The young boss insisted on stuffing a large bag of packaged buns, fried dough sticks and soy milk through the window, then ran away with his hands in his apron, his wrinkled face smiling like the wrinkles of a bun:
“The military and the police are inseparable!”
Everyone couldn't refuse anymore, so they had to leave their breakfast and gave Zhou Liuyi a meat bun first.
Li Hua ate too fast and choked, rolling his eyes. The director took out Wang Caizhi's thermos cup from the car and gave it to him, scolding him:
"A starving ghost reincarnated?"
After Li Hua swallowed it, he took a long breath and said with a playful smile:
"The steamed buns and fried dough sticks here are so delicious. Can we replace them with the ones in our cafeteria?"
The director was overwhelmed and stuffed another dough stick into Li Hua's mouth, looking a little disgusted:
"Look at what you are capable of. How about I give you the position of director? All you think about all day is eating."
Li Hua finished the fried dough sticks in three bites:
"Director, I forgot to bring the key to the duty room last week. I couldn't open the door no matter what I did. I didn't have any tools, so I ended up using the leftover fried dough sticks from the cafeteria that morning to open the door."
The director's face immediately darkened:
"Who opened the door to the duty room?"
Li Hua did not realize the seriousness of the matter and continued to complain:
"Really? Aunt Li's fried dough sticks are so unpalatable. I heard that she used to tighten steel bars with a wrench on a construction site..."
Others realized that something was wrong and have started to prove their innocence.
Hu Liang said in a serious tone, "I filled out most of the case files and forms in the institute. Even when I was on duty, I often slept in the archives room. I had to work overtime, and the duty room was cleaned every four days. There should be no fingerprints of mine."
Wang Caizhi said with a smile: "Director, you know me well. I can do nothing but talk, otherwise I wouldn't have stayed here for twenty years."
Jiang Hanshan was still breaking his glasses. The frame was almost fixed. He would go buy a new lens after get off work. He had no intention of asking the poor couple to pay compensation.
"I've been on a business trip for a whole month, helping a brother unit solve a cyber fraud case. Do I have time to come back and sleep in the duty room?"
Peng Zhiyuan held a steamed bun in his big hand. The bun, which was as big as a cup lid, looked as small as a dumpling in his hand. "Why would I bother to open the door? Can't I just kick it open?"
Everyone's eyes were on Xu Hai, who stuffed a half-eaten bun into Li Hua's mouth:
"Shut up, you nitwit!"
The director chuckled and said, "Old Xu, what do you think of the food in our institute?"
Xu Hai closed his eyes and leaned against the back of the chair, looking sleepy. He said slowly, "The fried dough sticks in our institute are the best in the world. They are so delicious. There is only one store here, no other branches. I can't live without them for even a day."
Li Hua was surprised:
"Brother Xu, didn't you say that if we continue to eat such unpalatable dough sticks until the day we retire, it would be a disaster? We must find an opportunity to change them?"
Xu Hai crossed his arms and yawned again:
"Starting tomorrow, you will be responsible for buying fried dough sticks for us."
Li Huasheng has nothing to love:
"But I can't get up."
Xu Hai's eyelids drooped:
"Then what the hell are you talking about!"
After instructor Jiang Hanshan put on his glasses, he looked at Zhou Liuyi with some confusion:
"Young man, what are you doing at the police station?"
The director was in high spirits, and the more he looked at this young man, the more he liked him:
"If there are any documents that need signing, I happen to be here today and can get them done for you, saving you the trouble of running back and forth.
I think you have the talent to be a policeman. If you graduate next year, you can consider taking the provincial and national examinations to join the police force. Although we are also part of the civil service system, the positions in our system are easier to pass. First of all, the physical fitness and professional skills tests can eliminate a large number of people, and the salary is much higher than that of civil servants.
Most companies are now fully staffed, but we are always short of people in the public security field. It is so difficult to find a job, so you should think about it carefully."
Zhou Liuyi finally got a chance to interrupt. In order to avoid being interrupted again, he spoke very quickly:
"My name is Zhou Liuyi. I am a 2012 graduate of Donghua University majoring in computer science. I passed the provincial exam and entered the Sanjiang City Public Security Bureau. Because I had no practical experience in police work before, the bureau arranged for me to intern at the Longhua Street Police Station."
