Chapter 259 Trust
Captain Peng said, "We'll talk about that later. Let's learn from practice first." He looked at Ah Si and said, "Something happened again last night, right?"
Ah Si asked, "You know everything?"
Captain Peng said calmly, "Not very detailed. Xiaoqin was afraid that I would run away from the hospital. She didn't tell me much about anything. But she forgot that the person who accompanied me was also a policeman. Policemen would know about this kind of thing. One died and one was injured last night. Although I have never seen them, they are both my colleagues. In the words of educated people, this is called empathy. To put it bluntly, it's called the death of the rabbit and the grief of the fox." He suddenly asked Ah Si, "Why do you want to be a policeman?"
Ah Si patted his chest and said, "I feel so suffocated that I just want to do something."
Captain Peng asked, "Isn't it to get closer to Xiaoqin?"
Ah Si said, "No. Yesterday I saw with my own eyes that policeman who was about my age was on fire. When I went to hug him, he pushed me away to prevent me from getting hurt. Since then, I have been holding my breath and wanted to avenge him first!"
Captain Peng said: "As a drug enforcement officer, I've seen this kind of thing a lot. Every time a colleague dies or gets injured, it's like someone stabbed you in the heart. Before the wound heals, there might be another stab waiting for you. You have to be mentally prepared."
Ah Si knew that the driving force behind Captain Peng's tireless pursuit of Jia Ba was because his colleague died at the hands of Jia Ba.
At this time, the police officer and nurse who were accompanying the patient pushed a wheelchair into the ward. Every morning, Captain Peng would go for a walk in the yard with them to breathe fresh air, which was also his "fresh air" time.
Captain Peng nodded his chin towards Ah Si and said, "Let him accompany me today."
The nurse gave a few instructions, specifically reminding me not to take more than half an hour, and then went about her own business.
Ah Si picked up Captain Peng and put him on a wheelchair. The police ran out to press the elevator button. Captain Peng said to Ah Si, "Put on my police uniform and cover your legs."
Ah Si followed his instructions and took the police uniform from the hanger and covered his knees with it. Captain Peng couldn't bend his arms, so he stretched his arms out and tucked the police uniform under the towel blanket.
After leaving the building, the two wandered aimlessly in the gravel road and grove of trees in the hospital. Captain Peng asked, "What do you think is your advantage as a police officer?"
Ah Si blurted out, "If you are healthy and can fight, you won't die."
"But you have to know that the police solve cases mainly with their brains. It's not possible to catch drug dealers fully armed once in ten missions. It's more about contact, investigation, surveillance, squatting, and a lot boring work. But you still have to stay alert at all times, especially for us drug enforcement officers. If you think about shooting every day, you're wrong."
Ah Si said: "I understand everything you said."
"That's good."
Ah Si suddenly asked, "Aren't you teaching me anything?"
Captain Peng asked, "Do you want to learn?"
Ah Si said excitedly, "I miss you so much."
Captain Peng nodded and asked casually, "Can you drive?"
Ah Si said: "After a few days of learning, you can drive it."
"That's enough, let's go to the parking lot."
Ah Si pushed him to the hospital parking lot, which was packed with cars. Captain Peng said, "The key is in my police uniform."
Ah Si reached into the towel and pulled it out and asked, "Where's the car?"
Captain Peng said, "It's been so long that I have forgotten. Please take the key and try them one by one."
Ah Si walked and pressed the keys, and finally found a Honda car without a police license plate from a long distance away. He hesitated and said, "I'll drive?"
"Nonsense, should I drive? Get me up there."
"Where's the wheelchair?" The wheelchairs in the hospital are not foldable.
"Throw it here. No one will steal it."
Ah Si carried Captain Peng to the passenger seat, held the steering wheel and said, "Do you want me to practice driving?"
"Don't you want to learn how to be a police officer from me? I'll take you somewhere first."
Ah Si drove the car out of the parking lot awkwardly, and under the command of Captain Peng, turned left and right and got onto the road. Captain Peng's expression was very solemn from beginning to end. Ah Si didn't know where to go and didn't dare to ask.
"Turn left... go into the right turn lane ahead... go straight at the fork in the road..." Captain Peng gave directions with clear goals and concise instructions.
Ah Si felt something was wrong the moment he got in the , but he couldn't tell what was wrong. After leaving the hospital for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Is this car not yours?"
Captain Peng said angrily, "What kind of words are you talking about?"
