Xia Jie stood in front of her: "Instructor, if you are unable to get away, I can help you."

Ye Wei hung up the phone, looking helpless: "No need, I'm sorry you had to see this. But it's good that you knew sooner. Women, especially those with elderly parents and young children to care for, and who also have to work, it's really too hard."

Xia Jie nodded silently: "Instructor, please don't listen to my mother. I'm not going to the household registration department. I chose to be a police officer myself, and I'm willing to face and bear all the dangers and difficulties."

Ye Wei said, "We'll wait for the director to decide on the household registration department's matter. But your mother insists that you not go on any more calls."

Xia Jie said emotionally, "But instructor, my life is my own, not my mother's!"

Ye Wei reassured her, "I know. But right now, your mother keeps calling me and Director Cheng."

Xia Jie's face fell again, and she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, instructor, my mom called you again. I won't let her call again."

Ye Wei noticed that she didn't look well: "Xiao Jie, are you alright?"

Xia Jie said, "It's nothing. I'm sorry, instructors, for disturbing you."

Ye Wei said, "Xiao Jie, don't say that."

Li Mu then entered the office and comforted her, saying, "Xia Jie, don't worry, there's always a way out. Whatever you choose, I'll support you."

Xia Jie said gratefully, "Thank you!"

Li Mu said, "Why are you being so polite with me? If you have nothing to do right now, join this joint community law enforcement operation and be in my group. We'll talk about your matter after we're done with these next couple of days and the station chief comes back."

Xia Jie nodded silently: "Mm!"

Just as Li Mu and Xia Jie walked out of Ye Wei's office, Qi Zi arrived again.

Ye Wei asked, "Is something the matter?"

Qi Zi said, "Instructor, can I ask for a few days off?"

Ye Wei said helplessly, "What do you think, Qi Zi? Director Cheng and Director Gao have both told me about your situation, and we've discussed it together. If you have an emergency, it's fine to ask someone to cover your shift or take half a day off, but taking a long leave is really difficult for the institute."

Qi Zi lowered his head and said, "I know it's difficult in the institute. I wouldn't have spoken up unless I had no other choice."

Ye Wei said, "I know, I understand. Who isn't like this? If I weren't the instructor, I might have complained with you. Right now, the station is severely understaffed. Forget about taking leave, even if no one takes leave, we can't finish the work..."

Qi Zi asked anxiously, "But it's the instructor..."

Ye Wei interrupted him, "Don't say 'but,' Qi Zi. This isn't just your situation. I've already discussed it with Chief Li and Chief Gao. We also want to make this an important topic when the chief returns and discuss it thoroughly at the chief's office meeting. But recently, the station has a lot of tasks and time is tight, and the chief is not here, so everyone is under a lot of pressure. Why don't you participate in the joint law enforcement operation first, and then ask for leave after a few days when you have some free time?"

Qi Zi opened his mouth, then said helplessly, "Fine."

Watching Qi Zi leave dejectedly, Ye Wei sighed. Just as she was about to pull herself together to get back to work, her husband called again. She quickly answered, "Honey, what's wrong now?"

Ye Wei's husband said, "I've spoken with the company, and they've agreed that I can come back tomorrow."

Ye Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "That's great."

Ye Wei's husband said, "No need to thank me. I just called home and my mom said my dad went to the hospital by himself. You should go and check on him."

Ye Wei said helplessly, "Are you trying to kill me? Just now, a colleague in the institute asked for leave, and I persuaded him to go back. Now that I'm asking for leave, how am I supposed to face people?"

Ye Wei's husband panicked: "Is your life more important, or my father's life?"

Ye Wei explained, "I didn't mean myself. There are so many people in the institute, and tens of thousands of people in the area..."

Ye Wei's husband interrupted her, "I understand. I also said I would go back tomorrow. The old man has already gone to the hospital!"

Ye Wei sighed: "Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Wei hurriedly left the office and saw her colleagues downstairs already lined up, ready to leave. She felt a headache coming on. What should she do? What should she say?

Gao Chao was addressing everyone: "In a little while, Li will lead one group, Zhang Zhijie will lead one group, Qi Zi will lead one group, I will lead one group, and the instructor will lead one group. The main task is to cooperate with the community's actions, obey orders, and follow commands."

Ye Wei rushed over.

Gao Chao said to her, "Instructor, let's go."

Ye Wei nodded haphazardly and said in a flustered manner, "Oh! Let's go."

Just as the climax was about to lead everyone toward the gate.

Seeing that something was wrong with her, Li Mu thought for a moment and asked, "Instructor, what's wrong?"

Ye Wei seemed startled: "Ah! It's nothing?"

Li Mu said, "You seem a little distracted. Is something wrong?"

Ye Wei said, "The elderly in my family went to the hospital by themselves... and there's no one to take care of them."

Li Mu said, "You've had a tough time too. Why don't you go to the hospital first? The patient is the priority."

Gao Chao also said, "You didn't say anything about this. Let's go to the hospital first. You can have Director Cheng take over here; we have enough manpower."

Ye Wei said gratefully, "Thank you so much. My husband will be back tomorrow. It's nothing serious at the hospital, so I'll be back soon too."

Gao Chao said, "Go quickly."

Chapter 401 Heart knot

Next, each of them led a team to launch a large-scale joint census.

