An old policeman with gray hair on his temples and a "two poles and three stars" hanging on his shoulders was holding a tea cup with white smoke, standing in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window next to his desk, looking at the drizzle outside the window, and asked with a smile:
"Li Meng, how did he handle the Gong Suan case this time?"
Li Meng, the vice-captain of the Criminal Division, was wearing a pair of rimless glasses and his police uniform was sitting on the single sofa next to the door.
He unconsciously raised the middle frame of his glasses, frowned, and recalled: "His way of handling cases is very different. Unlike us, when a case comes out, he always keeps a close eye on the suspect. He seems to focus on the victim. Although he left, the case was handled smoothly.
Even though he looks very calm on the surface, he is still handling the case with emotions deep down, and I can clearly feel this as I have been following him."
As he spoke, he raised his head and looked directly at where the old policeman stood: "Master, he is different from us."
The man whom Li Mengjing called his master turned around with a smile. The bright incandescent light in the room hit his face. He was the captain of the criminal investigation team of the branch.
Li Meng then raised another question: "And I'm very curious why Mr. Li, a legal practitioner, would take over such a case that must be dismissed."
Ren Guoqing's tone became stern: "You have been a criminal policeman for so many years, and you still use the word 'retire'? Are you so sure in your heart?"
Seeing Li Meng lower his head, he continued calmly: "Because they both pretend to be ordinary people in their hearts. It's not my fault that you haven't figured it out. You are too young, you were promoted too quickly, and you are always busy on weekdays." Working on a case. Hey, I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.”
He walked to the long sofa next to Li Meng and sat down. He gently placed the tea cup in his hand on the coffee table and changed the topic: "There are rumors in the team that a security policeman from the police station will be parachuted in soon." We are the squadron leader of the second squadron. Do you know this?"
The eyes hidden behind the lenses flickered. Li Meng did not shirk responsibility: "I said this. The comrades in the team have great opinions. Wen Zhao has been in the Second Squadron since he graduated from the police academy."
Ren Guoqing raised his left hand to stop Li Meng's explanation: "That's why I asked you to follow him for this case. He is your old classmate, and you already know his character. The means of handling the case this time , you’ve also seen a bit. Why, do you still have any opinions?”
Li Meng pondered for a moment: "He has been at the police station for so long, so he probably doesn't have much experience and can't handle major cases. I'm afraid that when people come over, the brothers below will be unconvinced, and it won't be easy to carry out work like this."
Ren Guoqing leaned on the sofa and tapped his fingers on the wooden armrest of the sofa a few times: "After a while, you can find a reason to throw a big case to him. Well, that's fine. Let's see what he does. Is it suitable for our work at the Criminal University?"
Li Meng stood up immediately. His first thought was "This is against the rules", and his second thought was "Why does Master value him so much?"
Ren Guoqing: "You are nervous."
Li Meng came to his senses and realized that he had lost his composure. He regained his composure and asked, "What case should I use? Murder, robbery, water step black?"
"It's up to you."
Ren Guoqing picked up the teacup, looked at the durians on the coffee table, and drank slowly.
Zhengming District Public Security Bureau, compound.
After sending Xu Long to the district detention center, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. On the way back to the Zhongshan Police Station, Chen Shu asked Zhu Chaoran to put him in the branch yard.
He knew this case well, and Mr. Li from the legal team could accept it entirely because he had kept his integrity and handled cases conscientiously in the past years.
Otherwise, according to his stubborn temper, he should have been kicked out of the office at that time.
He first sneaked to the lobby on the first floor of the branch office building and took a look at the huge LED screen hanging on the wall, which showed today's branch duty schedule.
Shh, Teacher Li is not here.
Chen Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
After staying up all night and working for two consecutive days, he was really tired and wanted to go home early to rest. However, Teacher Li had to keep some of the favors he showed him in his heart and put some under the table.
Half an hour later, Chen Shu carried a large bag of two huge imported fruits he bought from a fruit shop not far from the branch, and slipped into the legal brigade on the third floor of the branch office building.
Although it was already after get off work in the evening and there were not many police officers in the building, Chen Shu decided to take the stairs to avoid running into acquaintances!
After all, as a non-government employee, it would be extremely embarrassing to be seen carrying a bag of things to the branch office at night.
"Chen Shu, do you want to come over to the legal system to approve the case?"
No coincidence.
At the stairwell of the third floor, Chen Shu bumped into Ren Guoqing who was walking down from the fourth floor.
Chen Shu raised his left hand and scratched his scalp. His right hand, which was holding the big bag, had nowhere to put it in embarrassment: "Hey, Ren Da."
He did not dare to answer Ren Guoqing's question.
Ren Guoqing, who was like a man, saw this posture and immediately understood that the other party did not bring the case file, so he probably did not come for legal review and approval.
He was very curious about what was in the black bag that Chen Shu was carrying on his right hand, but he was too embarrassed to ask directly.
We can only fight in a roundabout way: "Lao Ma, who is on duty today from the legal system, will accompany the political commissar to the publicity office on the second floor for a meeting. I will go there now. If you have anything to say to me, I will take the message to you."
Ren Guoqing said "take the message", but his eyes fell directly on the black bag held by Chen Shu's right hand.
He and Chen Shu's master Zeng Hong have been comrades-in-arms for many years, and he met Chen Shu several times when he went to the Zhongshan Institute.
So when facing Zeng Hong's apprentice Chen Shu, he didn't pretend to be a leader. What he was thinking was reflected on his face.
However, Chen Shu doesn’t think so!
Li Meng, a man of great punishment, came to Zhongshan Institute in the early morning and followed him for no reason for a whole day.
At this time in the evening, he met the captain of their criminal division again. Chen Shu's heart skipped a beat and he was very concerned.
He quickly waved his hand: "No, no, I'm not looking for Master Ma."
As soon as the words came out, he realized something was wrong. Lao Ma was the only person on duty in the legal brigade at night. If you didn't look for him, why did you come here?
Sure enough, when Ren Guoqing heard this, he became even more interested and simply walked to the Chen Shu in a few steps: "Oh. If you don't want me, then why are you here?"
How is this the Tiger of Zhengming?
He is clearly the old fox of Zhengming!
At this moment, Chen Shu wished he could give himself a slap in the face.
With a sad face, he was about to confess and be lenient. However, Ren Guoqing took a few steps past Chen Shu and went downstairs.
"I'll rush to find the political commissar, you can do your own thing."
Chen Shu escaped from death, rushed into the general office of the Legal Affairs Brigade, stuffed a bag of fruit under Teacher Li's desk, and ran away without looking back.
…
Here, Ren Guoqing sniffed and continued walking to the publicity office on the second floor with a relaxed pace, muttering to himself:
"This guy bought my favorite durian, and he doesn't discriminate between me and me when we meet. Next time I go back to Zhongshan, I have to have a good chat with Lao Zeng."