Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 240 has once again become a topic of public discussion.

So dark
Where am I?
Who am I?
He vaguely remembered who he was and where he was.

Woo woo woo.
He seemed to hear a woman crying.

Why are you crying?
Gradually, he heard all sorts of sounds intertwined together.

What are people saying?
The moment he thought that, the darkness before him was cleaved open, and light forcefully pierced through.

Chen Shu suddenly opened his eyes, and before the scene in front of him could be clearly seen, his first reaction was to reach for the spot on his lower back where the Type 64 pistol used to hang.

empty!

My mind went blank.

Zhu Chaoran and Xiao Qiang were with him at the time, so they shouldn't have gotten lost.
After a while, Chen Shu slowly recovered and moved his upper body to sit against the headboard, only then realizing that he was in a hospital ward.

The morning sun shines brightly by the window.

"Squeak."

The ward door was pushed open from the outside, and a young nurse with an oval face and big eyes came in. She ran to the bedside and touched Chen Shu's forehead without any hesitation. Then she turned to the side and operated a medical machine next to the bed.

"Okay, it's alright now. Officer Chen, are you feeling better?" After a while, the nurse turned around and said to Chen Shu with a smile.

Chen Shu subconsciously touched his abdomen and felt a dull pain, which should be the effect of the anesthesia starting to wear off.

"Hmm, much better. Little girl, have you seen my phone?"

"It's with me. Wait a minute, I'll go get it for you right now." With that, the little girl skipped and hopped out of the ward.

A few minutes later, he came in carrying a cell phone and a bag of IV bags.

"Officer Chen, here's your phone. I've fully charged it for you." The nurse handed the phone to Chen Shu, her big eyes blinking brightly.

Chen Shu was somewhat surprised by the girl's enthusiasm. He took the phone, thanked her, and glanced at the name tag on the nurse's chest.

Wang Xiaoqin.

Nice name.

"Young lady, please don't call me 'police officer' anymore. I'm in the hospital now, just a patient. By the way, what's your name?"

"My name is Wang Xiaoqin. If I don't call you 'Officer,' what should I call you?"

Wang Xiaoqin stood by the bed, removed the nearly empty IV bag, neatly replaced it with new medication, and then began drawing blood from her other arm for examination.

Chen Shu laughed and said, "It seems I'm a few years older than you, so I'll take advantage of you. You can just call me Brother Shu."

"Okay, Brother Shu."

After finishing her work, Wang Xiaoqin skipped and hopped out of the room. Once in the corridor, she suddenly turned back, peeked through the doorframe, and said, "Brother Shu, you've been sleeping for so long, you must be hungry. I'll go to the cafeteria to get you some food now. Don't order takeout, okay?"

After saying that, he shrank back and disappeared.

Is this going too far? Chen Shu's stiff mind couldn't quite process it.

I took out my phone and glanced at it.

There were many missed calls in the call log. In addition to colleagues from work, there were classmates from the police academy, and even Huang Sisi, whom I hadn't contacted in a long time, called.

Well, the one who attacked the most was actually Yan Chenxi, that little official fan.

Chen Shu looked at the small number 3 in parentheses after "Yan Chenxi's" name on his phone and felt a warmth in his heart.

I opened WeChat, and there were tons of unread messages, far more than missed calls. Some classmates I hadn't been in touch with since graduating from police academy sent me messages of support. The most surprising thing was that several junior and senior high school classmates I hadn't contacted in ten years sent me messages.

How did they know I was injured?

"?"

A big question mark appeared in Chen Shu's mind.

"Dong dong dong."

As soon as the knocking stopped, someone pushed the door open and walked in.

"Professor Zeng? What brings you here?"

He had only been awake for a short while when Zeng Hong arrived. Either he had been waiting outside, or it was truly a coincidence.

Chen Shu felt it should be the former; what a coincidence!

Zeng Hong, dressed in his police uniform, walked to the bedside, pulled up a chair, and sat down. "I stayed up too late with you during your surgery last night, so I just went to the empty ward next door and slept for a while." Normally, even if Chen Shu was injured, the top leader of the unit wouldn't need to stay up all night with him; a few visits would be enough.

This kind of thing should be borne by the injured person's family.

"Where are my parents?" Chen Shu craned his neck and looked around.

