Chapter 75: The Nose is Good
Chapter 75: Chapter 75: The Nose is Good
Lin Xi picked it up, brought it close to his nose, and sniffed, immediately forming an impression in his mind, "86.2, 58.1, 88.1, an almost perfect figure, approximately 1.7 meters tall."
"Would a girl like this be ugly?"
Smelling the faint, unique fragrance on it, Lin Xi felt a bit suspicious.
Moreover, this fragrance was the most important clue and the key for Lin Xi to find the person next.
Ever since he entered the Wang family’s villa, there was a faint and unique fragrance. After searching discreetly for a while and not finding out who it belonged to, he speculated it might be Wang Xian’s.
Until now, smelling the object in his hand, he finally confirmed that the unique fragrance was left by Wang Xian.
And this wasn’t some perfume scent, it was body scent.
Wang Xian got home at midnight. Just as she was about to reach her villa in the neighborhood, she was kidnapped. This was discovered after checking the security footage.
Three kidnappers acted with clean and swift methods, indicating they were experts. Wang Xian had no chance to resist.
Four other kidnappers were waiting on both sides of the wall, where, of course, that corner of the wall was a blind spot for the cameras. They were only discovered after moving.
They finally took Wang Xian over the wall, got into a van, and headed north, eventually disappearing outside the city.
The Wang family and the police could temporarily confirm there were seven kidnappers, but it was unclear if there were more.
It’s now half-past seven, seven and a half hours since Wang Xian was kidnapped.
She must have left the villa more than twelve hours ago, yet the villa still has a relatively strong body scent. Of course, this is for the protagonist; others might not notice it.
Outside, after seven and a half hours, how much of the scent remains is hard to say.
After all, the space outside can’t compare to inside the villa, and the air circulation is vastly different. The only advantage is the shorter time.
But this wasn’t a problem for Lin Xi.
If he hadn’t broken through to the late stage of the first level of the Xuanyuan Divine Dragon Technique, he wouldn’t be so confident, but now, his physical qualities were comprehensively enhanced, with a sense of smell more than three times stronger than before.
Because of originally cultivating the Xuanyuan Divine Dragon Technique, Lin Xi was far superior to ordinary people in every way, especially in vision, smell, and hearing, even surpassing the best animals in the world.
Now, finding people was effortless.
Lin Xi locked the box, put the item into the Jade Pendant Space, and walked out of the room.
"So soon, you found it?" Wang Pei looked at Lin Xi in surprise, it hadn’t even been two minutes.
"Yeah." Lin Xi responded and walked forward, preparing to go downstairs to explain, and then to find Wang Xian.
After all, every minute was precious now, and no one could be sure what might happen.
All that could be said was, the sooner found, the better.
Wang Pei watched Lin Xi leave, feeling puzzled.
He knew his sister’s room; she had just returned from studying abroad a few days ago and had slept in the room for less than three nights.
Except for the box, everything in the room was from a year ago.
The personal item could only be in the box, as far as his sister was concerned.
He originally thought Lin Xi wouldn’t find it and come to him for help, but to his surprise, Lin Xi said he found it, ending this act before he even started.
In the hall, everyone watched Lin Xi come down, and Elder Wang anxiously asked, "Did you find it, Xiaolin?"
Lin Xi nodded and assured them that he would soon find Wang Xian.
But these words only reassured Elder Wang; others did not trust Lin Xi at all, thinking that he was bluffing.
"Big-Sister Busty, do you want a credit?" Lin Xi turned to Zhou Yan, who looked cold.
"No need, and I advise you not to interfere in this matter; the police will handle it." Zhou Yan didn’t show Lin Xi any kindness.
"Can you rescue Miss Wang before the ransom is due?" Lin Xi didn’t reply directly to Zhou Yan but countered with a question.
Zhou Yan remained silent, glaring at Lin Xi, clearly seeing this as provocation.
There was no clue whatsoever, so how would they find her? Did he really think the police were like Di Renjie?
"So that means you can’t. If you can’t and Miss Wang encounters danger during this time, will you take responsibility?" Lin Xi continued.
Zhou Yan clenched her fists; provoking her was one thing, but humiliating them publicly was another. She really wanted to beat this jerk up right there and then.
"So, come with me, I’ll take you to solve the case."
Saying that, Lin Xi walked to the door and whispered to Zhou Yan as he passed by, "If you don’t come with me, I’ll go to your house this afternoon and try your mom’s cooking, fulfilling yesterday’s regret."
"Bastard!"
"Why drag me into your mess!"
Zhou Yan cursed inwardly and had to suppress her anger and follow Lin Xi.
Because, in her mind, these kidnappers were too professional and left no trace; all they could do was wait for the trade location to make any breakthrough.
At the same time, she signaled to her two subordinates to stay put and report immediately if there were any significant developments.
At the villa’s entrance, Lin Xi got into Zhou Yan’s police car. At this point, Zhou Yan strongly suspected that the only reason Lin Xi wanted her to come along was that she had a car.
"Which way?" Zhou Yan asked. Though she didn’t quite believe Lin Xi could find the kidnappers, she was somewhat curious about what he would do next.
"Directly to where the van disappeared," Lin Xi replied, then took out his phone and sent this location to Lao Si (Old Four, Glasses).
He made a call as well, instructing Lao Si to wake up immediately and check within a ten-mile radius of this location for any abandoned factory sites.
In less than five minutes, Lao Si replied, "There are fifty-four abandoned factories, and explained that it was once an old industrial area, deserted over ten years ago."
Driving alongside, Zhou Yan furrowed her brows. The direction of this investigation was good, but there were too many factories, and even the police didn’t have the time or energy to search each one, not to mention the risk of alerting the kidnappers.
If the kidnappers were alerted, they might harm the hostage.
At this point, she saw Lin Xi open the car window, take a whiff of the outside air, and heard him say, "A little, but it’s enough."
"A little of what?" Zhou Yan couldn’t help but ask curiously.
"Fragrance," Lin Xi replied.
Zhou Yan was stunned, instinctively sniffed several times, but didn’t smell anything, thinking Lin Xi was talking nonsense, pretending to be profound.
"What’s he doing?"
Zhou Yan spotted two police cars following closely behind, one of them being Ren Hao’s.
"Is he crazy? Did he actually believe what that rogue said?" Zhou Yan was at a loss for words.
An hour later, Zhou Yan stopped the car at a fork in the road, where the van had disappeared.
This place was already on the city outskirts, unlike the city center, where surveillance cameras were installed on the roads.
Five small roads diverged here, each going in vastly different directions, with numerous abandoned factories scattered among them.
"Which one to take?"
Zhou Yan looked at Lin Xi, knowing that taking the wrong path meant they definitely wouldn’t find the kidnappers before the ransom was due.