Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Although the Corpse Retrieval Team was legendary, the team members participating in the dragon boat competition were no different from ordinary people. They shouted “Hey yo hey yo” and rowed the oars neatly across the lake. The speed was very fast. But compared with the other teams, they obviously had some advantages. Currently, the only team that could compete with them was the Military Team.
The three of them watched for a while by the lake. Suddenly someone called Jiang Feiyang from the other side of the venue. Jiang Feiyang responded and went over first.
Jiang Lan and Xue Meng were strolling on the shore doing nothing. Xue Meng pulled a piece of weed into his mouth and said happily: “How happy these days are. I wonder if anyone will make an offer this time. The winning rate of the Corpse Recovering Team should be quite high.”
“The young man is quite discerning.”
As soon as Xue Meng finished speaking, a slightly rough voice took over his words.
The two turned around when they heard the sound, and the person who spoke was standing behind them. He must have just arrived. He was a burly boy, half a head taller than Jiang Lan, with a bit of an unkempt beard, but he looked young, probably in his twenties.
His personality seemed to be much kinder than his appearance, and he took the initiative to introduce: “Guan Shui, the senior brother of those bastards.”
Xue Meng, a master of communication, started chatting with someone again: “So you are the senior brother of the corpse recovery team? I have admired your name for a long time, why didn’t Captain Guan come?”
Captain Guan was the captain of the corpse recovery team who became famous in one battle and became the protagonist of many supernatural stories.
Guan Shui said: “Master is old and doesn’t like to get involved in these things. Just let me take them out to stretch their muscles.”
Xue Meng said disrespectfully, and then said in a low voice: “The handicap has not been opened yet? I guess there are a lot of people betting on you.”
Guan Shui smiled knowingly: “That’s right, we brothers have been living on the water for a whole year, so we must have some real power in our hands, right?”
He was very proud of his work.
Jiang Lan was a little surprised by his attitude.
He had seen some news reports about corpse-recovering teams. Unlike the prosperous corpse-recovering team in Jiangcheng, most of the corpse-recovering teams were loners or small teams of only two people. They spent most of the year fishing corpses from the water and had little contact with living people. Ordinary people didn’t like to interact with them as they thought they were unlucky. Even relatives were not willing to invite them to banquets. The work of corpse collectors was hard and stressful, and the risks were high. Most of them inherited the work from their fathers or from masters to apprentices, making it very difficult to maintain.
In recent years, the government had been intentionally guiding the establishment of standardized private emergency salvage organizations. However, not everyone was qualified for this job, so the industry of corpse salvagers was actually in decline.
But judging from Guan Shui’s words and deeds, he was very proud of his career. There were also many members in the corpse recovery team, and they seemed to be developing well.
Regarding this situation, even though Jiang Lan was just an outsider, he was still happy for them and had a better impression of them. Therefore, he gave them a friendly reminder: “You can bring pets during training, but it is best not to bring them during official competitions to avoid being misunderstood by the referee as cheating.”
“What kind of pet?” Guan Shui looked stunned: “We don’t have pets!”
Seeing his stunned expression, Jiang Lan was also a little confused. Ever since they arrived, a rather large turtle had been following under the dragon boat of the corpse-retrieving team. The turtle shell on its back was about half a meter long and its head was pointed. It had been following the corpse-retrieving team quietly.
With such a large turtle following the boat, it was impossible for the team members above to miss it, so Jiang Lan took it for granted that it was a pet kept by the corpse-recovering team.
After all, according to reports, some people who collected corpses were so lonely that they kept black dogs or turtles and other water-loving animals to keep them company.
But Guan Shui’s expression was too shocked. Jiang Lan also realized that he had misunderstood. He pointed at the bottom of the dragon boat and said, “It’s a pretty big turtle that has been following your boat.”
Xue Meng was still looking hard into the water, wondering: “Why didn’t I see…”
Guan Shui suddenly strode to the lake, grabbed the railing and shouted in a panic: “Get ashore! Get ashore quickly!”
After he finished shouting, he also blew a long whistle, which was extremely loud. Like receiving a signal, the yellow dragon boat that was rowing at the front suddenly turned around and quickly docked. The other dragon boat teams were confused about the situation and thought something had happened, so they all rowed nervously toward the shore.
Others shouted toward the shore: “What happened?”
Jiang Lan and Xue Meng didn’t know what happened. They could only watch the dragon boat teams in training dock one after another, as the team members jumped ashore in a hurry.
There was so much movement here that Jiang Feiyang was alarmed. He ran over in a hurry: “What’s wrong? What happened? Who was shouting just now?”
Everyone else stared at him in confusion.
Jiang Lan and Xue Meng both looked at Guan Shui.
Guan Shui showed an apologetic smile: “Sorry, sorry, there is something urgent in our team. We have some work and have to go back.”
He looked tall and thick but apologized politely to everyone. When the others saw this, they didn’t bother anymore. They just said it was a false alarm and went back to continue training one after another.
