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In the evening, Lu Yuan inspected two vehicles from Team Seven. By the time he finished, it was already dark. He returned to his office to prepare for a meeting, but found that only Niu Ping was there; everyone else had disappeared.
Upon seeing this, Lu Yuan immediately frowned: "Where are they? They were supposed to be having a meeting, why are they all gone?"
"Hou Qiang said he took everything with him!" Niu Ping replied, looking up.
Lu Yuan frowned: "Didn't we agree at noon to work overtime and have a meeting tonight? How come he suddenly took everyone out on business? Is there some case to handle?"
Niu Ping looked outside and said, "No, he said he was taking some people to take care of some personal business!"
Lu Yuan was instantly furious, but he didn't show it. He had only been here for two days, and these people were already taking him for granted. Although Lu Yuan didn't have any ambition for official positions, they should at least consider his feelings.
"It's not even time to get off work yet, and they just leave without saying a word. Is that appropriate?" Lu Yuan cursed under his breath.
Niu Ping, standing to the side, was also somewhat embarrassed. He had originally planned to tell Lu Yuan on her, but with everyone around, going out like this would definitely expose her. So he could only wait until Hou Qiang and the others left before saying anything.
However, Lu Yuan had gone out to repair the car at the time, so by the time Lu Yuan returned, it was already too late for me to say anything.
Lu Yuan sat in the chair, looked up at the wall clock, and tapped his fingers lightly on his knee.
Is this guy deliberately trying to embarrass me? They were all fine when I gave them cigarettes yesterday, so why are they suddenly targeting me now? They're two-faced, playing me for a fool.
Upon thinking of this, Lu Yuan felt a chill run down his spine.
At 8 p.m., Lu Yuan and Niu Ping ate dinner in the cafeteria and returned to the office. After waiting for half an hour, Hou Qiang returned with a few other people, still driving the team's car.
Lu Yuan sat in his chair, stared at the group, and said, "Hehe, you're back! Have you eaten?"
Hou Qiang sat down casually in the chair, poured himself a glass of water on the table, took a few sips, and said, "I ate! I just grabbed something to eat on the way!"
"Where have you been?"
"Oh! My brother's family had a little trouble, so I took a few brothers to check on them. But it's nothing serious, just a few petty thugs. We taught them a lesson and everything was fine!"
Lu Yuan stared into Hou Qiang's eyes for a while. Hou Qiang didn't seem to realize that his behavior had angered Lu Yuan. Instead, he seemed nonchalant and didn't take it seriously. The others, on the other hand, lowered their heads and dared not look Lu Yuan in the eye.
"Alright! Now that everything's resolved, let's talk about working overtime today."
Upon hearing that they had to work overtime at this hour, Hou Qiang's face immediately showed a hint of displeasure, and he asked, "How late are you working tonight?"
Lu Yuan said coldly, "I don't know, we'll see!"
Hou Qiang sighed, then took out a cigarette case from his pocket to light one, but found that he had already given away the cigarettes he had just gotten from Lu Yuan yesterday.
So he cursed and threw the cigarette pack into the trash can.
At this moment, Lu Yuan was being patient with the other party again and again. Although he knew the other party was being stubborn, the repeated probing of his bottom line made Lu Yuan want to beat the other party up.
However, Lu Yuan held back. Now was not the time to lose his temper; he had to control his anger.
"Can you hurry up? I have things to do when I get back!" Just as Lu Yuan was about to open the file and start speaking, Hou Qiang's voice rang out again at an inopportune moment.
Just as Lu Yuan was about to explode, Niu Ping stopped Hou Qiang, saying, "Hou Qiang, the captain is here. He's been waiting for you for so long, and it hasn't even started yet. You're already thinking about getting off work. Aren't you being a bit disrespectful to the captain?"
Then the other team members also tried to dissuade Hou Qiang, which made Hou Qiang feel a little embarrassed.
Lu Yuan cleared his throat. He decided that if Hou Qiang challenged his bottom line again, he would never give him another chance.
"I've been organizing some recent case files these past two days and found that many cases have been put on hold recently, so I plan to take advantage of the fact that everyone is here today to sort them out properly."
"The first thing is about the commercial street between the inner and outer cities. This matter has been piling up for a long time and has not been properly resolved. There are basically murders every month, but the culprits have not been caught. Does anyone have any good ideas? Let's settle this matter today!"
After hearing Lu Yuan's words, everyone fell silent. Just then, Hou Qiang stood up again, walked directly to Lu Yuan's desk, took out a few cigarettes from Lu Yuan's cigarettes and distributed them to everyone, then kept the rest in his pocket.
"If you ask me, this is simple! We don't even need to investigate house to house. These bastards are actually hiding in the inner city. They just have two identities. They commit crimes in the outer city and then go to the inner city afterward. They are so brazen because they know that the garrison forces in the inner and outer cities are not the same system!"
Lu Yuan was taken aback: "You mean you know where they are?"
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