The door was pushed open with a "whoosh," and a policewoman in a police uniform walked in. She was tall, at least 1.7 meters, and very beautiful. However, her eyebrows slanted upwards, giving her a fiery and savage look.
Zhou Xuan guessed that she might be the "Zhang Lei" that Liu Xingzhou had mentioned on the phone. However, Zhou Xuan was basically immune to beautiful women and didn't care for them. Zhang Lei was indeed pretty, but compared to the Fu Ying and Wei Xiaoyu sisters, she was still inferior.
As soon as the policewoman entered, she took a few steps to Liu Xingzhou and asked, biting her lip, "Director Liu, I heard from Director Chen that you were the one who temporarily transferred me to your department. What's the matter?"
Zhou Xuan couldn't help but chuckle to himself. If Zhang Lei weren't a girl, no leader would like her with that kind of tone.
Liu Xingzhou frowned slightly, but immediately smiled and said, "Hehe, Xiao Zhang, of course I have a mission for you since I've seconded you here."
"As long as there's a task, that's fine. Just don't treat me like a pretty face. Our Director Chen is always nagging and not giving me any work to do. I don't want to stay in the office," Zhang Lei replied angrily, speaking without any restraint.
Liu Xingzhou chuckled awkwardly to cover it up before saying to Zhang Lei, "Xiao Zhang, we have a mission this time. This is Xiao Zhou, Comrade Zhou Xuan, who has just been transferred here. You'll be paired with Xiao Zhou for the time being. Any objections?"
"With him?" Zhang Lei then noticed Zhou Xuan and asked again with suspicion, "You... show me your ID." As she spoke, she pointed at Zhou Xuan without any politeness.
Zhang Lei was also somewhat suspicious. Even if she didn't understand much, she knew that police uniforms had insignia indicating ranks, and Zhou Xuan's uniform insignia was the lowest rank. She was a little doubtful. An officer who could be transferred to the city bureau's criminal investigation team could not possibly be an ordinary policeman. This Zhou Xuan...
Zhou Xuan was somewhat taken aback, not expecting that this policewoman was the complete opposite of her appearance. She seemed to speak and act without thinking. After a moment of hesitation, he still handed her his ID.
Zhang Lei glanced at Zhou Xuan's identification and saw that it clearly stated: "Second-Level Police Officer".
The rank of police officer is, to put it another way, the lowest rank of police officer. Basically, people who have just graduated from police academy are called police officers. After working in a police station for a few years, they will be promoted to first-level police officer, and then they will gradually rise through the ranks.
Zhou Xuan's rank was clearly the lowest, which is why Zhang Lei was surprised. How could someone like him be transferred to the Municipal Bureau?
"I won't do it." Zhang Lei hesitated for a moment, then resolutely refused, showing no respect to Liu Xingzhou.
Liu Xingzhou's face immediately showed an awkward expression. He glanced at Zhou Xuan, but Zhou Xuan didn't care at all. Whether Zhang Lei agreed to team up with him or not was none of his business. Even if no one wanted to team up with him, that was fine too. Anyway, he was only here for Fu Yuanshan. He did things based on his own abilities. What did it matter if others looked down on him or not?
But Liu Xingzhou was embarrassed and gave an awkward smile. He then went behind his desk, typed a few words on the computer keyboard, and beckoned to Zhang Lei, saying, "Xiao Zhang, come here for a moment."
Zhang Lei walked over angrily, her face stern, and said, "Even sweet talk won't work. You expect me to mentor a newbie? No way!"
"Take a look at this," Liu Xingzhou said softly, pointing to the computer monitor. Zhang Lei turned her head to look; the monitor displayed a message: "You do not have sufficient permissions to search for Zhou Xuan's name."