Zeng Hong's expression froze for a moment, feeling ashamed as if he had been caught red-handed stealing, but he quickly recovered and shrugged.

“Xiaoshu, I heard from the doctor yesterday that the surgery would be very successful, so I was thinking of waiting until you wake up to ask you if you want to tell your parents about it.”

It's standard practice in the police force for officers to keep their injuries from their families. However, generally speaking, it's the injured officers who choose to conceal the injury; it's rare for someone like Zeng Hong to have their injury concealed by their direct supervisor.

Police officers don't like their families to live in constant fear.

Chen Shu knew that Zeng Hong had taken responsibility, so he stayed up all night to keep him company.

Chen Shu nodded in acceptance and then moved on from the topic.

"Instructor Zeng, what's the status of the case now? Are the girls alright? By the way, did you take my gun?"

Zeng Hong pondered for a moment and said, "The gun is gone. There's nothing wrong with this predatory lending case. The evidence is conclusive, and the company is also involved in shady dealings. In addition to the sales staff, they also have a dedicated collection team. They will basically be severely punished."

In addition to suspected fraud, this type of predatory lending is often linked to other crimes, such as illegal imprisonment and intentional injury.

When victims are unable to repay their loans, lenders will induce them to borrow again under the pretext of settling accounts, continuously escalating the victims' debts. This type of predatory lending usually involves a chain-like collection organization that uses various means to ensure that the lent funds can be recovered.

"Teacher Zeng, what about the girl?"

Knowing that all those involved in the predatory lending scheme had been arrested, Chen Shu didn't pursue the details of the case or its aftermath. He was only worried about the two girls he had only heard their voices from in the rented apartment, but had never seen them.

Just then, someone pushed the door open and came in.

Chen Shu turned his head and saw Zhang Yang. He smiled and greeted him, "Yangyang, you're here. Come and sit over here."

After finishing his work at the station, Zhang Yang rushed over as soon as the online public opinion stabilized.

"Hello, Teacher Zhang," Zeng Hong greeted her, and continued, "Both girls are fine. I booked a room for them at a hotel near our institute for them to stay in for now."

"Why didn't those two girls call the police?" Zhang Yang suddenly asked.

Zeng Hong replied, "They were already caught in a vicious cycle because they knew that what they were doing was also illegal. The loan sharks threatened them that if they called the police, they would also be arrested, and then they tricked them into thinking that they could go as long as they paid off the money."

"As long as they can still make money, how could we possibly let them pay it all back?" Zeng Hong concluded.

Zeng Hong's words were rather cruel and blunt. When money becomes readily available, there are no shackles to restrain desires, and all the laws of the world can be trampled on.

Chen Shu pondered for a moment before finally asking about the person who had stabbed him.

Zeng Hong explained that this person was an A-level wanted criminal in the ministry. He stopped at the two girls' fast food restaurant while on the run, but unexpectedly ran into the police's guns.

As the three were chatting, nurse Wang Xiaoqin walked in carrying a plastic fast food container.

"Brother Shu, dinner's ready."

Wang Xiaoqin put down some food on the bedside table, saw that people were chatting in the ward, and ran out with a grin.

At this moment, Chen Shu remembered the nurse's overly enthusiastic behavior again: "Professor Zeng, isn't this nurse a bit too enthusiastic? What's going on?"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Hong laughed heartily: "Little Shu, you'll have to ask our Teacher Zhang about that. Haha!"

When Zhang Yang entered the room, he was a little nervous, afraid that he would be criticized by Chen Shu after he woke up.

Now, however, she proudly raised her chin: "When we were arresting people, I was live-streaming, and the video of your fight had already spread throughout the city. Later, I did some small-scale promotion, and now the internet is full of positive energy about you."

Chen Shu simply said "Oh," his expression calm.

This is only the second time he's been online; he's gotten used to it.

Zeng Hong added insult to injury: "There was a comment that gave you a nickname, and it got more likes than the video itself."

Zhang Yang chuckled, probably thinking of that nickname.

"A daredevil."

“His nickname is ‘Sanlang’ or ‘San’er’ from Dongzhou.”

Thanks to Qiye account Q, San Nian Lian Ren Health Committee Member, Hu Datou, Le Xingren, 9919, Duo You Nai He, Xiao Bing, and others.

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