Chapter 33: Chapter 32: Investigation

North City, Vicars Hotel.

Norman Bennett sat alone in the living room, a cup of unsweetened black coffee by his side.

Just then, his cell phone buzzed with a message.

Raymond Wood: "President, Mr. Reeves has invited you to a party at Sunny Grace Manor the day after tomorrow."

Norman Bennett just gave it a glance without any intention of refusing.

The Reeves family is a business giant in North City. The Bennett and Reeves families have never crossed paths, but this could be a good opportunity to get acquainted.

Seeing that it was almost time, he had to head to the next meeting. He wondered what his little girl was up to at the moment.

―――1:00 PM.

Whitesun Town.

Elliana Lyle had come again to Rupert Zeller’s family store, pretending to shop as she browsed through the items.

Rupert’s mother naturally didn’t suspect anything. The chubby kid was sitting at the counter playing with a phone, but it wasn’t the Xiaomi MIX2S from the morning.

This wasn’t a big deal, but when she saw Rupert’s father holding the phone, Elliana suddenly recalled something.

She remembered a corner of a black phone poking out from Rupert’s mother’s jeans pocket, exactly like the one the kid was holding.

She had unintentionally noticed it when she was chatting with Rupert’s mother earlier in the morning.

If the kid had his own phone, he wouldn’t be playing with his parents’ phone.

Seeing Elliana stop at the local walnut section, seemingly lost in thought, Rupert’s mother introduced, "These are our local specialty, good for health."

"Really? I’ll take a bag." Elliana smiled as she picked up a bag and glanced at the chubby kid, telling Rupert’s mother, "Mrs. Zeller, your child is still young. It’s best not to buy a phone for them to play alone. They can easily get addicted."

Hearing this from Elliana, Rupert’s mother quickly replied, "We didn’t buy him a phone, that’s mine."

After saying this, Rupert’s mother snatched the phone playing a game from the chubby kid, saying, "All you do is play on the phone, you don’t even look at the drawing book I bought for you! Go look at your drawing book."

After paying, Elliana noticed among the card players was a middle-aged woman holding the Xiaomi MIX2S!

What does this indicate?

Even Elliana wasn’t sure. She rushed back to her rented room, but Luna had already left, and she didn’t know where she went.

she could only call Luna

of the call wasn’t concerned and

...

6 PM, Luna had still not returned, and Elliana had no idea where she had gone. The longer the time dragged on, the

Knock, knock!

was a knock at the

and it

dirty feet, accompanied by a strange smell, Elliana asked curiously, "Where

to the sofa

to handle some other business, and the woman you mentioned lives next to Rupert Zeller’s

for a moment and asked in surprise, "Did Rupert’s

makes you say that?" Luna did not answer

say Rupert was using the same

Elliana could finish, Luna interrupted, "There are many people

I’m going to

to be a

let’s go out

downstairs from the side of the building

town, where quite a

chatting noisily, creating a lively

shop here, filled with small snacks, some of which might have already

Luna led Elliana in a brisk walk directly

kind of dirty, but then one of the elderly ladies stood up, hunch-backed, approached, and asked, "What

this tub of lollipops. Can

but in the end, it was still Elliana who paid.

I ask you

but asked in return, "Why

I’m a classmate of Rupert’s. Her

The granny replied with disdain, "How else

"Ah?"

saw her get off a small car with two men. I greeted her, but she didn’t reply and just left.

After hearing this, Luna and

helpless. Sometimes she thought Rupert was just

Rupert secretly had an abortion at home. So, was Rupert’s cry for help just

Luna stopped the car at

"Where are we going?"

"Behind Rupert Zeller’s house."

alley, finding the back of Rupert Zeller’s house, surrounded by

Luna, Elliana arrived at the back of Rupert Zeller’s house. There indeed was

here, it would be believable," Elliana

squinted her eyes, reaching out to touch the rusted iron door, then tiptoed to the window

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