Chapter 114 — Torn Between Hope and Fear, Daddy Wants to Take in a Son-in-Law... Well, Wei Zhao Looks Quite Handsome Now, and... For a Girl Raised in Such a Great Rich Family, Whether a Man Is Young and Rich No Longer Matters, Compared With Those Rich Second-Generation Heirs, Gu Mengyao Would Rather Find a Man Who Can Devote Himself to Her, Protect Her and Cherish Her

Clearly, Wei Zhao was more than capable of protecting her. Right now there was nothing between them at all, he was only a man her daddy had hired with money, yet when danger came he had stepped forward without hesitation and shielded her with his own body. If he became her... boyfriend, would he not guard and cherish her with even greater care?

At this thought Gu Mengyao's face burned even redder. Having never been in love before, she felt the first stirrings of spring in her heart... She had not thought much of it before, but after what Shen Yushu had just said, she had begun to turn the question over with anxious hope and fear...

But the most hateful thing about Wei Zhao was that he seemed... rather fickle? Or was it that she held no attraction for him at all? Why had he gotten tangled up with Song Lingshan almost as soon as they met... And there was that tall girl she had seen yesterday...

Could it be... because she herself was too green and childish? The thought left Gu Mengyao a little forlorn... She glanced at Shen Yushu beside her, whose figure was far fuller than her own. No wonder Wei Zhao seemed to treat Shen Yushu even better than he treated her... That lecher must have his eye on Xiao Shu's bigger chest...

Gu Mengyao thought bitterly... Hmph, if that jerk sits beside me, I will make him pay. Best to wait for Uncle Qing to hit the brakes, then pretend it was an accident and stomp on his foot or shove him hard, so he learns what comes of looking down on me...

But after glancing toward her side, Wei Zhao did not come to open her door. Instead he ran over to Shen Yushu's side, pulled the door open and slipped in. That made Gu Mengyao's expression turn rather ugly!

What do you mean by that? You were hired by my daddy to be my shield, so you ought to sit beside me. What is this business of sitting next to Xiao Shu!

Gu Mengyao frowned and wanted to shout, "Wei Zhao, get over here..." But with her daddy and Uncle Qing sitting up front, she hesitated and in the end swallowed the words, though her face remained clouded with sulky displeasure.

The car pulled slowly away as Gu Pengzhan took out his phone, dialed a number, and said with a darkened face, "Director Chen? This is Gu Pengzhan..."

"Mr. Gu, hello!" Director Chen of the Songshan City Police Bureau answered the call, and hearing it was Gu Pengzhan, his tone warmed at once... Gu Pengzhan was not only the largest private entrepreneur in the area but also held a post in the provincial People's Congress, and most important of all, his family were old friends of the military Chen family for generations... As a distant relative of the Chen family, Director Chen knew exactly what was at stake.

"Director Chen, I would like to ask how the bank robbery case is going? Have you caught the suspects who kidnapped my daughter?" Gu Pengzhan was indeed angry now, and he did not even bother to keep his voice from his daughter and Shen Yushu as he made the call. The other side was simply too brazen, trying to kidnap his daughter only days ago, and now striking at him again...

"Well... there is no news for the moment..." Director Chen said helplessly, "The suspects are cunning, the plates were fake, and for now there are no leads of any real value..."

"Very well, please let me know if there is any news, Director Chen." Gu Pengzhan remained polite to Director Chen, after all he was a relative of Shen Yushu's family... though whether Shen Yushu acknowledged the relation was another matter...

"Certainly, certainly, I will press them to hurry!" After hanging up on Gu Pengzhan, Director Chen called straight through to Song Lingshan's office, "Is that Xiao Song? This is Chen Dafei. Come to my office."

"Understood..." Hearing the edge in the director's voice, Song Lingshan quickly set aside what she was doing, gave her subordinates a few instructions, and went to the director's office.

She knocked, heard the director's "Come in" from inside, and only then pushed the door open and stepped in, "Director, you wanted to see me?"

"Xiao Song, you are here?" Chen Dafei adjusted his glasses and set down the papers in his hands, "Have a seat. Tell me about the bank robbery case. Any progress?"

"Director, our criminal police team has set up the 313 special task force and sent men out to work from sketches and door-to-door checks, but there is still no word..." Song Lingshan reported carefully...

The case was in her hands. Yang Huaijun had recently been seconded by the provincial department to handle a case in a neighboring city, and would likely be promoted to deputy director once it was over, so all the business of the criminal team had fallen on Song Lingshan's shoulders.

Only after losing Yang Huaijun's shelter did Song Lingshan learn how crushing the pressure on the head of a task force could be. In the past Yang Huaijun had made the decisions and she had only led men to carry them out, never thinking about pressure from all sides... Now leading the team herself, Song Lingshan finally felt how hard it was.

But however hard it was, she would grit her teeth and see it through. There were no weaklings among the Song family. If she gave up like this and slunk back to the Song family, she would be despised by the rest of the household...

"Push harder. I will not belabor how important this case is. It involves Gu Pengzhan's daughter, so it must be cracked quickly! Bring the suspects to justice!" Chen Dafei said, "So, give me a deadline. How long before you can solve it?"

"Well..." Song Lingshan hesitated briefly. In the past it had always been Captain Yang Huaijun who made his pledge in the director's office, and this time it had fallen to her... Though she had no confidence at all, with the heavy burden now on her shoulders, Song Lingshan still said, "Director, I promise to bring the suspects to justice within half a month... no, within ten days!"

When Song Lingshan said "half a month," she saw Chen Dafei's brow lift slightly, and hurriedly changed it to ten days!

"Good, then it is settled. Ten days. I will wait for your good news!" Chen Dafei nodded with satisfaction.

Back in her own office, Song Lingshan sat with her delicate brows knitted tight, thinking hard about where Yang Huaijun would have started if he were here... But after long thought, she could only rub her temples in frustration, without a single clue!

The facts of every case were different, and the methods for solving them could not simply be reused... Just as Song Lingshan was struggling, the telephone on her desk suddenly rang. She hastened to pick it up, "Hello, Song Lingshan of the criminal police team."

"Captain Song, this is Lou Liqiang from the Outer City Sub-bureau..." Lou Liqiang was captain of the Outer City Sub-bureau criminal team, "Captain Song, we received a report that two male corpses were found in an abandoned warehouse in the suburbs. From our preliminary identification, one should be Lu Jieyan, the ringleader of the 313 bank robbery, nicknamed Baldy... The other body should be one of his men, his identity still to be confirmed..."

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