Free Web NovelChapter 806: Chapter 429: After the Confession, One More Problem!
Very soon, Jiang An led Qin Feng and the others, hurrying to the interrogation room.
As the group pushed the door open and entered, Li Xiang was sitting with his head down in the interrogation chair.
Upon hearing movement, he raised his head, quickly putting on a forcedly relaxed smile, his tone slightly probing, "Officer, have you finished asking all the questions? Can I leave now?"
Jiang An did not answer immediately, just stared at him coldly.
He walked slowly to the interrogation table, placing both hands on the tabletop, leaning forward slightly, creating an invisible sense of pressure. freewёbnoνel.com
After a moment of silence, he finally spoke, "Leave? You’re dreaming."
"In my opinion, you’re likely not getting out this time."
Those words ignited a fuse, and the smile on Li Xiang’s face instantly froze, then turned into twisted rage.
He suddenly got up from the chair, and despite his wrists being cuffed, he waved his arms excitedly, "What do you mean by this!"
"You dragged me out of my house in the middle of the night, keeping me here till now, and now you’re telling me this!"
"On what grounds? What exactly have I done?"
"What have you done?" Jiang An repeated, curling his lips into a mocking smile.
"Do you really have no idea what you’ve done?"
"All right, let’s start from that night you claimed you went fishing."
"You said you went fishing, didn’t you?"
"Exactly at which fishing spot did you fish? From what time to what time?"
"How many fish did you catch that night? How many died? How many did you eat?"
"You haven’t explained any of these details before."
"This... it’s been so long, how could I remember all these trivial details!"
Li Xiang seemed a bit impatient, spreading his hands, trying to use exaggerated gestures to cover the panic inside.
"Officer, I advise you to base your case on evidence, you can’t just randomly find an excuse to hold me just to close the case!"
"I’m telling you, I’m not easy to bully; if it turns out I’m innocent, I won’t let you off easily!"
"Won’t let me off?"
Jiang An reacted as if he’d heard a joke, letting out a short, cold laugh.
"In our line of work, we’ve heard more threats than you’ve had meals."
"If everyone who threatened not to let me off had succeeded, I’d have been crushed to dust long ago and wouldn’t be standing here talking to you."
"Li Xiang, I’m telling you clearly, don’t harbor any delusions."
"Right now, what we have is ironclad evidence."
"I’ll ask you again, that night, when exactly did you go fishing?"
"Around... around six or seven in the evening, I think."
Li Xiang’s tone was no longer as firm as before.
"And until what time did you fish?" Jiang An pressed relentlessly.
"I fished... fished until four or five in the morning the next day." frёeωebɳovel.com
"Are you sure? Not a minute without being at the fishing spot, didn’t leave?" Jiang An’s gaze was sharp as an eagle’s.
"Of course, I’m sure!" Li Xiang answered defiantly, but a flicker already appeared in his eyes.
"Really?" Jiang An’s voice suddenly rose.
"Then how do you explain the clear surveillance footage showing you at the restaurant across from the deceased’s house around eight that evening?"
"Do you know some sort of duplicity, with two Li Xiangs acting at the same time?"
The words hit Li Xiang like a thunderclap, exploding in his mind.
The color drained from his face instantly, the arrogance vanished, replaced by a dead grey.
He opened his mouth, but it was as if something got stuck in his throat, emitting only some meaningless syllables, "I... I..."
The tense atmosphere in the interrogation room dissipated instantly, replaced by a heavy, almost suffocating silence.
Li Xiang’s gaze turned dull, staring blankly at Jiang An. The previous quibbles and firmness were now in complete disarray.
Jiang An pressed the advantage, his tone softened, but it bore an even stronger penetrative force, "’I’ what? Now do you remember?"
"I advise you to recognize reality, and explain the whole situation clearly as soon as possible."
"Coming clean helps you and saves us time too."
"If you continue to resist stubbornly, it will only aggravate your offenses, and what awaits you is the harshest punishment of the law."
Seeing Li Xiang still struggling in hesitation, Jiang An intensified his tone and added: "Don’t forget, this case involves two human lives, it’s a major homicide!"
"The nature is uncommon, I advise you to be wise."
After a lengthy silence, Li Xiang’s psychological defense finally completely collapsed.
He lowered his head deeply, his shoulders slumped down, he began to confess in a nearly inaudible voice.
"Officer... I... I’ll tell."
"But I really didn’t kill anyone, I’m just a tool... I was used..."
"A tool?"
Jiang An keenly captured this word, "Explain clearly, what’s going on?"
"It’s... it’s that woman... she threatened me, forced me to help her dump the body."
"I swear I didn’t kill anyone! I just... just helped a bit."
"She drove the motorcycle, I was just at the back... holding the body in place, nothing else, really!"
"She drove the motorcycle?"
Jiang An immediately noticed the inconsistency, sharply questioning, "According to our investigation, the female deceased didn’t even know how to ride a motorcycle!"
"The neighbors surrounding her can all testify, no one has ever seen or heard her mention riding a motorcycle."
"No! She can ride!"
Li Xiang raised his head in a panic, arguing, "She can ride!"
Jiang An’s eyes were like torches, relentlessly pursuing, "The neighbors unanimously say she never touched a motorcycle, how do you plan to explain this contradiction?"
