Looking at the deflected table, Henry knew that his best friend had real anger, and he answered
honestly, "Ivy has already left."
"Left?" Stanley looked at him without a trace of emotion.
Henry bowed his head, "Yes, I was the one who let Ivy go. She left alone after she came out of the villa,
and now even I don't know where she's gone."
"You don't know either." Stanley was exasperated, "Henry, I want to know why you're doing this."
"It was Ivy who contacted me and asked me to save her, if I hadn't agreed, she might have committed
suicide, and you know, Stanley, with Ivy's extreme nature, she'd have done it." Henry looked at him.
Stanley snorted coldly, "I can't deny that Ivy could do something to kill herself, but I've removed all the
dangerous things from her room, so she couldn't kill herself at all."
"That's true, but if she wants to die, she has a thousand ways to get herself killed." Henry said.
Stanley clenched his fist, "So you're just being soft because you think Ivy will really seek death?"
Henry nodded, "Yes, I love Ivy, I've always loved her, I can't stand by and watch her go crazy or die, so
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Stanley, I'm the one who let Ivy go, so whatever anger you have, come at me."
"Don't worry, I will, but Ivy, I won't let her go either." Stanley narrowed his eyes, turning around to leave.
"Stanley." Henry called out to him.
Stanley stopped in his tracks.
Henry took a deep breath and pleaded, "Stanley, since Ivy has already left, can you just spare her?
Maybe she really knows she's wrong."
"You are stupid to the core!" Stanley inclined his head and said sarcastically without mercy, "You think
Ivy would really have the idea of knowing she was wrong? No, she doesn't, and if she does, she would
have done so long ago, instead of asking you to help her escape."
"I know, but ......"
"Do you really love her?" Stanley suddenly interrupted him.
Henry froze for a moment, "What?"
"Do you really love Ivy?" Stanley asked him.
Henry frowned, "Of course."
"But in my opinion, that's not love, it's connivance." Stanley said, "You claim that you love Ivy, you know
that Ivy has a serious mental illness, but you didn't think of finding her a doctor. You know that she did
something wrong, but you didn't think of making her take responsibility for her wrongdoing, instead, you
helped her escape and evade responsibility. Is that love?"
"......" Henry's mouth opened as if he wanted to explain something, but the words wouldn't come out of
his mouth.
He felt in his heart that he wasn't indulging Ivy by doing this, he just couldn't bear to see her suffer.
But once he compared it to Stanley's words, he couldn't refute it.
"The only reason Ivy will turn worse is because of you, Henry, she knows you'll be soft on her, will help
her, will save her, that's why she's going more and more over the top. Henry, you think this is your love
for her, but in fact you're ruining her faster, think about it."
Stanley finished, withdrew his gaze, and lifted his feet to walk out of Henry's office.
After he left, Henry sat alone in his chair, his mind buzzing.
Was he really ruining Ivy at an accelerated rate, like Stanley said?
Henry mentally opposed to Stanley's words and wanted to say that Stanley was wrong.
But at the same time, there was another voice in his heart telling him that what Stanley said was true.
It was because he had repeatedly helped Ivy that Ivy was emboldened.
Henry bowed his head and clutched his hair with both hands, his heart clogged and vaguely regretful.
Maybe, for once, he was really wrong.
"Mr. Murphy." Stanley came to the elevator, where Fraser had been waiting for him, and greeted him
when he saw him.
"Send people to the major airports and train stations in J City, make sure to find Ivy." Stanley walked
into the elevator and ordered in a deep voice.
Fraser nodded in response, "Yes."
"Also, keep an eye on Collin, if Ivy hasn’t leave J City, she might have been picked up by his people,
once you find any clue, come back to me immediately."
"Yes." Fraser nodded.
Stanley pinched his brow.
Fraser added, "Should we send someone to keep an eye on Dr. Baxter as well?"
"What do you think?" Stanley slanted him a glance.
Fraser coughed, "I got it, I'll send someone to do so."
Stanley nodded and didn't say anything anymore, unpleasant.
Seeing that Collin’s family was about to fall, the Pearce family had gathered evidence about Collin's
harboring of Ivy, so he was waiting for Violet to return from the competition and personally send Ivy to
prison, making Ivy pay for her two murders.
But to his surprise, Henry was so stupid that he was softened by Ivy's crying and let her go.
Ivy was Henry's beloved, and it wasn't really a surprise that Henry would do so.
But Henry was his best friend, and to do so would be a betrayal of him.
So Henry should also be held accountable for his actions.
Stanley narrowed his eyes, "There was collaboration between the Murphy Group and the Baxter's
hospital a year ago, right?"
"Yes, it was because of the economic turmoil in the medical world, many large hospitals were
experiencing a shortage of funds, and so were the hospitals under the Baxter family, so you funded the
Baxter's hospitals to help them get through the difficult times."
"How much money was out there?" Stanley asked.
Fraser thought about it, "About five hundred million, paid in twelve installments, after all, giving it to
them all at once might cause the Baxter's hospital's funds to swell. Eight installments have been paid
now, there are still four left."
"Then inform the finance that there's no need to pay anymore." Stanley lowered his eyelids and said in
a light voice.
Fraser knew that Mr. Murphy was getting back at Dr. Baxter for letting Ivy go, and nodded, "Yes."
Stanley didn't speak anymore.
Henry learned about the Murphy Group cutting off follow-on funding and laughed bitterly in his heart.
He also knew that Stanley was warning him, so he didn't protest except to accept it.
Luckily, the hospitals under the Baxter family had all been stabilized for now, and without follow-up
funding, they could hold on as long as they were frugal.
But he did not know if Stanley would still go after the Baxter family-owned hospitals.
And there was no telling what Stanley would do to Ivy when he caught her.
Henry took out his cell phone and dialed Ivy's number.
However the phone showed it did not exit.
Henry's heart was troubled.
Even the number was cancelled. Where the hell did Ivy go to hide?
Ivy, who was being worried by Henry, was arriving at the Murphy’s villa in full disguise.
It was the villa where Stanley and Violet, and the two children lived.
She wore a long trench coat and a shell-like bonnet on her head that hid most of her face from view.
She stood at the door of the villa, looking up slightly at the luxurious modern villa, her heart filled with
jealousy.
This villa, which was given by Jordan when Stanley inherited the Murphy Group twelve years ago, was
the number one villa in J City.
After she saw it, she had always wanted to live here as the hostess, but to her surprise, the one who
ended up living here was actually Violet.
She stayed in for a while though, but under the guise of a guest.
How could she accept such a fall!
This villa, which was given by Jordan when Stanley inherited the Murphy Group twelve years ago, was
the number one villa in J City.
After she saw it, she had always wanted to live here as the hostess, but to her surprise, the one who
ended up living here was actually Violet.
She stayed in for a while though, but under the guise of a guest.
How could she accept such a fall!
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