Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Chapter 670: Life Passes Too Quickly

Although Lu Chuan has combat skills rewarded by the system, this is merely a reflection of combat power itself.There is no external environmental alertness.

Everyone chatted for a while and then returned inside the building.

Recently, the Criminal Investigation Team has had a lot of cases, and everyone is overwhelmed with work.

As soon as Zhang Hui and Lu Chuan returned, they immediately got back to work.

Action Team Two had three cases, yet to be completed.

The Crime Scene Investigation office also had a few, with fingerprint comparisons underway but not finished.

And there were some footprint identification analyses left undone.

Lu Chuan dived into the work as soon as he got back.

That very afternoon, for two theft cases, Lu Chuan’s fingerprint matches and footprint identification pinpointed the suspects.

Action Team Three quickly solved their cases.

They caught the perpetrators at a construction site that night.

"Director Lu, you’re the man!"

After capturing the suspects, Group Leader Chen Wu left the questioning to the deputy group leader and others and rushed to the Crime Scene Investigation office.

He grabbed Lu Chuan and thanked him profusely.

These two cases had been eating up about half a month of their time and involved a significant amount, over a million in one case.

Another involved important confidential materials.

The pressure from above was immense.

Actually, the two suspects left quite a few traces at the scene.

However, the suspects also took some protective measures.

The fingerprints left behind were very blurry, extremely difficult to identify.

Footprints were covered with shoe covers, making footprint identification analysis highly challenging.

In the Crime Scene Investigation office, even Liu Guodong took personal charge, but still couldn’t resolve it.

Who would have thought that when Lu Chuan came back, within two hours, he identified these two critical clues, locking down the suspects?

"No need to be polite, Group Leader Chen, it’s all part of the job."

After chatting for a bit, Chen Wu still had matters to attend to and needed to wrap up the cases tonight, so he went back.

Old Bai poured Lu Chuan a glass of water.

"You really are something."

Yang Sen nodded understandingly.

Unknowingly, Lu Chuan had already been in the Crime Scene Investigation office for two years.

During these two years, Lu Chuan transformed from a junior tech detective to the director of the Crime Scene Investigation office.

Everything he had done was visible to everyone.

It could be said that Lu Chuan, with his own efforts, raised the technical standards of Haizhou City’s Criminal Investigation Team Crime Scene Investigation office to a nationally advanced level.

In terms of both technical reserves and equipment upgrades.

In truth, both Old Bai and Yang Sen have been getting a bit complacent over the past two years.

They felt that their crime scene skills had improved significantly.

But in reality, they were still lacking when encountering difficult problems, handling tough tasks alone.

Actually, the footprints and fingerprints brought over by Action Team Three this time, the two had encountered them before.

Before Lu Chuan came, they would’ve directly sent such intricate fingerprints to the provincial office.

They would wait in line for results, which, when returned, might help Action Team Three solve the case.

After Lu Chuan came, he taught Old Bai and Yang Sen many tricks.

So they could handle such fingerprints themselves.

But in reality, it wasn’t entirely independent; some processes still required Lu Chuan’s guidance.

This time Lu Chuan was hospitalized; without him, the two really ran into trouble.

Lu Chuan just smiled and shook his head.

He had a system, and his fingerprint analysis reached the highest levels.

How could a person compete with a system?

Around 8 p.m., Lu Chuan told Old Bai and Yang Sen to head home first.

Recently, Lu Chuan had been recuperating in the hospital, practically rusting from lying down.

But Old Bai and Yang Sen were different; they’d been working overtime nearly every day for over half a month, and much of that time was spent sleeping in the office.

It was a good opportunity to switch things up, let himself work late and get active, while Old Bai and Yang Sen took a rest.

The two theft cases of Action Team Three were thus solved.

Lu Chuan started tackling other case-related crime scene leads.

Fingerprints, footprints, site photos, etc., ...

He called Shen Yan and agreed to work overtime that night, telling Forensic Doctor Shen to drive his car back.

Lu Chuan planned to spend the night in the office.

After over 20 days of rest, Lu Chuan felt like his bones were rusting.

Sitting in front of the computer, looking at familiar yet unfamiliar fingerprints, Lu Chuan felt his cerebral cortex excited.

This feeling was the best.

Watching fingerprints successfully identified in his hands.

Discovering subtle clues through details of crime scenes.

This gave Lu Chuan an overwhelming sense of achievement.

By the end of the night, he had resolved four more cases.

In addition to the two theft cases in the afternoon, the Criminal Investigation Team’s case backlog, having accumulated over ten cases during this period, was suddenly cut by more than half.

Early the next morning, Qin Yong listened to reports from several group leaders.

Feeling significantly more at ease.

This was the efficiency the Criminal Investigation Team should exhibit.

Cases should gradually decrease as they are solved.

How could they possibly increase?

With Lu Chuan back... it’s really good.

He kicked the group leaders out of the office, and Qin Yong started making tea.

It’s been so long since experiencing such leisure.

In the following days, Lu Chuan was very busy.

Besides several cases with the Criminal Investigation Team, there were also some fingerprints from the police detective team and the police station that needed identification and comparison.

Soon enough, December quietly passed, bringing the arrival of New Year’s Day.

This year was another fruitful one for the Criminal Investigation Team.

All homicide cases were solved, and cold cases gradually decreased.

The Crime Scene Investigation office welcomed new members.

Lu Chuan’s old schoolmate, Yang Lin, officially transferred to the Crime Scene Investigation office.

"Come, come, Yang, sit here, this was Captain Liu’s desk."

Old Bai was quite enthusiastic.

This time, Yang Lin’s secondment was explicitly to succeed Old Bai.

So training Yang Lin would be Old Bai’s task.

But, in fact, the Crime Scene Investigation office was still short of staff.

With four positions, even with Yang Lin joining, Liu Guodong got promoted.

This second half of the year, Old Bai will retire...

Leaving just three people.

"Thank you, master."

Yang Lin was not meeting the Crime Scene Investigation staff for the first time.

He knew Old Bai and Yang Sen.

However, there’s the fact that Yang Lin and Yang Sen only differ by one character, have a kind of brotherly vibe.

Lu Chuan also made some internal work divisions within the Crime Scene Investigation office.

From now on, site investigations would be led by Lu Chuan, assisted by Yang Lin.

Yang Sen would manage things at headquarters.

As for Old Bai, he could take a holiday after the New Year.

Then officially retire.

That night, everyone at the Crime Scene Investigation office prepared a welcome dinner for Yang Lin.

After this meal, Yang Lin was formally considered part of the Crime Scene Investigation office.

Initially, Old Bai was quite enthusiastic, happy to finally have a successor.

But after a couple of drinks, he grew sentimental.

A lifetime passes too quickly.