Afterlife Department

Stable World, S City General Hospital. 

"AH LING!!!!" Mrs. Huo cried when she and her husband arrived in the morgue and requested for their son's body. "AH LING!!!" she cried. Her husband could only hug her from behind as he silently cried. 

"Mom… dad…" Huo Ling cried as he buried his face in his hands. His soul sank on the floor as he sobbed. Yi Bing patted his back to comfort him. 

Gu Xingfeng watched the Huo family's tragic reunion. He fetched them from the airport and Mrs. Huo has been crying since the airport. 

"How…. How?!" Mr. Huo asked as he turned to Gu Xingfeng. "How can my child die?! He has been fine when we last seen him when we video called!" he said. 

"Mr. Huo. Please calm down." Gu Xingfeng said. "We suspect he was murdered – " 

Mr. Huo cut him off. "It was those friends of him, right?!" he asked and his eyes are bloodshot. "It was them! They envy my son! I have warned him many times not to associate with them, but he just - !" he gritted his teeth in anger. 

"Dad…" Huo Ling muttered as he stared at his father. 

"Mr. Huo. This is an unfortunate incident and I promise you we will catch the murderer." Gu Xingfeng told Huo Ling's father. 

"You better be! I want justice for my son… darling?" Mr. Huo called when he saw his wife disappeared. Gu Xingfeng was also surprised. 

"Mom…? Where is she?" Huo Ling asked and turned to Yi Bing. 

"I saw her slipped out. She's going towards Zhu Min's ward." Yi Bing answered. 

Huo Ling's eyes widened, and it's as if Gu Xingfeng sensed Yi Bing's words. He turned and immediately ran outside. He called Xiao Xie. "Huo Ling's mother arrived! She's definitely going towards Zhu Min! she must have seen that video!" he told Xiao Xie. 

Xiao Xie, on the other line, was shocked. His eyes widened. "Yes, chief!" he answered and turned, only to see an elegant woman approaching them. "Madam…?" he called. 

Song Mingfan's eyes sharpened. How did she…? He thought, only for his eyes to catch their fallen comraded. His eyes widened. "Xiao Xie, look out!" he cried and immediately pulled Xiao Xie just in time for Mrs. Huo to hit his nape. She's fast! He exclaimed in his mind. "Stop!" he called when he saw Mrs. Huo went inside Zhu Min's room. 

"OW!" Xiao Xie cried when he fell on the floor after Song Mingfan dropped him to run after Mrs. Huo. "Mingfan, get her!" he yelled as he rose on his feet to follow. 

"AAAH! What're you - ?!" Zhu Min's mother woke up after Mrs. Huo pulled her hair. 

"BITCH! You and your daughter are whores!" Mrs. Huo gritted her teeth in anger as she slapped multiple times the face of Zhu Min's mother that her lips were cut. 

"Mom!" Zhu Min's younger brother cried and pulled Mrs. Huo away. 

Mrs. Huo knows the child is innocent, so she ignored him as she continued to hit Zhu Min's mother as she overpowered her. "Bitch!" she yelled as she pushed Zhu Min's mother who helplessly fell on the floor. Then, she turned to the unconscious Zhu Min. "Another whore!" she said as she reached for Zhu Min's face, only for Song Mingfan to pull her back and she only had scratched Zhu Min's cheek with her long nails. 

Xiao Xie had pulled Zhu Min's younger brother away. "Mrs. Huo, calm down!" he told her. 

"Hah… hah…" Mrs. Huo panted as she murderously glared at the sleeping Zhu Min, but her tears are falling. 

"I have nothing against whores, but you two are the worst!" Huo Zichu said as she kicked Zhu Min's mother. "Why did she rape my son? She lacked men? It's the manners she lacked!" she said as she struggled out of Song Mingfan's hold. 

"Darling!" Huo Huainan called as he ran to hug his wife and comfort her. "Stop it… Ah Ling's already gone…" he cried. "Zichu… I don't want to also lose you if you'll commit a crime." He told her. 

"'Huo Zichu'…" Xiao Xie muttered as his eyes widened. "No wonder I felt she's so familiar. She's actually a – " he said and shut up when Gu Xingfeng shot him a glare. 

"Mom…?" Huo Ling called when he looked at her. 

"She must have been a retired member of the secret service." Yi Bing told Huo Ling. That is why Huo Zichu had easily toppled the police officers on her way. 

"My mother is…?" Huo Ling was shocked. "How about my father?" he asked. Are there more secrets they were hiding from him? He thought. 

"He's an ordinary businessman." Yi Bing answered as if he had read Huo Ling's thought. 

