45: Visit home often
“You want to puncture the Director's car tire?” Gu Qingcheng listened with wide eyes.
“Shh, quiet,” Lei Zhen put a finger to his lips, “This is the only way.”
Gu Qingcheng’s mouth twitched several times. She thought, go ahead and puncture it, I’ll tell on you when I get back.
What she didn't expect was Lei Zhen adding, “You come with me too. When I make my move, you help me keep watch.”
“Me, help you keep watch?” Gu Qingcheng was stunned again.
“Nonsense, didn't you hear the leader just now? We're the best partners.”
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At the same time, Zhao Gang also found his phone and reported the capture of over forty thieves to his superiors.
Kang Jianshe was a bit surprised after hearing this. After all, only 24 hours had passed, and there was still a full day until his deadline.
In fact, Kang Jianshe knew very well that the 48-hour deadline he gave for solving the case was basically impossible to meet. He had originally intended to use this incident to suppress Gu Wenhai, but he never expected that the other party would actually solve the case.
Mayor Huo was even more delighted to hear about this. He immediately reported it to Secretary Feng and Vice Governor Xue of the Provincial Party Committee.
The two top leaders also didn't expect the case to be solved so quickly. Especially after learning that the perpetrators were a group of thieves from out of town, they not only didn't blame anyone but instead gave a very positive evaluation of the Jiangcheng police force's capabilities.
However, upon hearing that a Qinghe Auxiliary Police Officer had caught the criminal suspects, both top leaders were quite surprised.
“You said an Auxiliary Police Officer caught the theft gang?” Secretary Feng sounded a bit incredulous, “And he’s only been on the job for a month?”
“Yes, that’s what the subordinates reported,” Mayor Huo said, “This Auxiliary Police Officer is named Lei Zhen. Before this, he had already solved four or five major cases in a row, and even caught a Class A Wanted Criminal.”
“Ah? There’s more to this?” The two top leaders were again dumbfounded, “Tell us about it?”
Mayor Huo had only just learned about Lei Zhen’s previous multiple major merits when he was getting an update on the situation. So he had Zhao Gang introduce Lei Zhen’s situation in detail. Even he himself found it a bit unbelievable after hearing it.
After Lei Zhen's story was told, even the two provincial-level top leaders were a bit bewildered.
“Indeed, the new waves push the old waves forward. A mere Auxiliary Police Officer, in just one month, has accomplished so many earth-shshattering feats. It’s truly rare in the world!”
Vice Governor Xue also said, “This Lei Zhen must be cultivated well. We must not waste such a talent.”
Mayor Huo nodded and said, “We have already approved the application for Lei Zhen’s promotion to a formal police officer. After the National Day holiday, he will become a true police officer. At that time, we will deliberate on how to reasonably arrange his work.”
“Such pillars of the nation, you must arrange for him properly!”
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At this moment, the Qinghe Police Station was also bustling. Zhao Gang called back everyone who was out investigating. Everyone was doing one thing: receiving these thieves who came to surrender.
Because of insufficient staff, Director Zhao Gang also personally participated in the reception.
However, the reasons for these people's surrender completely stunned everyone.
Perhaps the script Lei Zhen had given earlier had broadened everyone's thinking, as the reasons were varied and bizarre.
“A few days ago, I watched a movie called 'The Plum in the Golden Vase.' The story of Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian gave me great inspiration, so I started to reflect.”
Zhao Gang was dumbfounded: “'The Plum in the Golden Vase' can have that effect?”
“It's all about perspective,” the pickpocket who surrendered said, “Others watch adult films for the exciting scenes of XXOO. I watch adult films to ponder life. So they get pleasure, but what I get is an understanding of life.”
Zhao Gang couldn't take it anymore: “Xiao Zhang, you take over. I really can't listen to this anymore.”
So Zhao Gang switched to another person.
“Speak, why did you surrender?”
“The reason for my surrender is simple: because my dad cheated!”
Zhao Gang was stunned: “What does your dad cheating have to do with your surrender?”
