Shen Yaowei searched along both banks of the Tai River for over a week, not even returning home over the weekend, and took samples upstream along the Tai River for nearly 20 kilometers.
This distance was already quite substantial. In the past, within the Ningtai County Bureau, this would essentially be considered the limit; to continue searching along the river would be too burdensome for the laboratory.
However, after such a lengthy search, still no matching diatoms were found, indicating either poor luck in sampling, or that the victim's entry point into the water was not within the 20-kilometer range upstream.
This conclusion made Shen Yaowei's mood tense.
Monday morning.
Shen Yaowei inquired about the lab results just in time for work and, confirming that there was still no match, went disheartenedly to report to Jiang Yuan.