Chapter 24: The Warmth of the Team
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“I was walking along the roadside when I found a car, so I handed it over to the police~”
For some reason, at that moment, whether it was Xia Qianyi and Mengmeng standing outside the police station or the viewers watching the show, a nursery rhyme seemed to surface in their minds involuntarily—the one practically etched into their DNA, the one their kindergarten teachers had taught them to sing.
Only, in this version, “one cent” had been replaced with “one car.”
As everyone knew, returning lost property was a traditional virtue of their people. If they found a single coin by the roadside, they would hand it over to the police. So how could anyone simply leave an ownerless car worth more than two hundred thousand yuan parked in the middle of the street?
And then there was Gu Yin. At that moment, he was the very picture of righteousness. Did he look anything like a car thief who had just stolen someone else’s vehicle at an intersection? He was the perfect “good citizen,” all right!
“This…”
The young police officer had never even heard of such a thing, let alone dealt with one. For a moment, he stood there, completely at a loss.
“Chen, what’s wrong?”
Just then, a pleasant female voice came from inside the station. A woman in a navy-blue police uniform walked out carrying a file folder. She had a graceful figure and a dignified, striking appearance.
“Captain Su.”
When the woman appeared, the young officer known as Chen seemed to have spotted his savior. He let out a sigh of relief, then stepped forward and gave her a complete account of what had happened.
The woman called Captain Su was named Su Nuan. She was the deputy captain of the security team at Qingquan Street Police Station, and was also known as the station’s “police flower.” Although she was around thirty, her figure and looks were more like those of a young woman in her early twenties. Quite a few of the younger officers considered her their “dream woman.”
—“Tsk… this police sister is rather impressive!”
Many viewers could not help but stare in fascination when Su Nuan appeared.
It was worth mentioning that after listening to Officer Chen’s explanation, Su Nuan, the thirty-something police beauty, could not help showing an amused expression. She turned her head to look Gu Yin up and down as she spoke.
“Something like this actually happened?”
Unlike Officer Chen, Su Nuan had been on the job for five or six years. She had learned under a senior officer, gradually begun handling cases on her own, and eventually become deputy captain of the security team. She had extensive experience dealing with all kinds of trivial matters.
Even so, she had never heard of anyone “finding” a car in the middle of the road.
“Little brother, if you don’t tell the truth to the police, you may be held legally responsible,” she warned Gu Yin.
“I’m telling the truth.”
Gu Yin shrugged. Seeing Xia Qianyi and Mengmeng arrive, he pointed toward them and said:
“If you don’t believe me, ask them. They were there.”
“Hm?”
Su Nuan’s gaze shifted to Xia Qianyi and Mengmeng.
Her eyes rested briefly on Mengmeng before moving to Xia Qianyi, where the senior police beauty paid slightly closer attention.
After all, Xia Qianyi was a celebrity out in public. She was wearing a mask and sunglasses, covering herself up so thoroughly that she looked suspicious no matter how one looked at her.
The two women ignored the policewoman’s scrutiny. The plump Mengmeng silently rubbed her forehead, clearly unwilling to answer, while Xia Qianyi let out a soft giggle and said:
“What he said is exactly what happened.”
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“Hey, Qianyi!”
Mengmeng tugged at her, rolling her eyes so hard they seemed ready to turn skyward. Why on earth did she have to get involved in this? What good could possibly come of it?!
“I see…”
Hearing this, the police beauty scratched her head. She had always followed the principle of making no judgment before learning the full story, so she simply beckoned to Gu Yin.
“Come inside and give us a statement first.”
If things really had happened as they claimed, then once the owner had been contacted, Gu Yin would also have to be reached so he could receive a commendation.
But just as she turned to lead Gu Yin and the others inside—
“My car!”
“That’s my car!”
“Car thief!”
“I finally caught you!”
A disheveled woman rushed toward the police station entrance with her son in tow, looking completely exhausted from her journey.
She was none other than the female owner of the Cadillac Gu Yin had just driven over.
At that moment, the Cadillac’s owner was in an utterly miserable state. The composure with which she had previously abandoned her car and walked away had vanished without a trace. After running almost the entire way, she was panting heavily, her hair wild and disheveled.
Most absurd of all, something had apparently happened to the pair of slippers she was wearing: the front portion of the one on her right foot had somehow come loose and disappeared.
[Pfft…]
When the viewers saw the Cadillac’s owner—especially the half-missing slipper—many nearly burst out laughing on the spot.
It was not difficult to imagine how arduous her journey had been as she ran all the way there.
Arduous indeed.
The Cadillac owner was named Qin Ou. She had simply been going to the school to pick up her child as usual. Seeing that there was nowhere to park near the entrance, she had thought she would only need a few minutes to collect her child before returning. So she had left the car at the intersection and walked away…
When she returned, she found that someone had driven her car off, while a group of drivers behind her were cursing her.
She had no idea what was happening!
The police station was nearby, so she had brought her son and run straight there to report the theft.
Who could have imagined that the moment she entered, she would see her own car parked in the police station courtyard—and the supposed “car thief” apparently talking to the police.
Without giving it a second thought, she pointed at Gu Yin and began shouting.
Stomping along in the half-ruined slipper with loud slaps and clacks, she charged all the way to the station entrance and grabbed Gu Yin by the arm, as though afraid he might run away. Then she shouted toward Su Nuan, the police captain beside her:
“Officer!”
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“It’s him!”
“He stole the car! He stole my car!”
“I only left my car parked outside the school for a little while! I went to pick up my child, and this man drove it away!”
“That’s robbery in broad daylight!”
“In broad daylight, under a clear sky, this man robbed me in the street!”
“Is there no justice anymore?!”
“Is there no law anymore?!”
Qin Ou screamed herself hoarse. Anyone looking closely would have noticed the red veins in her eyes as well. Clearly, she was furious.
Many viewers could not help commenting:
[Heh, heh. What did I tell you? Doesn’t she actually think she’s in the right?]
[Does she really think she only parked her car for a moment?]
[Damn, if you didn’t know better, you’d think she owned the entire road.]
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“This…”
Even Su Nuan, the senior police beauty, was left somewhat stunned. Her sharp eyes swept toward Gu Yin, her expression seeming to ask:
“Didn’t you say you were returning lost property?!”
Gu Yin was truly the first person ever to describe “stealing a car” as “returning lost property.”
But that raised another question…
If he really had stolen the car, why had he driven it to the police station?
Wouldn’t it have been better to sell it immediately?
“I suspect there’s more to this,” Su Nuan realized sharply.
But not everyone was capable of noticing that.
For instance, the young officer Chen beside her.
As he pulled Qin Ou aside, he frowned and demanded in an extremely stern tone:
“Didn’t you say you found the car?”
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