NOVPUB"A misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?" Suming asked. Could she be thinking that I was trying to hit on her?
He Baowen was indeed not bad-looking, at first glance she resembled Zhu Yin. When she wore her uniform, she had a certain allure, and in disguise, her figure was quite impressive... If Suming were to say honestly that he didn’t want to take another look, that would be a lie. Beautiful flowers and plants could attract the eye, let alone a beautiful woman.
But as for hitting on her... The girl might be overthinking it. Do all pretty girls have this kind of innate confidence?
While Suming was lost in his irrelevant thoughts, he heard He Baowen speak from beside him, "When I first saw you, I just thought you were Mr. Xiang’s bodyguard. I was even amused, wondering why Mr. Xiang would choose someone with such a baby face to be a bodyguard..." 𝔫𝖔𝔳𝖕𝖚𝔟.𝔠𝔬𝖒
"Ah? Can I take that as a compliment on my good looks?" Suming interrupted.
"Hehe, you can," He Baowen gave a faint smile, then continued, "After that, I saw you making lots of ridiculous requests and insisting on working with us on the case. To be honest, I thought you were treating this operation purely as an adventure. So, I didn’t have a good impression of you, thinking you were inhumane."
Suming shrugged, "Then I can only say that you didn’t misunderstand me, I indeed thought that way. Every year so many people die because of crimes, what does that have to do with me? I can’t just break down every time I see someone suffering. Millions of people die of starvation in Africa every year. I can only help when I can, and when I can’t, there’s nothing I can do about it. It’s not worth getting upset over, probably what you call being inhumane."
He Baowen shook her head, "Yeah, I thought the same as you at the beginning, but when you jumped out from behind a rock and confronted the kidnappers with your chest exposed to their guns, negotiating with them at that moment, I realized I was wrong. Even trained police officers with a duty to serve might not be able to do that. At least that’s true for me, the first thing I thought about was my own safety, and then the hostages."
"You could have just said I was impulsive, I didn’t think too much at that moment," Suming said.
"I studied psychology, and those kinds of subconscious reactions best reflect a person’s true nature," He Baowen looked at Suming seriously and said, "Perhaps even you don’t know it, but you’re a very brave and kind person."
"Ah?!!!!" Suming was shocked. Am I really that kind of a person? I’ve lived for so long and I really didn’t know!
"So all in all, you’re a good person!" He Baowen said earnestly, "I’m happy to know you."
"Madam, one ’good person card’ is enough, do you really have to give me a double kill?" Suming said helplessly.
Whether or not to accept the good person card was no longer up to Suming; he couldn’t refuse it even if he wanted to. And He Baowen wasn’t the only one issuing him a good person card.
In less than half a day, Suming received a whole bunch of ’good person cards’.
The forms of these ’good person cards’ varied.
Right at the scene of the hostage rescue, Director Liao’s assistant followed up by representing the police force, verbally giving Suming a good person card;
On the way back to the police station, Long Wu made a call since his identity was a bit special and it was inconvenient to show up in public, so he let Suming play the good guy, leaving the rest for Suming to handle.
After returning to the police station, Luo Jiaju, with his rescued daughter, didn’t even wait to give a statement but came to issue Suming a good person card immediately.
Compared to He Baowen’s ’sweet smile good person card’ and Director Liao’s assistant’s ’revolutionary righteousness good person card’, the card Luo Jiaju presented had a weightier content.
"Mr. Su, no amount of thanks would be enough, but once my daughter has recovered a bit, my whole family will surely come to the mainland to thank you in person," Luo Jiaju said, handing over a bank card, "Here is six million Hong Kong dollars, donated to Yangchuan City Zoo in my daughter’s name, please be sure to accept it."
The forty-eight million Hong Kong dollars originally meant to be ransom money scattered inside the panda enclosure were all picked up by the police and returned to their rightful owner, most of the money had been soaked in water but was not heavily damaged after drying.
Forty-something million was not a small sum for Luo Jiaju either; it nearly drained his company’s operating capital. To take out six million afterwards to express gratitude was a generous gesture.
"This... how embarrassing," Suming coughed, constantly telling himself I am brave, I am kind, I didn’t save people for the money... but after talking for so long, he didn’t believe himself, why was the glare from the bank card so blinding, oh no, my eyes are going blind!
Click click click, it turned out to be the flashing of cameras in the police station office.
The Xiangjiang Police had a complex relationship with the media, loving and hating them. After the kidnapping case was successfully closed, the Public Relations Section notified the famous media of Xiangjiang immediately. Before Suming and the others had returned, a crowd of media people was already waiting in the police station.
Suming was aware of this small donation ceremony in advance, and since it was a donation to the zoo and not to him personally, he specifically called Mrs. Tong, who was on vacation, to come and accept the donation in her capacity as the Secretary of the zoo’s Party Committee.
At first, Mrs. Tong thought Suming was joking when she heard the news.
No matter how famous Yangchuan City Zoo was, it was only well-known in Yangchuan itself, at best known in the whole province and slightly famous nationwide. How could a tycoon from Xiangjiang donate, and donate six million at that? Even the Capital Zoo didn’t receive such treatment!
