After the message was sent, it fell on deaf ears and there was no reply from Qin Shen. This was within Xu Man's expectations. It was already 2:30 in the morning when the other party sent her the message about the test results. It would be at least 3 o'clock when she got home. After washing up and lying on the bed, she didn't know what time it was. He was probably still asleep, so it was normal that she didn't see the message.

I just don't know if he will go to work at the detachment today. Looking at his behavior yesterday, he didn't seem to want to take a leave. With only a few hours of sleep, can his body hold up?

Xu Man stared at her phone and thought for a while, then sent a message to Li Shijie: [Brother, I feel a little unwell today, so I’m taking sick leave. I’ve already told Captain Qin. Could you please help me check to see if the captain is there when you get to the team? Has he come to work? 】

There is actually no connection between these two sentences, but she can't directly ask the other party whether Qin Shen came to work today. If someone suddenly asks her this for no reason, Li Shijie will definitely get to the bottom of it with his curiosity. So I could only send this message over, hoping that her senior brother could stick to his usual straight brain circuit and not notice the non-existent causal relationship here.

Li Shijie gave her a reply 20 minutes later: [Fuck, you got up really early. I just woke up. I had a hangover and a headache yesterday. I still have to go to work today. I am so sad.]

A few seconds later, another message came: [I will help you check, but since you have already asked for leave from Brother Qin yesterday, it doesn’t matter whether he comes today or not. The attendance in our team is very loose, as long as Brother Qin remembers it for you.]

This was just an excuse Xu Man made up on the spur of the moment, just to find out whether Qin Shen had gone to work. So when faced with Li Shijie's message, she just replied with a vague phrase of thanks and did not give him a direct answer.

But then she realized that she had been stupid. She wanted to know why Qin Shen didn't ask him about his whereabouts. It wasn't like they were dating before, so she needed to be a little reserved and not be too proactive. Now that they were in a romantic relationship, she could just ask this question simply. There was no need to go through so much roundabout way to find out through others.

I was really confused by the series of events yesterday... Xu Man patted her forehead, opened Qin Shen's contact interface, edited a message and sent it: [Captain, are you at work as usual today? 】

After sending the message, she waited for a while. Seeing that there was no reply from Qin Shen, she knew that she would not be able to wait for a while, so she locked the screen, put the phone back on the bedside table, got back into bed, closed her eyes and took a nap.

She had originally just thought of taking a nap and getting up after half an hour or an hour, but she didn't expect that when she woke up, the room was almost as bright as it was at noon. When she looked at her phone, it was already past ten in the morning.

The lit screen not only displayed the huge digital time, but also several messages sent to her by Li Shijie.

[I arrived at the detachment, but didn’t see Brother Qin. Maybe he is not coming today. Because I arrived just in time, usually Brother Qin would already be sitting in the office at this time.]

[Huh?] He came to work.

[WTF, TF TF TF]

[Brother Qin was taken to the police station for questioning?] ? ? ? 】

[What’s going on? Did Brother Qin beat up the suspect? ? ? He's not such an impulsive person, is he? ? ? And this matter seems to be related to you? Junior sister, what’s going on? ? Shit, I’m so fucking confused right now]

[What is going on?] ? ? 】

[Junior sister, are you awake?] Please reply to my message as soon as you see it. I am really confused now.]

As Xu Man read the messages one by one, she became more and more clear-headed, and her heart became more and more anxious. She no longer felt the lazy and comfortable feeling she had when she woke up. She sat up from the bed and called Li Shijie.

The call was quickly answered, and before she could speak, Li Shijie asked a series of questions from the other end: "Hello? Junior sister? Do you know what happened? Brother Qin was taken to the police station! Team Zhang said it was just a normal interrogation, but I saw that his expression was very serious, and it didn't look like nothing happened. Do you know what happened?"

Xu Man was dizzy from his continuous questioning. After a lot of effort, she finally sorted out some clues and answered him with a frown: "I don't know. I just woke up and saw the message you sent me... Brother, what's going on? Why was the captain taken to the police station for questioning?"

"How would I know?" Li Shijie was also wondering on the other end. "I'm also surprised. Everything was fine last night, but something like this happened early this morning. But I asked others and they said that Brother Qin came to the detachment in the middle of the night last night and arrested a guy who had attempted murder. During the interrogation, some friction or conflict arose, and the guy was beaten up. The beating was quite severe, and he is still in the hospital. It is a serious violation of discipline, so the Municipal Bureau came to find him."

"What?" Xu Man was shocked. "He beat someone up?"

"Yeah!" Li Shijie echoed loudly, not realizing that Xu Man was only surprised by Qin Shen's beating, and didn't ask for any information about the suspect who attempted the crime. "I'm confused. You know Qin's personality. He looks a bit difficult to get along with, and he's scary when he's cold. But he's very calm when handling cases, and never impulsive. How could he hit someone? And he even sent the person to the hospital. I really can't figure it out."

