Chapter 188 - 150: Breaking Ground

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Chapter 188: Chapter 150: Breaking GroundAlthough the people from the aquatic product company’s sales point had left, the phone kept ringing nonstop. One moment, they were looking for one manager, the next moment for another director, and then for an accountant; many calls were long distance. At first, Han Yu answered a few calls, introducing himself as the Water Police Division, but eventually, he couldn’t handle it anymore. He laid out bedding on the small wooden bed in the duty room and fell asleep. Director Wang arrived at night, how Liu Guixiang went to open the door and what happened after opening the door, Han Yu had no idea. "Director Wang, I’m sorry, I overslept last night." "It’s okay. You work so hard and are so tired, you should sleep more." From the moment Director Wang entered the gate, he felt deceived. The office environment here was extremely poor, with a pervasive fishy smell everywhere. He just went out for a walk and then realized that next door was a row of cold storage belonging to the aquatic product company. In the morning, many fishmongers came to wholesale hairtail and yellow croaker, the place was bustling with noise, the ground was wet, and you needed to wear rain boots to walk here. Behind was the riverside filled with garbage, sewage everywhere. The cold early spring was already emitting foul odors, one could imagine how bad the smell would be in the hot summer. Han Yu didn’t know what the police leadership was thinking, he quickly picked up his toothbrush and towel to wash up. Just as he was about to ask if the night’s operation went smoothly, a small sedan drove up, persistently honking at the outside of the large iron gate. Opening the gate was not a job for the police leadership. Han Yu hurriedly wiped his face and ran over to ask, "Hello, may I help you with something?" "Xiao Xiao, just stop here, no need to go in. I’ll just say a few words and leave." A leader-like person got out of the sedan, looked down at Han Yu and asked, "Young comrade, did you start working here as soon as you moved in yesterday?" Han Yu was confused and instinctively turned his head to look at Director Wang. Those who drove sedans were leaders, Director Wang didn’t dare to delay and quickly came forward to ask, "Hello, I am Wang Wenhong, temporarily assigned to the Water Police Station. May I help you with something?" "Is there someone called Salted Fish here?" "There is, that’s me." Han Yu quickly raised his hand. The leader became increasingly frustrated and pointed at him, "Young comrade, you can’t talk nonsense when taking calls. We can let you use the phone, but don’t say anything misleading!" "Leader, I didn’t say anything misleading..." "Did several people call me yesterday? My name is Zhang Genlei." "You are Manager Zhang!" "Yes." "Yesterday, several people were looking for you, I told them I am from the Water Police Division, and I couldn’t get in touch with you." "Did anyone ask if something happened to me?" "What happened?" "That you all from the police arrested me!" This morning, many people were spreading rumors that I was arrested, some said for corruption and embezzlement, others said for colluding in smuggling eel fry. Various theories were there, a lot of calls went to the Fishery Command and even the Agricultural Bureau to inquire. Manager Zhang, extremely frustrated, asked, "And afterward, when people called to ask clearly, did you not answer?" Han Yu scratched his head, a pained expression on his face, "I was too tired yesterday, later I fell asleep." "My goodness, you almost got me killed. You can use the duty room phone, but don’t take any more calls. I’m going to the post office now to transfer this phone number." "Manager Zhang, if you take the phone away, what will we do!" "Go to your leadership." "That won’t work, the city leadership knows this phone number. We had a major operation last night, caught many people, what if the city leadership calls to inquire?" There was indeed a major operation by the police last night. Early in the morning, the Binjiang Radio Station reported that the police, Fishery Administration, Industrial and Commercial Bureau, and Customs conducted a joint law enforcement and destroyed an illegal hub on Jiangxin Sandbar involved in purchasing and smuggling eel fry, arresting more than twenty criminals, and seizing several tens of kilograms of eel fry and hundreds of thousands in cash. The police also went to Zhanghuang Port in Gaoru last night, arresting dozens of people. Among them was a township fish breed farm manager who under the guise of joint operation, extensively purchased smuggled eel fry and doubled as a Fishery Station chief. Because someone