Chapter 37: Suddenly Getting Sick

  "A week after the establishment of the third detective team, several solemn voices came from the interrogation room: 'One Q, control, one K, suffocate, one A, watch me, one 2.'"

  It turned out that Liu Li, Shi Ke, Li Liang, Jiang Liguo, Zhang Tao and Zhao Jie were idle and had nothing to do, so they gathered together to play a game of poker called "Da Gou Ji". When dealing the cards, Liu Li couldn't help but complain: "Why is it so quiet? For a whole week now, our third team hasn't received any criminal cases."

  Half a month after the establishment of the third squadron, Liu Li looked at the other three people in the duty room with a serious expression. After looking at everyone, he turned his gaze to himself and hesitated for a moment. He seemed to have made some decision, and put down the object tightly held in his hand on the table: "It seems that I must make a move, Jiutiao, is there anyone?"

  "Seven just came out, eight are open, nine have already been played three times, who would still play nine?" Seeing Liu Li's mahjong, Li Liang made a sarcastic comment. After finishing the cards, he glanced at the cards in front of him and played one: "Hey, chicken, anyone playing?"

  "Lost, single hung chicken, Zhuang Hu added a dark bar, open money open money." Liu Li pushed the card back and took the money from Li Liang, then scratched the mahjong on the table and said: "It's weird, more than half a month has passed, not to mention criminal cases, even trivial disputes have not been encountered, this class is too greasy."

  A month later, several colleagues in the squadron were taking a nap on their beds, while Liu Li, Li Liang and Ren Dongchao were playing cards in the dormitory. At this time, Liu Li was dealing the cards: "Three with one, does anyone want it? If no one wants it, I'll deal another straight flush... still no one wants it? Three consecutive pairs, haha... I win, you two pay up."

  Seeing themselves lose again, Ren Dongchao couldn't help but complain to Liu Li: "Deputy captain, let's stop playing, this month my brothers haven't done anything else, just giving you money. Previously when I got off work and returned to Beijing, I even bought some vegetables for my wife and kids. Since playing cards with you, every day I'm asking my wife for money to buy cigarettes, look at how tight my life is, my wife thinks I owe high-interest loans."

  "It's not that I'm always winning from you guys, it's just that your luck is too bad, and you're always using bombs to blow up your teammates for no reason. It's weird if we don't lose like this." After explaining, Liu Li continued: "Our third team has been established for a month now, let alone taking on cases, even the alarm phone in the duty room hasn't rung once. What can we do in this situation if not play cards?"

  After muttering to himself for a while, Liu Li looked at the two of them with some curiosity: "Hey... don't you think it's strange? I heard that among the four towns under our jurisdiction, Daxing Town and Litown are high-crime areas.

  "On average, a criminal case occurs every three days, which is why the county bureau has established our third squadron in this area. But why haven't any of the police stations below reported a single criminal case after such a long time? Is it because the public security environment in the jurisdiction suddenly improved?"

  "It's impossible, even if the public security environment in our jurisdiction has improved significantly, it's unlikely that not a single criminal case would occur in a month. We have four towns under our jurisdiction, and even if one of them is particularly peaceful, the other three should still have some activity. I think there's a problem here." Ren Dongchao analyzed.

  After listening to Ren Dongchao's analysis, Liu Li remembered what Du Zhiqing had said to him when he first took office. He pondered for a moment and then told Li Liang: "After work, go to the command center."

  "Go and check in the four towns within our jurisdiction, how many cases have occurred in total this month? Are there any criminal cases among them? Also, take a look at the three police stations of Daxing Town, Li Town, and Lanyu Town, what are the civil police busy with recently?"

  The three of them tidied up the card game, swept the dormitory, and when they looked at the time, Liu Li said to Li Liang and others: "It's time to get off work, you go wake up those guys, they actually slept for a whole afternoon, this class is too comfortable."

  After finishing speaking, Liu Li took his car key and went downstairs. Cheng Bin had promised Liu Li that if he could find the thieves who stole expensive dogs, he would give him a dedicated car.