This brave young man is the newcomer in the institute?
As soon as Zhou Liuyi finished speaking, the originally noisy atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and all eyes fell on Zhou Liuyi.
His eyes were filled with confusion, inquiry, questioning, and bewilderment, and finally stopped at surprise...
Wang Caizhi, Peng Zhiyuan and other senior police officers looked at Zhou Liuyi as if he were a beautiful girl. They liked him from the bottom of their hearts and vied with each other to be Zhou Liuyi's master.
However, Director Fu Sheng stared at Zhou Liuyi with a sharp gaze, his face as dark as charcoal:
"Liang Peihe asked you to come?"
I don't know what happened on Saturday:
"Director Liang said that I can learn a lot here."
Director Fu Sheng sneered, drove the broken Santana like a convertible sports car, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and rushed back to the police station at lightning speed.
The car entered the police station compound, kicking up a cloud of dust. The director asked everyone to get out of the car, and they stepped through the entire office area and went up to the large office upstairs. He picked up a glass of water and drank it down in three gulps.
Everyone was silent.
This was a nameless anger, and no one dared to speak.
The director's eyes were like knives, slashing Zhou Liuyi's body over and over again, and he said coldly:
"Our office's rule is to arrive at 8 a.m., and being late after 8 a.m. is considered late. Did Liang Peihe remind you?"
Saturday nodded, his clear eyes showed no fear:
“I have reminded you.”
The director's tone became even colder:
"Then why are you late?"
A calm explanation on Saturday:
"I could have arrived earlier, but I met a thief who stole the old man's money on the way, and then I accompanied the old man to the hospital, so I was late."
The director sneered:
"Are you going to say that you can't produce the certificate from the bureau now because your luggage was lost on the way?"
A nod on Saturday.
The director fished out his wallet from his pocket, took out a twenty-dollar bill, and slapped it into Zhou Liuyi's hand:
"Go back to where you came from. Get a taxi now and go to the Municipal Bureau. Tell Liang Peihe that you didn't pass my assessment. I don't want you!"
The air in the office suddenly turned freezing cold.
On Saturday, I put twenty dollars on my desk, still defending myself:
"I'm not lying. I'm here to do my job and learn how to be a police officer."
The director sneered, his tone was extremely bad:
"You can't even produce a certificate from your superiors, and you're still a shitty policeman. Are you careless, or was your bag scratched?"
Saturday said:
"I was in a hurry to deal with Wu Fengzi, so my bag fell on the taxi. Look for that taxi. My bag, cell phone, and ID are all there..."
The director interrupted Zhou Liuyi abruptly:
"Still lying? You want us to waste police resources and look for 14,000 taxis in the city just for your lies? How can you be so shameless?"
Saturday was as peaceful as ever:
"No need. I'm going back to the breakfast shop now. The boss used to be a scout. I got off that car at that time. He wasn't far away and he must have remembered the license plate number of my car."
The director pointed at Zhou Liuyi's face and almost roared:
"Look, he can even blame his own mistakes on the owner of the breakfast shop. What a great way to pass the buck! What's the point of keeping someone like this who can only talk nonsense?"
Saturday stood straight, glanced at the clock on the wall, and said in a dignified tone:
"In five minutes, that taxi driver will bring my bag back."
The director's tone turned to mockery:
"Did your teacher ever tell you that if you don't bring your homework, you haven't done it!"
The others wanted to say something for Zhou Liuyi, but after looking at each other, no one dared to speak rashly. They had never seen the director so angry.
In fact, when Li Hua and the other auxiliary police officers, as well as Hu Liang, reported a few years ago, they all made mistakes, but the director never made trouble for anyone. He was even friendly to them and asked them to deal with the problems quickly.
What happened today?
At this time, policewoman Zhang Guilan rushed in through the door carrying a mountaineering bag and a skateboard:
"Director, a taxi driver brought Zhou Liuyi's luggage here. I wanted to check the contents to see if I could contact the owner. I didn't expect it to be our new colleague! Isn't that a coincidence?"
