I Play Dungeons in the Police Station

Chapter 437 - 263: My Good Son Has Finally Wised Up

"Captain Li, why don’t you share your insights with us?"

Li Xiang had been eager to hear their additions on the details so that when he returned to simulate and reconstruct the case, it would be sufficiently realistic. Now he felt confident, and as the head of the guidance team, he could finally stand tall.

"I wouldn’t call it insights, but since you asked, I’ll share something briefly."

Hearing that Li Xiang was finally going to express his views, everyone quieted down.

They had only heard of Li Xiang’s prowess, though some of the credit was thanks to Director Fan and Commissioner Li, who endorsed him back when the group was formed.

However, most of the credit should go to Yang Ming and Sun Zhidong. The two of them were afraid these elite members, relying on their experience and age, would bully the young Li Xiang, so they shared most of his achievements, except for the mission in Miaowa, which remained confidential.

Besides that, Li Xiang had plenty of notable achievements worthy of boasting about.

Interestingly, the fastest way Yang Ming and Sun Zhidong integrated with the team was by discussing Li Xiang’s gossip.

The members of the guidance group were quite curious about their mysterious captain and had been eagerly anticipating seeing just how skilled their leader was.

Today was finally the day.

"I want to ask everyone a question: has anyone ever been strangled by stockings?"

As soon as he said this, everyone rolled their eyes dramatically.

Who would be strangled by stockings?

If they were dead, how could they be sitting here?

"Since no one has, why don’t we try it out? I happen to have a pair of stockings here. Who wants to give it a try?"

Li Xiang took a pair of stockings out of his pocket. He had just bought them from a supermarket, even receiving a peculiar bright smile from the cashier.

But it didn’t matter; practice leads to truth.

Seeing that Li Xiang was serious, everyone shook their heads.

"Don’t worry, I’m not actually going to do it. We’re simulating the crime process. Just now, Huanhuan made a good point—the victims generally weighed less than 110 pounds, and you happen to meet that standard. How about you come up and help me out?"

"Huh?" Ji Huanhuan didn’t expect her previous comment to backfire on her.

Possibly due to her sensitivity to height and weight, she immediately noticed the victims’ weights in the reports, finding that very few exceeded 110 pounds, which coincidentally matched hers.

So when she noticed this pattern and pointed it out, she didn’t think that Li Xiang would ask her to act as the victim.

She said pitifully, "Captain Li, you’re not using this opportunity to take advantage, are you?"

"Huanhuan, how could you say Captain Li is taking advantage of you? Don’t forget, Captain Li is single and handsome; you’re the one taking advantage here, so just be happy about it, haha." Qi Liyan joined in the teasing, momentarily adding a bit of humor to the serious atmosphere.

"If you want to take advantage, you come up." Even though Ji Huanhuan said it with reluctance, she still stood up, walked over to Li Xiang’s side, and cooperated to see what it was all about.

As she approached, Li Xiang unexpectedly slipped the stockings around her neck and began to pull.

Ji Huanhuan felt unprepared, and Li Xiang started; a suffocating feeling enveloped her.

She instinctively began to struggle, but with her critical areas restrained, she was helpless.

She initially thought Li Xiang was just simulating and wouldn’t actually do it, but now she felt genuinely distressed, as if she was about to die.

In her struggle, she even lost a shoe.

"Enough."

Seeing it was about time, Li Xiang released the stockings and helped Ji Huanhuan up.

"Cough... Cough... Captain Li... were you trying to kill me?"

"Sorry, sorry, didn’t mean to put you through that. Are you injured?"

"I’m okay, just a little sore around the neck."

Ji Huanhuan rubbed her neck and put her shoe back on. In that brief moment, she felt a murderous aura from Li Xiang; for an instant, she thought she was really going to die.

Could he have killed someone before?

This thought lingered unstoppably in her mind.

"Glad you’re okay, you can rest for a bit." Li Xiang sent her to rest and then noted the curious faces around him as he explained:

"I know everyone is curious about why I conducted this experiment, so let me tell you why."

Li Xiang held up the stockings: "Take a look; how are these stockings different from regular ones?"

"They’re more wrinkled and stretched compared to new ones."

"Exactly, stockings that have strangled someone look different from new ones and also differ from those worn regularly. Look at the comparison photos I posted in the group."

Li Xiang sent photos of 11 pairs of stockings to the group chat for everyone to scrutinize.

With Li Xiang’s guidance, everyone refocused their attention on the stockings and noticed the issue.

"These stockings don’t seem to have strangled anyone."

Although worn stockings show Pulling and damage, compared to those that strangled someone, there’s a noticeable difference upon close examination.

"I’m sure you can all see it, but let me say this: the stockings that strangled the victims weren’t the ones they wore."

"The task force previously believed the perpetrator raped the victims, forcibly removed the victims’ stockings due to resistance, and then strangled them."

"But now I’m asserting that the perpetrator strangled the victims first and then removed their stockings. To prove my point, please examine the photos yourselves."