Chapter 390

Dean was not cheerless. He listened to the jokes and laughed, though not as much as his mates. After all, he had just come out of a coma and his body was still weak. Just when everyone was about to leave, Dean said to Brandon Tyson, his second officer, “Can I have a moment with you, Brandon?" Brandon nodded and sat down on the edge of the bed. “What is it, Captain?” “I have a backlog of several cases to follow. Go back and tell the chief to assign the cases to someone else.” Brandon furrowed his brows, looking not too happy. “Why assign them away now? You have spent a great deal of time and effort on those cases. I am not going to do it.” “Don’t be emotional. How can I work on those cases with my current condition?” “You are only hospitalized temporarily. After you recover, you can continue to work on them.” “Brandon! Don’t you dare to say something like this to me again. Those are murder cases. How can you take them lightly?” Dean became dead serious. Brandon did not dare to s