from the fishery system was involved, when people called yesterday and couldn’t get through, hearing that it was a police officer, it led to a great misunderstanding. Manager Zhang, not wanting to be misunderstood again, said helplessly, "If it really doesn’t work, please have the post office install a phone for you. You help provide a certification, and I will go to the Fishery Command to seek reimbursement." "That works, thank you, Manager Zhang." Right after sending off the wrongly accused aquaculture company manager, the driver Old Jiang, who drove 212 to bring Director Wang in the night, came back carrying breakfast. The smell here is unbearable, Director Wang felt nauseous and couldn’t eat. Han Yu was just feeling hungry and ate with relish. "Director Wang, what do we do after eating?" "I’ll go to the City Bureau for a look, you stay here." "Director Wang, many doors and windows are broken, and there’s no detention room. Should I call the station and have Uncle Zhu or Xiao Yu send over some tools for me to fix things up?" The last thing Director Wang wanted to hear was Zhu Baogen and Liang Xiaoyu, he said without hesitation, "No need for that trouble, this place is fine for a seafood wholesale market but definitely not for offices. The Water Police Station will have to move sooner or later." "Move where?" "I don’t know yet." What’s wrong with having an office here? There are so many offices. Right next door is a seafood wholesaler, if you want to eat seafood you can just buy some there, definitely cheaper than outside. Han Yu couldn’t figure out what the leader was thinking and simply called the station. There was a big operation at night, Chen Zikun and Director Jin were resting, Han Xiangning answered the phone. As soon as she heard his voice, she gritted her teeth and said, "You dead salted fish, tricked me to Bailong Port, and you run back to the city yourself. Is this how you do things!" "Sister Xiang Ning, at most I’m helping Director Yu watch the door for two days, I’ll be back soon." "What two days, Sister Zhang just took all your clothes away yesterday." "She probably didn’t know which clothes I wear and which I don’t..." Not having Little Salted Fish here really makes me uncomfortable even for using the restroom. Han Xiangning said with a grimace, "Hurry back, I’m not used to it without you, not even having someone to talk to." "I know, I’ll be back as soon as I can." "That’s your promise." "I promise, Sister Xiang Ning, where are Director Xu, Instructor Li?" "They’re all sleeping." "What about Xiao Yu?" "Discharged from the hospital, currently knocking off rust and painting on 001." "How did the operation at night go?" "Very smoothly and successful, Director Jin said we seized several hundred thousand in cash." Han Yu, no longer the rookie he once was, didn’t feel too regretful about missing the big operation last night. Seeing Director Wang getting into the jeep with his briefcase, was about to go out to see him off when Zhang Lan came looking for him riding a small motorcycle. "Salted Fish, what kind of dump is this, and what kind of road is this? My pants are all dirty." "My bike is even dirtier." Han Yu looked at the muddy light motorcycle, feeling sorry for it. Zhang Lan put her luggage in the duty room, came out, and holding her nose asked, "Is this place far from the city center?" "Not close." "It seems that city leaders’ words don’t make much difference, everyone has their own countermeasures." "What countermeasures?" "The city leaders yesterday on the boat had the Agricultural Bureau to sort out an office and case handling site for Director Yu, they agreed so readily, who would’ve thought they’d give us such a remote and dirty place." Han Yu went to the duty room for a cloth, turned on the tap to get some water, and while washing the bike joked, "What does it matter to us if it’s a dump or not, we’re just here to help and will be going back soon." "That’s true." Zhang Lan seeing how much he cared for the light motorcycle felt a bit embarrassed, squatted down and said, "Stop washing, it’s all muddy outside, even if it’s clean now, it will get dirty once we go out." "Let’s go out when the road is dry." "What are we doing now?" "I don’t know, Director Wang asked me to watch the door." Rushing over here, staring at each other in such a dump, Zhang Lan really couldn’t figure out what we were doing here. ... Sёarch* The Nôvelƒire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. PS: Caught a cold, feeling dizzy and snotty, pushed myself to write this Chapter, brothers and sisters please bear with it. Gonna sleep now, no more writing today, will update once I feel better tomorrow.

Chapter 188 - 150: Breaking Ground

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