Through the car window, with his gaze passing through the curtain of rain, Camilo Nogueira saw a mother and child walking out from the entrance of the residential area.
One big, one small, each holding an umbrella, hand in hand they walked out.
On the adult’s hand holding the umbrella handle, two fingers were wrapped with band-aids.
A long dress, slender figure, yet delicate and beautiful, showed none of the previous weakness, pallor, powerlessness, or haggardness. She occasionally bowed her head to speak to the child, her eyebrows and eyes accentuated with a smile, her lips gently curving, embodying warmth and charm, a serene and gentle vibe unknowingly capturing the gaze.
Until the two were far away, rounding a corner, completely disappearing from view.
Camilo Nogueira took a deep breath.
The morning air, clean and crisp, carried a slight dampness, but cleansed the lungs.
For a long ti.
Camilo Nogueira took out his phone and dialed a friend’s number.
"No eting."
Pedro Langley’s voice ca through.
Camilo Nogueira was so annoyed that he was speechless, he rubbed his temples lightly with his fingers, "I have a question for you."
"Ask."
"How did you win back Nora Scott?"
"A friend’s wife is not to be pursued."
Pedro Langley responded to him leisurely.
"...I’m not pursuing her."
Pedro Langley made a sound, "Suddenly thought of sothing, a reminder for you."
"Is your girlfriend a desirable gem, making everyone fall for her?" Camilo Nogueira helplessly held his forehead.
"Yes. Just in case."
"..."
Camilo Nogueira was left speechless.
After a mont, Pedro Langley asked him, "You have so many exes, which one do you want to pursue?"
"First love."
"Good luck." Pedro Langley said casually.
"thod."
"One condition."
Knew he would use this to trap him.
ntal preparation was done long ago, Camilo Nogueira wasn’t surprised at all, straightforwardly, "You say."
"You’re responsible for the drone exhibition in July." Pedro Langley quickly replied.
"..."
In July, Victor Technology organized a drone exhibition, the location is Fenton City.
Pedro Langley rarely gets involved in company affairs like this, usually acting like a hands-off manager, this ti it was Camilo Nogueira who used so tricks to get Pedro Langley to agree, unexpectedly—
In a flash, this hot potato fell back into his own hands.
Truly ruthless.
Camilo Nogueira sighed, "Alright."
*
After several days of heavy rain, the sky finally cleared up.
At noon.
Outside a barbecue shop yet to open, a private car was parked.
"Beep—beep—"
The car horn sounded, attracting the attention of the three who had just co out.
"Master Uncle!"
Benjamin Durant was the first to react.
Nora Scott was sitting in the passenger seat, dressed casually, wearing a baseball cap, leaning back, looking in their direction.
Despite not seeing everyone for a few days, even amidst the ordinary crowd, she could exhibit so stunning qualities through her natural advantages.
Except for the unimpressed Henry Chapman, both Benjamin Durant and Humphrey Jennings walked towards her.
"Going for lunch?"
Seeing the two approach, Nora Scott raised her eyebrows and asked.
Leaning on the passenger car window, Benjamin Durant bent over and poked inside, "Join us?"
"No." Nora Scott said casually, "Mr. Jennings, get in the car, you and Chapman can go together."
"Why?" Benjamin Durant widened his eyes, protesting, "Chapman is usually taciturn, speaks like a spirit killer when he does, never says anything pleasant, I won’t go with him—"
The words weren’t finished, Benjamin Durant’s collar was suddenly grabbed, and then he was forcibly pulled away from the window, Humphrey Jennings silently opened the car door and sat inside.
Nora Scott promptly locked the car door.
"Let’s go."
Humphrey Jennings turned his head and spoke to Nora Scott.
As for Benjamin Durant, he didn’t bother looking at him again.
Benjamin Durant, unwilling, rushed forward to grab the car door, but couldn’t open it, disbelief in his eyes, "When did you two elope, what’s there that can’t be said to —"
The word "said" hadn’t landed when the car moved forward, spewing exhaust in Benjamin Durant’s face.
Benjamin Durant: "..."
Pedro Langley, that pretty boy, just didn’t care after winning his master uncle, leaving his girlfriend to interact alone with other n, is that sothing a man would do?!
*
Nora Scott didn’t eat.
