However, before they could walk far towards Tian Liang, their way back was blocked by two people.

  Yu Zhonghao of the Municipal Public Security Bureau and Xiao Jiannan of the Qinghe Branch, two guys who didn't get along with each other, were sitting in the same car.

  "What are you doing? Are you cops trying to rob us too?" Tianliang shouted in a bad temper.

  "Hehe, get in." Xiao Jiannan said with a smile, gripping the steering wheel.

  As the sky brightened, Xiao Jianan started the car and said, "Yu Zhonghao has been promoted, he's now the deputy director of the newly established Municipal Criminal Investigation Brigade, he said he'd like to treat us two to dinner."

  Yu Zhonghao hastily said: "Xiao Jiannan, don't belittle me. You are now the deputy director of Qinghe Branch and the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade. Your title is more impressive than mine, so if anyone should be treating others to a meal, it's you."

  Tian Liang listened and said bluntly, "You call this promoting yourselves? In the future, you can change the branch to a headquarters, and the sub-bureau to a general bureau. Anyway, ordinary people can't control it, they only recognize one principle: no matter if it's a white dog or a black dog, as long as it can guard the house, it's a good dog. Damn, you're so poor but have the energy to cause trouble. Why not go to the train station and catch some thieves instead?"

  "This guy has bad breath." Xiao Jiannan smiled helplessly.

  "This person has emotions." Yu Zhonghao also smiled.

  Arrived at a nearby teahouse and sat down, Tianliang issued a statement.

  "Let's skip dinner, if there's something to discuss, let's talk about it and then everyone can leave."

  Xiao Jian Nan threw a cigarette over, "Hey, you little guy is really stylish."

  "With the police around, it's really uncomfortable." He lit a cigarette and started smoking. These days, he didn't know what was wrong with him, his temper had been rising, and he even wanted to smoke.

  Yu Zhonghao said, "Yesterday at the Municipal Law Enforcement System Conference, newly arrived Deputy Secretary Zhang Haifeng spoke and mentioned your name in a veiled criticism of the Municipal Bureau for not respecting talent, and now you, the only police officer with an undergraduate degree from Police University in the entire city, have been transferred to the Construction Bureau."

  "Oh, is that so? No wonder he called me over earlier." Xiang Tianliang was somewhat surprised that the deputy secretary of the municipal party committee would use him as an example.

  Xiao Jiannan smiled and said, "Zhang Haifeng is in charge of party group organization work. Although he didn't mention it by name, everyone knows that the problem lies with the Organization Department, and the blame still has to be placed on the Municipal Bureau."

  Xiang Tianliang smiled bitterly and couldn't help but curse again, "Damn it, another case of firing after the horse has passed, completely useless. The Spring Festival is approaching soon, and I'm still worried about how to write a letter to report my work situation to teachers and classmates. If I say I'm doing odd jobs at the Construction Bureau, they won't believe me even if I die."

  Yu Zhonghao looked at Xiang Tianliang and said, "Tianliang, why don't you take this opportunity to return to the public security system?"

  "You make it sound so easy, as if you're just visiting relatives."

  "I don't dare guarantee anything else, as long as you're willing to come over, as long as I'm still in my current position, within three years, I'll hand over the major cases and big teams to you."

  Xiang Tianliang smiled and didn't make any statement, while Xiao Jiannan sitting next to him couldn't sit still.

  Yu Zhonghao said, "Little brother Tian Liang, what makes you go to your Municipal Bureau? I think it's better to come to our Qinghe Branch Bureau."

  Yu Zhonghao smiled and said, "People go to high places, water flows to low places. The Municipal Bureau is of course better than the Branch Bureau, and the Major Crimes Unit has special privileges. When necessary, they have the right to mobilize the Special Police Unit of the Armed Police Force and all criminal police in the system."

  "Spare me the nonsense. Xiao Jian Nan spat on the ground, his face full of disdain. 'Tian Liang, little brother, don't listen to Yu Zhonghao's rubbish. If you go, you'll be just in time for Xie Zixuan to give you a hard time. Just one Zheng Junbo is enough for you to handle, humph, by then you won't even know how you died.'"

