Emmanuel takes Troy's shoulders.
"Good."
They walk into the living room one after another. And Gigi tugs on Karin's sleeve, "Come with me for a
moment."
Karin then follows her over and goes into Gigi's room. After Gigi closes the door, she says mockingly,
"Do you still think my dad is a bad guy now?"
Karin knows that Gigi surely is looking for her for this matter. So she replies lightly, "Maybe I
misunderstood him."
"What do you mean by maybe? You misunderstood him. I asked my dad last time. He told me in
person that he didn't think about snooping on things that belonged to Troy. If he indeed wanted to harm
him, he wouldn't have worked so hard to help him. Please watch out for your words and actions next
time. After all, you can’t talk nonsense randomly!"
"Got it."
Karin looks around her bedroom, "Is everything okay? I'll go out if it's."
"The reason why I didn't mention your name to my dad isn’t that I like you. I don't like you at all. I didn't
mention your name for the sake of Troy."
"I know. But it's still quite comforting to me."
"Why?"
"I'm glad that you can think of the big picture. I'm impressed."
Gigi snorts, "Come on. Although you say nice words, in your heart, you surely are laughing at me."
"Why should I laugh at you?"
"You will be laughing at me because of my stupidity. I believed your words and came back to question
my father. How stupid I am..."
“Knock! Knock…”
There is a knock on the door of the room. And a maid shouts, "Miss, the master has asked you to come
downstairs for dinner."
"Got it."
Gigi glares at Karin, takes the lead, and pulls open the door as she walks out.
The dinner is very sumptuous. And there is no one else on the scene except for Troy, Karin,
Emmanuel, and Gigi
Without others present, they can talk unscrupulously.
Karin speaks, "Uncle Emmanuel, I have a doubt in my heart which has been troubling me..."
"Oh? Say it."
"How did you find those photos of Mia bribing a murderer? Troy has been asking Robert to check on it.
But after Robert checks on it for so long, there are no clues. Robert shouldn’t be that low efficient when
it comes to getting things done."
Karin asks this question without discussing it with Troy. So Troy isn’t aware of it. Even so, he doesn’t
intend to blame her as he only slightly smiles.
"These photos were sent to my door by someone."
"Sent to your door?"
Karin is a bit confused.
"Two days ago, a man came to me and said that he had photos of a hired killer in Jacob’s murder case
five years ago, asking me to give him a sum of money to exchange for the photos. I didn’t believe him
at the time. So I said I would think about it for two days and then give him some feedback. Last night,
when I looked at the photos of my youth, I saw a photo with my third brother. And I felt particularly bad,
thinking that I didn’t take good care of his son. So early this morning, I called the man and purchased
the photos in his hands with a huge amount of money. Only after that did I know that Jacob was killed
by Mia."
Karin asks cautiously, "Is that man bald?"
"Yes, how do you know?" Emmanuel seems surprised.
"A random guess. I met that man when I came to see you that day."
"Oh, no wonder."
"In any case, thank you, Uncle Emmanuel, for your help."
Troy raises his glass.
"You're welcome. It is what I should do."
Emmanuel drinks up a glass of wine and says with certainty, "Although your uncle's death is still
unsettled, don't worry. I will also help you think of a way. Just focus on the company's affairs. Don't
worry about anything else."
"Good."
The two of them clink glasses again. Seeing the sincerity in Emmanuel's gaze, for a moment, Karin is
conflicted as she thinks to herself, “Do I indeed misunderstand him? Isn’t he indeed the way I thought?”
Originally, she suspected Emmanuel because she saw the bald man. But now the identity of the bald
man has been clarified. Although she doesn’t know who the man works, at least, judging from the
signs, Emmanuel has nothing to do with the bald man.
By the time the dinner ends, it is already past 10 p.m. Emmanuel walks the two of them out of the door
and once again promises to help Troy get rid of suspicion as soon as possible. After a few pleasantries,
Troy drives away.
"Honey, I'm very conflicted in my heart now. Are you conflicted?"
Karin feels that the atmosphere inside the car is a little stuffy. And she lets down the window a little.
"What are you conflicted about?"
"I find that I can't understand Uncle Emmanuel more and more. Sometimes, it's obvious that he looks
like a bad guy. Sometimes, he suddenly looks like a good guy. In short, he's a particularly complicated
person."
"It is you who thinks of him as someone too complicated. I told you at the beginning that never should
we easily trust others or easily suspect others. It is you who has to complicate the simple things."
"It's not that I'm thinking in a complicated manner but that the bald guy is indeed suspicious."
"You shouldn't find him suspicious now, right?"
She sighs, "It seems that the one who went to Mia for blackmail the night before last has to be him. It is
just that Mia couldn't give him the amount of money he wanted. So he went to Uncle Emmanuel."
"Well, there is such a possibility."
"But did you find a very strange part?"
"What is it?"
"Why didn't he come to you? And why did he go to Uncle Emmanuel instead?"
Troy grips onto the steering wheel more tightly, "If it's true as what you said, he is the person who
kidnapped you in the first place, that is, the person who wants my life. If he comes to find me, won’t he
be asking for death?"
"Yeah, that makes sense. But I don't understand. Since he wanted to kill you back then, why did he
help you now? It should be a good thing for them that you are in trouble with the law, right?"
"He probably quit the gang over the years. Or he might be kicked out because of some matters. Since
he was no longer in the gang, why should he intend to kill me? The two people Mia hired are probably
from the same gang as he. And people in their business have a bad habit of taking pictures of their
employers' transactions behind their backs, which is also considered to leave a way out for themselves
so that they can use the photos of their transactions to blackmail them later. Although blackmail failed,
there is no shortage of successful cases. For example, didn’t the bald man this time succeed in his
blackmail?"
"Then do you feel sad?"
"What?"
Karin's voice weakens as she says, "About Mia's suicide."
"I won’t go so far as to feel sad for her. After all, I never loved her. But I somewhat regret it."
"When you forgave her, you just wanted to give her a way out of her misery, right?"
"Yes."
"Unfortunately, she still died. She probably didn’t want to live long ago. But the bald man appeared,
making her feel that her life is complete to the end. It is probably because she was afraid to see your
disappointed and angry eyes that she ended her own lingering life in such away. She surely was aware
that you were implicated because of Jacob’s case. Five years ago, she harmed you so badly. And five
years later, she is too ashamed to face you again. "
"Stop talking about it, Karin."
Troy holds her hands, "Don't mention these unpleasant things again, okay? It's very distracting."
"Okay, I won't say it anymore."
Karin lifts his hand and puts it on her cheek. Then she kisses it lightly with her lips.
"| won't go so far as to feel sad for her. After all, | never loved her. But | somewhat regret it."
"When you forgave her, you just wanted to give her a way out of her misery, right?"
"Yes."
"Unfortunately, she still died. She probably didn’t want to live long ago. But the bald man appeared,
making her feel that her life is complete to the end. It is probably because she was afraid to see your
disappointed and angry eyes that she ended her own lingering life in such away. She surely was aware
that you were implicated because of Jacob’s case. Five years ago, she harmed you so badly. And five
years later, she is too ashamed to face you again. "
"Stop talking about it, Karin."
Troy holds her hands, "Don't mention these unpleasant things again, okay? It's very distracting."
"Okay, | won't say it anymore."
Karin lifts his hand and puts it on her cheek. Then she kisses it lightly with her lips.
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