Chapter 21

She clicked on the email, revealing its contents. [Help me find someone, Cynthia Yates, female, from Nexuria, here’s her picture. Find all the information you can about her, and name your price.]

Cynthia glanced at the sender’s email address, an account she had frequently interacted with a few years ago. They had both been knowledgeable and shared similar goals, which led to a period of mutual assistance. However, they eventually lost touch.

However, why would this person want to investigate her?

She quickly typed a response. [Did she do something to you?]

Joshua received it as soon as the message was sent. He had assumed that after several years without contact, she might not even use the account anymore, so he was prepared for his message to go unanswered. However, to his surprise, she responded almost instantly.

Reading her reply, he sat in the back seat of a car, fingers tapping on the keyboard. “No, I’m helping a friend. I can’t say more. Can you find any information?”

Cynthia looked at his latest response and furrowed her brow in contemplation. In the next moment, as if she had realized something, she opened the photo Joshua had sent. She noticed that the background appeared to be the living room of a luxurious villa. She replied, [Is your friend Joshua?]

She rarely investigated people’s backgrounds, even those she was in contact with, like the person she was messaging now. She primarily used her technical skills to gather evidence. However, now…

Was it Joshua looking into her? Or someone close to him?

“Cynthia?” Jimmy waved a hand in front of her face. “Cynthia!”

Cynthia shifted her gaze from the phone screen and looked at him indifferently. “What’s up?” “What were you thinking about?” Jimmy stopped the car at a traffic light, his curiosity piqued. “You were staring at your screen for a long time.”

“Nothing.” Cynthia locked her phone screen and put it in her pocket, ignoring any further messages in her inbox.

“Before you got off the plane, my sister sent me a message saying that the surgery went well for Shirley, and she’s already resting in her ward.” Jimmy continued driving as the light turned green. “She wanted me to tell you not to worry too much.”

Cynthia responded, “Alright.”

the apple of her eye, the kind of child who would cry in pain over a minor scrape.

informed her of

way to the sixth floor. The closer she got to Shirley’s ward, the more anxious she

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finally reached the

eyes closed as if asleep. Beside her bed sat her worried, deadbeat father, Mr. Yates. He was already in his fifties, but his handsome face

Mr. Yates looked up, and their eyes met through the observation. window.

In that instant…

a slight disturbance as Mr. Yates‘ gaze seemed to be glued to Cynthia, unable to look

her emotions, composed herself and opened the door to the hospital room. She was still wearing the casual black suit and white T–shirt she had worn to the divorce proceedings, giving her

closed the door

emotion as memories surged

asked, not addressing him as she approached the bed to look at the girl who was sleeping

and answered her question. “She should be fine. Her wounds have been treated, but we’ll have to wait until

nodded in response, and the room

on her,

Mr. Yates hesitated.

should go home,”

these past two years, but he knew that Cyn would not discuss such things with him. After carefully considering his words, he asked, “You and

sat down

Cynthia did not want to talk much with him, Mr. Yates exchanged a few

he was leaving, he ran into

“Mr. Yates?”

rushed back without eating lunch.” Mr. Yates said, glancing back at the room before adding, “Make sure she eats something

that Cynthia and Mr. Yates did not have

said nothing

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