Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 614

Logically, Chen Shu, as the on-site commander, should only need to wait in the lobby for his subordinates to systematically clear out the lawbreakers and criminal suspects one by one.

But with a security captain standing next to him, a strong woman at that, Chen Shu felt quite uncomfortable and made up an excuse to go to the private room area.

This can also be considered a difference between police officers promoted from the grassroots level and those promoted from the headquarters.

In grassroots positions, where cases are handled on the front lines, promotions are possible whether through connections or through soft and hard skills. Anyone at the grassroots level is capable of achieving this. On the other hand, it's a matter of feeling uncomfortable if they don't have something to do, and feeling uneasy if they don't personally oversee cases.

Police officers who are promoted from government agencies and then demoted to leadership positions generally retain some of their office-style work ethic. They tend to enjoy the feeling of being in control, managing from a higher position, and, in simpler terms, like giving orders.

This doesn't represent isolated cases, but only discusses a general phenomenon. Both working methods have their advantages and disadvantages, and it's impossible to say which is right or wrong. In the eyes of outsiders or superiors, the evaluation of a junior leader at this level doesn't consider the methods used, but only judges them based on the results of their work.

Seeing Chen Shu leave, Chen Chuan and Zhu Yiba quickly followed. Li Chaoyang also felt immense pressure staying next to Zhao Feifei, so he followed without a second thought.

As he walked along, watching men and women crouching in their private rooms with their heads in their hands, waiting to be searched, or lining up to walk into the lobby, Chen Shu felt as if he had returned to the Zhongshan Police Station's security team.

I feel a little nostalgic, but I don't cling to the past.

Police stations are indeed a great place to hone one's skills, and also the department with the heaviest workload within the public security system. A police career without working in a police station is incomplete; this feeling cannot be fully understood without experiencing it firsthand.

But just as he was thinking at that moment, he needed experience at the police station, but ultimately he had to move on to other departments. Those with connections could go to government agencies, and those without connections could try to get into traffic police, detention centers, or prisons, or even drug rehabilitation centers.

This isn't a good work ethic, but it was all forced upon us.

Suddenly, a one-sided argument broke out at the end of the corridor.

"Fuck your mother! What right do you have to make me squat down?!"

"Stop! You try touching me? You dare touch me if you dare?"

"You're just a police auxiliary officer, what are you so arrogant about? I wouldn't even give you a second glance before!"

"Get out of my way! I refuse to believe I can't leave today!"

A series of noisy sounds came from the innermost private room. Chen Shu walked over quickly and pushed open the door. The man inside, waving his arms and shouting hysterically, stunned him.

He saw a familiar face.

Xiao Yang.

At this moment, Xiao Yang looked menacing, holding a bottle of whiskey upside down by his side. He looked up and scanned his surroundings before fixing his gaze on Chen Shu, who had just entered the room.

Clang, tumble.

The whiskey was accidentally dropped onto the expensive carpet, and the brownish-yellow liquid slowly dripped down the neck of the bottle, gradually soaking into the thick carpet.

Xiao Yang, who had been agitated, suddenly fell silent. He stared blankly at the doorway, seemingly trying to read something from the other person's face, but he couldn't.

"Old horse?"

Li Chaoyang, who followed him in, immediately noticed Lao Ma, the timid captain of the auxiliary police team at Zhongshan Police Station, sitting on the sofa. Next to him sat a young woman with heavy makeup, dressed rather scantily, whose profession was immediately apparent.

Li Chaoyang's expression instantly turned serious. He strode over to Lao Ma, his eyes fixed on his colleague, wishing he could slap him.

"How did you end up here?" Li Chaoyang's voice was filled with suppressed anger and disappointment, his clenched fist rising and falling.

The public security system governs police officers with "Three Disciplines," and auxiliary police officers also have a set of local disciplinary requirements. Meetings are held daily, notes are taken every day, and the rules are emphasized countless times: don't drink alcohol you shouldn't, and don't touch women you shouldn't. Auxiliary police officers generally have low salaries, which is common knowledge; after all, this income is simply not enough to support a family. So, when they occasionally go out for a picnic to supplement their nutrition, the police usually turn a blind eye. And the unit leaders are also understanding; as long as there are no major problems, the internal affairs of the station can usually handle it.

