great friendliness and enthusiasm.

They even prepared a gift for Beibei, which made her look reluctant to leave. She only obediently got into the car after being kicked by Ling Ge.

Xie Changjun, who was busy with the trial, also rushed out to see Lin Ge and invited him to visit Jinhua City when he had time, saying that he would personally entertain him. However, Lin Ge did not fall for the trick.

Playing? You want to be my laborer?
That bastard Xie Changjun!
The time to leave has finally come.

At the signal of a group of police officers, the police car slowly started, accelerated, and drove away without looking back.

Goodbye, you bastards from Zhuzhou!

Looking out the rear window at the police officers who were saluting in unison, Lin Ge felt a pang of reluctance, but ultimately smiled nonchalantly.

This trip... was really long and tiring!
……

Lazily sprawled on the trunk partition, Lin Ge fiddled with a large cardboard box of imported cat treats piled up next to him. He didn't recognize a single word of the English text, but he'd heard that these things were extremely expensive; a whole box of them would cost a policeman half a month's salary.

In addition, under the partition, there were many gifts such as cat food, cat litter, cat canned food, and even a few pieces of cat clothing, all of which were the Zhuzhou police officers' goodwill and gratitude to Ling Ge.

Oh, that small box next to it is for Beibei. It looks like teething toys and training tools, and it doesn't look cheap.

"Wang!"

Seeing Lingo fiddling with his gift box with his paws, Beibei couldn't help but look up and cry out, begging her boss to be a little gentler and not break it.

"Shut up!"

Lin Ge glared at Bei Bei sideways.

"Mimi, look how much you've accomplished! Aren't you very satisfied? How about we ask Lao Nie for permission to travel specifically to other police stations to handle cases?"

Qian Wei, who was driving, looked at the cat in the rearview mirror and suddenly laughed out loud.

Lin Ge didn't want to pay any attention to this bastard.

"Hehe... Brother Qian, haven't you had enough of catching thieves yet? In just over ten days, you've caught more than a dozen big thieves in Zhuzhou City. Aren't you satisfied yet?" Sun Chang sat in the back seat, leaning against Zhang Ke's shoulder, with a large dog squeezed awkwardly beside her. She said to Qian Wei while enjoying herself, "I've heard that the department in charge of theft at the Municipal Public Security Bureau is already in awe of you. The first thing they do every day when they come to work is guess how many thieves you'll catch. They really admire you."

"Nonsense! Is that worship? That's treating me like a plague!"

Qian Wei wasn't angry. Looking ahead, he chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter. If I cared about those things, I wouldn't be Qian Wei. So what if I catch thieves on my own? As long as they can't kill me, they'll have to obediently bring the thieves I caught into jail and clean up my mess!"

"Brother Qian, are you really planning to spend your whole life catching thieves?"

Zhang Ke suddenly interrupted.

"Any questions?"

Qian Wei glanced at the rich bastard with his arm around the girl in the rearview mirror, a smirk playing on his lips. "You can't catch every thief," he said, "but I can control their numbers and reduce the harm they cause to ordinary people. Every thief I catch reduces the number of victims in the city. The more thieves I catch, the less likely they are to come near me when they hear my name. Wherever I am, there is peace. Isn't that a meaningful thing, something worth doing for a lifetime?"

"That makes sense. Looking at it this way, Brother Qian, you're quite admirable, haha."

Zhang Ke nodded with feigned seriousness, then couldn't help but laugh. Their conversation made Sun Chang, who was standing next to them, clutch his stomach and roll his eyes, wanting to laugh out loud but afraid of hurting his stomach, struggling to hold it in.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Luo Jue turned to look at Qian Wei, a thoughtful expression on her face.

Lin Ge guessed what the kid was thinking, but didn't stop him.

Soon, after driving for more than four hours, the police car stopped for a rest at a highway rest area just before reaching Chu Province. Qian Wei began his routine stroll again, while Zhang Ke helped Sun Chang walk slowly, trying to get his body moving back to normal as soon as possible so he could recover from his injury and return to the team sooner.

Lin Ge went to the restroom to take care of personal matters, then watched from afar as Luo Jue leisurely strolled with Bei Bei. "This kid's getting more and more capable lately, hasn't he? Not only can he take care of the cat, but he can even take very good care of the dog." "Run!"

A moment later, Qian Wei's angry shout suddenly rang out. Lin Ge turned his head and saw him throw a man to the ground, then kneel on top of the man, pinning his left hand down and pressing down on the back of his head, making him unable to move no matter how hard he struggled.

"You bastard, you think you can run away after I've got my eye on you? Who do you think I am? I'm the ancestor of pickpockets like you!"

As Qian Wei cursed and swore, he called to Zhang Ke, who was running towards them, "Go get the handcuffs from the car first! Sun Chang, call the highway patrol! Damn it, stealing in a parking area, they've got some nerve!"

"Brother Qian, what did this guy do?"

Zhang Ke hurriedly retrieved handcuffs from the police car and swiftly grabbed the disheveled thief, who had several scratches on his body, and forced him to squat down.

