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

Chapter 346 The Goal!

Just after nine o'clock in the morning, Fuchun Road was bustling with traffic. Cars, bicycles, and three-wheeled vehicles were driving haphazardly on the street, honking their horns incessantly.

Feng Xiaocai followed behind her master Gao Jie, searching along the streets near the staff dormitory of the Gardening Bureau.

Yesterday, the two of them spent the entire day lining up half a street of residences, but they came up empty-handed and even received a lot of disdainful looks.

Xingye District is under the jurisdiction of Qincheng Detachment. Many people know Gao Jie, including some local idlers who know that he has been "dismissed".

These people didn't give Gao Jie a friendly look, and the bolder ones even spoke sarcastically. Whenever this happened, Feng Xiaocai wished she could take them to the police station.

Looking at her master's slightly hunched back and messy hair, Feng Xiaocai felt a pang of sadness.

The former captain of the Third Brigade, what a spirited and ambitious man he was!

But now, he's just an ordinary criminal police officer.

Stepping out of the stairwell, Feng Xiaocai followed in his footsteps and asked, "Master, do you want to take a rest?"

"Okay." Gao Jie walked out onto the street, leaned against a telephone pole, and took out a cigarette.

He was in his forties, wearing a brown jacket with worn-out sleeves, and a black sweater underneath with several loose threads showing.

His despondency as a middle-aged man was fully revealed.

Feng Xiaocai bought two bottles of water, handed him one, and casually asked, "Master, how is Mistress?"

"We're divorced." Gao Jie took a drag of his cigarette, glanced around at his surroundings, and didn't seem to care much.

Feng Xiaocai's hand, which was twisting the bottle cap, paused: "Why?"

Gao Jie smiled and said, "Look at me like this, who would want to be with me?"

"Just because you were transferred? That doesn't mean you have to get a divorce. I saw your wife at the department store last time."

Gao Jie pursed his lips: "I have to take full responsibility for Kou Tao's fall. He is the only son in his family. In addition to compensation, I also have to give his family an explanation."

Feng Xiaocai retorted, "Didn't we already pay a sum of money? The bureau even covered some of it. Besides, it was Zhou Xiaochuan and Yue Feng who discovered the problem in the first place. Kou Tao accidentally fell from the building; they are the real culprits!"

Gao Jie shook his head: "They are young after all, they don't understand anything, they are only interested in solving cases, and they want to be like those big team members, glorious and proud."

Moreover, they paid a price; their police uniforms were stripped off.

"They deserved it!"

"Don't say that."

Feng Xiaocai continued, "So now you have to give your monthly salary to Kou Tao's family?"

"No, maybe half," Gao Jie smiled. "Traffic police officers don't earn much, not as much as you do."

Feng Xiaocai knew that when Gao Jie went to the convenience store to buy cigarettes yesterday, he bought the cheapest ones, and she even saw that he only had a few yuan in his wallet.

When Feng Xiaocai was learning how to handle cases from Gao Jie, his wallet was bulging and he was very generous.

"What about Nuannuan? Did she go with her teacher's wife?"

"Teenagers are the same as everyone else."

"So you gave half of your income to them, mother and daughter?"

"Don't ask me these questions."

Gao Jie didn't want to discuss this topic anymore and instead asked, "What about you? After I left, I heard that only Gu Jun was in charge of the Third Brigade, and you were transferred to the First Brigade?"

"Yes." Feng Xiaocai twisted the cap off the water bottle and handed it to Gao Jie, then took another bottle from him.

"How's the First Battalion? You all used to think the First Battalion was great, very different from our Third Battalion, right?"

Feng Xiaocai shook her head: "I don't like it. It's too tiring. The first and second teams are competing for the case-solving rate. It's like two fighting cocks kept in the bureau. They fight back and forth, and in the end, they end up with injuries."

"Now there are three brigades. The new Third Brigade is led by Yang Jinwen. What do you think of him?"

When Yang Jinwen was mentioned, Feng Xiaocai's hand, which was twisting the bottle cap, went limp, and her eyes sparkled.

Gao Jie glanced at him and laughed, "What? You're interested in her?"

Feng Xiaocai quickly shook her head: "No."

Randomly, she quickly twisted open the bottle cap, tilted her head back, and took a sip.

"Then why did you go back to the Third Brigade? I heard that in the First Brigade, Lu Ruixiang put you in logistics, so you didn't have to work on the front lines and it wasn't as tiring."

“Master, I don’t lack money.” Feng Xiaocai pouted.

Gao Jie shrugged: "That's right, your dad is a big boss of a department store, worth tens of millions, so he really doesn't care about that little bonus."

“That’s not the reason,” Feng Xiaocai tried to argue.

Just then, her cell phone rang.

Feng Xiaocai quickly took it out and answered the phone.

"Hey?"

"Little bean sprouts?"

"you are?"

"Hey, don't call me that, I'm Lao Yao, Yao Weihua."

"Captain Yao, what did you say?"

Are you on Fuchun Road?

"Yes."

"Is Gao Jie with you?"

"Yes."

"Make a note of this: there's an appliance repair shop at No. 27 Fuchun Road. The owner seems a bit suspicious. Go check it out."

"27 Fuchun Road?" Feng Xiaocai repeated.

Gao Jie quickly took out his notebook and started scribbling on it with a pencil.

“No. 27 Fuchun Road… We lined up there yesterday, but we didn’t see any appliance repair shops.”

Gao Jie would make detailed records of each place he inspected.

Feng Xiaocai had already hung up the phone.

