I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 196 - 146: The "Suspect" Is Apprehended

"Yes, I sent the location in the group chat, tell them to come quickly."

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Yu Wei finished his breakfast, wiped his mouth with his hand, and then said to the breakfast shop owner, "Boss, what's the bill, how much?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Two buns, one fried dough stick, a tea egg, and a bowl of soy milk, ten yuan in total."

Yu Wei took out a wad of red bills from his pocket, found a ten yuan note from it, and threw it on the table, saying, "Keep the change."

With that, he swaggered out of the breakfast shop.

The owner collected the money from the table, glanced at the already departed Yu Wei, and cursed, "Show-off, wins a bit of money and shows off everywhere."

Yu Wei often came to this shop for breakfast, and the owner knew his character very well.

When he lost money, he'd come by for a bowl of soy milk and a dough stick, sometimes even on credit.

When he won money, he'd come by, add a couple more buns and an egg, then pull out all the money from his pocket to show off.

Some people are like this, the less they have, the more they flaunt.

Yu Wei left the breakfast shop, planning to find a place to relax, but as soon as he reached the roadside, he was suddenly surrounded and apprehended by plainclothes police officers from all directions.

"What's going on? Who are you? Why are you arresting me?"

"Police, behave yourself."

"What's going on? Don't you know what you've done?"

Yu Wei was instantly controlled and then shoved into a police car, taken straight to the municipal office.

At that moment, Li Xiang was already waiting in the interrogation room. Once Yu Wei was brought in, he and Mao Ji promptly began questioning him:

"Where were you last night?"

"I was playing mahjong in Jingnan New Village."

"How many of you were there?"

"Four of us."

"Which four?"

"Tang Hao, Peng Rui, Ji Qi, and myself."

"How late did you play until that night?"

"Midnight... half past midnight, I guess. Ji Qi said he ran out of money, so we ended the game."

"And then?"

"Then... then I went home!"

Although Yu Wei answered each of Li Xiang's questions, his eyes evaded the police's gaze, and his responses were somewhat evasive.

In short, Li Xiang felt that this person seemed off.

Mao Ji had the same feeling. Seeing Yu Wei's excuses, his temper flared up: "Still trying to bluff here? Four of you played mahjong together, three died that night, and you say you went home, then who killed them?"

"What? They're dead? Why didn't anyone notify me?"

It was then that he suddenly realized he had turned off his phone and immediately slumped into silence.

"Pretending here, why don't you know the most how they died?"

"I... it wasn't me. I didn't kill anyone. After the game ended last night, I went home first. As for what happened afterward, I don't know."

Seemingly worried that the police wouldn't believe him, he finally added, "I really don't know."

Mao Ji glanced at Li Xiang, also finding it strange. By rights, with the facts laid out, the criminal would have confessed by now, but Yu Wei kept insisting he didn't kill anyone.

Li Xiang silently took out his phone and glanced at the task published by the system.

The task wasn't completed, meaning that Yu Wei wasn't the murderer.

This explained why he didn't flee this morning but instead had the leisure to eat breakfast at a shop.

But if he wasn't the murderer, then who was?

Li Xiang frowned and asked, "Were only the four of you playing mahjong together that night? Was there anyone else involved?"

"While I was there, it was just the four of us, but I left at half-past ten, after that if anyone else came by, I don't know."

Yu Wei avoided making eye contact with Li Xiang, displaying signs of a guilty conscience. Li Xiang believed that even if he wasn't the murderer, he likely knew something about the situation at the time of the crime, otherwise, he wouldn't seem so uneasy.

"Yu Wei, I want you to understand that this case involves three deaths, and it's taken very seriously. It must be solved. Think it over, the four of you played mahjong together, three died, only you're alive, who do you think is most suspect?"

"I~"

Yu Wei's forehead was already sweating, and at this point, he was extraordinarily nervous, knowing himself that given the current circumstances, he was the prime suspect.

If...

To make a merit...

That outcome he dared not think through.

"If you want to clear yourself of suspicion, tell me the truth. That night, only the four of you were together. What really happened, nobody knows but you. I know you're hiding something from us to clear yourself, your only option is to tell us everything you know."

Li Xiang knew what he was worried about, so he laid out the pros and cons, gently persuading him to explain what really happened that night.

Yu Wei's gaze continued to flit about as if calculating its risks, and Li Xiang remained patient, simply watching him.

Until Yu Wei became uneasy under the scrutiny and finally said, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything."

Mao Ji began recording the statement on the computer.

"That night, actually, those two called me to conspire and rig the game against Ji Qi, to win his money. They knew Ji Qi's family had just been relocated and he had some compensation money, so they arranged for a game. By midnight, he'd almost lost it all. So I took the money and left first. As for what happened afterward, I truly don't know."

Hearing this, Li Xiang ended the interrogation briefly and promptly went to the forensics room.

"Captain Li, is there something urgent?"

"I want to take a record of Ji Qi's fingerprints."

"Sure, no problem."

The forensics expert took out the black inkpad for fingerprint recording and took prints of Ji Qi's ten fingers and palm prints, then handed them over to Li Xiang.

With the fingerprints in hand, he immediately went to the technology department to compare them with those on the evidence knife.

"Are these Yu Wei's fingerprints?"

At that time, Feng Yonglin was also in the tech department and saw Li Xiang approaching with the prints, assuming they belonged to Yu Wei.

"No, these are Ji Qi's fingerprints."

"Ji Qi? The one who fell to his death?"

Li Xiang nodded, "That's right, Yu Wei has already confessed. The three of them set up Ji Qi and won his relocation compensation. Yu Wei escaped early with the money, so he survived. I suspect Ji Qi lost his money and, feeling avenged, murdered and later committed suicide out of guilt."

"That seems plausible."

Li Xiang's analysis aligned with the crime scene findings; Tang Hao and Peng Rui were both stabbed by a sharp weapon, while Ji Qi died from a fall, which could explain the situation.

Otherwise, why weren't all three injured by the sharp weapon?

With this in mind, Feng Yonglin personally instructed the technician to stop what they were doing and compare the fingerprints immediately.

The police found two sets of fingerprints on the dagger, but both were incomplete, only halves.

Under the technician's operation, these two half fingerprints were compared with Ji Qi's index and ring fingers.

"We have a result."

Half an hour later, the technician finally reported back, "The two fingerprints partially matched the index and ring finger prints from the sample."

"It really is."

The motive for the crime was straightforward—losing to the point of desperation, discovering three set up collusion while these three were childhood friends, and, in a rage, drew a knife and killed two. If Yu Wei hadn't escaped earlier, there could have been four deaths.

It proves gambling is the most harmful.

An old saying goes, 'Nine out of ten gamblers lose,' and those gambling with you are trying every method to win your money. Such setups can catch one off guard; even those closest to you might deceive you.

But those who are stubborn and addicted will never be easy to awaken.