Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Chapter 669: The Hero Returns

While Zhang Hui was in the hospital eating snow crab legs and gnawing on tuna, the atmosphere over at the Criminal Investigation Team was not so good.Although there hadn’t been any major cases recently, other types of cases were still numerous, and there were two cases still being handled.

The case that Sun Jun went to Penghu County to handle didn’t succeed.

At the Criminal Investigation Team, the cases held by groups three and four were also added together.

Two theft cases involving a significant amount of money had already been ongoing for a week, but the progress was extremely slow.

Then there was a robbery causing injury, where although the suspect’s identity was confirmed, he had escaped.

A cooperative investigation was launched, and wanted procedures were being followed, but so far there were no leads.

In Qin Yong’s office, it hadn’t been quiet for the past half month.

It was always accompanied by the sound of roaring and table slamming.

The work of the Criminal Investigation Team seemed to have suddenly hit some kind of bottleneck.

Almost like no case could be solved.

The personnel from group 3 and group 4 had already been deployed, tracking, investigating, and traveling as needed.

In fact, this was the daily working state of the Criminal Investigation Team.

Most cases aren’t solved in just a day or two after they happen.

If a case can be solved in a month, that’s a good thing; dragging it out for a year or three is also quite normal.

So there were always endless business trips, endless overtime, and endless sleepless nights at the Criminal Investigation Team.

Everyone was used to this kind of working state before.

But in recent years, the investigative efficiency of the Criminal Investigation Team had greatly improved.

Generally, cases could be solved in one or two days.

Even for homicide cases, the longer ones could be settled in three to five days, and the shorter ones in one or two days.

The longest the time dragged on a case had not exceeded 10 days.

But not all suspects were local.

After committing a crime, most people choose to flee.

Especially with the recent theft and robbery cases appearing at the Criminal Investigation Team.

Near the end of the year, it was very likely that transient people were committing crimes.

Unlike last year’s end when the Criminal Investigation Team was celebrating and preparing to welcome the new year.

This year, almost all personnel in the Criminal Investigation Team had their year-end leave canceled.

No choice, with unsolved cases and unapprehended suspects, the situation could only remain busy.

At this point, Zhang Hui and Lu Chuan finally returned to the Criminal Investigation Team.

Qin Yong naturally valued these two heroes highly.

The two could at least be awarded second-class personal merit.

Additionally, the Criminal Investigation Team was actively applying for collective second-class merit.

Capturing an A-level wanted criminal not only meant the suspect was caught and would face legal punishment.

It also meant that the police collective making the arrest would be credited and rewarded.

Catching a wanted criminal was dangerous, but it was like a walking tree of merit.

In Lu Chuan’s eyes, it somewhat resembled defeating a monster.

"Welcome back, Comrades Zhang Hui and Lu Chuan!"

Qin Yong led the way, with over thirty people in sharp uniforms, welcoming the heroes at the entrance of the Criminal Investigation Team building.

Zhang Hui’s case wasn’t worth mentioning, as he nearly lost his life while capturing the wanted criminal.

Lu Chuan was ordered in times of crisis, and as an on-site investigation officer, he shouldn’t have been on the front line.

But his combat ability was strong, and only he had the confidence to defeat the two experts on the opposing side.

Anyone else...

Even someone as skilled as Lan Bingyu was injured, and Zhang Hui nearly got killed.

Anyone from the Criminal Investigation Team going up wouldn’t have made it.

Especially since, given Lu Chuan’s skills, even during the final pursuit he was unexpectedly injured, if it were anyone else, the scenario would have been worse than just an injury.

It would have been unsolved captures and on-site sacrifices.

But even without Lu Chuan, someone would still have had to go.

Being a police officer is like that, knowing there’s a dead end ahead, sometimes you still have to proceed.

Just because there’s a bottomless chasm under a single-plank bridge and the suspect can cross it to live, it doesn’t mean the pursing officer shouldn’t go.

Sometimes you know it’s a risk, and you have to take it.

Being a police officer, forget about two things.

The first is making a fortune; you can’t make a fortune being a cop.

The second is living to a ripe old age.

If you’re a cop, don’t expect to live long.

Especially as a criminal police officer.

It’s basically like having your head on the line every day.

But there’s a police branch with an even shorter average lifespan than the criminal police, and that’s the anti-narcotics police.

In the Anti-Drug Brigade, it’s not just having your head on the line every day.

It’s like from the day you start, you’ve already taken your head off.

Always ready for sacrifice.

Holding the flowers given by everyone, Zhang Hui’s eyes gradually became moist.

Although he was eating and drinking well to recover in the hospital and was recovering very quickly, now with no major issues.

But thinking back to the encounter at Azalea Mall, Zhang Hui was still shaken.

The cold dagger, the feeling of it piercing into his body, was something he’d never forget in his life.

The feeling wasn’t pain; it was more like everything slowly drifting away from him.

The moment the other person pulled the dagger out of his body and he saw the blood spurt out, Zhang Hui was somewhat bewildered.

At that moment, he thought of many things.

He thought of when he was a child, when his father carried him around the big road on his back on the way to school.

He thought of when he had just entered the police academy, high-spirited, ready to accomplish a great career.

He thought of when he first saw a corpse at the Criminal Investigation Team, fear and anxiety.

He thought of his child, the district school, the real estate loan, and his wife and parents.

They appeared vividly before his eyes, then gradually faded away.

Honestly, Zhang Hui thought he was done for at that moment.

Because the last stab was to the chest, he didn’t know if it had pierced his heart.

Although he instinctively dodged, whether he managed to avoid it, he truly didn’t know.

Meanwhile, Forensic Doctor Shen’s eyes were red.

In fact, during the time Lu Chuan was hospitalized, Forensic Doctor Shen had essentially been visiting him daily.

But meeting under these circumstances gave a different feeling.

Lu Chuan didn’t shy away, directly hugging Shen Yan to comfort her.

This experience actually made Lu Chuan grow a lot too.

During the pursuit, he was actually a bit careless.

He really didn’t expect that the opponent would anticipate being followed beforehand.

Then arrange an ambush at the corner.

Otherwise, with Lu Chuan’s skills, he wouldn’t have gotten so seriously injured.

Of course, anyone would likely not expect an ambush to happen at the corner of an alley.

It was broad daylight and the streets were full of people.

This was a cognitive limitation causing a judgment error.

The country was a peaceful society, and brawling in the streets was a rare occurrence.

At most, it was argument or a fight.

But the two bodyguards hired by Chen Kai grew up abroad.

Fighting, it happened every day around them.

Death, it lingered around them daily.