"Master, shall we go take a look?" "Okay."

Gao Jie put away his notebook, tucked it into his pocket, crossed the street, and headed towards the main road.

There are four horizontal and eight vertical lines, and twelve streets in total. Fuchun Road is the bottom horizontal line in the grid. Number 27 should be somewhere along the street.

Gao Jie remembers that there are many alleys on this street, and numbers 25, 26, and 27 are all small alleys.

These alleys are not very deep, only about twenty meters inside, and there are no house numbers marked.

Gao Jie didn't even look at the cars and walked very fast. Just as he reached Fuchun Road, a car almost hit his leg.

The driver stuck his head out of the car window. He was bald and had a large gold chain around his neck, clearly someone who had been involved in organized crime.

"Old man, are you blind?"

Gao Jie patted the front of the car and quickly apologized, "I'm sorry! It was my fault."

"Oh, it's Captain Gao!"

"Sorry." Gao Jie smiled and waved his hand, continuing to walk across the street.

"Don't go! Weren't you so arrogant before? You were the one who arrested me, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet!"
Everyone says you're looking at the main street now, but I don't remember it being in this area..."

Feng Xiaocai followed, pointed at the bald man, and shouted, "Watch your mouth!"

"Who are you?"

Feng Xiaocai took out her identification and showed it to the other party: "Criminal Police Officer, Third Brigade, Qincheng Detachment!"

"What kind of Third Brigade is this? There's no Third Brigade anymore. Are you kidding me?"

"you……"

"What do you mean, 'you'? Of the thirteen districts in Qincheng, your Third Brigade is the most useless. Don't think we ordinary people don't know that. Bah!"

Feng Xiaocai's face turned bright red. She wanted to go up and argue with him, but she also wanted to catch up with Gao Jie.

The bald man was still laughing arrogantly, one hand on the car window, and he excitedly patted the car door.

At that moment, the passenger side door of the Mitsubishi car behind them was opened.

When Feng Xiaocai saw that it was Yang Jinwen, he got out of the car, walked around the front of the car, and went straight to the driver's side of the car in front.

He slapped the bald driver on the back of the head.

Just as the bald man was about to turn around, Yang Jinwen pressed his head down again, and his hand, which was sticking out of the car, was quickly grabbed.

Before the bald man could react, his left wrist was already handcuffed.

"What the hell are you doing? Who are you?"

Yang Jinwen pointed at the bald man: "Don't move!"

Yang Jinwen handcuffed the other end of the handcuffs to the steering wheel and pointed at his face.

"I am Yang Jinwen, the captain of the Third Brigade of the Qincheng Detachment. I will be dealing with you people from now on."

Qincheng is a civilized city. You just spat and insulted the police officers, so you need to pay a fine. I don't have time to waste on you right now. You can drive to the police station here and pay the fine yourself.

Don't even think about getting someone to pick the lock. Return these handcuffs to me. I've got your face remembered. If you dare disobey me, I'll be the first to deal with you!

After Yang Jinwen finished speaking, he looked at the beautiful woman sitting in the passenger seat and pointed at her with his finger: "You too!"

"I go……"

Yang Jinwen pressed his head down hard again, took the man's handbag from his seat, opened it, took out the other man's ID card, and then threw the handbag into the car.

"Mark my words!"

After Yang Jinwen finished speaking, he waved to Feng Xiaocai, who was standing there in a daze.

Feng Xiaocai swallowed hard, and after a moment's thought, followed Yang Jinwen across the street.

"Team Leader Yang."

Yang Jinwen didn't turn around. He walked onto the sidewalk, glanced at the house number, and saw it was number 25.

Feng Xiaocai immediately said, "Number 27 is on the right. Please follow me."

Yang Jinwen nodded and followed behind her.

Sure enough, there was a small alley next to number 27, and you could see the end of it at a glance. Inside was a red brick wall.

The layout of the hutongs is in the shape of an "L".

Gao Jie stood at the corner of the 'L' and looked to the left.

Yang Jinwen lifted the hem of his shirt, pulled out a gun with one hand, cocked the hammer, and strode forward.

Hearing the sound, Gao Jie quickly turned around and saw that it was Yang Jinwen. He pointed to the corner and nodded.

Yang Jinwen came up behind him and peeked out slightly. He saw that there was a tin shack inside, with all sorts of random things scattered around.

There was a long counter in front of the door that completely blocked the entrance, leaving only a cover. Once lifted, people could pass through.

A man wearing an olive green coat, with his back to the door, was tidying up the second-hand appliances in the store, and he was also wearing a black woolen hat.

There is an advertising board on the left side of the entrance, with a handwritten sign that reads "Repairing home appliances and buying and selling used appliances".

After waiting a few minutes, the man turned around.

My height is exactly between 1.7 and 1.73 meters, but I'm not pigeon-toed because the counter blocks my view.

Yang Jinwen nodded to Gao Jie and Feng Xiaocai, then put away his gun and walked towards the shop.

Gao Jie and Feng Xiaocai followed behind him, only half a step behind, forming a triangular formation.

Electrical wires and telephone lines were twisted into braids and laid horizontally above their heads.

Hearing footsteps, the man looked up at Yang Jinwen who was approaching.

Yang Jinwen noticed that the person had single eyelids, a short nose, and looked to be in his forties.

The other party greeted them, "Do you have any appliances that need repair?"

Yang Jinwen came to the counter, squinted and shook his head: "I don't repair appliances. Come out here for a moment, we need to talk to you about something."

The man looked him in the eyes, and his expression changed instantly.

(End of this chapter)