We asked you to solve cases, and here you are sharing your criminal experiences?

As soon as Zhou Hui finished speaking, the meeting room erupted in discussion.

Lin Wan was so anxious that she stood up abruptly.

"Director Zhou, this isn't fair!"

"Chika helped us catch the main culprit last night, and you're already going to discard her after she's served her purpose?"

"If the project team encounters technical difficulties again in the future, who will solve them?"

Zhou Hui turned her head, her sharp gaze sweeping over Lin Wan.

"Officer Lin, please mind your discipline!"

"I'm not targeting any particular person; I'm just following the provincial department's regulations."

"The Night Owl case involves too many aspects, and now even Interpol has intervened. We cannot leave a ticking time bomb at this critical juncture."

Zhou Hui pulled out a pre-printed form from the folder.

"Letter of Commitment to Suspension of Duties and Cooperation with Investigation"

It was slapped directly in front of Song Qianxia.

"Song Qianxia, ​​given your background and identity, there is strong suspicion surrounding you."

"From this moment forward, the Provincial Department is officially suspending your municipal bureau's special technical advisor authority for the Criminal Investigation Division."

"You will be entering a state of cooperating with the investigation."

Zhou Hui's voice lacked any human warmth.

"During this period, you are not allowed to leave Jiangcheng City, nor can you apply to retrieve your passport. Your communication devices will be monitored, and you must report your whereabouts to the Municipal Bureau's Supervision Office daily."

"Until your background check is completely finished."

Old Zheng's hands were trembling as he held the thermos.

What's the difference between this and house arrest?

For a young person who has made a contribution, this kind of indiscriminate guarding is simply the greatest insult.

Zhou Zheng scratched his hair, looking somewhat irritated.

Although he usually disliked this girl, she really gave it her all at the theater last night.

Now that things have turned out this way, he's not feeling good about it.

Song Qianxia thought to herself, "If it were me in my past life..."

Faced with this situation of being discarded after serving her purpose, she would not utter a single unnecessary word.

He would immediately plan out the perfect retreat route in his mind.

Destroy the server and erase all monitoring records.

While I'm at it, I'll plant a virus on the inspector's computer as a parting gift.

Then he changed his identity and went free.

For her, escaping was as easy as eating and drinking.

but now……

Song Qianxia sat in the chair, looking at the promise letter in black and white on the paper in front of her.

She looked up again at Gu Tingchen, who was standing up to the provincial department for her sake, then at Lin Wan, whose eyes were red with anxiety, and at Lao Zheng, who was panting heavily with anger.

Song Qianxia suddenly felt that running away was actually quite pointless.

She was always on the run in her past life.

The results of it?

He died from a random peppercorn, and no one even came to collect his body.

Now, some people are using the rules as a shield for her.

Some people dared to slam their fists on the table with provincial leaders for her sake.

that's enough.

Song Qianxia grinned, a completely innocent smile spreading across her face.

He grabbed a pen directly from the table.

Without hesitation, he signed his name at the bottom of the commitment letter.

This decisive action left Zhou Hui stunned.

When faced with such scrutiny, most people either make a huge fuss and cry foul, or feel guilty and try every means to evade responsibility.

How come she signed the contract faster than she received her bonus?

"Boss, I've signed it."

Song Qianxia pushed the paper back and spoke with a grin.

"However, I have a small condition."

"You have no right to make demands while cooperating with the investigation," Zhou Hui said coldly.

Song Qianxia ignored him and continued speaking on her own.

"I have no objection to you removing my consultant title."

"I don't mind being restricted from leaving the city, since I don't have the money to buy a plane ticket anyway."

"But I need to continue following up on the Night Owl case."

Song Qianxia spread her hands confidently.

"If I'm made to sit at my desk all day drinking tea and reading the newspaper, will my perfect attendance bonus still count?"

"I request to continue serving as an adjunct technical support staff member, participating in data recovery and online tracking for the case."

The people in the conference room were stunned.

What time is it? Is she still thinking about that perfect attendance bonus?

A faint smile flashed in Gu Tingchen's eyes.

