Chapter 169: I Won't Hide the People in the Ventilation Ducts
"Hey, can we discuss something? How about I trade the cans you promised me for the shrimp? They smell delicious."
She originally thought that the braised prawns were peeled because they were frozen products, or because they were made by directly purchasing frozen shell-less shrimps. However, after taking a bite, she found that the shrimps were fresh and definitely not frozen. Instead, the skins were peeled after being cooked.
Lin Ting even thought it was a meal delivered to the police station, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that the merchant would not be so bold as to deliver a meal to the police station.
Now Si Chen should just be thankful that Wu Dachuan and the others were not in the same car with him, otherwise he would not be able to hide his little thoughts, especially the different treatment of the lunch boxes.
"Of course." Lin Ting pinched a shrimp with his fingers and put it in front of the Maine Coon cat. Before putting it in, Lin Ting rubbed the soup on the shrimp on the rice to ensure that there was not much soup in the Maine Coon cat's mouth.
She had just finished feeding the Maine Coon cat when the cobra, which had been lying obediently in the back seat, crawled to her hand and kept spitting its tongue at her.
'Snakes also want to eat people.'
"Don't you dislike eating cooked meat?" Lin Ting has gradually become accustomed to this naughty cobra. No matter how he warns it, it cannot change its naughty nature. Although it will not attack people for no reason, it will pop up at any time to scare you.
Lin Ting has gradually become accustomed to Cobra's temper and is no longer frightened by him.
'I don't like to eat it, but the snake can try it, and the man and the stupid cat have tasted it.'
The cobra turned its head away unhappily.
"Okay, try it." Lin Ting picked up a piece of boneless pork ribs and put it to the cobra's mouth.
The meat was cool by this time.
The cobra bit the meat with its sharp teeth and rolled it into its mouth with its tongue. It was not good at chewing animals, so it chewed hard for a few times.
'The taste is just average.'
"Since it's just so-so, just go back and sit down."
'But the snake has not tasted any other meat.'
The cobra moved closer to the lunch box with its tongue sticking out.
If the snake licked it, she probably wouldn't want to eat it, so Lin Ting quickly took a shrimp and gave it to the cobra.
"This one is just okay, a little better than the pork one, and the shrimp weren't killed in vain."
Although cobras live in the wild, they have learned a lot of human language.
After feeding the snake, Lin Ting continued to eat her lunch box. When she finished, they had reached their destination. Si Chen threw her a bottle of water. After she drank half of it, she was completely full.
The suspect lives in an old residential complex where most of the buildings are low-rise and there are no elevators installed. It can be seen that the nearby street lights and surveillance cameras are broken.
The residents here are quite complicated, as most of them are tenants. The original owners moved out, so they rented the houses to migrant workers from other places. Because the house prices are cheap and the house is close to the subway entrance, many migrant workers will choose this kind of house with a better cost-effectiveness.
Looking up, almost every household had lights on.
At this time, most of those who are still awake are young people.
Wu Dachuan turned on the flashlight and walked in front. "The suspect lives on the fourth floor. The lights in the corridor here are broken. The property management has not taken care of it. It's pitch black at night. Be careful, sister."
Lin Ting nodded and followed.
The Maine Coon cat stood on Lin Ting's shoulder, and the cobra continued to coil around her slender arm.
The cobra's animal eyes look around curiously, and at the same time, the cobra can also sense the approaching danger very well. If the cobra does not behave abnormally, there is no danger nearby.
Following behind Lin Ting were two other police officers who were responsible for maintaining order.
However, seeing the cobra shaking its head on Lin Ting's wrist, the two men deliberately fell two steps behind and kept a distance from Lin Ting to avoid being targeted by the cobra.
Woo
"What a terrible smell, I want to suffocate someone."
"Can't a Twolegged Beast smell anything when they live in a place like this?"
"What's that smell?" Lin Ting sniffed hard twice, but apart from the damp smell in the air, he didn't smell any other smell.
In addition to having sharp hearing, many animals also have a very keen sense of smell. They rely on this keen sense of smell to avoid being chased by enemies and catch prey.
In an instant, everyone stopped. Some looked at Lin Ting, while others, like Lin Ting, tried hard to sniff, trying to smell other scents in the air.
Woo
"Twolegs can't smell it, after all."
'It smells really bad, like rotten food.'
At the police station, she also heard the Maine Coon mention that he had smelled a very unpleasant odor when he was detained in the suspect's home.
Under the gazes of many, Lin Ting explained, "The cobra smelled the odor of decay."
Hearing this, Wu Dachuan immediately frowned and retorted, "That's impossible. We have checked every corner of Zhang Qian's house and found no civilian organizations. Even if we missed some places, they are only some small corners. It is impossible for such a large group of people to be hidden."
This is an old residential complex with no ventilation ducts installed, so there is no possibility that the suspects hid people in the ventilation ducts.
Wu Dachuan looked at Si Chen cautiously and said, "Boss, could there be other dead people in this building?"
"It's not like a cat or dog died, sister. The corpses of small animals would also emit a rotting smell."
Cobras and Maine Coons can detect the smell of decay, but not whether it comes from small animals or human organizations.
Lin Ting nodded in agreement with Wu Dachuan's words, "It's not impossible."
Si Chen was not so optimistic.
I originally thought that the other party was just an ordinary suspect, but I didn't expect that he was suspected of human trafficking in an overseas fraud case. For such a desperado, killing is nothing.
"Dachuan, take your people to the property management office now and ask the property manager to lead you to knock on every door and ask."
"I'll go now." When it came to doing something important, Wu Dachuan immediately put away his playful smile and strode downstairs.
The rest of the people followed Si Chen and continued upstairs.
There are two residents on the fourth floor. The house rented by the suspect has now been sealed, with yellow strips outside. Police officers have even been arranged to take turns on duty here. After a preliminary inspection by them and colleagues from the Trace Inspection Department, this house is the first crime scene. Before the case is solved, no one except police personnel is allowed to enter to avoid destroying the evidence inside.
Seeing Si Chen coming, the police officer guarding the door saluted Si Chen, then put on gloves and stepped forward to help open the door.
Lin Ting followed Si Chen and the others, put on shoe covers, white gloves, hats and masks before entering the room.
The room was pitch black. Moonlight shone through the window into the room, revealing a mess on the floor. It must have been left behind by the suspect who was in a hurry to take something away when he left.
Woo
"I'm going to throw up what I just ate."
'It smells worse than outside.'
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