Chapter 77: Who Taught You to Handle Cases Like This

"Officer, we're here to file a report!"

At the duty-room window, Yu Dazhang stared anxiously at the officer on duty inside.

"Don't rush. Sit down and tell me slowly."

The officer on duty looked very young, about twenty-five or twenty-six, his hair neatly combed, wearing a clean, crisp uniform.

"Grandma, please sit." Yu Dazhang first slowly helped Zhang Sen to sit down, then sat beside him.

The officer sized up the old-and-young pair before him and guessed it was a grandson accompanying his grandmother.

"A week ago, my little sister left home with a woman, and no one's heard from her since."

Yu Dazhang had rehearsed his words before coming.

At this moment, his speech was smooth; though his tone was slightly anxious, it was steady:

"Grandma and I traced our way here. People in the town told us little sister and that woman went up the mountain, to a mountain village called Sailor Camp."

At this point, Yu Dazhang and Zhang Sen stared at the officer with eager, hopeful eyes.

The officer was taking notes, but the moment he heard Sailor Camp Village, he stopped at once.

"That place, huh." He seemed to remember something, took out his phone and swiped the screen a few times:

"Wait a moment, please."

After saying that, he picked up the desk phone, dialed a number, and once connected, said into the receiver:

"Brother Dong, someone's reporting a missing person. It's been a whole week. They say she was taken to Sailor Camp."

Whatever was said on the other end, the officer responded a few times, then hung up.

Yu Dazhang and Zhang Sen exchanged a glance, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

The procedure was wrong!

Both of them had handled intake of reports before; they knew this routine inside out.

First, record the case.

To be more specific, ask the reporter for the details of the situation.

Then, based on the information the reporter provides, draw up a detailed written statement.

The statement should include key information such as the time, location, persons involved, and nature of the case.

After the statement is done, the reporter needs to review its contents to make sure the record is accurate.

No matter which department it is, taking in a report cannot skip this procedure.

You could say this is the first step, and a step that must be taken.

But here, the moment the reporter had given a rough outline of the case, the intake officer had gone straight to calling in reinforcements.

It looked like he'd found another officer to come receive Yu Dazhang and his companion.

Who taught you to handle cases like this... Yu Dazhang had steeled himself before coming, but he hadn't expected it to be this absurd.

Good lord, this police station had become its own faction.

No need to think about it—Sailor Camp Village must be a special place.

The moment a report mentions that place, the reporter is automatically upgraded to VIP.

While they waited, the young officer even brought them two cups of water.

He also made a point of telling Yu Dazhang that if they were hungry, the station had instant noodles.

One had to admit, the attitude toward the reporter was genuinely good—reaching the standard of warm hospitality, you might say.

After waiting about ten-odd minutes, a police car pulled up at the door.

A man of about thirty stepped out, wearing glasses, looking refined and scholarly.

He had the air of being both gentle-mannered and capable.

Entering the duty room, he first sized up Yu Dazhang and his companion, then put on a professional smile:

"You two are the ones filing the report?"

Yu Dazhang nodded, looking expectant;

"Yes, yes, yes, that's us. This is my grandmother. We just told the situation to this officer here."

"I'm the local beat officer for this area." The officer introduced himself politely:

"Sailor Camp falls under my jurisdiction. Come to the office, we'll talk inside."

Interesting... Yu Dazhang shot Zhang Sen a look, signaling him not to say anything careless later.

Fearing he hadn't taken the hint, while helping him along, Yu Dazhang pinched the soft flesh at his waist hard.

That pinch nearly made Zhang Sen swing his walking stick back in retaliation.

If his endurance hadn't been extraordinary, he would have cried out from that pinch for sure.

They came to an office inside. The officer invited them to sit, then said with a smile: "Please tell me the situation once more, the more detailed the better."

As he spoke, he worked the computer for a bit, striking a pose of being ready to take notes at any moment.

Yu Dazhang cooperated fully, repeating his earlier account with added embellishments.

As he spoke, he watched the officer's facial expressions.

When he got to "little sister was taken up the mountain by a woman," the officer's eyes narrowed slightly and his brow furrowed for a moment.

He didn't believe it!

At that instant, Yu Dazhang nearly bit his own tongue.

He'd anticipated every possible expression, except the micro-expression of distrust.

Had he made the wrong inference?

Was there nothing off about Sailor Camp Village up on the mountain?

No, that's not right.

There was also one more possibility...

This so-called community police officer was very familiar with that village.

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To the extent that he knew every single thing about the village inside out.

So, his distrust meant he didn't believe anyone would do such a thing recently.

If that was the case, then his relationship with Shuishouyingzi Village was definitely not simple.

Seeing that Yu Dazhang had finished speaking, the police officer asked:

"Anything to add?"

"Nothing." Yu Dazhang replied:

"That's all we found out. Oh right, here's a photo of my younger sister."

To sell the whole act, while at the inn he had already found a photo of a girl online.

After saving it, he edited it a bit, cropping out the watermark.

"Let me send it to you." This was Yu Dazhang's real purpose.

He wanted to add this community officer on WeChat to learn more about his personal information.

"Sure."

The police officer didn't think much of it either. After agreeing, the two added each other on WeChat.

After Yu Dazhang sent him the photo, he asked with a sincere look:

"Comrade, what should I call you? I'll save you under a note."

"Dong Bo." The police officer pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose:

"Bo as in erudite."

Can a police station officer add a person who filed a report on WeChat?

Of course they can.

But most officers just use their own name directly as their WeChat name.

Don't think of police officers as so rigid.

Look up Old Chen the anti-fraud guy — streaming a PK in his uniform, with the top tipper going wild and gifting a million-dollar Carnival.

Even if he's not a cop now, that's because he resigned on his own.

When they left, the community officer named Dong Bo saw them all the way to the door.

During this time, Yu Dazhang kept supporting Zhang Sen, keeping the two of them separated to avoid any physical contact between them.

Back at the inn, the moment they entered the room Zhang Sen plopped down on the bed, stretching his limbs and twisting his waist.

Walking hunched over for a long time was actually hard work too.

This was only possible for Zhang Sen — anyone else wouldn't have lasted ten minutes.

Unlike him, after entering the room Yu Dazhang didn't rest at all, but instead quickly went to the window and looked down.

A moment later, he took out his phone and dialed a number:

"Brother Qian, it's Yu Dazhang. Are you in the tech division?"

"Yeah." Qian Cheng on the other end didn't seem to expect Yu Dazhang to call him, his tone carrying surprise:

"Didn't your whole First Squad go out to handle cases? How do you have time to call me?"

"Help me look someone up." Yu Dazhang got straight to the point:

"Make it quick."

"Give me the name and any related info." The moment it was about work, Qian Cheng got serious right away.

The two had just collaborated recently, so they still had a certain rapport between them.

Yu Dazhang said quickly:

"Dong Bo, male, around thirty, police officer at Fenglin Town Police Station."

"You're looking up a colleague from the system?" Qian Cheng asked in surprise.

(End of chapter)