Enforcer Manual
Chapter 128: If Rich or Honorable, Do Not Forget Each Other! _1

Chapter 128: Chapter 128: If Rich or Honorable, Do Not Forget Each Other! _1

"Get up, it’s time to go to work."

This was the first time that Song Lan and Lu Xiang, since they had been living together for so long, were awakened in the morning by each other.

Typically, Lu Xiang would be up for work very early, at least an hour or two earlier than his regular shift, so by the time he would wake up, she would have already been in her office preparing for work.

But, today, Lu Xiang slept nearly an hour later than usual, thus matching his schedule.

Upon opening his eyes, he saw Lu Xiang, still in her pajamas, stretching next to the bed. It was rare for Song Lan to see such an expression of discomfort on her face from not wanting to get up.

She was being lazy.

Lu Xiang yawned profusely. In an attempt to wake herself up more fully, she quickly went into the bathroom to wash her face with cold water. After fixing her appearance in the mirror, her expression returned to its usual form.

Coming out of the bathroom, she saw that Song Lan was still refusing to get up from the bed, the quilt was all puffed up. Unable to imagine what artistic pose Song Lan could be holding that would to puff up the quilt in such a way, she was momentarily at a loss.

"Come on, we’re taking my car to work today."

...

That morning, the atmosphere was tense in the psychological counselling department.

Everyone sat straight at their own desks. They were silent, yet there was intense communication through their eyes.

Just a moment ago, shocking news had spread throughout the Law Enforcement Manor - their chief, Comrade Song Lan, had arrived at work in the same car as Director Lu. This had directly resulted in Director Lu arriving an hour later than usual at work!

There had been previous sightings of Song Lan and Director Lu leaving the manor in the same vehicle, but that could have been explained by work. After all, Song Lan had been working hard to solve the financial issues of the law enforcement department so it was reasonable that they might need to negotiate with entrepreneurs from Sector 17 after work.

But arriving at work together in the morning was certainly unusual.

What kind of job would require two people to work together till late at night, changing the supervisor’s established routine?

And what kind of job would make Chief Song yawn all the time after arriving at the office and lean back in his chair daydreaming?-

As we all know, although Chief Song usually comes to work just at the right time, he is always full of energy. Does this imply that Chief Song’s regular routine has also been disrupted?

What had happened last night?

"Don’t think too much about it," Roger was the first to break the silence. "For the law enforcers, it is normal to work together at night. Captain Doug often has to lead the special operations team to the scene of a crime during the night."

This man was clearly making insane comparisons out of jealousy.

Valerian and Zhuang Chi exchanged glances. Is Chief Song the type of person to work late into the night?

Obviously not.

Unless personally asked by Director Lu, even in the current turbulent times for the law enforcement department, he was always the most punctual in leaving work - never late, never leaving early. Chief Song was perhaps giving it his all for his job.

Having seen through the truth, Valerian felt more relief that Director Lu was no longer worrying about strange problems like "What will happen if Song Lan falls while riding a bike." Instead, he had set his sights on more realistic issues.

As someone with four romantic experiences, she knew that with Director Lu’s personal conditions, as long as he put in a little effort into the path of love, the road ahead will be smooth.

Even for her, whose conditions were far inferior to Director Lu’s, as long as she was a little more proactive, her past relationships had generally gone smoothly.

The reason for the ultimate failure of her four relationships was all due to one factor.

She drank happily when meeting her boyfriend’s parents.

The day after drinking, Valerian’s boyfriends usually expressed, in various baffling ways, the need to take some time apart to calm down.

Valerian didn’t understand. Wasn’t it their family who encouraged her to drink?

As for Song Lan and Lu Xiang, she fully endorsed them. Regardless of what others said, these two people had been good to her. In fact, ever since the day she left the hospital, Valerian had been shipping their romantic relationship. If it were not for her inadequate writing skills, she would probably write a novel to satisfy herself.

The primary issue was that the progress between these two people was incredibly slow. For the first time, she saw two people who clearly had feelings for each other, but were circumventing the issue to this degree. This was unthinkable for people of her hard-fighting lineage.

Come on, let’s drink.

What are your thoughts?

Let’s go, into the house.

For her, such things can be made clear in three sentences.

As a CP fan, Valerian was both happy and relieved today. This joy was even greater than when she herself was in a relationship.

Zhuang Chi was more pragmatic.

Firstly, she had no opinion about office romances. Being an excellent office worker, she could clearly see the interests involved.

No wonder Song Lan was suddenly transferred from the logistics department and became the youngest head in the 17th District Law Enforcement system. It wasn’t long after that he took up the additional duty as head of the Propaganda Department. After learning of Song Lan and Director Lu’s relationship, all of this made sense - If this trend continued, no one but Song Lan was expected to claim the position of future deputy director.

Given the reputation of the law enforcement department in the 17th district, it was even possible that Song Lan could leave the law enforcement system and, with Director Lu’s recommendation, enter politics in the future!

Many of the high officials in the 17th district were promoted from various departments, a tradition in this city.

So rounding off...

Isn’t Song Lan a strong competitor for the future mayor of the 17th district?

In this case, they were essentially working under the future mayor. If the law enforcement department’s finances further declined in due course, wouldn’t it be easy for them to call upon Song Lan to transfer them to a government department?

With these thoughts, Zhuang Chi’s mental "radar" shot straight up.

"Chief."

"Hmm?"

"Remember me if you achieve wealth and rank!"

"What’s wrong with you three today?"

"I just think we need to perform better!"

Zhuang Chi said earnestly. Regardless of her future work or the current financial problems of the law enforcement department, she needed to work even harder to secure funding for fixing the hamburger vending machine in their office.

Yes, the automatic hamburger vending machine had been broken for quite some time. But with the cut in next quarter’s financial forecast, the department naturally had no spare money to repair it. Most law enforcers had already prepared to tighten their belts.

"Chief, how did the collaboration talk with Tesla Tech go yesterday?"

"There’s no progress yet."

The conditions they offered were tempting, but the first assignment they handed over seemed like a suicide mission.

Big corporations really know how to avoid losses.

"And the content for the next issue of the Law Enforcement Handbook? We’ve put the word out that we would be publishing a new issue each week."