My Life with Narration-Chapter 218 - 217: We’re Out of Goji Berries at Home

Handling a case is not a simple matter, naturally, it's not his turn to rush to the front.

But in the afternoon, Su Qing was left in the criminal investigation department by Old Lin to do case analysis.

Even though Lin Chengcai brought out a lot more detailed information later, situations triggered by the narrator were few and far between, and useful suggestions were even fewer.

At most, he helped rule out a misleading clue.

After all, he was facing just a pile of data, he hadn't seen either the perpetrator or the victim, so he couldn't effectively trigger the narration.

In this situation, he couldn't proactively suggest meeting the victim, like, what would you do? Didn't see the person in a bad mood and still go stimulate them?

Moreover, anything that could be asked had already been asked by the police, does he even get a turn for this basic operation? No chance, right!

As for forcefully suggesting to take a look, it's not impossible, but he can't explain this to a few detectives, he couldn't just say he could trigger the narration by touching, right?

As for Fang Wen's case, it was ultimately classified by Lin Chengcai as outside the series of cases. Although there are some similarities, there are still differences, most importantly, the fluids left behind, which were not present in the previous cases.

Of course, this still requires waiting for the lab results and visiting a few of Fang Wen's friends before making a determination.

As for Su Qing, he wasn't released from the criminal investigation department until 7:30 in the evening, as a rookie among rookies, he naturally wouldn't forcibly steal the limelight, he goes with the flow, but even so, today still exhausted him.

You guys just discuss the case, why keep asking me for my opinion, I'm not Yuanfang, and it's not a once or twice thing, making him suspect whether this Lin was switched at the hospital, and should actually be surnamed Di.

"Ah~~~ It's overtime, overtime, you gotta help me apply for overtime pay!" Su Qing sat powerlessly in the police car's passenger seat and protested.

"You're thinking about money like a madman, we're police officers, where does overtime pay come from, and besides, it's not even 8 o'clock, what overtime pay do you want?" Du Qiang said with a smile from the driver's seat.

Obviously, he was in a good mood today, and thanks to Su Qing, he got off work a bit earlier today.

"You're a cop, I'm not, I'm just a working guy!"

"Law-abiding society, don't say working guy, you hit anyone it's illegal!"

Su Qing:...

Why is it so hard talking to a cop, he didn't understand.

"It's you forcing me to work overtime, this counts as illegal detention for overtime!" Su Qing stared rebelliously.

But clearly, in terms of legal knowledge, he's way behind the professionals.

"First, there's no such crime as you mentioned, illegal detention is indeed unlawful, but we didn't force you, second, working overtime isn't illegal, third, once you enter our bureau, you're a cop too!" Du Qiang rebutted clearly and logically with a calm tone.

"Bullshit! If not for your two and a half years of arresting skills practice, would I have gone with you? And don't make it sound so good, if we're both cops, why don't I have a police uniform?" Even though Du Qiang was logically sound, Su Qing wasn't stupid, it's like playing tricks on a fool without letting him sell seeds.

Hearing this, Du Qiang was silent for a while before replying dryly, "You're insulting the People's Police, I warn you, if it's serious, I could take you back."

Su Qing: (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

Such a rogue, he'll take him back if he can't win the argument.

"Weren't you saying I'm a cop too? We're both public servants, at most it's mutual splashing!"

To this, Du Qiang calmly said, "We're not the same!"

Su Qing:...

Okay, what you said takes both ends, eh, fine, he had to admit he remembered this kid now. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

"Don't be upset, there'll be more of this in the future, today if it weren't for sending you, I'd still be busy with work, just be content!" Du Qiang said faintly.

Since it was already past 7:30 in the evening when they came out, it was dark outside, so Lin Chengcai asked Du Qiang to drive him back.

"Are you sure it's not because you're useless over there, so they sent you to give me a ride?" Su Qing gave no face and spoke directly.

Du Qiang:...

