Chapter 1235

After the rain.

The people from the Criminal Investigation Brigade were like spring shoots, filling the office area.

Zhang Zhanjun's arrest meant that the Zhengguang Bureau had once again cracked a serial murder case, and it was a case spanning two cities, five years apart, involving three deaths and two abductions, which could be said to be very perfect.

Tao Lu came early in the morning just to congratulate everyone (hua) (bing), and several administrative police officers also came, expressing their importance as best they could.

By the afternoon, the Criminal Investigation Brigade had more or less finished organizing the case, mainly to let Tao Lu and others confirm there were no omissions, and then submitted it to the Zhengguang Bureau.

Thus, the Zhengguang Bureau chief rushed over before getting off work, legs moving, and shook hands warmly with each officer who had participated.

The next day, everyone was off.

Everyone hugged their blankets and slept like the dead.

Even Mu Zhiyang, after checking all security measures in Jiang Yuan's small room, left a borrowed police dog and fell into a deep sleep.

Whether it's a serial murder case or whatever you call it, once such a case forms a special task force, the pressure on its members is like an adrenaline rush, instantly rising.

Moreover, don't think that just because the suspect was caught and the suspect said something, as long as you're an experienced criminal investigator, you know that as long as the special task force isn't concluded for a day, you absolutely cannot relax, and the bigger the case, the more so. Because you have to guard against arresting the wrong suspect, against insufficient evidence, against the suspect having a background, against mistakes in the investigation process, against failing the examination...

Among the 360 professions, criminal investigators and surgeons are both very particular about truth. Because if surgical technique is too poor, people really die, and criminal investigators will always encounter a case that really needs solving. Unlike being a teacher, doing construction, or being an official, where you can muddle through at the time, and even ten or eight years later when you see the results, you can still muddle through.

It's impossible that a building just finished construction would immediately encounter an earthquake and then just happen to collapse.

Woof.

At noon, the police dog barked twice in the living room, waking Mu Zhiyang, who was sleeping in the small room by the door.

Mu Zhiyang sat up with a creak, grabbed his gun, and with bare hairy legs went to the living room and walked around, deliberately glancing at Jiang Yuan sleeping in the master bedroom, confirming he heard his breathing, then turned to ask the dog handler: "What's wrong?"

The police dog turned and carried its stainless steel bowl out, gently placing it in front of its handler.

"You're a police dog, huh, you're still afraid of not getting enough to eat?" Mu Zhiyang said in surprise.

"It's a police dog, so this is it demanding wages." The handler said with a smile, then rubbed his hands and muttered to himself: "Let me see what I'll make for you today..."

The police dog scratched the handler's feet twice with its paws, then silently walked to the door of Jiang Yuan's master bedroom.

The handler frowned: "What do you want to do?"

The police dog lightly scratched the master bedroom door with its paws, then looked back at the handler and lay down right there.

The handler laughed in anger: "Eat if you want, don't eat if you don't!"

Mu Zhiyang asked: "What does he mean?"

The handler said: "It ate the dog food Jiang Yuan made, and now it's mealtime, and it smells Jiang Yuan's scent again, so it doesn't want to eat the food I made."

Mu Zhiyang sucked in a breath of dog air, then slowly nodded: "Jiang Yuan's dog food is indeed delicious!"

The handler looked suspiciously at Mu Zhiyang.

Mu Zhiyang instantly understood, pointed at him and laughed: "You haven't eaten it?"

"How could I be so shameless as to steal the dog's food!" The handler said, both annoyed and curious.

Mu Zhiyang clicked his tongue twice: "You really haven't eaten it. If you had, you couldn't say such a thing."

The handler was speechless, went over and dragged the police dog over, saying: "Don't embarrass me in front of the old man, hurry up and come over."

Mu Zhiyang stopped him, saying: "You're bullying the dog, these two nights you've been relying on it for night duty, even the Emperor doesn't starve his soldiers, wait a bit, Jiang Yuan's father is coming today, Jiang Yuan will probably cook dog food for everyone."

The handler hesitated for a moment, then corrected Mu Zhiyang: "Will you cook food for everyone to eat?"

