Chapter 30 - Its Difficult Indeed (1/2)
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“What?!”
Upon hearing Qin Xiaohua’s words, the room instantly broke into an uproar! The police officers present protested one after another.
“Chief Qin, this is unfair! Why should we give our hard-earned case to an outsider?”
“Chief Qin, while it’s true that Qin Feng was a crucial member in solving the bank robbery case, we’re not freshly-graduated police officers either! All of us here have a wealth of experience! Why should we hand over our case to him?!”
“Chief Qin, we’ve finally gotten some clues! I’m sure we’ll be able to crack the case soon! We don’t need an outsider to intervene!”
Although everyone had acknowledged Qin Feng’s skill, they still could not accept passing the case that they had been working hard on to a mere outsider.
“SILENCE!”
Qin Xiaohua took on a stern expression and shouted.
“What do you mean by your case!! Do you think this your home? This case has been going on for well over a month and we already have four deaths on our hands. So what if you’ve already found some clues? Do you not understand the mayor’s intent by assigning Qin Feng here? The mayor is telling us that he does not want to see a fifth victim popping up! Should another one appear, which one of you here will bear the responsibility of an innocent’s death!?”
All other sounds were muffled as Qin Xiaohua’s stern reprimands echoed through the room. Everyone fell silent. Indeed, four people had died within a month. Despite all their investigation efforts, and after going through list after list of suspects, they were still no closer to finding the true murderer.
According to the weather forecast, there would be another bout of heavy rain in the next few days. In other words, the murderer was likely to act again in the next few days, which meant that yet another victim would pop up.
Although they had located some clues, they could not guarantee that those clues would indeed point to the real suspect.
Take responsibility of the victims’ deaths? Sure, they could work hard to solve the case and catch the murderer as soon as possible, but if any more victims were to pop up due to their delays and incompetency, none of them would be able to bear it.
Qin Xiaohua scanned across the room and finally understood the mayor’s frustration back in the city hall.
“I called you here not to discuss this matter with you, but to inform you that from now on, the serial murder of the red-dressed brides will be handled by Qin Feng. All of you are to give your unconditional support to Qin Feng, and while you are allowed to have your opinions, keep them to yourself! If anyone here so much as interferes with Qin Feng’s work, don’t blame me for the punishment that I will dish out! Do you hear me?!”
“Yes!”
The group of officers looked at seething Qin Xiaohua. No matter how many grievances they had, they decided to keep it to themselves. Moreover, Chief Qin’s words had a ring of truth to them as well. Beyond taking credit for solving the case, it was more important to nab the criminal and to prevent any more casualties.
After giving one last fierce glare at his subordinates, he then turned towards Qin Feng and said with a smile, “Qin Feng, I’ll leave this case to you. Should you require any assistance, feel free to come to me. I too, share the mayor’s sentiments and wish to see this case resolved as soon as possible.”
“Chief Qin, I’ll do my best to solve the case as soon as possible.”
Qin Feng nodded and responded to Qin Xiaohua.
After giving a nod of acknowledgment to Qin Feng, he then turned around and ordered, “Yang Wei, Shen Qing, go through the case with Qin Feng. Let him familiarize himself with the case as soon as possible by organizing a detailed case file for him.”
“Yes sir!”