In truth, there was no need for investigation. Everyone knew this was likely Spencer’s doing.
Harper looked at his former colleague with some sympathy.
Seeing this, Evelyn suddenly knocked on her head, “If he doesn’t go to jail, it’ll be you tomorrow. Idiot.”
If these goods were really lost, they would also be held accountable.
At the thought of this, Harper suddenly sobered up, retreating as if avoiding a plague.
Ryan, who had already awakened on the ground but was still dizzy, was infuriated. If he had been able to take Harper hostage just now, he might have escaped. That damn bitch, Evelyn.
He struggled to think of other ways to escape, and the next second, his hand was stomped down hard.
Evelyn glanced disdainfully at his deformed hand and chuckled softly, “Let me give you a piece of advice too. Don’t mess with me in the next life.”
Ryan shuddered at the cold voice. He dared not even open his eyes, only trembling as he heard Evelyn’s footsteps fading away.
They were now far from the city center. By the time the police arrived and they went through the interrogation process, the whole day had passed…
After dinner, Samuel drove Evelyn home.
Suddenly, they heard a sudden screeching of brakes behind them. Then a black car overtook them, skidding in the middle of the road and crashing into a tree on the other side with a loud bang.
Samuel shouted in shock, “What should we do? Should we intervene?”
Evelyn instructed Samuel to pull over.
The black car was emitting black smoke, and the people inside seemed unconscious.
Evelyn approached and smashed the window open. The driver was quite young, and then she looked at the passenger seat…
“Jesse.”
“Evelyn, do you know him?” Samuel asked curiously.
Evelyn replied, “Just met once.”
She thought of Ellis and quickly looked back to make sure he wasn’t there before sighing in relief.
“No need to call an ambulance, just take them straight to the hospital.”
Evelyn didn’t want to waste time, so she carried the two of them onto Samuel’s car. Then they navigated to the nearest hospital…
As she was paying, Jesse’s phone rang.
It showed an unknown number, but Evelyn was worried it might be someone close to him, so she answered.
After hearing the explanation from the other end, Evelyn remembered the scene just now and her face darkened. She returned to the ward without even paying the bill.
Jesse had already woken up, and he couldn’t help but express his gratitude when he saw Evelyn. “Miss Taylor, I didn’t expect it to be you who saved me.”
“Saved? Mr. Knox is a good actor.”
Jesse carefully observed Evelyn’s expression and asked, “Miss Taylor, what do you mean? I don’t understand.”
“Don’t understand?” Evelyn sneered and glanced at the driver pretending to be unconscious on the next hospital bed. “Ask that world-class race driver over there, and you might understand.”
“Uh…” Jesse felt a bit unable to keep up the act anymore, “How did you find out?”
“The racing organization you consulted called you back, saying that their race drivers can be rented at half price.”
Originally, she just felt that the driver looked familiar. It wasn’t until she received that phone call that she realized. And according to the scene she remembered of the crash, what just happened was indeed very skillful. Based on the speed of the vehicle, how could a car that had already turned sideways only suffer such minor injuries unless someone was deliberately controlling it?
Jesse looked embarrassed, trying to maintain a smile on his face, “I’m sorry for making such an unreliable decision.”
Knowing it was unreliable and still doing it, was he foolish?
Watching her expressions, Jesse increasingly felt that Evelyn resembled his grandmother. Although he hadn’t received the results of the paternity test yet, he had already assumed she was a member of The Knox family.
Knowing that Evelyn didn’t believe his words at all, Jesse felt anxious. He thought of the excuse Frank had prepared earlier and tentatively spoke up.
“I’m sorry, I just wanted to thank you for taking care of Ellis these days.”
Evelyn: “?”
“Thank you by crashing the car?”
Jesse’s eyes darkened for a moment, “It was Frank’s idea.”
“He thought the gift I gave was too valuable for you to accept. If I added my life to it, the meaning would be different.”
This reason… What kind of twisted logic was this?
Evelyn frowned, “What does Mr. Knox want to give me?”
“A car? A mansion?” Jesse whispered tentatively. He actually wanted to give her half of The Knox family, but that might scare her off, right?
