Chapter 28: Continuing the Draw, Awaiting Promotion-Após o renascimento, conquistei o auge do poder resolvendo casos(Eu sou o Biao Funerário das Nove Portas.)

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for arresting Criminal Investigation Brigade Captain Song Hui; Karma points +32!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for arresting County Committee Secretary Sun Tao; Karma points +33!"

"Ding! Congratulations for arresting the Beizhou City rapist and murderer Sun Hao; Karma points +64!"

Arresting Song Hui, Sun Tao, and that wanted criminal had earned Qin Chuan 129 karma points. Combined with the 73 points remaining from last time, he had a total of 202! That meant he could draw twice more.

"System, initiate draw!"

A colorful roulette wheel slowly appeared in his mind. At Qin Chuan's command, it began to spin rapidly.

"Stop!"

The red needle finally came to rest in the blue section.

"Congratulations to the host, you have drawn: Sprint Needle."

Sprint Needle: A single-use item. Upon activation, the host's speed is doubled for a duration of twenty-four hours.

This was a good item. Having experienced the Strength Pill and the Vajra Strength Pill, Qin Chuan had a soft spot for the items rewarded by the system.

"System, continue drawing!"

In Qin Chuan's view, karma points were just like money; money spent is money used, while money saved is just paper. Besides... since he had been reborn, he needed to make more money. After all, a policeman's salary was hardly high.

The colorful wheel spun again, and finally, the red needle stopped in the black section.

"Congratulations to the host, you have drawn: Gun God Glasses."

Gun God Glasses: A single-use item. Upon activation, the host will possess all the abilities of a master marksman for 24 hours.

Although he hadn't drawn any skill-based rewards this time, both the Sprint Needle and the Gun God Glasses were clearly highly practical items.

After storing his rewards, Qin Chuan fell into a deep, comfortable sleep. He wasn't in a hurry about making money. In his previous life, he had spent ten years at the Changning Town Police Station. He hadn't accomplished much, but he had spent plenty of time studying the stock market. Although he had lost a fortune back then, he still remembered which stocks had skyrocketed and when. At the very least, if he scraped together some money and bought Tencent stock, he would be a multi-millionaire in ten years. The only trouble was that buying Tencent required going to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Of course, buying Moutai would also work just as well for effortless wealth.

Wang Xuebing had said that the bonuses for his recent arrests would be deposited by the end of the month. It would likely be around a hundred thousand yuan; he could just dump it all into the stock market and let the money grow.

Early the next morning, Wang Xuebing and Qin Chuan boarded the car back to Changning Town. Deputy Chief Zhang Jun had come to pick them up himself, driving the station's only vehicle—a nine-owner Santana, an old treasure that rattled everywhere except for its horn. Hu Jianguo, who had returned to Zhulin County from Xing'an City overnight, was also heading back with them. Since Zhou Xuexi had long since prepared a contingency plan, old Hu's trip had been in vain. However, Qin Chuan hadn't known at the time that Zhou Xuexi had long suspected Song Hui and had set a trap for him. Until yesterday noon, even Zhou Xuexi had not been fully trusted by Qin Chuan.

"That young lady earlier was nice. You're just giving up on her?" Zhang Jun was referring to Li Xiaoyue, whom they had just run into at the entrance of the guesthouse. The young woman had just brought a large bouquet of flowers and milk to see Qin Chuan.

Old Hu nodded in agreement. "Deputy Chief Zhang is right. I think she's still interested in you."

Qin Chuan smiled and shook his head. The reason Li Xiaoyue had broken up with him was that he had been assigned to a rural police station after graduation. She had deemed him to have no future. Even though he had saved her last night, in her eyes, he was still just that same rural police officer. Even if she chose to get back together out of gratitude, how long would that gratitude last?

Although he would certainly be transferred away from Changning Town eventually, and his promotion might mask Li Xiaoyue's snobbery, what if he were to return to Changning Town one day? Or worse, what if he were stripped of his police uniform? That wasn't an impossibility. In his previous life, Qin Chuan had not only been stripped of his badge but had also spent ten years in prison. In this life, even with the system, what did that change?

If Wu Jianzhong had been even more ruthless when planning Dong Zhijun's death—if he had simply chosen to burn the body as soon as the Criminal Investigation Brigade's forensic examiner finished the autopsy—would Qin Chuan have had any chance to clear his name? Would Song Hui have been caught? At that point, he wouldn't be facing a five-person investigation committee; he would have been sent straight to the detention center.

Qin Chuan had been reborn, but others weren't fools. Take Dou Sihai, the big boss of Xinhai Mining, for instance; after everything that had happened, he was still doing just fine. Or look at Zhulin County Party Committee Secretary Gao Qingshan, who was still sitting firmly on the podium. The affair with Sun Tao might have caused him some trouble, but it was nowhere near enough to shake his position. To become the wealthiest person in a county and a power-broker, both of these men were sharper than monkeys. Qin Chuan's little schemes were far inferior in their eyes.

Of course, Qin Chuan had destroyed Dou Sihai's criminal den in Changning Town and captured his right-hand men, Dong Zhijun and Wu Jianzhong, which had certainly caused the man significant losses. But this had also ensured that Dou Sihai would remember Qin Chuan—this insignificant rural police officer.

The one who also remembered Qin Chuan was the head of Zhulin County, Party Secretary Gao Qingshan. The County Public Security Bureau's Public Order Brigade Captain Zhao Junhao and secretary Sun Tao had been taken down one after another. Gao Qingshan had not only received a disciplinary reprimand for this but had also exhausted a massive favor. Secretary Gao was likely wishing he could tear Qin Chuan limb from limb.

But everything has two sides. With the bad came the good. While Qin Chuan had offended Gao Qingshan and Dou Sihai, he had also officially entered the sights of County Public Security Bureau Chief Zhou Xuexi and County Mayor Chen Mingguang thanks to this series of achievements. It had long been an open secret that County Mayor Chen Mingguang and Party Secretary Gao Qingshan were at odds. However, a powerful dragon struggles to suppress a local snake. Because Chen Mingguang had only been in the county for a short time, he was suppressed in many respects by Gao Qingshan, who had risen through the ranks locally. Among the many power-holding departments in the county, only the Public Security Bureau could be considered a supporter of Chen Mingguang. And even within that sole supporter, the internal voices were not harmonious.

This time, during the struggle surrounding Xinhai Mining, the faction belonging to Gao Qingshan within the County Public Security Bureau—Zhao Junhao and Song Hui—had been thoroughly crushed. Chen Mingguang had achieved an overwhelming victory and now had complete control over the County Public Security Bureau.

Qin Chuan was the most critical factor in this successful outcome. Where there is fault, there is punishment; where there is merit, there is reward. Everyone was watching to see exactly what fruits of victory Qin Chuan would receive. In fact, others were even more expectant than Qin Chuan himself.