Chen Chao jumped into the police car, and Shen Xin slammed on the gas.
The tires screeched as they burned rubber on the asphalt, launching the car forward.
Even so, Chen Chao was still yelling, "Faster, faster, faster!"
Shen Xin flipped on the siren. The car wailed as it shot onto the road and sped away.
The moment he realized the tiger hadn't been tranquilized and stolen but had simply escaped, Chen Chao's first move was to call Lv Youwei.
At this hour, Lv Youwei probably wasn't even up yet.
Chen Chao's call must have scared the daylights out of him.
But that was nothing.
The real reason for Chen Chao's frantic urgency was a call he received just as he hung up. It was from Xu Xuhao, the on-duty captain of the Public Security Brigade at the sub-bureau command center.
He knew Chen Chao had responded to a call in Houxia.
He called to tell Chen Chao they'd just received a public report: a tiger had been spotted in Daijiatang, right here in Houxia.
