He had just married a policewoman when he was diagnosed with criminal genius.

Ding Jianguo looked at Lu Chen and Jiang Xue with a beaming smile, his grin almost overflowing: "Lu Chen, you and Jiang Xue have done a great job today! I'll personally go to the bureau to recommend you for commendation; no one else can steal this credit!"

His voice wasn't quiet, drawing the attention of several police officers around him, who looked at Jiang Xue with a hint of envy.

A new police officer like Jiang Xue, who solved such a major case so soon after arriving at the station, is extremely rare in the department.

It is foreseeable that her future is limitless.

Jiang Xue withdrew her gaze from Lu Chen and waved her hands and shook her head repeatedly: "Chief, my husband discovered this casino, it has nothing to do with me. I just reported it to you on his behalf."

Seeing her eagerness to distance herself from him, Ding Jianguo couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You still keep such a clear distinction between your husband and you?"

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Besides, if it weren't for your timely reminder, we wouldn't have been able to eliminate those hidden sentries so easily. Otherwise, some gamblers might have fled beforehand. Isn't that all thanks to you?"

Jiang Xue explained somewhat awkwardly, "Director, time was too tight just now, I didn't have time to say it. My husband told me the locations of those sentries."

"What?" Ding Jianguo was stunned. The smile on his face froze for a moment, and his eyes were full of disbelief.

He was willing to believe that Jiang Xue, who had studied in the police academy system, discovered these hidden sentries.

But it was Jiang Xue's husband, who had no experience as a police officer, who discovered this?

This is unbelievable.

He turned to look at Lu Chen, who stood calmly to the side: "Did you really find out?"

Lu Chen nodded, his tone calm: "I have some knowledge of cheating techniques. I also understand the psychology of gamblers. So I guessed that they must have lookouts."

This explanation was reasonable, and Ding Jianguo reluctantly accepted it.

He pondered for a moment, then added to Jiang Xue, "Even so, you have made a contribution. You performed exceptionally well in today's anti-gambling publicity campaign, and you acted decisively and calmly in the crackdown on gambling. These two things combined are enough to warrant commendation."

After saying this, Ding Jianguo sighed inwardly.

In fact, if Jiang Xue hadn't said that Lu Chen had discovered it, he would never have known.

In this system where everyone wants to claim credit for themselves, Jiang Xue chose to "give it over".

She knew very well that with this discovery right in her hands, her future promotions, evaluations, and even transfers would be much smoother.

Lu Chen wasn't part of the system, so this achievement would at most earn him a commendation and a bonus, which would then vanish after he used it up.

Moreover, as a whistleblower, he is also entitled to commendation and a bonus from the municipal bureau.

But Jiang Xue still didn't hide anything.

This kind of mindset is truly rare and precious.

Ding Jianguo snapped out of his thoughts and asked another question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time: "But how did you find this casino? This place is so well hidden—there are surveillance cameras at the entrance, several layers of hidden sentries, and lookouts in the alley."

"If you hadn't found out the location beforehand, we might not have been able to find this place even if we turned this whole area upside down."

Lu Chen answered truthfully: "I noticed someone during the anti-gambling event at Qingfeng today."

"Alone?" Ding Jianguo pressed.

"Yes, a gambler." Lu Chen nodded.

After a while.

"You're saying you judged someone to be a gambler just by their demeanor and actions?" Ding Jianguo's eyes widened, and his voice rose eight octaves.

He had worked as a police officer for most of his life and had seen many veteran criminal investigators solve cases based on their experience.

But someone like Lu Chen, who can accurately determine whether someone is a gambler just from their appearance, speech, behavior, and subtle habits, and even predict that they will gamble soon, is not just solving a case; he is practically fortune teller.

Even more outrageous, Lu Chen actually followed that gambler and traced the clues to a huge gambling den.

Ding Jianguo remained silent for a long while.

He asked himself, if he were in Lu Chen's position, facing a complete stranger, could he make the same judgment?

The answer is uncertain.

Even... it's highly unlikely.

Moreover, their police officers always strive to catch both the perpetrator and the stolen goods in the act.

Even if they determine that the other party is a gambler, if the other party is not gambling now and they have no evidence to prove that he has gambled, they cannot presume guilt, let alone follow the other party.

"Your move..." Ding Jianguo chuckled wryly, "is just too amazing."

"By the way, Director Ding, there are ten million in gambling funds in this card, which can be used as evidence." Lu Chen casually pulled a bank card out of his pocket, as if he were pulling out a crumpled piece of toilet paper rather than a bank card with a huge sum of money.

Ding Jianguo was stunned.

Ten million?

Where did the ten million come from?

He opened his mouth, but after a long pause, he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "How...how much?"

Jiang Xue, who was standing to the side, was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.

She never expected that Lu Chen would have ten million from the casino.

"More than ten million." Lu Chen repeated, his tone as calm as if he were commenting on the weather. "This is gambling money from the casino; I just picked it up."

"Just doing it casually?" Ding Jianguo felt his blood pressure rising. "You just doing it casually..."

Ding Jianguo wanted to say that he wanted to do the same thing to anyone who could get away with something.

Lu Chen explained, "I had no choice."

Ding Jianguo realized he had lost his temper far too many times today, so he regained his composure and raised an eyebrow: "Tell me in detail?"

"After I came in, I found out that the casino owner wasn't there," Lu Chen said calmly. "The casino owner remotely controls the casino and only comes in person to oversee things when there are big games."

He looked at Ding Jianguo, his tone tinged with caution: "So in order to catch this big fish, I've decided to sit down and play with them."

"In the end, I won ten million." Lu Chen shrugged.

"Fortunately, the casino owner saw that I was winning too much and was still lured over by me."

He then changed the subject: "Director Ding, what I did doesn't count as...participating in gambling, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Jianguo immediately slammed his fist on the board, but not in anger. Instead, he patted his chest and assured them, "It doesn't count! Of course it doesn't count! If anyone says this counts as gambling, I'll fight them!"

"If you hadn't won so much money from the casino, how could you have lured the casino owner out? Your entrapment tactic is even more sophisticated than ours as police officers."

However, after saying this, Ding Jianguo muttered to himself: He "played around" and won ten million from the casino? How the hell did he play like that?

If making money in casinos were that easy, there would be no need for them to operate casinos. It just goes to show how incredibly skilled Lu Chen is at cheating.

Suppressing his shock, Ding Jianguo cleared his throat: "Not only are you innocent, you've also made a great contribution! The bonus is at least 100,000 yuan. I'll vouch for it with my old face. If you're short even a penny, come find me."

At this point, he felt a pang of regret: Why wasn't Lu Chen a policeman? If he were, with these merits, he could at least have earned a second-class merit, and a first-class merit would have been very likely.

"That's fine then," Lu Chen said calmly, then added as if he remembered something, "By the way, I exchanged two hundred yuan worth of chips at the beginning. That was my own money, my family's weekly food allowance—you have to pay me back that money."

"What?!" Ding Jianguo was stunned again, his eyes widening even more than before.

"You're saying... you won ten million with two hundred dollars?!"