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56: Chapter 56 Who are You, If I’m the Director?

56: Chapter 56 Who are You, If I’m the Director?

Qin Xiangdong had served in the military for fifteen years and had seen more ghosts than some people had eaten salt.

Just a week after his military service ended and he was transferred to work locally, he saw two unfamiliar police officers on his own turf.

This was quite normal.

Back when he was fighting on the front lines, he had encountered far stranger things countless times.

The profiles of all 125 officers and 32 temporary workers in the Nantong Sub-Bureau had been etched into his mind.

For a Deputy Political Commissar of the Ink Green Qilin Army, this was some basic work that was too easy, even somewhat a waste of his talents.

If it weren’t for a service injury that led to his retirement, a small place like the Nantong Sub-Bureau might not have been able to accommodate a “big Buddha” like him.

But as the saying goes, small temples are often plagued by demons, and shallow ponds have many toads.

This time, he accepted an assignment from the Special Service Bureau to lead a platoon of new recruits to be stationed at the Nantong Sub-Bureau, mainly to maintain social order and deter criminals.

“New recruits” was a term relative to the main body of the Ink Green Qilin Army.

This platoon was actually made up of the “underachievers” selected and eliminated by the Ink Green Qilin—although they had fought and seen blood, they still did not meet the lowest recruitment standards of the Ink Green Qilin Army.

Their mental fortitude was not sufficient to deal with things that ordinary bullets couldn’t kill.

For example, suddenly coming across wild colleagues in the police station.

“Director Qin!

It’s me, Old He!”

Watching the familiar-faced old cop across from him, Qin Xiangdong silently extinguished his cigarette and, with an undisturbed composure, nodded and smiled, “Old He, are you on the night shift tonight?”

Of course, there was no old man named He on duty tonight, or to put it another way, there weren’t many officers scheduled for the night shift to begin with.

The soldiers Qin Xiangdong brought with him were still familiarizing themselves with their posts and weren’t assigned night duty yet.

Currently, the normal functioning of the police station still relied on the old police officers.

Every place has its rules.

If you let green recruits who didn’t understand anything take the night shift, they might disappear without a trace.

Therefore, Qin Xiangdong had been personally overseeing the police station for the past few days.

Sure enough, he had lured out a toad…

though that might be too harsh since he couldn’t yet determine their true identities.

Wang Yunxiao was holding food and drink in his hands, glanced at Old He, then at Qin Xiangdong, but said nothing.

The three of them exchanged glances, a stalemate lasting several seconds.

In the end, it was Old He who took the initiative to break the impasse, clapping his hands and saying with a laugh, “Director Qin, look at this kerfuffle.

I asked Wang here to accompany me back to pick up some stuff, didn’t know you were still here.

Why don’t you join us for a bite to fill your stomach?”

Recently, there had been a reorganization at the police station, where a number of the old policemen had been dismissed.

Although the old man had arranged this identity for himself, which couldn’t be said to be particularly reasonable, it couldn’t be verified for the time being.

After thinking it over, Qin Xiangdong turned to Wang Yunxiao and asked, “Did you settle the bill?”

“Paid.”

Wang Yunxiao calmly answered, “I have only one yuan and fifty cents in my pocket, not nearly enough.

I told the shopkeeper I’d settle the rest later.”

Qin Xiangdong glanced at the alcohol in his hand, pulled a silver coin from his pocket, and handed it to him, “Go settle the account tomorrow.

Don’t take advantage of others!”

“Yes, sir!”

Wang Yunxiao quickly snapped to attention.

His military posture was very standard, momentarily making Qin Xiangdong wonder whether he had indeed brought such a soldier with him, only to forget about him as soon as he turned around.

The old gentleman had said he was inviting him to dinner merely out of politeness, and hadn’t expected this new director to not see himself as an outsider, even going so far as to pay out of his own pocket.

Having no other option, he gave Wang Yunxiao a look and turned to walk inside.

