My Perfect Female CEO-Chapter 1037: Death by Homicide

Yang Shu cast a cold glance at Director Hou and Director Liu, facing Ye Fan to seek his opinion: "Instructor, how should they be handled?"

Given the gravity of the situation, Director Hou and Director Liu, as leaders, naturally bear some responsibility.

"Mr. Ye, show some mercy." Director Hou and Director Liu prayed in their hearts, looking at Ye Fan with pleading eyes.

The two leaders dared not interject to plead; they could only look gratefully at Ye Fan.

"Who exactly are these people? In an instant, Captain Wu was in trouble, and Director Hou and Director Liu were behaving as docile as lambs." The surrounding crowd was dumbfounded, looking between Ye Fan, Mengyao, and Lu Xiangxiang, and then at Yang Shu, with unspeakable shock and astonishment. Such a soul-stirring event, how often had they experienced this?

"It’s not their fault." Ye Fan said calmly.

Yang Shu nodded, understanding Ye Fan’s decision. It meant that Director Hou and Director Liu were off the hook.

Director Hou and Director Liu looked grateful, almost kneeling to express their endless thanks to Ye Fan.

The surrounding crowd dispersed, returning to their posts on alert.

"Finally, a breath of relief." Lu Xiangxiang looked starry-eyed, once again witnessing Ye Fan’s imposing presence.

"Let’s head back. It’s getting late," Mengyao whispered.

"Mm!" Ye Fan nodded in agreement.

Ye Fan, Mengyao, and Lu Xiangxiang walked towards where the car was parked.

Yang Shu, Director Hou, and Director Liu followed behind to see them off. Yang Shu said little, while Director Hou and Director Liu maintained a respectful posture, fearful of causing any trouble.

The parents of the deceased who came with Director Hou and the others, Father Wang and Mother Wang, had witnessed the might of Ye Fan, Mengyao, and Lu Xiangxiang. Seeing the three about to leave, the couple rushed towards Ye Fan.

"Please, help us with our Siqi. Our daughter died unjustly." Father Wang and Mother Wang rushed forward, about to kneel.

Ye Fan and Mengyao hurried forward, helping Father Wang and Mother Wang up.

"Don’t kneel to us, we’re not worthy of it." Mengyao glanced at Ye Fan and kindly said, "What can we do to help?"

"Director Hou and Director Liu want to give us some money to hush up this matter, forbidding us to make any more noise, or else face consequences. But she was our only daughter, and now she died so tragically and unclearly. We seek justice so she can rest in peace and not die in vain." Mother Wang sobbed, pleadingly fixing her gaze on Mengyao and Ye Fan.

"If our daughter died accidentally, we could accept it, but it wasn’t an accident. According to Director Hou and Director Liu, my poor daughter died unjustly. If her spirit can see, as parents, we don’t want our only daughter to die such an unjust death. What’s the use of more money then? That’s the ’blood money’ for our daughter. As parents, can we spend that? Every penny would feel like it was flesh taken from our daughter." Father Wang was tearful and sorrowful.

Director Hou and Director Liu’s expressions fell immediately, not daring to meet the eyes of Ye Fan, Mengyao, and Lu Xiangxiang.

The matter was indeed their fault, but they had no other way. Resolving it like this was the only way to minimize the impact.

But they were also worried, fearing that if Ye Fan and the others were dissatisfied with how they handled Siqi’s case, the crisis they had just overcome might come crashing back upon them.

"Don’t worry, we will definitely help you, but how should we help?" Lu Xiangxiang said righteously.

"Just a word from you for Director Hou to fully investigate the murderer, and we will be eternally grateful. As long as we can avenge our daughter, we would repay your kindness, even if it means being your cattle or horses. We can send every penny of the hush money to you as a hardship fee. If it’s not enough, we would sell everything we have to give you sufficient reward." Father Wang pleaded.

"If you can make our daughter die peacefully, we will be eternally grateful. Please, we’re begging you." Mother Wang said as she almost knelt again, held back only by Mengyao.

"Oh, the boundless parental heart." Ye Fan said, feeling unsettled, affirming, "We’ll handle your case, let’s go talk over there."

Ye Fan took Father Wang, while Mengyao and Lu Xiangxiang took Mother Wang, heading towards a table and chairs under a shade umbrella in the small square.

The tables and chairs were plastic, provided by a small stall offering drinks and snacks.

After comforting the grieving couple to sit down, Ye Fan said, "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely find justice for your daughter, find the murderer and bring them to you for punishment."

Father Wang and Mother Wang were immensely grateful, tears streaming down their faces. Since their daughter went missing, they had seen many looks of disdain. Especially after the incident, they had suffered greatly, with no one ever caring about their feelings. The attitude of Ye Fan and the others made the couple cry tears of joy.

Lu Xiangxiang whispered, "Mengyao, can Ye Fan really solve the case? Has he studied criminal investigation?"

"He can handle it, don’t worry." Mengyao said confidently.

"Oh!" Lu Xiangxiang nodded seriously, genuinely afraid Ye Fan might be boasting, which would make Father and Mother Wang even more sorrowful.

"What happened?" Ye Fan fixed his gaze on Director Hou and Director Liu. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"W-w-what?" Director Hou and Director Liu glanced at each other, shivered, and stammered, unable to speak.

"I won’t make it hard for you, just tell me everything you know." Ye Fan said calmly.

Director Hou cautiously looked at Ye Fan before he said, "This is what happened: the deceased’s name was Wang Siqi, a junior student, who came to Longxing Mountain for sketching. She went missing yesterday. After her dorm mates couldn’t reach her, both the school and her parents became aware. Who could have predicted such an incident today? Her body was discovered by tourists in the wild woods."

He continued, "To minimize the impact, we wanted to hush up the matter, also out of necessity. A major incident like this in our jurisdiction frightens me too, but I’m really powerless. In fact, there have been five previous homicide incidents at Longxing Mountain, all on record, investigated for a long time with no clues found. Including Wang Siqi this time, there have already been six murder cases. In the forest, the murderer left no clues, creating significant difficulties for our investigation."

Director Liu promptly added, "The six murder cases occurred over about eight years, with the first death eight years ago. All victims were women, and past investigation results showed they were all murdered."