Police officer Chen Shu.

The border crossing between China and Myanmar.

At the end of the road to the south on the Myanmar side, a black car with Chinese license plates sped towards the border crossing regardless of the rugged road conditions, without slowing down at all, and the car was shaking violently.

With a screech, the car screeched to a halt in front of the port building. Chen Chuan, without bothering to turn off the engine, kicked open the car door and jumped out of the driver's seat. Then he pulled open the back door and dragged Zhu Yiba, who was lying inside, out.

At this moment, the border police nearby gathered around. Seeing this, some people helped Chen Chuan lift Zhu Yiba up, some took out walkie-talkies to urgently call the command center, and some turned around and ran to the hall to find the folding wheelchair that was always missing in critical moments.

The scene was in complete chaos.

Wang Yan was standing at the entrance of the building checking materials with her colleagues from the Yunnan Provincial Department when she looked up and saw this scene. She guessed that Chen Shu and the others must have returned.

She rushed over and asked, "What happened?"

Pushing through the crowd, Wang Yan saw Zhu Yiba injured. She subconsciously glanced around Chen Chuan's surroundings but didn't see anyone. She then turned to look at the car parked outside the gate, but there was no one in it either.

"Where's Chen Shu?" Wang Yan grabbed Chen Chuan's sleeve and pressed for an answer.

"He's still with Ang Soling." Chen Chuan didn't even look at Wang Yan. He and another policeman, one on each side, carried Zhu Yiba into the building. "Carry him in first. He's injured and he's dying."

At this moment, Wang Yan finally came to her senses and took a closer look at Zhu Yiba. Seeing that he was pale and hadn't even opened his eyes despite all the commotion, she knew that he was indeed seriously injured.

Wang Yan immediately stopped Chen Chuan, shouting, "Listen to me! What can we do at the border crossing? Get him to the hospital right now!"

This woke Chen Chuan up, and the group of border police officers nearby also reacted. One of the older officers immediately directed the others to take Zhu Yiba to the door.

Chen Chuan was about to get into the car when Ma Rongcheng, who had arrived, stopped him.

Ma Rongcheng pulled Chen Chuan aside and said, "It's only a 20-minute drive to the National Border Hospital from here. You know the route better than you do, so it doesn't really matter whether you go or not. Chen Chuan, I just heard you say that Chen Shu is still with Ang Suoling. What's the situation now? Tell me."

Just then, Xiao Wang from the provincial department arrived. He grabbed Chen Chuan and pulled him upstairs, shouting back to Wang Yan and Ma Rongcheng as they walked, "To the conference room, find Director Huang!"

When faced with a problem, Xiao Wang has grasped the essence of asking the highest-ranking leader who can make the final decision. This is the fastest and most effective method; there are no other options.

The group rushed to the conference room, which was already full of people.

Chen Chuan was led to the head seat, and Huang Ting, who was sitting next to him, handed him a bottle of Nongfu Spring water. Chen Chuan tilted his head back and drank half of the bottle, with a lot of water dripping from the corner of his mouth onto the ground.

Huang Ting said, "Drink slowly, and we can talk after you've finished."

Dozens of bloodshot eyes were staring at him in the conference room. The dozen or so ashtrays on the table were piled high with cigarette butts, and there were countless Red Bulls on the table and the floor.

Ever since Xiao Wang from the provincial department brought the bodies of the four fallen police officers back to the port, everyone has been working tirelessly. Although they don't know each other very well, they are all wearing the same uniforms.

Chen Shu put down the water bottle and slowly said, recalling the events, "We went from the mountain to the Angsolin park and encountered the injured Zhu Yiba. Chen Shu is now alone in the Angsolin park..."

Just then, someone suddenly interrupted, asking in a slightly immature tone, "Why didn't Officer Chen come back with you? What's he still doing there?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another deep voice rang out: "It makes sense that Chen Shu was detained there. The correct question should be why you were allowed to come back."

The voice came from the other end of the long table; it belonged to an elderly comrade wearing two epaulets and two shoulder insignia.

He took off his glasses and placed them on the brown paper file bag on the table, squinted at Chen Chuan, and spoke in a calm and unhurried tone, just like when he used to analyze newly submitted case reports at work.

According to the information gathered by the task force, Chen Shu and others, as third parties, secretly infiltrated Ang Soling's territory in the middle of the night. Whether they were searching for clues about the Four Policemen case or had other purposes, such an action was extremely sensitive in a region still in the midst of armed conflict.

As the leader of a local armed group, Aung Soe Ling had ample reason to take strong measures against Chen Shu and others.

"Knowing there are tigers in the mountains, yet still venturing into the tiger's den..." A sharp-eyed detective muttered to himself, his voice neither loud nor soft, just clear enough to reach the ears of everyone in the conference room.

"I think Officer Chen's actions might be a bit too radical. Following the organization step by step is the way to get things done," another person said, adjusting his glasses.

In fact, most people present, or even everyone, could not understand the behavior of Chen Shu and others.

Previously, Chen Shu and others set off from Mandalay as part of a joint law enforcement team from both countries. They drove the Consulate General's "Ceasefire Supervision" vehicle into the war zone, cracking down on telecom fraud companies and bringing back more than 20 criminal suspects. They also successfully rescued a kidnapped person.

This was already a very impressive achievement. As soon as they delivered the people to the port, they immediately went back overnight to dig deeper into the clues of the four police officers' case. Well, in a physical sense.

Please note that northern Myanmar is still a war zone, a place where fighting takes place, and a place where people are highly likely to die.

Everyone in the meeting room had worn police uniforms and had raised their right hands to swear an oath to the Party flag and the national flag.

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But if they were in Chen Shu's position, would they have made the same choice after weighing the options?

"Don't speak yet, let Xiao Chen speak."

Huang Ting solemnly scanned the surroundings, and the conference room immediately fell silent. All the officers looked at Chen Chuan, waiting for him to unveil the prelude to their nighttime raid on the telecom fraud park.

Chen Chuan leaned back in his chair and looked up at the ceiling for a while, as if trying to find memories of the daytime in the bright fluorescent light.

He began to speak.

From the moment they sneaked into the back mountain in the middle of the night and dug the ground with their bare hands to avoid damaging the body, to later blocking Ang Soling's search party so that Xiao Wang could leave with the evidence first.

Then he and Chen Shu planned to capture the leader first, pretending to be prisoners and directly entered Ang Suo Ling's headquarters. When they defected, they happened to run into Zhu Yiba, who was beaten half to death by the soldiers.

And finally, in order to get them out of there as soon as possible and to allow Zhu Yiba to receive treatment sooner, Chen Shu forced them to come back from the group of soldiers.

The price was that he was all alone.

For the first time, his identity as the commander truly came in handy, and he single-handedly saved the lives of Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba.

"He said that Xiao Wang is young and has a long life ahead of him, so there is no need to stay here and take risks... He said that Zhu Yiba's injury cannot be delayed any longer, and we have already lost enough colleagues because of telecom fraud... He said that someone must take Zorlosong back, otherwise the four police officers case will be an empty shell without a defendant... He said that Ma Guofeng cannot return to China, nor can he stay in northern Myanmar, so he can only follow him."

At this point, Chen Chuan paused, his gaze sweeping past the long table in the conference room and through the south-facing window in the wall, and said with a slight sob in his voice:

"He mentioned everyone's escape route, but he didn't mention his own..."

I like Policeman Chen Shu.