Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Comrade Xiao Ji is going to the Provincial Department

The next morning, the notice of Ji Yinhe's secondment from the Handong Provincial Department was faxed to the Municipal Bureau.

Along with this, there was also a call from Director Zu Yongning.

"...This crackdown is a heavy task, and the higher-ups are taking it very seriously. We hope the Jiangtan City Bureau and Comrade Ji will do their utmost to cooperate and report to Jingzhou after the Spring Festival."

"Leader, I understand you must be very anxious right now. We also want to provide support for the crackdown, but Jiangtan is also short of manpower..." Rao pinched his nose bridge and made a final effort.

There was a two-second pause on the other end of the line. "Well, I'll contact the Organization Department later and have them allocate two more spots for you this year. Also, have the Public Security Bureau send two experts to take turns to guide your work in Jiangtan. Okay?"

It would be foolish to argue against this at this point. Rao quickly said, "Thank you, boss! We'll make sure Xiao Ji completes the handover and gets back to work as soon as possible!"

"Um."

After hanging up the receiver, Rao Zhenghao and Old Ding from the Personnel Department, who was standing in front of the desk, were speechless and looked at each other.

"You heard everything. Please convey the notice to Xiao Ji this afternoon."

"Okay..." Section Chief Ding slowly shook his head, unable to resist complaining, "Old Tian's retiring, Old Che's been transferred, Tang Ci's also clamoring to leave. Those guys in Teams Two, Three, and Four aren't willing to handle serious cases. We finally cultivated a promising talent in Jiangtan, and now the provincial department has snatched her away... What if another serious crime happens in Jiangtan? What will we do?"

"When the enemy comes, we'll fight him with our troops; when the water comes, we'll block it with earth!" Rao was just gulping down his tea. "The provincial department is really thinking of us. They've allocated two more recruitment quotas and will also rotate experts. I'll go back and persuade Tang Ci to stay put and get through the next six months first..."

"Tsk, Xiao Ji is so influential! She's been able to change four positions all by herself..." Section Chief Ding slammed the document onto the table. "Hey, Director Rao, look, Jiangtan didn't have many cases before, but it's only since Xiao Ji came that they've been flooded with cases one after another... Maybe now that she's gone to the provincial department, the municipal bureau has become less busy."

"..." Rao stopped drinking his tea and said, "We are all party members, stop messing around with supernatural powers!"

"Okay, okay..." Section Chief Ding muttered as he walked out with the documents in his hands.

When he arrived at the Serious Crime Squad, everyone was there. When he explained the situation, the office became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Xiao Wu and Cheng Mo's eyes were as big as copper bells. Tang Ci heard about the situation outside the director's office yesterday, and now he just sighed in his heart.

Ji Yinhe, who was squatting by the stove making red date soup, said: "..."

Only then did she finally understand why Lu Zheng had said that they would meet again soon that night in Lakeside Park...

The magnificent and towering building of the provincial department appeared before his eyes again, and Xiao Ji shuddered with joy.

Wait! Doesn't that mean she was... promoted?!

Seeing that she was still a little stunned, Section Chief Ding said "Congratulations", put the documents on the desk, turned to Tang Ci and said, "Director Rao said that your transfer application was rejected. The team is short of people, so you should hold on for a while."

"..." Tang Ci could only nod, "Okay."

"What? Old Tang, you want to leave too?" Xiao Wu howled, "You're my master, what will I do if you leave?"

Cheng Mo frowned, "That's right, it's fine if you kept it a secret from Xiao Wu, but why didn't you tell me?"

Xiao Wu jumped out like a furry cat, "What do you mean just hide it from me——"

"Alright, alright, I'm not leaving!" Tang Ci stood up with a headache on his face. "Stop yelling... Chief Ding, when does the provincial department want Xiao Ji to report?"

"The first day after the New Year."

Xiao Wu counted on his fingers, "Today is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month! Doesn't that mean there are only a few days left?"

"Yes..." Section Chief Ding put his hands behind his back, "The future is promising, Comrade Xiao Ji. Go home and pack your things quickly. We'll see you in Jingzhou later!"

"..." Ji Yinhe suppressed the excitement in his heart, stood up and bowed deeply, "Thank you and Director Rao for your care over the past six months!"

"Why should you thank us? It's because you performed outstandingly in handling cases and in competitions, allowing the provincial department to see your abilities." Section Chief Ding waved his hand casually, and calmly went back to his office to fiddle with flowers and plants.

A group of people looked at Ji Yinhe.

"Eat! We must have dinner together tonight!"

*

Because it was before the New Year and they decided to have a dinner together at the last minute, all the seats at Lianjie Snack Shop were fully booked, so everyone had to go back to the restaurant opposite the Municipal Bureau where they had seen Lu Zheng off.

