Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 498 Lin Dakai's Heart-to-Heart Talk

Zhang Wei eventually got drunk. Chen Shu didn't know where he lived, so he tidied up his big bed and let Zhang Wei lie down.

It was already past midnight, and Chen Shu was too embarrassed to ask the prison officer for a room again, so he could only find a chair in a small cubicle on the floor and make do with the chair he already had in his room for the night.

In the corridor, the door across the hall opened, and Lin Da waved for Chen Shu to enter the room.

"Teacher Lin, you're still awake? Were you disturbed?" Chen Shu walked into the room awkwardly and closed the door behind him.

The room was similar in size and layout to Chen Shu's, about twenty square meters, with a table, a chair, and a single bed. A laptop with a lit screen sat on the table, its screen filled with text at first glance. Next to the computer lay a notebook with half a page written on it, the handwriting messy.

Lin Dakai sat on the bed and pointed to the only chair in the room.

"Xiao Shu, how have you been feeling lately?" Lin Dakai asked with a smile, as if he were testing a younger person.

Chen Shu didn't sit down. First, he took the kettle and poured Lin Dakai a cup of hot water. He also drank half a cup himself to get rid of the smell of alcohol.

After sitting down, Chen Shu thought for a moment before saying, "NX looks very safe, with guard posts and police officers everywhere on the streets. The biggest advantage of deploying a large number of police officers on the streets is that it can greatly improve the speed of response. A few days ago, I called the police by chance, and four fully armed police officers arrived at the scene within about two minutes, and that was in the middle of the night."

Chen Shu deliberately emphasized the phrase "fully armed": "Two Type 92 rifles, one Type 95 rifle, plus a riot shield. This kind of equipment for police dispatch is considered top-notch in Donghai. It's not common in normal times, but it's commonplace here. Some auxiliary police officers are even armed, which is basically impossible in our area."

Lin Dakai nodded in approval: "The attention to detail is quite good."

Chen Shu drank another half glass of water, pondered for a moment, and said, "Given the current situation, the security costs are obviously enormous. Aside from the financial burden, this comprehensive deployment and mobilization of police forces also reflects the extreme insecurity of the city."

Lin Dakai raised his hand politely, "Here, I have a question. Why do you think the poorest neighborhoods in the US have the fewest police officers?"

Without hesitation, Chen Shu said, "The police force deployment in the United States depends entirely on the tax contributions of the local community; the national conditions are different."

Lin Dakai nodded, inwardly admiring Chen Shu's extensive knowledge.

Being a police officer is simply a job to make a living; doing your job well is enough. But if you really want to take on greater responsibilities, or even go further in your career, you need strong social experience and the ability to continuously learn.

This is a process of constantly moving upwards and forwards. Sometimes people feel that they are doing something very hard, such as working, but after careful consideration, they realize that they are just standing still and repeating the same actions. It is indeed hard at the moment, but there is no change in the future.

Lin Dakai smiled slightly and posed the real question: "So, given a fixed and insufficient police force, do you think it's more meaningful to reduce the crime rate in wealthy areas from 2% to 1%, or to reduce the crime rate in poor areas from 20% to 10%?"

Chen Shu lowered his head and thought for a long time, but couldn't say a word.

"Little book, in this world, there is no single right answer to any problem. All we can do is keep trying and find the answer that best suits us."

Teacher Lin

Lin Dakai waved his hand, bringing the topic back: "Public security work requires not only the ability to fight and charge into battle, but also the ability to research and summarize. No matter how well a case is handled, if you can't write it down or summarize it well, then you're still missing the last breath. When we were young, we rushed to the front line, but as we get older, we have to learn to summarize and analyze so that we can go further."

Chen Shu suddenly realized that Lin Dakai had truly taken him as his student.

Chen Shu stood up at attention: "Thank you, teacher, I understand."

The next morning. Having drunk quite a bit with Zhang Wei the night before, Chen Shu got up early as usual. Although his head still felt a little dizzy, based on past experience, he decided to exercise for a while to relieve the hangover. He changed into his workout clothes and went out for a jog around a small track south of the duty building.

Last night, Zhang Wei was quite drunk by the end of the drinking session. In a rare outburst, he ended up crying uncontrollably.

Chen Shu felt heavy-hearted, but he tried to ease his emotions with the fresh morning breeze.

As I jogged to the corner of the duty building, I saw Julie just after turning the corner.

Julie was wearing a tracksuit and sitting on a small step. She had a bead of sweat on her forehead and was slightly out of breath. She looked at Chen Shu, who had suddenly appeared, and smiled without saying a word. Just like the good weather today, the sun was shining and the breeze was gentle.

Chen Shu suddenly felt that it was a good decision to force himself to get up early for a morning run.

"Chen Shu, getting up for a run? There was quite a commotion on your end last night, I thought you couldn't get up," Julie teased, her crescent-shaped eyes narrowed.

"You flatter me. My classmate hasn't experienced this either. According to Wang Hao, he'll get used to it in a few months." Chen Shu walked closer to Zhu Li and stopped.

"You're not a very good drinker, and people who can't handle alcohol probably aren't very good people either," Julie teased with a smile.

Chen Shu touched his nose, not quite understanding.

Julie stood up, tightened her stomach, interlaced her fingers, and held her hands above her head, looking particularly dashing in the sunlight: "Wow! Your classmate is drunk like this, and you can still get up early for a morning run the next day. Tell me, how much did you persuade him to drink last night, and how much did you drink yourself?"

Chen Shu changed the subject, saying, "You have such a deep understanding of wine?"

Julie pouted slightly: "Some people say that if you want to know what kind of person someone is, you just need to have a drink with them once. If you want to date someone, you have to find an opportunity to get them drunk once."

Chen Shu feigned ignorance: "What if we run into the God of Wine?"

"Then please come and help! You're good at persuading people to drink, but you don't drink yourself~"

"Let me state in advance that I have excellent drinking manners."

Are you implying something to me?

The two chatted as they walked toward the cafeteria.

Breakfast included mutton, mutton offal soup, baked buns, various kinds of naan, flatbread, and beef noodles. The Chinese and Wei police officers sat together chatting and eating breakfast, enjoying each other's company.

There are no temporary workers in the prison; they are either police officers with administrative positions or auxiliary police officers with public sector positions. Because the conditions in the prison are indeed harsh, the prison leadership tacitly allows auxiliary police officers with public sector positions to take leave to take exams, provided that they accept and complete their current duties.

The two chose a table near the window in the cafeteria, and faced with a sumptuous spread of dishes, they both opted for soy milk and fried dough sticks.

At the next table sat three prison guards of different ethnicities, discussing the cases of newly imprisoned inmates.

Chen Shu couldn't help but prick up his ears.

(End of this chapter)