Major Crimes Unit Starts with Police Academy Students

Then, Grandma Li escorted the three of them all to the door.

"Officer Tongzhi, thank you so much for your hard work. You've gone to all this trouble just for an old woman like me."

Chen Xincheng quickly said,

"Grandma, don't bother seeing me off, you should go home now,"

Wu Mingcheng also said with a smile,

"Don't worry, we will definitely help you solve this problem. We'll come back tomorrow."

Chapter 454 Further Discussion on Resignation

Near the end of the workday, Xia Jie found Wu Mingcheng and told him that her mother was returning from her aunt's house that evening and she wouldn't be staying there.

When Wu Mingcheng asked if she needed his help with driving, Xia Jie shyly declined, stammering, "..."

"No need, I can manage on my own."

The main reason was that she felt their relationship might not have reached the point of meeting each other's parents yet.

Knowing that Xia Jie was going to the high-speed rail station, Wang Shouyi let her leave a little earlier.

She waited early at the high-speed rail station exit, and when she saw her mother and aunt in the crowd, she waved happily.

The older aunt carried Xia's mother's luggage. Although she was over sixty years old, she possessed excellent manners and poise, clearly a capable and reliable woman.

Xia's mother, on the other hand, was completely at ease, carrying only a small bag.

When she saw Xia Jie, she called out to her from afar.

"Xiaojie, your aunt is here!"

Seeing this, Xia Jie was utterly speechless at her mother's behavior and quickly took the suitcase from her aunt.

She smiled and said,

"Auntie, my mom has caused you so much trouble. Mom, you're really something, Auntie is so much older than you, and you're making Auntie drag the suitcase around."

My aunt waved her hand dismissively and said, "840 questions."

"It's alright, what's the point of dragging this out? Third Sister, I've safely returned you to Xiao Jie. Xiao Jie, take good care of your mother. I'm leaving now."

Hearing her aunt's words, Xia Jie was immediately stunned.

"Auntie, what's wrong with you...?"

The aunt smiled and explained to Xia Jie.

"Xiaojie, I didn't come here specifically to see your mother off, but to attend our class reunion for forty years."

They've already booked a hotel for me over there. I'll go to their place first; they must be getting impatient.

I'll go home when I'm done here. Don't worry about me, go back now.

Xia's mother looked at her eldest sister and said enviously,

"Your aunt is living a more carefree life as she gets older, unlike me,"

Xia Jie glanced at her mother; her mother was truly spoiled by her maternal grandfather's family.

She began to speak.

"Auntie, where do you live? I drove here, I'll take you straight there."

Auntie shook her head and said,

"Don't worry about me, someone's coming to pick me up."

Before she could finish speaking, several women around the same age as her aunt came over, calling out.

The group hugged and laughed heartily. Seeing old friends of several decades was naturally very exciting; they had so much to say.

The auntie, taking a moment from her busy schedule, turned around and said to the two of them,

"Xiaojie, Third Sister, you two go ahead, I'm fine, I'm going to play with them."

Xia Jie greeted her aunt with a smile, then dragged her suitcase and left with her mother.

Back home, Xia Jie placed the prepared meal on the table, having simply made two dishes and two bowls of porridge.

She shouted into the room.

"Mom, come out and eat!"

After calling several times without response, Xia Jie went into the inner room and said...

"Mom, dinner's ready. Didn't you say you weren't very hungry? I only made some porridge."

The room was pitch black. Xia's mother lay on her side on the bed, her voice slightly congested.

"Just leave it there for now,"

Xia Jie reached out and helped her mother to a table outside, where they sat down.

"Alright, Mom, you have to eat something, it won't taste good when it gets cold. Let's go."

Xia's mother took a sip of porridge and then spoke.

"Xiaojie, shall we suggest to the bureau that you get a quiet office job that doesn't require fieldwork?"

When Xia Jie heard her mother say that, her heart sank.

"Mom, why are you bringing this up again?"

Knowing that Xia Jie disliked her calling the police station, Xia's mother could only offer an evasive answer.

"I just felt that you were too busy with work and that I was a bit lonely at home by myself, didn't I?"

When you're on a field assignment, you have to be available anytime. There's no such thing as an off-duty time.

Besides, it's just the two of us, mother and child. There's no one to protect you. I'm afraid you'll suffer grievances and be mistreated everywhere you go outside."

Xia Jie understood that her mother's intention was to prevent her from being wronged, and her tone softened.

"I'll try to come back and spend more time with you whenever I have free time. Also, did you call our colleagues again?"

Upon hearing Xia Jie's question, Xia's mother simply stopped trying to hide it.

“Yes, if I hadn’t called, you definitely wouldn’t have told me about Wang Shouyi and the others forcing you to apologize. Even if you didn’t tell me, I would have found out.”

Xia Jie immediately became a little anxious.

"Mom, didn't you promise me you wouldn't interfere with my work anymore?"

Her own daughter was the apple of her eye; how could she not care about her?

Xia's mother became more and more excited as she spoke.

"You're just saying that casually? You're my daughter, how could I possibly ignore you?"

I've only been gone a few days, and you've already been bullied? Regarding Dr. Wu's matter, if I were here, I would definitely go directly to her.

So many people went to great lengths to help her find her daughter, and in the end she turned around and started blaming others?

Also, why do Wang Shouyi, Cheng Hao and their group insist that you apologize? Can't someone else do it?

Have they completely forgotten what they said at your father's funeral? I'm not calling them anymore; I'll go directly to them.

Upon hearing this, Xia Jie quickly offered some words of advice.

"Mom, please don't go. If you go, I'll quit my job right now. I absolutely refuse to work there anymore. My workplace has been very good to me."

Upon hearing Xia Jie say she wanted to resign, Xia's mother became even more excited.

"Resign? That's even better! If you weren't so stubborn, I would never have let you become a policeman."

"Xiaojie, your father is gone, and I don't want my only daughter to fall in the same place."

Chapter 455 The Ghost is Here Again?

Xia Jie said helplessly.

"Mom, being a police officer doesn't necessarily mean you have to sacrifice yourself. Most of them are fine, aren't they?"

Xia's mother wouldn't listen to any of that and responded directly,

"Then you shouldn't do fieldwork. The reason I agreed to let you become a police officer was twofold: first, our family needed someone to maintain contact with the public security system, and second, I thought you could do clerical work."

Hearing her mother's thoughts, Xia Jie felt utterly helpless.

"Mom, it's not a matter of whether I'm a police officer or not, and what kind of police officer I should be, that should be my own choice."

But because of my father, too many people projected their feelings for him onto me.

The starting point for everything wasn't me, but my dad. My dad is my lifelong hero.

But my work and life should say goodbye to him; I can't let him become my shadow.

To Xia Jie's surprise, her mother suddenly started crying at this moment.

"Xiaojie, what do you mean by this?"

Xia Jie was terrified when she saw her mother crying.

"Mom, I'm just discussing this with you. Please don't cry,"

Xia's mother sobbed as she spoke.