Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 460 Why did you go?

While waiting at the airport, Chen Shu took advantage of Jiang Hai going to get water to approach Lin Dakai and asked him in confusion why he had brought Jiang Hai, a student who had just graduated from high school, along on this trip.

“When conducting research, you need an assistant to help out, so it’s a good opportunity to bring him along to broaden his horizons. When we get back, he can give a lecture and share his experience, which will allow other students to have a firsthand experience and feel more involved than we older folks.”

"In terms of teaching and research, having a subject of discussion along the way makes it more targeted when teaching back at school. After all, research is just a means, and the goal is still education." Lin Dakai took off his glasses, closed the notebook on his lap, and explained with a smile.

Chen Shu was still puzzled. He glanced at Zhu Li, who was sitting opposite him engrossed in scrolling through Douyin, and continued, "Teacher Lin, I can understand bringing an assistant when conducting research. I figured it should be a second- or third-year student, or even a fourth-year student who is currently interning. It shouldn't be this kid who just graduated from high school, right?"

“They’re not young anymore. In some places, people their age would already be working to support their younger siblings.” Lin Dakai said, packing his glasses and notebook into his backpack while glancing at Julie sitting across from him.

This detail, when observed by Chen Shu, raised several questions in his mind.

Is there a relationship between Jiang Hai and Zhu Li?
It was indeed a problem that Lin Dakai agreed to let Jiang Hai come along, but after all, Jiang Hai was a member of the police academy.

But Julie, the forensic doctor from the Criminal Investigation Department, doesn't seem to have much to do with this investigation, so why did she come along?

As Lin Dakai was packing his luggage, a slight smile appeared on his lips, his thoughts drifting back to the scene a few days ago when Jiang Hai came looking for him.

At the time, he had a good impression of the freshman who was just beginning to experience studying and living at the police academy. However, when the freshman suddenly asked to go to Xinjiang with him, Lin Dakai's first reaction was, how did this freshman know about this? He subconsciously wanted to refuse.

But the other person seemed to know that he would definitely be rejected, so he leaned closer and whispered in his ear, "Professor Lin, Chen Shu is my brother-in-law."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dakai swallowed his refusal, but from that moment on, the misunderstanding began.

Just a few hours earlier, Lin Dakai, who was preparing lessons in his office, received a call from Secretary Lin of the college, who said that a woman would accompany him on the research trip, which was the intention of the department.

When the information was sent over, Lin Dakai was delighted. Wasn't this the same woman who had been with Chen Shu on the path behind the stage earlier?

According to Director Ma at the time, her father was a high-ranking official.

Logically speaking, given Lin Dakai's personality, regardless of whether his father was a high-ranking official, he would refuse any trip that would interfere with his research. However, this was a crucial moment for the college's application for the postgraduate pilot program, and the fact that Secretary Lin approved his business trip at this time was likely due to the girl's influence, or perhaps out of consideration for Chen Shu.

It was a bit vulgar, but it ultimately achieved the purpose of going out to conduct research, so Lin Dakai acquiesced.

Now that another girl's younger brother has appeared, Lin Dakai thought that since he would have to ask the students to go and help anyway, he might as well agree to let the kid go. It would save him the trouble of looking for other people, and perhaps the other students would not be willing to go to that high-altitude frontier to suffer.

So after going around in circles, the misunderstanding became reality.

As for Lin Dakai's later discovery that Jiang Hai and Zhu Li were not siblings at all, he could only accept it with a heavy heart.

They've already followed us out; what else can we do?
However, being able to amuse oneself by watching Chen Shu's awkward situation of having two relationships at the same time is one of the great pleasures of this otherwise tedious journey.

Just before boarding, everyone was queuing up. Chen Shu thought for a moment, walked to a corner, took out his phone, and made a call home.

The person who answered the phone was Chen's mother. The two chatted for a few minutes, and then the airport's announcements came on several times, making Chen's mother realize that her son was at the airport.

Chen Shu, who had no intention of hiding it, mentioned the destination of his trip: "Mom, I'm going there with the teachers from the police academy to conduct research and do teaching work. I'm not going to arrest anyone, so you don't need to worry."

