Official Career Storm
Chapter 132

Chapter 132: Chapter 132

At noon, Lin Peng suddenly called and inquired about the situation with his case, expressing concern for his injury.

When he saw the news, he was stunned on the spot.

He had watched the footage over and over again to confirm that the one shot was Song Guanchao.

"You’re too bold. The robber had a gun, didn’t you think of the consequences?"

"What consequences could there be? The person was taken down by my punch, wasn’t he?"

"You..." Lin Peng was at a loss for words.

After chatting for a while, Song Guanchao hung up the phone.

At mealtime, Liang Jiajia came to the hospital carrying a lunchbox.

The young nurse quietly tattled at the door.

Song Guanchao heard everything loud and clear and felt extremely annoyed.

Liang Jiajia entered the ward with a stern expression, "Did you smoke again?"

"Cough." Song Guanchao looked towards the lunchbox, changing the subject, "What kind of dishes did you bring today?"

"Hmph!"

Seeing his attitude, Liang Jiajia knew it was no use lecturing him, opened the lunchbox, and handed over the chopsticks.

The two of them sat around the small table on the bed, taking turns eating.

"Oh, there’s some good news," Liang Jiajia suddenly said.

"Is the Police Department going to commend you?"

"No, not that."

"Then is it from the province?"

"Not that either."

"The Ministry of Public Security?"

"What does it have to do with the Ministry of Public Security."

It seemed the young lady wasn’t aware of the fact that leadership from the Ministry of Public Security had specially called to commend her.

Song Guanchao became a little curious, what else could it be?

Liang Jiajia put down her chopsticks, her expression excited as she said, "My application to transfer to the criminal police team was approved!"

"Huh?" Song Guanchao paused with his chopsticks in hand, his brows instantly furrowing.

"Did you apply for this on your own initiative?"

"Yeah," Liang Jiajia replied, "My dream is to become a criminal police officer!"

Her small face lit up with pride as she said, "It’s not easy to get into the criminal police team, you know. Am I not very impressive?"

Song Guanchao forced a smile and gave her a thumbs up, "Impressive."

But inwardly, he sighed.

The young lady was stubborn and competitive.

There weren’t many female officers, and even fewer female detectives.

Her father was the Deputy Director, and with her family’s background, she could easily settle for any cushy job anywhere and be a homemaker who enjoyed shopping without a care in the world even without Liang Jianfeng using personal connections.

Yet she insisted on being a police officer, and more so, a detective.

Privately, Song Guanchao wished she could live as an ordinary person instead of constantly dealing with dangerous criminals on the front line.

But he also knew about Liang Jiajia’s character; speaking such words would only anger her.

What she wanted was not this kind of advice but support.

Just then, his cell phone rang again.

Liang Jiajia glanced at it instinctively, the caller ID displayed "Fu Ying".

It was clearly a girl’s name.

In front of her, Song Guanchao answered, "Hello, County Magistrate Fu."

"Didn’t expect the news to spread so quickly. It’s nothing serious; I should be discharged in a couple of days. How’s the Party School? Good, good."

After hanging up, Song Guanchao didn’t mention the call, as if it was just an ordinary, everyday call.

Liang Jiajia listened to how he addressed the other person on the phone and didn’t think much of it.

After eating, Liang Jiajia left with the lunchbox in hand.

No sooner had she left than Song Guanchao’s phone rang once more.

Seeing the caller ID "Zeng Yingrong", Song Guanchao suddenly felt uneasy.

This person was the grandson of the old chief and also his big brother from his days in the army, who had taken great care of him; their relationship was excellent.

"But when he retired, he also never discussed it with Zeng Yingrong."

Zeng Yingrong suddenly called, and Song Guanchao felt a bit guilty.

After hesitating for a few seconds, which was rare for him, Song Guanchao still answered the call.

"Brother Zeng."

"Shot?" Zeng Yingrong’s voice was deep and very distinctive.

"Yes."

"How serious is it?"

"The gun exploded, the bullet is lodged in the muscle, it’s a superficial wound."

"Oh."

There was silence on the other end for a few seconds, and Song Guanchao didn’t know what else to say.

After a long while, Zeng Yingrong said, "Your sister came looking for you."

Song Guanchao’s hand clutching the phone trembled with force, suddenly unable to remain calm.

"Zeng Li?"

"Yes."

"Does she, does she know I’m here?"

"It’s been on the news, how could she not know?"

"I... Brother, Brother Zeng, stop her for me!"

"You know how stubborn she is. Even the old man can’t stop her, how could I?"

"Fuck..." Song Guanchao was in agony.

Zeng Li, Zeng Yingrong’s sister, the granddaughter of the old commanding officer.

In fact, Song Guanchao’s retirement had something to do with her.

"Now that I’ve told you the situation, brace yourself. By the way, I’ll be leading a training near Lingjiang soon, we might get the chance to meet up."

"Don’t meet!" Song Guanchao clenched his teeth: "Send Zeng Li back, or don’t ever think of seeing me again in your life!"

Zeng Yingrong suddenly laughed, "She’s not some flood or wild beast, is she worth all this fuss? Alright, alright, take care of your injuries, I’m hanging up now."

"Damn it!"

Song Guanchao lay on the bed, speechless.

"Forget it, let nature take its course."

When it came to the girl Zeng Li, he was utterly helpless.

In fact, he knew well that if Zeng Li really wanted to find him, no matter where he went, she could find him.

Avoiding her constantly was no good solution either.

Time flew, and it was soon Friday.

Song Guanchao was finally discharged from the hospital.

Wu Qiangwei had also been called back.

It wasn’t until Sunday afternoon that he received a call from Wu Qiangwei.

"Come to the People’s Grand Theater tomorrow morning, and remember to dress formally."

"What for?"

"An award ceremony."

"What?"

Before he could ask further, Wu Qiangwei had already hung up.

It was only after Director Liang called that he learned it was a commendation for their performance in the robbery case.

Monday morning.

Song Guanchao arrived at the People’s Stage Theater under the City Propaganda Department to attend the police and public models report meeting.

The meeting began solemnly at ten o’clock in the morning, with delegates from all walks of life, representatives from city-level agencies, representatives from district and county units, and representatives of the army and armed police stationed in Lingjiang City all in attendance.

The theme of the meeting was: Police and public working hand in hand, building a harmonious and peaceful Lingjiang together.

The event was chaired by Chu Xiao’e, Secretary-General of the Municipal Committee. She highly praised the leadership team of the police, headed by Deputy Director of the Police Department Liang Jianfeng and Deputy Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee Wu Xinan. They remained cool-headed in the face of the brutal robbers, took decisive action, and achieved a significant victory, protecting the safety of the masses and contributing to the construction of a harmonious and peaceful Lingjiang.

She then particularly commended police officer Liang Jiajia and Secretary to the Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Committee Song Guanchao. These two comrades charged to the frontlines with fearless courage to engage in a life-and-death struggle with the deranged robbers.

Especially noteworthy was Comrade Liang Jiajia. Despite being a woman, she was the first to step forward to replace the hostages when faced with danger, armed robbers, and captives.

Her courage to face challenges and enter the tiger’s den deserves to be sung.

Her heroic actions protected the lives of the hostages and state property. In light of these actions, the provincial department specially awarded her the title of Public Security Model, a second-class individual merit commendation, and the Municipal Committee also applied for the May Day Labor Medal and the March Eighth Red Banner for her.

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