The oblivious bastard seemed unwilling to give up. He looked up and glared fiercely at the two policemen, only to be slapped on the head by Qian Wei without hesitation. He immediately lowered his head and stopped struggling. Even so, he kept muttering to himself in dialect.

"That bastard is ripping off long-haul trucks! Some drivers find the cab cramped and don't close the windows or lock the doors when they sleep, which gives this bastard an opportunity!"

Qian Wei was a little out of breath from running, but he was quite pleased with himself. He put his hands on his hips, panting, and pointed at the guy at his feet, saying, "I knew something was wrong earlier. Who loiters around in a truck rest area like this? Just by looking at his eyes and the way he walked, I knew he was a thief! Then I watched him from a distance and saw him climb into that Dongfeng truck over there and steal everyone's wallets and phones while they were sleeping. Damn, isn't that despicable?"

"They're really bold! Once you're caught stealing in this place, it's not easy to escape."

Zhang Ke nodded in agreement, then changed his tone and said, "But I have to admit that truck drivers are actually quite likely to carry cash. Plus, they're so tired from driving that they might fall asleep and die, and there aren't many surveillance cameras here, so they're definitely easy targets for thieves."

"Hehe... and then I opened my business! This place belongs to Huangshi, right? I've expanded my territory and shown Huangshi what I'm capable of."

Qian Wei looked around and suddenly chuckled.

The commotion quickly alerted the drivers and passengers in the rest area. Hearing that police had caught a thief while passing by, everyone curiously gathered to watch. Especially after Qian Wei pulled five cell phones and four bulging wallets from the thief, the onlookers gasped in surprise. One person, in particular, only realized after watching the commotion for a while that some of the stolen goods belonged to him, and was immediately filled with shock and anger, jumping up and down in frustration.

“#￥@&…”

The thief wasn't afraid at all. When a crowd gathered, he looked up and loudly cursed something in his dialect. He wasn't too scared when Qian Wei scolded him, until he got another slap on the head, which finally made him behave.

"Brother Qian, the highway patrol has notified the local police station about the situation, and they will be here soon."

Sun Chang brought some bad news: Huangshi does not have a dedicated highway police station. Local police stations need to take a detour from the suburbs onto the highway and then drive another five or six kilometers to get here.

"Well, then we'll have to wait a little longer."

Qian Wei wasn't surprised. He lazily squatted down and patted the thief's face: "Brother, are you sensible? Tell me, are there any accomplices here? If you confess to one or two, it'll count as surrendering yourself and doing good deeds, and you'll get a reduced punishment, how about that?"

"%￥#@..."

The thief continued to respond in dialect, which Qian Wei couldn't understand a single word of. Qian Wei frowned, feeling that it didn't sound like a dialect from southern provinces, but rather like an accent from a more remote mountainous area near Shaanxi province.

He was actually a thief from out of town?
"Do you think this guy genuinely can't speak Mandarin, or is he deliberately trying to mess with Brother Qian?"

Sun Chang bumped Zhang Ke's shoulder and then tightened the reins on Bei Bei to prevent it from impulsively hurting someone.

Zhang Ke shook his head, staring at the thief leader, and said, "It's obviously intentional. Simple responses like 'good,' 'bad,' 'yes,' and 'no' don't differentiate between dialects and standard Mandarin. This guy's pretty arrogant; he doesn't seem like a novice."

Lin Ge nodded in agreement with Zhang Ke's statement; this guy was simply dishonest. Even after being caught, he was still so arrogant—did he really not take theft seriously?

This kind of person could easily cause a major case.

"I'll fuck you..."

The truck driver, who was snoring loudly, was still grumpy when he was shaken awake, but when he heard from Qian Wei that someone had stolen his bag, he immediately became furious. Without saying a word, he rushed towards the thief and raised his leg to kick him.

"Hey! Comrade!"

Zhang Ke quickly stopped him. This guy was big and strong; if he kicked him hard, the thief's small frame wouldn't be able to withstand it.

Soon, a police car with flashing lights arrived at the rest area. Upon seeing Lin Ge's car, which also had flashing lights, the two police officers who got out of the police car were stunned for a moment before they suddenly realized what the woman on the other end of the phone meant by 'stealing credit'.

However, the two didn't care. After all, it was just a petty thief. What big deal could it be?
After pushing through the crowd to Qian Wei and the thief, the two police officers greeted each other and exchanged identities, and immediately there were no more questions about the case.

With the theft caught red-handed, there was nothing to waste time on. The two greeted Zhang Ke and Sun Chang, patted Beibei's head, took statements from those around them and the victim, collected the stolen goods, put the thief into the police car, and quickly finished their task.

"I'm about to leave and need to unload the goods in Xiushi today! If I'm late, I'll probably lose a lot of money on this trip. Luckily, officer, you helped me catch the thief, otherwise, without my phone, I wouldn't even be able to find my destination. Since the truck can't get into the city, it would be difficult for me to even get a replacement."

The truck driver thanked Qian Wei repeatedly, feeling both relieved and regretful. A cell phone was already quite valuable; if his work had been affected, he would have suffered a huge loss on this trip.

"Haha... It's nothing, it's my duty."

Qian Wei acted extremely arrogantly.

(End of this chapter)