“Of course it has something to do with it,” the man opposite said, “You don't know, I've made a lot of money as a pickpocket over the years, but I told my dad I was a leader in a listed company, and I sent him a lot of money back.
My dad boasted everywhere about how capable his son was, which attracted a bunch of old women. Later, he actually got together with one of them, which really angered my mom.”
“Does this have anything to do with your surrender?” Zhao Gang still didn't understand.
“Of course, if I surrender, the whole world will know I'm a thief. With my reputation spreading back to my hometown, wouldn't that slut who hooked up with my dad stay far away from him?”
Zhao Gang's mouth twitched after hearing this.
“Next one, I can't take it anymore.”
In addition to these, there were various other strange and bizarre reasons, leaving those responsible for reception completely dumbfounded.
“So how did you all get in touch?” someone asked.
“We all met online. When I decided to surrender, I looked online to see if there were any peers with the same idea as me. I didn't know until I looked, and I was shocked to find that quite a few people were preparing to wash their hands of the trade like me. They even formed a group.”
“So you all agreed to come to Jiangcheng together to surrender? To commemorate it, you even held a farewell pickpocketing event, and as soon as the event ended, you encountered that Auxiliary Police Officer surnamed Lei from our unit while going to the restroom.”
“Yes, that’s exactly how it was.”
Every single person said the same thing, as if they had discussed it beforehand.
After interrogating these people, everyone at the Police Station was no longer calm.
Before, they had jokingly called Lei Zhen a koi, but now everyone realized that he wasn't just a koi; he was a super koi!!
All the cases Lei Zhen had solved before could be considered coincidences and were plausible, but what about this case?
He was clearly on vacation, and in the time it took him to take a dump, a whole busload of people were delivered to him for free.
It was as if the god of good fortune was raising him as his own son!!
Even Gu Wenhai was a bit dumbfounded after reading the surrender statements of these people. He had seen many surrenders in his life, but this was the first time he had seen a group surrender, and with reasons more exaggerated than the last.
Magical, it was simply too magical!!!
But there was one thing Gu Wenhai couldn't figure out: why did the wanted criminal named Li Shangjun also participate in this surrender tour group with everyone else?
Li Shangjun didn't reveal the real reason, after all, if he admitted to being part of the theft group's management, it would only make his crime more severe.
As for why he participated in the surrender tour group, he simply said that his brain had a momentary lapse.
In all his years as a police officer, Gu Wenhai felt his head buzzing for the first time.
“The world is truly full of wonders. I've been a police officer for decades, and this is the first time I've encountered something so magical.”
Zhao Gang also sighed, “It’s as if they’ve been infected with some kind of virus.”
The huge weight in Gu Wenhai’s heart also finally lifted.
No matter what, the theft case was concluded successfully, and he wouldn't be disciplined for the leader's phone being stolen.
What surprised him even more was that Secretary Feng and Vice Governor Xue, because of his timely solving of the case, instead gave positive affirmation to the Jiangcheng police's capabilities.
It could be considered a blessing in disguise!
With things mostly resolved, Zhao Gang called the Municipal Detention Center to have them come pick up the people.
Soon, people from the Detention Center arrived. Seeing a large bus in the yard, the comrades from the Detention Center simply used that bus to take all dozens of people away.
Before leaving, Lei Zhen waved goodbye to everyone.
“Have a good journey, come back and visit when you have time.”
After saying goodbye to Zhao Gang, Gu Wenhai also prepared to return to the Municipal Bureau.
Zhao Gang personally saw Director Gu to the door, trying several times to ask about the new police car, but couldn't bring himself to ask.
He also didn't know if Lei Zhen had said anything.
“Director Gu, please take care. Come to our Police Station for guidance often when you have time.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be frequenting it often in the future. I like this young man, Lei Zhen, very much.”
However, no sooner had he spoken than Gu Wenhai noticed something was wrong with the rear wheel of his car. On closer inspection, his tire was flat.
“Why is my tire flat?”