booktalesy Chapter 36 So That's How It Is
Chapter 36 So That's How It Is
Wu Song returned to his workstation.
Thanks to Xu Bin's announcement, the other members of the Third Squadron realized what was about to happen and sat down at their workstations.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, a second-in-command and a third-in-command led two police officers into the Third Squadron's office.
It was Wen Zheng'an, the head of the criminal investigation team of the Chengbei Branch, and Guo Yang, the political commissar.
"Team Leader Wen, Political Commissar Guo!" Xu Bin immediately stood up and saluted.
The others, who were only a fraction of a second slower than Xu Bin, also stood up and saluted in unison.
"Hmm!" Wen Zheng'an nodded slightly.
"Comrades, I'll take up two minutes of your time."
Today we have some good news. Comrade Wu Song from our brigade, upon his official promotion, has been awarded a third-class merit for his outstanding performance in the Wang Heng murder case, with the approval of the Party Committee of the Bureau and the Municipal Bureau!
As everyone knows, he is a new comrade who has only been in our team for less than four months. Four months! Most people are still in the "master leading them into the door" stage, but Comrade Wu Song has already achieved "cultivation is up to the individual." This third-class merit is based solely on hard work, not on personal connections.
Let's give a round of applause to congratulate the armed police officer. We hope you will continue your efforts, and we also hope that everyone can take this as a benchmark and learn from and surpass you in their work.
"Clap clap clap!" All the members of the Third Squadron and the four people who came in all turned to look at Wu Song and gave him a round of applause.
"Come on, let's have Political Commissar Guo say a few words to everyone," said Captain Wen Zheng'an.
"Hmm!" Guo Yang nodded slightly and took over the conversation. "I have three points. First, congratulations to Comrade Wu Song on his early promotion to a full-fledged People's Police officer. I also congratulate him on receiving the weighty honor of a third-class merit."
Secondly, Comrade Wu Song, the organization is awarding you this merit because it believes you can shoulder heavier responsibilities and achieve even better results.
Third, I want to give you a dose of reality. Considering your youth, you must remember not to act impulsively or throw discipline to the back of your mind in the heat of the moment. In future law enforcement, we must always maintain a sense of awe, adhere to the bottom line, and not cross the red line.
Finally, the play also hopes that all police officers will learn from Comrade Wu Song. In the criminal investigation cause, regardless of the length of service, as long as you work hard and diligently, the organization will definitely see it and will never let you down.
Congratulations to Comrade Wu Song, and best wishes to everyone for a smooth and successful career in the police force.
Thank you everyone!
"Clap clap clap!" Another round of applause.
"Come on, Comrade Wu Song, come up and receive your medal!" Wen Zheng'an smiled and nodded at Wu Song.
"Thank you for your support. I will certainly live up to your expectations."
Wu Song walked over, snapped to attention, and then received his third-class merit medal and certificate, along with an envelope, from Captain Wen.
According to what Xu Bin said before, the reward inside should be one thousand yuan.
That's almost equivalent to Wu Song's income for two months.
"Okay! Good!" After another round of applause, Wen Zheng'an signaled to Wu Song that he could return to his workstation, then looked at Xu Bin, "Old Xu, how's the investigation into Li Ailian's case going?"
"We are currently investigating the identity of the deceased. We contacted our counterparts in Shanghai this morning, and we should have important leads soon."
"Okay, keep up the good work and try to solve the case as soon as possible!" Wen Zheng'an instructed before leaving the Third Squadron office with his men.
After the battalion commander and political commissar left, the rest of the third squadron gave Wu Song another round of applause.
"Disciple, I'm honored to present you with my achievements. You've graduated!" Cao Dahua patted Wu Song's arm first.
"No, Master. Once a teacher, always a teacher. Besides, I still have a lot to learn from you."
"You little rascal, what else do you have to learn from me?" Cao Dahua stretched his neck. "You'll be able to handle cases independently from now on, and my old arms and legs won't have to follow you around anymore. If we keep running around like this, I feel like I'll shorten my lifespan."
"Thank you for your hard work, Master!"
Because everyone believes that Wu Song can sense the murderous aura emanating from a killer, all the important work of conducting interviews has fallen on Wu Song's shoulders. Cao Dahua, as his master, has also had to accompany him, so he has indeed been quite busy lately.
"Hey, I was just saying. When are detectives not busy?"
"Brother Song, come and see your third-class merit medal. I've never received one before."
Wu Song hadn't observed it closely either, so he and Ma Xiaowu started observing it together.
The only difference is that the whole thing is gold.
Below is a gear pattern.
The ribbon is dark red, with two cream-yellow vertical stripes on both sides and three bright yellow vertical stripes in the middle of the upper part.
On the back of the medal are inscribed the Third-Class Merit, the serial number, and the issuing organization.
"See this gear?" Cao Dahua pointed out. "The third-class merit is the gear, the second-class merit is the ornamental column, and the first-class merit is Tiananmen Square."
"This is only a third-class merit. A second-class merit will be awarded in a while!" Ma Dazhi said with a smile. "Then you'll know what a second-class merit looks like. Do you, as the master, need to teach me? You should be teaching Wu Song to quickly get a first-class merit so I can go out and brag."
"If you joined the police force for a year and received all the first, second, and third-class merit awards, wouldn't you be able to brag about it to everyone you meet?"
"What are you thinking about?" Xu Bin said. "To apply for a first-class merit award, you generally need to have a satisfactory or above annual performance evaluation within the past three years. Wu Song has only been here for a short time. Don't listen to Lao Ma's nonsense."
"Hey, Wu Song, shouldn't we treat everyone?"
"Absolutely! We're eating out today."
"Hey, I heard there's a new restaurant that just opened nearby. Let's go there for a meal."
"Could they be catching another murder fugitive?"
"Haha, it would be even better if we could catch him. Let's go to that place and have Xiao Song take a look. Luckily, we caught that one last time. Otherwise, if a murderer could be on the run near our branch for years, where would we put our branch's reputation?"
……
As it turns out, there won't always be fools who open restaurants near the police station.
We didn't encounter any murder fugitives during this meal; it was just a simple and enjoyable meal.
In the afternoon, a phone call came in from Shanghai.
Xu Bin answered the call immediately.
"Hello, this is the Third Criminal Investigation Team of the North Branch of the Gotham City Public Security Bureau."
"Huh? What? There's no case of Li Yanan going missing? That's impossible! The father of the missing person here said that her son-in-law reported the case to your office on the 3rd. The father's name is Li Guangming."
"What? Okay, I got it! Thank you!"
After hanging up the phone, Xu Bin took a deep breath and glanced at the other members of the squadron. "There's a case of Li Yanan's disappearance in Shanghai."
"So that's the case of Li Ailian's disappearance?" Wu Song asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes!" Xu Bin nodded. "Li Guangming's daughter is called Li Ailian over there, the same name as the Li Ailian we're looking for."
"I see!"
Wu Song suddenly felt that everything made sense.
Li Ailian now has a motive to bring the other person back from afar to die in her place.