Hongmei Police Station.
Shen Xin and the other two sat and listened as community police officer Lao Gao briefed them on Fan Lei's situation.
As he finished, he tried to summarize, "How should I put it... about Old Fan... Chen Suo should know him well, too. He's rather..."
Lao Gao pursed his lips, searching for the right words. "Back in the day, you'd have called him loyal and righteous. To be honest, I really don't think Chen Erming was all that good to him."
"But he was always unwaveringly loyal. Did whatever he was told. You look at guys like Zou Jun and Liu Haoyi—they followed Chen Erming and ended up as bosses."
"But him? He got nothing out of it. The money Chen Erming gave him was just enough to buy a small house for his mom, and later his older brother took it over."
"If you look at him now, you'd just say the guy's a bit of a blockhead."
In the past, being honest and hardworking without complaint was a virtue. Nowadays, it's called being a blockhead, being a fool.