When she was brought over by the police car and entered the police station building, and saw Suming chatting and laughing with several people who looked like leaders, surrounded by journalists, Mrs. Tong was finally certain that a wealthy philanthropist really had donated money.
"From now on, I won’t dare to say that the bodhisattvas in Xiangjiang aren’t effective, they are mightily so, mightily so!" The accountant who came with her had been excitedly mumbling all along, "I made a wish at Baolian Temple last time for the zoo to prosper, and today someone donated so much money; it’s like the bodhisattvas really opened their eyes!"
"It’s not that what you said isn’t right, but it’s not completely right either."
Mrs. Tong straightened her face, patiently analyzing for her: "If it weren’t for Mr. Su helping the Xiangjiang Police to rescue people, that rich man’s daughter would have been dead long ago; why else would he donate money to the zoo? Mr. Su risked his life to secure benefits for our zoo; and you, just like that, attribute all the credit to the bodhisattvas! Isn’t that a bit inappropriate?"
"Exactly, exactly, look at my silly mouth. Speaking of our director, he is indeed incredible; my goodness, those are armed and ruthless criminals, even the Xiangjiang government couldn’t handle them, but our director managed to take them down with just a few dogs!" the accountant said, rambling on. Read new chapters at freewebnovel
"Impressed or not, you have to be! Otherwise, why would the old director specifically choose Mr. Su as his successor?"
Before the donation ceremony, these two had almost laughed their mouths off; now, in front of a large group of journalists, Mrs. Tong forcibly held back the excitement in her heart, diligently keeping a straight face, barely managing to keep it together, but the moment she received the bank card from Luo Jiaju’s hand, she couldn’t help but let a smile spread across her face.
Suming stood up and shook hands vigorously with Luo Jiaju, "On behalf of the zoo, I thank Mr. Luo for his donation." Then, they both faced the cameras, letting the journalists take photos.
"May I ask Mr. Su..."
"Hello, I am a reporter from Ming Pao..."
"I am from the Xiangjiang Daily..."
A large group of journalists immediately crowded around, surrounding Suming and Luo Jiaju in the middle, with microphones almost shoved into Suming’s mouth, eager for an interview.
"Dear journalist friends, dear media friends!" A supervisor from the Xiangjiang Police Public Relations Division came out to mediate, standing between the journalists and Suming and his group, smilingly saying, "Please everyone, there’s no need to rush. The kidnapping case has just been solved, and there are a lot of follow-up tasks to be done. As the victim and main participant in cracking the case, Mr. Su and Mr. Luo will have to give a written statement to the police and cooperate with the police in the ongoing investigation, so they won’t be accepting interviews today. However, don’t worry, in a few days, the police will hold a special press conference to provide detailed reports on the case to everyone. Mr. Su and Mr. Luo will be attending, and you can ask any questions at the conference then. Thank you all!"
This cultivated-looking supervisor had ample experience in dealing with journalists, and after a few polite words, he promptly escorted Suming and Luo Jiaju away.
"Ms. Tong..."
"This lady... this lady..."
With Suming gone, the journalists instinctively turned their heads, casting their gaze on the two zoo employees. Extracting information from the colleagues of the parties involved could also serve as a good lead-in and add color to the story.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem..."
Mrs. Tong, surrounded by a group of journalists, with a face full of ruddy flush, stood tall and straight, proudly saying, "Speaking of our director, he’s really something special; I think he could have a whole book written about him. Let me start from the first time I met him and tell you all about it..."
While Mrs. Tong was in the police station office, sharing with the Xiangjiang reporters about ’My Days with Director Su’, Suming was in the interrogation room behind the police station, interrogating the kidnapper with He Baowen.
When Suming entered the interrogation room, You gave a start, instinctively stretching his neck, looking behind Suming.
"Don’t look, I didn’t bring the panda." Suming casually pulled over a chair and sat down next to He Baowen.
Hearing Suming say this, You let out a sigh of relief, settled into his chair, his handcuffed hands cradling his head.
"How’s it going, talking yet? If you don’t cooperate, I’ll bring those two pandas back to play with you; the guys haven’t had the pleasure yet," Suming asked He Baowen.
He Baowen smiled sweetly, "They’ve all talked; once inside, these guys were much more obedient than we thought, spilling everything we asked."
After saying this, she handed over the interrogation transcript to Suming, "Take a look, and if there’s no problem, you can also sign your name."
"I should sign? Is that appropriate?" Suming looked at He Baowen somewhat strangely; the woman was again smiling sweetly? Something was off; that didn’t fit her image of a stern and tough policewoman. Since he’d known her, he had only seen her smile like that once, when the hostage was rescued; other than that time, even when she did smile, it was a variety without femininity. Smirks, cold smiles, bitter smiles, scoffs... never a sweet smile.
Could it be because the hostage was rescued, she could be promoted, receive a raise, be commended, marry a tall, rich, and handsome man, and reach the pinnacle of life, which is why she was happier?
