In 2006, summer.

At 7:40 in the morning.

Shen Qingyun, dressed in a police uniform and carrying a backpack, walked out of Fumin County Railway Station.

"Mom, I know, don't worry," Shen Qingyun said, holding his secondhand Nokia phone. “Isn’t it just being a patrol officer? Don't worry, I'll earn a first-class merit when I return!”

He hung up the phone and a smile appeared on his face.

Today was the first day of his work.

But to be honest, he felt no sadness of leaving his hometown behind. Instead, he was somewhat excited.

Yes.

After being reborn, Shen Qingyun found that he had traveled to a parallel world.

But it was a pity.

Others who crossed over either had an old grandpa accompanying them or possessed a system.

As for him, aside from being a bit more handsome, the only thing he had was an old dad who was the secretary of the Provincial Committee of Politics and Law.

Was this considered a stroke of luck?

But without exaggeration, given his family background, many would think that Shen Qingyun didn't need to strive at all. By just idling his life away, he would have a life full of wealth and honor.

However, Shen Qingyun doesn't see it that way!

In his previous life, he worked as a criminal police officer all his life, personally catching countless heinous criminals, and was heralded as the nemesis of evil.

And what was the outcome?

He ended up working himself to death on the job, and remained a police officer until his last breath.

Therefore, with a second chance at life, Shen Qingyun only had one idea in mind - he wants to live a more notable life no matter what.

He plans to climb his way up the ranks in this official career, just as his name suggests, rising to the top step by step!

This is his pursuit in life!

For this reason, after graduation, he asked his father to be assigned to a remote location. His father indeed appointed him to the remote location of Fu Min County, Qi City, working as a police officer at the local police station.

The reason was simple - the quicker one could make merits and get promoted in such a place.

...........

Leaving the train station, Shen Qingyun asked around and found that his destination the Hong An police station, wasn't too far away, only about ten to fifteen minutes on foot. He decided to walk there.

After all, this is the place where he will be working for several years, so it would be a good time to familiarize himself with the landscape.

It was rush hour, the busiest time of the day.

Navigating through the crowd, Shen Qingyun seemed to fit in quite naturally.

As he walked on.

Suddenly, a figure dashed out from a nearby intersection, crashing straight into Shen Qingyun.

Shen Qingyun instinctively dodged, but he still got hit on the shoulder.

With a frown, Shen Qingyun was about to scold the person, when he heard a loud yell from behind.

"Catch the thief!"

"Catch the thief!"

Shen Qingyun took a closer look, only to discover that the person who had bumped into him was holding a lady's wallet.

Damn!

Without a second thought, Shen Qingyun threw the backpack in his hand out.

Bang!

The backpack hit the man's back hard.

At nearly seventy pounds, Shen Qingyun's back pack caused the man to let out a scream of pain. He lost his balance and fell to the ground.

Shen Qingyun, without a moment of hesitation, leaped onto him, grabbing the man's arm with a control hold.

"Don't move, I'm a police officer!"

Shen Qingyun pressed the man down, bellowing loudly.

After all, he was the most outstanding graduate of the police academy this year. He excelled in all subjects, whether it was hand-to-hand combat or firearms.

Handling this kind of guy doesn't take much effort at all.

At this moment,

The surrounding people also gathered around.

"A thief, huh!"

"This guy runs pretty fast."

"Lucky a police officer was passing by."

"This young man looks quite young. Seems like he just started working."

"You can do anything better, and yet you choose to be a thief!"

"So shameless!"

"Now that he's caught, it's pretty much game over for him."

"........."

A crowd of people was talking about everything, surrounding Shen Qingyun and the thief, making it impossible for them to escape.

"I'm a police officer. Could those of you who are free please accompany me to the Hong'an police station to be witnesses?"

Shen Qingyun yelled to the people.

This is his first day on the job, he didn't even have handcuffs or anything. He just wore a uniform, it would be better to have a few witnesses.