Tang Ci personally bought two bottles of Moutai, and Cheng Mo called Ye Qing over. Ten minutes after the meal started, Section Chief Ding and Director Rao also appeared at the door of the box.

Looking at the table full of food in front of him and his comrades who had shared weal and woe with him, Comrade Xiao Ji was still a little dazed.

—Are we really going to the provincial government? Why does this feel like a dream?

She was holding the Jianlibao in a daze when she was suddenly brought back to reality by Director Rao's voice.

"...A severe crackdown is also what the people of our country are currently demanding." Rao Zhenghao squinted his glasses and spoke slowly, "Last year, the number of major criminal cases nationwide doubled compared to five years ago, posing a huge threat to public security! Just a few days ago, an acquaintance in the provincial department told me that a female college student in Yuhua City, a neighboring province, was murdered and her body dismembered into over 3,000 pieces and dumped on the street. It's extremely cruel!"

"Oh my god!" Xiao Wu trembled as he clutched his wine glass. "Pervert!"

The egg dumpling Ye Qing had just picked up fell to the ground with a plop. "Have you found the murderer?"

"No." Rao Zhenghao shook his head. "Everyone in Yuhua is in danger right now! ... Society is progressing, but the brutality of criminals is also increasing. With such a vile killing method, there might be a large number of copycats!"

Everyone: “…hiss!”

"So, everyone, don't think you can let your guard down just because the Lunar New Year has passed. You just won first place in the provincial competition, so you still have to handle the case seriously so that the people of Jiangtan can live in peace!"

Tang Ci quickly picked up the wine glass and said, "I will listen carefully to the leader's instructions!"

"Lao Rao, I'm not saying anything bad about you," Chief Ding advised, chewing a pig's trotter. "We're here to say farewell to Xiao Ji, and you're talking about the murder case and giving orders to the Serious Crime Squad. Isn't this ruining the atmosphere?"

"...Yes, yes, it's my fault." Rao just happened to drink a glass as punishment. "Let's talk about something happy. Did you guys watch the news? The date for Hong Kong's official return has been set!"

"I've checked it out!" Ji Yinhe quickly followed his leader's line of thought, "July 1st next year!"

"Jingzhou is the provincial capital, so they should be broadcasting the entire event in the city square, right?" Ye Qing said enviously, "I want to go and see it too."

"Come on, come on. If I am still in the provincial department by then, I will treat you to a big meal!" Ji Yinhe smiled.

"Can I go too, Sister Ji?" Xiao Wu asked eagerly.

Ji Yinhe patted her chest proudly, "Together! I'll take care of it!"

"Wow--!"

Everyone was fantasizing about a better life in the future, but Ye Qing stared at Ji Yinhe with her lips curled down, "I will miss you!"

Cheng Mo quickly handed over a tissue, "Yeah, how come we just sent Teacher Lu away and now we have to send you away..."

Tang Ci sighed, "Ji Yinhe, will you come back?"

"Of course!" Comrade Xiao Ji patted Ye Qing's shoulder comfortingly and said with a smile, "My parents are still in Jiangtan. They will definitely come back during the holidays and visit you then!"

Tang Ci looked deeply into those sparkling eyes, "Okay, don't forget it."

They were chatting happily at the table, but the door of the box was slowly blown open by the wind.

At this moment, someone suddenly passed by the door, stopped and shouted: "Ji Yinhe!"

The voice sounded unfamiliar. Xiao Ji turned around in confusion and saw a middle-aged couple standing outside, looking at her with a bit too much enthusiasm.

Ji Yinhe asked blankly: "You are——"

"Oh, kid! We've been looking for you for ages! We only found out you were eating here after asking the security guard!" The middle-aged woman clapped her hands, "How come you don't even recognize your uncle and aunt?"

*

Half an hour later.

Ji Yinhe said goodbye to everyone in the Municipal Bureau, rode his Tianhong 90 and followed his uncle and aunt's pickup truck all the way to the Heye Street Community Health Center.

A white-haired old man was lying in the small infusion room. It was her grandfather Ji Chenghe.

"Oh, Yinhe, you've grown so big!"

As soon as Grandpa saw her, he greeted her warmly.

After being given a look by his aunt, he fell back on the bed, holding his chest and groaning.

"Grandpa." Ji Yinhe walked to the bedside with his head down and greeted him.

Ji Chenghe has been living in his hometown in Tiandu County with his youngest son Ji Jianhua for many years. Ji Jianguo has always been too lazy to care about this, and Ji Yinhe doesn't want to ask more.