"Oh, it's good that they're not arresting anyone. I haven't been sleeping well at night lately, and I keep blaming your dad for letting you go to this police academy. Sigh, I regret it so much now."

Chen Shu chuckled. His first choice was archaeology, but his parents forced him to go to police academy for a secure job after graduation. People of his generation had an unusual obsession and pride in working for the government.

The two chatted for a few more minutes, and just as Chen Shu was about to hang up, his father's voice rang out.

Clearly, Chen's mother had been listening to her son's voice on speakerphone with her husband.

"Chen Shu." Having traveled extensively and met many people in his early years, Chen's father paused for a moment before saying in a deep voice, "Bring him home safely." This was his only request.

take off.

Julie, unusually, didn't say much. She took out an e-reader with an e-ink screen and sat by the window, glancing at the clouds outside and tapping the screen.

Lin Dakai sat to the side with his eyes closed, resting.

Jiang Hai excitedly chatted with his "brother-in-law" about the videos of him that had gone viral online over the years, especially several hostage rescue cases that resembled action movies.

Unable to contain the young man's energy, Chen Shu reluctantly recounted the cases, omitting the sensitive details. Afterward, he noticed that the passengers in the front and back rows had been listening intently, and afterwards, they were discussing the stories with their relatives and friends.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but every time the flight attendants who delivered meals and water passed by Chen Shu's row, they would ask him about the service with great enthusiasm and politeness, making him feel a little embarrassed.

Jiang Hai, on the other hand, became increasingly excited, and the sounds of him discussing and analyzing the case with other passengers gradually grew louder. He even joined the discussion among the passengers in front and behind him, which made Chen Shu shake his head frequently, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Watching the young man in front of him argue heatedly with another young man over a small detail in the steakhouse dismemberment case, Chen Shu thought for a moment and decided not to say anything to remind the two enthusiastic individuals that when they are out and about, they must always remember not to reveal their identity as police officers.

About ten years ago, when he was still a police academy student, he also liked to wander around in his police uniform, or deliberately talk loudly about police matters when having dinner with his classmates at small restaurants in the garbage street, as if he was afraid that others would not know that they were police academy students.

Back then, he must have been very proud of his police officer status. Perhaps most police cadets are like that at first, but what about now?
There were no direct flights from Donghai City to their destination, so the group made a stopover at Chenzhou, a major inland transportation hub. After disembarking, everyone headed straight to the gate for their next flight.

While waiting to board the plane, Chen Shu went to the water dispenser and got a cup of warm water to bring to Zhu Li.

"Thank you," Julie said flatly, but the smile on her full lips betrayed her.

Chen Shu rubbed his hands together, omitting the misunderstanding that had occurred at the police academy some time ago. He simply chatted about everyone's work and then asked why they had followed Lin Da to Xinjiang.

I was definitely coming for you. Julie held the empty paper cup in her palm, then folded it up and put it in her pocket, planning to throw it away when she found a trash can.

Then she leaned down and pulled out a large, heavy, and textured black box from under the chair, which seemed completely out of place with Julie's glamorous image.

She tilted her head and smiled mysteriously: "Do you know what this is?"

“Valuable items carried on your person?” Since they weren’t checked in as luggage and were carried with you, they must be worthy of the word ’valuable’, Chen Shu tried to guess.

"Yes, it is quite valuable to me."

Julie patted the black box and opened it with a "whoosh." Inside, neatly hung on the top were pliers, tweezers, a bone saw, a bone chisel, a bone hammer, bone shears, and other items.

The bottom cover was also neatly divided into three areas, containing cotton, gauze, syringes, measuring tapes, and even two large bags of masks.

"Forensic crime scene investigation kit!"

"!!!!!!!!!"

At that moment, Chen Shu could not hide the extremely surprised and astonished expression on his face.

Julie suddenly straightened up, her eyes shining, and said, "Xinjiang's security and crime patterns are completely different from other cities in the country. The style of forensic doctors in such an environment must also be different from ours! We must visit and learn! It wouldn't be good for you to bring me along! I'm quite famous in the forensic circle in our province."

So she's the same kind of person as Teacher Lin. No wonder he brought her along. Chen Shu held his forehead, feeling a little uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)