The title plate on Lu Hui’s little squad’s workplace door modified to “Critical Crimes Investigation Squad”. As a result of they have been subordinate solely to Director Gao—to not another workforce—Lu Hui walked round along with his head excessive, his chest puffed out, and a breeze in his step. 

From the start of summer season until midsummer, the intense crimes squad labored with two different groups on two instances, each of which have been nothing to jot down house about. Lu Hui was unwilling to even present up for work. 

“You should be in your workplace not less than, proper?” Captain Wei lectured motherly, “Make some tea, play video games, watch TV, learn magazines, something is okay as long as you’re within the workplace.” He pressured the final three phrases. 

“Boring.” Lu Hui was sprawled on the couch, like he was paralyzed. He shook out the newspaper in his hand, making a rustling sound. 

“Go to work. Proper. This. On the spot.” Captain Wei ran out of endurance. 

“I refuse.” Lu Hui backhanded the newspaper, releasing a deafening “pa” sound. 

“Then I’ll simply give your sister a name.” Captain Wei pulled out his final entice card⸺【Tattle to household】

“…” Lu Hui grabbed the newspaper, lifting an eyebrow, “Go forward and provides her a name. You simply obtained divorced, my sister’s been single for thus lengthy, raging ardour finally ignites~ I’d like to play matchmaker~” He fashioned an orchid hand gesture, “Wei—Lang—yiyaaa”1

Captain Wei may now not endure and hung up. 

Lu Hui was overjoyed, hanging up the telephone and curling up on the couch cheerfully. 

——Linhua Metropolis’s Public Security Bureau——

“The place’s Chief Lu?” Rao Feifei walked into the workplace, “Workforce 4’s captain has a case.”

“He didn’t come.” Ji Fanyang positioned the chosen case off to at least one aspect. At first, Ji Fanyang had known as Lu Hui to ask for recommendation for each case, however after experiencing Lu Hui’s varied rhetorical strategies for sarcasm, he usually knew which instances Lu Hui would love or not. 

Ones with a transparent suspect, no. 

Ones with a homicidal maniac, no. 

Ones with home disputes, no. 

Ones with crimes of ardour, no. 

“…” Ji Fanyang spent the morning making an attempt to pick out a case, however the ‘chosen’ pile on the correct hand aspect was utterly barren, whereas the ‘discard’ pile was a small mountain. 

“Fanyang.” A teen stood on the doorway, hurriedly saying, “Assist me out, please, your squad is essentially the most free.”

Ji Fanyang regarded round and smiled wryly. Certainly, their chief didn’t really feel like coming, Rao Feifei leaned on the desk as she scrolled by way of Weibo with nice enjoyment, and Sister Yang was serving to out workforce three. He sighed: “What’s it?”

“To ship out a discover.”  The younger officer entered and positioned some papers on the desk, “A easy slip-and-fall on a wet day. Go notify the household about their loss of life.”

“However this isn’t work for the police…?” Ji Fanyang requested. 

“Useless persons are the Metropolis Bureau’s work. I’ve one thing else to deal with.” The younger officer smiled apologetically, “I’ll deal with you to lunch later.”

“Okay.” Ji Fanyang, “No drawback.”

The younger officer walked away, and Ji Fanyang sat down and flipped by way of the papers. He rubbed his eyes, blaming himself a bit for his hasty phrases. 

The deceased was in Li Household village, Luowan county, Linhua Metropolis. The drive time was over two hours a technique, and over 4 hours for the return journey. He lifted his head to name Rao Feifei, who was immersed in her telephone: “Feifei, let’s go.”

“I’m not deaf. It’s you who must ship out the discover, not me.” Rao Feifei’s eyes didn’t depart the display, her thumbs typing nonstop, “You must get going, or give Chief Lu a name.”

“…Nevermind.” Ji Fanyang admitted defeat. Calling Chief Lu was equal to calling a demon, and mentioned demon wouldn’t agree anyway.

——Lu Hui’s house——

Lu Hui was bored sufficient to look at grass develop, so he placed on a pair of tattered slippers, pitter-pattered down the steps, and sat his butt down subsequent to an outdated man enjoying chess2 by himself underneath a tree. 

The outdated man raised his eyelids: “Keen to return out, are you?”

“Bored.” Lu Hui mentioned. He raised a hand and broke up the chess formation in entrance of the outdated man with a sleek, “The place’s your canine?”

“What canine? His title is Doudou!” The outdated man fumed with anger, “You awful brat, I spent all morning arranging that.”

“Oh, then spend the afternoon arranging it once more. This fashion, your half-dead self can lastly cross on.” Lu Hui mentioned, “Name your canine over, I introduced a bone for it.”

“What nonsense.” The outdated man patted Lu Hui’s again, “I gained’t, final time you flaunted the bone to Doudou for a day, I felt sorry simply watching.”

“Tch, silly canine.” Lu Hui threw out the bone disinterestedly. Slightly brown canine ran from the yard and lept midway up within the air, however Lu Hui picked up the bone at lightning velocity, his hand shifting so quick that it nearly left afterimages. 

“Bark!” The dumb canine complained indignantly to Lu Hui, “Bark, bark, bark!”

“Silly canine.” Lu Hui flung the bone away, “Fetch.”

The dumb canine scampered off post-haste. 

“See, it’s fortunately enjoying.” Lu Hui spouted triumphantly to the outdated man. 

“You aren’t a canine, how are you aware it’s glad?” The outdated man rolled his eyes.

“You aren’t a canine, both, how are you aware it’s not glad?” Lu Hui shot again. 

“Awful brat, don’t you realize to respect the aged?” The outdated man didn’t return to his chess sport. 

