Notes From A Criminal Investigation 5 Chapter 11

March 30, the day after Xu Hai was murdered, at 2 p.m.

The city criminal police detachment held a brief symposium in the conference room to bid farewell to the old detachment leader Zhu Lin for his glorious retirement. After completing the retirement procedures, Zhu Lin became more and more immortal, with longer eyebrows than before, and his sword-like eyebrows that were full of murderous intent in the past became delicate eyebrows, and his eyes were clear and open-minded. He wore a police uniform without any symbols, holding a tea cup with wolfberries, and looked like a retired old man.

Political Commissar Yang Ying presided over the meeting and reviewed Zhu Lin's 30 years of police experience. He said that all veteran police officers will eventually leave their battlefields. Zhu Lin had been telling himself not to cry before the meeting, and when Yang Ying choked up, tears flashed in his eyes.

After the meeting, Zhu Lin came to Owen's office. He put the teacup aside, took the teacup handed over by his apprentice, blew a sip of the Maofeng tea standing upright in the cup, took a sip, and said with emotion: "Every criminal police commander will have regrets in his police career. This is not determined by one's will, and has nothing to do with whether one is capable or hardworking. Zhan Gang talked to me for a long time. When talking about the anti-trafficking campaign in Tieping Mountain, he always felt deeply regretful and said that he was sorry for Emma and Tang Youde."
 
When Owen heard the words "Tieping Mountain", his heart felt like it was pricked by a needle.

Zhu Lin patted Owen on the shoulder to comfort him, and then said, "Zhan Gang summarized the three shortcomings of the Tiepingshan Campaign. First, the intelligence work was not detailed enough; second, we did not cooperate enough with the local authorities; third, the investigators were tired of handling cases and were not trained enough. I was very lucky to use the 105 Special Task Force as a platform to solve most of the regrets before I retired. During this period of time, I often recalled the bits and pieces since I joined the work, and sorted out many experiences and lessons learned from the various cases I handled. I will give this memoir to you another day."