Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 248 The Silent Zero Confession
midnight.

Chen Shu and his group escorted Qi Tiantian back to Zhongshan Institute.

When they passed the front desk, Chen Shu instructed Zhu Chaoran and Xiao Qiang to take their partner to the detention room behind the office building to go through the procedures, including a body search, registration, and information collection. After everything was done, they were taken to the interrogation room.

"Call Xu Lei and tell him to wait in the interrogation room."

"Okay, Brother Shu."

Xu Lei is used to playing competitive mobile games late at night. According to him, there are no elementary school students around at this time, so the gaming environment is better, and even if he loses, he can remain calm. Considering that each of his games lasts at least twenty minutes, Chen Shu usually notifies him in advance to give him some buffer time.

After giving his instructions, Chen Shu took out a pack of Liqun cigarettes from his pants pocket and handed one to Xiao Wang, the dispatcher who was watching TV and eating sunflower seeds.

"Xiao Wang, how's it going at the station tonight? Busy?"

Xiao Wang spat out the sunflower seed shells from his mouth, lifted his police uniform to wipe his hands, and grinned as he held them out to Chen Shu: "Chief Chen, you can't ask this while on duty, it's taboo."

Chen Shu immediately took the cigarette back and put it in his mouth.

He had worked at the station for so many years, how could he not know this principle? The main reason he raised this question with Xiao Wang was because he was worried that the newly arrived auxiliary police officer in charge of the detention room, Lin Fan, was not doing a good job.

Xiao Wang said with a long face, "Director Chen, you can't do this. Look, I've wiped my hands clean."

Chen Shu was amused by his exaggerated expression, took out a cigarette from his shirt pocket and tossed it to him, then stopped beating around the bush and asked him questions.

"Anyone coming into the cage tonight?"

Xiao Wang happily took the cigarette, rummaged through the drawer for a lighter, and replied, "No, tonight was pretty harmonious."

Chen Shu took out a lighter from his pocket, lit it, and placed it in front of Xiao Wang: "Excuse me, let me check the surveillance footage."

There are two computers at the front desk: one is the 110 emergency call platform, and the other is the station's surveillance computer. Since receiving calls and reviewing surveillance footage are both the duties of the call takers, both computers are placed in front of Xiao Wang's seat.

Xiao Wang closed the messy drawer, grabbed a lighter, and walked out: "Director Chen, the computer isn't locked, so you can look at it as you please. I'm going outside for a smoke. You can take your time looking at it."

Chen Shu sat down. Since he hadn't used the monitoring computer much before, it took him a while to find the cameras in the detention room.

A few minutes later, the live feed from the detention room filled the entire computer screen.

The scene was clearly captured on camera. Zhu Chaoran and Xiao Qiang were standing behind Qi Tiantian, while Lin Fan was recording relevant information with a pen and a registration form. The scene was orderly.

Chen Shu moved the mouse and moved the time in the detention room forward. He saw Lin Fan sitting at his desk, writing furiously, with a book open in front of him.

Chen Shu couldn't make out what the book was from a distance, but judging from the behavior of these new college graduates in previous years, they were probably actively preparing for the exam during their spare time at work.

Auxiliary police officers at local police stations are contract or temporary workers and are not formally employed by the Public Security Bureau. Their benefits and future prospects are rather poor; aside from being slightly more stable than those in private companies, there's nothing that would attract them to stay.

It's understandable that Lin Fan would do this during working hours. Generally speaking, as long as it doesn't affect work, the leaders in the institute won't care.

Hearing the footsteps behind him, guessing that it was Qi Tiantian, Zhu Chaoran, and others who had returned to the interrogation room after completing their registration, Chen Shu clicked an "X" in the upper right corner of the computer software window, and the screen returned to the previous interface with 16 cameras online simultaneously.

He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and followed Qi Tiantian, Zhu Chaoran, and their group into the investigation area.

"Fatty, Xiaoqiang, after you take the person to the interrogation room, you can go back to your dorm to sleep. You've had a hard day too."

"Brother Shu, haven't you had your company-sponsored late-night snack yet?"

"I'll order takeout to be delivered right away."

"okay."

Interrogation room!
Chen Shu specially arranged for Xu Lei to conduct this inquiry, and he sat next to him looking at the newly printed identity information of Qi Tiantian.

Hmm, so this is his second time being imprisoned.

He must quit drugs.

"Name?" Xu Lei asked methodically.

"." "Workplace, oh, school?"

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"Do you have any history of snorting or using omega-3?"

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"Hey, what are you doing touching this stuff, you're a college student?"

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"If your parents found out about this, how heartbroken they would be, being a girl like you."

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Sitting to the side, Chen Shu glanced at Xu Lei, who was earnestly giving advice, with a bit of curiosity.

It's a man's nature to persuade someone to reform, but persuading someone addicted to drugs to quit is a waste of time. I remember once having dinner with a police officer from a drug rehabilitation center. When we talked about relapse, the officer said firmly that out of a hundred people, probably only a few can successfully quit and never relapse. The vast majority of people have to come back to continue quitting every few years or months.

Chen Shu was deeply impressed.

Turning around, Xu Lei had already stepped down from the interrogation table and, imitating Chen Shu's usual interrogation methods, walked around Qi Tiantian.

He paced back and forth, muttering to himself.

Seeing this, Xu Lei figured he was going to use every trick in the book to win over the girl.

The questioning record of Qi Tiantian regarding drug use is merely a formality. Based on the video footage taken by Chen Shu's body camera and the urine test to be conducted on Qi Tiantian by a female police officer from the station the following day, Qi Tiantian's punishment is a foregone conclusion.

However, this is also a good opportunity to practice. For police officers handling cases, psychological warfare is a crucial skill. By using interrogation techniques, they can gradually break down the target's psychological defenses and obtain feedback in the written statement.

In short, it all boils down to four words: a combination of coaxing and deception.

Half an hour later, Xu Lei sat back down at the interrogation table with his head drooping.

As expected, Chen Shu tapped the table: "You've asked all the questions you needed to ask. Just write 'silence' on her statement."

For police officers at local police stations, it's sometimes deliberate to avoid investigating the upstream suppliers of these lowest-level O2 consumers. Firstly, they lack the time and resources.

At most, it's just a cheap trick where they make the arrested person vomit up a couple of things before releasing them.

However, Chen Shu didn't like doing that.

Xu Lei nodded, his hands moving quickly, leaving only the clattering of keyboards in the interrogation room.

In a short while, Xu Lei walked over to Qi Tiantian with the printed transcript, pen, and red clay, instructing her to sign and affix her fingerprint according to the procedure.

At this point, Qi Tiantian was very cooperative.

Chen Shu pushed aside the table and chairs and stood up, waiting for Qi Tiantian to finish pressing her fingerprints before taking her to the detention room.

At that moment, she suddenly asked, "Will you tell my parents about this?"

Although the urine test has not been conducted yet, all three people present already know the result.

Xu Lei subconsciously replied, "The admission notice will be sent to your hometown."

Qi Tiantian lowered her head and remained silent.

Having handled so many cases of sedation over the years, and having sent quite a few people to sedation rehabilitation centers, Chen Shu had seen far too many different kinds of people. At this moment, he was somewhat bored and just waited for the statement to be taken over before sending the person to the detention room.

He was also a little sleepy.

(End of this chapter)