“Rattling outdated man, don’t you realize to cherish the younger?” Lu Hui reached out a hand, saying to the dumb canine with a threatening face, “Give it.”

“Bark…” The dumb canine recoiled, groveling on the bottom and spitting the bone out. 

“Effectively-behaved.” Lu Hui rubbed the canine’s head, then hurled the bone away once more, “Fetch.”

“You bastard.” The outdated man frowned in misery, “You’re unemployed once more?”

“No, I simply don’t wish to go.” Lu Hui mentioned, “Messing with the canine is extra enjoyable than working.”

“…You all don’t get rewarded for full attendance?” The outdated man requested. 

“We do, however I don’t need it.” Lu Hui’s frank response made others unable to reply. 

“…” The outdated man may solely shake his head, “Accompany me for a sport.”

“Yesterday afternoon, I utterly demolished you. Did you neglect?” Lu Hui replied. 

“Shut up.” The outdated man lowered his head to set the items, “Any extra of your nonsense and I’ll simply lay down.”

“Don’t.” Lu Hui rapidly placed on a critical expression, “I can’t afford to pay ten thousand yuan.”

——Li Household Village, Luowan County——

“Whats up, I’m from the Metropolis’s Public Security Bureau.” Ji Fanyang flashed his badge, then flipped by way of the papers and requested, “Are you Li Peng’s spouse?”

“I’m, I’m.” A merely dressed girl squeezed her means out of the group, “Did one thing occur?”

“Li Peng’s physique was pulled out of a pond east of the village. After consuming excessively, he slipped and fell into the pond on a wet day.” Ji Fanyang mentioned. 

“Unimaginable, that’s unimaginable.” The edges of the girl’s eyes all of a sudden reddened, and she or he raised her voice, “Da Peng rode a motorcycle over there the previous few years, and nothing ever occurred!”

“Yeah, little Comrade Officer.” The few villagers subsequent to the girl all began chiming in, “did you all examine fallacious? A number of years in the past, it snowed laborious and iced across the pond, however Da Peng nonetheless biked house.”

“Those that drown typically can swim.” Ji Fanyang mentioned, “Somebody can’t be fortunate each time.”

“Little Comrade, what you mentioned isn’t proper.” A tall man stood up, and when he noticed Ji Fanyang’s gaze land on him, he launched himself, “I’m the village chief, Li Ying. Da Peng is my little brother.”

“Chief Li, listed below are the outcomes of the post-mortem. You see, blood alcohol ranges exceed the authorized restrict. It’s been raining severely, so isn’t a slip-and-fall a standard willpower?”

“How is that this a standard willpower? Da Peng’s bicycling abilities have been one of the best in the entire village. He may even bike circles round on the ice throughout the winter.” Li Ying mentioned with utter disbelief. He grabbed Ji Fanyang’s arm, “You policemen can’t simply ship a discover and do nothing, it was undoubtedly a homicide!”

“Homicide isn’t one thing you may simply fabricate by flapping your lips.” Ji Fanyang’s ordinarily light mood was now considerably agitated, “Let go of me!”

“In the event you don’t examine, we’ll go report you to the Metropolis Bureau and see the way you’ll find yourself!” Li Ying threatened. 

Ji Fanyang backed off: “How about this, I’ll give my chief a name and see what he thinks.”

“Then name proper right here, we’re keeping track of you.” Li Ying waved a hand, and several other giant villagers got here ahead to encompass Ji Fanyang. 

——Lu Hui——

“Bzz bzz bzz”

“Bzz bzz bzz”

“Reply your telephone!” The outdated man admonished him. 

Lu Hui pulled out his cellphone, took a have a look at the caller ID, then straight-up dismissed the decision: “Let’s proceed. You’re sure to lose.”

“Bzz bzz bzz”

“Bzz bzz bzz”

“Hurry up and reply it.” The outdated man mentioned irritably, lifting a hand to mess up the chess items, “Shortly now.”

Lu Hui chuckled, like he was lengthy acquainted with the outdated man’s shameless habits, then picked up the decision: “What’s it?”

“Chief, I’m at Li Household Village, in Luowan County.” Ji Fanyang defined in as few phrases as potential, “I’m being trapped right here.”

“Li Household Village? What’re you doing there?” Lu Hui adopted a extra snug posture. 

“I used to be handing out a discover of loss of life, and the villagers gained’t let me depart.” Ji Fanyang laughed bitterly, “The deceased slipped and fell right into a pond after extreme consuming, however the villagers say he would all the time cross by the pond with no challenge, so it should be homicide.”

“Oh?” Lu Hui drawled, as if pondering it, then mentioned, “Name the Luowan County native police. What are you doing, calling me?”

“They mentioned if we don’t examine, they’ll report us to the Bureau.” Ji Fanyang mentioned. 

“Allow them to report. Inform them that losing police sources quantities to jail time.” Lu Hui mentioned. 

“I’m the chief of Li Household Village.” The cellphone was all of a sudden snatched, and the voice of a brawny man got here by way of, “In the event you don’t examine, this little comrade will likely be staying with us for a number of days.”

Lu Hui frowned, and he slowly sat up in his chair: “Are you threatening me?”

“Sure.” Li Ying replied. 

Lu Hui’s forehead creased, and for some time he didn’t reply. After considering it over, he mentioned: “I’m driving over there now, give the telephone again to him.”

“Chief Lu.” Ji Fanyang’s voice returned. 

“Name Rao Feifei and Yang Jie and have them meet me at Li Household Village in two hours. Additionally, have seven or eight native cops come over.” Lu Hui pulled the bone out of the dumb canine’s mouth and put it in his pocket, then hung up. He turned his head to the outdated man, “I’m going to work.”

“Go forward and scram.” The outdated man waved him off.