Chapter 749 - 692: Cousin
Coming over with Liu Cheng to deliver photos of the suspect’s footprints was Chen Guoning from the Zhengguang Bureau Forensic Science Center.
The two first placed the photos on Jiang Yuan’s office desk before Liu Cheng said, "From the footprints, we’ve narrowed the suspects down to a total of seven people. I had Chen broaden the search a little, to a total of twelve. Take a look and see if you can narrow it down further."
After speaking, Liu Cheng continued, "Chen, Chen Guoning is a veteran trace examiner at our Zhengguang Bureau, also adept at footprint analysis. His master is one of the pioneers of the Forensic Science Center. He also studied under the apprentices of the master of tracking, Ma Yulin. After he came back, in a single month, he caught several truckloads of criminals. It was considered legendary."
"Impressive. Nice to meet you, Director Chen..." When Jiang Yuan came to Beijing, he did bring some EQ to his work.
Chen Guoning, who seemed to be in his forties or fifties, smiled and said, "The impressive one is my master. If we’re talking about legends, that would be the senior Ma Yulin. My life’s biggest regret is not having met the old gentleman. I have consulted with several of Ma’s disciples along with my master, but according to my master, I’m a bit slow on the uptake, only half-baked, and still have a lot to learn from Captain Jiang."
With a few sentences, he dispelled the slight awkwardness in the office using stories of the old masters. Of course, it was still possible to detect a hint of dissatisfaction—after all, Jiang Yuan was going to sift through the list and photos that he had already filtered. If one were a bit more hot-tempered, it could even be said that Jiang Yuan was stepping on his neck to do the job.
But with the case of the "Corpse in the Rain," the stakes were too high. Now, with a behind-the-scenes mastermind like a case within a case, Chen Guoning indeed felt powerless. Under these circumstances, he could only let Jiang Yuan take the lead.
Moreover, given the capabilities Jiang Yuan had shown before, Chen Guoning even felt the need to defuse the atmosphere a bit.
Jiang Yuan was actually quite familiar with this kind of atmosphere.
Working on cold cases always had this issue: the cold case unit essentially filled in the gaps left by the current case team in cracking cases. Even without a single problem in the current case team’s work, the cold case unit’s efforts could still highlight imperfections in the current one.