Zhou Xuan suddenly opened his eyes. They were almost at the Municipal Public Security Bureau. He quickly reached out and slapped the murderer on the head. The murderer immediately closed his eyes and seemed to have fainted.
Zhou Xuan used his ice-based supernatural power to freeze Zhang Lei's brain, causing him to feel dizzy for about five minutes. After knocking him unconscious, Zhou Xuan said to Zhang Lei, "Xiao Zhang, there's something I want to ask you for a favor. Let's discuss it first."
Zhang Lei asked in surprise, "What do you want from me? You don't want to borrow money from me, do you? My monthly salary is only three thousand, how much do you want?"
"Hehehe, it has nothing to do with borrowing money," Zhou Xuan chuckled. "It's just that my martial arts skills are not allowed to be shown to outsiders by my sect. So I'd like to ask you to omit the part about my martial arts when you write your report. I know it's not easy to write it out completely, so just say that you took down several people with a single move and then seized the opportunity to catch the murderer. And you were the one who caught the murderer, not me. The operation plan was all decided by Director Fu long ago; we were just carrying it out. You were the one who made the arrests; I just went with you."
"So that's what you meant?" Zhang Lei paused, then looked back at Zhou Xuan. Seeing his serious expression, clearly not joking, she was a little confused. Of all her colleagues, not one of them wasn't eager to make a name for themselves and get promoted. They were only interested in solving big cases and gaining great fame. Wasn't this what she was thinking when she always complained that Director Chen didn't assign her any real work? Wasn't she just trying to prove that she wasn't just a pretty face but someone who could actually get things done?
But how could Zhou Xuan not think about his achievements at all? Zhang Lei was indeed a little puzzled, and after thinking for a moment, she asked, "Are you serious?"
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Zhou Xuan replied with a shrug. Zhang Lei frowned and said while driving, "I don't understand why you don't want the credit, but if you insist on doing it, then I have no choice but to agree."
As they spoke, the car arrived at the city police station's main gate. The guard had already opened the large sliding iron gate, and Zhang Lei slowly drove the car inside. Dozens of cars were already parked in the plaza inside the gate, and countless uniformed police officers had gathered there. Fu Yuanshan and the others had already returned earlier.
Five out of the six groups led by Fu Yuanshan successfully apprehended the suspect and returned. One group failed to capture the suspect because the suspect was not at his hideout. Zhou Xuan was unable to detect him because the suspect had gone to a place he had not visited before, so Zhou Xuan could not detect any images of him. However, the suspect did not move to another location in order to escape. Therefore, the accomplice captured by the arrest team at his old hideout had confessed to the address he had gone to. After reporting to Fu Yuanshan, the arrest team set off again and rushed to the suspect's other location.
Even without catching the suspect, Fu Yuanshan's actions can be considered a great success, an amazing achievement. Of course, the other deputy directors and cadres of the Municipal Bureau were still unaware of what had happened. Fu Yuanshan's operation was too secretive, and the reason was kept under their control without any leaks. So, no one else knew that they had seen seven or eight people brought back to the square, and that the area was under heavy guard.
After capturing the person, Fu Yuanshan felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. Trusting Zhou Xuan, he knew that the plan had essentially succeeded.
In the square, Fu Yuanshan ignored the municipal bureau cadres who gathered around to watch and ask why, and immediately ordered the police officers who had come with him to conduct a separate interrogation.
Because they had apprehended the suspects and found substantial evidence at the scene that would benefit the case, the police officers immediately carried out Fu Yuanshan's orders without hesitation, a stark contrast to their previous hesitation. Since there was hope for advancement, and this operation had indeed succeeded inexplicably—these were all major cases shelved by the city bureau, seemingly unsolvable—this acting director Fu had launched a large-scale operation upon arrival and successfully apprehended the perpetrators. Of course, the final outcome would only be known after the criminal trial, but based on the evidence obtained at the arrest scene, there was a greater than 90% probability that these suspects were the actual murderers. That alone was enough. If half of the suspects in these cases had conclusive evidence, that would be sufficient.
Solving cases is all about evidence, but what Fu Yuanshan and his team need are results, and exceptionally outstanding results at that. They're talking about big results; if these cases are truly solved today, it will be a sensation.