The certificate was handed to the director, and everyone else breathed a sigh of relief.
The director looked at Liang Peihe's signature and became more and more angry. He wanted to burn those three words directly:
"Explain, why are you so sure they will send it to you?"
Saturday's very organized explanation:
"The direction of vehicle evacuation is a one-way street, and it will probably pass by two high-end residential areas. At this time, there must be customers going to the Financial Street or the airport, and they will pick up another customer when they return. There will be no traffic jam when passing by the Longhua Street Police Station. The driver chose this route, and the time is about the same. I am here to report, it is not urgent. Besides, there was a traffic jam here at that time in the morning, and it would take at least ten minutes to get in. The traffic police were still here issuing tickets to cars on the roadside, so he would not come here."
The director asked Zhang Guilan:
"Is this kid's story correct?"
Zhang Guilan smiled and said:
"It should be the same as the actual situation. The driver said that he was in a hurry to deliver the goods to you, but unfortunately, there was a traffic jam here and passengers kept getting on the bus over there, so it took more than an hour. I hope you don't mind."
The analysis was so accurate? Everyone looked at Zhou Liuyi differently.
The director's attitude softened somewhat:
"Why do you say the breakfast shop owner is a scout?"
A little meditation on Saturday:
"There were so many people walking around the shops, but he was the only one who called the police when he saw the madman chopping up the electric bike and the flower pot. Moreover, there were so many police officers supporting the police, and their ranks on their uniforms were similar, but he could tell you were the director by looking at your gun and immediately came over to negotiate with you."
The director weighed Zhou Liuyi's words and shook his head.
"No, these two points alone are not enough, right?"
Zhou Liuyi smiled awkwardly:
"He took photos before the battle and wanted to smoke afterwards. Is this a good enough excuse? An old man in his sixties was filming with his phone. I am sure he was not doing it to post on WeChat Moments. After the madman was subdued, he took out a cigarette and smoked it first."
Peng Zhiyuan blurted out:
"Fuck, it's true. When I was in the company, the scouts all had this habit!"
After confirming that Zhou Liuyi was not lying and was a very good person, Jiang Hanshan began to persuade him: "Old Fu, the institute is still busy, quickly arrange for everyone to take a break and work."
Zhang Guilan also chimed in: "This kid has never been a police officer for a day. He needs to find a good mentor to guide him. I think Da Peng and Lao Xu are both good."
Several experienced policemen were eager to try, and treated Zhou Liuyi as a treasure, staring at him without blinking.
The director put the certificate on the table and softened his attitude:
"You said you helped an old man catch a thief in the morning. This cannot be proven true or false. This is the reason why you were late.
I will ask you one more question. You can only start working after you pass it. But I tell you, if you do well, you may not be rewarded. If you do wrong, I can fire you at any time. "
Zhou Liuyi did not argue, but nodded directly:
"Can."
The director placed his hand on the certificate, as if the piece of paper weighed a thousand pounds:
"What have you seen since you entered the door?"
Peng Zhiyuan immediately spoke up and said something fair: "Director, your face darkened as soon as you entered the room. Everyone was frightened and hurried upstairs. What could they see?"
Li Hua also muttered: "Nothing, right?"
Hu Liang looked at Zhou Liuyi carefully, as if he wanted to see something different.
Xu Hai's sleepy face now woke up and looked interested.
Jiang Hanshan, however, felt a little more expectant and a little more worried.
The director said sternly: "Don't interrupt!"
Saturday glanced out the window, sorted out his thoughts, and spoke again:
"The green belt in front of our office has been trampled bare by people taking shortcuts, so is our office very busy? There are three windows and two people at the household registration post. The two people exchanged snacks and then went about their business, so this post rarely works overtime, right? We ran into someone from the cafeteria in the corridor, a very capable middle-aged woman. She opened the door by herself and carried 30 kilograms of potatoes to put them in, so there are no more than 15 people in our office. The brothers were all shoulder to shoulder, so they must be very, very busy and can only go home a few times a month."
