The implication is that it has to be done this way.
Usually, that means putting up notices in the neighborhood and coordinating with the property management...
—Ah, what a headache.
Chu River won’t do that.
She walked into the yard, "Were you the one who called the police?"
The woman, hands on hips and angrily scolding in the yard, finally stopped talking. Seeing it was a young girl, dressed in a neat and pretty uniform, her temper somewhat eased, but she was still annoyed.
"Officer, I’m not trying to give you trouble on purpose. The key is, ever since I moved into this yard, people keep throwing things down—balls of paper, empty boxes, plastic bags, and all sorts of junk..."
It doesn’t cause harm, but it’s really annoying!
She put effort into making her backyard look nice, but now she has to guard against descending trash... who can tolerate that?!
Chu River quickly got into the swing of things, instinctively responding according to her training.
"Don’t say that; if there’s a problem, you should turn to the police. It’s right to report it."
Li Nianhai was now keen to see if the newbie could handle herself, standing quietly at the side.
The woman didn’t care for his young but experienced-looking demeanor and instead pulled Chu River, pointing at the box on the ground:
"Look, look, isn’t it infuriating? I’m just here hanging clothes, and a box fell down with a [bang]."
Chu River glanced at the milk box on the ground, "You haven’t touched it, right?"
"No," the woman shook her head, "Who knows what disgusting things might be, I didn’t touch it, it’s infuriating, so I called the police directly."
Chu River nodded, "Good."
She said, taking out her phone to check the weather, then raised her right hand to feel the wind direction, and then looked at the building, confirming the floor and height.
She examined the area professionally, with Li Nianhai unable to resist nodding his approval. For more chapters visıt novel·fire.net
—Though it’s a bit serious, but as a newcomer, what matters is this seriousness. Not bad, not bad.
Just as this thought passed, he saw Chu River stop and look up at the building.
"The weather is stable today, wind direction southeast 1-2 level, wind speed 2.1 meters per second, the box landed here—"
She picked up the box to weigh it, "Empty box, 16 grams."
This series of data, even if not understood, didn’t stop the woman from feeling she was professional. She was just about to praise her, when she saw Chu River abruptly raise her head:
"Middle unit on the 15th floor, tossed out from the living room window."
The 15th floor’s middle unit has a concave wall, making it easier for her to pinpoint.
Upon hearing this, both the people at the scene were dumbfounded.
Unbelievably, the woman was first surprised and then furious—
"Young lady, you’re professional— I knew it was thrown from a floor up high. No one made a peep when I was yelling! I’m going to show everyone their faces today; everyone in the neighborhood see, perhaps it was them throwing stuff before too..."
Saying this, she furiously wanted to drag Chu River and them upstairs.
Li Nianhai was awestruck and couldn’t help but quietly move closer to Chu River and ask, "Really? Can you calculate that? How did you calculate it? Don’t mess around, be careful they’ll complain about you..."
Chu River responded with a peculiar glance at him, "Just a few physics formulas, right?"
Li Nianhai’s expression became clearly stumped.
After a while, he awkwardly grunted, "You did it by mental calculation..."
Chu River puzzled, "It’s straightforward data, wouldn’t use a draft to calculate it."
I feel like you’re mocking me, and I have evidence—this can’t be calculated with just a draft!
This clearly isn’t a skill a local cop should have!
While speaking, the two had arrived at the elevator, the woman leading fiercely, started pounding on the middle unit’s door on the 15th floor.
"Open the door; I know someone is home!"
After a while, a young woman opened the door apprehensively, "What do you want?"
The woman already stepped inside while the young lady saw two police officers and instinctively stepped back, Li Nianhai smiled and showed identification with Chu River.
"Hello, ma’am, we received a report of someone throwing things from above. We’re here to ask about it."
The woman’s eyes became more wary, while a man charged out of the bedroom equally combatively, "What does throwing things from high up have to do with us? Why come here asking?"
Chu River handed the milk box over, "I have biker gloves, and this box hasn’t been touched since it fell. If the reporter is willing, we can request fingerprinting—I think it might match one of yours."
Li Nianhai added, "Don’t think about trying to hide from us, if we found you, we have evidence..."