Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 29 Arrested and brought to justice
Unfortunately, the weather turned against him. Chen Shu spent the whole night catching kidnappers, but ended up getting soaked in the rain and becoming a complete drowned rat.

"Achoo! Fatty! Cough cough!" Chen Shu was in a bad mood. Even though his chest hurt when he uttered a single word, he still couldn't help but shout it out, and then coughed up blood from half of his chin.

"Brother Shu, I'm here!" Zhu Chaoran's usual loud voice came from the bend in the path.

Chen Shu's jaw dropped in astonishment.

"Really?... You showed up right after everything was resolved? You're so punctual..."

...! !

Chen Shu was shocked. He felt that at that moment, when he saw Zhu Chaoran running out of the alley in the rain, he almost thought he had fainted from hemophobia and that what he was seeing was a hallucination.

He found it hard to believe that the little boy who had been hiding in the car and almost cried was now a new officer who would avoid even when encountering a mentally ill patient during a police call.

At this moment, he actually dared to rush over alone.

"Hey, Brother Shu... this rain is really heavy."

Zhu Chaoran sprinted along, splashing through puddles with each step, and hurriedly ran to Chen Shu's side. He bent down, placed his hands on his knees, and gasped for breath while looking up and down at the rainwater mixed with blood on Chen Shu's chest.

"Don't look, I'm fine. Drag that guy under the tree, don't let him get soaked in the rain." Chen Shu endured the pain in his chest and pointed to the kidnapper lying motionless on the ground not far away.

"...Brother Shu, you're awesome." Zhu Chaoran recovered, straightened up, looked around, chuckled, and gave Chen Shu an exaggerated thumbs-up.

Chen Shu handed over his phone listlessly and said, "How are things on your end? Is everything alright? By the way, contact the Criminal Investigation Department and tell them to send someone over as soon as possible. Um, just contact Li Meng directly and pull her into your 'Recent Calls' list."

"It's alright, it's alright. The kidnappers have all run away, what could possibly happen? I almost forgot, I ran off without even saying goodbye to Ren Da. Hehe, he doesn't know me anyway... I'll contact them right now."

As he spoke, Zhu Chaoran took the phone and, standing under the big tree, began to contact Li Meng.

Shh, Fatty's just in time, things are finally settled here... Chen Shu breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the night sky.

The moon glided past the dark clouds, bright and clear, like a night lamp hanging in the sky, bringing a glimmer of light and warmth to the pitch-black night.

The rain seemed to be getting lighter and lighter.

Chen Shu felt a dull ache in his chest, and several times he almost couldn't breathe. Even trying to raise his hand occasionally caused a sharp pain in his chest.

After explaining everything, he didn't want to say a single extra word. He just leaned against the tree trunk, squinted, and kept looking around.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but he felt his eyelids were so heavy that they covered the whole world, and a buzzing sound filled his ears, like a whisper in his sleep.

He was so tired and sleepy...

He hadn't slept for two days. At his age, he was really starting to feel the strain. Chen Shu struggled against the overwhelming drowsiness, his eyes darting aimlessly. He was tired, thirsty, and in pain. He forced himself to stay alert, keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings. With the remaining two kidnappers still at large, there was no guarantee they wouldn't turn back.

He glanced to the side and saw that Zhu Chaoran had also put down his phone and was standing next to the kidnappers, searching their pockets one by one with a serious and focused expression.

This guy, why is he so obsessed with cleaning up crime scenes? He's got the makings of a forensic technician. The last time I took him to a hotel room for a room check, the first thing he did upon entering was to rummage through the trash cans—so embarrassing!
Chen Shu was lost in thought while...

After staring for a while, his neck felt a little stiff, so he tilted his head and glanced at the bend in the path where Zhu Chaoran had come from.

Just then, a series of noisy footsteps came from the bend in the path. Zhu Chaoran had obviously heard the noise as well, and immediately stopped what he was doing, turning his head with Chen Shu to look in that direction. He hoped there would be more footsteps... With so many things to do, even the slightest disturbance made Chen Shu feel tense, and he tremblingly reached for the pistol at his waist.

Sigh, I used to laugh at this gun, thinking it was a burden.
Hmm, thankfully, the footsteps were chaotic, there were quite a few people, they weren't accomplices of the kidnappers... He steadied himself and took a closer look.

Soon, six or seven figures appeared near the bend in the path. They paused briefly before rushing over.

"Fatty, someone's here. One of our own."

After saying that, he closed his eyes before he could even see who it was.

I need to rest for a bit; it really hurts and I'm exhausted.

……

"Brother! I'm Zheng Guangqiang from the Criminal Investigation Department."

The six or seven people who had just arrived at the accident scene didn't seem to discuss anything much. They automatically scattered, looking chaotic and disorderly, but you could vaguely sense that they were all doing their own things with a purpose.

One of the men, a man in his thirties with thick eyebrows and big eyes, seemed to be in charge of the group and walked straight toward Chen Shu and his companions.

"Brother Qiang, hello." Zhu Chaoran, who had been tense, relaxed after Chen Shu reminded him beforehand and responded with a smile.

Zheng Guangqiang bypassed the motionless kidnapper lying on the ground, quickly walked to Chen Shu's side, squatted down, and carefully examined him: "Is this brother alright?"

Zhu Chaoran hadn't expected this situation either. Just a moment ago he was alerting others to his arrival, but in the blink of an eye he was leaning against the tree trunk, his head tilted to the side, and he fell silent.

He quickly ran to Chen Shu's side and knelt down on one knee, blurting out, "Everything was fine up ahead. This...this..."

Zheng Guangqiang, on the other hand, was much calmer. He first patted Zhu Chaoran's shoulder to signal him to be quiet, and then leaned close to him to carefully examine him.

A moment later, he turned around and comforted her, "It's nothing, he just fell asleep. Haha, you can even fall asleep like this, you're a real man."

After saying that, he turned and looked at Chen Shu with a bright and energetic expression.

People with a criminal investigation background tend to be more straightforward with their colleagues compared to those in other police departments.

"Ah, right, right. Brother Shu hasn't slept for two days. I just saw that he seemed to be injured too, with some blood around his mouth. He probably fought with the kidnappers as well." Zhu Chaoran was relieved and started counting on his fingers as he talked about Chen Shu's situation.

"Oh, it was over on the overpass. He drove straight at the kidnappers by himself?"

"Yes, I was hiding by the roadside putting bulletproof vests on the hostages. Ugh, I was startled too!"

"Put bulletproof vests on the hostages?"

“That’s a different story.”

The rain gradually subsided, and the darkness before dawn was finally over.

(End of this chapter)