The director's expression seemed a little unnatural, indicating that Zhou Liuyi was right. He pointed at several people in the institute:
"Be more specific."
Just now, when everyone subdued the violent madman, they all rushed together. Some of them were wearing police uniforms, some were wearing training uniforms, it was a mess early in the morning. And except for Peng Zhiyuan who mentioned the company, no one else mentioned their identity information.
Zhou Liuyi looked a little embarrassed: "Do I have to say it?
The director nodded, his face livid: "If what you said is wrong, I still can't keep you."
Zhou Liuyi breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to Zhang Guilan, and said in a relaxed tone:
"This policewoman, although you are an office worker, you still have a say in all matters of the station. Are you an office worker?"
The director is not here, and the clerk has the highest authority. Just now, the director took everyone out and really asked Zhang Guilan to look after the house. Moreover, Zhang Guilan just pushed the door open and walked in, breaking the freezing situation.
She does have a say.
Zhang Guilan smiled, and said kindly on her plump white face: "You are quite clever, but the last time someone called me Police Sister was more than ten years ago."
After solving one problem, Zhou Liuyi finally walked up to Li Hua. Li Hua was not wearing a straight-line auxiliary police uniform, but a summer training uniform with short sleeves and shorts. It was impossible to judge his identity just by looking at his clothes, so Li Hua began to make up a story:
"Guess what I do. I'm telling you, I can't live without this police station. Last month I solved three major cases..."
Zhou Liuyi waited until Li Hua finished playing before saying:
"You're an auxiliary police officer."
Li Hua widened his eyes:
"How did you know that?"
Saturday said slowly:
"I'm not saying you don't have good professional skills. You were very brave and worked very hard just now, and you were at the front. You are obviously a talkative person, but you didn't shout: Police!"
Auxiliary police do not have the power to enforce the law, and most of them do not consider themselves police officers. With so many police colleagues at the scene, Li Hua would definitely not shout it out.
A trace of disappointment flashed across Li Hua's eyes:
"Yes, you are right."
Zhou Liuyi walked up to Hu Liang and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, you must have graduated from the Public Security University with excellent grades. You have worked for so many years and have almost never made any mistakes.
Your cufflinks and collar buttons are fastened meticulously, you must have worked in a high-intensity civil service unit. The director has two bars and three stars, and you have two bars and two stars, which makes you look a little too young for your age.
If I'm not mistaken, it's the Economic Investigation Bureau?"
Hu Liang is a top student. In the economic investigation department, he dealt with famous local companies and senior officials. He has his own pride. Although Zhou Liuyi's appearance solved a crisis, he still felt uncomfortable being seen through so clearly.
However, it is not necessarily possible to make an accurate judgment based solely on the attire and police rank.
There are also trace, forensic, propaganda... police units, many of which also meet the characteristics described by Zhou Liuyi.
So he frowned:
"How do you know?"
Zhou Liuyi certainly couldn't say that he had seen all this information on the branch's official account. He smiled slyly:
"Your temperament is different from others."
This is a universal answer, and all fortune tellers under the overpass will say this, but having said this, it means that Zhou Liuyi will definitely not tell the truth.
Hu Liang never had the habit of making things difficult for his juniors. He nodded slightly, and the matter was over.
Next, Zhou Liuyi walked up to Wang Caizhi again and said with a smile:
"Looking at your age, you have been a police officer longer than me. You must be mainly responsible for community mediation. You have emergency heart pills, liver protection tablets, restraint belts and other things in your pocket. You always have a thermos cup in your hand. You must be very familiar with the troublemakers in each community. You know which couple is about to divorce and which family is fighting every day because of unreasonable property distribution. So you are very satisfied with your job."
Wang Caizhi nodded, a proud look on his face. He has always been a hard-working and serious person. He smiled:
"That's absolutely right. I've been a community police officer for many years, and I've been recognized for my mediation work four times."
Zhou Liuyi walked up to the director and took a deep breath:
"It's obvious that you should be the director. Everyone here listens to you because you are fair and always at the forefront..."
The director interrupted Zhou Liuyi and said coldly:
"Don't think that I can arrange a good position for you just because you flatter me. Let me tell you something else."
