I am a super cop

The decadent man became more and more angry as he spoke in the car, and his feeling of unwillingness was extremely strong.

Gu Chen looked at his sad and angry expression and continued to ask him, "So, you're just going to swallow your anger?"

"What else can we do?" The man looked at Gu Chen and sighed helplessly:

"We have already left the card table. It is impossible to find evidence again."

"I've thought about it. If I have to blame someone, I should blame myself for not having self-control and not being able to control my emotions. That's why these people set up a trap and swindled me out of all my money."

With a heavy sigh, the man said helplessly: "I'll just be more careful next time. I'll just consider this year's work as wasted."

"That's easy for you to say. You worked for nothing for a year. Do you know how many days there are in a year? 365 days. That means you worked for others for 365 days."

"They can make a lot of money from you just by sitting at home and doing nothing all year round."

Ding Liang became more and more angry as he listened, and he seemed to feel that this man was really cowardly.

Especially after being cheated, you can only choose to swallow your anger.

The man's eyes were also wet, and he choked up and said, "What can I do? I'm gambling in a group, I can't call the police, right?"

"It's Chinese New Year, and these are friends I've known since childhood. How bad would it be if we went to cause trouble?"

"Besides, the key point is that I don't have any evidence in this situation. If I go and make a scene, people will say I can't afford to play. And in the end I will just get humiliated. Why bother?"

"Besides, I am also a person who cares about face. If I lose, I lose."

"You are wrong to think so." After hearing what the young man said, Gu Chen also said slowly:

"You keep silent about your anger, which will only encourage them to do this. Originally, they might just be hoping for the best."

"But if everyone is like you, then these people will make this deception a profession and specifically target people like you."

"Then the one who gets hurt won't just be you, but a whole group."

"This could lead to the breakup of many families. It is indeed immoral to make this kind of money during the Chinese New Year, but have you ever thought that they are committing a crime?"

"Yes, of course I have thought about it." After taking a deep breath, the young man slowly said:
"The elders in the village are aware of the situation, but those people are just street thugs. They roam around the towns all day long, and sometimes they hang out in KTVs in the city."

"Every year, they spend most of the ill-gotten gains they make during the Chinese New Year, and then they start to discuss how to set up a trap to trick us workers into joining."

With a long sigh, the man said, "I am the unlucky one. Some people are quite nice. They will first ask him to wash his feet, sing, massage, etc., and then set up a game for him to join the game."

"But what about me? I didn't ask for anything and just joined the game without knowing what was going on."

Shaking his head, the man smiled bitterly and said, "Sometimes I really feel stupid. It's my fault that people like me can't make a lot of money."

"Okay." Gu Chen felt that the man was blaming himself all the time, so he comforted him and said:
"If you don't deal with this situation, more and more people will fall into the scam in the next few years."

"I can understand why you didn't call the police, but have you ever thought about what will happen to these people in the future if you just let them go and let them do evil in the town?"

"If these people show off their 'achievements' and induce more people to join their ranks, how much harm will it cause to society? Have you ever thought about this?"

"Haha." After listening to Gu Chen's words, the man just laughed twice and said helplessly:
"Comrade police, you are police officers, so of course you consider things more comprehensively."

Pointing at himself, the man said, "But what about me? I'm just an ordinary worker. I'm nothing. What can I do?"

"I don't have so many noble qualities. To be honest, I'm just a loser and I won't achieve anything in my life."

"I can still have some dignity after leaving my hometown. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to celebrate the New Year. Fortunately, I can find an excuse and say that my workplace has to start work early."

With a heavy sigh, the young man shook his head helplessly: "I am so unlucky."

"Don't you want to get your salary back?" Gu Chen asked.

The man hesitated for a moment, turned his head to look at Gu Chen, and asked: "But...Is it okay?"

"If you can help us collect evidence of these people's crimes, then we can naturally recover the money that was defrauded from us."

"If you just give up on yourself, even gods can't help you." Ding Liang, who was sitting on the other side, also complained.

The man suddenly hesitated, as if he had not made up his mind, but he kept thinking in the car.

When the car slowly stopped at the side of the road in the train station square, the man suddenly looked up at Gu Chen and said:
"Comrade police, if I help you to defeat this scam gang, can I really get my money back?"

"Of course you can get your money back." said Gu Chen.

"Then what should I do?" the man asked again, as if he also wanted to get back the money he had worked hard for a year.

Gu Chen said calmly: "The first thing you need to do is to provide us with the specific information of this group of people, and then provide us with evidence, including where they usually commit crimes?"

Seeing that the man was confused, Ding Liang quickly explained: "I just want you to tell me where those people usually set up their traps?"

"Oh, and then what?" The man seemed to understand and asked again.

"Then we actively cooperated with our police, contacted the victims, including the elderly people you mentioned, and asked them to provide specific information about this gang."

"As long as we have evidence of their crimes, we can catch this gang in one fell swoop." Gu Chen also gave a suggestion.

"But..." The man hesitated for a moment, and asked curiously, "But, if I want to collect evidence, how should I collect it?"

"You don't have to worry about this. Just explain the situation clearly and we will have a solution." Gu Chen said.

The man seemed to understand a little bit, so he asked curiously: "Are you going to send an undercover agent?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Seeing this, Ding Liang quickly said:

"You just need to cooperate with us. Are you willing to do that?"

"Uh..." After thinking for a few seconds, the man nodded vigorously: "Okay, I do."

"Then are you still going to Hangzhou?" Ding Liang asked again.

"I'm not going for now. Anyway, work doesn't start so early in Hangzhou, and I'll have to stay there and starve. I might as well give it a try. If I win, I can get back the money that was defrauded of me. Why wouldn't I want to do that?"

