Animal Detective

Chapter 66 Pipeline
"You said."

Chen Chao knew that Shen Xin was quick-witted.

It was precisely for this reason that Shen Xin was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Shen Xinyou was still somewhat hesitant, but after thinking it over, he realized that this might really be a choice, so he said, "Captain Chen, do you remember how I found Li Jin?"

Chen Chao understood immediately and asked in surprise, "You mean using a cat?"

Shen Xin's previous use of stray cats to find Li Jin was, in his opinion, a stroke of genius.

Shen Xin nodded and said, "As Captain Sun said before, this material warehouse only has a door and ventilation ducts. People definitely can't go up into the ventilation ducts, but cats can."

“There are regulating valves inside, which are impossible for a person to get through, but a cat can. What if we put a hidden camera on the cat, let it crawl inside, and film the inside through it? Would that be feasible?”

"Besides, it's a cat. Even if it jumped out of the ventilation duct and appeared in front of Li Shanjie, I don't think he would care."

Li Shanjie is only wary of people; he wouldn't pay attention to a kitten.

Chen Chao immediately perked up, bit his lip and thought about it seriously for a moment, then said, "It's possible, but the key question is whether this cat will listen to you?"

If you tell him to crawl into a ventilation duct, he'll crawl in.

That's a cat, not a person.

Shen Xin said, "Let's give it a try, maybe it'll work."

Others might not be able to do it, but I should be fine.

The second stage of great beauty is being able to understand one's own meaning.

"Okay, go bring your cat over. I'll discuss it with the political commissar and the others." Chen Chao knew that Shen Xin had a stray cat that was particularly intelligent.

It was Da Mei who found Lele before.

Shen Xin nodded and quickly got into the car.

The problem is that it takes almost half an hour to drive back from here, and the round trip takes too long.

Shen Xin wanted to call the institute and ask them to help pick up Da Mei.

The problem is that Da Mei is not to be trifled with. It would be very difficult for a stranger to take her away, especially with her tyrannical husband present.

As Shen Xin stepped on the gas and drove off, he suddenly thought of someone.

Zhang Qian.

I used to chat with Zhang Qian occasionally, and we often talked about Da Mei.

Da Mei is so beautiful; she completely captivated Zhang Qian with her looks.

After learning that Da Mei had given birth to three kittens, she said she wanted to adopt one, so she specially bought canned food to visit Da Mei.

Perhaps because Shen Xin was present and helped with the introduction, Da Mei's attitude towards Zhang Qian was quite good.

Based on the principle of saving every bit of time, Shen Xin called Zhang Qian.

The call was answered quickly.

It was already 2:40 a.m., and although Zhang Jian had called to let her know he was safe, Zhang Qian was still not at rest.

As soon as the call connected, she nervously asked if something had happened again.

"There aren't that many problems," Shen Xin comforted her, then quickly asked Zhang Qian to help pick up Da Mei and then meet up with her.

Zhang Jian's home is also near the police station. It takes at most five minutes to drive from his place to Shen Xin's apartment.

"Da Mei?"

Zhang Qian didn't quite understand why Shen Xin wanted Da Mei to do something now, but she didn't ask any further questions.

Since Shen Xin asked for her help, there must be a reason, and she knew she couldn't ask too many questions about the police matters.

Shen Xin then told her the password to the keypad lock on his apartment.

I lost my keys when I got home last week.

Shen Xin tried to unlock it himself, but his skills weren't up to par and he couldn't open it.

In the end, I simply replaced it with a smart lock, so I wouldn't have to carry keys anymore.

Then they asked Zhang Qian to get a collar so they could fix the camera in place when they turned around.

Police cameras are very small, about the size of a fingernail, and are difficult to notice.

Zhang Qian wrote everything down and set off immediately.

They also enabled location sharing for Shen Xin so they could meet up as soon as possible.

A dozen minutes later, the two met up by the roadside.

Zhang Qian didn't even change out of her pajamas before hurriedly handing the airline case to Shen Xin.

"She arrested you?"

Shen Xin noticed a bloody claw mark several centimeters long on Zhang Qian's right arm.

"No, it's not Da Mei, it's a bully! He's infuriating! I even bought him dried fish last time!" Zhang Qian said angrily.

"I'll teach him a lesson when we get back!"

Shen Xin took a different approach to increasing goodwill towards the bully: obedience.

"Thanks, I'll treat you to dinner later." Shen Xin didn't have time to say more and quickly got Da Mei into the car.

Zhang Qian nodded, only telling Shen Xin to be careful, and then added, "And my dad too."

Shen Xin stretched his arm out of the car window and waved, then sped away with the siren blaring.

On the way, Shen Xin released Da Mei out of the airline crate.

Although nighttime is when cats are most active, Da Mei now has an owner, so her biological clock has been adjusted. She was probably forcibly turned on in her sleep, and her gaze is a bit unfriendly.

"Don't be angry, please do me a favor."

Shen Xin quickly comforted him.

Da Mei instantly perked up and meowed.

Shen Xin heard her inner thoughts: "Go beat it up, it's been so long since I've beaten it up."

