Just after six in the morning.
Summer dawned early, and this was also the coolest time of day. A gentle breeze blew, making everything feel wonderfully fresh.
After breakfast, Dong Xuebin slipped out of Xie Huilan's home. Like a thief, he crept quietly down the hallway. Seeing no one around, he did not take the elevator—not from Xie Huilan's floor, at least. It would be troublesome if he ran into someone he knew in the elevator. So he went down the emergency stairwell step by step. After leaving the building, Dong Xuebin sneaked out of the County Party Committee Family Compound, thankfully without being spotted.
In the distance, the Mercedes Business was covered in leaves, with marks left by the rain.
Dong Xuebin opened the door and got in. He drove to a somewhat unofficial roadside car wash, spent five yuan to get the car cleaned, then headed north and arrived early at the County Public Security Bureau compound. He went straight into his office, lit a cigarette, brewed a cup of tea, and began flipping through old case files. He hoped to solve a few more cases as soon as possible, solidify his credentials, and secure a nomination for Zhengke Level.
But after searching and searching, he could not find a single case that could earn him any achievements.
Of course. If cases were that easy to solve, they would not be sitting in those files.
Dong Xuebin could not help pressing a hand against his forehead in frustration. What was he supposed to do? Where were the cases?
Perhaps hearing Dong Xuebin's call, the phone suddenly began chirping. The caller ID clearly showed the Command Center's number. Eighty percent of calls from the Command Center involved new cases, usually urgent ones. Otherwise, Dong Xuebin, who only oversaw Huitian