"Okay, your words are enough. You can change your ticket now." Gu Chen also reminded the man when he saw that he had come to his senses.

The man sighed, then picked up his phone and prepared to change his train ticket.

But when he clicked on the page, he hesitated again.

Seeing this, Gu Chen was also curious and asked him: "What's wrong?" "Comrade police, if I don't go to Hangzhou, I can't go back to my hometown now. Otherwise, people will say to me, didn't you go to work? Why are you back again?"

With a sigh, before Gu Chen and the others could speak, the man continued to explain:
"At first, my family asked me to stay a few more days but I refused and insisted on leaving. It was for the sake of face and to give myself a way out. But if I go back now, I really have no face at all."

"Besides, my family will definitely know that I lost all my money gambling. This is absolutely not okay. I can't let my family know about this."

"But I have no money now. I don't even have money to stay in a hotel here."

"You don't have to worry about that." Seeing the man's doubts, Gu Chen also gave a solution:

"You stay here these days and help us with the case."

"As for accommodation, you can temporarily live in the police dormitory of our branch. For meals, you can go to our branch cafeteria for a few days."

"Uh..." After hearing what Gu Chen said, the man also asked weakly: "But...Is it okay?"

"Why not? If you can help us catch these criminal gangs, you can also get back one year's salary, and then you can make up for the meal money in the cafeteria." Gu Chen said.

"Oh." After hearing Gu Chen's words, the man seemed to understand.

I feel like this is not a losing deal no matter how you look at it, so why don't you agree?
So the man agreed decisively and changed the ticket using his mobile phone.

After completing the operation, the man asked Gu Chen: "Where are we going now? To the police station?"

"Of course." said Gu Chen.

Afterwards, Gu Chen instructed Xiao Hu, who was driving, to follow the patrol route and go directly back to Furong Branch.

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9:20pm.

In the general office of Furong Branch, the man was writing down the specific information of these characters on the manuscript paper provided by Gu Chen.

But after all, it requires thinking, so the man writes the message slowly.

Ding Liang took a look while holding the water cup and reminded him, "Can't you write faster? You've been dawdling for so long and only wrote so little."

"You can't blame me for this." The man felt a little aggrieved and quickly explained:

"I grew up playing with these. Although they are from our town, there are also some from the surrounding towns."

"But because of the intermittent contact, I don't even know the names of some people. I only remember their nicknames."

"Puff!" Hearing the man's words, Ding Liang, who was drinking water, almost spit out the tea in his mouth, and said in disbelief:
"What did you say? You grew up with your friend and you don't even remember his name?"

"Yeah." The man nodded silently and said without hesitation:
"What are their nicknames? I can definitely tell you, but if it's their real names, I... I really can't remember them."

"After all, when we were young, we were busy calling each other nicknames, so we got used to it. As time went by, sometimes we saw each other during the Chinese New Year, and sometimes we didn't."

"It's been so intermittent for a long time, and I really don't remember much."

Speaking of this, the man scratched the back of his head, looking a little embarrassed.

Ding Liang was also speechless after hearing this.

Gu Chen reminded, "If you really can't remember the name, then write the nickname first and leave the name blank."

"Okay." Seeing Gu Chen say this, the man nodded silently, and then began to write the other party's nickname according to Gu Chen's instructions, and then began to write the other party's specific situation.

Gu Chen watched the man writing seriously and continued to remind him, "Including the people you mentioned, those people the elders in your village know. Write down all the people who are involved in this kind of thing. Don't make any mistakes."

"This could be a large gang, and it could be a large gang already."

"Okay, I understand." Seeing Gu Chen say this, the man continued writing.

Another hour passed, and with the help of Gu Chen, the man finally figured out the situation of these people.

Gu Chen took the draft paper written by the man and looked at it carefully.

"Monkey, cat demon? Piglet?" Putting down the draft paper and looking up at the man in front of him, Gu Chen said helplessly:
"Why are all your nicknames animals?"

"Hehe." Seemingly a little embarrassed, the man smiled bitterly and said:

"I don't know. When people gave each other nicknames, they all seemed to like to give each other animal nicknames."

"So you have a nickname too, right?" Ding Liang said.

The man nodded silently: "My name is Mouse."

"Rat?" Ding Liang was speechless when he heard this nickname. He waved his hand and continued:
"Okay, what's your own name?"

"My name is Fu Junkai."

"Fu Junkai, check your list again to see if there are any omissions," said Ding Liang.

"Oh." Fu Junkai echoed, took the draft paper from Gu Chen and began to check it carefully.

Gu Chen also took a quick look at it, and after handing the draft paper to Fu Junkai, he slowly said:
"Overall, the list of people you provided probably came from three towns."

"Yes." Seeing Gu Chen say this, Fu Junkai nodded silently and said without hesitation:
"They are all from the three nearby towns. The information I have provided so far is about the people I played cards with."

"Of course, if you want me to provide a detailed list, I'm not sure. I can only write down some of the people I heard from the old man for now. I've noted them in brackets."

"Those are the people. I heard about them from the old people. Is that true? I don't know for sure, but I'm afraid they are the same people who set up the scam, so I'll write it down first."

"Okay." Seeing that the idea provided by the man was correct, Gu Chen also gave affirmation and said:

"So where do these people usually meet you to play cards?"

"Usually it's in a barbershop in town, where the first floor is a barbershop, but the second floor is actually a chess and card room."

"Also, there are no windows in the card room. Just the lights are on, and you can't tell the time when playing cards in there."

"In this way, there is no concept of time, and playing cards becomes very addictive."

...(End of chapter)