Familiar with the place, he headed straight to the police station canteen, turned on the light, and after entering the kitchen, the old gentleman found two bowls and some cold steamed buns and set them on the table.

He smiled at Qin Xiangdong, “We won’t give young Wang any alcohol.

Director Qin, shall we have a drink or two?”

Qin Xiangdong smiled faintly, took the bottle of liquor, bit off the cap, first filled a bowl for the old gentleman, then poured some into his own bowl.

Raising his cup, he smiled and asked, “Old He, what are you doing back here in the middle of the night, cleaning up?”

The old man laughed heartily, raised his bowl to clink with Qin Xiangdong’s, and said with a teasing smile, “Come on, let’s drink first!

To tell you the truth, it has nothing to do with our bureau.

It’s mainly about this kid’s affairs.”

The meaning behind his words was clear: I can’t be bothered to make up a story, so don’t ask too much and make us both uncomfortable.

“Alright!”

Qin Xiangdong readily took a sip of the liquor, picked up a peanut, and slowly chewed it.

He was curious to see what kind of performance this old and young duo were preparing.

The old gentleman tore off a chicken leg, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed twice before spitting out a bare bone.

He filled his stomach a bit before slowly looking at Wang Yunxiao with a pseudo-smile, “You’ve got some self-control, kid.

You’re holding up well.

The more I look at you, the more I like you.”

Wang Yunxiao thought to himself that he wasn’t as capable as the old gentleman, who treated the police station like a big bed in a general goods store, coming and going as he pleased.

The old man laughed, “I’d say, your master takes you too seriously, doesn’t tell you anything, for fear you’ll start having wild thoughts and stray onto the heretical path.

Back in my younger days, heh, a kid your age could have already started a family and done business.

Isn’t that right, Director Qin?

Decades ago, someone his age would have already been a soldier.”

Qin Xiangdong nodded and smiled on the side, quietly chewing his peanuts.

Wang Yunxiao helplessly said, “That’s why I’ve come to ask you for information.

If you know more, then please tell me about it.”

The old man shook his head, “You have to believe what I say for it to be worth speaking.

If you don’t believe it, wouldn’t I be wasting my breath?”

So, this whole table of food and drinks isn’t enough to wet your whistle, is it?

Wang Yunxiao pretended to reach for the second bottle of liquor, and the old gentleman quickly put his hand out to stop him: “Just kidding, why can’t you take a joke, kid?

Let me tell you this, the things your master taught you are new knowledge, things were not like this in the past.”

“What was it like before, then?”

“When I was young, there weren’t all these complicated things.”

The old gentleman counted on his fingers, one by one, “Tianle, Apocalypse, Longyin…

up to the current new government, before you know it, forty or fifty years have passed.

During the Tianle era, the Imperial Court still treated foreigners like savages.

Only later, when Western knowledge began to be introduced, did we develop all these rules and regulations.

All this talk of the Twelve Laws, Righteous Path, Heretical Path, none of that existed before.”

“The reason your master didn’t explain things to you is simple: the knowledge involved is too profound.

Even if he could make it clear, you might not understand.

It’s just like the old days of taking exams to achieve ranks and titles.

Ordinary people think reading the Four Books and Five Classics is enough to secure a title, but the descendants of noble families have much more to learn.

How can you compete just by reading these few books?”

Wang Yunxiao thought to himself that’s true, I’ve felt it ever since Nurse Liu started teaching me on the first day.

Any serious study begins by reshaping your values!

“Actually, it’s not that complex, you don’t need such profound knowledge to solve practical problems.”

With a drink in hand and slurring slightly, the old man said, “Sometimes being too scientific can lead you down a rabbit hole.

You might try to keep your thoughts a bit more conservative, a bit more superstitious.

Like this alcohol, once it hits your lips and your mind gets hazy, the hurdles you couldn’t get over before just vanish.”

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