Therefore, the mid-level police officers that Fu Yuanshan had mobilized were now very excited, far less calm than before. Previously, they were worried and afraid that Fu Yuanshan could not possibly achieve anything. But now, this fact surprised and delighted them. They really didn't know how Fu Yuanshan had solved these cases and made the arrests so smooth. To be able to do this, they didn't know how much effort he had put into these things before.
Now it seems that Director Fu is absolutely certain of success. Otherwise, why would an official of Fu Yuanshan's rank so easily do something like knowingly walking into a dangerous place? And with high-ranking officials like Secretary Wei Haihe behind him, he would be even less likely to do something outrageous. Thinking this way, they felt more at ease. As soon as Fu Yuanshan gave the order, he immediately put on a cold and stern expression and instructed his subordinates to take the person to the interrogation room for immediate questioning.
He now remained expressionless before the high-ranking city bureau leaders who used to bow their heads to him. Those leaders were still unaware of what was going on. Although Fu Yuanshan's position in the city bureau was unstable and he was currently only an acting director, he was still sent by his superiors to oversee the bureau's work, even if it was temporary. They could outwardly comply but inwardly defy him, but they wouldn't dare to openly rebel, at least not unless it was absolutely necessary to break off relations. Now, Fu Yuanshan had only carried out an operation behind their backs. Although they didn't know what the operation was, it was impossible for him to stop them now. At most, he could only make things difficult for them in their work.
Most importantly, they still don't know what Fu Yuanshan's purpose or objective is in this operation. If it's aimed at their mistakes or favoritism, they need to prepare to deal with it quickly and prevent him from succeeding.
However, they never dreamed that Fu Yuanshan's operation this time would actually solve seven major cases accumulated by the Ministry of Public Security. If they knew, it would be even more painful than if Fu Yuanshan were investigating them.
If Fu Yuanshan is only investigating their situation, it would be extremely difficult for him to bring them down and promote himself. It is unlikely that Fu Yuanshan would do such a thing as soon as he arrived at the Municipal Bureau. Doing so would only make his future days more difficult. Although the deputy directors are acting independently and having their own agendas, they are united in dealing with Fu Yuanshan.
Fu Yuanshan had been watching Zhou Xuan and Zhang Lei arrive from the car. When he saw the two of them drag the criminal out of the car, he was overjoyed. If this most shocking case was solved, then his position as bureau chief was practically guaranteed.
Zhou Xuan smiled, stepped forward and shook hands with him, then pointed to Zhang Lei, who was escorting the criminal, and said, "Director Fu, this arrest mission went very smoothly. Officer Zhang Lei completed the operation all by herself. I just went along with her, hehe."
Fu Yuanshan naturally understood Zhou Xuan's meaning. He nodded, gave Zhang Lei a casual nod, and then instructed another criminal police officer to take the criminal in for interrogation. The interrogation of the criminal should proceed immediately without delay. Fu Yuanshan also needed to complete the interrogation as quickly as possible so that he could report to Wei Haihe.
At this moment, Wei Haihe was also anxiously waiting. He absolutely could not afford to lose this battle. If he lost, it would at least halt his progress, and might even delay it by ten years. For him, once the opportunity was gone, it might mean defeat. And the time he could give Fu Yuanshan was too short. In such a short time, he could only prove himself with outstanding achievements. Neither he nor Fu Yuanshan had any way out. For Fu Yuanshan, offense was the best defense.
Fu Yuanshan didn't want to show Zhou Xuan excessive affection in this setting, so he instructed Zhang Lei, "Xiao Zhang, write an action report and submit it to me immediately."
Because the other groups were conducting interrogations, only Zhang Lei's group was not. Fu Yuanshan had already handed over the interrogation work to other officers, so Zhang Lei had no other work to do. This result was exactly as Zhou Xuan had guessed.
After handing over the prisoners, Fu Yuanshan didn't linger. Instead, he followed the various interrogation teams into the interrogation observation room for on-site monitoring and interrogation. At present, all his thoughts were focused on this.
Zhou Xuan had already slipped away to a corner of the square. There were many police officers in the square at the moment, but no one paid any attention to him, this unfamiliar newcomer.
