Chapter 1474

Xue Xingyuan signaled for Xie Linsheng to report the case to Shi Deyou. Xie Linsheng then concisely reported the case of the gang rape leading to the victim's suicide to Shi Deyou. As Xie Linsheng reported, Shi Deyou's brows furrowed tighter and tighter. He had originally been holding a pencil in his hand, but as he gripped it tighter and tighter, the pencil actually snapped into two pieces with a 'snap'.

"Is the case you just reported entirely true?" Shi Deyou's tone sounded calm, but the two broken pieces of the pencil on his desk showed his inner turmoil.

Xie Linsheng nodded and said, "The facts of this case are very simple. We interrogated many witnesses and suspects last night, and there is also the victim's suicide note. It can basically be determined that this is a serious criminal case of gang rape leading to the victim's suicide, and the identities of the criminal suspects can also be determined."

Shi Deyou's brows were tightly furrowed. He naturally understood why Xue Xingyuan and Xie Linsheng had driven specifically to report this ordinary criminal case to him—it was because the identities of these few criminal suspects were simply too unusual.

He didn't doubt at all that these few people had committed this case. These few people were all famous playboys in Yulin City, and their reputations in Yulin City were extremely poor. They had committed many such sexual crimes; if it were during the '83 strike-hard campaign, they would surely have faced the firing squad.

Although they are also strictly cracking down on criminals now, most of the sexual crimes they committed were consensual, and coupled with their prominent identities in Yulin City, nothing major would happen. Some minor issues like promiscuity or prostitution wouldn't be pursued by anyone, so this made them bolder and bolder.

Now they have actually committed such a major crime!

In fact, this is not something Shi Deyou wants to see. With the leadership transition coming up next year, Yulin City's development momentum has been very good during Shi Deyou's few years here, and his hope for further promotion is very high. At this time, what he hopes for most is, of course, to maintain stability.

As long as there is stability, he has a high hope of becoming a deputy-ministerial level cadre. But just at this moment, such a major event has occurred. Shi Deyou's wish to maintain stability and a smooth transition is likely to fall through. How could he possibly be happy?

This is truly a case of 'the mountain rain is coming, and the wind is filling the building'!