Volume 1: The Starting Chapter 11: Invitation

  Xia Wenjie knew the driver, although they had only met once, but he would never forget his appearance, because he was the mysterious person who sent him the video at that time.

  "The young man's memory is not bad, having only met once, but after more than two years, he still remembers him." The middle-aged man nodded and said: "At that time, we were investigating a big case. Originally, we were hiding there to investigate someone else, but inadvertently took pictures of your friend being harmed. Because the case we were investigating was very important, we didn't want to expose our location, so we couldn't directly hand over the video to the police. Later, after studying it, we decided to give it to you first, since the victim was your good friend. We inferred that you would definitely send the video to the police, but as a result, you surprised everyone by privately keeping the video for yourself."

  It turned out to be like this! Xia Wenjie finally solved a puzzle in his heart at this time. It turned out that the mysterious person gave him the video, hoping to use his hands to transfer it to the police, and they themselves were not too good at coming forward.

  "After that, we started paying attention to you and will occasionally pay attention to your actions."

  "So, you have everything on me, still in the same position, and you also took pictures of what happened on the rooftop last night."

  "That's right. I've studied your plan for this matter, and it's not a perfect one, but your patience, composure, and grasp of timing are all things that I admire. The audit department is currently in need of someone like you. If you join the audit department, I'll help you cover up this matter; otherwise, no matter what, I won't be able to tolerate someone like you going astray and harming society."

  "If I wanted to take a wrong path, I would have accepted Zhang Fan's invitation long ago."

  "If you really did that, do you think I would still be sitting here talking to you about this? What I value most is the nature of a person, and secondly their talent."

  A middle-aged man said quietly, "Young people will more or less rebel, and the audit department is a rebellious department. It won't follow the trend, but will go against the tide. What it pursues is only one thing: fairness and justice."

  "When you join the audit, you may become a thorn in the eyes of many people and a hidden arrow waiting for you on the road ahead. However, to change the status quo, to change a system or a society, it always requires a generation or several generations of elites to stand up and make sacrifices."

  "When people are treated unfairly, they always hope for a hero to stand up and help themselves. However, people rarely think of becoming that kind of hero themselves. Xia Wenjie, are you also like most people, waiting for the appearance of a hero instead of being willing or daring to be that hero yourself?"

  Xia Wenjie's blood was boiling after hearing the middle-aged man's words. He didn't know what kind of department auditing was, and he hadn't even heard of it before. However, he hoped to change the status quo of society and hoped that fairness and justice could return as the mainstream form of society.

  He opened his mouth, about to speak, but bit his lip and swallowed the words that had reached the tip of his tongue. He changed his tone and said in a low voice: "I'm just a student for now."

  The middle-aged man laughed and said: "I don't want you to formally join the audit now, just hang a name first."

  As he spoke, he picked up the briefcase under the chair, pulled out a document from it and handed it to Xia Wenjie. The latter took a look and found that it was an application form, a completed application form.

  In the first column above, his name Xia Wenjie was clearly written, and in the application column, there were no second or third choices, only one first choice, China Criminal Police College.

  "This... " Seeing this application form, Xia Wenjie was stunned. He looked at it again and again, shaking his head and saying: "This is not the application form I wrote." What he wanted to apply for was the School of Business.

  "This is what I wrote for you."

  "Take the police academy entrance exam?"

  "That's right! Although auditing is not the police and does not belong to the public security system, when investigating cases, all the skills of the police are needed. So, you can only go to a police school. The Criminal Police Academy is in the provincial capital, not far from D City, it's quite convenient for you to study there."

  Xia Wenjie put down the college entrance examination application form in his hand, looked at the middle-aged man, and felt that everything was under his control. It seemed that before he saw himself, he had already expected him to follow his arrangement, first attend the police academy, and then join the audit department he mentioned.

  This more or less stirred up his rebellious mentality. He snorted and asked doubtfully, "Do you think I'll definitely join you guys?"

  "I know you will."

  Seeing him narrow his eyes, the middle-aged man said with a smile: "Because you're a smart person, you should be very clear that once you enter the juvenile reform school, your life is ruined. You can't let your brother bear such a big blow. Your brother didn't raise you easily, he has always had a heart of hope for you to become a dragon."

  His words hit the nail on the head. Xia Wenjie smiled wryly in his heart, this old fox had almost figured out all his family's secrets.

  "Is this what you call a gentle threat?"