Zhang Lei's main job at the Fifth Division is managing documents. She also worked on archives in other places before, so she is very familiar with searching. Liu Xingzhou's computer is naturally within her reach. He is a section-level cadre, so it's a bit strange that he can't search it. Nowadays, even if you want to search for a deputy director of a branch bureau, the information is public and within the police system. How could Zhou Xuan, an ordinary police officer, not be able to search it?
Seeing the doubt in Zhang Lei's eyes, Liu Xingzhou immediately leaned closer and whispered in her ear, "Xiao Zhang, let me tell you, this Xiao Zhou is a super cop, specializing in investigating major secret cases. The reason Lao Chen didn't assign you to work is because there aren't any big cases. This time, it's a good opportunity. Xiao Zhou's identity is a secret, and you'll be working with him on a team investigating major cases. Moreover, he's extremely skilled, and you can learn a lot from him. But I'm also telling you, you absolutely mustn't show it on the surface."
"Really?" Zhang Lei was both surprised and delighted. She looked at Zhou Xuan with her pretty eyes, then stared at Liu Xingzhou. To be honest, she was somewhat skeptical of Liu Xingzhou's words.
Liu Xingzhou was obviously lying to her. He didn't even understand Zhou Xuan's identity and motives, so how could he explain it clearly? However, Zhang Lei was also a troublemaker. Zhang Lei came from a family of police officers. Her father and uncle were both leaders in the provincial department, so she had a special fondness for the police profession. But because she was a girl, and a very beautiful one at that, her family wasn't very enthusiastic about her work. Girls should avoid dangerous things, so they brought her to the municipal bureau, where the danger was naturally even less. Putting her in data management was practically locking her in the office.
Zhang Lei was unwilling and often argued with Director Chen, wanting to go out with the team to handle cases. However, if there was anything slightly dangerous, Director Chen would not let Zhang Lei do it. Zhang Lei was furious, but had nowhere to appeal, and no one paid attention to her no matter where she went.
It wasn't that others ignored her; rather, they all knew they wouldn't let her take any risks. Director Chen was also doing it for her own good, so no matter which leader she approached, they all just laughed it off.
Zhang Lei was naturally furious. Over time, she developed a bad temper. Actually, when she first graduated from police academy, she had a pretty good personality. It was just that she angered her superiors and colleagues in her unit.
When Liu Xingzhou thought that Zhou Xuan was very likely the crown prince or a person with a very powerful background, he immediately thought of Zhang Lei. When he asked Director Chen to borrow her, Director Chen agreed without hesitation.
Although Zhang Lei is beautiful, she is someone you can't offend, but you also can't let her get into danger. He's in a real dilemma. When he heard Liu Xingzhou ask him to borrow someone, he agreed as if he were thanking his own parents.
Seeing Liu Xingzhou's mysterious demeanor and the search results on his computer, Zhang Lei immediately began to believe him. Then, glancing at Zhou Xuan, her eyes changed. She had only ever seen the term "super cop" in Jackie Chan's movies; she had never seen one in real life. Could this young-looking policeman be a "super cop"?
Seeing Zhang Lei staring at him and guessing, Zhou Xuan found it somewhat amusing. Although Liu Xingzhou spoke in a low voice, he couldn't stop him. Liu Xingzhou had another idea: Zhou Xuan's background was too mysterious, and he didn't want to offend him. Borrowing Zhang Lei to work in his group would be a perfect match. First, Zhang Lei was beautiful, which young men would naturally like. Second, both Zhang Lei and Zhou Xuan had some impressive backgrounds. If they were paired together, the leaders probably wouldn't have anything to say.
Zhou Xuan had an indifferent expression and was simply waiting for Liu Xingzhou's arrangements. Zhang Lei initially disagreed, but now she was suspicious and doubtful. After hesitating for a while, she finally agreed.
This was because Zhang Lei's expression towards Zhou Xuan was too composed. Normally, if a man looked at her, he would stare intently at her, his lustful desires fully exposed. But Zhou Xuan only glanced at her casually and then looked away. Moreover, she could tell that Zhou Xuan was not faking it; he genuinely didn't care about her at all.