——After all, Old Ji came to Jiangtan to work when he was a teenager, and later started his own business from scratch with Ms. Lian. It is said that when she was born, her grandparents, uncles and aunts never came to see her.

It was understandable that she didn't recognize him in the restaurant just now. Ji Yinhe had only seen her grandfather twice in her life. One was when she was five years old and Ji Jianguo was annoyed and took her back to meet him and treated a group of Ji family relatives to a meal. The other time was when her grandmother passed away.

There are many children who are not favored by their parents these days, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with Old Ji's attitude.

"Xiao Yinhe, when did you become a police officer? Why didn't you tell us?" said the uncle. "It was only when your grandfather saw on the news that you won a big award from the Provincial Public Security Bureau that he realized how successful you are now!"

"I was admitted to the police academy several years ago." Ji Yinhe said without any expression. "If I remember correctly, my father called you at that time. Isn't it common sense that if you go to the police academy, you will become a police officer?"

"Oh, oh, I didn't expect you to go to the provincial competition!" The uncle was given a cold look by his aunt, and he rubbed his hands and explained.

"Thank you for your concern. Tell me, what's the big deal that brought you to Jiangtan so suddenly?"

"That's being too formal! We didn't mean any harm, we just wanted to come and see you!" Ji Jianhua said with a smile, "Your grandfather still loves you very much. He's already quite old, and after riding a three-wheeled scooter for six hours, he vomited the moment he got off... I had no choice but to ask him to come and give you an IV drip!"

Ji Yinhe raised an eyebrow.

This place is only a five-minute walk from the street where Ji Jianguo works. Instead of looking for Old Ji, they rushed to the Municipal Bureau to find her. They must have thought that she was younger and a girl, so she would be easier to control.

This is not an easy matter.

But in the current situation, Heye Street is full of acquaintances, and she can't just leave these three here.

After thinking for a while, Ji Yinhe asked, "What did the doctor say?"

"It's just a minor problem, a minor problem!" The uncle handed over the small prescription pad on the bedside table. "It's probably a little bit of acclimatization, plus motion sickness."

Ji Yinhe: “…”

She looked at the prescription, which only covered one day's worth of IV drips, and asked directly, "Grandpa, there's no problem with the IV drip here, but what are your plans, uncle and aunt, for the future?"

"Well..." Ji Jianhua and Qian Fang exchanged glances. "Your brother Ji Junjie has been unemployed at home for a while now. Your aunt and I have to go back to take care of him, buying groceries, cooking, washing clothes, cleaning, etc. As for your grandfather, the IV drip will be finished this afternoon. Can you take him home and take good care of him?"

After saying that, the couple picked up their bags and wanted to leave, but Ji Yinhe stretched out his arm and said, "Ji Junjie has hands and feet, there's no need to go back in such a hurry, right? I can't make the decision on this matter. I'll call my dad and ask him to come over."

She was about to go to the nurse station at the door to borrow a phone, but Ji Jianhua and Qian Fang immediately got anxious and started yelling -

"Hey, little Yinhe, what do you mean? Isn't this your grandpa? Your grandpa is sick, and you're not happy about him taking care of him for two days!"

"Everyone, please give us some judgment! I've never seen a police officer who doesn't care about the elderly!"

They were shouting loudly, but Ji Yinhe was watching their performance calmly.

Now she was even more certain that her uncle and aunt had done it on purpose, wanting to dump the "trouble" of grandpa onto their family.

Seeing that more and more people came to watch the fun, Ji Jianhua and Qian Fang became even happier, thinking that they had occupied the moral high ground.

The voices of complaints grew louder and louder.

"...Ji Jianguo never cared about his parents at all!"

"They are all sons, why should our family pay for everything?"

"Lian Qiao earns so much, but she never sends a penny to her in-laws. Isn't this bullying?"

However, after they shouted several times, they found that no one stood up to support them.

After a while, a nurse whispered, "Could it be that you're jealous of the boss making money and Ji Yinhe being so successful?"

The old man in the same ward said, "That's right, I haven't seen you guys here in all these years..."

A passing woman shook her head and said, "We live on the same street. Honestly, Section Chief Ji and his family have taken good care of us. They are definitely not the kind of people you're talking about!"

Ji Jianhua and Qian Fang were a little overwhelmed by the criticism.

Ji Yinhe silently crossed his arms and watched how they continued to perform.

When Mrs. Chen, who happened to be at the clinic getting her blood pressure medication, saw this, she quickly ran out.

She was going to the street office and the snack bar to inform Ji Jianguo and Lian Qiao!

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The author has something to say: Help, I was halfway through dinner when I remembered that I forgot to post my saved draft today.

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