4:00 p.m.
Public Security Bureau, Interrogation Room.
A deputy director of the Public Security Bureau personally questioned Li Taibo.
"Li Taibo, confess your crimes!"
"Director Sun, what am I supposed to confess? I really didn't do it!"
"The fingerprints and DNA have both been conclusively identified! And you still say you didn't do it?"
"It really wasn't me! Dong Xuebin must have framed me!"
"Then why were you and Xu Dabing at the scene when it happened? How do you explain that?"
"I only went there after hearing the screams! I was afraid Dong Xuebin would harm Director Wan! Xu Dabing can testify for me!"
"You are both suspects now! Your testimony is not credible!"
"Then Director Luo can testify too! Several people from the Criminal Investigation Brigade were there as well!"
"But none of them stayed by your side the entire time! They only arrived later and saw you in Room 18!"
Li Taibo's face went deathly pale. He hesitated for a long time, but in the end, he could not say a word. He suddenly slammed his hand against the table in fury. He knew he might be finished—finished completely. There was physical evidence, and now the witness testimony was extremely unfavorable to them as well. He could not defend himself at all!
Elsewhere.
An officer was also pounding the table. "Xu Dabing! The witness testimony and physical evidence are conclusive! What else do you have to say?"
Frightened by the interrogation, Xu Dabing was already on the verge of a mental breakdown. Only now did he regret everything. Those officials were fighting among themselves like immortals, so why had he, a businessman, waded into this muddy water? Why had he gotten involved in their mess? Xu Dabing wanted nothing more than to slap himself. Murder? That could