I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 235 - 164: A Chance Encounter Is Destiny

The tirelessly working Li Xiang, in the middle of the night, felt drowsy and seemed to hear some commotion next door. He just thought it was a couple 'fighting' and didn't pay much attention to it.

The main reason was he was too tired.

Until a scream completely woke him up, making him sit up.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Feifei drowsily opened her eyes, looking at Li Xiang who almost sat up and asked.

"Something's happening outside. You go back to sleep, I'll go out and take a look."

Li Xiang checked the time; it was just after four in the morning, the sky was barely light. He quickly put on a pair of shorts, threw a bath towel over his shoulders, and rushed out.

He saw in the corridor, a hotel staff member slumped on the ground, looking with horror at the room in front of her, scared stiff, trembling while holding a walkie-talkie, saying, "Manager, there's a dead person in room 1008!"

Li Xiang hurried forward, through the hotel room door, he saw a pale body lying on the ground, with blood already pooled around it, appearing somewhat congealed. The deceased had clearly been dead for some time.

"Don't look, call the police."

As a police officer by profession, his instinct was to first protect the crime scene, while also instructing the staff member to call the police.

At this moment, a man hurried over, hearing Li Xiang say to call the police, he quickly stopped him: "You can't call the police, our hotel will handle this."

He was the hotel's night manager. After receiving the staff's report, his first action was to call to consult the upper management. The upper management realized that it's the peak tourist season, and if the hotel was reported for a homicide, it would devastate the hotel's business.

Firstly, the hotel would need to cease operations and cooperate with the police investigation. By the time it reopens, the tourist season would have passed.

Secondly, even after reopening, who would stay at a hotel where someone died?

Their hotel's investment of over a hundred million yuan would go down the drain.

Thus, the upper management dared not delay, instructing the night manager to control the situation on-site while contacting their connections to discuss countermeasures, hoping to downplay the situation and mitigate the impact.

But this statement made Li Xiang question whether he'd heard correctly, so he asked again, "What did you say? A murder happened in your hotel, and your hotel will handle it?"

"Guest, my apologies for the unpleasant experience we've brought you. We'll waive all room charges for your stay here, hoping you won't speak about this."

The manager attempted to silence Li Xiang by waiving his room charges. Regardless that it was Lin Feifei who paid for the room, even if it wasn't, he wouldn't agree to such an absurd suggestion: "I am a police officer, and I order you to call the police immediately."

Li Xiang had rushed out without taking his phone. It was unrealistic to go back for it now, lest these people tamper with the crime scene once he left.

If the crime scene was tampered with, it would cause many interferences in the subsequent police investigation.

Therefore, he needed to protect the primary crime scene.

Luckily, his room was near the scene, and he had spoken loudly, so Lin Feifei, inside the room, should have heard his order to call the police immediately.

The fact was indeed as such. After Li Xiang got up, Lin Feifei also dressed herself, just about to go out with him to check the situation when she suddenly heard Li Xiang say, "I am a police officer, I order you to call the police immediately."

Smart as she was, she instantly realized that Li Xiang hadn't taken his phone when he rushed out, and saying this obviously meant he had encountered an emergency and needed to call the police.

So she quickly picked up her phone from the bedside to call the police.

Upon hearing that Li Xiang was a police officer, the manager panicked.

The superiors wanted him to handle it, yet the police had arrived before him—how was he supposed to handle it now?

"Alright, call the police, Xiao Dai, you report it."

Seeing he couldn't hide it any longer, the manager could only instruct the staff to call the police, while he phoned for direction himself.

Five minutes later, the police arrived at the scene. They were the officers from the closest police station and immediately secured the scene upon arrival, clearing away any unrelated personnel.

"When I was patrolling, I noticed room 1008's door was ajar, and could see through the crack that the lights were on inside, so I knocked. No one responded, so I opened the door and looked inside, only to see a person lying on the ground and a pool of blood. I was terrified and immediately contacted the manager. At that moment, the guest from room 1007 also came out..."

The officers were taking the staff's statement, soon coming to Li Xiang: "I'm Li Xiang. Here with my girlfriend for a trip, I was woken by the staff's scream this morning and came out to check the situation. I am a police officer myself, and this is my badge. In this situation, I immediately protected the crime scene. I need to inform you of something: after the incident, the hotel attempted to cover up the truth..."

The investigating officers, upon seeing that Li Xiang was also a criminal investigation team leader, solemnly asked,

"Do you have evidence?"

At the time, Li Xiang was only wearing shorts, with a gun holstered and two bullets, where would he have evidence?

"She was on-site, witnessed the whole thing."

He then looked at the staff, who straightforwardly shook her head and said, "Nothing happened, after the incident, I first called the manager, and when he arrived, he told me to call the police."

The hotel staff, being a part of the hotel, wouldn't assist him with anything, simply denying it directly.

"According to Article 305 of the Criminal Law, perjury refers to a witness deliberately making false testimony regarding crucial case-related details in a criminal proceeding, intending to frame others or conceal evidence and carries a sentence of up to three years of fixed-term imprisonment or detention. If the circumstances are severe, it can be from three to seven years. I am a criminal police officer, and my testimony is evidence. Are you sure you want to commit perjury just for a job?"