After Li Xiangyang and Zhou Xiaohong gave their statements at the police station, they were told to go home and wait for the results.
The police then questioned Zhang Yazhen and the others. Zhang Yazhen and Huihui confessed everything in a rush, recounting the entire sequence of events.
In just a few days, they had hit almost every slightly larger clothing store in the East Market. They took as few as two or three items from some, and as many as six or seven from others. Some of the more absent-minded shop owners might not have even noticed the thefts yet.
The police officer told the two of them they could receive a more lenient punishment if they returned the stolen goods and compensated the shop owners for their losses.
The two told the officer that the stolen clothes had already been given to a buyer by Liu Jinbao. They didn't know who the buyer was.
