My Life with Narration-Chapter 378 - 374: Is 500 Yuan Too Much?

Serious romantic relationships are not as interesting nowadays, without any explosive points, so when the university professor thing came up, Du Qiang immediately got excited.

He was even ready to start gossiping and enjoying the drama.

Just as Su Qing was about to give him a Lightning Five Whips combo, Lin Chengcai’s voice came from the doorway:

"What’s there to talk about so much? Is there some hidden detail in the case?"

The trio turned their heads and saw Lin Chengcai and Zhao Minghui standing at the door, coming in casually.

Then, Old Lin looked at him and couldn’t help but smile: "Awake? How was your sleep?"

"It was okay, took a nap, but sleeping during the day isn’t solid, there’s always noise outside, and the curtains let light through!" Su Qing said somewhat helplessly.

He was originally a light sleeper, easily awakened by any noise, and unable to sleep if there was light, or else his sleep quality would be very poor.

Clearly, the environment here had both factors.

"Make do with it, go to bed early tonight, have you finished the transcript?" Lin Chengcai asked.

Upon hearing this, Du Qiang quickly handed over the notebook: "I got it handled, rest assured, Team Leader Lin, take a look!"

Lin Chengcai nodded, took it, and immediately started to read it on the spot.

Meanwhile, Old Zhao stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed heartily: "Xiao Su, Old Lin and I indeed didn’t misjudge you, you’ve done a great job this time, now even Director Liu here knows you brought the person back. If you were already in the system, perhaps you might have been able to get credit, but this time your regularization should be no problem. Do your best, there will always be times for meritorious deeds in future cases!"

Su Qing was someone he, Lin Chengcai, and Old Wang from the Narcotics Division together applied to the director to specially recruit in. With this case, seeing the satisfied smile of the leaders, he felt that the regularization matter was settled, and the talent they recruited made a contribution, which also reflected well on them.

"Regularization? Punching in to work?" Su Qing was taken aback and quickly asked.

"What, you’re not willing?" Zhao Minghui glared, looking a bit agitated.

At this, Li Zijun beside them couldn’t help but hold her forehead with one hand. She knew this would happen.

Her brother was now making progress; he was a big internet celebrity, earning fast money. Though she didn’t know the exact income, with more than a hundred thousand followers as a base, his earning potential was definitely not low. Now making him punch in at work every day would be more suffering than killing him.

Although being a civil servant is a good job in Jiang City, stable, with good benefits, and prestigious, the income is not very high. After earning fast money, especially for young people, how could they possibly settle for this?

Perhaps half a year ago, there might have been a chance, but now, it’s unlikely.

Du Qiang, as a young person, could understand this too; after all, who doesn’t want to earn big money?

Being a cop isn’t a path to making big money, except for those who really love the job, many are just in it for the title of a respectable job.

Clearly, his mother Zhou Hui was such a person. If ever faced with danger, Zhou Hui would definitely teach her son to run, run fast.

Can’t say she’s selfish, after all, it’s human nature. Anyway, if his mom knew he confronted a murderer alone last night, he’d surely get a scolding.

Before he could speak, Lin Chengcai, looking at the transcript, glanced sideways at his old partner and said: "Stop, let it be. Besides, this thing isn’t even in the early stages of being formalized, it’s just what we think, but Xiao Su’s position should have some changes!"

"Master, the changes mean..." Li Zijun asked.

Su Qing was also curious, as it related to whether he could continue to hang around the police bureau. If they forced him to punch in to work, he’d plan to escape.

"That I don’t know. After these cases, everyone has seen Xiao Su’s abilities. Even Director Liu is aware of it. For talent like this, it’s impossible to keep him in a temporary role as a network promotion consultant, that position was just made up on the spot. I think it will most likely lean towards our Criminal Investigation Division, but the specifics depend on what the higher-ups decide!"

Lin Chengcai shook his head without saying directly, but he had some guesses in mind, though the decision-makers were still the leaders above, there was no way to know their intentions.

Meanwhile, Su Qing received a hint from the narrator.

[Due to your performance in recent cases, having demonstrated your abilities, you will be appointed as a criminal investigation consultant for Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau]

Upon hearing he’d still be a consultant, Su Qing immediately felt relieved. Consultant was good, consultant was great, he wouldn’t really have to step up, just stay behind and give some advice, kind of like his current job, just shifted from network security to the Criminal Investigation Division.

Whether it was the leaders above meaning this, or reached by consensus, he didn’t know, the narrator only mentioned the result, not the process.

"Team Leader Lin, from what you both said, is this case concluded?" Su Qing inquired.

