Published at 9th of August 2026 10:00 am

Chapter 3923: Lin Yi’s Abilities

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Sun Jiantao’s confession allowed everyone present to breathe a sigh of relief.

Although it’s been determined it was him, if he doesn’t admit it, we’ll need to use other methods to get him to talk, which would waste a lot of time and energy.

At the same time, everyone was impressed with Lin Yi.

He was a journalist who came over for less than a day and helped solve the case.

This kind of ability is not something the average police officer has.

"So you sold the child to raise funds for gambling and drug use, right?"

"Yes..."

Sun Jiantao said weakly.

The next second Sun Jiantao burst into tears, unable to control his emotions.

It was clear that his heart was torn with jealousy and struggle, but the devil hidden deep within controlled him, making him do such inhumane things.

"Crying is useless. What you need to do now is cooperate with the police to find Sun Dandan," Lin Yi reminded, not wanting to waste time on futile matters.

"It was all me. I called her to Xinyang Square and took her away in a blind spot from the surveillance," Sun Jiantao cried and said:

"I sold her to a man, who seemed to be from the countryside, said he never had kids, and gave me thirty thousand yuan."

"What’s the name of the person you traded with, and was the payment in cash or a transfer?"

"It was in cash, but I don’t know his name; he didn’t tell me any of that."

"How did he take the child away?"

"He drove a van over at the time. After I got Dan Dan into the car, I gave her a sleeping pill, and then he drove the car away."

After hearing Sun Jiantao’s description, Lin Yi frowned deeply; this operation was too discordant.

"The sleeping pills weren’t something you prepared, right?"

The people in the room all looked at Lin Yi, not knowing how he guessed this point.

"It was given to me by that person."

"Do you remember the license plate number?"

"No, I don’t."

Sun Jiantao burst into tears again, "Officer, I’ve told you everything I know, please find my daughter."

Zhou Li and Chen Fangjin witnessed this scene.

If it weren’t for the cameras, they would have surely slapped Sun Jiantao!

Beast!

He’s simply not human!

"You guys continue the interrogation; I’ll step out for a bit."

Ma Wenliang stood up and handed the interrogation work to Chen Fangjin.

But as he went out, he gave Lin Yi a look, and the two of them walked out of the interrogation room together.

"You must have guessed something," Ma Wenliang said, handing Lin Yi a cigarette.

Lin Yi waved his hand, indicating he doesn’t smoke.

"Sun Jiantao said the person who traded with him was from the countryside, but the method was very professional. Ordinary villagers wouldn’t be able to do this," Lin Yi said:

"There may be a complete trafficking chain here. A rural couple wanted to buy a child, and then someone in the business found them. The two sides hit it off, the trafficker came here, abducted Sun Dandan, and handed her over to the couple, earning a profit in the process."

"When he said this just now, I also guessed this. So the location of this village is certainly far from Zhong Hai."

Lin Yi nodded, agreeing with this analysis.

If someone nearby did such a thing, the police would easily find out.

Plus, with the backing of ’professionals,’ it’s even more unlikely they’d do something like this.

"The other party paid in cash, so it’s impossible to trace the source of the funds," Lin Yi said:

"Now, the only thing we can do is issue a notice seeking people who were shopping at Xinyang Mall that day to see if anyone remembers the car. If anyone noted the license plate, that would be best."

"I’ll arrange for someone to issue the notice right away."

"By the way, Brother Liang, could you let me question Sun Jiantao? There’s something I want to ask him."

"Ordinarily not possible, but for you, sure. Ask anything you like, you might even give us some inspiration."

"You’re flattering me, Brother Liang. It’s just casual questions."

"No need to be modest."

The two returned to the interrogation room, and Ma Wenliang signaled to Chen Fangjin to stop the interrogation and hand the person over to Lin Yi.

Approaching Sun Jiantao, Lin Yi asked, "Do you remember what the other person looked like?"

"He was in his forties, very thin, with forehead wrinkles and high cheekbones."

"It’s good if you can remember."

Lin Yi took out his phone and dialed Qiu Yuluo’s number.

"Are you busy?"

"I’m shopping with Ning Che, why?"

"I need to catch someone, help me sketch the suspect’s portrait."

Qiu Yuluo’s profiling skill in the Central Guards Brigade is unparalleled, entrusting her with this task was undoubtedly the most suitable choice.

"Okay, describe the suspect to me."

Lin Yi activated the speakerphone and placed it in front of Sun Jiantao.

"Describe the person you traded with in as much detail as possible."

"About 180 cm tall, similar in height to me but thinner, with very short hair, forehead wrinkles, high cheekbones, a bit droopy-eyed, and also..."

Lin Yi’s actions shocked Ma Wenliang and the others.

They all understood what he was trying to do.

He wanted to use profiling to sketch the suspect’s appearance, an incredibly advanced criminal investigation technique.

At the very least, no one in the branch had such a skill, they’d have to go to headquarters to find someone like that.

How could he know someone like this? Sun Jiantao’s description continued, with Lin Yi pressing him to describe the suspect’s appearance as much as possible.

The entire process lasted about twenty minutes.

"I’ve almost finished the sketch; I’ll take a photo and send it to you," Qiu Yuluo said over the phone.

"Alright, I have other things to do, so I won’t keep you."

After Zhou Li hung up, Qiu Yuluo quickly sent over the picture.

Lin Yi handed the phone to Ma Wenliang, "The suspect looks roughly like this. If we redraw it on the computer, it should be pretty accurate. We can issue a bounty to see if we can find his whereabouts."

Witnessing this was indeed shocking.

To them, this wasn’t something a journalist could do, but he did it.

"Alright, we’ll issue the wanted notice now."

With the investigation reaching this point, it could temporarily come to a halt.

The rest would involve waiting for the results of the manhunt.

"We will stop here today; if you want to conduct more interviews, we can cooperate," Ma Wenliang said politely.

Without Lin Yi, the case wouldn’t have progressed this quickly, and they wouldn’t have found someone with profiling ability, leaving no hope of solving the case anytime soon.

Lin Yi looked at Zhou Li, as she was the one who set up the interview process, and it was up to her to decide whether or not to continue.

"We won’t interview today; we’ll come by when there’s news. We can fill in any missing materials later. Thank you for your hard work."

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