Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 401 - 285: The Treachery of the Human Heart

At one o’clock in the afternoon, the sun was shining brightly.

Han Yu and the deputy director of Bailong Port Police Station and Water Firefighting Team Instructor Zhang Guishan, along with Liang Xiaoyu, Fang Guoya, Zhang Ping, and Gong Jian, had been on duty for over an hour at the intersection leading to Port Supervision Bureau on Yangtze Road.

Although this place is near the Water Police Station, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Changhang Bureau, and the security duty must be the responsibility of the Changhang Bureau. If even this required the Binjiang City Police Department to allocate police, the local police would look down on us even more.

Moreover, city leaders are also planning to take members of the Political Consultative Conference to inspect units such as Huaineng Power Plant, China Ocean Shipping Shipyard, and the water plant this afternoon. Although those facilities are also located by the river, they are not within the ten-kilometer coastline of Binjiang Port and are under the jurisdiction of the Water Police Station.

The Water Police Station is also under great pressure for security. It is said that only one police officer remains on duty at the bureau, and everyone else has gone to the spots that the CPPCC members will visit.

Deputy Director Jiang, who is in charge of security, convened a meeting for police officers on duty in the morning. He demanded that the roads be kept clear, and when the city leaders and CPPCC members arrive, no unrelated personnel should approach.

Han Yu and Fang Guoya worked as a team, leading two security guards to watch the most critical intersection.

Zhang Guishan partnered with Xiao Yu, handling the diagonal opposite intersection.

Zhang Ping and Gong Jian formed a team to watch the southern river-side intersection.

There’s still another hour before the inspection convoy arrives, but leaders from the bureau and the Binjiang City Bureau might come for inspections at any moment. Han Yu dared not sleep in the police car, so he stood outside the vehicle chatting with his colleagues via walkie-talkie.

While chatting, a Santana with a familiar license plate slowly turned the corner with its blinker on, and Han Yu promptly raised his hand to greet.

Deputy Director Zhu Chunmiao of the Port Supervision Bureau asked the driver to stop the car, got out, and laughed as she asked: "Salted Fish, how come you’re here too?"

"I am now a police officer of the Changhang Bureau. As the bureau was too busy, they dispatched us to be on duty."

"Where’s Little Salted Fish?"

"He’s across the way, with Director Zhang."

Zhu Chunmiao looked back and instructed the driver to take the car back to the bureau first. She curiously looked at Fang Guoya and asked, "A new colleague?"

"I almost forgot to introduce." Han Yu quickly turned around and said, "Director Zhu, this is Comrade Fang Guoya, who has just been assigned to our team. He used to be the deputy commander of the Binjiang Fire Department and is a true firefighter. Boss Fang, this is Deputy Director Zhu Chunmiao of the Port Supervision Bureau, who is very supportive of our firefighting team."

Fang Guoya didn’t expect to encounter acquaintances in Binjiang—especially a leader from the Port Supervision Bureau—and promptly saluted while standing at attention: "Good morning, Director Zhu!"

"Hello, there’s no need for such formality. Comrade Guoya, if there’s a fire on the ships on the river, we’ll rely on you guys."

"Reporting to Director Zhu, it is our duty."

"Good, pay us a visit at our bureau when you have the time."

"Thank you, Director Zhu."

Time flies!

The once short and skinny Little Salted Fish who could only fit into women’s uniforms has not only become a Deputy Director but is also getting married in three months.

Zhu Chunmiao felt a wave of emotions and laughed: "Salted Fish, the convoy hasn’t even departed yet. Come walk with me."

Han Yu glanced back at his companions and smirked: "Alright."

Zhu Chunmiao took another look at Fang Guoya, and while walking with Salted Fish towards the Port Supervision Bureau, she laughed and asked, "Salted Fish, although you were formerly in charge, you weren’t a leader. Now that you’ve become a Deputy Director and truly started commanding troops, how does it feel?"

"There’s no special feeling, but the nature of work has changed. I feel a bit of pressure, even dreaming about fires everywhere."

"How do you find the new colleagues, do they obey your leadership?"

"The new colleagues are alright. Thinking about it, my mentor truly had foresight. Six years ago, he pushed for professional development, urging us to acquire all the certificates we could. Working on the ship, especially with roles on the ship, there are strict demands for service tenure, so no matter who comes, they have to start from scratch."

"Hahaha, so you’re saying that military transfer official can only be a sailor in your team, and specifically, an apprentice sailor."

"To be precise, on the ship, he can only serve as an apprentice sailor for now."

"What’s the difference? Your fire department is already on a dunship."

Plant the trees for the future, others enjoy the shade.

If it wasn’t for the mentor’s foresight back then, the experienced firefighter Fang Guoya would definitely not accept following his lead.

Feeling slightly embarrassed, Han Yu hurriedly changed the topic: "Sister Zhu, the city’s CPPCC members are coming for an inspection, it’s not a visit from central leaders, do we need to be so heavily guarded with ’three steps one post, five steps one sentry’? Who would come to sabotage, and who would want to harm CPPCC members from all walks of life?"

"Do you think the superiors want you to guard against someone harming the CPPCC members?"

"Isn’t that the case?"

The child is too naive. It’s nothing at Bailong Port or on the ship, but now that he’s become a Deputy Director, he can’t remain ignorant of everything.

Zhu Chunmiao felt it necessary to teach him, as Xu Sanye would, and immediately stopped in her tracks, helplessly saying: "City leaders aren’t worried about someone harming CPPCC members, they are worried about someone seizing the opportunity to cause trouble."

"What kind of trouble?"

"Blocking CPPCC members to raise issues."

"Scared of complaints!"

"Salted Fish, some things aren’t as simple as you think, and city leaders aren’t as almighty as you imagine. It was hard for your mentor to create something, it’s hard for you to maintain it, but it’s even harder for city leaders to get things done."

"How difficult is it for city leaders?"

Zhu Chunmiao’s spouse is the head of the Binjiang City Planning Committee, and since the committee is a critical department, she has a good understanding of the city’s situation over the years. She sighed lightly, "Take the Huaineng Power Plant, for instance, it’s a key project that the city introduced the year before last. To meet the construction deadline, the city even mobilized civilian soldiers from the military district to help lay the cables."

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