Chapter Eighty-two: Escaping Disaster

  Hearing everyone's inquiry, Liu Li smiled and then shouted towards the door: "Director Lin, come in, thank you for your help."

  As soon as Liu Li's words fell, Lin Shuangshuang walked in from the door with a smile, holding a wine cup. Zhang Shi and others saw Lin Shuangshuang and vaguely guessed that what had just happened was related to Lin Shuangshuang, but they were not very sure.

  Seeing the puzzled faces of everyone, Liu Li smiled and explained what had happened. It turned out that when Peng Gang asked how many people were on duty earlier, Liu Li had originally intended to shift all the responsibility onto Lin Wanmu's shoulders.

  However, he felt that doing so was a bit unscrupulous. Just as Liu Li was thinking about what to do, he happened to see Lin Shuangshuang holding a wine glass and wanting to enter the private room. It seemed that Lin Shuangshuang wanted to come over and toast. At this time, Liu Li suddenly had an idea and winked at Lin Shuangshuang outside the door.

  Today, Liu Li called Lin Shuangshuang to book a private room and casually mentioned that on his first day of taking office, he wanted to entertain all colleagues in the police station, asking Lin Shuangshuang to help arrange a larger private room.

  Ke Liu Li, after seeing Lin Shuangshuang, said that there were still four people on duty at the police station, and also asked Peng Gang to go check. When Lin Shuangshuang heard this, she understood what was going on.

  Liu Li had previously told Lin Shuangshuang the phone number of the duty room of Sanzhong Team when he was in Sanzhong Team, and also brought Wang Mingzhong and others to Lin Shuangshuang's place for dinner, so Lin Shuangshuang knew some people from Sanzhong Team.

  When Lin Shuang saw Liu Li's hint, she tacitly retreated to one side and then called the duty room of the third brigade. She told the person who answered the phone about the Discipline Inspection Commission's investigation into Liu Li's affairs and said that the Discipline Inspection Commission might go to inspect the Daxing police station.

  Tonight, the person in charge of the third team is Wang Mingzhong. He was also the one who received the call and hung up Lin Shuangshuang's phone. After that, he didn't dare to delay and quickly called over Li Liang, Ren Dongchao, and Zhang Tao who were on night duty in the team.

  After a brief conversation, the four of them went downstairs to the police station's duty room. However, when they arrived at the police station, they found that Deputy Director Lin Wanmu was also sitting in the duty room with a serious expression.

  Lin Wanmu was somewhat surprised by the arrival of Wang Mingzhong and his three men. When he learned that they were substitute duty personnel from the police station, there was a strange expression on his face. At this moment, people from the county discipline inspection commission entered the police station.

  The team leader of the Discipline Inspection Commission, surnamed Tian, did not know that the police station and the third squadron shared an office building. After meeting Wang Mingzhong and others in the duty room, he subconsciously took them for civilian police officers at the police station.

  After the man with the surname Tian revealed his identity, he asked who was in charge. Seeing this situation, Deputy Director Lin Wanmu had to stand up to respond to the discipline inspection team. Upon seeing that the duty personnel did not drink and were dressed in standard attire, with a full headcount, the man surnamed Tian led the team away.

  After understanding the process of things, Zhang Shi and others suddenly realized: "Oh...... it turns out that's how it is. Fortunately, General Lin came to the door of the room at that time. It's funny to say that I didn't even notice General Lin standing at the door at that time."

  "Hehe... Not only did you not notice, but Peng Gang and the others didn't either. Because at that time, all of you were staring at me, while I was sitting in the main seat facing the door, so I could see Director Lin at the door." Liu Li explained with a smile.

  "Lucky, lucky, so lucky!" After sighing twice, Han Xiangxiang smiled and said: "Fortunately, the colleagues from the third brigade gave us a boost tonight, and we went downstairs in time. Plus, the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission didn't know that we shared an office building."

  Otherwise, it would be difficult to get through tonight's shift. The third squad has the same orders as us and also has four people on night duty, which ensures that the number of personnel on duty is complete. With their participation, not only are our personnel sufficient, but there is even one more person than needed.

  "Hmm... I reckon that among all the police stations in the county, only our station has more people on night shift than usual? But then again, isn't Deputy Director Lin at home? How can he be on duty at the station?"

  Everyone heard this, and their hearts moved at the same time. They thought of Tang Xiaojun they had met before, and then thought of the relationship between Tang Xiaojun and Lin Wanmu. It seemed that they had guessed something? Collecting everyone's expressions in his eyes, Liu Li intentionally joked:

  "What's so strange about this? Maybe the person who reported us is in cahoots with Deputy Director Lin, and before they called the Discipline Inspection Commission, they might have given Deputy Director Lin a heads up?"

  "We can't get in touch with Deputy Director Lin, it doesn't mean others can't get in touch with him. Deputy Director Lin knew he was on night shift tonight, and when he found out that the Discipline Inspection Commission's people were going to investigate the police station, he quietly returned to the station to be on duty so as not to lose his job."

  What Liu Li said afterwards was not spoken out loud, but hearing this much, everyone in their hearts also understood the meaning behind it.

  Luckily, Liu Li didn't shift the blame to Lin Wanmu tonight. Otherwise, Lin Wanmu would have been on duty at the police station, while Director Liu went out drinking with other colleagues. If the Discipline Inspection Commission investigated, Lin Wanmu wouldn't be held responsible for anything, but Liu Li would face disciplinary action...

  After the people from the Discipline Inspection Commission left the police station, Lin Wanmu chatted with Wang Mingzhong and a few others for a while. Then Wang Mingzhong and several others went upstairs. Seeing the backs of several people leaving, the smile on Lin Wanmu's face gradually disappeared.

  At this time, his mobile phone rang. After checking the number, Lin Wanmu pressed the answer button: "Hello, Manager Tang, thank you for your kindness, unfortunately, things didn't go as expected. Originally everything was within expectation, but I don't know why? The people from the third team upstairs actually came down to help.

  Everyone is familiar with each other, although I don't like the look of that Liu guy, but I couldn't speak ill of Liu Li in front of Wang Mingzhong and them, after all I still have to mix around in the bureau in the future.

  "Alas... Liu's luck is good. After seeing the number of people on duty in the office, the Discipline Inspection Commission not only didn't investigate him for taking people to drink, but instead praised him. What the hell is this?"

  The next morning at 8 o'clock, Liu Li came to the police station and first went to the back office of the town government to sign in. This is a rule of the town government. Anyone who works in the town government must sign in at the office in the morning, regardless of which department they belong to.

  Liu Li used to be able to skip signing in when he was at the Third Brigade, but now that he's become the director of the police station, he has to follow the rules and sign in. After finishing his sign-in, Liu Li returned to his office and had just sat down in his chair when a middle-aged man with a dignified appearance, a strong physique, and a handsome face walked in:

  "Liu Suo, hello, I'm Lin Wanmu, the deputy director of our department. Yesterday, something came up at home and I couldn't meet with you. I've come specifically to apologize to you, hoping you won't be angry. Today at noon, the town is seeing off Director Li, and at that time, I will definitely punish myself with three cups as an apology."

  "Deputy Director Lin was being polite, we are all colleagues, no need to go through these formalities. In the future, I hope Deputy Director Lin will strongly support the work of our department." After exchanging a few pleasantries, Liu Li let Lin Wanmu leave.

  Watching Lin Wanmu's departing figure, Liu Li couldn't help but shake his head and mutter to himself: "Alas... why do those scoundrels all look so human? Judging by appearance alone, who can tell that this guy is a complete rascal?"

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