Originally, Evelyn indeed wouldn’t have accepted these things, but now she seemed a bit angry. Someone was willing to be a fool, so she had to give him a chance.
Her expression suddenly became serious, “There’s no need to beat around the bush when it comes to giving away these things.”
“Give it to me.” Evelyn extended her hand.
Jesse was stunned. “What?”
“The keys, contracts, property deeds, and the like. Are you kidding me?”
Um… Jesse felt embarrassed again. He thought giving away these things would require some persuasion, so he hadn’t even started preparing yet.
Evelyn’s face completely darkened, “Mr. Knox, there should be a limit to making up stories.”
With that, she turned and walked away.
Just before leaving, Jesse heard her mutter, “A nut.”
He was at a loss for words.
When Ellis mentioned wanting a mother, he did consider it. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have flown to Memphis himself. But now… could he dare?
The phone rang, and Jesse answered it.
“Bro, the paternity test results are out,” Frank gasped.
Jesse was also nervous. “How is it?”
“Ninety percent probability,” Frank explained in a low voice. “After all, it’s not a direct lineage, so we can’t get a better probability.”
“Ninety percent? Can we conclude then?”
Frank couldn’t be sure either. “At least we can determine she’s related to The Knox family.”
Jesse breathed a sigh of relief.
There was suddenly static noise on the phone.
In a location overseas, three handsome men sat together, their excited expressions not inferior to Jesse’s.
Alvin: “After more than a decade of searching, we finally found her. Jesse is really lucky, just went to Memphis once.”
Andy: “Is this luck? If I had known , when Ellis called, I would have flown over.”
Andres: “Stop dreaming. The credit is destined to be Jesse’s.”
“We’ll fly over now…”
“Shut up!” Jesse located the listening point and shouted angrily, “Anyone who dares to leave, I’ll break your legs.”
The three men looked at each other, then nodded silently.
They wouldn’t leave. She would come back anyway. They would gather information first and prepare gifts.
Perfect!
At this moment, as Evelyn stormed back home, she had no inkling that in a corner of the world, three even stranger men were waiting for her.
She followed the movements of the police station, and there would be announcements sent out over there about the treatment of the prisoners. Ryan took all the blame upon himself.
Evelyn smirked coldly, took out her computer, hacked into the global talent database, and found some information about Spencer. Then she followed the trail and uncovered a heap of dirt on him. With this evidence, all she needed was to wait for the right moment, and Spencer would truly have no chance of turning the tables.
Satisfied with her findings, she was about to call it a day when she noticed someone hacking into her IP address, frantically trying to breach her security.
Ha! Quite audacious.
Initially, she thought to shake off this person, but then she changed her mind. She traced the attacker’s route and successfully identified their IP address.
Evelyn incorporated the address into the map and realized that the coordinates turned out to be this mansion.
Evelyn instantly blanched.
She had been duped…
Damn it…
Beads of sweat oozed on her forehead as she exerted tremendous effort to escape.
Evelyn sighed, looking at the location where she had been caught by her pursuer while trying to flee, her expression full of worry.
It had been a long time since she encountered such a formidable opponent. Attacking her in her own home… Was it Alexander or Henry?
Evelyn shook her head. Alexander couldn’t possibly have this level of skill. As for Henry, she had no idea he possessed such abilities in her previous life.
Moreover, if his skills were this high, he wouldn’t need her help to unlock that mysterious project, he could have done it himself.
At this moment, in the study of the mansion, Alexander pounded his chest in frustration.
“Ah! Just a little more, just a tiny bit more, and we could have caught V God. Henry, it’s been so long without action, you’ve really regressed.”
Henry cast him a deep glance, flexing his stiff fingers. Indeed, it had been several years since he last used his skills.
Glancing at the location they had just traced, which had been identified as part of their mansion district through technical analysis, Alexander was struck with shock.
“This mansion district! Could it be that V God is also in Memphis? And living so close to you guys!” Alexander exclaimed in disbelief.
Henry, pondering something, pulled out his phone and immediately dialed Evelyn’s number without hesitation.
“Evelyn, where are you?”