Cri Scene Investigation Office.
Lu Chuan was watering the flamingo-lily, wiping its leaves, and whistling, feeling so happy he could almost fly.
"Lu, what are you so happy about so early in the morning?"
Lu Chuan was always the first to arrive, Liu Guodong second, and Old Bai and Yang Sen ca right on ti.
"Master, nothing special, just feeling pretty good."
Liu Guodong was slightly surprised at Lu Chuan. During the year since Lu Chuan joined, he had always been very steady, and this was a rare mont.
Well, after all, he’s only twenty-three or twenty-four, it’s the most passionate ti in life, when young people show their true selves.
However, Lu Chuan’s outstanding performance in solving cases this past year made everyone subconsciously overlook his age and experience in law enforcent.
Liu Guodong thought back to when he himself was twenty-three or twenty-four, newly in the police, still a clueless rookie following his master around, asking all sorts of questions.
Forget joining homicide investigations, even being a small part in a petty theft case felt like being noticed.
In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed.
"Alright, I’ll have you run the morning eting. By the way, there are a few new colleagues at the team today, Captain Qin said there will be a welco ceremony, and you, as a more experienced mber, will give a speech."
New colleagues?
A speech?
Lu Chuan was slightly taken aback. Right, it was already early July, and university graduates were reporting in. He himself ca around this ti last year.
Qin Yong seed to organize a similar welco ceremony every year, and when he ca last year, the previous more experienced mbers gave speeches.
This ti, it’s his turn?
"Do I need to prepare a script?"
Lu Chuan naturally hadn’t prepared.
"No need, just talk about the cases you’ve solved and your achievents; it’ll boost their morale."
That’s what Qin Yong instructed. Those without much success, of course, need to prepare a script, make it sound impressive and inspiring, but not Lu Chuan.
He could just talk about his first and second-class rits.
The welco ceremony was held after the morning eting, and Lu Chuan showed up in his formal police uniform to look more official.
"Huh? Have your comndations co through again?"
Last ti, Old Bai saw Lu Chuan in the office already in his police dress uniform and assud that the rewards from the Liangzhou case had co in.
"Not yet, just now Master told that after the morning eting, there’s a welco ceremony for new colleagues, and I’ll be giving a speech."
The two nodded, suddenly realizing. They had heard about it in the past few days but were too busy with a case lately to pay it much attention.
Also, today it’s impossible to assign anyone to Cri Scene Investigation, so there was no point in focusing too much on it.
However, hearing this, Old Yang smacked his forehead, "Lu, you also ca around this ti last year, right?"
Lu Chuan nodded, "I reported on July 12 last year, and Captain Qin organized a welco ceremony like this."
Originally, Lu Chuan was supposed to be assigned to a police station, but because he caught Old Yang’s best friend Yang Lin’s ex-girlfriend’s husband, who was a wanted criminal, he was then assigned to the Criminal Investigation Team.
To make a rit just upon joining, such newcors are rare.
And Lu Chuan’s performance this past year made everyone overlook that he’s only been on the force for just over a year.
Old Bai picked up the iron brush and continued brushing the string of small-leafed padauk, "Ti flies like a wild donkey, once it starts to run, it never stops. It really passes quickly."
"I have less than four years until retirent."
Lu Chuan was slightly stunned.
When he first arrived, Old Bai was 55, and just the other day, they celebrated his birthday at the Warehouse Valley landfill. Now he’s 56, with less than four years to retirent. Ti indeed flies.
Lu Chuan originally wanted to take the morning to research online for speech materials, but he ended up talking with the two and forgot about it.
When Liu Guodong returned, he saw the group lanting.
"Getting old, my son’s already in university."
That was Old Yang.
"Getting old, less than four years until retirent."
That was Old Bai.
"Getting old, I’ve been at work for over a year..."
That was Lu Chuan.
"What nonsense are you all talking about? Old? Lu Chuan’s just over 23, not even 24 yet, right?"
"If you’re old, shouldn’t we already be cremated?"
Seeing Liu Guodong return, Lu Chuan quickly stood up, "Master, you’re back?"
"It’s nothing, I was just chatting nonsense with Brother Bai and Brother Yang."
Actually, Lu Chuan wasn’t entirely joking just now. Although he’s only been on the force for a year, having just turned 24, he felt he’d experienced quite a lot this past year.
The impact of over a dozen homicide cases was significant for Lu Chuan.
It felt like he’d been in this line of work for a very long ti.
"Alright, let’s go to the conference room. The welco ceremony starts at ten."
...
This year, the Criminal Investigation Team was allocated ten people, one more than last year; it doesn’t sound like a small number, but the reality is that there are even fewer hands.
Because the past year saw twelve colleagues retire from the Criminal Investigation Team, twelve gone, ten new arrivals, a net loss of two.
On paper, there were two fewer people, but in terms of work, the shortfall is more than just two.
Because the new colleagues are not skilled yet, many tasks they cannot perform, and they are effectively in a learning phase for at least one to two years.
That is to say, for the next year or two, everyone will be in a state of relatively tense and busy work.
The ten had great vigor, sitting straight in their chairs, and one in particular caught everyone’s attention.
With a wheatish complexion, tall and strong build, standing over 1.9 ters with great proportions, especially a rather imposing figure. Even in a police uniform, which naturally suppresses physique, one could feel the extre fullness.
This girl, with this kind of figure, was a first for Lu Chuan.
A fitting description... should be a "Barbie Amazon."
"This girl is Lan Bingyu, a retired special forces mber, credited with a personal second-class rit, specifically assigned to the Criminal Investigation Team."
Old Zhang, who handled personnel affairs, roughly explained upon seeing Lu Chuan’s curious look.
Special forces?
No wonder, she has that aura of a combat machine. It’s perfect for the action team, where they are severely understaffed, and this Lan Bingyu’s tall and strong build is just right for them.
But the surna Lan... is not common.
"Hello everyone, I am Qin Yong, the team leader of the Haizhou City Criminal Investigation Team. Firstly, on behalf of the Haizhou City Public Security Bureau and the Haizhou City Criminal Investigation Team, I welco all the new colleagues to the force."
Qin Yong deals with etings daily and is well-rehearsed in such speeches, needing no script, smoothly delivering them off the cuff.
This year, Lu Chuan admired this ability a lot, as he wasn’t good at these conventional speeches and his delivery wasn’t smooth.
Perhaps he needed to attend more etings to build experience.
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