Special District 9 Chapter 16: The Daily Life of a Bootlicker

Qin Yu was busy cracking the case, but Qi Lin was focused on something else. As a pragmatist, he was still figuring out a way for him to raise his rank to Tier-2 Police Officer.

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Outside the office of the Police Bureau Security Department Platoon 1’s office, Qi Lin was holding onto two bags of gifts as he knocked on the door nervously.

“Enter!” someone in the room shouted.

Qi Lin pushed the door open and entered. With a bent back, he greeted, “Platoon Commander Ryan, are you still busy?”

Inside the office was a middle-aged man with the face of a Westerner. He raised his head to look at Qi Lin before asking, “Oh, Qi? Come in.”

“Haha, it’s also nothing much. I just came here to visit you.”

Ryan was a particularly plump person with a lot of hair. Just moving a bit would cause him to sweat profusely. Sitting behind his desk, he pushed up his black-framed spectacles and said, “Qi, I still have a meeting later on. If you have anything to ask, get straight to the point.”

Qi Lin silently wiped away his palm sweat on his thighs before placing the two bags of gifts he had prepared onto the table, “Platoon Commander Ryan, my friend from Fengbei has brought me some dried beef jerky and beef. They are very fresh. Do take some back to try.”

Ryan looked at Qi Lin with a frown as he said, “Don’t bother trying this on me. Get straight to the point.”

“Well, it’s like this. I know that you are on good terms with Platoon Commander Yuan… I hope that you can put in a good word for me in front of him and see if I can be promoted to Tier-2 Police Officer. As you know, my qualifications and my ability to complete my job are already enough for a promotion. I just need a person to speak up on my behalf, “Qi Lin said warily as he stood by the office desk. “Please help me.”

Ryan continued writing his report, not raising his eyes to look at Qi Lin at all as he replied, “There are only ten slots. You were originally on the list, but Samyou from Platoon 4 nominated his brother-in-law… There’s nothing that Yuan Ke or I am able to do about this.

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