But with such a large-scale operation, the Zhongshan Police Station was only an assisting unit. The special police brigade was in charge, and the captain of the public security brigade was also watching over it. How could Lao Ma dare to make such a mistake and tip off the operation?

"Director Li, this is a misunderstanding. I... I just came here to relax after get off work." Old Ma lowered his head, not daring to meet Li Chaoyang's gaze.

Li Chaoyang laughed angrily, pointing at the young woman sitting next to him: "Who said A_PARTY doesn't have escorts? Who swore that A_PARTY doesn't have a prostitution industry? Who stood in front of me crying 'stop thief!' and claimed to have leaked the operation? I ask you, who is she? What does she do? What's her name? And what was she born in?"

"I trusted you so much! Think about it, have I ever mistreated you? I turned a blind eye to all the disgusting things you did, and it seems that I've actually harmed you? Ha, so in your eyes I'm just deaf, blind, and a fool?"

"Commander Li, I was wrong, I was wrong. I was wrong."

Faced with the furious Li Chaoyang, Lao Ma could only mutter the three words, "I was wrong."

Li Chaoyang kicked Lao Ma off the sofa and shouted, "Get over there and squat down!"

Old Ma didn't dare to hesitate for a moment on the surface, and hurriedly crawled over on his hands and feet. However, he wasn't as panicked as he appeared: it was just a minor security case involving paid companionship, so what did it matter if a little information was leaked?

The situation had spiraled out of Li Chaoyang's control; someone under his command had tipped off the suspect, potentially involving criminal activity. This was the first time he had encountered something like this, and his initial anger was merely a mask for his panic.

At this moment, Li Chaoyang was no longer the capable deputy director of the police station; he seemed to have transformed back into a new police officer who had just graduated from the police academy, breathing heavily like a frightened little bird seeking support, seeking his senior.

"Senior brother, what should we do?"

When Li Chaoyang looked at Chen Shu, he found that his usually calm senior brother, who had never panicked in his memory, now had red eyes and was staring straight at the young man who had been making a scene earlier.

He was momentarily confused about the situation.

"Li Chaoyang, take everyone to the main hall." Chen Chuan walked to Li Chaoyang's side, and specifically pointed to Chen Shu and the young man, indicating that the two of them should stay.

"You guys, and then you..." Li Chaoyang was confused, but seeing Chen Chuan's serious tone, he no longer hesitated and pointed to the group of people before preparing to take them away.

"No need." Chen Shu raised his hand to stop him, his eyes still fixed on the young man opposite him, a sliver of hope in his heart. "Xiao Yang, are you here for fun?"

Xiao Yang, whose real name is Yang Yang, is a former police officer at Dongming Police Station.

Two years ago, when Chen Shu and Xu Chaofan, the deputy director of Dongming Police Station, were jointly investigating EME, Yang Yang, the police officer on site, released the suspect without authorization, which almost caused the case to fall apart.

After the incident, before being disciplined by the Public Security Bureau, he submitted his resignation, which was considered a form of persuasion and a way to save face for both parties. However, the decent job he had earned through more than a decade of hard work vanished into thin air.

When Chen Shu reviewed the surveillance footage, he immediately noticed Yang Yang's behavior, but due to overwhelming sympathy, he kept it to himself. Later, after learning of Yang Yang's departure, he also felt guilty.

In the past two years, whenever he sees a new alarm, he can't help but think of that incident from back then. If he had contacted Xu Chaofan, the deputy director of the station, immediately after Xiao Yang made a mistake, and taken the initiative to admit the error to his superiors, so that the two leaders could share the responsibility, perhaps Xiao Yang's fate would have been different.

Therefore, after suddenly encountering this knot in his heart tonight, Chen Shuyi was unable to control his emotions for a short period of time.

Upon meeting Chen Shu, Yang Yang was more reminded of his own youthful days. He too had once been a police officer who walked with his head held high.

Just as resolutely as he submitted his resignation after the incident, Yang Yang did not offer a single word of explanation for himself, and there was no trace of the affection he once shared with his fellow students. The bond between them had vanished with his resignation.

"Director Chen, I am the public relations manager here."

(End of this chapter)