  Afterwards, Cheng Bin did not go back on his word and indeed provided Liu Li with a second-hand Santana, which was previously eliminated from the criminal police team. Although it didn't look great and the model was somewhat outdated, at least it was a sedan, and having one was better than not having one at all.

  After driving back to the residential area, Liu Li parked his car next to the building and looked at the time. He rushed straight to the kindergarten in the residential area. When he arrived at the kindergarten, it happened that the students were just finishing school. Tingting followed her teacher to the entrance of the kindergarten and saw Liu Li. She immediately jumped up excitedly: "Uncle, I'm here."

  Following Tingting, Liu Li held her little hand and asked: "Tingting, tonight mom's unit has a banquet, mom won't come home to cook for us. How about uncle takes you out to stroll around the mall and then we have hot pot?"

  After hearing this, Tingting, who was just happy and jumping around, suddenly became depressed: "No, today is Tingting's birthday, Mom promised to stay with Tingting at home for her birthday."

  "Really? So today is Tingting's birthday, little star, happy birthday." After teasing Tingting for a moment, seeing that her mood was still low, Liu Li's eyes rolled and he smiled, saying: "How about this, Uncle will take you to your mom's place to grab some food? We'll celebrate Tingting's birthday at Mom's workplace, okay?"

  "Good." After hearing Liu Li's proposal, Tingting felt very interesting and a smile suddenly appeared on her face.

  Put Tingting's schoolbag back in the room, changed her clothes, and then Liu Li locked the door, took Tingting to his car, and when they passed by a cake shop, Liu Li picked out a cake for Tingting. After buying the cake, Liu Li drove to Lu Cai Lou.

  Lu Cai Lou is a four-story hotel building. The first floor hall serves ordinary diners, the second floor has large banquet rooms, the third floor has quiet and elegant suites with many small private rooms decorated in a very elegant style, while the fourth floor is dedicated to receiving distinguished guests, all of whom have a minimum consumption requirement.

  At this time, although it was only around six o'clock, about 70% of the guests had already sat down in the main hall of Lu Cai Lou. Today, there seemed to be a wedding banquet on the second floor, and colorful balloons and dragon and phoenix couplets were hung at the hotel entrance, where many people dressed in formal attire were welcoming guests arriving for the banquet.

  After Liu Li parked the car, he took Tingting inside and came to the hall. Liu Li casually found a table and sat down with Tingting. As soon as they were seated, the hotel's waiter arrived at their table: "What can I get for you two?"

  Taking the menu from the waiter's hand, Liu Li glanced at the dishes inside and suddenly seemed to think of something interesting. After returning the menu to the waiter, Liu Li smiled and said:

  "Our little princess likes your general manager's craftsmanship, so here's the order: a dish of pine nut corn, walnut shrimp, pulled sugar apple, crispy banana fritters, then a bottle of champagne and a bottle of milk. The main course is noodles, remember, it must be made by your general manager in person, otherwise we won't pay a single penny."

  After writing down what Liu Li ordered, the waiter looked at him with some difficulty: "Sir, the dishes you ordered, except for the cashew nuts and shrimp, are not available in our store. How about you order a few more dishes?"

  "No exchange, haha...... Your hotel's chef can't make these few dishes, but your general manager can. You can give her the menu and let her cook." Liu Li said with a smile.

  Upon hearing this, the waiter's expression became even more embarrassed: "Sir, today our county's Hongxing Textile Company's General Manager Gao is hosting a wedding banquet in our restaurant. As General Manager Gao is a well-known entrepreneur in our county, many leaders and distinguished guests from the business community have come to attend. Our general manager is busy on the fourth floor and probably won't have time to make these few dishes."

  Liu Li smiled and told the waiter: "Hehe... it's okay, just pass the menu up, if your general manager doesn't have time, we'll change a few dishes."

  Hearing Liu Li say this, the waiter had no choice but to pick up the menu and walk inside.