Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 507 Reencounter with Shelly
late at night.

A somber atmosphere permeated the entrance to the coal mining company. The bright outdoor lights dispelled the darkness, but could not illuminate the gloom in people's hearts.

Chen Shu and his entourage, who arrived in a mainland patrol car, were stopped by police officers on guard at the entrance of the coal mining company.

The main entrance was also surrounded by layers of police tape.

Although Wang Hao had a police officer's ID and a pass from the Keshi City Public Security Bureau, their bureau chief was still inside raging, so the police guards naturally didn't dare let anyone in.

Besides Wang Hao and others who had rushed over, a large crowd had gathered at the entrance of the coal mine company, all with grief on their faces. They were probably relatives and friends of the victims.

To protect the scene, they were all kept outside.

Chen Shu, who had rushed over, had calmed down somewhat by now. While Wang Hao was arguing with the police, he opened the car door, jumped out, and wandered around the gate area, trying to find any useful clues.

While searching his surroundings, Chen Shu spotted a familiar figure.

"Shelly, what are you doing here? Weren't you going to see your brother?" Chen Shu was startled, and a bad feeling immediately settled in his heart.

Shelly, her face blank, turned her head, her eyes empty and devoid of their usual sparkle: "Oh, it's Brother Shu. My brother's inside, I think he's dead."

She first gave a stiff smile, as if to greet Chen Shu, her small body trembling slightly, as if she was enduring something with all her might.

As she laughed, tears streamed down her face. She collapsed to the ground, clutching her heart and weeping bitterly, her face streaked with tears.

Chen Shu couldn't help but look around. The crowd around him was either crying like Shelly or looking dazed. The atmosphere was extremely tragic.

His gaze froze, his expression froze, and he could only twist his neck inch by inch to look around.

It's all my fault. Chen Shu suddenly thought that if he had replied to Zhao's plea for help earlier a few days ago, he might have been able to avoid this terrible situation.

At this moment, Chen Shu looked like a walking corpse, taking small steps towards Shelly. He walked very slowly, and in just a dozen or so steps, it seemed as if the path was full of thorns, and each step would cause excruciating pain.

As he approached Shelly, she suddenly hugged him.

Shelly burst into tears, crying, "I don't have a brother anymore! I don't have a brother anymore! I don't have a brother anymore!"

Chen Shu felt as if his mind had exploded! He staggered two steps, his body swaying and he almost couldn't stand up.

The sobs of other people around him were like needles pricking his nerves.

Pain and resentment flashed in his eyes.

Who suffers?
he himself.

Whom do we resent?
It was still him.

"Brother Shu!" Sensing something was wrong, Xiao Qiang caught up and punched Chen Shu in the back, yelling, "Damn it! Brother Shu! You're a cop! You look like a woman! What's the use of that! What's the use of you!"

As he shouted further back, Xiaoqiang's voice became hoarse, and he sounded somewhat angry.

Chen Shu turned his head, his gaze falling on a row of corpses wrapped in white cloth below the wall, and on the agonizing crowd. His listless demeanor suddenly subsided.

Xiao Qiang delivered another heavy punch: "Brother Shu, grab them! Kill them! Make them pay the price! Brother Shu! Just do it!" Chen Shu's eyes were silent and dark, his face expressionless.

He reached out and hugged the crying, helpless girl tightly. Looking around at the tragic scene, he vowed, "They must die."

Team Leader Zhao came out of the company and ushered Chen Shu and the others, who were being held up outside, into the command vehicle. A group of burly policemen crowded into the small conference room inside the vehicle, which looked somewhat comical.

However, no one laughed or expressed dissatisfaction.

Director Liu stared at the policeman who had come from Donghai to conduct research, a feeling he couldn't quite describe welling up inside him.

He had learned the ins and outs of several cases from Zhao's account. A county-level city's public security bureau, thus nipping them in the bud.

But now is not the time to ask about these things. The truth is no longer important, nor is saving face. Finding the people and bringing them to justice is the most urgent task at hand.

Director Liu's gaze was deep as he ordered, "Then we'll deploy all our police force. We'll turn the Gobi Desert upside down, let alone the Gobi!"

"Yes!"

Next, the anti-X captain divided the search area according to the police force configuration of each business unit.

Chen Shu belonged to an external unit and was not included in the combat sequence, so the local police present naturally did not assign him any tasks.

However, he himself did not think so.

After the meeting, Captain Zhao pulled Special Investigation Team Leader Yu Maike and Chen Shu aside, offered them cigarettes, and first said to Yu Maike, "According to the plan, your Special Investigation Team's search area is a bit ahead of our Criminal Investigation Division's, and it's also a bit more dangerous. Captain Yu, I'd like to apply for a temporary transfer to your Special Investigation Team in my personal capacity."

Yu Maiken took the cigarette, tapped it on the back of his hand, and laughed, "It's safer in the rear, why rush to the front lines? If you ask your superiors for permission like this, they'll think you're disobedient."

“You usually train at the base, so you might be a little unfamiliar with the area. It’s definitely better for me to show you the way than for you to just wander around aimlessly.”

Yu Maiken shook his head and said with a smile, "Then I'll find a policeman at the local police station. He knows the way better than you."

Team Leader Zhao lit cigarettes for the two men and took several puffs himself: "From the initial extortion of the sheep trader, to the murder of the motorcycle driver, and then to the kidnapping case, I've followed it all the way. If I back down now, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest in peace until the day I die."

Chen Shu exhaled a puff of smoke, watching the smoke rings slowly rise into the air, and said calmly, "They've swept all the detonators out of the coal mining company's warehouse. It's extremely dangerous."

Captain Zhao spat and said fiercely, "If you're afraid of dying, you shouldn't be a policeman!"

"Okay, let's go then." Chen Shu nodded calmly and strode towards the parking lot first.

Yu Maiken watched Chen Shu's departing figure, toying with his flip-top pocket watch in his hand, and chuckled, "Anyone who didn't know better would think he was our commander."

Team Leader Zhao said solemnly, "Team Leader Yu, you may not know about Officer Chen's past experiences. He was in Donghai."

Yu Maiken raised his hand to stop Zhao's explanation, raised an eyebrow, and smiled: "His current feeling is quite similar to when I was dealing with Nulati."

I heard that Yu's team died in that battle, and that they were all dead.

Team Leader Zhao's expression hardened, and the way he looked at Chen Shu immediately changed.

(End of this chapter)