  "You can also understand it this way."

  "I have another question, is auditing a government department recognized by the state?"

  "Of course, it is currently a directly affiliated institution of the State Council, but it has not been promoted yet and is only being implemented on a trial basis in L Province."

  Xia Wenjie nodded and said: "One last question, if I really follow your arrangement to the police academy, should I be considered as paid further study?"

  Pfft! The driver in front couldn't help but burst out laughing. This remark really stumped the middle-aged man, who pondered for a moment before asking back: "Is this important to you?"

  "Yes, if it's a paid internship, I won't have to ask my brother for tuition and living expenses, and I won't need to work part-time during school either."

  "Hmm." The middle-aged man chuckled and said: "If I'm not mistaken, you took a full 1 million from Jin Er. This sum of money..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Xia Wenjie said seriously: "Jin Er ruined two families, that one million is what he should compensate those two families for, I won't take a single penny of it privately."

  Looking at the anger in his eyes, as if he had been greatly humiliated, the middle-aged man smiled and thought for a moment before saying: "I can make an exception, consider it paid study leave. As for working part-time, I think you didn't have the opportunity to do so during your time at police school."

  The police academy was never in Xia Wenjie's consideration, nor did he understand the police academy. When a middle-aged man said so, he thought it was just that the management of the police academy was relatively strict, the academic work was heavy, and there was no extra time to work part-time, until he went to the police academy later, he finally understood the true meaning of what the middle-aged man said.

  It's clear that Xia Wenjie has fully accepted the conditions he proposed, and a middle-aged man with a satisfied smile on his face pulled out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Xia Wenjie, saying: "If you have any questions in the future, you can call me at any time for consultation."

  Xia Wenjie took the business card, which was very ordinary and simple, just a thin white card with the title: Director of the Audit Bureau of L Province, China. The name below it was Yu Yaohui, followed by a mobile phone number. The back of the card was blank.

  He looked at him in surprise and asked: "Are you the director?"

  The middle-aged man smiled and didn't say much, the driver in front turned his head back, with a tone of pride, said: "Although Yu Ju's title is bureau chief, but the level is deputy ministerial level."

  As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and introduced himself: "My name is Han Hong."

  "Huh?"

  Xian Wenjie's face showed a look of surprise, and he hastily added: "It's the swan that knows the ambition of the wild goose. From now on, we are colleagues."

  "Ah, Brother Han, hello, take care of yourself in the future." Xia Wenjie numbly shook hands with Han Hong.

  Deputy department level, equivalent to deputy governor, this can be considered the largest official that Xia Wenjie has seen in reality. He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of something, saying: "I remember that the police academy is not so easy to take, and many conditions need to be met."

  "Don't worry about this, I'll help you make the necessary arrangements."

  Xia Wenjie responded with a "yes" and didn't ask anything else.

  "Alright, it's getting late and you should head to class. By the way, the audit department is not yet open to the public, it's just an experimental department. I hope our conversation today will end here and won't be spread around, do you understand?"

  "Oh, I see." Xia Wenjie nodded slightly. After a brief pause, he asked: "So, can I leave now?"

  "Of course."

  "See you again at the next bureau."

  "Goodbye."

  Xia Wenjie first tentatively opened the car door, and seeing that neither the middle-aged man nor Han Hong stopped him, he then pushed the door open with force and walked out.

  He waited until he got out of the car and closed the door, and the middle-aged man in the car even smiled and waved at him, then gestured to Han Hong to drive away.

  Watching the sedan drive away and gradually disappear from his line of sight, Xia Wenjie couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

  He thought his plan to get rid of Jin Er was perfect and flawless, but he never expected that all his moves were being monitored by someone else.

  Even his own secrets were thoroughly investigated by others, while he himself remained completely unaware. Was it because he was too careless or because the audit was too thorough?

  At this thought, Xia Wenjie furrowed his brow, and suddenly he felt a chill run down his spine. He reached back to touch his back, only to find that the undershirt under his school uniform was already soaked with sweat, and even the uniform itself had become damp.

  No matter how deep his city is, no matter how calm he is when things happen, he is still just an underage person who has not yet reached the age of 18. Suddenly encountering such a change, how can he not be nervous?

  Audit! What kind of department is it, anyway? Can't just listen to one side of the story, have to go back and investigate thoroughly. Xia Wenjie sorted out his messy emotions and headed towards school.