I Play Dungeons in the Police Station

"Are you sure?" Mao Ji asked him again for confirmation.

"I'm sure, this person has never come to my store to buy anything!" The owner said firmly.

"It seems like Zhang Lihui really wasn't lying."

Li Xiang said to Mao Ji, then took out a photo of Miao Xiuhui to show the owner: "And this woman? Has she ever come to ask you about buying this rope?"

"No, no woman bought this kind of rope last month."

The owner barely looked at the photo and directly denied it.

"She didn't buy it either?"

Li Xiang and the others were dumbfounded. If this bundle of rope wasn't bought by Zhang Lihui, nor by Miao Xiuhui, then who did?

Zhang Lihui said that this bundle of rope was given to him by Miao Xiuhui. Is it true? If so, then who gave it to her?

"I remember now, in the middle of last month, a man came by to buy nylon rope. He thought the regular nylon rope wasn't strong enough, so he bought the expensive kind, and he bought two bundles at once."

"Can you describe what he looked like?"

Li Xiang had Grandmaster-level Skull Restoration Technique and could draw the person based on the owner's description. It was through this skill that last time, in the dismembered finger case, the suspect was sketched out.

"I don't remember very clearly, but there's surveillance in my store that keeps footage for two months, so we should be able to find out who came to buy it in the surveillance video."

Hearing the store owner say this, Li Xiang was delighted, "That's great, we need to copy this video."

With the cooperation of the store owner, Li Xiang and his team successfully copied the surveillance video. Since the store owner didn't remember the specific date when the nylon rope was purchased, he directly copied the entire month's video footage to watch slowly.

Back at the city bureau, Li Xiang and Mao Ji split up to review the copied surveillance videos, fast-forwarding with April 15th as the limit, both before and after.

Efforts paid off, and on the morning of April 13th at 9 o'clock, Li Xiang finally saw someone go to the shelf and buy two bundles of nylon rope.

"Found it."

Hearing Li Xiang's excitement, Mao Ji paused and came over.

Li Xiang immediately slowed down the video playback speed to normal, then rewound the video to a few seconds before the man entered the store. Soon, a figure walked in.

Seeing the person, Li Xiang and Mao Ji were shocked, "Gao Hongwei? How is it him?"

Both thought they must be mistaken.

But they wouldn't mistake Gao Hongwei, who had been summoned by the police previously because of his Mercedes Benz.

In the video, Gao Hongwei asked the owner if there was stronger nylon rope, and the owner directly recommended this type.

He eagerly bought two bundles, paid, and left.

"Brother Mao, this case is getting more interesting."

Originally, Gao Hongwei was ruled out as a suspect, but this surveillance footage put him back in the police spotlight.

"This situation needs to be reported to Captain Cao."

With new leads in the case, Li Xiang and his team immediately reported this situation to Captain Cao.

After hearing it, Captain Cao immediately questioned the relationship between Gao Hongwei, Miao Xiuhui, and Zhang Lihui.

"Zhang Lihui said that the rope was given to him by Miao Xiuhui, and if the rope in Miao Xiuhui's hand was bought by Gao Hongwei, is it possible that Gao Hongwei intended to kill Miao Xiuhui from the start? By letting Miao Xiuhui pass the rope to Zhang Lihui, it would mislead the police and frame Zhang Lihui, like using a borrowed knife to kill."

Cao Gang connected all the case clues to come up with a logical conclusion, except there was a critical flaw: Why did Gao Hongwei want to kill Miao Xiuhui?

According to Gao Hongwei's previous statement, they had been broken up for nearly two months. Why kill Miao Xiuhui at this time and take all her valuables?

He is now the owner of a company and shouldn't be short of money.

Could he have done it simply to mislead the police?

To create the illusion of a robbery and murder?

"A clever two birds with one stone move."

After Cao Gang's explanation, Mao Ji suddenly realized and started to speculate, "When Gao Hongwei was dating Miao Xiuhui, Zhang Lihui appeared, causing a rift between Gao Hongwei and Miao Xiuhui, which sparked a desire for revenge. Kill Miao Xiuhui and frame Zhang Lihui, making one die and the other imprisoned. A two birds with one stone. Gao Hongwei, you almost fooled us."

Following Mao Ji's line of thought, Cao Gang continued: "Right, this also explains why the crime scene was meticulously cleaned, except leaving that used condom to point the police towards Zhang Lihui. To cement the evidence of his murder, he even bought an extra bundle of rope to place in Zhang Lihui's cab."

The two went through the entire logic of the crime. It seemed to make sense, but Li Xiang, upon further contemplation, felt something was amiss:

"I think the matter isn't that simple. Why would Miao Xiuhui listen to Gao Hongwei and put the potentially lethal nylon rope into Zhang Lihui's taxi herself?"

"It's possible that Gao Hongwei deceived her into putting the rope in Zhang Lihui's car."

"If you and your wife quarrel, and then you ask her to do something, will she do it?"

Mao Ji shook his head; when she's upset, asking her to do anything is out of the question.

"Let's not speculate blindly. We should ask the people involved. Although Miao Xiuhui is dead, the other two are still alive."

"Yes."

Subsequently, Li Xiang contacted Gao Hongwei to ask if he could come to the police station to assist with the investigation, but he said he had a meeting and couldn't make it.

However, Li Xiang didn't want to delay any further. If he can't come, then we will go.

"We'll also check out what company Gao Hongwei runs."

After hanging up, they quickly checked the company address registered to Gao Hongwei and drove over.

Following the navigation, they arrived at the building hosting Gao Hongwei's company. At the reception, Li Xiang showed his badge: "We're looking for Gao Hongwei."

"Sister Zhang, the police are here for the boss."

The receptionist, upon seeing the police, quickly ran inside to get someone.

"Hello, it's you?"

It was Zhang Li, Zhang Lihui's sister, who walked out from the company. A few days ago, she had just taken her brother back from Li Xiang, and now, unbelievably, she saw them again at the company.

"What are you doing here?" Seeing Zhang Li, Li Xiang and the others were dumbfounded; what a coincidence.

"I work here!" Zhang Li said matter-of-factly.

"Where's Gao Hongwei?"

"In a meeting, why are you looking for him?"

"Then let's talk to you first." Seeing Zhang Li here, Li Xiang had more questions, so he decided to chat with her first before finding Gao Hongwei.

"Uh, okay, let's go to the reception room."

Since the boss was in a meeting, she led Li Xiang and the others to the reception room.

She then asked the receptionist to bring two bottles of mineral water over, which were placed on the table before leaving.

"Are you here to talk to my boss about something?" Zhang Li also had many questions for Li Xiang. Although she had bailed her brother out that day, he hadn't explained everything to her clearly. She thought the matter was finished, but surprisingly, the officer handling her brother's case had come here today.

Is there some connection?

"Do you know the relationship between Gao Hongwei and your brother?"

Li Xiang took out an inquiry record, ready to ask questions,

"Yes, they're brothers-in-law!"

Pfft~

Because of the hot weather, Mao Ji accepted the mineral water brought by the receptionist, feeling thirsty. But upon hearing Zhang Li's answer, he spit the water out: "Sorry, sorry!"