Diary of a Criminal Investigator-Chapter 325: Qinzhou City’s Welcome

Early the next morning.

The sun shone brightly, and magpies chirped on the branches.

Lu Yao greeted from afar.

"Chuan!"

"Third Brother."

Stopping the car, Lu Chuan rolled down the car window: "Third Brother, I’m off to work, is there anything you need?"

"I heard from Big Brother yesterday that he made a dinner reservation for you at night?"

"Haha, did you finally make it?"

"See, I told you listening to me was the right choice!"

This matter...

Lu Chuan really owed Lu Yao a thank you.

"Third Brother, I’m going on a business trip to Qinzhou today. I’ll treat you to a big meal when I return."

"No problem, I’ll go with you to Qinzhou; you can treat us there and invite Big Brother too."

Lu Yao’s job, to put it bluntly, is a head of security, so he has plenty of free time.

"Third Brother, I’m going there for a case. I’ll call Big Brother when I get back, and we can go together."

"Alright, hurry up then."

Lu Chuan didn’t drive a flashy sports car, but after picking up Forensic Doctor Shen, they naturally held hands.

"Once we get to the team, I’m heading directly to Qinzhou."

The serious crime team organized by the provincial department is gathering directly in Qinzhou. Some experts already went last night.

"Okay, stay safe, take some rest, and try not to stay up too late."

"Don’t worry, crime scene work isn’t like front-line work; it’s not that hectic."

Upstairs, Shen Wansong and his wife leaned on the balcony window, watching the couple drive away together.

"Why do I feel like I’m selling off my daughter?"

Shen Wansong felt something was off right after he came back yesterday.

"Alright, don’t complain after getting a good deal. Lu Chuan seems like a good kid. In a few days, it will be a year since Lu Chuan started working. Shouldn’t he be eligible for a promotion?"

"Yeah, he’s been working for a year now, and he has two first-class merits. As he follows the professional technical sequence, he could smoothly become a senior officer."

"Given his performance during the fingerprint campaign both in the bureau and the provincial department, he might even be granted an intermediate professional technical title as a special case."

"Intermediate professional technical title... It would be best if he could be promoted to a second-level inspector."

Second-level inspector...

A year of work...

People are really beyond comparison.

In the car.

"By the way, Lu Chuan, I heard from my dad that your grandfather and father went to the City Public Security Bureau yesterday."

"Hmm?"

Lu Chuan wasn’t aware of this matter. Last night after coming home, he went straight to bed and didn’t meet his father.

"Why did they go to the bureau?"

"They met my dad."

Screech!

The sharp sound of braking echoed, and Lu Chuan was stunned: "They went to see your dad?"

"Yes, the Qiangsheng Group donated thirty million to the bureau."

Lu Chuan: "..."

"You didn’t know about this?"

Lu Chuan shook his head like a rattle: "No, we were together all day yesterday. After dropping you off, it was late, I went straight to bed and didn’t meet my parents."

Thirty million donated?

Were these two just aiming to meet Shen Yan’s father?

Lu Chuan now feels like they have money to burn.

"What did they say? I hope they didn’t mention our relationship?"

Shen Yan shook her head: "No, they talked for the entire afternoon. It was all about economic development, social security, the relationship between the police and the community."

"Hmm... Should I visit your dad someday?"

Over the past six months, Lu Chuan almost went to pick up Forensic Doctor Shen every day but had never gone upstairs to see his future father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Now that the relationship is clear, it’s naturally time for a visit.

The key is to avoid the elders at home spending money again.

Thirty million...

Just donated like that?

"Yeah, alright, pick a time when you return from Qinzhou."

"Okay, after returning from Qinzhou."

Qinzhou City Criminal Investigation Team.

Captain Qin Hui has been incredibly busy lately. The whole team has been working non-stop for a week, but there’s still no progress on the murder case.

"Captain Qin, we re-checked everyone in the building, and indeed, found nothing."

"The investigation into the deceased’s social connections is almost complete, and we’ve scoped all associated persons. We believe we can rule out the possibility of it being a crime by someone familiar."

...

In the meeting room, Qin Hui’s hair was disheveled, and half a cigarette clamped between his yellowed fingers.

For the past few days, none of the reports he heard contained any good news.

A week ago, Qinzhou City Public Security Bureau received a report of a murder occurring at Qinzhou International Apartments.

Qin Hui immediately led a team to the scene, but after seven consecutive day and night battles, there was no progress in the investigation of the case.

Seeing that the investigation has already missed the optimal time, Qin Hui consulted with his superiors and had no choice but to seek assistance from the provincial department.

"Hold on, the provincial experts will arrive today. This time... we’ve really embarrassed ourselves in Qinzhou."

The serious crime team of the provincial department was just established, and Qinzhou was the first to ask for help for a case they couldn’t solve.

Lu Chuan arrived in Qinzhou around one in the afternoon.

Li Donglin arrived half an hour earlier than Lu Chuan.

Meeting Room No. 3 at the Qinzhou City Public Security Bureau.

"Director Li, on behalf of the Qinzhou City Public Security Bureau, I express my sincere gratitude for the strong support and assistance from the provincial department!"

Although solving the case is urgent, standard procedures still need to be followed.

Director Sun of the Qinzhou City Public Security Bureau first held a welcome meeting.

In fact, with Li Donglin’s personality, he would rush to the crime scene, letting the serious crime team take over the entire case.

But he couldn’t resist the arrangements here. It wouldn’t be good to directly reject, so he could only attend this meeting first.

Anyway, a week has already passed since the case, a few hours won’t make a difference.

A total of seven members from the serious crime team, including Lu Chuan.

Except for Lu Chuan being a technical officer, the other six members were front-line detectives with rich case-solving experience.

At this moment, the seven sat upright in the central seats under the podium, listening to the passionate speeches of the leaders above.

"I finally understand why Qinzhou’s case wasn’t solved, holding meetings like this, it’s a miracle if a case can be solved."

Wang Song, sitting to the left of Lu Chuan, pouted and mumbled softly.

Lu Chuan agreed with this sentiment; handling cases with formalism doesn’t get the job done.

However, Wang Song, already in his forties and a deputy captain of a Criminal Investigation Team under Tianzhou City, long gave up on advancement and dared to speak his mind.

Lu Chuan is still a long way from the peak of his career, so some things are best kept to oneself and not spoken aloud.

"Captain Wang, have you looked over the case files?"

Before the meeting, the serious crime team members had met and introduced themselves.

Wang Song had long known about Lu Chuan; the ongoing waves from the Tianzhou City skeleton case were all thanks to Lu Chuan.

Moreover, with two first-class merits, Lu Chuan’s reputation is far bigger than Wang Song expected.

"I came over yesterday and looked through the case files. This case... definitely has some difficulties."

While Wang Song wasn’t pleased with the endless speeches from the leaders, he didn’t overly question the abilities of the Qinzhou City Criminal Investigation Team.

Although, in Wang Song’s view, their level is probably lower than Tianzhou City’s.