Da Mei is currently at level 3 in the second stage of affection. When affection is increased in the second stage, it seems that the inner thoughts heard will be more detailed.

Shen Xin immediately understood.

This guy is thinking of bullying that cow cat again.

"Don't keep thinking about it. I need you to drill into a pipe and check out the inside for me. I'll tell you how to do it in a bit. Please help me out."

In Da Mei's area, pet owners need to be responsible.

Da Mei, on the other hand, also enjoys the prestige of being the big sister, and naturally, she is always there to help her younger brothers when they are in trouble.

"alright."

Da Mei gave a resentful meow. Shen Xin took out his phone and showed Da Mei Li Shanjie's photo, telling her to recognize him and that they would go find him together.

He rushed back to the cotton mill, where Chen Chao was waiting for him outside.

"what happened?"

Judging from his expression, Shen Xin knew something was wrong.

"Don't mention it."

Chen Chao sighed and told Shen Xin to take the cat and leave quickly, explaining the situation as they went.

When Shen Xin left, Yang Fuming tried to talk to Li Shanjie again, right outside the warehouse door, and had Li Fenglan talk to him.

As the conversation progressed, Li Fenglan couldn't help but complain about him a few times.

This directly angered Li Shanjie.

Not long after, Li Shanjie cut off one of Chen Zhongyuan's fingers and threw it out, demanding that Liu Ying be brought over immediately.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have cut off his finger, he would have cut off his head.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, as Feng Kaiwei was already planning a surprise bombing attack.

"I explained the situation to Director Lü and the others, and they agreed. It's just an experiment, given the current situation."

Handing over Liu Ying is absolutely impossible.

So this is a deadlock. Although Shen Xin's method is unbelievable, it's worth a try.

As he spoke, Chen Chao looked at Da Mei, who was curiously looking around in Shen Xin's arms, and asked Da Mei if it was okay.

"should be no problem."

Shen Xin has confidence in Da Mei.

Upon arriving outside the dyeing workshop, Lü Youwei was discussing the surprise attack plan with Feng Kaiwei, circling around the architectural blueprints.

Upon seeing Shen Xin, he quickly waved.

Feng Kaiwei also looked at Da Mei curiously. Using a cat to scout things out, he was truly amazed today.

Unfortunately, Lü Youwei and his group agreed to this plan.

Only after asking did I learn that Shen Xin had actually found the suspect through the cat, and even found Lele.

Even Zhang Jian was found by using a dog as a police dog.

"This must be the cat," said Lü Youwei, who was also looking at Da Mei.

The person who helped find Lele.

Shen Xin nodded and explained his plan.

Clearly, Lü You and his team had already discussed how to implement this plan.

He led Shen Xin directly to the west side of the warehouse.

This is an old-style factory building with a relatively simple structure. It only has air supply ducts and fire sprinkler system ducts running side by side, extending from the west wall of the warehouse and connecting to the main pipeline.

The ladder has been set up and one section has been dismantled.

“There’s a regulating valve over there. I checked, the cat should be able to squeeze through,” Feng Kaiwei said, pointing to the area near the warehouse wall.

He knew that cats were good at squeezing through holes.

Shen Xin did not hesitate and fixed the miniature wireless camera to Da Mei's collar.

Sun Zhao turned on the tablet, checked the view, and nodded to Shen Xin.

A miniature microphone was also attached to the beautiful necklace to pick up audio.

"come on."

Shen Xin held up the large beauty and placed it into the pipe, giving a final word of advice.

"understood."

Da Mei's lazy, heartfelt voice came through.

Then, they immediately went deeper inside along the ventilation duct.

Sure enough, being a creature with soft cushions, it really didn't make a sound.

Everyone quickly gathered around the tablet.

The camera was very steady.

Cats have a built-in stabilization system in their brains, so their heads can remain stable no matter how their bodies move.

Da Mei quickly arrived at the regulating valve, which was a baffle-type valve, and it was only opened halfway, about ten centimeters.

No human could possibly squeeze through, but Da Mei seemed not to see it at all and just walked right in.

"Amazing."

Feng Kaiwei couldn't help but praise him.

This is much better than those remote-controlled robots.

At the first bend, Da Mei turned, and by this time, she should have already reached the top of the warehouse.

The pipes began to branch.

She hesitated for a moment at the fork in the road, then randomly chose one.

Before long, she reached the end.

It is a grille-style air vent.

From their elevated position, they could immediately see the situation inside the house.

The area is about 60 or 70 square meters, and the height is the same as the factory building, about 5 or 6 meters high. There are three rows of shelves that almost reach the ceiling, arranged in a north-south direction.

It's empty now.

Between the two rows of shelves, on the inner side, there was a rechargeable light.

The footage shows Zhang Qin sitting on the ground, tied up with rope and leaning against a shelf.

Li Shanjie was walking back and forth beside him.

Most importantly, a few steps away from Zhang Qin, a person was lying on their back on the ground.

That's Chen Zhongyuan.

He lay motionless in a pool of blood, his face covered in knife wounds.

he died!
Everyone present was taken aback.

(End of this chapter)