Police officer Chen Shu.

Chapter 165 Police and Security Guards Arrive Again

Criminal Investigation Division, Forensic Room

Julie, a beautiful forensic pathologist with a stable doctor-patient relationship, stands by the sink, with a grotesque-looking "silent mentor" lying behind her, her abdomen mostly opened up.

She hummed a song as she took off her white disposable medical gloves, revealing her beautiful, slender fingers.

After washing my hands, I returned to the small office next door.

Although the specially partitioned office was square, it was extremely small, only six or seven square meters. Fortunately, it had a south-facing window, which is why, after taking over the forensic work at the Criminal Investigation Department, Julie specially partitioned off a "Shangri-La" next to her autopsy room.

In her own words, it was "exceptionally quiet, undisturbed."

"Hey, Dad, what are you doing?" Julie propped her feet up on the desk and leaned back in the long-backed chair, which swayed back and forth.

"Rest in your office. What's the matter?" A stern voice came through the receiver.

"What's wrong? Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong?"

Julie pouted her pink lips, acting like a little girl. If there were any familiar colleagues nearby, they would find it hard to believe that she was acting like this, so different from her usual cold and strict demeanor!

"Hmm, you should call me more often when you have time." Just like an ordinary father, the originally stern voice on the other end of the phone easily surrendered after hearing his daughter's coquettishness.

Julie beamed with joy, looking as smug as a victorious young general.

She got to the point: "Dad, I saw that idiot Uncle Ren told you about when he came to our house last time."

"Idiot? Xiaoli, don't talk badly about people behind their backs." The person on the other end of the phone hadn't even reacted yet.

"It was Uncle Ren who said it! Last time you came back from your annual leave, he and Uncle Zhang brought a box of seafood to our house. He told us that himself when we were all having dinner together that night. Don't you remember?"

"Hmm, isn't that the unlucky guy who drove around in his car all by himself trying to catch someone, only to end up in the hospital with a car accident?"

"Yes. This guy is quite interesting. Half a month ago, there was a competition for deputy section chiefs in the bureau. Uncle Zhang specifically asked him to be the squad leader in our criminal investigation team, but he flatly refused and went to the police station to become a grid police chief. This left Uncle Zhang standing there, getting humiliated. It really cracked me up."

"Why didn't he go to the criminal investigation department, but instead went to the community? Does he not really enjoy handling cases?"

Seeing that her usually composed father had become interested, Julie said with a hint of smugness, "How could that be? I looked it up later, and he was the bureau's 'crime-solving expert' last year. And in the past few years, his number of arrests was also the highest in the entire bureau."

"Those are just petty theft cases, nothing serious." The person on the other end of the line was noticeably calmer.

Julie became anxious: "He solved yesterday's murder case! He solved it all by himself! I was there watching the whole thing."

"What! Where's Xing Da? Were they all just watching?"

Julie chuckled: "They went on a team-building trip to X province."

The fool who was being discussed was now standing next to the desk of an auxiliary police officer in the police security section of the branch office, holding a brown leather bag full of receipts and invoices, and recounting word by word the difficulties his unit faced in handling cases.

The auxiliary police officer was a nice guy; he was busy bringing water and explaining, but he simply didn't have the money, so ultimately he couldn't make the decision.

On the surface, Chen Shu was talking to the auxiliary police officer, but in reality, he was speaking so loudly that he was practically whispering in the ear of Section Chief Zhou at the back of the office.

However, Section Chief Zhou, known as "Zhou the Mediterranean," remained calm and composed, sitting motionless in the small partitioned inner room of his office, staring intently at the computer screen.

Seeing that there was no point in lingering like this, Chen Shu had no choice but to bite the bullet and go into the inner room.

"Section Chief Zhou, when can we get the reimbursement process completed? Last time you came, you asked for reports and invoices, and I've provided those this time. Could you please approve it as soon as possible?"

Section Chief Zhou, his eyes fixed on the computer screen, said, "Xiao Chen, I've looked at your approval form, and there are basically no major problems. It's just that the date on the supplementary invoice is wrong. You need to make sure the person who issued the invoice matches the invoice date with the actual expense date."

Chen Shu had come to the branch office several times regarding the reimbursement issue. Each time he came, the other party would find fault with him. However, they never raised all the problems at once. They would solve one problem and then raise a new one.

This back-and-forth was exhausting, and as a newly appointed officer, he really didn't understand all these complicated matters. In his spare time, Chen Shu thought that Chief Ma, who was in charge of security at Zhongshan Police Station, wasn't the kind of person who only cared about personal job transfers and neglected the work unit's affairs, as everyone said.

At least when Ma was in charge, although reimbursements were also delayed, they weren't as passive as they have been since I took over.

Next time, I should take the initiative to contact Director Ma and ask for the secret. I guess there must be some tricks involved. Chen Shu smiled and said, "Section Chief Zhou, all this money was advanced by the police officers in the station. You see, the New Year is almost here, and everyone is waiting to use the money."

Section Chief Zhou rarely looked up from the computer screen to look at Chen Shu, but his impatience was obvious: "Other units are like this. Everyone has their difficulties. Please be understanding."

Chen Shu recalled chatting with Xu Chaofan from Dongming Police Station a few days ago, during which Xu mentioned gossip about the police security department: ever since Zhao Feifei from the public security brigade caused a scene in their department, the reimbursement process had been extremely fast for the past few days. Xu Chaofan also took the opportunity to come over and settle all the old scores from Dongming Police Station over the past few years.

Chen Shu, who had been busy running around processing procedures and had put many cases on hold at the station, was getting anxious and started speaking recklessly: "Section Chief Zhou, I heard that several other police stations have cleared their reimbursements for the past few years. You see, the amount here isn't that big, could you please help me collect it?"

Upon hearing this, Section Chief Zhou's eyebrows furrowed, and he immediately stood up, spitting out words: "Oh! Secretary Chen, explain yourself clearly. Are you implying that I deliberately blocked you?"

Chen Shu, who was always successful and full of vigor when fighting crime, was suddenly at a loss when the other party confronted him with a retort. He couldn't explain himself or defend himself, and he stood there in an extremely awkward situation.

Section Chief Zhou's eyes darted around, and just as he was about to say something conciliatory to get rid of the young man in front of him, a thick kraft paper was slammed onto the table in front of him.

He turned his head and was startled to find that the formidable woman had somehow appeared beside his desk.

The other party ignored Section Chief Zhou, and instead looked curiously at the young policeman standing to the side, who resembled a schoolboy being scolded for making a mistake, and asked:

"You're Chen Shu? You're the one who stole the head in that murder case at the Criminal Investigation Department a few days ago?"

(End of this chapter)