Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 828 Encountering a Traffic Accident

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shu's thoughts began to wander. He gripped the steering wheel, pondering his upcoming trip to northern Myanmar.

Suddenly, a dark shadow darted out from the opposite lane, followed by a flash of white light that streaked towards Chen Shu's eyes—a road hazard—an electric scooter.

With a bang, they crashed into each other.

Fortunately, neither of them was going very fast. After the electric scooter brushed past, it slowly continued forward for another ten meters or so before finally crashing to the ground.

After getting off the bus, Chen Shu quickly walked a few steps to help the driver of the electric scooter who had fallen to the ground to his feet. He looked the driver up and down and, fortunately, found no external injuries.

The electric scooter lying on the ground was predominantly yellow with a prominent food delivery company logo. The driver was wearing a yellow hat and a yellow jacket.

He's easily recognizable; you can tell at a glance he's a young deliveryman.

The young man was not old, looking to be around twenty years old. After the traffic accident, he scrambled to his feet, ignoring Chen Shu who was driving, and not even thinking about checking his injuries.

Instead, the young man immediately grabbed his phone from the phone holder on the electric scooter and quickly started making calls. Chen Shu was somewhat surprised by this action.

It wasn't a call to the police, nor was it a call for reinforcements; it was simply a urging of his colleague to hurry over and help him deliver the takeout orders he had on hand.

"Ah Ba! Come quick! I've had a car accident! It's near the Dahao Supermarket on Fengxiang Road!"

"I'm alright! Come quick! My order is about to expire!"

"There's no time to see a doctor now. Where are you?"

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"Young man, you've had a tough time." Chen Shu shook his head with a wry smile. His dedication was quite touching. Chen Shu decided not to ask the other party for compensation.

While waiting for the other party to make a call, Chen Shu saw that the young man's speech, actions, and expression were normal, so he put his worries aside and began to observe the damage to the vehicle.

The Horch has a scratch on its fender, neither too long nor too short, and the fender is slightly dented. I reckon it will need bodywork in addition to repainting.

How should I put this?

If you follow the pricing of a normal auto repair shop, even if you hire the most experienced mechanic and use the best quality materials, the cost will not exceed one thousand yuan.

But if you go into an Audi dealership, even if you calculate based on Horch's factory price, it'll probably cost more than a thousand yuan, plus a zero.

After making the call, the young man appeared much calmer. Before Chen Shu could even speak, he assured him that he had already purchased insurance and would receive compensation, telling Chen Shu to rest assured.

That attitude is top-notch.

If it were Chen Shu's own Volkswagen Golf, he wouldn't have needed to go to the repair shop for such minor damage. He could have just tightened it up and continued driving to and from work as usual. Perhaps the next time he was in a traffic accident, he would bump into the same spot again.

That way, we can put them all together and fix them.

Chen Shu noticed that the delivery guy's clothes were a bit worn, and he guessed that the guy was having a tough time. If they went to the traffic police station to discuss it, although the guy who changed lanes would definitely be fully responsible, it would still take a lot of time for both of them, so he usually just let it go.

The problem is that the car doesn't belong to him; it's a luxury car registered under the name of Mr. Chen, a well-known wealthy man in the Public Security Bureau. He uses it as a grocery-getter for his housekeeper, and it costs around 300,000 yuan. He says money isn't the main concern; safety comes first.

The first concern is the personal safety of the nanny, and the second is the safety of ensuring uninterrupted home services.

Damn, those despicable capitalists!
Although Chen Shu wasn't present when the car was purchased, given Chen Chuan's spending power, the car was definitely not cheap, and might even be ridiculously expensive.

The safest approach would be to call the car owner first.

While Chen Shu was making a phone call, the delivery guy who suddenly appeared also took out his phone and started searching for information about the vehicle online. That's the good thing about the internet; you can find anything with a simple search.

The four-ring logo indicates Audi. Although the young man can't afford it, according to online searches, it would only cost two or three thousand yuan at a 4S store.

Based on the fact that they pay three yuan a day for insurance to the company, they can afford to pay for even one more collision; it's not a major disaster.

Is three yuan a big deal?

The young man let out a long sigh, turned around and saw that the other person was still on the phone. So, out of habit, he used his phone to take a short video of the car parked next to him for Douyin, recording a chance encounter in his boring life.

I've already thought of a title: "Laugh it off: A little episode after crashing into a luxury car".

In the video, the young man shows his head, which is wearing a yellow hat, and strikes a cool pose, with an Audi sedan parked quietly on the side of the road in the background.

The front of the car has six horizontal and twelve vertical markings, which is slightly different from the usual Audi. Then there's a long, slightly glaring white scratch and dent on the fender.

"Haha, why are you waiting for the traffic police? Hurry back and have a drink, everyone's waiting for you!" Chen Chuan on the phone didn't seem to care about the accident.

“Okay, I’ll give you the cash later.” Chen Shu himself was quite worldly and knew that no matter how expensive the Audi was, the cost of painting and bodywork was something he, as a conscientious grassroots civil servant who was also single, should be able to afford.

"With your meager salary, you want to give me cash back? You think you can just give me cash back? Haha! Come back soon! Everyone's waiting for you!"

"toot toot"

After thinking for a moment, Chen Shu found the phone number of the local 4S dealership online and tried calling it.

It was past midnight, but surprisingly someone still answered the phone. According to the person on the other end, they specialize in providing services for owners of damaged vehicles, including on-site towing.

The service was truly impeccable.

Chen Shu sent photos of the damaged parts of the vehicle via WeChat and waited for an estimate.

At this moment, the deliveryman's colleague arrived, also riding a yellow electric scooter, but wearing casual clothes, so he was probably not on duty.

He drove his electric scooter very fast, only slowing down slightly when he got close to the delivery guy. As he passed by, he grabbed the delivery bag from the delivery guy's hand, twisted the throttle, and sped away again.

Like the wind, it swept across the bustling road, creating a large "S".

This speed should exceed the 25 km/h limit for electric scooters.

It's obvious that delivery drivers work hard, but speeding around on electric scooters like this is indeed dangerous.

Chen Shu has kept a few words from his old classmate Zhang Wei, who transferred to the traffic police team after graduating from the police academy and has been working there ever since. They resonate with him deeply.

"People who ride electric bikes already have it tough enough, just trying to earn a little money for food on their way to and from get off work. But the traffic police are still constantly catching them on the road, hiding and cracking down hard, which sounds really cruel."

"But the data reports for each year, quarter, and month are very accurate. How are they accurate? The mortality rate, disability rate, and traffic accident rate have all visibly declined as the police crack down on violations by electric bicycles. They have been declining all the way down."

"The common people don't know about this. They point their fingers at us and curse us every day. Calling us robbers or thieves is being too polite. But we police officers have to understand, so no matter how wronged we are, we have to endure it."

As he said this, Zhang Wei held a wine glass in one hand and supported Chen Shu's forearm with the other. His eyes were brimming with tears, and it was unclear whether he was drunk or heartbroken.

Traffic cops, that's interesting. But if it were me, I wouldn't go, hehe, Chen Shu, a policeman, thought to himself subconsciously.

He's a bit too young.

(End of this chapter)