This left Zhang Lei feeling somewhat frustrated, and secondly, Zhou Xuan was too calm and composed; perhaps, as Liu Xingzhou said, he really was a "super cop."
So Zhang Lei immediately changed her attitude and agreed to Liu Xingzhou's arrangement, saying, "Director Liu, okay, but which case should we start with?"
Liu Xingzhou stroked his chin, just as he was thinking of an excuse, when the phone on his desk rang again. He quickly answered it; the call was from the director's office.
"I am Acting Director Fu Yuanshan. You must be Section Chief Liu Xingzhou?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I am Liu Xingzhou." Liu Xingzhou was taken aback, then quickly replied, "Director Fu, is there anything I can help you with?"
Fu Yuanshan said in a calm voice, "It's nothing else. I just arrived at the Municipal Bureau and don't know much about the situation there. I'd like to transfer one or two people from your office to help out. Send two people over."
Liu Xingzhou was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. Wasn't this exactly what he wanted? If he were to throw Zhang Lei and Zhou Xuan, these two troublemakers, at the newly arrived acting director, wouldn't that be the best outcome? Zhou Xuan was new and certainly unfamiliar with the situation at the Municipal Bureau, while Zhang Lei was just a pretty face. Regardless of what she thought, no one treated her like a real woman. Putting the two of them together was already a relief for both him and Lao Chen. Now that the new acting director needed people, what could he possibly do if he just dumped these two on him?
Liu Xingzhou was excited for a moment, but he didn't expect that the Municipal Bureau was so big, and how could the newly appointed acting director happen to call him to ask for people?
"You two, I told you, you're cut out for big things and big cases. The new acting director needs two assistants, so you two can go," Liu Xingzhou said with a smile.
Zhou Xuan remained calm. He knew that Fu Yuanshan would definitely find some excuse to transfer him to his side, but he couldn't figure out Zhang Lei's situation. However, it didn't matter whether he understood or not, since he was here to help Fu Yuanshan anyway.
Zhang Lei was pleasantly surprised. The acting director needed people and helpers, and the director's voice naturally carried far more weight than Liu Xingzhou and Director Chen's. If she went to work for the director and handled big cases, she might really have a chance.
“Okay, let’s go report to the acting director right now.” Zhang Lei was impatient and didn’t act like a girl at all. As soon as she heard Liu Xingzhou’s words, she immediately asked Zhou Xuan to go with her to report to Fu Yuanshan. She was eager to take on a big case.
Liu Xingzhou was a close confidant of Deputy Director Yang of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and he was definitely resistant to Fu Yuanshan's arrival. Since Fu Yuanshan was asking him for people, he would naturally send the worst and most unusable people; capable and competent individuals would never be sent to him.
Volume 1, Chapter 532: The Grand Martial Arts Competition (Second Stage)
Chapter 532 The Second Grand Martial Arts Competition
Zhou Xuan naturally didn't have much affection for this Director Liu. He saw that Director Liu initially looked down on him, then seemed unwilling to offend him rashly, then called a wild woman to partner with him, and now he was pushing the two of them to Fu Yuanshan.
Fu Yuanshan had just arrived to take over as acting head, and Liu Xingzhou clearly hadn't sent any capable assistants to help him. Of course, this was just a misjudgment on Liu Xingzhou's part; he naturally didn't know that he himself was the most capable person. But Liu Xingzhou's attitude was definitely just an excuse to Fu Yuanshan.
Zhang Lei was overjoyed by Liu Xingzhou's arrangement; finally, it was her turn to have the opportunity to take on a major mission. Zhou Xuan, however, remained indifferent. He took back his identification, left the transfer order with Liu Xingzhou, and then followed Zhang Lei out of Liu Xingzhou's section chief office. They took the elevator to the bureau chief's office.
The municipal bureau's administrative office building has a total of twenty-two floors, and the bureau chief's office is on the top floor.