Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 741 Aren't you the same?

In a double-cross, the most important thing is to project an imposing presence.

If you lose your temper, the other party will immediately take advantage of you and you'll have to put up with whatever they want. On the contrary, if you are assertive and show that you have no money but your life, the other party will usually let you go, considering the time cost and their own guilty conscience regarding their involvement in a crime.

They also need to seize the time to continue their business.

Chen Shu first kicked Zhu Yiba hard to get rid of him, then stepped forward, put his arm around the neck of the man in the baseball cap in a gangster-like manner, and said with a grin, "Young man, what do you want to do? By the way, think it over before you speak."

The man in the baseball cap pulled down the brim and drawled, "Brother, it really is your friend. He scratched our car's rearview mirror. Look, it's this long."

As he spoke, the man in the baseball cap extended his right hand and roughly gestured with his thumb and forefinger to indicate a length of about seven or eight centimeters, meaning the length of the scratch mark.

Are you sure we scratched it?

"Brother, there were only two cars on that road just now, it must have been you two who scratched it. Brother, if you don't believe me, why don't we go to the traffic police station together to check the surveillance footage?"

"The police have already gone off duty in the middle of the night, what do you think?"

"Brother, it's alright. Police officers work 24-hour shifts, they sleep later than the police and wake up later than the police, they're more dedicated than the young ladies."

"We don't even know if we hung it up."

The man in the baseball cap glanced back at the black Mazda that had brought him there, then said emphatically, "Bro, it really was you guys who scratched our car. If you don't believe me, I'm calling the police right now. You'd better think this through."

After repeatedly mentioning the police and testing the waters several times, Chen Shu already knew what was going on.

He immediately adopted a bad mood, patting his long legs and sighing, "Never mind, never mind, consider us unlucky. Just give me a number."

The man in the baseball cap looked around, then held up three fingers and said in a low voice, "Brother, this amount is fine with you."

"Three hundred? Okay, WeChat or Alipay?" Chen Shu feigned surprise, immediately took out his phone and switched to the interface, urging, "It's the middle of the night, you've worked hard, little brother. I'll just transfer five hundred to you directly, you can use the extra money to buy a late-night snack."

The man in the baseball cap swallowed hard and cut to the chase, his tone extremely sincere: "Brother, it's not three hundred, nor five hundred, it's this number?"

Chen Shu looked at the three fingers the other person was constantly rubbing in front of him and asked curiously, "If it's not three hundred, then how many?"

"Bro, it's not that number!" The man in the baseball cap raised three fingers, looking a little anxious. "Bro, you guys drive such luxurious cars, and with your physique, it's really beneath you to be talking about a hundred or not."

Chen Shu said with a half-smile, "Young man, why don't you give me a number? You can't expect me to guess from three hundred to three thousand, can you? Oh, you mean three thousand?"

"I was wrong, bro! I was really wrong!" The man in the baseball cap was scratching his head like a monkey, his three fingers almost poking under Chen Shu's nose.

"Give me a number."

"It's...it's three." The man in the baseball cap finally couldn't hold back any longer, and was interrupted by a man who got out of the Mazda's driver's seat just as he was about to shout out the number.

"Monkey! Shut up!"

The man who called for a halt was also a young man, but he had effeminate features and a distinctive hooked nose beneath his narrow eyes.

Chen Shu shrugged, knowing he had met someone sensible. He put his right hand into his pocket, intending to turn off the recording phone inside, but then thought it unnecessary and left it on.

The effeminate man walked over and silently looked at Chen Shu.

He hid in the car and wouldn't show himself before, but now he's finally come out? Chen Shu's expression was natural, completely ignoring the effeminate man who approached.

He still casually slung his baseball cap over the shoulder, pressing his forehead against the other man's hat so the brim pressed slightly against his eyes, passively narrowing and darkening the other man's vision, applying pressure. Chen Shu said with a hint of threat, "Today is a happy occasion for you, brother! So let's not do anything to spoil the mood and cause unnecessary trouble, young man, don't you think?"

The girl in the baseball cap broke free from Chen Shu's grasp and retreated to the side of the effeminate man. Just as she was about to speak, the effeminate man reached out and stopped her.

The effeminate man narrowed his long, narrow eyes, scrutinizing Chen Shu, but also didn't let Zhu Yiba off the hook.

The three men's gazes clashed, like three sharp swords crossing in the air. Chen Shu and Zhu Yiba, in particular, exuded an aura of provocation and confrontation as the intoxicated ones.

A moment later, the effeminate man said "Let's go" and quickly returned to his Mazda.

The man in the baseball cap wanted to follow, but Chen Shu quickly stopped him. In just a few words, he stuffed a pack of cigarettes into his hand and transferred a few hundred yuan to him via WeChat, saying it was for a late-night snack, as a small compensation for the two of them.

Of course, it wouldn't be polite to refuse the free cigarettes and money.

In fact, for Chen Shu, although the matter was already settled, he had always adhered to the principle of leaving room for maneuver in his conduct and dealings with others since he started working.

Just like in previous cases of nude video threats, Chen Shu always advised victims who had their sensitive photos taken by the other party to first send a few hundred yuan to the other party with a tearful face as a reward for their hard work all night, and then resolutely block the other party.

After the two left, Zhu Yiba muttered, "I didn't have any trouble with them, why did you transfer money? If this gets to the police, won't it all become evidence that we're in the wrong?"

Chen Shu knew Zhu Yiba's personality. He didn't care about the few hundred yuan he had to pay, nor did he care whether the matter went to the police. He just felt that by hanging out with these thugs, they ended up backing down instead.

Or perhaps he was just trying to give up on himself, subconsciously hoping that being reported would be the best outcome.

"Hehe, at least it didn't escalate to the police's hands."

Chen Shu patted him on the shoulder with a smile, without explaining why he was giving him the money. Just like on the phone, he only told Zhu Yiba to run away quickly, without analyzing why running away was better than staying after being caught drunk driving.

The two men helped Chen Chuan upstairs, one on each side, and then went back to their rooms to rest.

As he was leaving, Chen Shu, who had his back to Zhu Yiba, paused for a moment and said calmly, "Zhu Yiba, sometimes you always feel that you are special and blame yourself for choosing a different path from most people. So every time you encounter a problem, you always think about taking responsibility for everything, as if others want or beg you to suffer."

"Little do you know, everyone in this world is different. You need to change this habit."

After saying that, Chen Shu walked away.

Contrary to expectations, Zhu Yiba noticed a change in Chen Shu for a fleeting moment when he opened the door and entered the room.

Just like when he, as a policeman, notified Chen Shu of the drunk driving accident, Chen Shu did not act as righteously as Zhu Yiba had imagined.

In Zhu Yiba's eyes, the deputy captain, who had always been a paragon of justice and a symbol of righteousness, seemed to have become a protective mother hen.

After Xu Mingliang's death, this change was so subtle, yet so reasonable.

boom.

The door is closed.

"Ha, you're the same."

Zhu Yiba smiled and retorted softly, but on this cold winter night, his heart felt much warmer because of it.

(End of this chapter)