Zhou Hui looked at the shameless intern.

For a moment, I didn't know how to respond.

"Director Zhou," Gu Tingchen said at the opportune moment.

"The provincial department has stipulated that core permissions should be suspended, but it has not said that cooperation with routine technical work is not allowed."

"The task force is currently severely understaffed. Without Song Qianxia, ​​the progress of online tracking will be at least a week slower. Since Xiao Song is willing to continue working under surveillance, this is the optimal solution."

Gu Tingchen's words plugged all the loopholes.

Zhou Hui pondered for a moment.

"Yes, you are permitted to continue accessing non-top-secret case data."

"But within the bureau, you'll be under constant surveillance, and wherever you go, you must be accompanied by a member of the task force!"

"no problem!"

Song Qianxia agreed faster than anyone else.

"I promise Lin Wan will time me every time I go to the restroom!"

Looking at the intern in front of her who showed no remorse whatsoever, Zhou Hui felt as if she had punched a piece of cotton.

She put the signed commitment letter into her briefcase and gave everyone a cold look.

"Captain Gu, the rules have been set, and I expect your task force to strictly enforce them. If she is out of sight for even a minute, you will bear full responsibility!"

After saying that, Zhou Hui led the people from the provincial department and left the municipal bureau in a swift and decisive manner.

As soon as the door was closed, Lin Wan poked Song Qianxia's forehead in exasperation:

"You're still laughing? You're a prime suspect now, and you still have the nerve to laugh!"

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..." Song Qianxia rubbed her forehead and muttered softly.

"What can I do if I don't sign? Am I supposed to jump out the window and run away? This is the third floor; if I fall, will it be considered a work-related injury?"

Old Zheng sighed. He had been a policeman for half his life and couldn't bear to see his own people bleed and shed tears.

Even Zhou Zheng, who was standing to the side, had a buzz cut.

"Hey Consultant Song, aren't you usually quite eloquent when you're arguing with me? Why do you become so timid when you're around people from the provincial department?"

Before Song Qianxia could speak, Gu Tingchen, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly spoke up. "She quickly did the math in her head and realized that the cost of running away was much higher than staying to get the perfect attendance bonus. Right, Consultant Song?"

"Gu, you truly understand me!" Song Qianxia gave him a big thumbs up.

"Having our living Yama (the King of Hell) personally act as my bodyguard, I actually made a profit!"

Gu Tingchen glanced at her coldly: "If you say another word, you can forget about getting any free meals this month."

"No, no, no! Captain Gu, I was wrong!" Song Qianxia immediately put on a heartbroken look.

The originally dull and oppressive atmosphere in the conference room was largely dissipated after she stirred things up.

Everyone went about their own business.

Song Qianxia walked at the very back.

The draft in the corridor made her feel much more awake.

She used to always try to escape from a world full of rules.

But this time, she didn't want to run away.

Night Owl used every means at his disposal to try and get Thousand Faces to reveal his identity.

She insisted on staying under the lights, entrusting her back to these law-abiding police officers.

Then I'll personally dig out those scumbags, Night Owl!

At the same time.

Jiangcheng University, Sociology Department office building.

Cheng Yan was wearing a sharp gray suit and had just returned from class in the lecture hall.

He was holding a freshly brewed cup of hand-drip coffee.

Push open the office door.

He walked to the desk and opened a seemingly ordinary laptop.

After entering a complex password of thirty characters.

The screen switched to a hidden, encrypted webpage.

On the webpage, a piece of intelligence that had just been transmitted from an inside source was flashing.

[Internal notice from Jiangcheng Municipal Public Security Bureau: Specially appointed consultant Song Qianxia has had her core authority suspended by the Provincial Department and is under full isolation and investigation.]

Cheng Yan looked at the line of text on the screen.

A satisfied smile slowly appeared on his gentle and refined face.

He picked up his coffee cup and took a small sip.

"Well done."

His plan has finally taken its first perfect step.

"Look at this trapped beast, when will it finally go berserk?"

Cheng Yan looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and the smile on his lips grew deeper and deeper.