On the contrary, the nearly ten team members who came down all had solemn expressions, as well as a look of uncontrollable anxiety and fear.
But before Guan Shui spoke, none of them spoke first. They all stood quietly waiting for instructions.
“Sorry.” Guan Shui’s expression was no longer as relaxed as before. There was a solemn look between his eyebrows. He still said the same to Jiang Lan and the others: “There is urgent work in the team, let’s go first.”
After saying that, the group of people left in a grand manner.
Monk Xue Meng was confused: “Where is the turtle? Why didn’t I see it? Is a turtle so scary?”
Jiang Lan was also puzzled: “Maybe it violated their taboo?”
Xue Meng thought the same thing. There were many strange taboos and rules for those who fished for corpses. It was said that they had to bring a rooster with them every time before going into the water. If they fished out the corpse, they had to kill the rooster and sacrifice it to the river god.
Thinking about it this way, it was not so strange for them to run away when they see a turtle.
This was just a small episode, and neither of them paid much attention to it. After spending a leisurely morning and having lunch under the warm hospitality of Jiang Feiyang, Jiang Lan and Xue Meng went to Wang Qing in the afternoon, hoping to get him to get in touch with the public security bureau to send someone to discuss the security measures for the Dragon Boat Festival.
Since the incident of Sao Qingniang, Wang Qing had not been in contact with Jiang Lan for a while. When he saw Jiang Lan coming to the door, he was extremely enthusiastic, and Xue Meng also received warm hospitality along with him.
The three of them were reminiscing in the reception room, and Jiang Lan learned that since Wang Qing had performed well in participating in the case in Caiyang District, he had now passed the assessment of the district’s criminal police brigade and was about to become a glorious criminal police officer.
Wang Qing was filled with emotion: “I feel like since I met you, the door to a new world has opened for me.”
His original ideal was to be a policeman serving the people. And when he reached retirement age, his whole life would have passed like this. Who would have thought that he would be so hot-blooded that he could not be stopped, and he would transform from a retired policeman into a criminal policeman who never knew when he would see more excitement.
Xue Meng had a common understanding of this and took Wang Qing’s hand: “This is probably the burden that the chosen ones need to bear.”
Wang Qing twitched the corner of his mouth, took his hand back, and smiled at him politely.
Comrade, you have a lot of drama.
After the old friends reminisced, Wang Qing helped them connect with acquaintances, and with him making peace in the middle, the communication work was undoubtedly much smoother, and there was no delay or pushback. The other party promised to take people to familiarize themselves with the environment two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, and then they would communicate in detail about the work that required the cooperation of both parties.
Jiang Lan sent a message to Jiang Feiyang, telling him that the security had been taken care of.
Jiang Feiyang received a favor so he told them that they didn’t have to go to the venue anymore, saying that there was nothing they needed help with at the moment.
The two were happy to get off work early and did not return to work. Xue Meng suggested that they go to a movie. After watching it, it would be almost time to get off work.
Jiang Lan readily agreed.
When they arrived at the cinema, he suddenly remembered Ying Qiao’s call yesterday afternoon to invite him to watch a movie. At that time, because his fourth brother was still there, he made excuses to refuse.
Suddenly remembering it, he took a photo of the cinema and sent it to Ying Qiao, asking him if he wanted to watch a movie together today.
After receiving the news, Ying Qiao read it with heart, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he finally didn’t mention the punishment announcement again.
[Look, you’re already in a movie theater?]
Jiang Lan sent him the location.
Ying Qiao immediately said that his boss was away in the afternoon and he had nothing to do, so he wanted to skip work and watch a movie.
Jiang Lan replied favorably and bought three movie tickets. There were still twenty minutes before the movie started, so the two bought coke and popcorn and waited for Ying Qiao in the lobby.
Ying Qiao made an internal call to ask Chen Hua to come in and handed him the unfinished documents in an orderly manner.
Chen Hua has been trained to be very alert recently: “Are you leaving early again?”
Ying Qiao stroked his collar and said confidently: “Jiang Lan made an appointment with me to watch a movie.”
Rounding it all off, it was a date.
The book said that romantic dates were the best way to heat up a relationship.
“I almost forgot, you might not understand.” He glanced sideways at Chen Hua and said with a slight sense of superiority: “Single, body, dog.”
Chen Hua: ???
It sounds like you already have a partner. Where do you get the confidence?
He knocked on the table angrily: “I want to apply for a mental loss fee from the finance department.”
Ying Qiao said: “You can just apply.” I won’t approve it anyway.
After speaking, he waved his hands, leaving Assistant Chen with a cold look on his back.
Chen Hua cursed at a pile of documents.
See a movie?
Maybe it was a threesome.
How do you sing that lyric?
It’s obviously a movie about three people, but you don’t deserve a name.
Ah.
The author has something to say:
Longlong flies to the cinema: Who are you?
Xue Meng: ??? (I haven’t seen it before)
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