Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1642: It's going to be a missing person's case

Meanwhile, in Benjamin's Home...

Mint and Benjamin sat on the couch, the latter putting some ointment on the healing wounds on her face. The bitterness in his eyes was enough to show his lingering displeasure about what happened to her.

Mint smiled wearily as she stared at him, letting him rub some ointment on her cheek.

"I told you I can do it," she said playfully. "You didn't have to do it yourself."

But her remark only earned her a glare from him.

"If you're not going to say anything good, then don't talk," he barked, shifting his attention to her bruise. "I'm busy here, and even if I let you in here and cried with you, I'm still upset. As long as these injuries are present, I'll keep feeling upset."

"Then, that's going to be in another two weeks... or three? Maybe four." Benjamin paused and gave her a dead look while she chuckled.

"Beanie," Mint held his arm and gently put it down, facing him squarely. "I mean it."

She nodded at him, squeezing his arm lightly. "Once this case is closed, I'm going to retire."

Benjamin puffed his cheeks, clicking his tongue. He squinted his eyes

suspiciously. She'd already said this earlier while sobbing, but then again, he didn't want to take it to heart. After all, she could've just blurted that out in the heat of the moment.

"Really?" he asked, skeptical.

Mint nodded. "This time, I'm serious. I'm quitting after this case."

"..." A brief silence fell on Benjamin's shoulder as his eyes scanned the sincerity of her declaration. "What if the case never closes?"

Her brows rose at his question.

"What I'm saying

mean you're never quitting?" he

moment of heavy silence fell on their

in his eyes, worry quickly

more than she knew herself. Therefore, it worried him that she was putting everything on this case. He had never seen her so obsessed

him mildly. "It will not become just one of those unsolved cases. Not when this case... has hurt plenty of people, families,

more and more. I am close, and no one's going to stop me until I get

not for Second Brother pulling you away from death's door," he mumbled, his eyes softening with deep concern. "Would

gulping the building tension in his throat. "Mint, tell me.

answer, but the look in her eyes was clearer than any words

next time, it's not just a beating, but a bullet in the body? Or worse, an injury that

important than

him the answer. Because now that she said that, he knew just how much it meant to

being a family

the

Why?

family. A

curving down along with it. Mint,

he didn't meet her eyes. "Please. Just

"For much longer?"

"Just... just a little..."

he returned, as a continuation of her remarks.

I've spent years trying to catch these people. I'm not spending another year for

heavy silence settled over them as

as thin as a thread, but the resolve in her eyes

a wildfire. And knowing there was no point in arguing, Benjamin let out another heavy

going to die... make sure you die in one piece. Don't