"Human food, can dogs eat it?" Mu Zhiyang countered.

The other party hesitated again: "That depends on what kind of food, some food dogs can't eat."

"But dog food, humans can eat!" Mu Zhiyang concluded: "Jiang Yuan specializes in making dog food, we're just freeloading. Alright, wait."

The handler looked uncertainly at his own police dog.

The police dog stared with eyes as pure as artificial diamonds, looking at the handler.

The handler's heart softened a bit, he squatted down and said to the police dog: "Sylvester, do you want to wait for Jiang Yuan's dog food? Jiang Yuan might not necessarily make it, we don't even know how long we'll have to wait, why don't we just eat first, and if there's a chance later we can eat dog food?"

The police dog didn't know if it understood, just looked at the handler without speaking.

The handler steeled himself and went to the kitchen. Training police dogs can't let the dog do whatever it wants, dog rights aren't that important, just like mating—once you become a police dog and get the police dog certificate, it's not allowed.

Compared to that, a meal of dog food is nothing.

Police dog Sylvester turned and bit the handler's clothes, his expression firm as if going into battle.

"Wait a bit, I'll wash up and cook." Jiang Yuan said from the master bedroom as he opened the door.

The handler instinctively stood at attention, then said somewhat embarrassed: "Sylvester doesn't understand, he might just be hungry, it's not necessarily that he must eat your dog food."

Police dog Sylvester glanced sideways at the handler, then his dog face was forcibly turned back.

Jiang Yuan smiled: "It's fine, my dad and them have already landed, they'll be here in over an hour."

"Oh... then... then let's wait for them to come and talk, let's eat together."

"No need. They brought their pet dog, not officially assigned, so they can eat cold food too." Jiang Yuan said as he turned back to the master bedroom bathroom.

After cleaning up a bit, Jiang Yuan dried his hands, changed clothes, came out to the kitchen, and began preparing ingredients.

The handler came over somewhat embarrassed to help in the kitchen, saying: "My Sylvester has never been this greedy before, I'll come, I'll come, you just tell me what to do..."

Jiang Yuan didn't stand on ceremony, musing: "Today we only have one dog... let's use fish maw as the base, I have soaked fish maw in the fridge, you take some. Then peel some water chestnuts for soup, the main dish will be goose and beef, the police dog should eat less fat, good thing we have leftover tenderloin and beef rump, let's cook them together..."

While Jiang Yuan spoke and took ingredients, he also had Mu Zhiyang go downstairs to the small room to get some stored beef.

Soon, in the big pot in front of Jiang Yuan, over 30 catties of meat were placed, and beside it, the wok, oven, microwave, and steamer also held other ingredients being processed.

Sylvester silently came to the kitchen door, wagging his tail, like a contract worker.

Don't look at it being the police dog of the Jing Bureau Chief, after all it's just a low-level dog eating from the big pot, who has ever seen beef and goose meat piled as high as a mountain, without Jiang Yuan using any technique, it's already drooling.

"Oh my god..." Sylvester's handler hurried to wipe its mouth and the ground, then led it away.

"Let me help." Wang Chuansheng also woke up, automatically coming over to peel potatoes.

Soon, Liu Jinghui and others were woken by the noise, all joining in the kitchen effort.

Seeing that the small kitchen in the small room couldn't fit seven or eight people, the remaining few simply set up stoves in the living room, and together wrapped dumplings and smashed!

Knock knock.

The sound of knocking on the door rang out.

Jiang Yuan wiped his hands and said, "Dad's here, stir the pot a bit, don't let it stick."

Miao Ruixiang took over and asked, "How hard should I stir?"

Jiang Yuan: "Like when you boil bones in a water bath."

"Got it." Miao Ruixiang patted his chest: "I've got this."

Jiang Yuan jogged to the front door, pulled it open, and was about to call out "Dad."

A clump of waist-length black hair blocked Jiang Yuan's view.

"Jiang Yuan. Good afternoon!" Qiao Shengli greeted Jiang Yuan with a smile, wearing a white shirt and carrying a backpack.

?? I caught a cold a couple of days ago when the temperature dropped, my body's been weak...

? (End of chapter)