As Zhou Xuan was pondering where to kill time, Zhang Lei walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Come sit in my office. I'll write a report, and you can review it to see if it's acceptable."
"No, no, you can write the report yourself. I really struggle with that. It's fine if I don't look at it, but as soon as I do, I fall asleep. Please, just leave me alone." Zhou Xuan quickly shook his head and waved his hands.
Zhang Lei scolded, "Why are you so nervous? I didn't say you had to talk or write. What are you doing standing here in the square like an idiot? You might as well sit in the office. There's a computer there, and you have the time. It'd be better if you were there when I'm writing the report. If anything is inappropriate, you have to check it. Didn't you just say that there are some things that shouldn't be written and I shouldn't write them? How am I supposed to know what I wrote that shouldn't be written if you're not there?"
Volume 1, Chapter 544: Fierce Competition
Zhang Lei spoke very skillfully. At this moment, she had grasped Zhou Xuan's thoughts. From before until now, all of Zhou Xuan's actions and words could confirm that Zhou Xuan really did not want to take credit for this achievement, just as he said. This surprised Zhang Lei greatly.
It's no exaggeration to say that only one in ten thousand low-ranking police officers would have such thoughts. Who doesn't want to solve major cases and make great contributions? Who doesn't want to be promoted in style?
"Okay, okay, then I'll make it clear first. If you want me to write something, then forget it. I'll just play games," Zhou Xuan replied after thinking for a moment.
“Okay, I’ll write it down, and then I’ll read it to you. Then you can decide,” Zhang Lei said as she walked into the office building.
The two went to the fourth office to write reports. Zhang Lei turned on a computer for Zhou Xuan to play games while she wrote reports at her desk. There were two other female employees from the fourth office in the office. Seeing Zhou Xuan playing games on QQ without any restraint, the two whispered to each other. Their voices were so low that Zhang Lei couldn't hear them, but Zhou Xuan could.
The two female employees were talking about him, saying things like he was living off women, that he got promoted through connections, and that he openly played games at work. Zhou Xuan didn't want to pay attention to them. Anyway, he wouldn't be working there for long, so he let them talk and just played his game.
Zhou Xuan rarely plays games, so he didn't know how to play anything. He played Chinese Chess and, hearing the two female employees complaining, he simply turned up the volume a little. The sound of his chess game made the two women's voices less loud, but it only made the two female employees angrier.
"How annoying! I don't know what Zhang Lei's taste is, treating something like this like a treasure. I really feel sorry for Zhu Jie..."
"Exactly... I get so angry when I see Zhang Lei's arrogant attitude. If she didn't have powerful connections, what makes her so special..."
Zhou Xuan didn't want to listen to or pay attention to these gossipy women's idle chatter, but with his supernatural abilities, he couldn't help but listen, and the two women's voices insisted on drilling into his ears.
It's a pity Zhang Lei couldn't hear these words. If she had, she probably would have fought those two colleagues on the spot.
Zhou Xuan frowned, looked at his desk, and saw Zhang Lei biting a pen and staring at him. He immediately asked, "What are you looking for?"
"Do you have any tissues?" Zhou Xuan asked, turning his head to the side.
"Tissues?" Zhang Lei blushed, thinking Zhou Xuan needed to use the restroom. She lowered her head, took out a small box of tissues from her bag, and handed it to him without asking any further questions, as it would be awkward to ask such a thing.
Zhou Xuan didn't even notice her. He reached for the tissue, immediately pulled out another one, tore it in two, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed one ear into each ear, saying as he did so, "It's too noisy. There are two sparrows outside the window that keep chirping."
Zhang Lei was taken aback, thinking it was about that matter, but Zhou Xuan's answer was quite unexpected. The office had no windows on any side, so how could she hear the chirping of sparrows?
Zhou Xuan spoke quite loudly, but the two women heard him clearly. They were both stunned and looked around. There was no one else in the office. Zhou Xuan was probably referring to the two of them.
Women are very perceptive, and Zhou Xuan's words immediately made them think of themselves. But what they didn't understand was that Zhou Xuan should have at least heard what they were saying to have such a reaction, right? They were speaking so softly, how could he have heard them?