Xu Man was a little flustered. She managed to calm herself down before asking, "Has the captain been taken to the Municipal Bureau?"

Li Shijie: "He went there. Someone from the Municipal Bureau came an hour ago and took him away."

Xu Man's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Take him away? Did you...cuff him and take him away?"

"That's not the case." Li Shijie said, "He was just taken away normally. At first I thought he was going to a meeting or something, but then I saw that the atmosphere was not right, and Shen Donglei was also taken away, so I asked Team Zhang, and then I found out that he was taken away for questioning. It's really unbelievable, damn it."

Xu Man breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed her brows a little: "That should be fine... What's the situation in the team now?"

Li Shijie: "What else could it be? Everyone is talking about this matter. I don't know who spread the news that Brother Qin beat someone into the hospital. Now the whole team is talking about this matter. Everyone is confused. Junior sister, do you know what's going on? Why do I hear that this matter seems to have something to do with you?"

Of course this matter has something to do with her, and it’s a big deal. If she hadn’t run out to buy medicine last night, she wouldn’t have been nearly knocked unconscious and dragged away, and Qin Shen wouldn’t have come and knocked someone down to save her, let alone escort that guy back to the detachment...

Xu Man was extremely confused and felt as if her stomach was twisting. She felt that things had developed to this point entirely because of her. If she hadn't wanted to run out to buy medicine at eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, none of this would have happened. It was all her fault.

"Junior sister? Junior sister? Are you listening?" Perhaps because he didn't hear her reply for a long time, Li Shijie raised his voice on the other end of the phone and called her a few times.

Xu Man took a deep breath and forced herself to be alert. Qin Shen had already been taken away for questioning. It was useless for her to feel guilty and blame herself here. It was more important to figure out the situation first.

"This matter is somewhat related to me, but it's a bit troublesome to explain. I'll explain it to you when I have time." She threw back the quilt and got out of bed. She held the phone to her ear and took out the clothes she was going to wear and placed them on the bed. "How long has the captain been gone? Did he say when he would be back?"

Li Shijie: "I've been there for an hour, but the detachment is quite far from the city bureau. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to get there even without traffic jams. That means I was only questioned for half an hour, and I didn't say when I'll be back. Why are you asking this?"

Xu Man didn't know what was the point of asking this, as she couldn't just rush to the Municipal Bureau to pull the person out. But if she didn't ask, she would feel unsure. No matter what, the more she knew about the situation, the better.

"I won't take leave. I'll come to the detachment," she said.

"You want to come to the detachment? That's fine. Tell me what happened then. The guys on duty were vague about what they said and it seems they don't know much either. But I have to warn you first. Many people in the team have heard that this is related to you. In addition, you took a leave of absence today, and the rumors are getting more and more absurd. You may be surrounded as soon as you arrive, so be prepared."

…

Mingzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau, Director’s Office.

Looking at the surveillance footage playing on the computer and the disability assessment report that had just been delivered to him, Public Security Bureau Chief Zhou Ying sighed deeply.

"What the hell is going on?" He said to the person in front of him in a headache tone, "I haven't seen you for a few days, how come you made such a big news for me? Beating the criminal suspect to the point of being seriously injured and hospitalized, and it wasn't during the arrest process, but when the person was handcuffed and unable to move. How can you be so capable? Huh?"

"Broken nose, broken front teeth, internal soft tissue damage... What hatred do you have against this person that is worth you being so cruel?" He shook the appraisal report in his hand, "Would you risk your future to beat someone up?"

Qin Shen had been standing there with his head down, not saying anything. After hearing his last words, he finally reacted. He raised his head and uttered three cold words: "He deserves it."

"You deserve it?" Zhou Ying was incredulous. "Is this what you, as a criminal police captain, should say? Qin Shen, don't just rely on your father to do whatever you want and ignore the rules! If something really happens, not to mention your father, even your grandfather can't protect you!"

Qin Shen glanced at him: "Director, are you going to remove me from my position?"

Zhou Ying sneered: "Are you scared now?"

Qin Shen: "No. I just want to say that this matter is indeed my fault. I am willing to accept any punishment, but I don't regret doing it. That grandson deserves it."

Zhou Ying snorted and laughed, "You may be young, but you have a bad temper. Who do you think you are? A gangster or a street thug? And you're still talking about whether you regret it or not. Let me tell you, if it happened to someone else, they would have been dismissed and investigated long ago. This is a major violation of discipline and responsibility! You are lucky to have a good family background and someone in the upper echelons to cover for you. Otherwise, your career would be cut off here. You wouldn't even be able to get a job at a provincial or departmental headquarters. You'd be lucky to be able to continue to work in the system."

Qin Shen listened to him without any ripples in his heart. After beating someone up last night, Shen Donglei said something similar to him. He didn't care at that time, and he would not care now. "Then Chief, what is the punishment the bureau has imposed on me?"