That was truly a heart-piercing remark, yet also very reasonable, considering the smart people in the Criminal Investigation Division are all in the bureau analyzing cases, he was the one sent on such a task, made him feel he's either dispensable at a small scale or perceived as foolish at a large scale.

Seeing his expression, Su Qing laughed, patted Du Qiang's shoulder, and said, "Qiangzi, don't be sad, it's just about intelligence, eat more walnuts!"

"Better keep them for yourself, brother's brain..." Wanting to say something harsh, but remembering the other's performance in the police department, Du Qiang held his tongue.

His intelligence seems indeed insufficient, considering he's still in a "point-and-shoot" state, meaning he needs someone to tell him what to do to solve cases, hasn't completed one independently yet, quite frustrating.

Seeing this, Su Qing shook his head, changed the topic, and said, "Qiangzi, do we encounter such bizarre stuff daily in the police department? Also, if the series case is confirmed, it would be a major case, why is there no external news?"

He spent the whole day at the police department, really saw a lot of bizarre things, a series of sexual assault cases, homicides, false accusations, fraud cases, even extramarital affairs and being caught in bed fighting, truly eye-opening.

To this, Du Qiang quickly regained his confidence, "Heh, this is barely scratching the surface, there are way more bizarre cases than what you've seen today."

"Like what?" Su Qing asked, somewhat interested.

"Like half a year ago, a family came to report their child missing, turned out upon investigation, they are actually two brothers, the elder died from a work injury, compensated over a million, the parents tore the second son and his girlfriend apart, made the elder son's wife with the kid marry the younger brother to live together, crucially, they agreed.

And like a case last month, a girl in her twenties became a mistress, the man over fifty, she got pregnant and drove the wife to death out of anger, finally the child was deformed, only then found out, this mistress was the man's daughter from unknown when outside.

And another thing, last month received a report, a high schooler eloped with his aunt, the uncle came to the police station to report for missing, while looking, the aunt was about to deliver, the kid's mom was furious but had no choice but to care for what became her sister-in-law and new daughter-in-law through confinement, and many more such things happen often."

Du Qiang blabbed about the many bizarre cases he's seen since joining the police, of course, most wacky cases are everyday ethics kind, while serious criminal cases are generally very freaky, chilling.

Su Qing listened, with a face full of incredulity, even felt his worldview shattered, obviously living in the same world, how come there's so many freaks around, and yet in his life, he doesn't feel it?

Seeing his overwhelmed expression, Du Qiang nodded with satisfaction and continued explaining:

"As for why there's no noise from major cases to the outside world, of course, it's intentionally blocking the information, can't let it cause societal panic, right?

Common folk haven't heard of any homicides because they simply can't access it, the public social platforms won't have the chance to spread it, at most it'd be spread privately in WeChat, we're just working on this, maybe someday you'll personally go to a crime scene to inspect bodies, don't be surprised, get used to it."

Hearing this, Su Qing waved his hands repeatedly, "No thanks, you guys go, I don't have the guts to do corpse work."

He was just a network security marketing consultant, not Mouri Kogoro, even without personal experience, just thinking about it makes him feel he cannot accept.

Indeed, whether being a detective or a forensic, these jobs aren't for average people.

Seeing his expression, Du Qiang laughed twice heartily, then shook his head, he wouldn't say the first time he saw a corpse he vomited out last night's dinner and almost wet himself.

After another hour, Du Qiang safely parked the car at the community entrance.

"Alright, I'm off!"

"Drive slowly!"

"Woof" [Salute]

Su Qing:...

Have to say, apparently, Da Huang is more adapted to the police life than him, it already considers itself a cop.

"Why did you come back so late today?" Shen Yi, sitting on the couch, turned and asked as the person and dog returned.

"Don't mention it, played a detective for a day, exhausted!"

Shen Yi frowned, "With your little body, a whole day? We ran out of goji berries, go buy some to replenish!"

Su Qing: ???

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