"Not that fast, what are you thinking, but it’s almost there. Just at noon, the people we sent out brought back news, they found the murder weapon in the river you mentioned, a Bone-Carving Knife and an axe, they’ve been brought back for examination, Zhang Heng has confessed too, we have witness and material evidence, there’s almost no other possibility left.

Now we just need to find a time to take him back for a site identification, and then we can proceed to close the case and move it to the prosecutor’s office."

Hearing this, Su Qing nodded, indeed, although the culprit’s identity had been determined, the necessary procedures couldn’t be skipped.

"And you, do you know what you did wrong this time?" Lin Chengcai abruptly shifted the conversation.

Su Qing: "Huh?"

"Huh, what? Tell me, was this situation dangerous or not? Even though you’re not an official police officer, since you’re attached to the station, shouldn’t you at least have some basic safety awareness? Would it have killed you to call for backup? It’s not like he tied your hands. Why did you have to play the hero?

I’m telling you, what you did was extremely wrong. When dealing with a vicious murderer, even us trained officers have to be exceptionally cautious. Who do you think you are, acting like a little hero?"

Lin Chengcai’s tone was extremely solemn and even quite harsh, with a dark expression on his face, and Zhao Minghui was also assisting him on the side.

The result was the four of them teamed up in the office to give him a deeply memorable lesson in political education, severely criticizing his actions.

He thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, the real heavy hitters came in at the end.

And these people, true to form for those in a bureaucratic unit, used words that were powerful, justified, and substantiated, making him feel ashamed of himself, as if his actions had embarrassed not just himself, but implicated the entire police department.

"Alright, stop crying. It’s just a scolding. Look at how pathetic you look!" In the first-floor lobby of the station, Li Zijun looked at Su Qing, whose eyes were red, and couldn’t help but smirk.

Hearing this, Su Qing gave her a sideways glance. It was the first time he realized that a leader in the system could really berate someone to the point of tears. Even a grown man like him couldn’t hold it together.

It wasn’t that he was frightened, but rather the things they said were well-reasoned and included some real case anecdotes that, in his mouth, had led to serious consequences. Simply put, he was made to cry out of shame.

When he came out, he even felt like a sinner and thought he should find Zhang Heng to rent a place together.

He couldn’t figure out how these people developed such a knack for language; their persuasiveness was too strong. In front of them, a self-help guru seemed like nothing!

He took a few deep breaths, finally suppressing the guilt inside.

"It’s easy for you to say since you weren’t the one getting scolded. Not only did you not help me just now, but you added fuel to the fire!" Su Qing muttered.

"The master did it for your own good. Don’t think your actions are minor issues. In our line of work, you can’t be too cautious in front of criminals. If anything really happened to you, how would I explain it to your aunt? You’re not a kid anymore; don’t you understand this?"

"Alright, alright, I was wrong, I really was wrong, okay?" Seeing that Li Zijun was about to give him another lesson, he quickly admitted his mistake. He had to admit, the old saying ’You are who you associate with’ is absolutely true.

Following such people, you learn from them. The fine traditions within the system are indeed like the Will of Fire, enduring endlessly.

Just then, an agitated male voice came from the office on the left side of the first floor, and the two walked over to see.

There, a nondescript, slightly balding middle-aged man was pointing at a pretty young girl, saying:

"Officer, I was just called by a friend to sing at a KTV. As soon as I entered, I saw her sitting in the corner smiling. I pretended not to see her, drank alone. She seemed upset too and picked ’Breaking Up is Hard to Do’ singing while looking at me. When she was done, I picked ’Accomplishment’.

Afterward, we both thought the other was pretty nice, so we exchanged contact info, had a meal together, talked a bit at a hotel, and then spent the night together.

After that, she told me she was quitting her job and planning to go home early this year. I asked when she was leaving, and she said tonight, so I gave her 500 bucks for a ticket. Is that too much?

Officer, you tell me, as a friend, is it too much to give her money for a ticket!!"

The man spoke with such fervor as if he had suffered great injustice, even as though he was doing a good deed, how could they catch him?

On the other hand, the young officer sitting opposite had a helpless expression on his face and then spoke:

"Not too much, but what’s her name?"

Man: "Shasha, no, Lili, Xiaoyue, Feifei!"

Officer: "Alright, since you’ve confessed, let’s bring him in! Notify your relatives to come over!"

Man: ...

Subsequently, the man and the silent pretty girl were escorted out.

"Are all men as stubborn as you?" Li Zijun said with a face full of disdain.

Hearing this, Su Qing wanted to explain: "Could it be that he really wasn’t telling the truth?"

"Bullshit, that girl’s name is He Shunmei, and she’s been caught four times this year!"

Su Qing: ...

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