Major Crimes Unit Starts with Police Academy Students

Xia Jie was quite surprised when Wu Mingcheng took her to a food stall.

She thought Wu Mingcheng would take her to a high-end place like a Western restaurant.

Unexpectedly, Wu Mingcheng led her to a roadside stall.

But this is for the best; at least Wu Mingcheng is no longer out of reach for her, and is more down-to-earth.

Xia Jie walked up to the roadside stall and saw that it was a boiled skewers shop.

Wu Mingcheng said with a smile,

"When I was in Zhuzhou City before, I often ate at this boiled skewers place (Wang Haozhao's), the taste was really good,"

The two sat at a roadside stall, and Wu Mingcheng prepared dipping sauce for Xia Jie while saying,

"Xiaojie, is there anything you don't want to eat?"

Xia Jie looked at Wu Mingcheng with some surprise and said,

"Is this for me?"

Wu Mingcheng nodded and said,

"Of course,"

Xia Jie felt a surge of sweetness in her heart, and said aloud, "Bragging..."

"I'm fine with anything, I don't have any dietary restrictions,"

Then Wu Mingcheng said,

"Then I'll adjust it to my taste."

After preparing the sauce, he very considerately placed it in front of Xia Jie.

Xia Jie felt a surge of sweetness and even excitement in her heart. She was finally having dinner with her idol.

Chapter 251 Counterfeit 100 Yuan Notes

Xia Jie smoothed her hair back and said,

"Thank you, Mingcheng,"

Then, Wu Mingcheng picked up a few skewers and put them in Xia Jie's bowl, and began to introduce them.

"This is tripe, this is beef aorta, and this is baby squid. These are all quite delicious; you should try them."

Xia Jie picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth, nodding as she spoke.

"Hmm, it's really good!"

Seeing this, Wu Mingcheng smiled and said,

"How is it? See? I didn't lie to you, did I? It's delicious, so eat more."

So the two of them started eating at a roadside stall.

They had almost finished eating, and it was getting late; by then, it was already quite late.

Worried that it might be unsafe for Xia Jie to walk home alone, Wu Mingcheng personally rode his bicycle to take her home.

Arriving at Xia Jie's building, Wu Mingcheng took off his helmet, looked at her, and said...

"Alright, hurry back now, it's getting late, so your aunt won't worry about you,"

Xia Jie waved to Wu Mingcheng, saying with some reluctance,

"Mingcheng, see you tomorrow,"

After saying that, she turned and walked up to her apartment building, number 637.

Wu Mingcheng watched Xia Jie go upstairs before putting on his helmet and leaving.

As soon as Xia Jie opened the door after returning home, her mother, who was sitting in the living room, asked her...

"Xiaojie, why are you only coming back now? I just called Wang Shouyi and the others, and they said you left work early."

Xia Jie then casually replied,

"Okay, Mom, I went out to dinner with my colleagues. It's getting late, so I'm going to my room to sleep. You should get some rest too."

After saying that, she returned to her room.

Seeing this, Xia's mother said helplessly,

“This child…”

The next morning, everything proceeded as usual. After breakfast, Wu Mingcheng rode his motorcycle to the Jiulihe Police Station for work.

After all the trainee officers arrived, Wang Shouyi specifically asked Zhang Zhijie, a key member of the station, to show them around all the station's departments and familiarize them with the station's operational procedures.

(bgfg) Zhang Zhijie was explaining things there, while Wu Mingcheng and Xia Jie were listening attentively.

Yang Shu and Zhao Jiwei, who were standing nearby, even took out their notebooks to take notes.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhijie smiled and said,

"You don't have to take notes, it's not that complicated. Just listen to what I say."

However, we need to use our brains when doing things; from now on, we'll all be on the same side, Tongzhi.”

In the police officer hierarchy, probationary officers are essentially at the very bottom.

Their status is even lower than that of some auxiliary police officers who have worked for several years.

Here, rank is not very important, nor is whether someone is a permanent or temporary officer.

In local police stations, people tend to value a person's work ability more.

Outstanding and rare talents often earn the respect and recognition of everyone in the institute, just like Wu Mingcheng.

Take the Jiulihe Police Station, with its more than one hundred staff members, for example. Even the station chief, Wang Shouyi, has to treat the head chef of the canteen with utmost respect.

Otherwise, if the chef's hands tremble, the amount of food will not just decrease by a little bit.

After the arrest operation that Li Dawei and others participated in the night before last, Zhao Jiwei was also eager for such an opportunity to see for himself.

He said somewhat impatiently,

"Senior, when can we solve another big case? I also want to catch a wanted murderer."

Zhang Zhijie glanced at him and said irritably,

"We still have so many theft cases on our hands, let's start with the simple ones and stop thinking about those useless things."

Opportunities like those that night, like those for Wu Mingcheng and Li Da, are rare and precious.

If it weren't for the urgency of the matter, this would have been the job of the major crimes unit of the criminal investigation division.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiwei and the others immediately showed expressions of disappointment.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhijie smiled and said,

"Okay, then wear casual clothes and come with me to the nearby wholesale market to keep watch."

Li Dawei and the others' eyes lit up immediately, thinking there was some new mission.

As a result, Zhang Zhijie's next sentence dashed their motivation to succeed.

"There are a lot of thieves stealing electric bikes there; catching even one counts as a performance score."

Li Dawei, Zhao Jiwei, and the others became depressed again.

Zhao Jiwei spent the entire night the day before yesterday watching surveillance footage of diaper theft, and today it's another case of electric scooter theft.

He said dejectedly at this point.

"So, you came to our Jiulihe Police Station just to stake out and catch thieves? It's all about these trivial matters every day, how boring!"

Zhang Zhijie looked at them and said with a smile.

"We're a police station, not a major crime unit. Are you satisfied with the major cases happening every day?"

At this moment, Wang Shouyi came to their side and asked Zhang Zhijie,

"How's the familiar?"

Zhang Zhijie reported,

"Chief, I took them on a tour to familiarize them with the situation."

Wang Shouyi nodded, and then said,

"So, someone reported a case near our police station; a dispute broke out at a fruit stand."

A vendor reported to the police that he received a counterfeit 100-yuan bill and is currently arguing with several people suspected of using the counterfeit money.

"You and Xincheng take these new recruits over there and do a patrol call, let them see what a real patrol situation is like,"

Zhang Zhijie nodded and said.

"Yes, Chief."

After hearing the assignment from Director Wang Shouyi, Chen Xincheng also stood up from his seat.

Generally speaking, not many people care about 100 yuan, so such reports to the police are rare.

Calling the police is no small matter; it requires dispatching officers, which inevitably expends police resources.