Chapter 285

Hearing Seraphina’s words, Herman’s gaze went blank for a moment.

Actually, while going through these surveillance videos again and again, he had already thought about this possibility.

Yet, even though this idea had crossed his mind, hearing it from someone else made it feel completely different.

Especially when it was as firmly stated as Seraphina did.

No matter how long he had thought about it or how many conjectures he had made, he found it hard to accept at this moment.

“All we have are theories,” Herman said in a low voice. “We don’t have any proof”

Seraphina looked at him and said, “They’re theories, but they’re reasonable theories. You thought of it yourself, why can’t you accept it?”

“It’s not that I can’t accept it,” Herman said. “But investigations need evidence, we can’t just accuse someone based on a guess!”

“You need evidence, I don’t.” After saying this, Seraphina turned to leave

Leandro, who had been silent all this while, reached out to stop her. Seraphina looked back at him. Leandro gave her a look and said softly, “Calm down.”

Seraphina wanted to shake him off.

Now that the crime syndicate responsible for harming Sandra Smith was fully exposed to her, how could she stay calm?

But this thought only lasted a moment. Looking into Leandro’s eyes, Seraphina paused a bit and then slowly calmed down.

“Alright,” she said, “I’ll calm down.”

hand, holding it all the while, occasionally squeezing

and her mind gradually settled down.

slowly, “Since he’s a suspect and you don’t have any evidence, you should be looking for evidence instead

lit up a cigarette and walked over to

left. Suddenly, she thought of something and nudged

her. Seraphina made a gesture at him and then looked back at Herman, signaling him

not want to listen to her, but he

Seraphina’s hint, Leandro let go of her

another lit up. From the balcony, the city lights were flickering, beautiful

who knew how much evil was hidden behind this beauty?

from the balcony. After a while, he said, “I know

want to face the truth,” Leandro said. “You just don’t want to

great cop… When I first joined the force, he took us rookies under his wing, handling cases all day and drinking with us at night. He never showed any arrogance as a leader and generously shared all his detective skills with us… Everything I can do today… including my drinking abilities, were all trained by him… How can I believe he’d be

this, Leandro was silent for a moment, then said, “You put too much emphasis on emotions, but the most unpredictable thing in this world is the human heart. Maybe when you’ve experienced enough,

this, Herman looked at him and slowly repeated, “Besides myself, no one can be fully trusted? Isn’t such a life too sad?”

about it, Leandro said

got his meaning, “Can’t you find anyone in this world who you fully trust? What

not that you can’t be trusted, it’s just that I have my reservations

looked back at the living

on the couch, talking on the phone with someone.

have been a bit disappointed and angry, and he couldn’t help but ask, “What

his eyes landed on Seraphina, he paused for a moment, then said, “She’s an exception.”

The only exception.

from the previous shock when he received another one. Just as he was about to retort, Seraphina suddenly got up and walked briskly towards them.

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