Chapter Thirty-six: The Third Team of the Criminal Police

  In the early morning, Liu Li was still drowsy when he suddenly felt a tender cry in his ear: "Get up..." He opened his eyes to see Tingting standing by the bed, her face full of joy as she called him to get up.

  "Ting Ting, be good, Uncle will sleep a little longer." Liu stroked Ting Ting's small head with his hand and continued to close his eyes and sleep.

  "No, mom has already made breakfast, and after eating, uncle will take me to kindergarten, hurry up...hurry up..." Tingting was bothering Liu Li in front of the bed, asking him to get up.

  With Tingting making such a fuss, Liu Li's drowsiness had already disappeared. After stretching, he sat up, rubbed his head with his hand, found his clothes and then chased Tingting out of the bedroom: "Go outside and wait, I need to change my clothes. This process is not suitable for children."

  After getting dressed and washing up, he was about to go back to the bedroom to tidy up the bedding when he found that Lin Shuang had already helped him put away the bedding neatly: "Uh... thanks, no need to be so polite."

  "It's okay, I've already made breakfast and it's on the table. After we eat, we'll take Tingting to kindergarten, then I'll drive you to work. After you start your shift, I'll head back to the hotel." Lin Shuangshuang said as she folded the blankets.

  "After sending Tingting off, I'd better go to the office by myself. Your car is too high-end, if you send me to the office, I'm afraid my colleagues will all think I'm living off someone else." Liu Li joked and sat down at the dining table to start eating breakfast.

  Lin Shuangshuang prepared a simple breakfast, each person had a small bowl of millet porridge, a flower roll, two boiled eggs, a cup of milk, and two plates of small salted vegetables. Although it was a bit plain, Liu Li ate with relish.

  After finishing breakfast, Liu Li tidied up and then took Lin Shuangshuang to send Tingting to kindergarten. Perhaps because of Liu Li's presence, Tingting was very excited on the way to kindergarten, a stark contrast to her previous gloominess. Seeing her daughter so cheerful, Lin Shuangshuang also felt happy.

  When Tingting and the teacher entered the kindergarten, Liu Li glanced at Lin Shuangshuang beside him. It was only then that he seriously sized up Lin Shuangshuang, seeing her wearing a black suit with black high heels that made her legs appear slender and tall.

  Although Lin Shuangshuang is already 27 years old, her appearance is as well-maintained as that of a 24 or 25-year-old girl. If she didn't mention that her daughter is already four years old, no one would believe that she is already a single mother.

  Looking at Lin's face, which was very similar to Zhao Yaqi's, Liu Li couldn't help but joke: "Beauty, has anyone ever told you that you look like Bai Suzhen? Hehe... just kidding, beautiful Director Lin, you can go back to the hotel now, I also need to go to work, see you tonight."

  "Hehe... no one says I look like Bai Suzhen, but someone said I look like Feng Chengcheng in his younger years." Lin Shuangshuang smiled and replied after hearing Liu Li's joke, then said to Liu Li: "Handsome Officer Liu, wish you a pleasant work, see you tonight."

  The two men shook hands politely and then parted ways. After leaving the residential area, Liu Li hailed a taxi and told the driver the address before getting in.

  Daxing Town is located in the north of Gucheng County, only a 15-minute drive from the county center. It ranks fourth among the 16 towns and townships in Gucheng County, whether in terms of population or economic conditions, it belongs to the upper reaches of the county.

  The taxi arrived in front of the Daxing Town Police Station, Liu Li got out of the car and looked at the office building in front of him. He walked inside because he had been there with Cheng Bin yesterday afternoon. The police officers at the station all recognized Liu Li, and some even greeted him: "Good morning."

  Seeing someone greeting him, Liu Li nodded in response and smiled: "Good morning."

  After arriving at the third floor, most of his colleagues from the third team had already arrived. At this time, everyone was busy cleaning up. Seeing that everyone was busy, Liu Li found a rag and wiped down the furniture in each room.

  "Hey...... Deputy Captain, you're working as soon as you arrive." Two colleagues who were mopping the floor started teasing Liu Li.

  "It's necessary, all of you guys are busy, how can I be idle? We're a collective after all." Liu Li responded.

  "Well said, everyone hurry up and finish the work. After finishing, let's go to the conference room on the second floor for a meeting." At this time, Liu Wei, who was sweeping the floor with a broom, spoke up.

  After being busy for more than half an hour, the sanitation work was finally completed. Seeing that all the rooms were clean and tidy, Liu Wei came to Liu Li's side: "Deputy Captain, the county bureau has assigned people to our squadron, everyone is now a family, we will go to the second floor conference room to hold a meeting, get to know each other, and then deploy the future work direction, what do you think?"

  "I think it's great." After agreeing with Liu Wei's proposal, Liu Li called everyone to gather in the second-floor conference room.

