CHAPTER 300: CHAPTER 191: BEING FOLLOWED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT MUST BE NO TRIVIAL MATTER!

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Feng raised his hand and slammed the table.

"Bang!"

The interrogation room was soundproof, and the sound was particularly jarring.

Li Guang jumped, looked up at Zhang Feng, and a flash of horror passed through his eyes.

"Never seen Li Lan? Why was your car at the crime scene?"

Li Guang defended himself, "Officer, you must have gotten the surveillance wrong!"

"I really haven’t been there!"

Zhang Feng stood up and slowly walked over.

He spoke slowly and clearly: "That place has no surveillance cameras!"

Then, Zhang Feng leaned down close to Li Guang’s ear, "But your car has a GPS tracker."

Instantly, Li Guang’s face was full of terror, his eyes wide as he stared at Zhang Feng.

In his mind, he suddenly remembered the staff installing a GPS device on his car a year ago during the loan process.

Immediately, Mr. Zhang pressed on, "Tell me, why was your car there?"

Finally, he added, "I don’t want you telling me someone else borrowed your car."

After a moment of silence, Li Guang said solemnly, "I’ll tell you the truth."

"That night, I was drinking with three other girls at a bar."

"Around 9:30, Li Lan messaged me, asking me to pick her up in the development zone in an hour."

"Specifically, where?"

"She sent me the location at the time, it seemed near an abandoned office building."

"Did you go?"

Li Guang nodded, "I had a little to drink, then drove over!"

"When I got there, I called, but her phone was off."

Zhang Feng raised an eyebrow, "That’s it?"

"You were at the crime scene!"

"And you don’t know who killed her?"

"So you’re an innocent man now?"

Three simple sentences made Li Guang feel something was off.

He said passionately, "I really am innocent, I didn’t kill anyone!"

"Didn’t kill anyone?"

"Ha, and you just happened to be at the crime scene for no reason?"

"Do you think I’ll believe that? Will the judge believe that?"

Then Zhang Feng asked, "You keep saying you’re innocent, why didn’t you report to the police after Li Lan died?"

Li Guang urgently replied, "I was worried about exposing that I was drinking and driving, so I didn’t report."

"Officer, I truly am innocent."

Looking at Li Guang’s expression, Jiang An felt he didn’t seem to be lying.

At this moment, Zhang Yean pushed open the door to the interrogation room and walked in.

She placed a footprint identification report on the table and said softly, "Li Guang’s footprints don’t match the suspect’s."

Zhang Feng turned and glanced at Jiang An.

At the meeting of their eyes, both nodded.

After a moment, Jiang An asked, "When Li Lan contacted you that night, did she say anything besides the address?"

"No!"

"Please recall the situation driving to the scene that night?"

"That night, after I drove to the location, I waited a long time, called but the phone was off."

"Because two police cars passed by, I worried about being caught for drinking and driving, so I left after a while."

Jiang An nodded, "After you got to the address, did anything unusual happen?"

Li Guang thought for a moment, "That spooky place didn’t even have streetlights, you couldn’t see anything."

"If there was something unusual, there was one thing."

"What was it?"

"At the time, I had been drinking, my mind was hazy."

"As I parked and called Li Lan, I accidentally saw a person in black carrying something heading towards the abandoned office building from the side rearview."

"Because there were no streetlights and I had been drinking, my vision was blurry, I couldn’t see clearly."

"Just then I was startled, thought I was seeing things, and soon drove away."

Hearing this, Jiang An and Zhang Feng exchanged glances.

This fit Jiang An’s deduction perfectly.

"How well do you know Li Lan?"

Li Guang replied, "We met through the social app’s shaking feature, I only knew she was a student at an art school."

Then, Zhang Feng asked some other questions.

Finally, he said, "Thank you for your cooperation, you may go now!"

"However, please keep your phone on, we might contact you at any time."

"No problem! No problem!"

"I’ll definitely show up whenever needed!"

Immediately, Zhang Feng and Jiang An pushed open the door to the second interrogation room.

As they walked in, they saw a burly man sitting on the chair.

Zhang Feng got straight to the point, "Name? Age? Occupation? Address?"

"Zhang Biao, 29 years old, fitness coach, lives in building 7, unit 3 of Dongpo District."

"Do you know Li Lan?"

Zhang Biao nodded, "I know her, she was my student."

"But she hasn’t come in a long time!"

Then, Zhang Feng said solemnly, "She’s dead!"

"You didn’t know?"

Zhang Biao shook his head, saying with a calm face, "This is the first I’m hearing of it."

"Did you have any private interactions?"

"Apart from fitness classes, no other contact!"

Zhang Feng noticed his gaze drifting when he spoke.

Then, he said sternly, "You better be honest and not try any tricks on me."

"I’m telling the truth, a fitness coach must keep a distance from female students."

"It’s the gym’s policy."

At this point, Mr. He pushed open the interrogation room door again.

He came over with a stack of A4 papers.

"Mr. Zhang, these are the recovered WeChat chat records from Li Lan’s phone."

Zhang Feng and Jiang An both looked down to review them.

The first page was Zhang Biao and Li Lan’s WeChat chat record.

Zhang Feng said sternly, "On the noon of Li Lan’s death, you two still met!"

"Are you merely coach and student?"

After a moment of silence, Zhang Biao replied, "My relationship with her is very special, if the gym owner knew, I would get fired."

"I lied to avoid risk."

"Where were you the night of the crime? Were you with Li Lan?"

"No!"

"I remember that night, I watched a movie with my girlfriend, came home late."

"You better be honest, we will verify everything you say."

"It’s definitely the truth!"

"Was there anything unusual during your date at noon?"

Zhang Biao recalled and said, "I remember it was a bit odd at noon."

"Oh? Odd how?"

"While on a date with Li Lan, I always felt someone was following us."

"Following you?"

Zhang Feng’s nerves immediately tightened.

"Did you see the person’s face?"

He shook his head, "Every time I tried to see who it was, they’d hide."

"A man? Or a woman?"

"I remember the person wearing black clothes and a baseball cap, should be a man."

"What did Li Lan think about that?"

"She didn’t care, said I was paranoid, overly cautious."

"And then?"

Zhang Biao answered, "We didn’t really dwell on it later."

After a long pause, Jiang An asked, "Where did you notice you were being followed?"

"Near the McDonald’s on the pedestrian street."

"Where did you last part with Li Lan?"

Zhang Biao replied, "Because of our very special relationship, to avoid risk, I dropped her off at the entrance of the commercial street in the school district."

Finally, Jiang An nodded.

"Mr. Zhang, that’s all I have to ask."

Then, the two left the interrogation room.

Outside the interrogation room, Mr. Zhang asked, "He’s not a suspect either?"

Jiang An nodded, "Doesn’t seem like it to me!"

"Although he’s quite strong, his answers seemed sincere enough."

"Let’s do the footprint comparison later!"

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Feng asked, "What are your suggestions moving forward?"

Jiang An replied, "I suggest immediately checking surveillance at McDonald’s and the school district commercial street entrance, see if we can find the stalker!"

"Being followed in broad daylight for no reason, there’s something more to it."