The apartment Luo Fei rented had air conditioners in the four bedrooms, but only a fan in the living room.

Seeing Yang Mei sweating profusely in front of the fan, Luo Fei suggested, "Why don't you go to my room and enjoy the air conditioning for a bit?"

"Sure, I haven't visited your room yet, it'd be nice to take a look."

At home, Yang Mei was used to blowing the air conditioner, and she immediately stood up when she spoke.

Luo Fei's room was very tidy, and there were very few things in the room.

Besides a bed and a wardrobe, there was only a desk, and on the desk was a thick stack of books, all related to police criminal investigation.

Yang Mei roughly counted them; there were probably more than twenty books.

She knew he was very diligent when they were in the police team, but she didn't expect him to be this diligent.

Sitting down at the desk, she couldn't help but ask, "Luo Fei, when are you going to finish reading so many books?"

"These? I've long finished reading them."

Yang Mei was shocked, "You've read them all? Can you remember them all?"

"I can probably remember them."

Actually, with the fusion of chimpanzee memory genes, Luo Fei had long memorized the contents of these books.

But to avoid making her think he was bragging, he chose a more modest answer.

However, in Yang Mei's view, this answer still had a hint of bragging.

"So confident, how about I test you?"

"Sure, test me as you will."

Yang Mei was just joking, but seeing him like this, she got interested and immediately picked up a book at random.

"'Criminal Investigation,' what are the principles for exercising investigation powers?"

Luo Fei thought for a moment and immediately recited fluently, "According to Article 3, Clause 1 of the Criminal Procedure Law..."

Yang Mei kept looking seriously at the book and was surprised to find that what he recited matched word for word with the content in the book.

"Not bad, Luo Fei, you really recited it word for word, let's do another one!"

She was a bit unconvinced and put down this book, picking up another one.

Afterwards, she asked over a dozen questions in a row, and Luo Fei answered every single one fluently, reciting them all word for word.

For one person to completely recite the content of a book may not be extraordinary because ordinary people can do it if they put in the effort.

But if a person can simultaneously recite the content of more than a dozen books and also accurately remember which book the content came from, mixed and not confused, that is a talent beyond diligence!

You can imagine Yang Mei's shock and admiration at this moment.

"Luo Fei, you're amazing, I truly believe you've memorized these books, but how did you do it?"

"I can't really say, just by reading them several times."

Yang Mei: ... Suddenly feeling a bit unsettled inside.

"By the way, Luo Fei, for the case my master was working on, there should be some commendation for you and Uncle, right? Have you heard any news?"

"Yes, for this case, Director Zheng awarded us personal second-class merits."

"Only second-class? This case stumped even the provincial level, I thought at least it would be first-class merit, Director Zheng and the others are too stingy."

Yang Mei frowned, clearly unhappy, feeling as if she had been wronged even though it wasn't her.

"Not really stingy, Director Zheng explained at the time that because Zhao and I just received first-class merit, giving another first-class merit might easily stir dissatisfaction among others."

"You know, I'm a newcomer, if I keep receiving commendations, the seniors definitely won't feel comfortable."

"But these commendations are rightfully yours, if they had the ability, why didn't they solve the case..."

Yang Mei knew he had a point, but still felt it was unfair to him.

"There's no choice, sometimes reality is just like that, there's no absolute fairness..."

Luo Fei sighed and then comforted, "Besides, don't be upset, although I didn't get a first-class merit for Old Wu's case, wasn't the previous drug task force case resolved too?"

"And Guo Jing's case, so Director Zheng awarded me personal first-class merit as well."

"That's more like it, you're so excellent, you deserve all that."

As they were talking, the door suddenly opened and Wu Yan came in carrying a plate of chilled watermelon.

"What drug task force case, Luo Fei you all are also responsible for drug tasks?"

Wu Yan went to the vegetable market in the morning and happened to see someone selling watermelon, so she bought one and had chilled it in the refrigerator in advance.

After washing the dishes, she planned to cut it for everyone to relieve the summer heat, but when she brought it to Luo Fei and Yang Mei, she heard them talking about a drug task force case.

Thinking of how dangerous narcotics police work is, she, in a hurry, didn't even knock and directly pushed open the door.

Faced with her worried gaze, Luo Fei suddenly felt a bit of a headache.

Having been in this world for so long, he could feel Wu Yan's care for him.

If she knew he was doing such dangerous work, she definitely wouldn't agree.

This is also why Luo Fei never mentioned it before, but unexpectedly she heard it now.

He suddenly felt overwhelmed, unsure of how to explain.

Luckily, Yang Mei reacted quickly and hurriedly said, "Auntie, you misheard us, we were talking about the drug task force cracking a major drug trafficking case not long ago, as criminal police, we're not responsible for that area."

Hearing her say that, Wu Yan was relieved.

"Oh, that's what it was, you gave me a scare... By the way, Yang Mei, have some watermelon, I specially chilled it this morning."

"Okay, thanks, Auntie."

Yang Mei stayed at Luo Fei's place until after they had dinner in the afternoon before going home.

This weekend, Zhang Wei arranged to have dinner with Luo Fei and Zhao Donglai, so Luo Fei didn't go out with Yang Mei again.

Because of the hot weather, around ten in the morning, he took a ride back to the city with Zhao Donglai.

They had a simple meal outside and then he returned to the dormitory to rest.

It wasn't until the evening that Zhang Wei called, and he tidied up and headed out.

The location was still set at the Haidilao from last time.

Given his formidable drinking prowess from last Friday, none of the three dared to toast him this time.

They directly ordered two bottles of soft drinks, and the three of them toasted to each other's help with tea instead of wine.

After dinner, everyone went their separate ways.

On Monday morning, Zhao Donglai successfully transferred the case to the procuratorate.

Everyone was very happy and just when they thought they could relax, Zhao Donglai announced another piece of bad news.

And that was, they also needed to undergo a half-month-long internal training.

Although the training was internally managed by them, the key was that it included an assessment.

Everyone immediately wailed.

However unwilling they were, they had no choice but to resign to gathering in the meeting room.

The training was led by Zhao Donglai, but the specifics were already detailed in a document issued by the Ministry of Public Security, so he only needed to read from it, while they took notes below.

For a while, the entire police team was immersed in a harmonious learning atmosphere.

Quickly, it was the end of the month, the day of the Ministry of Public Security's commendation ceremony.

This commendation ceremony was the same as usual, with county-level departments able to participate.

So early in the morning, the parking lot beneath the city public security bureau was full of cars.

Yang Su and the others temporarily had no cases, so apart from those on duty, most of them came.

Luo Fei and Zhao Donglai had already arrived at the city public security bureau's conference hall.

When both sides met, after a simple greeting, Xia Zheng said, "Team Leader Luo, tell us, what class of merits did you and Captain Zhao get this time?"

"Is there even a need to ask? It must be first-class merit."

"The dismemberment case managed by Wu Xuewu was handled so well, I would also think it would surely be first-class merit."

A few people surrounded Luo Fei, chatting non-stop.

"Well, you guessed wrong, we only got second-class merit for this case," Zhao Donglai laughed.

He explained the reason briefly, and everyone felt sympathetic for the two of them upon hearing it.

Yang Su further comforted them, "Captain Zhao, don't take it to heart, with your momentum, there'll be plenty of opportunities to get first-class merits in the future, unlike us... I'm afraid we won't have the chance to stand on the stage again."

Originally intending to comfort, he ended up feeling slightly hit himself, and Xia Zheng and several others put on bitter expressions.

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