You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 317 A new beginning!
The engagement ceremony between Yang Jinwen and Wen Ling was not complicated. After speeches from both sets of parents, it was just a matter of eating and drinking.

Most people came mainly because of Wen Mo and Zhang Chunxia.

How influential are these two people? You can imagine.

Zhang Chunxia made no attempt to hide her relationship with Yang Dachuan, and in front of everyone, she had already become Yang Jinwen's stepmother.

Yang Jinwen and Wen Ling were supposed to be the main characters at the engagement banquet, but she and Yang Dachuan were more eye-catching.

The engagement party lasted until the afternoon before moving to a nearby teahouse.

Drinking tea, chatting, and playing mahjong? That's out of the question.

People talking about work, arguing, and bickering came in droves.

Why?

Normally, if someone from one department wants a signature from someone from another department, the other department will avoid them and ignore them. However, they cannot miss the engagement banquet of Secretary Zhang's godson.

It's not appropriate for the two parties to cause trouble during the newlyweds' ceremony, so they changed the venue, which created a better atmosphere.

"We agreed that we would use a local bank as a guarantor, and that your Housing and Construction Bureau would sign and stamp our documents. We're going to do real estate development, so why won't you approve it?"

"You're talking nonsense! Your Hongda Group is using real estate development as a pretext to benefit the people, but it's actually for commercial purposes!"
The approval documents you gave us only show that commercial land accounts for 10%, but in reality, it accounts for 30%. What are you doing?

"We're building a modern city. Have you seen the commercial streets of the provincial capital? Have you been to the newly built shopping malls? Don't give me that kind of advice. If you don't approve it, let's go find Director Fan of the Economic Development Zone!"

At this moment, Director Fan of the Economic Development Zone was also in a terrible predicament. A group of people were arguing with him incessantly, and even ripped the glasses off his nose.

Besides this area, there were several other groups of people in the teahouse.

A group of school principals grabbed the education bureau leaders, clamoring for improved teacher salaries, especially for substitute teachers in rural areas. Their salaries are meager, and they haven't been paid for months. They teach while also farming. Isn't that tough? Can't you bear to see them suffer?
The third-in-command in charge of laid-off workers was also blocked in front of the window, shouting that the subsidies for this year's layoffs had not yet been approved and that this matter could not be delayed any longer, or something serious would happen!
In addition, the Chengbei, Chengnan and Jiaxing branches also complained to the political and legal secretary that if they wanted to improve public security and the quality of the police force, they needed to increase funding. They argued that no one should starve their constables.

The teahouse was in complete chaos, with chickens running and dogs barking.

But in any case, these are people who get things done, and they are a very small minority.

Indeed, around the turn of the millennium, there was a frenzy of activity; everyone wanted development, food, and economic take-off.

Those in high positions naturally wouldn't dare to approach them, and of course, they wouldn't appear here.

They continued eating and drinking until night, and before parting ways, they would stop the person and demand an explanation.

That evening, Yang Jinwen and Yang Dachuan returned to their home.

After all, it's an engagement, not a wedding. According to modern ideas, it's not appropriate for Yang Jinwen to live with Wen Ling.

Yang Dachuan was very drunk; he had drunk quite a bit today. When he got home, he collapsed on the sofa, groaning and moaning.

Yang Jinwen took off his suit jacket, walked to his mother's portrait, and struck the chime.

A crisp, metallic sound rang out in the room.

Yang Jinwen closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and silently read aloud to his mother's portrait: "Mom, there are two things I need to tell you. My dad found me a stepmother, and I didn't stop him."

After all, you wouldn't want to see him grow old and destitute.

Also, I'm engaged. You've met the girl; her name is Wen Ling. Don't worry about me and my dad.

Yang Jinwen took out an incense stick, lit it, bowed three times, and then put it into the incense burner.

Yang Dachuan looked at him with blurry, drunken eyes and chuckled foolishly.

Yang Jinwen turned to look at him, frowned and said, "My engagement to Wen Ling is like your marriage to Secretary Zhang."

"My child, you don't understand."

Yang Dachuan sat up, lit a cigarette, and said again, "Chunxia and I were just playing along, each getting what we needed. It's not what you think."

Yang Jinwen didn't bother with this: "How many days are you staying home this time?"

"I'll be leaving in a couple of days."

"The factory? You're not planning to take care of it anymore?"

"I went into business for the sake of our steel mill, how could I possibly abandon it?"

Yang Jinwen squinted, recalling that afternoon when the steel plant workers stopped the top manager, Zhang Haipeng, and almost broke his head.

"Are you waiting for them to retire?"

Yang Dachuan nodded: "If Lao Zhang doesn't step down, Angang will be a mess, and I won't be able to make any progress. I've prepared the money, and I've also found a few Hong Kong businessmen willing to invest. I'm just waiting for this opportunity."

If Angang wants to revive and achieve new heights, it must reform; otherwise, it will perish.

"What did Secretary Zhang say?"

"She asked me to help pay the severance pay for laid-off workers first, but I didn't agree. Can I be the one to take the fall?"

Yang Jinwen nodded: "You see this clearly. Only by starting from scratch can Angang have any hope."

Yang Dachuan took a drag of his cigarette: "It all depends on whether we can hold on. With the arrival of the new millennium, after so many years of reform and opening up, we will have a great opportunity for a breakthrough."

Whether it's urbanization or building bridges and roads, steel is needed. As long as we can weather this storm, Angang will have a chance to come back to life. I believe that day will come.

Alright, let's not talk about that anymore. Today, Lao Wen and I discussed your transfer. He asked me to tell you that although you have made many contributions, there isn't a suitable position for you in Qincheng yet.

