Chapter 66: The Year's End Is Approaching

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  In the blink of an eye, it's already December. People who have worked hard for a year can finally count down the days until the Spring Festival on their fingers.

  Tian Miao was assigned a difficult task by the office director. He went from door to door, delivering welfare goods to colleagues who worked in the field and in the office. There were boxes of Henan flour, Northeastern rice, Fulinmen salad oil; large pieces of wild boar meat, venison, cured meat, and a big pile of chocolates, happy fruit, pine cones, and pine nuts. The criminal police department was distributing welfare goods internally. It's just enough to make up the numbers. Everyone has worked hard for a year. They should have a real benefit year.

  There are originally few people in the team. Among those who left, she is the youngest. These things can't be borne by a director over 50 years old, right? Tian Miao and another new male police officer this year look like they're about to collapse from exhaustion. The elevator apartment is still okay. Those without elevators are really suffering, carrying heavy rice up the stairs.

  One day is over. Tian Miao Miao almost can't bear to pretend to be dead. It's really hard work, but also happy; every family welcomes with a smile. Enthusiastically pulling into the house, not allowing to leave without sitting for a while; knowing that these young girls love to eat small snacks. Chocolate, cream puffs, and fruit are the most likely things. Basically, every family can stuff one or two of these things for Tian Miao Miao to take back and eat herself.

  She took someone else's. Back in the team, her teammates thanked her repeatedly. This made Tian Miao Miao, a little money enthusiast, more identified with collective life.

  That day, Tian Miao Miao returned with something. As soon as she got off the car, a figure rushed over and she let out a startled "ah" before being hugged by someone. After struggling to push the person away, she finally saw clearly that it was Ye Dui.

  "Hah, how did you find this place? Finally, someone is willing to come in. Not like the last few times when they would sneak away with a man. Ye's old face turned red with shame. With a guilty conscience, she hugged Tian Miao Miao again and said: "Ahh, the previous times I found that kid was also at someone else's request. Otherwise, how could I have come to the door without coming in to see you guys? I don't care about others, but I do care about you. Look, today I came specifically to see you."

  Tian Miao Miao smiled and said: "You came just to see me, right? For more and faster chapters, please go to... I heard someone bought a car for work without even blinking an eye, throwing out 4 million. If you're coming especially, don't come empty-handed, do you have something good to bring out? I'll take it home for the New Year."

  "Field seedlings, you little money enthusiast."

  The last day to send welfare. Finally, all the homes in Daling were sent. Tired and sore waist and legs, pulling Ye Dui and two women slowly walking through the front yard. Tian Miao Miao pulled Ye Dui to go to the dormitory to sit. Unexpectedly, Ye Dui mysteriously pointed at the courtyard and said: "You haven't found something."

  "Discovery...hmm what are they doing there."

  Second floor, one office door. Packed with people. Tian Miao Miao pulled Ye Dui Gang to the downstairs. Upstairs Gao Xiang shouted with his neck supported: "Miao Miao, update as soon as possible. Come up quickly, just waiting for you."

  She walked upstairs inexplicably. On the way, Tian Miao was still thinking about this matter. The year-end bonus is issued. No, isn't it not allowed to issue now? Her legs are very sore. Ye Du saw her condition and slowly helped her up the stairs. As soon as she went upstairs, she saw Gao Xiang and Luo Lin standing at the stairwell, each with a cigarette in their mouth. The conference room door was crowded with many police officers stretching their necks to look inside.

  "Haha, Tian Miao Miao, come quickly. Come quickly. There's good news. The school is organizing a competition. Hurry up and sign up. The first prize winner will receive a cash award and an Apple mobile phone." Luo Lin saw her coming and smiled with his teeth gritted.

  Disgusted, she fanned away the second-hand smoke with her hand. "Bonus... iPhone... Must be mine. Let me go quickly, I'm going to sign up." Miao Miao curiously went inside. Gao Xiang nervously asked Luo Lin: "Leader, is it suitable to update at this time? If she turns back and finds out we're fooling her, we'll be in trouble."

  Luolin rolled his eyes: "You kid, you've been working hard lately. I'll give you half a day off. Everything has Captain on top anyway." After finishing speaking, he laughed and shook down the stairs like a yellow mouse that had just stolen a chicken, got in the car and ran away.

  Gao Xiang was upstairs, gritting his teeth. He made a gun shape with his fingers and aimed at his back. Luo Lin was also an old detective. His intuition was very sharp. Gao Xiang had just glanced at him from upstairs and had already raised his middle finger behind his back.

  Tian Miao Miao walked to the door and tiptoed to take a look. Seeing that the big gate was blocked tightly, she couldn't see anything. She let out two unhappy coughs. The two male detectives heard a woman's voice and turned their heads to find it was her. They hastily put on a flattering smile and quickly cleared the obstacles for Tian Miao Miao.

  As soon as I entered the house, I saw something fresh. The captain was sitting on the sofa in the living room, seemingly entertaining a guest. Next to him sat a middle-aged uncle who was quite plump and didn't look like he did anything.

  Look inside again. A table was set up with a red paper hanging on it, written in three big characters: "Registration". It's obviously Gong Qian's handwriting. What the heck is this? Like a dog's scribble. Behind the table, two female police officers, one tall and one short, sat upright. Several people from the external affairs department were surrounding them, seemingly doing something. Looks like they're registering or something.

  The captain and that uncle sat together whispering to each other, don't know what they're talking about. Gong Qian is on the side serving tea and pouring water. Cutting fruit.

  Anyway, can't understand. Might as well go ask. Tian Miao Miao walked over and pulled Gong Qian's collar. Whispering: "Xiao Jian Jian, have you figured it out? Have you signed up? I see people are still counting money. The first time the registration is updated, the money will be sent."

