Once, I wanted to be a good person
Chapter 827 - 827: 206. The Sima Family's Huge Compensation! (6000 words)_2

"Either they choose to go with me to the Noble Court and watch as their family's Mortality-Shedding rank is revoked and the Young Master is imprisoned,"

"or they hand over the Mortality-Shedding Fruit in exchange for their Mortality-Shedding rank and the Young Master."

"They will calculate this deal clearly,"

Hearing Fang Ze's words, Hei Yu suddenly saw the light and understood the logic behind Fang Ze's plan.

Indeed, for the same incident, different people have different psychological expectations for compensation, which is hard to measure, but when presented as a choice, it becomes simple and straightforward...

....

Escorted by Hei Yu, they arrived at the Security Bureau.

Upon entering the office, Fang Ze saw a vase with a bunch of pink gladioli on his desk.

Curiously glancing at it, Fang Ze called over his secretary, Little You, "Little You, where did this come from?"

Little You glanced at the gladioli and uttered an "oh," then said, "Director... a new colleague gave them."

"A new colleague?" Fang Ze hesitated for a moment, then suddenly a figure flashed through his mind, "Li Xiang?"

Little You nodded, "Yes."

She explained, "When I came to work today, I saw Li Xiang going from office to office, handing out flowers."

"She said she was new and had no gifts to give, so she could only offer everyone a good mood. She hoped everyone would look out for her in the future."

"She also had these flowers tested by the biology department in advance so that everyone could safely put them on display without any concerns," she added.

At this point, Little You paused, and then said with a smile, "She even specifically saved the freshest, loveliest bunch for the director."

Listening to Little You's explanation, Fang Ze was momentarily at a loss for words.

This girl... she's quite the master.

To deliver flowers to him, she had actually given flowers to every department in the Judicial Department?

By doing so, the act of her giving him a gift would seem less conspicuous and it would be harder for him to refuse.

Although he was not sure about Li Xiang's ability to handle cases, just based on how she gave gifts, Fang Ze felt that her emotional intelligence was at its peak.

'This girl is indeed a bit dangerous... I need to be careful.'

Thinking this, Fang Ze dismissed Little You and started to deal with the day's work.

The most important task for the Judicial Department these past few days was dealing with the Rejuvenation Society captives.

Fang Ze had reviewed the list of captives over the past two days; among them were two familiar faces, Hua Nu and Director Pang, oh... now he should be referred to as suspect Pang Men.

As for Butcher Dog, that reticent figure, he was not among them; it seemed he had escaped in the chaos.

As for the capture of these two old acquaintances, Fang Ze had his considerations: Hua Nu was a joker, naturally lacking in vigilance, so it was not surprising that he got caught, but the capture of Director Pang was illogical.

After all, Director Pang had revealed to Fang Ze the plans of the Rejuvenation Society's operations. With his cunning and foresight, he would surely anticipate that Fang Ze would use the strategy of baiting the wolf with the tiger.

Thus... if he didn't run, he was most likely using one of his one-time Clones, disposable even in sacrifice, maybe even fancying the chance of meeting Fang Ze in the process.

This made Fang Ze have absolutely no interest in seeing them. Other than requesting that his people take extra care of the two and not mistreat them, he hadn't dealt with the captives.' issues.

Now, after two days of trials, the Judicial Department had an initial verdict for these hundreds of suspects, and the criminal records of this batch of prisoners were laid out before Fang Ze.

Scanning through the document rapidly, Fang Ze paid special attention to the interrogation results of Hua Nu and Director Pang.

Both confessed to their deeds over the years without denial, showed good attitudes in admitting their guilt, and even helped the interrogators identify other suspects.

Therefore, the interrogators' recommendation for the two was temporary detention and then submission to the Xida State superior court for trial, in hopes of leniency.

After looking at this recommendation, Fang Ze thought for a moment and circled their names. This meant that the processing for these two would be postponed, with no judgment made for now.

As for the other suspects, Fang Ze reviewed each one, and after confirming there were no issues, he signed his name.

After signing off on the paperwork for this batch of suspects, someone knocked on the door of Fang Ze's office "thump thump thump" from outside.

Fang Ze lifted his head from the documents and said, "Come in."

Soon after, the door opened and Li Xiang walked in, respectfully saluting Fang Ze and saying, "Director, Black Shadow asks to see you."

Gazing at Li Xiang, who stood before him with the complete bearing of a secretary, a question mark slowly materialized above Fang Ze's head, "What is this?"

Li Xiang smiled sweetly and said to Fang Ze, "Little You felt unwell with a stomachache and went to the restroom, so I'm filling in for her for the time being."

Fang Ze: .....

Unbelievable!!

Fang Ze admired Li Xiang truly. She knew exactly how to take advantage of any opportunity, not letting even the smallest chance slip by!

And the opportunity she found made it impossible to find fault: she was just a beautiful and kind person, helping Little You out, what was wrong with that?

But watching Li Xiang's eyes, which didn't bother to hide anything, Fang Ze was extremely aware: she helped Little You only to have more contact with him!

'Could it be... Little You's stomachache is due to something she did?' Fang Ze speculated maliciously about Li Xiang in his mind while keeping a steady expression and waved his hand, "Fine, let Black Shadow in."