Lv Youwei and Sun Zhao remained silent.
Shen Xin was silent as well, but his mind was reeling.
'Is this for real? A promotion?'
He didn't know the first thing about the so-called "Cold Case Task Force Office" Zhao Hongjie mentioned, but the bottom line was simple: was he moving up from the branch to the city bureau?
'Now that's a step up.'
In just over a year, he had gone from a local precinct to the district branch, and now to the city bureau. That was some pretty rapid progress.
Seeing Lv Youwei and Sun Zhao's silence, Zhao Hongjie asked with a beaming smile, "Xiaoshen, what are your thoughts?"
Of course, Shen Xin wanted to go to the city bureau.
But he couldn't just say that. To agree so readily would be a slap in the face to his old superiors.
Nor could he give a simple, "I'll follow the leadership's arrangements."
He had to say he *didn't* want to go.
