Turns out, it was exactly like that.
In a jiffy, the traffic cops and local fuzz took charge of the deputy mayor's nephew. Wang Zhiyuan and the other officers fell back into formation amidst the roaring of their boss, Tong Zhenhu.
Sun Xudong was all kinds of confused on the way back, "What the heck just happened?"
Yu Kai chimed in, "I bet something went sideways in the procedure."
They didn't dare to guess what exactly went down. After all, the guy who sent them on this wild goose chase was Tong Zhenhu, their big cheese. They couldn't just gossip about the boss in front of other squads without knowing the full story.
Not long after they got back, they were ordered to return to base.
From the moment Wang Zhiyuan started chasing that Buick, he knew today was a bust. So, he didn't make a fuss and just drove back to the station. As for the dented car, someone else would deal with it. Not his circus, not his monkeys.