  But when Liu Li led the crowd to the conference room, he found that the police from Daxing Town Police Station also followed, it seemed they were going to have a meeting too, led by Zhang Shi, the instructor of the police station.

  Seeing Liu Li leading the team members into the conference room, Zhang Shi smiled and walked up: "Deputy Captain Liu is here? Hehe, our department has an important matter that needs to be discussed and deployed. Can Deputy Captain Liu let us use the conference room first?"

  "Do you want to use the conference room? Okay, let's wait until we're done with the meeting." Liu Li paused for a moment and then agreed with a smile: "Director Zhang, you're really good at joking. You clearly saw us enter the conference room, but intentionally teased me by saying you wanted to use it. That's too funny."

  Liu Li immediately lost face, Zhang Shi's eyes condensed for a moment, but then returned to his previous smiling expression: "Hehe... Deputy Captain Liu is indeed a straightforward person."

  "What I understand from Deputy Captain Liu's words is that whoever comes first has the right to use it, right? Since Deputy Captain Liu is a person who emphasizes coming first and going last, then I'll wait and let you use the conference room first. After you finish your meeting, we'll come over. Who made us late, huh... won't disturb you, you go ahead."

  After Zhang Shi finished speaking, he led the police in the room back. Liu Li whispered to the team members beside him: "This guy has a hidden meaning, you guys be more careful in the future, I estimate that this guy will not hesitate to make trouble for us later."

  "After seeing everything, Liu Wei said to the crowd: 'Come in, everyone. If there's anything to say, let's talk about it in the conference room instead of standing in the corridor.'"

  After everyone entered the conference room, they found their own chairs and sat down. Liu Li and Liu Wei sat in the middle of the conference room, looked around at everyone, and Liu Wei smiled: "Today our third team is fully assembled, let's have a meeting."

  Since our team has just been established, during this period of time, the leaders of the county bureau will surely come to our place frequently for guidance and supervision. Everyone should keep their internal work tidy and not messy.

  "Now that everyone is here, let's introduce ourselves and briefly talk about our areas of expertise. To be honest, I only have a list of your names, but I don't know what each of you specializes in or where you used to work. Let's take this opportunity to get to know each other better."

  After the voice fell, Liu Wei started to lead the self-introduction, followed by Liu Li, and then circulated in order. When everyone finished their self-introductions, Liu Li had a preliminary understanding of these colleagues.

  Liu Wei, 35 years old, third-level police supervisor, previously worked in the Internet Monitoring Brigade, skilled in computer operations. Liu Li only mentioned that he used to work at the Diying Township Police Station and was good at criminal investigation, without mentioning his previous experience.

  Apart from the two of them, the remaining eight team members are: Zhang Tao, 29 years old, skilled in written interrogation. Zhao Jie, 30 years old, skilled in image restoration. Li Liang, 28 years old, skilled in driving various motor vehicles. Jiang Liguo, 28 years old, skilled in tracking and surveillance. Shi Lei, 32 years old, skilled in evidence collection. Chen Fei, 31 years old, forensic doctor, skilled in autopsy. Wang Mingzhong, 34 years old, skilled in criminal investigation. Ren Dongchao, 33 years old, skilled in criminal investigation.

  After listening to everyone's introduction, Liu Wei smiled and said: "Our third team is full of talents! There are three colleagues who are good at criminal investigation, and the rest of the colleagues are also talented in their respective fields. It seems that Captain Cheng put a lot of thought into building our team."

  After everyone finished their self-introductions, they all became more familiar with each other. When speaking, people were noticeably more casual. Afterwards, Liu Wei arranged the direction of work for the next day and assigned tasks to each person.

  After finishing the work arrangement, Liu Wei originally wanted to announce the end of the meeting, but after glancing at Liu Li beside him, he couldn't help but add a sentence: "That thing... brothers and sisters, when you encounter colleagues from Daxing Town Police Station in the future, try to give them some face."

  To be honest, I used to get annoyed by those people, but we're using their office building, conference room, cafeteria, and they even allocated a Jetta police car for us from their own resources. It's completely understandable that they have feelings about this.

  "I reckon they'll be giving us a hard time in their future work, so I hope everyone can try to keep calm and not make things too awkward, lest we become the laughing stock of other units. Deputy Captain Liu, do you have anything to add?"

  Upon hearing this, Liu Li smiled and said: "I am a person who knows how to yield, Captain, you can rest assured. I will represent my brothers in expressing our attitude. No matter how Zhang Shi and others make things difficult for us in the future, I and my brothers will all uphold our style and truly achieve 'winning people over with virtue'."

  "That's said too well." Hearing Liu Li so supportive of his work, Liu Wei excitedly grasped Liu Li's hand tightly: "Brother, just for this sentence, I'll treat you to lunch today."