Chapter 98 Moss on the Water Tower
This abandoned factory is located near the national highway in Beixian County, Southeast Province, and its name is Jinjing Chemical Factory.
The criminals have not yet come to this abandoned factory to conduct transactions.
The police's special operations team had already quietly scouted the entire area overnight!
Considering the meticulousness of these kidnappers, the police acted quietly, careful not to leave any traces at the scene that might arouse the kidnappers' suspicion.
To seize the initiative in advance, the police installed hidden cameras in various hidden locations in the chemical plant.
In addition, the police also installed a covert license plate recognition system on the road that vehicles must pass through to reach the Jinjing Chemical Plant.
Roadblocks and spikes were hidden in the fields along the road to facilitate intercepting fleeing vehicles.
Various pictures and videos of the abandoned chemical plant have been sent to Xia Lili's mobile phone.
Xia Lili looked at the photos and compared them with the hallucination images one by one, and quickly confirmed that the place where the kidnappers and Lin Hesheng had the transaction was in an abandoned workshop in the southeast corner of the factory!
“It’s this factory building, it has two floors!”
After confirming the location where the kidnappers would appear, the special operations team began to take further action and installed a signal jammer in the workshop in the southeast corner to prevent the kidnappers from remotely detonating dangerous items.
While the police special operations team was working hard throughout the night, Ming Zhou and Lin Hesheng were also working hard to raise cash.
The next morning, the sky was just getting light.
Piles and piles of cash filled two oversized luggage bags.
Lin Hesheng and Ming Zhou both had dark circles under their eyes, as they had hardly slept all night.
15 million was raised.
The bundles of banknotes with trackers were also mixed in. There were 1,500 bundles of banknotes, and the kidnappers had no time to check each bundle one by one.
The kidnappers on the other side were obviously monitoring the two men's phone calls and secretly calculating the amount of money they raised.
The two men were in the car, holding the cash, tired and resting. A moment later, the kidnapper called them and asked, "Is the money ready?"
Lin Hesheng immediately became alert and said excitedly, "I'm ready."
"Can we go now?"
——"I'll send you the address in fifteen minutes."
"You came alone. If I find out you brought someone else with you, your niece will be doomed."
The kidnapper hung up the phone after saying this.
Lin Hesheng hung up the phone, took a deep breath, and nodded to Mingzhou.
Ming Zhou glanced at the two travel bags filled with cash in the car and said with a worried look: "Take care."
Yu Shou was the one who helped the two of them raise cash last night.
To be on the safe side, Pei Group has been helping to replace cars.
Lin Hesheng now drives a very low-key Honda SUV. After raising the cash, he drove to the sparsely populated suburbs of the city.
Lin Hesheng drove onto the highway alone according to the location given by the kidnappers.
Near the Jinjing Chemical Plant, two kilometers away from the national highway.
Several police command vehicles disguised as ordinary trucks were parked quietly on the roadside.
Leng Xiaohe stared at the slowly moving red dot on the surveillance screen and said in a deep voice, "Lin Hesheng is moving and getting on the highway."
"It's in the direction of the Jinjing Chemical Plant!"
The little red dot is the tracker that Xia Lili gave to Lin Hesheng. Now the police can know Lin Hesheng's location in real time.
The police officers stared at the big screen and saw Lin Hesheng driving onto the highway and following the route to the Jinjing Chemical Plant.
——"The kidnappers should have sent Lin Hesheng the location twenty minutes ago."
Li Qihan looked up, "This group of kidnappers should be on their way here!"
He looked at the small red dot moving on the screen and confirmed that Lin Hesheng was heading towards the Jinjing Chemical Plant.
"The kidnappers are probably on their way here. They're probably not far from the chemical plant."
Just then the door of the truck opened and Xia Lili got into the truck, looking exhausted.
Leng Xiaohe quickly pulled her in and found a seat: "Lili, must you be tired from driving on the road? Here, this is breakfast prepared for you."
"Thank you, Sister Xiaohe."
Xia Lili took the breakfast and started eating it, but her eyes drifted to the electronic screens on the truck compartment, which showed images from hidden cameras installed by the police in various corners of the factory.
In order to ensure the safety of the special operations team members, Xia Lili took the car arranged by the police station and rushed to the Jinjing Chemical Plant before dawn.
Xia Lili's super-clear vision scanned the densely packed electronic screens, and her gaze suddenly stopped at one place.
She didn't even have time to chew the meat bun she had just taken a big bite of. She quickly stood up and pointed at an electronic display screen, saying incoherently, "Captain Li, where is this?!"
The police officers all looked in the direction Xia Lili pointed.
The surveillance footage shows a water tower with many round water tanks, and there are still undried water stains on the ground and in the corners of the walls.
Because the water tank has been leaking for a long time and the factory has been abandoned and no one takes care of it, a lot of moss has grown inside the water tower.
Li Qihan's eyes darkened, and his voice was cold and precise: "Old water tower, northwest corner of the factory."
He glanced at Xia Lili and saw that she looked strange. He frowned slightly and asked, "Why? Did you have this place in your premonition?"
"No." Xia Lili shook her head, breathing rapidly, "But——"
She hadn't completely swallowed the bun in her mouth when she choked due to excitement and started coughing violently. Her fair cheeks turned red due to suffocation.
Li Qihan acted faster than he thought. He grabbed the water cup on the table and stuffed it into her hand. With his other hand, he patted her back twice, with restrained but steady force.
His voice was filled with a subtle sense of helplessness, and he spoke a little faster: "Slow down, there's still time."
Xia Lili caught her breath and immediately grabbed his sleeve: "In the picture I saw, when Mianmian was brought out, her skirt, socks, shoes... were all stained with dark green!"
"At first I thought it was the paint from the painting class..." Xia Lili's fingertips trembled slightly, "But that's not right—the paint shouldn't be that wet and sticky, and it certainly won't leave that kind of... moss-like texture on clothes."
Li Qihan's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he tapped his knuckles on the table, making a crisp sound. "It's the moss in the water tower."
Xia Lili nodded, speaking quickly but clearly: "The kidnappers must have locked Mianmian in the water tower before bringing her to Lin Hesheng!"
Li Qihan's eyes glared, and the movement of picking up the intercom brought a gust of cold air: "Sniper team, take position, the old water tower in the northwest corner, find the best sniping point."
His voice was cold and sharp, "Once you confirm the hostages are safe, immediately attack the kidnappers and rescue the hostages."
The order was given and the command vehicle suddenly became quiet.
Xia Lili took a deep breath, her knuckles clenched until they turned pale. Now, they could only wait.
Seeing that the two of them quickly decided on the location where the kidnappers planned to hold the hostages after a conversation, several police officers on the side couldn't help but look at Xia Lili sideways.
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