Afterlife Department

S City Police Station. 

"Hello, everyone. I am Gu Xingfeng, the chief inspector of this station." Gu Xingfeng introduced himself. He looked at the group of parents that arrived. Their child is sitting next to them. "I hope everyone is aware of what had just happened yesterday?" he said. 

His words elicited different reactions from the parents. Ye Ting's mother was the first to react. "You! You're just like your father! You're really his son!" she said, fuming in anger as she glared at him filled with loathing. "And those girls… is the money we're sending you not enough?!" she raged. 

Rong Zhe's father slapped him hard a handprint appeared on Rong Zhe's face.. "How could you… all these years…!" he said as he gritted his teeth in irritation. "A minor… I could buy you hundreds of women but you just had to… a minor! A minor!" he stressed as his veins throbbed in his forehead. His face is red in anger. 

"Mom…" Ye Ting cried. "I – I just… they approached me, so – " he tried to explain. 

"Dad!" Rong Zhe stared at his father in shock. "I didn't mean to! Ah Ting was the one who… and I love Ah Min!" he said. 

"Ah Zhe, you bastard!" Ye Ting turned and glared at Rong Zhe. 

"That bitch! That bitch!" Rong Zhe's father yelled at Rong Zhe. "You're even sustaining her family?! How shameless can she be?!" he raged. 

"DAD! How could you?! She'll be your daughter-in-law!" Rong Zhe told his father. 

His father almost fainted in anger. "There's no way that'll happen!" he told Rong Zhe. "Do you think, after all that happened, I'd still accept her?! Even if she didn't have a family like that, but it's all in the manners!" he told Rong Zhe whose face paled in shock. "She has no manners!" he added. 

"You… mom and you are the same… how can you not understand me?!" Rong Zhe asked as he pushed his father who was stunned because of what he did. Zhang Bao immediately caught Mr. Rong before he could fall. "I love her! No matter who she is, I love her!" Rong Zhe finally snapped and he cried. 

"YOU!" Mr. Rong pointed at his son with his shaking hand. "You think I won't disown you?!" he asked. 

"Disown me if you want!" Rong Zhe told his father and he ran back to his cell. 

Mr. Rong almost fainted after he suppressed his anger. Zhang Bao helped him sit back and served him tea to calm himself. 

"Mom…" Ye Ting cried to his mother. 

"No." Ye Ting's mother said. "I can bail you, but you'll be on your own after that." She told him as she coldly looked at him. "You not only disappoint me. But you also disgust me!" she said and frowned. Then, she walked out, leaving the dumbfounded Ye Ting. 

Su Lin pitifully sighed as he sat beside Xu Ke who has no parents to accompany him. Lu Ming's parents still has not arrived yet. Su Lin's mother was still in the hospital. His father was arrested yesterday after he confessed to the police, and thus his sister was saved from their clutches. "Is this our retribution?" he weakly asked Xu Ke and Lu Ming. 

Xu Ke scoffed. "Don't lump me in with you. I haven't done anything wrong!" he said. 

Su Lin glared at him. "None? You're the accomplice of Zhu Min to rape Huo Ling! Hah!" he clicked his tongue in disgust. "Hypocrite." He said. 

"You!" Xu Ke said and pushed Su Lin with his handcuffed hands. 

"Bastard!" Su Lin yelled and also raised his handcuffed hands to punch Xu Ke. 

"Stop!" Zhang Bao said as he separated the scuffling Su Lin and Xu Ke. 

Lu Ming, on the side, just coldly looked at the two. Ye Ting was still crying like a child. "Where's Baiyun-ge?" he asked Gu Xingfeng. 

"You still had the nerve to call him that?" Gu Xingfeng mockingly looked at Lu Ming. 

Lu Ming frowned and he pressed his lips tight to suppress his anger. "I already told you, I don't know who did it!" he said. "I've already disposed Baiyun-ge's…" he said and didn't continue.

"The point is, you desecrated my Xiao Yun. Don't think I have forgiven you for that." Gu Xingfeng sharply looked at Lu Ming before he resumed his work and ignored them. 

Ye Ting, Su Lin and Xu Ke were returned to their cell while Lu Ming remained in Gu Xingfeng's office as he waited for his parents to arrive. They didn't need to wait long since Mr. and Mrs. Lu arrived together with Mr. Rong, Mrs. Ye, and Huo Huainan and Huo Zichu. 

"Mom! Dad!" Lu Ming cried as he ran to his parents' embrace. 