Ah Si said, "The car you were driving was smashed by Jia Ba a long time ago and you have been in the hospital till now. Who gave you the car? Damn, you stole this police uniform too. I told you you were sneaky—"
Captain Peng finally couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed, "You're really not stupid."
Ah Si said, "Aren't you harming me? I know there is a crime of assaulting a police officer, but stealing a police officer should also be considered a crime, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense. I'm a policeman too. We're here."
In front of them is a soup dumpling shop.
Ah Si asked, "What on earth do you want to do?"
Captain Peng licked his lips and said, "We eat porridge and pickles every day. They don't even put chili in the pickles. My mouth is so dry . Have you had breakfast? The buns here are very good."
Ah Si wordlessly carried him into the store and ordered a few baskets of soup dumplings. Captain Peng kept directing him to add ingredients to the dish: "Soy sauce, vinegar, fried chili, add more."
The soup dumplings came up, steaming hot and fragrant. Captain Peng, with his hand in a cast, sat opposite Ah Si and stared at him. Ah Si said unhappily, "I've eaten, why don't you move your chopsticks?"
Captain Peng said, "If I could move my hands, I would have gone down earlier!" It turned out that the plaster restraints could not reach the mouth...
Ah Si looked at the crowded restaurant and the suspicious looks coming from all around, and lowered his voice and said, "You don't want me to feed you, do you?"
Captain Peng said, "The first thing to do when being a police officer is not to care about what others think of you. Do you think I am happy to let you feed me?"
"This is really the black spot in my life!" Ah Si picked up a bun, and Captain Peng reminded him at the right time: "Dip it in vinegar." Then he bit the skin a little and sucked the soup inside, blowing air because of the burn.
After eating two baskets of steamed buns under the strange gazes of others, Captain Peng finally returned to the car. He smacked his lips and said, "Cigarette."
Fortunately, there was some in the car, so Ah Si lit it for him. Captain Peng took a sip and exhaled, "Delicious!"
Ah Si rolled his eyes and said, "You really taught me a good lesson."
"Oh, what did you learn?"
"You can't just trust the police."
Captain Peng chuckled and said, "It's good to learn this."
Ah Si said angrily: "I will send you back now!"
Captain Peng said, "No, I will teach you the most important lesson now."
"What else do you want to do? Tell me clearly."
"Call Xiaoqin and I'll tell her."
Ah Si dialed the number hesitantly and handed the phone to Captain Peng's ear.
Captain Peng talked to Xiaoqin for a few words and said directly: "Send me the locations of the hidden spots you got from Gu Changfeng."
After a while, Xiaoqin sent a picture, which was the location of the nine taxis.
Captain Peng asked, "Have you learned it?"
Ah Si asked blankly, " What ?"
Captain Peng said, "This is the most important thing in our line of work: trust! Don't underestimate this simple picture. Xiaoqin was so willing to give it to me, which shows that she trusts me. When I got Bian Shijie's phone that day, I immediately asked her to contact my colleagues in Yunnan, which shows that I also trust her. If you trust the wrong person in this business, you will put your life in the hands of others, because you don't know who among your friends is a drug dealer, and you can't even guarantee that there are no undercover agents among your colleagues."
Ah Si nodded thoughtfully. He suddenly remembered that when Captain Peng and Xiaoqin called Yunnan that day, he and Zhang Nianzu were actually listening in. He didn't think much of it at the time. Now that he thought about it, Captain Peng really didn't deliberately guard against them. He couldn't help but ask, "Why do you trust us?"
Captain Peng said: "Through observations over this period of time, I can see that although you are wild animals that pose a safety hazard, fortunately you are not interested in manure."
Ah Si curled his lips and said, "Should I still thank you?"
Captain Peng said: "This is another very important quality of the police - vision. When judging a person, don't simply judge him by whether he is good or bad, but look at what he wants."
Ah Si said, "I have it. I see that what you want is to go out and have some fun. I have to send you back quickly, otherwise the policeman who is accompanying you in the bed will call the police."
Captain Peng smiled and said, "If I didn't use these little tricks and told you my purpose directly, would you dare to steal the police's car?"
Ah Si glanced at him and said, "How do you see it?"
Captain Peng said, "I think you dare."
Ah Si snorted and said, "That depends on how you put it. If you say you want to eat buns, then I definitely won't bother to talk to you." He changed the subject and said, "But from the perspective of you teaching a rising star in the police force skills, then stealing is stealing."
The two people looked at each other and smiled, and the car was filled with an atmosphere of tacit understanding.