  Yu Zhonghao was not to be outdone, "Xiao Jiannan, don't think I don't know about your and Guo Qijun's little scheme. You want to pull Tian Liang over just to use him as a tool against Xie Zixuan, have you considered his own development?"

  "You're really something, Yu Zhonghao! You're using a petty person's mind to measure a gentleman's heart."

  "Damn Xiao Jianan, who is the petty person? The masses' eyes are bright."

  Looking up at the sky with a grin, these two are indeed like the legendary ones, always competing in everything, born rivals. It's rare for them to sit together in one car.

  "Hey, hey, you two, stop fighting. I'll tell you the truth, I've already turned down Vice Secretary Zhang's kindness and I won't be taking your jobs again."

  "Really?" Xiao Jiannan asked in disappointment.

  Tian Liang nodded, "That's right, ideals can't be eaten as rice. I was destined not to be a policeman, I'd better face reality."

  Yu Zhonghao said regretfully: "Tian Liang, I feel sorry for you."

  "Seniors, I should be grateful. Next year, the national graduate allocation policy will undergo significant changes. Only one-third of our police university graduates will be allocated by the state. Thinking about those younger schoolmates who need to find jobs on their own, I already have an iron rice bowl that can withstand wind and rain, and I'm satisfied."

  Xiao Jian Nan was very displeased, "You little brat really has no guts, I Xiao Jian Nan have misjudged you."

  Xiang Tianliang didn't take offense, Xiao Jianan had always been straightforward with his words, he smiled slightly and said:

  "Don't pretend to be righteous and noble, you two coming to find me today, I'm afraid it's not just about the wine."

  Yu Zhonghao also smiled, "A common man is innocent, but if he has jade in his bosom, he will be guilty. This is a phrase from our junior high school Chinese textbook."

  Xiao Jiannan put it more bluntly, "To be honest, as long as you still have those things on you, even if you hide in the archives room of the Construction Bureau, you won't be able to rest easy."

  "Haha, then you can arrest me, after all, you have the power to do so. After arresting me, use the eighteen methods of torture on me, first make me half dead and half alive, and then I'll obediently confess, isn't that more convenient?"

  "Damn it," said Xiao Jianan with a smile, "I really wanted to do that, but I didn't dare."

  "I'm like Old Xiao, afraid of your revenge against our families."

  Xiang Tianliang shook his head and said, "You two have the same goal, but your motives are not pure. Xiao, you want my things, no more than to help Guo Ju turn over a new leaf. Yu, although it's out of a sense of justice, in fact, it's also for yourself, no more than a new official taking office, wanting to make a shocking case to add glory to yourself."

  Yu Zhonghao nodded and said frankly, "Everyone has their own thoughts and motivations. You're not just protecting yourself either, are you? But I and Old Xiao at least don't have any ill intentions towards you. We're doing this for your own good."

  "Damn it, Yu Zhonghao, for my own good? You sent someone to follow me home, also for my own good?"

  "Hehe, you found out again." Yu Zhonghao smiled awkwardly.

  Xiao Zhongnan said: "Younger brother, we are protecting you. We're not afraid of thieves stealing from you, but rather that too many people have their eyes on what you have. You should make a decision early."

  "Get up towards the bright sky! Take a look at Xiao Jianan, and then take a look at Yu Zhonghao. 'Who is it for? Is it for you or him? Do you dare to accept it?'"

  He turned around and walked a few steps towards the door, then turned back with a cold smile and said: "That's a hot potato, it's a timed bomb that can explode at any time. If I really take it out, neither of you two dare to take it. Whoever takes it will be unlucky, so you'll simply detonate the bomb, and then you two become heroes, while I get killed by the aftermath of the explosion."

  After finishing speaking, Xiang Tianliang immediately left.

  Fortunately, without walking too far, I saw a familiar figure in the distance towards the direction of dawn.