"Brother Zhao, I'm heading out. I'll leave the rest to you guys." Yuan Si packed up her things, called out to Zhao Yangwu, who was sitting across from her, and got ready to leave for the day.
"Sure, go ahead. It's nothing major, we can handle it." Zhao Yangwu, a cigarette dangling from his lips, glanced up at Yuan Si and gave her a perfunctory wave.
Yuan Si had been with the Criminal Police Squad for over a month, so pretty much everyone knew about her weekend routine: every Saturday after work, she'd take her mother back to their old home in the countryside. This meant that whenever the team had a weekend get-together, she never joined. She had to be with her mom.
