Chapter 500 Alive Or Dead?


    "Who is that person?” Julian had a feeling that he knew who it was.


    "Isabelle Shelby," the other person answered straightforwardly. "ording to our investigation, Mr.


    Shaw, after Isabelle Shelby married Wayne Lewis, she was forced to entertain guests with her body.


    On one asion, she entertained the same guest as Miss Lincoln, whomitted suicide. We


    have reason to believe that she has the power to get her hands on thosepromising photos, and


    she has sufficient motivation to carry out the deed."


    Then, he let out a bitterugh and added," Unfortunately, she is dead, so there is no way she can


    harm people anymore."


    Isabelle Shelby...


    It had been a long time since he hadst heard this name, and he could not help but narrow his


    eyes when the name was mentioned again.


    Truth be told, this was something he had not expected.


    "Okay. Ask your men to pay more attention to this matter. Make sure you don’t miss anything. As for


    the three people on the list, keep a close eye on them and report back to me if you guys find


    anything."


    After he gave this order, Julian looked through the list again and a strange expression appeared on


    his face.


    His gut feeling was telling him that the three people on the list had nothing to do with the incident.


    The reason he had asked his men to keep investigating was that he did not wish to miss any clues.


    What made him the most curious was Isabelle Shelby.


    What if Isabelle was still alive...


    Julian''s brows were furrowed deeply in the center of his forehead. ording to the information he


    had received, it was Joseph who had burned Isabelle to death.


    Then, two charred bodies had been found in the rental house. Unfortunately, the bodies had been


    burned beyond recognition. They had been moved to the mortuary, but since nobody hade to


    im them, both of them had been cremated. In the end, their ashes had been scattered or buried


    at an unknown location when nobody had collected them.


    Everything sounded normal. However, none of the steps throughout the process could prove that


    the burned bodies had indeed belonged to Isabelle and Wayne.


    What if Isabelle was still alive?


    Was that possible?


    To find out, Julian called Joseph once again.


    "Vo, cousin. You have been contacting me a little too oftentely. Why, have you missed me so


    much?" Joseph teased him.


    Julian rolled his eyes at Joseph and got straight to the point. "Joseph, you are the one who got rid of


    Isabelle, right?"


    "I''ve gotten rid of plenty of people, so the name doesn''t ring a bell. Mind giving me more details?"


    Joseph asked.


    Julian was speechless. Then, he said, "You burned her and her husband to death in Ningcheng


    City. Do you recall?"


    Joseph finally remembered after Julian mentioned the fire in Ningcheng City." Now that you’ve


    mentioned it. Yeah, I was the one who got rid of her and her husband. Why are you suddenly asking


    about it?"


    "Think back carefully. Considering the situation at the time, is there any chance that she could have


    survived the fire?” Julian asked.


    Joseph thought meticulously for a while before speaking again. "After I set the fire, I left the area


    because I did not want anybody to know that I had been there before. I asked one of my men to


    stay behind and watch. Besides, I locked the door from the outside, and my man did not see


    anybody escape from the house.


    Therefore, theoretically, there is no chance that she could have survived the fire."


    Theoretically...


    "Are you certain that there was only one exit in the house?” Julian asked.


    "There were two windows aside from the door, but I asked my man to seal the windows


    beforehand," Joseph said. "I don''t like to leave any loose ends untied when I do something. Since I


    wanted her dead, I made sure that there was no chance of her escaping whatsoever."


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    "In other words, she has been confirmed dead? Am I overthinking things?" Julian mumbled.


    "Well, unless a miracle has happened, there is no chance she could have survived," Joseph added


    gleefully.


    ’Miracle?’


    Seeing how confident Joseph was, Julian began to doubt himself.


    Could he be overthinking things?


    Considering Joseph''s modus operandi, he was certain that he would not leave any loose ends.


    Therefore, there was no way a fragile woman like Isabelle could have escaped from the fire.


    Besides, Joseph had left his man behind to watch...


    ''Hold on a sec. He left his man behind to watch?''


    Julian’s brows twitched as he asked, "Who did you ask to stay behind? Would that man lie to you


    about the situation?"


    Julian was straightforward, and Joseph was a little annoyed. "They are all my sworn brothers, so


    there is no way they would lie to me. Don''t you think you are being a little paranoid? Isabelle was an


    easy opponent. Even if she was still alive right now, you could easily get rid of her with just a flick of


    your finger."


    Julian could not help but rub his temples.


    Joseph was right. He was being a little paranoid by suspecting a dead person.


    Julian did not say anything else. After expressing his gratitude to Joseph, he hung up the phone.


    He still did not think that those three people were audacious enough to do such an evil deed. Their


    motives were simply too unconvincing. If Isabelle was not the main culprit, then it could only mean


    that the real culprit was still lurking in the dark.


    As Julian continued his investigation, time whizzed by and three days passed.


    Anna was taking a nap in the Wright Mansion when Susan unlocked the door to Anna''s room with


    the key in her hand and walked gingerly into her room. After she took Anna''s phone, she tiptoed out


    of her room.


    Jacob was waiting anxiously at a coffee shop nearby.


    The moment he saw Susan, his eyes glowed up. “Did you get it, Susie?”


    “Yeap." Susan shook the phone in her hand. Then, she said sadly, "Brother, I have even helped you


    steal Anna''s phone. If you still can’t get Anna, I don''t know what I can do anymore."


    "Don''t worry.” Jacob took the phone. Then, he inserted a USB sh drive into the phone and began


    doing something.


    Susan did not understand what he was doing, so she just drank her coffee and waited.


    After five minutes, Jacob returned the phone to Susan. "Alright, it''s done. You can return the phone


    to Anna." "It''s done?" Susan was stunned. She still had more than half a cup of coffee left.


    "Hurry up," Jacob urged her.


    "Let me take one more sip of my coffee first ..." Susan said.


    "Go now. I''ll buy you ten cups of coffee next time," Jacob urged her again.


    With extreme reluctance, Susan rose to her feet and mumbled, "Brother, I didn’t know that you were


    this kind of person. Is a girlfriend more important than your own sister?"


    Jacob patted her head gruffly.


    "Hey, that hurts...” Susanined before she soon left for the Wright Mansion.


    The process of returning the phone was smooth. Anna slept like a log, and she did not know that


    her phone had left her side


    for a short while.


    The next day, it was Anna’s 25th birthday.


    Anna did not want a big banquet, so she had just sent invitations to some of the people she was


    most familiar with to invite them to dinner at her house.


    She had given an invitation to Seth, but she had not given one to Jacob.


    However, Jacob had be more and more brazen after he had started to court Anna recently. He


    thus showed up with Seth at the Wright Mansion.


    Everyone in the Wright Mansion knew about the history between Jacob and Anna.


    Anna had ordered the doorman not to let Jacob in. Therefore, the doorman stopped Jacob and


    asked, "Could you please show me your invitation, Mr. Shelby?”