But he wouldn't have imagined in a million years that the people who had just cheered for him, at the mention of going to the police station to bear witness, left without a trace in a blink of an eye.

Watching the commotion was okay, but they would rather not go to the police station to give their statement.

Shen Qingyun was left looking helpless.

Sure enough, it was the same in his past and present life.

The kindness of humans indeed dwindled over time!

At this moment,

a girl around the same age as Shen Qingyun, in her early twenties, ran over.

"Officer, thank you, thank you."

She picked up her purse from the ground and repeatedly thanked Shen Qingyun.

"You're welcome."

Shen Qingyun raised his head and took a look at the girl. She was tall, fair-skinned, with big eyes and a well-defined nose. Dressed in casual clothes, her slender legs towered a pair of high-heeled shoes.

She remotely resembled a female celebrity from his past life's memory named Gao Yuanyuan.

He smiled and said, “Could I trouble you to accompany me to the police station? This guy stole your purse, we have to make a record of it.”

“Sure.”

The girl agreed readily, showing no hesitation.

Shen Qingyun held the thief with one hand, put her bag back on her shoulder, and then pulled the guy up from the ground, speaking directly, "I'm telling you, go honestly and make a statement. If you dare resist arrest and run away, I won't hesitate to get heavy-handed!"

Feeling his arm being held as if by a iron vice, the thief bobbed his head like a drum, pleading continuously, "Officer, I was wrong, I was wrong, please spare me!"

However, Shen Qingyun didn't pay him any attention and continued to walk straight ahead.

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At this moment,

Outside the Hongan Police Station.

The station head Sun Jian and the instructor Wen Qiang stood at the gate looking at each other.

"It's almost time, why hasn't that Shen Qingyun arrived yet?" Sun Jian said with a frown.

All the new recruits were supposed to report to the station today, and he and the instructor were waiting at the gate especially for them.

However, they had waited from half-past seven till almost eight o'clock, and the guy still hadn't arrived, such a big shot attitude!

Wen Qiang, a man in his thirties, gave a light laugh at his words. "Maybe she got delayed with something. After all, she's a recent university graduate, and I heard she's not a local, not being able to find us is normal."

"You, you're too easy-going."

Sun Jian gave his long-time partner a glare, disgruntled. "Because of you, all the youngsters in the station don't respect you."

"Why should they fear me as an instructor?"

Wen Qiang waved his hand and chuckled, "Don't get too angry, I've looked at Shen Qingyun's profile. He's the finest graduate from the police academy this year, multiple departments were vying for him, and him being willing to come to our grassroots level police station, it's not an easy choice."

Hearing his words, Sun Jian smirked coldly: "You must think I'm a fool, right? Such a person definitely has connections at home. Coming here is merely to make himself look better, he will roll out after a couple of years."

He expressed his true feelings. Fumin County was inherently a poor and remote place. As an old industrial base, it has become significantly desolate. How could a distinguished graduate from a police academy possibly be willing to suffer here?

Evidently, he's only here to gild his resume!

"Alright, don't be angry anymore."

Wen Qiang said to Sun Jian, "Instead of wasting your time, you should focus on the performance appraisal at the end of the year. Our station has been at the bottom of the entire department for five years in a row in case-solving rates. If we end up as the last ones again this year, I'll be too embarrassed to continue on."

"Last place, last place!"

Sun Jian murmured, his face getting progressively darker.

He had no choice. albeit the team in the station had put a lot of effort, but the Red Bank police station's jurisdiction had a huge volume of people flow, all kinds of events happened, there was a severe shortage of police force, and the case-solving rate never increased.

Finally, they got a newcomer, only to find out he's just here to embellish his resume, even showing up late on his first day!

Without organization!

Without discipline!

Thinking about this, Sun Jian's face grew darker.

At the same time, he made up his mind silently, he had to set Shen Qingyun straight!