The work hours of both the city and county criminal police teams are the sa, starting at eight and finishing at five.
However, the city criminal police team’s cafeteria provides both lunch and dinner.
Thus, the cafeteria staff generally don’t finish work until six.
Old Wu’s residence isn’t too far from the police station, located in a basent in the neighboring community.
It was arranged with the assistance of the disability center back then, with a monthly rent of just three hundred yuan.
This is considered very cheap in Jiangzhou City.
The two locations aren’t very far apart, and a normal person would take about ten minutes to walk, but due to his leg impairnt, it takes him about half an hour.
Today, while hobbling back to his basent with a big bag of leftover food from the cafeteria, he encountered soone unexpected.
"Old Wu, you’re back."
Luo Fei was holding two bags of fruit, with two boxes of milk at his feet.
Even though Old Wu viewed these police officers as re playthings, he was a bit surprised at the mont, "Officer Luo, what’s this?"
"Oh, I just ca to check on you, Old Wu. I’ve heard about your situation, and if you ever have any difficulties, let know and I’ll do my best to help!"
Luo Fei spoke with enthusiasm, full of righteousness and compassion.
Zhao Donglai’s words had just reminded him that he could rightfully visit Old Wu under the guise of checking in on him.
With Old Wu’s disdain for the police, at most he’d see Luo Fei as an idealistic fool, never suspecting alternative motives.
Indeed, he bet correctly.
Due to his status as a disabled person, Old Wu received many privileges.
Not only did the police team organize visits, but Zheng Changjun also organized a donation for him.
So, in that mont, the only thought in his heart was that this was another self-righteous fool. Quite good, he enjoyed watching these fools dance around under his manipulation.
Old Wu concealed his secret excitent, while outwardly expressing overwhelming gratitude, "Thank you, Officer Luo, for not looking down on soone like and coming to see purposely..."
Like every mber of a vulnerable group, he appeared thankful and reverent, without revealing any flaws.
"Old Wu, please don’t say that. There’s nothing to look down on, physical defects aren’t sothing you can control. By the way, can I co in for a while and help you carry these inside?"
Luo Fei suggested.
"Of course."
Possibly certain that all police officers were equally foolish, Old Wu agreed very smoothly.
He opened the basent door with enthusiasm, "Please co in, Officer Luo."
Actually, being in a confined space with a criminal alone is a very unwise decision because you cannot be certain if they would suddenly turn violent in a mont.
But Luo Fei had high confidence in his abilities; with his current skills, he was confident he could easily overpower even an A-level escaped convict like Jiang Sanqiang in hand-to-hand combat, let alone Old Wu with his physical disability.
So he picked up the items and walked in boldly.
This basent wasn’t particularly large, about the size of five or six square ters at most.
In one corner, there was a bed, a table, two chairs, and a simple wardrobe. The room looked exceedingly cramped.
The room had a musty sll, possibly due to poor ventilation and damp conditions in the basent.
Yet surprisingly, the room was very clean and tidy.
Despite being a bachelor, Old Wu was noticeably more competent than Yang Dawei and Wang Wenbin.
Luo Fei scanned around the room quickly without spotting anything suspicious.
However, a thick stack of books on the nearby table grabbed his attention; upon glancing at the titles, they were all related to criminal investigation.
Luo Fei picked up a book with curiosity, "Old Wu, you like reading these kinds of books?"
"I always wanted to be a police officer, but unfortunately my leg... It didn’t work out, so I enjoy reading these books for so thrill."
Old Wu spoke naturally, with a look of regret, and proactively offered a chair to Luo Fei, "Officer Luo, have a seat."
"Is that so... May I ask why you wanted to beco a police officer?"
Old Wu also sat beside him, grinning.
"Perhaps my childhood experiences made see police officers as extrely righteous and noble, so I wanted to beco one of them."
His words were filled with admiration and envy for the profession, but his peculiar smile had a mocking undertone.
Making him seem extrely contradictory and unreasonable.
Luo Fei surprisingly detected a hint of affection in his tone and deanor.
Similar to wanting to destroy sothing one cannot have.
Instantly, a suspicion rose in Luo Fei’s mind.
Could it be that his failure to enter police academy led him to bear resentnt towards the police profession, finding amusent in challenging them?
If so, it does provide a reasonable explanation for his actions...
However, Luo Fei wasn’t ready to draw conclusions yet.
At that mont, a stack of newspapers at the bottom suddenly caught Luo Fei’s attention.
In this era of rapidly advancing networks, most people receive news via smartphones or televisions.
Few people now buy newspapers, only certain agencies maintain the habit of subscribing.
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