Chapter 7: Drop the case
"What happened there?" Jia asked Huojin as she rushed in to meet him.
"Nothing happened. The van was empty. The forensic team is working on collecting fingerprints and DNA evidence from the van but right now, we have no clue of where Danya is. We combed all the possible places they could have taken her around that area but nothing."
"Don't give up. We must have missed something. Let's check the surveillance again," she narrowed her eyes. "I won't let them escape no matter what."
Officer Xiyang said, "But Mam, we cannot work on that case anymore."
"Huh?" Both Jia and Huojin expressed their shock.
"Yes. We received orders from above to drop the case. Commissioner Zhong Kai called in to notify me when you two were out," he broke into cold sweat, "I totally pissed my pants. To think that an officer of such a fairly high position would talk to me...I feel like I have lost a few years of my life," he cried.
A Commissioner in the Public Security Bureau was an officer of a fairly senior rank. Overall, the police ranks were divided into - Commissioner-General and Deputy Commissioner-General, Commissioner, Supervisor, Superintendent and Constable. They were further subdivied into first, second and third classes. Jia and Huojin belonged to Superitendent second class rank.
As one would expect, Commissioner Zhong evoked fear in everybody's hearts with the seniority he held.
"Why?" Jia was flabbergasted. "Danya is still out in danger! We cannot give up on the case."
"B-But those are the orders I got."
Huojin disagreed as well. "That's ridiculous. Why would we drop the case? Who else would rescue Danya then?"