Chapter 265: An Accidental Fall into the Water (Part 2)

With kissing and hugging, it was natural to expect further progress. Zhao Qingfeng was full of fantasies about this, but it was clearly not the right time yet. Although the young lady showed a coy attitude of rejection yet invitation, to actually engage in such intimate acts, a formal and romantic setting was necessary for it to be perfect.

After a shyly intimate moment, they each returned to their dormitories.

The next day, Monday.

By 8 a.m., the sports field at Ji Province University was already covered in a sea of green.

The new students were all dressed in military training uniforms.

The school leaders gave speeches, and the soldiers made a neat entrance.

The instructors led the training.

After three to four hours of acclimatization, the students finally got used to it.

However, in the afternoon, Zhao Qingfeng suddenly had to ask for leave.

The junior instructor did not approve, “Student Zhao, I don’t care if you are the class monitor or the top scorer of the province, on the military training field, you are all recruits, and you must fulfill the duties of a soldier!”

Zhao Qingfeng didn’t want to leave either.

But Marina called to report that the limping man they had been monitoring appeared at Hailong Shopping Mall, which was very important for Zhao Qingfeng, necessitating an immediate meeting with Deputy Mayor Gao.

The junior instructor was stunned, “Zhao Qingfeng, you’re not kidding me, are you? A student going to meet the Deputy Mayor?”

Zhao Qingfeng pleaded and even had Director Zhang vouch for him before he was allowed to leave.

At one in the afternoon.

Zhao Qingfeng met Deputy Mayor Gao for the second time in the office of the director of the municipal public security bureau.

He was a sturdy man with a leopard’s head and ringed eyes, in his forties, dressed in a white shirt, looking young and efficient.

Lately, Old Gao had been troubled by security issues, receiving not a small amount of criticism.

And with the Sky Net project being piloted for a while, besides reporting on it, he was especially interested in any recent progress.

“Little Feng, I will be going to Beijing for a meeting in a few days.”

“I won’t hide it from you, I’ve already been there three months ago. The security situation in our province has always been poor, and we’ve received a lot of criticism.”

“The pilot has been running for a while now, have there been any results recently?”

“This trip to Beijing, I might need you to do a bit more, help me draft a more detailed document, discussing the feasibility and necessity of the Sky Net project. Let’s try to gain support from the higher-ups this time.”

After all, such a massive project couldn’t possibly depend on Old Gao alone to make the decisions.

Moreover, Zhao Qingfeng had long been interested in getting involved with government projects.

Drafting the document wasn’t an issue; it could be done.

But for Old Gao, the difficulty lay in the fact that the crime-prone areas hadn’t recorded any useful information recently, just using the captured footage seemed not enough to prove anything.

“What a pity, why aren’t there any cases!”

Previously, Deputy Mayor Gao hoped for better public security, but now he wished the videos could capture crime scenes, which would be more convincing.

Zhao Qingfeng, however, wasn’t worried at all, even somewhat confident.

“Mayor Gao, our pilot recordings, besides monitoring and recording crimes themselves, can also serve preventive and analytical purposes. My point is, if in the future we have enough police force, we could have officers dedicated to monitoring, like around major shopping centers and high-crime areas. Isn’t prevention also a crucial part of maintaining social stability?”

Gao Hu nodded, “That’s right, I’ve read the plan several times. Whether it’s prevention or using evidence to solve crimes, the Sky Net project is a perfect plan! But the current difficulty is the lack of convincing power, I can’t just take these hard drives to the meeting in Beijing and show them to the leaders, can I?”

It was impossible to review them all.

Zhao Qingfeng waved his hand, “You don’t need to take so much, just one is enough.”

Gao Hu was puzzled, “What’s the difference?”

Zhao Qingfeng raised his eyebrows, “Deputy Mayor Gao, actually, I’ve had someone monitoring in front of the recording equipment these past few days. Recently, my company’s people discovered some clues that might relate to preventing crimes. With your keen insight, please take a look, do you see anything suspicious in this video I’m about to play?”

It seemed there was nothing suspicious at first.

The video showed footage from the past few days at Hailong Shopping Mall in the suburbs of the provincial city.

The entrance was crowded with people, the timestamp showing it was yesterday.

Gao Hu watched it twice, then suddenly paused the video, pointing at a limping person, “Wait, this person looks strange, he appears in both yesterday’s and the day before’s videos! He doesn’t buy anything, just wanders back and forth. He always enters with a bag and leaves empty-handed, he’s entered the basement three times in two days, right? Little Feng, play it again, let me have another look!”

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