  Gong Qian turned her head and gave her a dirty look. With an unpleasant tone, she said: "Hey little rascal, you're back? Of course! It's time to hand out money. Go get it quickly. You're the only one left."

  Tian Miao scolded him. "You're so kind." Zhou, the captain, took over and said, "What's wrong with you two girls? Are you uneducated? How can you talk like that? Do you want to get spanked?"

  Tian Niao made a ghostly face. Gong Qian also embarrassingly stuck out her tongue. The middle-aged uncle next to them smiled and looked at the two of them. Tian Niao followed up and asked sweetly: "Captain, what's this Shu brother called?"

  Zhou Bin's face turned black: "No seniority or juniority. This is the leader of the Special Investigation Brigade." Tian Miao Miao hastily stood at attention and saluted.

  The leader chuckled and said to her, "Girl, you're so clever. Hurry up and sign up. There are many participating units in this competition. The first prize is a big reward."

  This can wait. Let's sign up first. Tian Miao hurriedly squeezed into the crowd. She hadn't even managed to squeeze in when she saw her master, Old Li, emerge from the crowd. He was still muttering under his breath: "Damn it. What a bunch of idiots. Participating in this crappy competition and can't even tell real money apart. If I had this kind of skill, I wouldn't be stuck cleaning guns in the armory."

  "Lion and tiger, what's going on?" Tian Miao quickly went up to grab Li Quanyou and asked for an explanation. Old Li saw that it was his apprentice and said with a bad temper: "I'm telling you, who did you learn from? Always talking about lions and tigers, aren't you afraid of getting a big tongue? You're not even qualified, do you want to participate in that competition? First, you have to be able to pick out 3 real bills from 100 fake ones. If you can't update in time, you won't even have the qualification to sign up."

  How can it be more and more confusing. A familiar old detective next to him gloated: "Haha, Old Li, I knew you wouldn't make it. With your awkward appearance, you dare to go up and make a fool of yourself. The police flower is white, just for you to see, isn't it refreshing?"

  "Go away. Can't you see my apprentice is here? What a joke, that young one isn't even as good-looking as my apprentice. The old man in the middle, you don't know who he is? He's the deputy captain of the homicide investigation team. His rank is even higher than our captain."

  Li Quan praised her for being beautiful. Tian Miao Miao smiled with pride, her eyes narrowing into a slit. The two old policemen, one speaking Sichuan dialect and the other Shaanxi dialect, somehow didn't clash at all.

  Haha, it's a pleasure. Li Quan explained: "It's like this..." and said a lot, Tian Miao understood. It's the end of the year, isn't it? There's a case on the agenda that requires cooperation with brother units. The Spring Festival is approaching. In order to fully mobilize everyone's enthusiasm, and also to build relationships with various brother units. Anyway, they are wealthy and don't care about money. So there was this kind of recreational competition.

  Each team that has passed the preliminary round can sign up. Next, they will be unified to the Economic Investigation Brigade for the final match. The reason is clear. Li Quan said with discontent: "You newcomers don't know. Ah, this Economic Investigation team is a bunch of turtles, each one fatter than the last and oily all over. Miao Miao, when you came in, did you see that car? It's what they use to go out on cases. What's called sufficient funding. This is it. If they go on a long-distance case, the treatment is even higher. They take planes. Stay in five-star hotels. Eat Western food. Drink fine wine. This coolness...what's this called going on a case?

  "Haha, you old Li. Don't be jealous either. Who made them deal with money every day? Revolutionary work. No high or low, noble or humble. Only different divisions of labor. Your ideological awareness is backward, ah. Don't lead your apprentice astray. Miao Miao, don't you think so?"

  Watching the master and senior apprentice arguing, Tian Miao Miao smiled and helped one of them with a sentence. After a while, she helped the other one with another sentence, making the two laugh so hard they were holding their bellies. Li Quan was now more and more fond of this apprentice. During work hours, he was quiet and still, his movements becoming more and more agile. Now, he rarely had to intervene personally. Tian Miao Miao alone could complete most tasks; in her free time, the mischievous Tian Miao Miao was a happy fruit. She always managed to find ways to have fun and pass the boring time with her master.

  Pat her on the shoulder. Li Quan said, "Alright Miao Miao, hurry up and go sign up. The key is to participate, you see the captain is watching over there. If you don't give it a try, that's not okay."

  Tian Miao Miao said seriously to Li Quan: "Really? With just three fake bills, you can get through? Then let's go. You guys can't do it. I'll do it. What kind of fake bill can fool me?" Tian Miao Miao heard that the prize was really an iPhone 6, not only that but also a Pro version, and there was even a grand prize of 10,000 yuan. How could she stay calm? She wished she could rush over right now.

  The police officers who had just been watching Li Quan's assessment dispersed. The two policewomen also happened to look up at the same time. Tian Miao Miao spoke in a low voice, but it was loud enough for them to hear. Ye Dui happened to lean over and cover her mouth, laughing, while whispering something to the deputy squadron leader. The leader's eyes lit up as she stared at Tian Miao Miao and said: "Young comrade, you're quite bold. Come on, give it a try then."

  Gong Qian was on the sidelines, cheering and teasing: "Tian Miao Miao, you're hitting your face to pretend to be a fat kid. It's said to be a competition, but it's not that simple. Haven't you seen how many older predecessors aren't doing well? You can't even get one right if you go up there. You'll lose face for our whole team."

  Zhou Bin glared at her. Instead, he gave Tian Miao Miao an encouraging look. Miao Miao saw that she couldn't avoid it and had to sit up with a stiff upper lip.