"Thank you for coming." Gu Xingfeng said as he rose from his seat. "Please take a seat." He told them. 

"Xingfeng…" Mrs. Lu said and she looked like she was hesitating. 

"Lu Ming hasn't committed any crime." Gu Xingfeng coldly said. "Please take a seat." He said again. 

Mr. Lu looked like he wanted to say something, but he didn't speak in the end and seated with the other parents. "We've met each other outside the station." He spoke. 

Huo Huainan nodded. "Yes." He said. "I'm Huo Ling's father, Huo Huainan. This is my beloved wife, Huo Zichu." He introduced themselves. 

"We've heard about you and your wife." Lu Fudong said as he shook hands with Huo Huainan. "I'm Lu Fudong. This is my wife, Pingping." He said. 

Huo Zichu smiled at Lu Pingping before she turned to Ye Ting's mother, Ye Tong. "Hello." She greeted while Huo Huainan nodded at Rong Zhe's father, Rong Si. 

Ye Tong graciously smiled. "I'm Ye Tong, Ye Ting's mother." She said. 

"Rong Si." Rong Si nodded back at Huo Huainan. 

Gu Xingfeng looked at the parents exchanged greetings and he sighed in relief. Fortunately, Huo Ling's parents are pacifists. That must be one of the reasons why Huo Ling became a perfect son. It's a pity he died. 

"Are we all here?" Huo Zichu asked, referring to the parents of the involved. 

"Xu Ke is an orphan, while Su Lin's father was arrested yesterday. His mother is sick and is recuperating in the hospital." Gu Xingfeng explained. 

"Oh. That's unfortunate." Huo Zichu said. 

"How would you settle this case?" Rong Si asked as he looked at the Huo couple. 

"It hasn't been confirmed yet if it was murder, but there's a grudge between the victim and the suspects." Gu Xingfeng said. 

"'grudge'?" Ye Tong said. "I thought they are all friends?" she asked. 

"They are, but we found out your child and the other suspects were actually bearing resentment towards the victim." Gu Xingfeng explained. 

"What?!" Huo Zichu exclaimed in shock. "They… they actually…?" she said as she stared at the other parents with widened eyes. 

Gu Xingfeng paused before he sighed. "I apologize to unable to say this earlier at the hospital." He told them. 

"We understand." Huo Huainan said as his shoulders fell. "Everything's rushed." He said. 

"So our Ah Ling… our Ah Ling… he didn't commit suicide?" Huo Zichu said. 

"'suicide'?" Rong Si said. "I thought this is murder?" he asked. 

Gu Xingfeng turned to him. "There's a cause of suicide." He said. "Huo Ling was raped by Zhu Min – Rong Zhe's girlfriend. It must be humiliation that caused him to commit suicide." He explained. 

Rong Si remembered it and his face darkened. "That bitch!" he gritted his teeth.

"So Ye Ting has no hand in this Huo Ling's death?" Ye Tong asked. 

"Maybe." Gu Xingfeng said. "But he won't escape his crimes." He told her. He's referring to Ye Ting prostituting his female classmates. 

Ye Tong's face darkened. 

"Xingfeng." Lu Fudong called. "About Ah Ming…" he said. 

"He cannot be released until we confirmed he isn't involved in Huo Ling's case." Gu Xingfeng told him. 

Lu Fudong's shoulder fell while Lu Pingping cried as she comforted her son. 

"Chief Gu." Huo Zichu called. "If this is the case… there's a motive…" she said. 

Gu Xingfeng turned to her before he lowered his gaze. "I understand." He said. "We haven't made an agreement yet, so what happened before is invalid." He told her. 

"What 'agreement'?" Rong Si asked. 

"Mr. and Mrs. Huo wanted to close the case as suicide, but now that they found out Huo Ling's classmates are actually bearing him a grudge…" Gu Xingfeng said. 

"Tch!" Ye Tong clicked her tongue and sharply glanced at the Huo couple. Meanwhile, Rong Si tiredly sighed. He looked like he aged five more years. 

Huo Zichu's eyes widened as she looked at Ye Tong's reaction. "Mrs. Ye." She called. Her face is dark. "So you think that we shouldn't have found out your son actually hates my son?" she asked. 

"Darling!" Huo Huainan called when Huo Zichu approached Ye Tong. 

Gu Xingfeng's eyes registered an alarm. 

"Why the hell would my son hate your son if your son didn't do something wrong?!" Ye Tong asked.