Reborn Cat Sheriff

Chapter 160 Traveling to Southern Province
On the highway to the southern province, Nie Guoqiang showed Lin Ge a news article.

The news report is about another nationwide internet cleanup campaign, which is already in full swing thanks to the concerted efforts of police officers across the country.

The momentous action would certainly shock countless people, but who would have thought that it was all caused by a single act of self-determination by a deputy director of an ordinary police station in a third-tier city?

Who would have thought that Nie Guoqiang, who looked ordinary, always had a limp, and held a low position, could actually influence a national-level special operation and even launch it abruptly in a very short period of time.

If this were told to others, no one would believe it.

Although the government does conduct internet cleanup campaigns every year, at irregular times, this particular campaign was launched precisely shortly after the oil city middle school case. Only a fool would believe there wasn't a clever strategy behind it.

At this moment, Lin Ge deeply understood the hidden power of the various honors and favors that Nie Guoqiang had earned through his repeated meritorious deeds.

"Tsk!"

Sitting in the back seat, Qian Wei curled his lip, looking both jealous and dismissive.

Qian Wei was somewhat unhappy about being ordered by Nie Guoqiang to go on a business trip out of the province. But what could he do? He couldn't fight city hall. Besides, Qian Wei himself knew that he had indeed gone a little too far lately.

With a timid snort, Qian Wei cautiously asked, "Director Nie, I'll deduct his salary and call it a day, right? No matter what, he was wrong to hit an old man. I stopped him when he tried to flee, so what exactly did I do wrong?"

Are you a traffic police officer?

Without turning his head, Nie Guoqiang said calmly, "Do you have highway law enforcement authority? Are you in charge of traffic accidents? Qian Wei, you're not even a patrol officer, so what gives you the right to get involved in hit-and-run cases?"

At this point, Nie Guoqiang turned around and stared coldly at Qian Wei, "Besides, what right do you have to injure someone? Even if you were helping out, you shouldn't have used such force, right? Someone bumped into an elderly person, and you beat them up so badly they ended up in the hospital?"

"I didn't hit it!"

Qian Wei continued to play the rogue, laughing like a seasoned veteran: "I just rushed over to pull him away and accidentally pushed his motorcycle. The surveillance footage shows he fell down on his own. That motorcycle is heavy; it was clearly an accident that he was crushed, okay?"

"..."

Nie Guoqiang had nothing more to say.

There's no point in arguing with this old fox. This bastard always finds excuses; he's long since learned to shirk responsibility. Besides, he genuinely was trying to stop the escape, so Nie Guoqiang couldn't really say he was wrong.

Whether to take drastic measures depends on how much salary and benefits he has to deduct!
After he loses all his money, he'll be starving by the New Year. Let's see if he feels embarrassed when he faces Qian Siqi.

"Just do it!"

Nie Guoqiang gave a muffled groan as a signal to end the conversation.

"whee……"

Sun Chang, who was driving, couldn't help but laugh. After laughing for a while, he realized that his position was inappropriate, so he quickly coughed and shut his mouth.

Qian Wei chuckled and rubbed Bei Bei's head beside him, not caring about Sun Chang's rudeness.

It's just a joke, what's the big deal? If this kind of attitude could make him angry, he wouldn't have gone too far these past few years, turning himself into a lonely figure despised by everyone in the city police station.

So, it's no big deal!
Since arriving at Zhanghe Police Station, Qian Wei feels much more comfortable than when he was at the Municipal Public Security Bureau. As long as he doesn't think about interpersonal relationships or his superiors, he feels that his life is quite enjoyable.

On the other side of the back seat, Lingo was dozing off on Luo Jue's lap.

He had originally intended to seize the control panel, but Nie Guoqiang grabbed him by the back of the neck and threw him into the back seat. Considering the formidable nature of this scoundrel's trump cards, Lin Ge decided to forgive him this time. This wasn't admitting defeat; it was giving him face.

As for Luo Jue, he kept his mouth shut and looked out the window the whole time.

He was wearing brand-new clothes and had a handsome hairstyle, which made his gloomy face look much more pleasing to the eye.

But only Lin Ge could sense that Luo Jue's anxiety was growing as they got closer to the Southern Province. He would even unconsciously shake his leg, until Lin Ge used his weight to suppress it so that no one else would notice.

This child actually has a very strong sense of self-esteem. Especially after meeting the right people and witnessing normal things recently, many of his flaws have been corrected. He no longer looks like the wild, crazy person he was when we first met.

