Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau. 2 PM.

A thunderous roar echoed from the director's office on the third floor.

Everyone in the corridor was so frightened that they hunched their shoulders as they walked, afraid of being hit by the aftershocks.

Director Li is usually a very kind person, but today he slammed his fist on the table and became extremely angry.

Lin Wan stood in front of the desk, head down, without saying a word.

"What do you take the city bureau's rules and regulations for?!" Old Li pointed at Lin Wan's nose.

"Does he really think he can do whatever he wants just because he's the top student at the police academy?"

"If it weren't for Xiao Song and Captain Gu today, you'd be lying in the morgue right now!"

Old Li was so angry that he was panting heavily, and he slammed a disciplinary notice on the table.

"Suspend from duty for two weeks! Hand over your police uniform and identification. Go back and write a proper self-criticism!"

Lin Wan signed the document with red eyes and trembling hands.

As she walked out of the director's office, she felt like everyone in the hallway was laughing at her.

She hurried back to the task force's office, pulled a cardboard box from under her desk, and began packing her personal belongings.

The office was quiet. Neither Zhao Ming nor Xiao Wang dared to provoke her at this moment.

At this moment, in the tea room.

Song Qianxia was holding a bowl of pickled cabbage and beef noodles.

The noodles were generously topped with two sausages and three braised eggs.

She was blowing on the hot food as she slurped it down with gusto.

Just as she finished eating a braised egg, the door to the break room opened. Lin Wan walked in.

Song Qianxia glanced up, ignored her, and continued eating her noodles.

Lin Wan stood at the door, her hands tightly gripping the hem of her clothes.

Looking at Song Qianxia's carefree attitude, she felt a mix of emotions.

After what happened today, Lin Wan's pride was completely shattered.

She recalled being on the sixth-floor balcony.

When half of her body was dangling in the air, and she thought she was going to die.

It was Song Qianxia who broke through the window and used professional tactical maneuvers to launch a stun grenade. Then, with one hand, she pulled her back from the brink of death.

That decisiveness, that ruthlessness—that's something you can't learn in a police academy.

Lin Wan finally realized why Captain Gu valued this "useless" intern so much.

It's because she truly has the ability. And I, on the other hand, am the clown who's always been smugly relying on my academic qualifications.

Lin Wan took two steps forward and stopped in front of Song Qianxia's table.

"Um..." Lin Wan began, her voice barely audible.

Song Qianxia slurped up a mouthful of noodles without even looking up.

"Spit it out. Don't keep me from eating my noodles," Song Qianxia mumbled.

Lin Wan was taken aback, and her anger was about to flare up, but she managed to suppress it.

"Thank you for today."

Lin Wan uttered those words hesitantly, her face turning red to the roots of her neck.

Song Qianxia paused.

She put down her fork and wiped her mouth with a tissue.

Then, in an exaggerated manner, he puts his hand to his ear, making a listening gesture.

"What did you just say? The smell of my instant noodles is too strong and it's blocking my hearing." Song Qianxia looked innocent.

Lin Wan knew this woman was doing it on purpose.

But she was in the wrong today, so she could only grit her teeth and raise her voice.

"I said thank you! Okay, okay!" Lin Wan shouted.

Song Qianxia picked at her ear.

"No need to thank me." Song Qianxia picked up her fork again and continued scooping noodles.

She looked at Lin Wan coldly.

"You may be an annoying person, but your crimes don't warrant death."

Song Qianxia spoke in a light and airy tone.

"But I'm warning you. Before you try to be a hero next time, think twice about what you're capable of."

"Don't keep causing trouble for everyone. I don't want to give you money at your funeral; I'm broke."

These words were harsh; they were like rubbing salt into Lin Wan's wounds.

Lin Wan was so angry that her chest heaved violently as she pointed at Song Qianxia's nose.

"Song Qianxia! Don't go too far!"

After Lin Wan shouted those words, her eyes were completely red.

But unexpectedly, she didn't retort like before, nor did she slam the door and leave.

Lin Wan looked at Song Qianxia's smug face and suddenly felt deflated.

Because she knew that Song Qianxia was telling the truth.

If he hadn't acted on his own initiative, the task force might have already followed the clues and found Night Owl's safe house.

She messed everything up.

"I understand." Lin Wan lowered her head, her voice becoming hoarse.

"I will reflect on my actions for the next two weeks. I won't hold you back anymore."

After saying that, Lin Wan turned and walked out of the tea room.

Song Qianxia watched her retreating figure and raised an eyebrow.

Wow. This little girl didn't even talk back.

It seems they've really been woken up by the scolding this time.

In my past life, I hated two kinds of people the most: fools and people who were both foolish and arrogant.

Lin Wan used to fall into the second category. Now it seems there's still hope, albeit barely.

Song Qianxia picked up the noodle bucket and drank the last drop of soup clean.

She walked out of the tea room, only to find Lin Wan had already left with her suitcase.

Zhao Ming and Xiao Wang immediately came over.

"Xiao Song! You were absolutely amazing today!" Xiao Wang exclaimed, his face full of admiration.

"I heard about it from Lao Zhou. Your amazing skill of climbing six floors with your bare hands is even more incredible than Spider-Man's!"

Zhao Ming nodded in agreement.

"Yes, Xiao Song. From now on, you'll be our team's ace field agent!"

Song Qianxia rolled her eyes at the sound of it.

"What ace field agent? I was forced into it."

Song Qianxia slumped into a chair and skillfully covered herself with her coat.

"I just want to be a quiet, unambitious person. If any of you make me go out on fieldwork again, I'll kill myself."

As they were talking, Gu Tingchen pushed open the office door and came out.

He held a freshly printed interrogation record in his hand.

"Everyone's here. Let's start the meeting."

Gu Tingchen walked to the whiteboard and pasted several photos on it.

"The suspect we arrested today confessed to something."

Gu Tingchen pointed to a blurry screenshot from a surveillance camera.

"They kidnapped Lin Wan today to stage a fall from a building. But that was just a cover."

Gu Tingchen looked around at everyone. His gaze finally settled on Song Qianxia.

"Their real purpose is to take advantage of the fact that the city police force is tied up in the North District."

"At Jiangcheng Port, we took over a batch of highly dangerous and prohibited goods that had been smuggled in from overseas."

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