Chapter 45: Step up the effort!

The next day, Chen Shoushan had just sat down in his office when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

"Good morning, Chief Chen! I've prepared the materials you requested!"

Zhu Sihai walked in, beaming, and said.

"Mm, thank you for your hard work."

Chen Shoushan took the documents but noticed Zhu Sihai standing there, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What's wrong? Do you have more to say?"

"Hehe, as expected, nothing can escape Chief Chen's eyes."

Zhu Sihai gave a hehe laugh and then spoke softly.

"Chief Chen, have you heard of the Friends Circle?"

"I've heard a little about it."

Chen Shoushan looked at the nervously cautious Zhu Sihai and felt a bit interested.

"Since that's the case, I'll just say it straight: Boss Chen is a member of the Friends Circle, his contraband seems to have been supplied by the Friends Circle, and the former Bureau Chief even reported this to headquarters, but there was no response at all."

Zhu Sihai glanced at Chen Shoushan and whispered.

Zhu Sihai only learned of the Friends Circle's existence by chance while making money; afterward he paid close attention and discovered that Chen Ruhai was helping the Friends Circle smuggle gold, and then he found an opportunity to hint to Wang Tong.

Wang Tong also directly reported it, but the response was as if it had sunk into the sea—no reply at all—whereupon Zhu Sihai realized just how powerful the Friends Circle actually was.

Thus Zhu Sihai had no other thoughts; whatever, after all he was just a deputy bureau chief of a small city and couldn't do much.

"So, Bureau Chief Zhu, what are you trying to say?"

Chen Shoushan leaned back slightly, looking at Zhu Sihai with a smile and asked.

"Lately I heard Chen Ruhai say that the Friends Circle seems to be transporting a batch of gold through Dahe City; Chief Chen, how do you think we should handle this? Report it? Or..."

Zhu Sihai forced an awkward smile and probed.

He wasn't quite sure of Chen Shoushan's stance on the Friends Circle, so he timidly asked how Chen Shoushan would deal with it, for he had recently witnessed Chen Shoushan's style of conduct; if it were discovered that he had helped Chen Ruhai, he had no doubt Chen Shoushan would throw him off the rooftop and call it a supernatural incident...

"I understand; go prepare the physical examination first!"

Chen Shoushan thought for a moment and said.

"Sure! I'll await Chief Chen's instructions!"

After Zhu Sihai left, Chen Shoushan glanced at Luokuang's files; as expected, he found nothing—there's no way the Public Security Bureau is omnipotent.

Since nothing turned up, Chen Shoushan didn't bother to look further; the matter had already been handed over to headquarters.

Beep beep beep beep

Chen Shoushan's satellite phone rang.

"Hello, Shoushan? How have you been in Dahe City lately?"

Cao Yanhuá's voice came from the other end.

"Pretty good, everyone's been enthusiastic."

Chen Shoushan replied with a smile.

"Hahaha, the officials of Dahe City's Public Security Bureau all say you're generous, handing out milk tea and bonuses! I heard you even set up some kind of foundation?"

Cao Yanhuá laughed heartily over the phone, an invisible show of force that let Chen Shoushan know headquarters was keeping an eye on every corner of China.

"Exactly, I want to help those who narrowly survived supernatural incidents! All I can do is persuade the wealthy to donate some money."

Chen Shoushan answered calmly.

"If every person in charge had your heart, that would be great, but next time you should be gentler when persuading."

Cao Yanhuá bore no blame, for since the Friends Circle burst onto the scene he's had little fondness for the rich, and Chen Shoushan's actions also count as helping headquarters weaken some of the Friends Circle's hidden strength; besides, no lives were lost, and he even uncovered a man-made supernatural incident.

"By the way, about Wang Tong's situation, I know—uh… his mental state really isn't fit to continue as bureau chief of Dahe City's Public Security Bureau; headquarters will assign him a suitable position."

Cao Yanhuá continued, saying he also knew Wang Tong's situation, so he tacitly approved Chen Shoushan's actions.

"Speaking of which, headquarters really owes Wang Tong an apology, but the times are what they are—there's nothing to be done, we can only wrong him!"

"Minister Cao, you wouldn't have called personally just to talk about these things, would you?"

Chen Shoushan asked with a smile.

Cao Yanhuá is a minister of headquarters, usually said to be handling myriad affairs; it's unlikely he'd call for such a trivial matter, at most arranging Zhao Jianguo to have a heart-to-heart with me.

"Indeed, there's something I need your help with!"

Seeing Chen Shoushan ask, Cao Yanhuá directly said.

After all, at present only he and Wang Xiaoming in headquarters know Chen Shoushan's abilities, so naturally only Cao Yanhuá would come personally to explain to Chen Shoushan.

"You've probably heard of the supernatural incident in ZS City, right? I hope you go to ZS City once to help the person in charge, Tong Qian, resolve this incident."

Cao Yanhuá also directly stated his purpose.

"Minister Cao, how do you want me to help?"

Chen Shoushan asked without changing expression; he had long known this day would come, but hadn't expected it to arrive so soon.

There's no way around it; in Cao Yanhuá's eyes, Chen Shoushan is the world's only Ghost Master doctor—obviously important, but if this doctor doesn't save people, Cao Yanhuá certainly wouldn't go along.

"Rest assured, you don't need to get involved yourself; just bring Ye Feng to ZS City for a trip and briefly suppress Tong Qian's supernatural resurgence."

Cao Yanhuá expressed his thought: a doctor naturally shouldn't be on the front lines; providing support is enough.

"Sure! When is Tong Qian, the person in charge, ready to act? Can I have two days? I have some supernatural incidents in Dahe City to handle first."

Chen Shoushan didn't refuse but agreed.

Chen Shoushan's straightforwardness greatly increased Cao Yanhuá's fondness for him, and also made him less wary of Chen Shoushan's personnel authority and the foundation.

And Chen Shoushan also knew he needed to demonstrate his worth; otherwise, why would headquarters favor him? Indulge him?

Moreover, if he performed with both value and cooperation, making headquarters feel he was under their control, then headquarters' wariness of him would surely diminish greatly, and they'd be more lenient toward his future actions.

If you can make it, I will inform Tong Qian's person-in-charge to wait for you when you arrive for the operation, but please hurry as the situation in ZS City is more urgent.

After hanging up with Cao Yanhu, Chen Shoushan also directly notified Ye Feng of this news, and Ye Feng, hearing that he only needed to go assist, had no objection.

The reason Chen Shoushan wants to wait two more days before going is that today's mandatory health check operation will undoubtedly further digest his demonic elixir, and Chen Shoushan wants to have his demonic elixir fully digested before going to ZS City.

Hey, Lao Zhu, expand the standards of the mandatory health check a bit; anyone weighing over 150 catties should be taken for the check. Yes, mandatory; those who don't cooperate will be forced. After the check, give them some health supplements; I will have the Foundation provide the health supplements to cooperate with you.

Chen Shoushan called Zhu Sihai, directly demanding increased effort, so his demonic elixir would also be digested faster.

Hey, Boss Chen, I want you to represent the Foundation to cooperate with the Public Security Bureau of Dahe City's operation; the needed money can be taken from the Foundation.

There's no way; currently Chen Shoushan has no usable talent under him, and basically only Chen Ruhai can uphold the Foundation's reputation.

(End of chapter)