Chapter 2: Arresting People Is Hard Work

From the name alone, you can tell Yu Dazhang was born into an ordinary family.

In the early 1990s, spend a little money and find any cultured person, and they'll surely come up with a name full of meaning for you.

Still, this name does have one merit—it's easy to remember.

In 2024, while investigating a serial disappearance case, Yu Dazhang was led by a clue straight to the suspects' lair.

The moment he slipped inside, he ran head-on into the suspects.

When enemies meet on a narrow path, what matters most?

If you think it's "the brave win," you're done for.

Yu Dazhang answered with his life: the one who strikes first wins!

Just as he drew his gun and shouted "Don't move," the suspects' bullets were already flying.

Yu Dazhang didn't even get a clear look at how many people were across from him before bullets pierced through his body again and again.

In the moments before death.

He saw a pair of brown leather shoes walk up to his eyes, and then the last words he would ever hear in his life rang in his ears:

"If there's a next life, when facing an enemy, don't aim—just raise the gun and fire. Once you fire, you'll have…"

Maybe there was more, but Yu Dazhang was destined never to hear it. He closed his eyes and sank into darkness…

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself not only completely unharmed, but reborn.

Reborn into 2014—ten years ago!

Compared to his previous life, the only difference was…

His body had changed.

Yu Dazhang could swear to the heavens that he was absolutely not a fat person, and never had been.

In his previous life, his weight had always hovered around 135 jin, which for a height of 180 cm was on the thin side.

Fine, in the last two years there had been signs of weight gain, but it never exceeded 150 jin.

So here's the question.

Where did this current weight of over three hundred jin come from?

An after-effect of rebirth?

Or…

Did one of those bullets hit my fatty liver?

Otherwise, how do you explain it?

Other people who get reborn have boundless energy, an abdomen without an ounce of flab, and a pendulum swinging on the brink of collapse.

How did he end up as a severe obesity patient?

And that's not even the most outrageous part.

When Yu Dazhang got home and saw his parents looking young again, their reaction was actually delight.

Calling it delight is putting it mildly.

To be precise, they wept for joy.

At the time, Yu Dazhang even suspected his parents knew he had been reborn and sent back.

Fortunately, though, everything else was unchanged. His parents had only been a bit emotional when they first saw him, and soon returned to normal.

Given a second life, of course he chose to be a cop again.

Actually, Yu Dazhang had thought about doing something else—leaning on his past-life memories, he could easily become a rich man.

But he felt that kind of life would be too boring.

After ten years on the force, Yu Dazhang had grown accustomed to this challenging work.

There was also one more thing… his death in the previous life had been a bit of a sore point.

What stung most was that, at the moment of death, someone had still seen fit to lecture him.

Until he caught that first-ever killer-and-corpse-trainer, Yu Dazhang would find no peace in sleep or food.

On the day he reported to the Criminal Investigation Brigade, Yu Dazhang saw his master again—same as in his memory, still wearing that deeply aggrieved look.

As if the whole world owed him money.

Yu Dazhang's master was named Lu Zhongxin, and this arrest operation was being led by him.

The reason Yu Dazhang was sent to blend into the matchmaking crowd wasn't because he was exceptionally capable—it was purely because he looked far too ordinary.

Lu Zhongxin's game was: never judge a book by its cover.

After all, who would suspect that this three-hundred-plus-jin big guy, who could barely walk, was a cop?

If they had sent in someone sharp and capable-looking, the suspects wouldn't even need to show up—the aunties would have exposed him on the spot.

This operation was actually just wrap-up work. The team Lu Zhongxin belonged to had previously cracked a gang theft case, and after intensive interrogation, the suspects gave up the entire criminal chain.

What remained was simple.

The already-caught suspects, cooperating with police, would lure out the other suspects, who would then be arrested one by one.

Coming here today was to arrest the fence among them.

You had to admit, the suspects were pretty sharp to think of doing deals at a matchmaking corner.

The place was packed with people, most of them elderly, so any police action would inevitably be hamstrung.

If things really kicked off and any of these aunties and uncles got hurt, that would be one heck of a mess.

At this moment, Yu Dazhang felt this keenly.

He didn't even dare shout "Stop!" now, afraid of scaring some auntie with cardiovascular disease.

After chasing out of the park, Yu Dazhang was drenched in sweat, his legs gone weak, his breathing ragged.

Fortunately, he hadn't bumped into anyone along the way.

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The fleeing suspect ahead also seemed afraid of hurting the aunts, running very cautiously.

Exiting the park, a crossroads lay before them; seeing the suspect run farther and farther away, Yu Dazhang cried out bitterly in his heart.

He truly could not run anymore; if he continued chasing, he would surely suffer sudden death.

Just as he was about to give up, he suddenly saw a familiar figure while waiting at the green light.

It was an old lady with a hunched body, her hair completely white, leaning on a cane, her body bent almost into a right angle.

She gave the impression that without the support of that cane, she would fall to the ground at any moment.

No one would have thought that this seemingly weak and hunched old lady...

... was a man in disguise!

Zhang Sen, officer of the Second Criminal Investigation Team, 26 years old this year, fast runner, skilled in martial arts.

People gave him the nickname: Little Cheetah.

This was not even his most formidable skill; what he was best at was... disguise!

Especially disguising himself as an elderly person; it was simply a masterful technique.

After watching Uncle Benshan's "Little Grass" several times, he actually learned the cross-dressing performance inside it with perfect imitation.

Walking posture, demeanor, even the micro-movements of his body trembling were exactly the same, not a single difference.

Relying on his outstanding speed and Gao Chao disguise skills, Zhang Sen successfully captured suspects many times.

As long as he appeared at the scene, the success rate of the capture would increase greatly.

Yu Dazhang knew him too well; in his past life, they had carried out many missions together.

He was also quite familiar with his masterful technique; at this moment, he recognized him at a single glance.

"Stop!"

Seeing Zhang Sen, Yu Dazhang's confidence increased greatly; he roared at the suspect.

His original intention was to drive the suspect toward Zhang Sen.

As long as he got close, Zhang Sen would take him down.

Even if he failed, it would still serve to pin the suspect down, buying time for himself.

The plan was good, but that very roar happened to change the suspect's escape route.

Originally, the suspect was running toward Zhang Sen; after all, the fat man behind could not catch up anyway.

But Yu Dazhang's shout made him panic instantly.

When still five meters away from Zhang Sen, he directly changed direction and ran toward the opposite side of the road.

Now not only was Yu Dazhang dumbfounded, even Zhang Sen, who was already preparing to act, was stunned.

Just at this moment, the green light turned on, making the suspect's run even smoother.

Yu Dazhang ran to the roadside, hesitating whether to continue chasing, when he suddenly saw Zhang Sen come over too.

Perhaps because the incident happened suddenly and he hadn't reacted in time, Zhang Sen was actually still maintaining the old lady's walking posture.

Looking at Zhang Sen with his hunched body before him, Yu Dazhang did not know whether it was because he was too tired, or because he was eager to catch the suspect.

Anyway...

An immature idea popped into his mind.

(End of this chapter)