Hearing Zeng Hong's greeting, Chen Shu turned around and followed him into a single office.
The office is not big, and it is probably about 18 square meters in size. The advantage is that the window of the room faces south, and the warm sunshine from outside is shining in, making the room quite comfortable.
A policeman who was about forty years old, broad and fat, with a round head and a pair of rimless glasses was shaking hands with Zeng Hong enthusiastically.
"What's the difference between a director and a deputy? But it's still the same as when we were working together, just call me Fatty Xia."
Working with Zeng Hong? That should be Zeng Hong's comrade in the border defense force in his early years... Chen Shu followed Zeng Hong, his eyes drooped, and he stood aside honestly. It was not his turn to say polite words in such a scene.
He, a junior, spoke up.
Zeng Hong hurriedly waved his hand and complimented: "How can this be done? At that time, I felt that an instructor could not tolerate a giant Buddha like you. You see, now that we are here, we are already division-level cadres. If this is done in our Dongzhou City
, that is the most powerful person, my immediate boss’s immediate boss!”
"I've said it several times, deputy, deputy." Director Xia drawled and narrowed his eyes with a smile. It was obviously very helpful.
"Old Zeng, the older you get, the better you are at talking. If you had understood these nonsense back then, you wouldn't have made others jealous and pushed you into trouble."
"Oh, don't talk about this. Let's meet today and talk about happy things!"
The two of them gave in to each other for a while and sat on the sofa on the west side of the office. Chen Shu took two steps and stood next to Zeng Hong obediently.
Perhaps it was because they hadn't seen each other for a long time, but Zeng Hong and Director Xia also chatted quite happily, starting from the recruit company and continuing to the place where they transferred to.
When he had nothing to talk about, the smile on Director Xia's face faded a lot. He turned around and said in surprise: "Hey, why does this young man keep standing? Come on, come on, sit down."
He spoke enthusiastically, but the meaning of Director Xia's motionless hands and feet was actually very clear.
Very annoying...Chen Shu did not move and looked at Zeng Hong.
"Whatever you want to sit down, just stand! When we were talking at the company headquarters, where could these little bastards have a place to sit? I feel so happy to be able to stand here and listen." Zeng Hong emphasized his tone slightly,
Then he made a turn and said slowly, "Director Xia, what do you think of this young man?"
Director Xia picked up the teacup and took a sip. After putting down the teacup, he spoke in an official tone: "Young man looks good, tall and handsome. Well, by the way, Lao Zeng, our director has a distant nephew who is also your little brother."
It's about the same age. It just solved several major cases this year and is highly recognized by local leaders.
"No, our director led me to sit here for a while yesterday. Oh, by the way, Lao Zeng, I have a meeting to attend later, how about you guys sit in the office for a while first?"
Zeng Hong quickly stood up and said in a low voice: "Director Xia, you are busy with your business, we also have things to do. But you have to come here early in the evening."
"Oops, Old Zeng, I forgot to tell you. Today's meeting is very important and will probably take a long time. Let me eat first, so don't wait for me." Director Xia declined, and then took the briefcase on the table.
, pretending to be in a hurry to drive people away.
Zeng Hong's expression changed slightly, he could only say a few polite words and walked out with Chen Shu.
In the corridor, Chen Shu asked in a low voice: "Teacher Zeng, is there no chance?"
Zeng Hong's originally straight waist suddenly collapsed, and he said in disappointment: "If you don't come to the banquet tonight, it's probably out of the question."
Chen Shu said angrily: "This person is really weird. If you really can't do it, just tell us, and he made us go to the provincial capital in vain. The official power is quite big, and he put on such a big show, but the result is still empty, tsk tsk, such shame
It’s really amazing.”
Zeng Hong looked back and didn't expect that Director Xia was still standing at the door of the office looking over. He forced a smile and raised his hand to wave, then turned around and continued walking.
"Brothers and two had a pretty good chat last week. I guess it was their director who jumped in. Hey, thank you for driving all morning."
Chen Shu actually didn't care about this second-class merit from the bottom of his heart. He came to the provincial capital today just to comply with Zeng Hong's temper. After all, the reason why people were so busy running up and down was not to receive merit for Chen Shu.
Seeing Zeng Hong's frowning face, helpless and having to force a smile to respond to others, he took a deep breath, suppressed the surging emotions, and smiled as if nothing had happened:
"Teacher Zeng, what does this mean? Didn't we taste the provincial capital's specialties at noon? It's pretty good!"
Zeng Hong shrugged, knowing in his heart that this was his apprentice comforting him.
"Chen...Shu? Chen Shu!"
A shout full of surprise suddenly came from the side. Chen Shu, who had been paying attention to Zeng Hong, realized that a policewoman was standing next to him, pulling on his sleeve, as if she was afraid that he would run away.
The policewoman was quite young. When she saw Chen Shu turn around, her round face burst into a smile, her eyebrows were curved, and her peach-blossom eyes became lively, and she said directly in Dongzhou local dialect:
"Chen Shu, why don't you recognize me? You didn't even say hello when we bumped into each other? I drank so much with you that day for nothing."
The female police officer whom he met at the police station in the provincial capital actually chatted enthusiastically with her in authentic local dialect. Chen Shu, who had just experienced the ups and downs of the human world, felt very fond of her.
Chen Shu stopped, recalled for a while, and greeted sheepishly: "Hello. Forensic Doctor Zhu, I didn't expect to meet you here. Oh, by the way, this is our instructor."
Forensic doctor Zhu Lizhu was the chief forensic examiner in the Yangyi Street Reservoir murder case solved by Chen Shu six months ago. At that time, she was the most intuitive third person to witness the entire process of Chen Shu's investigation of the entire case.
After the case was over, she also recommended Chen Shu to her father, a high-ranking official. However, her father was busy with work or in a high position at the time, and did not pay much attention to this low-level policeman.
Zhu Li, a second-generation official, didn't seem to know what politeness was. She said "oh" to Zeng Hong as a greeting. Before he could react, she pulled Chen Shu's sleeve and asked with a smile:
"Chen Shu, why are you in the hall this time? Why didn't you inform me?"
You are the forensic doctor of the Criminal University. Why did I come to the provincial department to inform you... Chen Shurao shook his head and said with a sincere wry smile: "I originally thought I was here to receive the award, but I didn't expect that I was judging someone else. Hehe.
.”
Chen Shu has no habit of lying to his own people. Moreover, Chen Shu, who was unfamiliar with this place and was suppressed by the so-called provincial leaders, suddenly met Zhu Li, an enthusiastic colleague from Dongzhou, and couldn't help but
Pissed off.
"Ahem." Zeng Hong couldn't help but cough a few times to remind him.
"Really or not? Come to the hall to judge awards for others? Just you?"
Zhu Li said "poof" and thought Chen Shu's words were very interesting, so she giggled like a little hen.
Her smile is pure and fresh, like a beautiful scenery.
Chen Shu laughed and sighed in his heart.
After rambling a few words, Chen Shu and Zeng Hong went to the elevator together.
Julie waved goodbye with a smile, turned around and her face had returned to the indifference of a forensic doctor who was used to seeing life and death.
Wearing women's shoes with thick heels that were not allowed in the hall, she walked along the corridor and walked into Deputy Director Xia's office.
Deputy Director Xia, who had previously stood at the door of the office to watch Zeng Hong and others leave and witnessed the whole process, now followed Zhu Li into his own office with some submissiveness.
As soon as the door was closed, there was a loud "pop" sound inside.