Just as the interrogator was about to continue questioning, the door opened and Xiao Wang hurried in, whispering a few words into one of their ears.
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the interrogation room became stern.
Three minutes later, everyone was led out and separately placed in different interrogation rooms.
The questions began again: Name, age, occupation, what were you doing at the kidnapping scene?
By then, Li Qiao leaned in the chair, answering cool-headedly, "Saving someone."
With a slap on the table, the interrogator exclaimed, "A young girl like you went to a kidnapping scene to save someone? Do you believe that yourself?"
Li Qiao nodded indifferently, with concise certainty, "Yes."
The interrogator was speechless, took a sip of water to cover his embarrassment, and then spoke sternly, "Let me tell you, this is a police station, not a place where you can lie. Look at the eight big characters behind you: leniency for those who confess, severity for those who resist."
The policemen in front of her seemed to embody integrity, but the way they were handling the case today seemed very unusual to Li Qiao.
She showed impatience, not wanting to waste time, and said directly, "Can I make a phone call?"
The two interrogators looked at each other, then sharply refused a second later, "No phone calls during interrogation, you better cooperate with us. A kidnapping case is no trivial matter, if you don’t come clean, be careful of detention."
Li Qiao looked down at her nails, lifting her eyelids coldly upon hearing this, "Make the call or detain me, you choose."
They had interrogated countless criminals at the station, but they had never encountered someone so uncooperative and arrogantly defiant.
Just then, Officer Xiao Wang knocked on the door again, with the greasy deputy chief standing behind him.
The two interrogators stepped out, one after the other, and roughly explained the situation, to which the deputy chief couldn’t help but scoff, "What do you think our police station is? If they don’t cooperate, just lock them up, and when they tell the truth, we can release them."
"This..." the interrogator hesitated, "Deputy Chief, is it necessary to make such a big fuss? We think..."
"What? Can’t I order you around anymore? If the chief isn’t here, then I am the boss." The deputy chief raised his chin in sarcasm, then hoisted his belt, "If you don’t want to work here, you’d better get lost!"
One level higher in rank could crush a person, especially when he was a deputy chief.
Each interrogator’s face turned ashen, not daring to utter a word.
The deputy chief had been throwing his weight around the police station for a long time.
Since he had connections above, even the chief had to turn a blind eye.
Thus, due to the deputy chief’s pressure, questioning was paused and all six were locked in the detention room.
At that moment, in the detention room of less than twenty square meters, there was a row of wall-mounted chairs.
Li Qiao sat cross-legged against the wall, staring at the white wall, her thoughts unknown.
Opposite her, the four men sat, while Li Shaoquan huddled in a corner, not daring to speak.
He felt like his end was near.
If the family of his Uncle Li San found out that Li Qiao was in the station because of him, he might very well be skinned and thrown into the South Sea River.
But what he feared more was, if Li San found out about this, would he just drive an armed tank over and flatten the police station?
Li Shaoquan was feeling some regret, thinking he would have been better off marrying his online romance.
Ugly she may have been, but it was surely better than being dead, after all, he could always get a divorce later!
At this time, the girl who had been silent for a long while hesitatingly spoke, "I’m sorry, I didn’t know it would turn out ..."
Li Qiao shifted her gaze slowly, her voice cool as water, "How do you know each other?"