Saturday was a little hesitant:
"Are you sure?"
The director nodded:
"Nonsense, I asked the superiors for help to do the work, not to flatter myself."
Zhou Liu took a step back to avoid drooling on his face, and then said:
"Director, are you getting divorced soon?"
This newcomer is really bold!
In fact, the director's wife worked in the hospital and she also had a hot temper. The two quarreled and fought every other day, and their lives were very hectic. But after all, it was a family matter, and only old colleagues who had known each other for many years knew a small part of it. How could a newcomer know such a secret thing? And it seemed that he knew a lot.
The director was a very old-fashioned man. Zhou Liu asked him to his face whether he was about to get divorced, which made him very embarrassed.
The director's face turned pale:
"We are police officers. Our job is not a child's play. You are making up rumors without any basis. It will cause irreparable ! What do you mean by saying this?"
Zhou Liuyi was not afraid at all and continued:
"Director, you asked me to say it, so I'll point out all the evidence, and you can see if it's correct.
How long have you not taken care of your hair? It is almost covering your ears. This hairstyle is not suitable for people of your age. It is September now. You should wear long sleeves instead of short sleeves when you go out in the morning. And your socks are two different colors.
In contrast to this, the glass on your table actually has a woolen anti-scalding cup cover, and the cover doesn’t look old, which shows that your sister-in-law cared about you very much before. She even paid attention to the anti-scalding of a glass. She must have taken good care of other aspects of life as well. But suddenly she became so sloppy, which can only mean that there is a problem in your relationship.
Why don't you just go back and comfort her? Why are you so angry?"
At the end, Zhou Liu reversed his previous elite behavior and started to complain and grumble, and his tone of voice was the same as Li Hua's.
The director's face was so dark that it was unbearable to look at:
"Then I have to finish my work and go home when I have time. The newcomers are all ugly people like you. When can I go home without any worries?"
The director is very dignified, so no one dares to make fun of him.
He pointed at Jiang Hanshan:
"Then tell me, what secrets does the instructor have? The instructor and I have been together for ten years. You'd better tell me something that only the two of us know, or something that I don't know!"
Zhou Liu suddenly looked up and made eye contact with Jiang Hanshan. Jiang Hanshan's one bar and two stars were particularly dazzling. His gentle and elegant appearance matched perfectly with his new police uniform. Even though his glasses were stepped on and broken, he was over 40 years old, but he still looked as graceful as ever.
However, Jiang Hanshan's first reaction was to lower his head and dodge. When they looked at each other again, his eyes were calm and bright, but they felt weird.
This detail flashed by.
Zhou Liu saw the hidden secret in an instant, but when he saw these policemen standing together in a dusty atmosphere, his words turned into:
"I'm sorry, Instructor Jiang has a successful career, his children are filial, and his family is well-off. I really can't see anything I shouldn't see."
Jiang Hanshan seemed relieved, with a humble smile on his face:
"We are very short of manpower these days. No one has been home for a long time. Everyone's family is dissatisfied. If you come, there will be more people. Everyone can take turns to go home, and their families will not be so dissatisfied. It's almost ten o'clock now. Lao Fu, quickly arrange work for Zhou Liuyi. We can't have so many people standing here staring at each other, and the ledger hasn't been done yet."
Others followed suit to smooth things over, one after another saying:
"Don't complain about being tired, take two night shifts first, and then call us Master after you're done!"
"Don't be angry. The police station is the unit closest to danger. You have to listen carefully to what the chief says. It may save your life at the critical moment."
"When your internship is over, you will find that you can do all the work that the headquarters and other brigades can do, but the work that you can do may not be done by people in other units."
…
Everyone wanted to resolve the awkwardness as quickly as possible.
The director picked up the certificate from the bureau:
"The Municipal Bureau arranged for you to be an intern here so that you can learn how to be a police officer. Now, follow Officer Zhang to get familiar with the internal work. Go to the household registration office. After working for a month, you can return to the bureau to report."
Household registration clerk? Check household registration and stamp it?
Zhou Liuyi's face changed when he heard such an arrangement:
"I don't want to!"
