This was an old case, so the police weren’t in a hurry to solve it. But in view of Ding Xu's mental state, I thought it prudent to conduct an early interrogation, as soon as tonight itself.

After the scene was cleaned, Dali told me to hop into the car. "Let me help you save some gas,” I shamelessly uttered. “I'll take Xiaotao's car back."

“Throwing your buddy away like that when a woman comes along huh!” he lambasted. “What’s the point of the police giving you a car?!"

We arrived at the station at around 11 pm. During the journey, Ding Xu woke up and kicked up a huge fuss. The officers had to escort him off the vehicle in handcuffs. 

"Take the handcuffs off!” ordered Xiaotao. “He’s not a suspect."

"No, he may hurt himself,” I quickly stopped...