However, she wasn’t particular about dining environnts, casually drove around and picked a roadside shop, parked the car, and called Humphrey Jennings to get out.
As soon as they entered the shop, Nora Scott took off the baseball cap and addressed the approaching shop assistant: "A plate of dumplings, shrimp stuffing."
The shop assistant, seeing her appearance, was stunned for a mont, nodded in agreent, and his neck turned red.
"A bowl of beef ran."
Humphrey Jennings, speaking from the side, gave the shop assistant a cold splash.
The shop assistant, startled by Humphrey Jennings’ gaze, imdiately woke up, hurriedly responded, and quickly went back to the kitchen.
People who are good-looking always receive great treatnt.
Nora Scott’s shrimp dumplings had two more, while Humphrey Jennings’ ran only had one and a half pieces of beef.
Sharp contrast.
Humphrey Jennings was long used to it, without furrowing his brows, he picked up the chopsticks gracefully.
Picking up a chopstick’s worth of ran, Humphrey Jennings looked at Nora Scott opposite, "Looking for for sothing?"
"Yes." Nora Scott didn’t play guessing gas, straightforwardly, "Your sister’s matter."
Humphrey Jennings paused his movents.
His expression turned cold in an instant.
"I went to Lanel to deal with so things." Nora Scott spoke unhurriedly.
Humphrey Jennings said nothing.
He instinctively reached for cigarettes, but upon glancing at Nora Scott, he stopped his motion.
Nora Scott continued, "There aren’t many clues, just thought I should give you a heads up."
Humphrey Jennings had a sister nad Angela Jennings. Due to their parents’ divorce, the two stayed with their mother, who was constantly obsessed with Mahjong and neglected them, so the siblings grew up relying on each other.
Knowing his mother’s nature, Humphrey Jennings secretly transferred all his allowances and salaries to Angela Jennings for her tuition and living expenses.
Three years ago, Angela was 18 and had earned admission to university in Lanzhouel. Humphrey Jennings began frequenting the Northwest, and their lives slowly improved.
However, a sester hadn’t passed before bad news ca from the school—
Angela Jennings died.
Her body was discarded and found two days later.
The autopsy showed Angela Jennings suffered severe head trauma and died instantly, with multiple injuries on her body.
Once the news spread, the initial voices of pity, sympathy, and lant quickly turned, leading to social criticism and condemnation from school teachers and students towards Angela Jennings, with so comnts even being unbearable to read.
Even her classmates and roommates spoke to the dia, sarcastically saying Angela Jennings often didn’t return to her dorm, didn’t get along with classmates, was bad-tempered, etc...
To Humphrey Jennings, the elder brother, things were entirely different.
Angela Jennings not returning to her dorm was due to her nervous breakdown, the dorm was noisy, roommates were up all night disturbing her rest, so Humphrey Jennings rented a place for her outside for occasional proper rest.
Not getting along with classmates wasn’t Angela’s fault, the classmates had issues themselves.
Angela Jennings worked hard to get into university, striving for a better future by seriously studying and working part-ti, how could she possibly fall into drug abuse?
However, no one believed what Humphrey Jennings said.
The school and society labeled Angela Jennings, and the police, lacking clues, left the case unresolved.
Since then, Humphrey Jennings frequented the Northwest even more, taking on any tasks, organizing his network to investigate the matter secretly.
Over these three years, Humphrey Jennings intermittently found so leads—
1. The price of such drugs multiplied for each degree of purity, becoming increasingly expensive and renowned.
2. The masterminds were clever, searching across the nation, targeting ordinary, unobtrusive individuals with no familial background, so even disappearing without anyone’s concern.
They handled issues privately;
Humphrey Jennings initially suspected Angela Jennings was among those used as "test subjects."
However, Angela Jennings being a college student, her death caused quite a stir.
It seed sothing went wrong when targeting her for experintation.
Yet, besides those involved, they had no way to know.
Nora Scott learned about this matter unintendedly after knowing Humphrey Jennings and kept track of the event’s dynamics due to empathy for Angela Jennings’ plight.
"The police followed the trail and through so of my connections, there’s so progress now."
She didn’t explain in detail to Humphrey Jennings, only squinted and gave a final answer, "At most, wait another month, the Lanel police will close the net."
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