Gu Junzhu said, "Then go in and have a look, see how the investigation is going."

"Okay." Ye Xingbei didn’t hang up the phone, and walked into the surveillance room holding it.

She walked over to Zhi Foliu and asked, "Sister Fu, how’s it going?"

"Didn’t find anything," Zhi Foliu said. "We pulled up the surveillance footage. When Pan Xinran went into the bathroom, she still had the ring on her hand. But when she came out, the ring was already gone. And... just like she said, the time she left the bathroom and went back in was very short, only about ten seconds, and during that time, only the two of us went into the bathroom."

"How could this be?" Ye Xingbei was dumbfounded.

If that’s the case, doesn’t it prove that Pan Xinran was right and the ring was indeed stolen by the two of them?

But they didn’t take it at all!

How could this be?

The police officer walked over to the two, "Sorry, ladies, but according to procedure, we need to search you."

"On what grounds?" Ye Xingli pulled Ye Xingbei and Zhi Foliu behind him to shield them, "You think you can just search us like that? Maybe she just dropped the ring in the bathroom herself. Why search my girlfriend and my sister?"

"Yeah, no body search!" Li Qi said, "I bought her that ring, and if my friend wants it, I could buy her as many as she wants, even a jewelry store. My friend would definitely not take her cheap ring!"

"It’s okay, Brother Li," Ye Xingbei said, "let them search. I and Sister Fu did not take it, so they can search as they wish."

"Beibei, Ye Xingli’s got a point." Gu Junzhu’s voice came through the phone.

Ye Xingbei, who had moved the phone away for a while, brought it back to her ear after hearing him speak, "What did you say?"

"I said Ye Xingli has a point," Gu Junzhu said, "turn on the speakerphone."

"Oh, okay." Ye Xingbei obediently turned on the speakerphone.

"I’m Ye Xingbei’s husband," Gu Junzhu said. "What’s the name of the person who lost the ring again?"

Ye Xingbei said, "Pan Xinran."

"Mm," Gu Junzhu acknowledged, "Pan Xinran, let me ask you, does the ring fit your finger well?"

Pan Xinran looked terrified and confused, trembling and unable to speak.

Li Qi recognized Gu Junzhu’s voice.

He glared at Pan Xinran, his eyes cold and fierce, "Fifth Brother is asking you a question, why aren’t you speaking!"

Pan Xinran didn’t know who "Fifth Brother" was in Li Qi’s mouth, but she could sense the respect in Li Qi’s tone towards Gu Junzhu.

Could the person Li Qi respects be an ordinary person?

And this person, whom Li Qi respects, is the husband of the woman she accused of stealing her ring!

She felt more and more like she had brought a huge disaster upon herself, her legs weakened, her voice trembling violently, "N-no, it doesn’t fit well."

Gu Junzhu asked, "Loose or tight?"

Pan Xinran replied shakily, "B-bigger by one size."

When she bought the ring, this was the style she liked the most, and she bought it even though it didn’t fit well.

She couldn’t bear to have the jewelry store modify it, so even though it was a bit big, she still wore it on her finger.

Though bigger by one size, it didn’t affect her using it.

Gu Junzhu asked again, "When you women find a ring tight on your finger and can’t take it off easily, you apply soap or hand lotion to lubricate the finger to remove the ring, right?"

Pan Xinran said, "Y-yes..."

Gu Junzhu said, "Did you apply any hand soap when you were washing your hands in the bathroom just now?"

Pan Xinran replied, "I did."

Gu Junzhu continued, "Did you shake your hands after washing them?"

Pan Xinran tried to remember, "I think I did shake them?"

Gu Junzhu said, "Since your ring was already bigger by one size, and because you applied hand soap, your fingers became very slippery. It’s very possible that when you shook your hands after washing, the ring flew off."

"Impossible," Pan Xinran instinctively retorted, "My own ring flying off my hand, how could I not know? That’s impossible!"