"We'll let you wait a few more months, until around the end of the year. Someone in the Qincheng Criminal Investigation Detachment is retiring, and you can fill in then."

Yang Jinwen poured his father a cup of tea and replied, "I'm not in a hurry, anytime is fine."

"Hey, you're not in a hurry, but your father-in-law is. Do you think his position is easy? He needs someone to help him secure his position. I heard that some of the captains in the Qincheng Criminal Police Detachment are not easy to deal with. They are very capable and good at solving cases. They don't get along with your father-in-law. After that, when you are transferred to the provincial capital, Wen Ling'er can also be transferred there as a family member."

So, I showed you an apartment in the provincial capital, a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

"It's still early, there's no rush," Yang Jinwen said dismissively.

To everyone's surprise, Yang Dachuan pulled a key out of his pocket and tossed it to him.

Yang Jinwen's eyes widened: "You've already bought it?"

"Yes, Chunxia and I looked at the house together. We paid in full, I paid half and she paid the other half. Consider it an engagement gift for you and Wenling."

The address is 'Yunding International' in the city center, Building C, 10th floor, Room 3. It's a fully furnished apartment. You and Wenling should buy the furniture yourselves, so I don't end up buying it and not liking it.

By the way, everyone living there is a child of a cadre from the provincial capital. Your sister lives next door too. Living in a compound isn't common anymore.

"My sister? What sister do I have?" Yang Jinwen asked warily, "Did you mess around with other women back then?"

Yang Dachuan glared at him: "Nonsense! He Qing, isn't she your sister?"

"Oh, who do we have here? Isn't she at the Municipal Procuratorate?"

"You work within the system, how come you're so out of touch? She's already been transferred to the provincial capital."

"And what about her husband? I remember he was a teacher at a teachers' college."

"We're divorced."

Yang Jinwen blinked. The last time he went to Zhang Chunxia's house, he had a feeling that the two of them wouldn't go far. Love? What a load of rubbish.

Yang Jinwen looked at the keys in his hand and thought to himself, "It's so good to be rich."

Cat is still working hard to save money to buy a house and wants to settle down in the city. As for me, I didn't want a house at all. My dad just casually bought me a house in the provincial capital.

Yang Dachuan looked at him: "Remember this, I didn't buy this house entirely for you. Today, when we were serving tea to someone, you didn't even bother to greet them..."

"Stop!" Yang Jinwen frowned and said, "You dare to bring this up in front of my mother's portrait."

"Yes, yes." Yang Dachuan sighed, stood up shakily, and went to offer incense to his deceased wife in front of her portrait.

Yang Jinwen returned to his room, lay on his bed, stared at the ceiling, and sighed softly.

The next morning, Yang Dachuan was nowhere to be found, but his mother's portrait was cleaned, the offerings of fruit were replaced with fresh ones, and a bright red rose was placed in the incense burner.

Yang Jinwen ignored him; he had to go to work as usual today.

He used up his vacation time last time he went to Deyang Wujiang County.

Zhang Chen's case is over, and although her life has come to an end, many people's lives still have to go on.

But her image lingered in Yang Jinwen's mind, so much so that before returning from Wujiang County, he left his contact information and told Qu Junping that if he needed help, he could call him and revealed his identity.

The other party became suspicious and didn't know why.

Of course, Yang Jinwen didn't tell them the reason, only that he felt a connection with the child and that his fiancée, Wen Ling, liked Qu Xiaoxin very much.

He hoped that Zhang Chen's child could grow up healthy, and that he would only tell her who her mother was when the child reached adulthood and became more resolute, feeling that her birth was suspicious.

Her mother paid a heavy price for her.

If Zhang Chen were a cold-blooded mother, she could have simply abandoned her child. But it was precisely her own daughter who suffered the same fate as her, forcing her to rebel. She was determined to find her daughter's whereabouts, even at the cost of her own life, which led to an irreversible outcome.

A case that remains unsolved for years can affect a detective's entire life.

Similarly, even though Zhang Chen's case was successfully solved, Yang Jinwen still thinks of her.

When he got to the office, he saw Maozi buried in front of the desk, pressing keys on a calculator.

"What is he doing? He almost made the calculator smoke from pressing so many buttons."

While eating breakfast, Cai Ting greeted, "Good morning, Captain Yang. Brother Cat is calculating his savings and plans to buy a house this year."

Yao Weihua leaned back in his chair and laughed, "After calculating, Brother Cat realized he could only afford a one-bedroom apartment."

"What a tragedy! His family of four, not even counting their future marriages and children, would need at least six rooms."

Cat was not discouraged: "My sister is about to start working, and she said she will live in the company dormitory."

Yao Weihua said, "Then it should be at least a two-bedroom apartment. What can you do in a one-bedroom apartment? After having a child, you have to wait until the child is asleep before you can do 'that' with your wife. It's sneaky, like you're doing something like a thief."

Cai Ting scoffed, "Old Yao is experienced."

Yang Jinwen glanced at them and said, "Let's get down to business. We've rested long enough. Let's find some cases to work on."

Yao Weihua complained: "It's been pretty peaceful lately, with no criminal cases. People in the underworld have become more honest. At most, there are fights and brawls, the kind where you can catch someone in the act."

The murder case wasn't complicated; the guys at the precinct could handle it themselves.

Yang Jinwen suggested, "Sister Cai, why don't you go to the anti-trafficking office and see if there are any cases of human trafficking? We'll arrest a group of traffickers to practice our skills in the near future."

Cai Ting raised an eyebrow: "Okay, Cat Brother, come with me."

Yao Weihua stopped complaining and stood up: "This can be done, Xiao Qi, let's go and inquire in the martial arts world."

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