Charles snorted. "Eddie, the way you're being so defensive right now, is it because you're guilty of something?"
Edward's face turned red because of anger at what his younger brother said. Probably because of too many things that had happened, his reasoning had finally snapped. He grabbed Charles collar and was obviously about to attack the other.
Luo Yan moved quickly and held Edward's arm that was about to slug Charles. To his surprise, Sofia had also stood up and quickly held Edward's other arm. The latter seemed to not notice Sofia and just glared daggers at Luo Yan, as if everything was his fault.
He let go of the other's arm. "Calm down, Mr. Edward. Reacting violently like this would only prove Mr. Charles' point."
"Do you want me to not react at all when you're practically accusing us of murdering our father?" Then Edward turned sharply at his brother. "And you! How dare you insinuate such a thing? If you think I'm guilty, then I suggest you look at the mirror. Then, you'll see the face of someone who's truly guilty!"
This time, it was Charles' face that darkened. As someone who's drunk, he was even more without inhibition. "Hah! Out of the three of us, don't you think you're the one with the most motive? Who here needed more money for their political aspirations?"
"If we're talking about money, don't you need it more than me?" Edward said mockingly. "Aren't you being followed by debt collectors these days?"
"Edward, stop. Charles is drunk. Don't aggravate the situation by responding to everything he says," Sofia said.
The woman's words somehow calmed Edward down.
Luo Yan took this opportunity to say the next important thing before another bout of argument happened. "You probably didn't know this, but I was invited here by Mr. Harcourt to investigate a rather… sensitive subject matter. What I didn't expect was something like this happening. But since I'm already here, I assure everyone here that I will do everything in my power to discover the truth. I believe everyone here wanted that. So, I hope that none of you would hinder my investigation."
Everyone was silent. Luo Yan simply took that as a sign of consent.
"Well, then," he turned to the drunk Charles Harcourt. "How about we start with you, Mr. Charles?"
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Luo Yan decided to interview everyone one by one. Being currently isolated – courtesy of the explosions – they couldn't really do anything right now but to depend on him to find out the culprit. After all, regarding this crime, he was the one with the most authority.
But he still couldn't help but feel that they were all just following some kind of script, moving in the direction that the person pulling the strings wanted them to. Of course, he's not talking about the game devs. He's referring to the culprit behind the scenes.
He's still wasn't sure what truly had happened here. So, to investigate that, the fastest way was to interview the people in this manor one by one. Find out their whereabouts during the suspected time of that corpse's death. And also asked them about the events that happened 20 years ago.
Because no matter how unsure he was of some things, it's clear to him that the one machinating everything was here in their midst. He just had to unmask them.
Luo Yan was now in the study. He chose this particular room to conduct his interview. And as he said, the first one to be interviewed was Charles Harcourt.
"So, Mr. Charles, as I've said earlier, where were you between the time of 12 and 1 Am?" he first asked.
"I'm in my room, asleep," the other said in a rather careless manner.
"Could someone corroborate that?"
Charles snorted. "Corroborate? Are you asking if I had someone in my bed to support my statement? As much as I would have loved that, no, there was no one."
"Actually, I just want to know if someone had seen you go inside your room?"
"I'm not sure, you better ask the servants or the others for that," Charles said in a rather careless manner.
"I see," Luo Yan said as he wrote what Charles said on his little notepad. "Is it true, what your brother said about your debts?"
"Yes, I do have debts. But not nearly enough for me to kill my own father," Charles said with anger in his voice. "Although Father said that he would disinherit us, he would definitely change his decision soon enough. He had done this before, 20 years ago. He said he'd leave everything to Richard. But at the end, he did not go through it. I'm sure it's the same with this."
Luo Yan raised one of his brows. This guy would not probably say that if he's not drunk. Because what he just said wouldn't help him in the least. This guy was just in his mid-30s. Two decades ago, the other would only be about 15 or 16. He doubted Charles could have planned what happened back then.
But then again, if he was some kind of sociopath, he might be able to do that. Although looking at him now, Luo Yan could hardly picture him as someone like that. He could probably take advantage of his drunken state to take information that this guy would probably not say if he was sober.
"But the only reason your father did not go through with it was because Richard died," he noticed how Charles flinched the moment he mentioned that. "He died in that fire 20 years ago. Not only him but also his son. If your brother hadn't died back then, I'm sure all the family's wealth would now be his. Or maybe not. Maybe he would still suffer from the same fate sooner or later. Just so he would be deprived of what should be his."contemporary romance
He didn't receive any response. The other lowered his head, his body almost imperceptibly shaking. So, Luo Yan continued.
"Do you know what your father asked me to investigate?"
To his surprise, the other suddenly stood up and growled at him, "I don't want to know!"
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