Time flew by, and the police car arrived at a highway service area at the border of Chu Province and Nan Province. The group got out to rest. Sun Chang led Beibei for a walk in the rest area to keep Beibei from getting too aroused, and also to find a quiet grassy spot for it to relieve itself.

In fact, Sun Chang's internship at the Shili Town Police Station had not yet ended, so she was not qualified to go with Nie Guoqiang and his group to support other provinces.

But who could resist Liu Shengyou's persistent and persistent persuasion that convinced Ma Baifen?

Ma Baifen couldn't bear to see such a promising talent waste his youth in a rural police station, spending his time with cattle and sheep. So he tacitly approved Liu Shengyou's illegal actions and sent Sun Chang to Baimiao Police Station ahead of schedule.

As for why Liu Shengyou did this?
He simply couldn't stand that useless woman named Xie Lili anymore. The task of supervising the kennel construction—such a simple job—was assigned to her, and she still managed to mess it up?
What was that stupid woman thinking? How could she forget about the dog kennel's flushing system and toilet? Did this idiot think the dogs would go to the toilet by themselves, or did she never see police dogs poop when she worked at the city police dog training base?

Furthermore, her foolish appearance when she was criticized afterwards almost caused Liu Shengyou to suffer a cerebral hemorrhage.

In the end, Sun Chang was successfully arriving, but the kennel delayed!

Without a kennel, how could the police dogs and their trainers be housed? Helpless, Liu Shengyou had no choice but to either leave Beibei at the Zhanghe Police Station or pack Sun Chang up and take him there as well.

During this period, Sun Chang will be stationed at Zhanghe Police Station to train police dog Beibei. He will only be able to take Beibei back to Baimiao Police Station once the kennel is completed and passes inspection.

The reason for choosing to take Sun Chang to the southern province this time was that the police officers at the police station were all on the verge of exhaustion, and Nie Guoqiang wanted to find a driver to help drive. After looking around, only Sun Chang was suitable.

After a half-hour break, Qian Wei took over driving.

Nie Guoqiang didn't want to get too close to Qian Wei, so he gave the passenger seat to Sun Chang, while he sat next to the dog on one side and the cat on the other, chatting quietly with Luo Jue.

Their trip this time included a detour to Shanlan County in Yongshi City, where they had found information about Luo Jue, to see if they could successfully find Luo Jue's family in one go.

If things go smoothly, that would be ideal. If not, we won't waste time but will go directly to Yexian County in Zhuzhou City to resolve the case there first, and then deal with Luo Jue's problem at our leisure. At that point, it might truly be like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Luo Jue remained silent about Nie Guoqiang's decision, which Nie Guoqiang took as tacit agreement.

Sun Chang and Qian Wei definitely had no choice. Especially that bastard Qian Wei; almost everyone in the entire police station was begging Nie Guoqiang to take him away as soon as possible—he was always looking for trouble.

"Wang!"

Beibei suddenly cried out, as the scenery outside had changed.

Just crossing a large river completely changed the scenery outside the window. Vast farmlands stretched as far as the eye could see, but the lush greenery and forests were rapidly diminishing. In many places, only bare sandy land remained, and even the winding rivers had become much more murky. As the oldest region in Chinese history, bearing witness to five thousand years of civilization, Nan Province boasts an extremely rich history, yet it also bears the severe damage inflicted on its land by five thousand years of cultivation. Even in this area bordering Chu Province, the area of ​​forest land is regrettable. In addition, as a populous province, Nan Province's economy is severely threatened by population pressure, resulting in somewhat dilapidated infrastructure in many places.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Chu Province has no poor areas or impoverished towns. It's just that seeing such a scene suddenly is a bit shocking for someone who has never left Chu Province.

Lingo glanced out the window and lazily flicked his tail.

Such scenery is actually quite uninteresting.

The car sped along, and after driving for a little over two hours, Qian Wei, under Nie Guoqiang's orders, left the highway and entered a national road.

The national highway was somewhat dilapidated, with many marks on the cement surface from heavy trucks, and vehicles from nearby towns were driving rather recklessly. However, no one dared to provoke the police cars, allowing Nie Guoqiang and his group to smoothly enter a rural road.

The road here is even worse.

Even a discerning eye could see that the economic situation in this town was not particularly good. Especially after driving for another half hour through a series of twists and turns, dilapidated mud houses appeared in sight, and even two-story buildings became rare.

The police officers remained silent, having anticipated this scene.

They had long suspected that Luo Jue's background might be more complicated than they had imagined. If the family were well-off, they would never remain indifferent or fail to report the abduction of their child.

Poverty is the root cause of many problems.

(End of this chapter)