Super Soldier in Campus-Chapter 743 - 748: Meeting Liu Haidong Again_1

"Director Liu... You, you’re here too!" Recognizing the newcomer, Zou Chuan nervously and excitedly approached, greeting him with a fawning smile. The imposing man was none other than Zou Chuan’s superior’s superior: Liu Haidong, the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau in charge of legal affairs and criminal investigation.

Upon seeing Liu Haidong, Zou Chuan shrunk like a mouse before a cat. Like an elementary school student reporting to their teacher, he babbled, "Director Liu, as soon as I received the fire alarm from Tianxing Club, I rushed to the scene to direct the response. I helped evacuate the crowd and rescue belongings. The fire is now largely contained. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported yet..."

"Alright, that’s enough..." Liu Haidong waved Zou Chuan off, then pointed at Lin Feng and Ye Lin, asking in a low voice, "What’s going on with these two youngsters? You seemed quite upset just now." Liu Haidong appeared to ask nonchalantly, but he was actually very interested in Zou Chuan’s answer because Liu Haidong knew Lin Feng.

For someone in the venue, memory is a crucial criterion for evaluating an official’s competence. As the deputy director of the Jiangzhou City Public Security Bureau, Liu Haidong certainly possessed an excellent memory. He clearly remembered this young man, Lin Feng. Some time ago, Lin Feng had accompanied Cao Ying, Mayor Cao’s daughter, to Longyue Building. There, he had gotten into a jealousy-fueled dispute with Yang Ling, the son of Deputy Mayor Yang Tian!

Last time, Yang Ling had nearly dragged Liu Haidong into that mess, almost causing him to arrest Lin Feng. Consequently, Lin Feng had left a deep impression on him! Ever since, whenever Liu Haidong recalled the incident at night, he would break out in a cold sweat, utterly terrified. Offending Cao Tiannan in Jiangzhou was no different from committing suicide. Therefore, upon seeing Zou Chuan berating Lin Feng, Liu Haidong had quickly rushed over to assess the situation. He wasn’t so much worried about Zou Chuan digging his own grave as he was afraid Zou Chuan would implicate him.

"Director Liu, it’s like this. These two... one obstructed official duties, and the other was derelict in her duty. Director Liu, I handled it correctly, didn’t I?" Zou Chuan was somewhat puzzled. Why is Director Liu so concerned about these two youngsters? However, he felt secure in his actions regarding this matter, so he concisely explained the situation to Liu Haidong.

After hearing Zou Chuan’s explanation, Liu Haidong inwardly sighed in relief. It’s a good thing I came a bit earlier! If I’d let that fellow Zou Chuan do as he pleased and detain Lin Feng for fifteen days, and Mayor Cao found out later that his future son-in-law had been inadvertently locked up by one of my subordinates... I wouldn’t even know how I’d ended up dead!

"Zou Chuan, I’ll handle this. You go supervise the firefighting efforts over there," Liu Haidong said, pointing towards the bustling police cordon in the distance. Zou Chuan looked up at Liu Haidong with surprise, then nodded and moved in the indicated direction.

"You can go about your business too," Liu Haidong said lightly to Yang Cheng, who was standing to one side, after dismissing Zou Chuan. Yang Cheng nodded quickly, not daring to utter a word, and then also slinked away.

"Heh heh... Lin Feng, we meet again! How have you been?" After the others had departed, Liu Haidong cheerfully greeted Lin Feng.

"Director Liu, I’m well. And you? You’re looking more radiant and successful than ever!" As the saying goes, you don’t hit a smiling face. Seeing Liu Haidong being so polite, Lin Feng had no choice but to respond in kind, even offering a small compliment. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Lin Feng actually knows Liu Haidong?! Seeing Lin Feng casually greet Liu Haidong, Ye Lin’s heart skipped a beat. How on earth does Lin Feng know Liu Haidong? And Liu Haidong seems to be quite polite to him?! That’s the deputy director of the Municipal Bureau! And for Jiangzhou, a directly administered municipality! A deputy director here is equivalent to a deputy mayor in other prefecture-level cities... That’s a position of significant power and influence. What does it mean for Liu Haidong to be so courteous to Lin Feng?

Ye Lin looked at Lin Feng again, a sense of bewilderment washing over her. Lin Feng must have hidden so much from me!

Compared to Ye Lin’s confusion, Zou Chuan, who was watching Lin Feng and Liu Haidong chat and laugh congenially from a distance, was practically scared stiff. He never imagined Director Liu would actually know Lin Feng, let alone chat and laugh with him so casually!

"Cheng, what’s that kid’s background? Why does he know Director Liu? Didn’t you look into him? You mean you don’t know his real identity?" Zou Chuan turned to Yang Cheng, asking in surprise.

"I... I also don’t know who he really is..." Yang Cheng said, looking at his uncle with a shameful expression. "There’s no detailed information about his family in the police information system..."

Zou Chuan stared at Lin Feng, his expression flickering. Until I find out Lin Feng’s true identity, I absolutely must not provoke him again... He finally made up his mind.

"Ha ha... Lin Feng, you’re too kind. At my age, I can hardly be ’riding a wave of success.’ Even if I wanted to advance further, I lack the energy. It’s time to step aside and make way for the younger generation!" Liu Haidong said cheerfully, a profound look in his eyes. Lin Feng, of course, knew Liu Haidong was trying to gauge Mayor Cao’s attitude through him. However, Lin Feng hadn’t seen Cao Tiannan recently, nor would he discuss matters of the venue with him. So how could he possibly know what position Liu Haidong coveted, or what Cao Tiannan’s stance might be?

"Director Liu, you’re only just over fifty, aren’t you? That’s still one’s prime. How can you talk about retiring so early?" Lin Feng chuckled. This was merely his own opinion, and he had no idea how delighted Liu Haidong would be by this casual remark. The term "in one’s prime" is typically used for vigorous youths. However, in the venue, it often describes relatively young high-ranking officials. For example, department-level officials in their forties or provincial-level officials in their fifties are considered to be in their prime.

Liu Haidong was fifty-two this year and held a deputy department-level position, so he just barely qualified for that description. If he were to advance one more step to a full department-level position, then the term would be a perfect fit! And indeed, Liu Haidong had recently been pulling strings, trying every way possible to advance further. His earlier self-deprecating remark was merely a jest.

Thus, Lin Feng’s casual words made Liu Haidong’s old face beam with pleasure.

"Heh heh, then I shall gratefully accept your auspicious words!" Liu Haidong laughed, seemingly eager for everyone to know about his potential promotion.

"By the way, Director Liu, I have something that I believe would be best to give directly to you..." Lin Feng said, seeing Liu Haidong’s beaming smile. An idea suddenly struck him, and he gave Ye Lin a meaningful look.