Chapter 311 Hiding in Familiar Territory
Just as Lin Ting finished speaking, Aunt Zhang ran out of the kitchen carrying two bags of things. "Since you are in a hurry to leave, you can take these two bags of water chestnut cakes with you and take them back to eat with your colleagues."
"These water chestnut cakes are made with sugar according to the young lady's taste. The old man's blood sugar has been a little high recently, and the doctor said he needs to control his blood sugar, so he can't eat them."
"Thank you, Aunt Zhang." Lin Ting did not refuse Aunt Zhang's kindness and took it.
She bent down and hugged Ping'an and Fat Tiger who were surrounding her, then turned and left the villa.
She had just walked outside the iron fence of the villa when Lan Xue's car drove over. Lan Xue did not get out of the car, but leaned over to help her open the passenger door.
After Lin Ting got in the car, he couldn't help but complain, "It's really hard to find a villa here. I drove for a long time and finally found your house."
"It's really hard to find. Sometimes I even get lost myself, especially since every villa looks exactly the same, the only difference being the yard and interior layout."
"How's the search going at Sister Lan's factory?" After Lin Ting fastened his seat belt, Lan Xue started the car.
"We're already searching according to the directions you provided, but the Jiang family does have quite a few abandoned factories, so it'll take some time to check them out."
"What about the location in the other photo?" Lin Ting asked with a frown.
"You know that Jiangcheng is close to a river. There are many main roads throughout the city, and there are also many rivers in the wilderness. They are more difficult to find than factories."
Hearing this, Lin Ting remained silent.
She was a native of Yangtze River City, so she naturally knew that there were many main river channels and they were very difficult to find.
More than ten minutes later, the car stopped steadily at the police station.
Lin Ting and Lan Xue got out of the car one after another and ran into Wu Dachuan, who looked tired as if he had just returned from outside.
"There's no clue at all. If this guy hadn't been following me for several days, I'd have suspected he sent these two photos on purpose to play a trick on us."
“It’s not quite like finding a needle in a haystack, but it’s not much different than finding a needle in a haystack.”
Wu Dachuan complained and entered the police station lobby just after Lin Ting and others.
At that time, the entire police station was brightly lit, even Director Song's office was lit.
Director Song sat in the main seat and studied the photos and the entire topographic map of Jiangcheng City with everyone.
The densely packed marks on it are the addresses of abandoned factories recorded over the past fifty years, covering almost all the suburbs of the city. In some places, there are even several abandoned factories stacked on top of each other. It would be a waste of police resources to search for them one by one.
Although Mr. Lin provided clues, it is hard to say how accurate these clues are.
"Listen, why are you here so late? Are they exploiting you?" Director Song said jokingly.
"Don't worry, Director Song. They don't dare to exploit me. I got some news from my grandfather, so I thought of coming over to take a look."
"I also brought some cakes for everyone. Let's eat something first before we continue working." Lin put the water chestnut cake on the table and opened the box.
"Listen, you are such a nice person. We have been busy all night and haven't eaten anything." Tian Tian picked up a piece of water chestnut cake and started eating.
"It's sweet but not greasy, so delicious. Where does it sell it? I want to buy some next time." Tian Tian couldn't help asking after eating a piece.
"This was made by our nanny. If you like it, I'll ask Aunt Zhang to make some more and send it to you." Lin Ting picked up a piece, put it on a disposable plate and handed it to Si Chen and Director Song.
"I remember that you don't like sweets very much, so I put sugar in this water chestnut cake according to my taste. Would you like to try it? If you don't like it, ask Aunt Zhang to make some sugar-free one next time." Lin Ting handed over a piece of water chestnut cake.
“I just don’t like it very much, but I can eat it.”
Especially when Tingting delivered it personally.
Si Chen took it and stuffed the water chestnut cake into his mouth. Although it was a little sweet, it tasted good.
Zhang Ma's water chestnut cake received unanimous praise from the police officers, but at the same time added a touch of leisure to the tense atmosphere.
"I should call the pastry chef at the cat cafe and ask her to ask Aunt Zhang to learn how to make water chestnut cake." After hearing everyone's praise, Lin Ting immediately came up with an idea.
Tian Tian immediately stepped forward and said with a smile, "This water chestnut cake is really delicious. If it can be sold in a cat cafe, it will definitely be a hit. I will go buy some to show my support."
"And mine, it's really delicious." Wu Dachuan liked these desserts, so he immediately raised his hand.
After a brief moment of joy, everyone returned to work.
Si Chen held the two photos with a frown on his face.
Lin Ting looked at the photo and the topographic map. She suddenly walked to the table, picked up a blue marker, and slowly walked to the topographic map. "According to the information provided by my grandfather, the factory building in this photo looks like the abandoned factory of the Jiang family in the early years."
"The Jiang family started developing heavy industry enterprises during Old Man Jiang's generation. In the early years, in response to the call, Old Man Jiang opened several screw factories, several parts and machinery factories, and even a cotton mill in Jiangcheng. Later, as the family grew, several factories closed down, and some upgraded and moved to other locations."
"Let me do it." Si Chen walked up to Lin Ting, took the marker from her hand, and marked all the Jiang family's factories on the map.
"The Jiang family owns a total of sixteen abandoned factories, mainly distributed in the east and west parts of the city. There are ten in the east and six in the west."
Lin Ting held his chin up to his hand and stared intently at the area Si Chen had drawn, expressing his opinion. "The east and west sides of the city are far apart, and the suspect wouldn't be traveling back and forth between them. Could the locations in the two photos be in the same urban area, or even very close to each other?"
"It's like animals like to hide food. They won't hide it in several places. They will hide it in a place they are familiar with as much as possible."
"According to criminal psychology, suspects tend to commit crimes repeatedly in familiar locations, and even when hiding bodies, they tend to hide them in places they believe are safe."
"If we follow Tingting's guess, then we can just find a place with both a factory and a river. The factory should be no more than five kilometers away from the river."
"Although Jiangcheng has many main rivers and canals, there shouldn't be many that meet both of these conditions at the same time. This will greatly shorten our search range."
"Tian Tian, now use these two keywords to search for factories and river channels that meet the requirements." Si Chen looked seriously at Tian Tian who was sitting in front of the computer.
Although Tian Tian does not often appear on the scene, she is the backbone of the entire police station.
Her fingers moved quickly on the computer keyboard, and soon the results popped up. She checked the lock and added it to the big screen opposite.
"Director, Boss, according to our investigation, there are only three factories that meet our requirements. One is in the west of the city, and the remaining two are in the east. The two factories in the east are very close to the main river."
As soon as Tian Tian finished speaking, Wu Dachuan said, "Boss, do you want to split up into two groups and go to these three factories to take a look?"
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