Li Mu and his team had been busy for half a day before finally wrapping up. Just as they returned to the station, they heard a dispute.

All that could be heard was Qi Zi shouting, "Chao Gao, don't think you can give orders just because you're the deputy director!"

Gao Chao also got angry: "What kind of nonsense are you giving orders for? You're about to fight with a seventy-year-old woman, and I can't even stop you?"

Qi Zi demanded, "Who did it! There are clearly safety hazards in her house, why won't you let us investigate? Don't think you're so great, I'm not putting up with this anymore!" With that, he slammed his hat on the table.

Gao Chao's face turned ashen as he said, "Seventh son, what did you say? I've made a mistake by meddling in other people's business."

Li Mu walked over and asked, "What's wrong with you two? Why are you arguing so fiercely?"

Gao Chao said angrily, "The Seven Sons are untouchable now; they can catch fire even without a spark."

“I was doing this for his own good. This afternoon, we're going to do something together. There's an old lady surnamed Zhang who's known in the village as a difficult person.”

“According to the report, some suspicious people have been renting her house recently. When Qi Zi went to check for safety hazards, the old lady started making a scene as soon as he knocked on the door, and I happened to see it. My idea was to ask Qi Zi to leave for a while so as not to escalate the conflict, but Qi Zi immediately got angry at me and hasn’t stopped since we got back.”

Li Mu said, "Old Gao, don't be too angry. Qi Zi has been asking for leave these past two days, but it hasn't been approved yet. He's also a bit upset and angry. He's just taking this opportunity to vent, it's not directed at you."

Gao Chao said, "He's angry, but who isn't? I'm holding my anger in too!"

Hearing the commotion, Ye Wei came over and said, "It's all because of too much pressure!"

Gao Chao said, "Who doesn't have pressure?"

Li Mu changed the subject, saying, "Sigh! After talking for so long, have you finally investigated that old lady Zhang?"

Gao Chao turned to look at Qi Zi: "You're asking him?"

The seven boys also looked at Gao Chao: "Why are you asking me! You said you wouldn't allow an investigation, so naturally you won't."

Gao Chao said angrily, "When did I stop you from investigating? We already agreed in yesterday's meeting that no one should be missed. I stopped you from investigating then because I was afraid of escalating the conflict, and I wanted you to find a suitable way to investigate. When did I say that I wouldn't allow you to investigate?"

Qi Zi said, "You didn't say it, but that was your attitude back then. Now that I've finished investigating the task assigned to me, there's only that one tough nut to crack left. Why don't you just give it to Director Gao?"

Gao Chao said, "Whoever is assigned a task should complete it. If someone misses a task, and it is discovered during an inspection, their responsibility will be investigated."

Qi Zi snorted: "Whatever!"

Seeing the two people refusing to back down, Li Mu didn't really want to get involved in this mess, but there were some things he had to do, otherwise it would have a serious impact on the institute.

Just like this time, because of the initial obstruction at the start of the climax, Qi Zi got angry and simply didn't check the old lady's house. As a result, one of her tenants was found to be hoarding detonators. Knowing about the police station's big raid, he moved to the Xinjie area overnight. During the move, just after settling into his new home in Xinjie, the detonator exploded.

What time is it now? The whole city is conducting a major safety hazard investigation. If a safety accident occurs in the jurisdiction and causes personal injury or property damage, the deputy director in charge of public security or the community will be directly dismissed.

Because of this incident, the deputy director of Xinjie Police Station was dismissed from his post. Although Balihe Police Station escaped unscathed, it still bears some responsibility because the people were moved from there.

In the end, someone reported the matter to the Municipal Bureau, which even brought down the Municipal Bureau's supervisory team, causing quite a stir. In the end, Director Wang Shouyi took the blame for most of the incident.

Therefore, it's best to find the items today before the tenants move out of the old lady's house to avoid an explosion.

After listening to the two argue for a few more minutes, Li Mu said, "Stop talking. Instead of wasting time, let's go to the old lady's house and check again!"

Gao Chao and Qi Zi exchanged a glance, and Gao Chao said, "Alright!"

Qi Zi said, "Let's go. Maybe the old lady has a problem."

So the three of them went to the old lady's house again.

This time, the group didn't tolerate the sharp-tongued old lady. When they inspected a tenant's house that was packing up, the man's expression immediately changed.

His eyes darted around for a moment, then he ran toward his packed luggage. Li Mu didn't know what he was up to, but a wise man avoids dangerous situations, and whatever he did, danger should be nipped in the bud.

She took two steps forward and pinned the man to the ground.

Gao Chao exclaimed in surprise, "Director Li, you..."

Li Mu said, "This person's reaction is a bit off. Search carefully and see if there are any prohibited or illegal items, especially that suitcase from earlier."

Without saying another word, the two began to inspect. Soon, Gao Chao was shocked to find detonators in a suitcase. He was astonished that such a thing existed.

Ten minutes later, officers from the police station arrived and took the suspect and the detonator away, much to everyone's relief.

……

On the other side, Ye Wei's phone rang. She glanced at Xia Jie and went to answer the call on the other side.

Xia Jie felt a little uncomfortable, knowing that her mother must have called the instructor again. She walked out of the office area and went to the courtyard to dial her mother's number, but sure enough, the line was busy. She was both angry and anxious.

A while later, Xia's mother called back.

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