Killer and Healer Novel (English Translation)

Chapter 13.

'...there was also a strange sense of ease as if a small piece of the boulder on his shoulder had been taken away'

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Back at the police station, Jiang Yue Lou was still looking over the map carefully. The combined information of Chen Yu Zhi and Song Rong was noted on the map and were gradually overlaying several locations.

With his thumb as the compass center and his index finger as the radius, Jiang Yuelou slowly outlined an invisible circle on the map. He maintained this posture and with his other hand, started to draw a circle around other locations, then he slowly rotated his two hands towards the middle, until his two fingers touched together.

A smile appeared on Jiang Yue Lou’s face, he released his hand and picked up the pen to draw a red dot at the intersection of the two circles.

“Yongning Street.”

Sun Yongren’s voice came from outside the door, “Here to report, sir!”

“Come in.”

Song Rong and Sun Yongren walked in together.

“Boss, we got the result of the internal investigation and Li Sihai is the most suspicious. On the tenth day, someone saw him and Zhao Xiaochun walking together on the street.”

Jiang Yue Lou looked back at the red dot on the map and smiled unpredictably, “We have our bait now.”

He motioned for the two to come forward to look at the map. “These small circles are where Jinmatang abducted the girls. Because the missing reports were too scattered before, no connection could be found. But now, if you look at it…”

Jiang Yue Lou pointed at the area near Yongning Street with a pen.

Song Rong immediately understood, “If the location of the abduction cases overlaps with the location of Jinmatang’s resale of opium, the central point can be found.”

Jiang Yue Lou’s eyes shined, “Yes, where all these positions intersect, the overlapping area is likely to be the hiding place of Jimmatang.”

Sun Yongren looked at Jiang Yue Lou, then at Song Rong, scratching his head and finally asked, “That sounds right. But Yongning Street is not a remote place. If Jimmatang’s den is hidden here, how did we never heard of it before?”

“A sly individual has more than one plan to fall back onA sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on. Jimmatang has not just one nest in Yongning Street. They are hidden deep, and would be hard to find if we don’t make a big move.”

“Then, we still can’t find them?!”

Jiang Yue Lou snorted, “That’s why we will use the bait. If we do a good job this time, we can catch the spies and Jimmatang all at once.”

His fingers heavily taped on the circle where Yongning Street was located, “Song Rong take some people with you there and watch the street. Take new faces with you to occupy the key positions. I will be in charge at the bureau.”

“Yes sir”

“Boss, you make the arrangements, Song Rong will collect the net.”

Sun Yongren asked anxiously, “Then what about me? What will I have to do?”

“You?” Jiang Yue Lou, “Go and bait the hook for me.”

Such a big plan couldn’t be done without informing Director Ban Jinbo. Jiang Yue Lou sorted out all the data of his plan and went to Bai Jinbo’s office. The two discussed the whole afternoon, and they were at ease after analyzing all the details together.