Chapter 1 (1/1)
Chapter 1: First Encounter
There was practically no spring or autuhai, colloquially called the Demon Capital One always felt the days passed like the day-to-day rhyth slapdash, but at least somewhat hurried
First day of spring, the trees lining the ht green leaves not yet equal to the deep green of the previous year, pedestrians already finding it hard to endure the bursts of heat e from their bodies Jackets one after another were draped over ar sleeves rolled up to the elbow, and the elderly hobbling down the lanes had already removed their ever-present wool-knit vests that seerown onto their bodies
This weather was even worse for the people's police They had not even been wearing their longsleeved uniforms for teeks when the terees But this season's uniforms were not made of 100 cotton, so they didn't breathe, and they weren't snug, which made it very uncomfortable
Gu shi+ are of this froroup She had her head buried in her co out a report when her phone vibrated, an internaltoe to their short-sleeved summer on-duty clothes She immediately pinned the news in her calendar me, her slender, soft white fingers dancing in a flurry,a report, but instead copying a document
Several co-workers who had just been out in the field entered, laughing and talking They had clearly missed lunch because they carried disposable boxed lunches, and behind the tray filled with various common side dishes The office was at once suffused with the thick aroma of oily, saucy food When they noticed Gu shi+ was in the roo, the atmosphere suddenly different
”Everyone likes beauty I'uts, and we get to see Chief Gu all the time, otherouldn't take the opportunity when no one was staring at that policewolances”
He was pointing at the ”star of the month” on the board on the wall in the hallhere Gu shi+'s photo had been hanging for more than half a year Her facial features had a hard-to-place, vaguely foreign feeling, probably because of her ethnic Hui ancestry Her upward slanting eyes see, callous with a bit of cold elegance seeping through, plainly holding everyone a thousand ave one the illusion of tenderness and love
The reason why her photo had been up for half a year was because of the heavy workload in the departned to take care of it, so often it would happen that once it was posted it would stay there and wouldn't be changed Even so, theit Every tilance at Gu shi+'s photo It had already become habit
One of them quickly resumed the topic of conversation ”I don't knohich departuy is from, but he doesn't look familiar I think I've seen hi here and there Like he was conducting some research”
”Yeah, that unfauy with the ca around while we're working hard andmeals to lower himself to our common level to prove he's one of the people”
Gu shi+ only slightly turned to theup the conversation, her keyboard still clacking away They quickly fell silent and turned and went next door to the small conference room, closed the door, and ate
The slightly fat man was the owner of a restaurant at the bureau entrance, Fan Yong Everyone often ate at his place orking overtime His prices were fair and he had several specialty dishes, not inferior to a privately-owned restaurant Everyone was used to his food, and he was optimistic and jovial, and the old soldiers-turned people's policemen would often praise hiood cookhouse squad is as good as three PLA political instructors You're our Instructor Fan”
Whenever Fan Yong came he wanted everyone to eat healthy and with hearty appetites, so he would forgo disposable boxed lunches and instead co the deputy bureau chief Gu shi+ was blary with them, only warned theh a side door to thevia a small path and then use the fire exit to the second floor; thecurtains along the street would remain drawn
”Those who didn't knoould think ere eating public funds instead of paying out of our own pockets, and it was just Old Fan taking pity on us and treating us well” Co-workers in the department would complain, and they learned from someone else that Gu shi+ had received criticisuilty They obeyed the orders of the young deputy section chief in charge of human affairs and did their best not to cause her trouble
They say it was ”tender feelings tooood behavior was not because of her youth or good looks, but because of her professionalism and dedication She was not a smooth talker, yet in the brief span of three years she ice commended, once a third-classparty ue cadres even more became mere inessential eest deputy section chief and shooting instructor Everyone admired her professional qualifications in trace analysis and her outstanding shooting, and when they saw her overworked, yet in high spirits, they could only sigh that ”it's good to be young”
Fan Yong set down his meal tray and quietly sat and watched TV The detectives ate quickly, but even saying it like that was being polite; they wolfed it down Only when the unhurried Gu shi+ entered would they try to show some restraint, but in less than fiveaway fallen leaves But Fan Yong, a former soldier, was used to this, so he didn't return to his shop, but waited there to clean up after them
They were only half-finished eating when Gu shi+ knocked on the door and entered She waved her phone and shook her head ”Someone coot someone laid up in ICU”
Gu shi+ grabbed her equiph the corridor The police sure enough hanging around his neck When she brushed past hine followed, and his leather Givenchy shoes were quite conspicuous, but theearring he wore, which could have been diamond or cubic zirconia
”The quality of recruits nowadays is getting worse and worse Really a lot of nerve,” Gu shi+ thought scornfully Despite the ca half of hiraphic ed profile planted firmly in her mind