Chapter 246: Read More Books
"What?" Mei Ruyan was shocked: "Isn’t he Bai Shishi’s brother? How could he kidnap his own sister?"
"That’s because you don’t know the Bai Family, they heavily favor males over females!"
"Men hold absolute authority in the Bai Family. I think Bai Jiaming might have come up with such a plan out of greed for the Xianglong Tea House!" Anyway, Lin Tian felt that Bai Jiaming’s words were full of holes, at least Bai Shishi wouldn’t leave without a word.
"Are you saying Bai Jiaming kidnapped Bai Shishi?" Even Mei Ruyan picked up on the implication in Lin Tian’s words.
"Maybe, but no one dares to say such things lightly!" Lin Tian didn’t speak definitively.
"The pressing matter is to find Miss Bai first!" Mei Ruyan sighed lightly, truly a troublesome time.
Xiaogang had just defected, and now Bai Shishi was playing missing.
And here comes Bai Jiaming wanting to be the boss.
Whether Xianglong Tea House can weather this storm is really uncertain.
"Right... let’s find her first. As long as we find Bai Shishi, there won’t be so much trouble!"
Though he said so, Lin Tian had no leads at all; last night he didn’t go home, spent the night with Mei Ruyan, and knew nothing about what had happened to Bai Shishi.
"By the way, Mei, you said Miss Bai’s car is parked on the outskirts?"
"Yes!" Mei Ruyan nodded repeatedly, suddenly slapped her forehead: "Look at my memory, almost forgot!"
"After I reported it to the police, they checked Bai Shishi’s license plate and found the car heading to the outskirts last night. Later, the police said they found Miss Bai’s vehicle in the outskirts."
"But there’s only the car, no person!"
"I see!" Lin Tian thought he could start investigating from the outskirts.
In the middle of the night, with Bai Shishi’s character, she certainly wouldn’t go to the outskirts.
Alternatively, someone who could personally drive Bai Shishi to the outskirts must have a good relationship with her, enough to let her guard down.
It’s known that women have a particularly strong sense of self-protection; this is unlike men.
After all, during the middle of the night or even early dawn, on dark streets, male wanderers are numerous, but few females are around.
"I’ll go to find Miss Bai now!" Lin Tian got up and started heading out.
"Wait!" Mei Ruyan hurriedly called out: "I need to grab something!"
Not long after, Mei Ruyan came over with a black bag, took out a wooden box from the bag, opened it to reveal two red seals.
She took one seal, wrapped it in paper, and handed it to Lin Tian: "To be safe, each has a financial seal for the tea house. If something happens and I’m alone..."
Mei Ruyan didn’t finish, but Lin Tian understood, stuffed the seal into his pocket, and gave Mei Ruyan a reassuring look.
"I’m off then!" Lin Tian gestured outside.
"I’ll go with you!" Mei Ruyan suddenly spoke up.
"You? With me? Together?" Lin Tian was slightly surprised, not expecting Mei Ruyan to say this.
"Yes, many hands make light work. In case of danger, I can help you!"
"Alright then!" Faced with Mei Ruyan’s request, Lin Tian didn’t say much.
The two left the Xianglong Tea House and hailed a taxi directly to the outskirts of Kanyue City.
In the outskirts of Kanyue City, Lin Tian and Mei Ruyan sat in the taxi, aimlessly wandering around.
"Sir, where are you headed?" the taxi driver asked.
"Just drive around the outskirts!" Lin Tian replied casually, squinting his eyes and constantly observing the various abandoned factories and buildings in the outskirts.
Buildings in the outskirts are inherently sparse, not to mention the few people around.
Lin Tian’s idea was simple: the taxi wanders around, and he uses his perspective to look.
Since Bai Shishi went missing in the outskirts, she might be hiding in some abandoned factory there.
However, after going around the entire outskirts, Lin Tian didn’t find anything suspicious.
"Brother, I’ve run a whole lap, you should tell me your destination!" After making a circle, the taxi driver was a bit dissatisfied.
Lin Tian shook his head, disappointed, and said: "Back to the city!"
By evening, they got off near Bai Shishi’s house, Lin Tian intending to check things at home.
Perhaps he could find something suspicious at home.
"Lin Tian, don’t you think something is suspicious?" Mei Ruyan suddenly said without thinking.
"Suspicious?" Lin Tian didn’t catch on: "I don’t follow!"
"The person who kidnapped Shishi has been more than 24 hours now, and Shishi is the boss of Xianglong Tea House. Generally, what do kidnappers want when they kidnap a wealthy boss?" Mei Ruyan gazed at Lin Tian.
"Hostages demand ransom!" Lin Tian instinctively replied.
"Exactly, hostages for ransom, but so far, the other party hasn’t made a single call asking for money. That’s the suspicious part!"
Mei Ruyan continued her calm analysis: "If it’s not for money, it proves the other party has another motive!"
"Another motive?" Lin Tian’s cigarette hand twitched, his weary eyes suddenly gleamed: "I understand!"
"What did you understand?" This time, Mei Ruyan was the one puzzled.
"The kidnapper is so dumb they didn’t even ask for money!" Lin Tian said seriously.
"I could slap you!"
Mei Ruyan glared at Lin Tian, annoyed: "I meant maybe our initial investigation was off track!"
"Off track?" Lin Tian scratched his head, annoyed by the lack of clues, yet needing to investigate.
He was starting to understand the difficulty police face in solving cases, investigating from scratch, how energy-consuming that must be.
"Forget it, talking to you is pointless!"
Mei Ruyan ignored Lin Tian: "You should read more books, you know nothing!"
"What’s reading got to do with it?" Lin Tian was confused, thinking if reading can solve cases?
"Why should I read more?"
Mei Ruyan thought for a moment: "Let me give you an example!"
"When you see the setting sun, a lone goose soaring, what comes to your mind?"
Lin Tian subconsciously imagined the scene: "Whoa, so many birds!"
"What would you think of? Would it be ’The sunset and lone wild goose fly together, the autumn water shares a long sky and one color’?"
"No!" Lin Tian shook his head.
"What did you think of?"
"Whoa, so many birds flying in the sky!"
"Do you see why I want you to read more books?" Mei Ruyan’s forehead was lined with black, sweat dripping down her temples.
"So~ unbearably dull!" Mei Ruyan couldn’t help but comment, initially thinking Lin Tian was cultured; now it seems lack of culture is terrifying.
"I still don’t understand the direct link between reading more and solving cases!" Lin Tian said, bewildered.
"We shouldn’t be searching aimlessly in the ocean now, but finding specific targets to investigate!" Mei Ruyan calmly said.
Specific targets?
Lin Tian lit a cigarette, thinking as he puffed away.
Suddenly, Lin Tian’s hand holding the cigarette twitched: "I think I can confirm who kidnapped Bai Shishi!"