"…" Huo Ling really had expected there. However, he didn't feel disappointed since he loves his parents. It's a pity he died, since he hasn't hugged them again since his graduation in college. 

"You still call yourself a mother?" Huo Zichu said as she looked at Zhu Min's mother who was pitifully crying. "The moment you abandoned teaching them morality you had already failed as a mother!" he told her before she walked out and went back to the morgue to see her son. 

"Zichu…" Huo Huainan called before he turned to Gu Xingfeng. "The video…" he said and his face darkened. 

"You are right. It's the rape video." Guo Xingfeng honestly answered. "Zhu Min raped Huo Ling." He said before he glanced at Zhu Min's mother still sprawled on the floor. The nurses had arrived and were shocked before they immediately helped Zhu Min's mother to rise. "Let's talk somewhere else." He told Huo Huainan. "Xiao Xie. Song Mingfan." He called. 

"I'm sorry, chief." Xiao Xie said. 

"You'd better be more careful next time." Gu Xingfeng said. "She's a valuable witness." He told them before he left with Huo Huainan. 

"Yes." They both answered and watched them left. 

Outside, the dean of the university saw Gu Xingfeng and Huo Huainan left before he turned to look at inside and saw Zhu Min's mother was crying while Xiao Xie was pacifying the child. Song Mingfan walked out and noticed him. "Mr. Zheng." He called him. 

Zheng Dongming sympathetically smiled. "I've dropped by to talk to Mrs. Zhu, but…" he said. 

Song Mingfan nodded. "She's currently unstable. You can go back next time to talk to her." He told him. 

Zheng Dongming nodded in understanding. "It's alright." He said. "I'll talk to the other students' parents first." He said and then left. 

Song Mingfan watched him left. 

"Was that the dean of the university?" Xiao Xie asked when he went out after he left Zhu Min's younger brother to the nurse. 

Song Mingfan nodded. "Yeah. He came to talk to Zhu Min's mother." He said. 

"Oh. So, he wanted to visit Zhu Min… well, after all, she's still a student of their university." Xiao Xie shrugged. "I was surprised about Huo Ling's mother, though." He can't help but say. 

"She was introduced as a civilian who saved the prime minister before. It must have been her exit from the service." Song Mingfan said. 

Xiao Xie nodded. "Fortunately, Huo Ling's father is an ordinary person. Or else, he'll definitely be a protagonist from an anime." He laughed. 

In the hospital's garden, Gu Xingfeng and Huo Huainan sat on the bench. "Ah Ling is our only son. He is our pride and joy." he started. "He doesn't know his mom and I met because she was tasked to kill me because on of the businesses of her superior's friend was affected because of my business." He explained. 

"Father…" Huo Ling muttered as he watched his father. 

"Because we kept him away from the dirty world and protected him too much, he grew up to be a perfect son but knows too little of this world." Huo Huainan sighed. "We should be blamed for what happened." He said. 

"No… it isn't your fault, nor mom's." Huo Ling said as he hugged his father to comfort him, but his hands can only pass through. 

"He wasn't murdered. It must be a suicide." Huo Huainan bitterly smiled. "I knew my son. He is psychologically weak." He said and tiredly sighed. 

"You want this case to be closed?" Gu Xingfeng asked as he stared at Huo Huainan. Earlier, he must have spoken out of anger. Who wouldn't be mad when you knew your son was raped and died?

Huo Huainan nodded. "The girl who harmed our Ah Ling will be punished for her crime. She also has suffered, too." He sighed when he remembered the viral video of Zhu Min and her kidnappers in the internet. 

"Very well." Gu Xingfeng said and sighed. "The suspects' parents will be arriving today, too. Do you want to have a word with them?" he asked. 

"Yes, please." Huo Huainan nodded. "About my wife…" he said. 

"We'll close one eye for her." Gu Xingfeng said. 

Huo Huainan smiled. "Thank you." He told Gu Xingfeng before going to the morgue to fetch his wife. They're going to have Huo Ling's body be cremated. 

Huo Ling burst into tears and Yi Bing walked towards him. Gu Xingfeng watched Huo Huainan's back and then sighed in regret before he left. 

Huo Huainan walked back into the morgue and saw his wife was crying. "Darling…" he called. "It's time." He told her and sadly smiled. 

"… okay." Huo Zichu nodded and wiped her tears. She lovingly touched Huo Ling's face before she cried again. "They'll definitely pay for killing Ah Ling!" she said as her eyes narrowed into slits. 

Even if it was suicide, but the one who pushed the other to do it is a murderer! Suicide is also a form of murder!