Fleeting Light [Crime Investigation]

[This story is about the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Municipal Public Security Bureau]

The standard assessment of Song Zhaonan by the bureau's leadership was: meticulous, thorough, and a model of responsibility.

Su Tang didn't think those eight characters applied to Song Zhaonan at all.

Su Tang's greatest wish in life was to become an outstanding police officer, ready to give his life when necessary.

With that conviction and those ideals in his heart, he studied hard, trained diligently, got into the Public Security University, and then, just as he'd hoped, joined the bureau's Criminal Investigation Unit.

But he never expected Song Zhaonan to drop into his life like a lit firecracker and set his orderly routine ablaze.

Su Tang knew he wasn't good at getting along with people, but if he and Song Zhaonan didn't get along, it had to be Song Zhaonan's fault.

He felt Song Zhaonan was always picking on him:

When Su Tang assigned tasks, Song Zhaonan would chat with his colleagues below him.

When Su Tang checked attendance, Song Zhaonan would always arrive right on the dot and grin at him.

One was a workaholic who drove himself to the limit, the other would lie flat and slack off, yet somehow Song Zhaonan still solved cases faster than Su Tang.

Su Tang couldn't for the life of him figure out how he'd offended his senior, who had shared his dorm room at university, to make him follow him around and torment him for nearly ten years.

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Song Zhaonan, captain of the Criminal Investigation Unit's First Squad, was witty, reliable, and lightning-fast at solving cases. Almost every good quality under the sun could be used to describe him.

But when it came to Su Tang, he seemed like a different person. Everything he did looked like he was going out of his way to antagonize Su Tang.

From the cleaning aunties to Director Li's granddaughter, everyone at the B City Public Security Bureau knew the First Squad captain and the Second Squad captain couldn't stand each other.

Until one day, at a celebratory banquet, Song Zhaonan got the predictable question during a predictable game of Truth or Dare: "Do you like anyone?"

Song Zhaonan hesitated for a long moment, looking shy, then answered, "Su Tang."

The things his colleagues were holding all dropped to the floor.

Colleague: "Don't you hate Captain Su?"

Song Zhaonan: "Huh?"

"Wasn't I obvious enough about my crush?"

A laid-back, sharp-tongued top × a cold, upright, tsundere bottom

* One-on-one, older top, happy ending. Has a side couple.

* Set sometime between 2020 and 2021.

* The story about the third squad of the same ICPO series is in the author's other works!

Theme: Justice has the whole world on its side.