Everyone looked at me in surprise as I slowly explained, "The evidence we have right now is the ring, cigarette butt and the tire marks. Because the jewelry store’s system has been updated, we can’t prove that the ring belonged to Xu Zhipeng. Even if Lang Jun's DNA is on the cigarette butt, it can only prove that he was there that night but that alone doesn’t prove any relation to this case, and the same is true for the tire marks. Besides, all our current discussions are based on Ding Xu's statement and have no legal basis."

My remarks poured a bucket of cold water on these gung ho officers. This case was a challenge despite the information we had. We locked in on the suspects but were still a long way from solving the case.

Xiaotao took a deep breath, "In this case, let's stay...