The director looked at Zhou Liuyi as if he were a monkey:
"You don't want to, right? Da Peng, teach him a lesson. On Saturday, if you can knock Da Peng down, you can take any position you want. If you can't last three rounds, get out!"
Peng Zhiyuan was a little reluctant: "Director, this is not good!"
The director had already asked Li Hua and Hu Liang to move the tables to make room: "Hurry up, get rid of this guy as soon as possible so that we can get to work."
Da Peng turned to Zhou Liuyi and said:
"Boy, I like you very much, but I am a policeman first, and a policeman from Longhua Street Police Station. Here, I have to listen to our chief."
Zhou Liu nodded: "Brother Peng, I understand."
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is a losing game.
Zhou Liuyi and Peng Zhiyuan have a huge difference in physique, and the fighting and arresting of Peng Zhiyuan are at a professional level, and Zhou Liuyi's strength and skills cannot match them.
But Zhou Liuyi was not discouraged, instead he said with a smile:
"Brother Peng, you are not allowed to pour water!"
As he spoke, Zhou Liuyi bowed. Peng Zhiyuan thought Zhou Liuyi was repeating the same trick he had used against Wu Fengzi, so he immediately got into position.
But unexpectedly, Zhou Liuyi just feinted, quickly lowered his body, used his entire body as a fulcrum, and supported Peng Zhiyuan's waist and shoulders with his hands, trying to throw Peng Zhiyuan over his shoulder.
There is nothing wrong with this idea.
Zhou Liuyi completely exposed the most vulnerable part of his face, but this was not a life-and-death fight, but a competition between the younger and the older. No matter what, Peng Zhiyuan could not possibly attack Zhou Liu.
If Peng Zhiyuan was a 200-pound fat man, he would have been knocked flat by a hard shoulder throw.
However, Peng Zhiyuan's chassis was very strong. Zhou Liuyi used all his strength but failed to shake him at all. Instead, he was pulled up by the roots and pressed to the ground.
He fell heavily on the white tiled cement floor with a bang. Zhang Guilan couldn't help but turn her head away. She felt so painful.
Zhou Liu lay on the ground with his back facing forward, the only sound he could hear was his breathing, but he struggled to get up.
Li Hua said to him:
"Forget it. I've never seen anyone who can beat Brother Peng in a fight. Brother Peng can beat three drunks by himself. The TV and air conditioner in our station were all won by Brother Peng in the competition. Those special police team members who train every day can't beat Brother Peng, let alone you!"
Wang Caizhi reached out and pulled Zhou Liuyi up, advising him:
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with being an office clerk. When the director is not around, the office clerk is the most important. Just write more materials and you can be transferred to the agency soon. What's wrong with that?"
But Zhou Liu got up and completely ignored what others said. Instead, he said firmly to Peng Zhiyuan:
"Brother Peng, no need to drain the water!"
As expected, Zhou Liuyi was thrown to the ground again with a bang.
Everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath, but when Zhou Liu got up, he actually said to Peng Zhiyuan:
"Come again, don't let the water go!"
Li Hua whispered to Hu Liang:
"When I first came here, Brother Peng threw me down and I couldn't get up for three days. How could this kid be thrown down three times?"
Hu Liang said calmly:
"No, it was four times. Crazy Wu threw him down once, and that was much harder than Brother Peng's."
Li Hua took a deep breath:
“Is this still a human being?”
Zhou Liuyi had been thrown down three times. This time he got up, shaking like a sieve, but he said to Peng Zhiyuan:
"Brother Peng, did you not eat breakfast?"
Peng Zhiyuan looked at the director in embarrassment. The others also looked on eagerly. The director signed the paper neatly:
"You should probably take a week off and be on standby at the station, starting with the office duties."
When Zhou Liuyi took the paper from the director, he was soaked in sweat and water was flowing from his fingertips. The smooth paper that he had carefully preserved was instantly soaked by the water and became wrinkled.
On Saturday, my eye circles were a little red.
It seemed that the piece of paper in his hand weighed a thousand pounds, and he had obtained it at the cost of his life.
From today on, he is a policeman and can handle cases!
He has waited for this moment for so many years!