Chapter 1115


    "I see." Sonia nodded. Soon after that, her beautiful brows tightly furrowed. "Did you just say that


    Professor Randall slipped on a piece of banana peel outside his office and passed away


    immediately? Don''t you find this too much of a coincidence?"


    As soon as she mentioned that, Toby became stunned.


    Instantly, he came back to his senses and narrowed his eyes. "Keep going."


    She affirmed and continued, "Look, Professor Randall and Mr. Lore knew that you would most likely


    pick a mentor out of the two of them, but in fact, you only had Professor Randall in mind. Plus, you


    guys had already decided on a date to make it official. So, what are the odds that he''d slip on a


    random banana peel at the front of his office the day before the officialization? Most importantly,


    how did something like a banana peel appear in front of his office? Sure, bananas are everywhere,


    but how often do you see a banana peel lying around on the floor? A normal person wouldn''t


    randomly throw one on the ground. Furthermore, it was thrown at a university professor''s office


    door. Whatever it is, the situation seems fishy. Besides…"


    She took a look at his increasingly stern face and she paused for a few seconds before continuing


    her words, "There are even regr cleaners on the streets now, let alone a university professor''s


    office."


    "Are you trying to say that Professor Randall''s death was not an ident but an orchestrated one?"


    Toby gradually tightened his hands that were ced on the dining table.


    Sonia looked at his increasingly cold expression and she affirmed slowly, "That''s right. I do have


    such a suspicion. After all, the timing is too coincidental. He could have encountered trouble


    anytime at all, but then ultimately, he encountered the ident exactly the day before you officialize


    everything. Besides, there is the issue with the banana peel too. Anyway, I don''t think that the


    appearance of the banana peel is idental. Frankly, do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?


    This is very likely to be a plotted thing. Of course, though, these are just my deductions. Perhaps all


    this is just an ident."


    "No." As soon as Sonia finished her words, Toby suddenly shook his head. "Perhaps your


    deductions aren''t too far off from the truth. This could have been plotted."


    Sonia''s eyes widened at that point.


    Toby narrowed his eyes and exined, "Back then when Professor Randall encountered that


    ident, I wasn''t at school but Fuller Group. Furthermore, I didn''t get to know about the ident


    until the very next day. That was the day we were supposed to officialize everything, but I only found


    out that Professor Randall had passed away when I was on my way to his house. By then,


    Professor Randall''s body had already been cremated and the police had closed the case by


    deeming it an ident. Since it became a closed file officially, I never suspected that there could be


    another reason behind Professor Randall''s demise. I always thought of that as an ident and I


    never considered that there would be more behind all this, until you mentioned earlier that


    something was fishy with it. That was when I realized there might be more to this."


    As per Sonia''s deductions, it was strange that Professor Randall encountered the ident


    coincidentally on the day before the officialization. It could have happened any other day after all.


    Besides, it definitely was notmon to see a banana peel flung casually on the ground, especially


    at a university.


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    His university was one of the top universities in the country and the students there were highly


    cultured, so they would not have littered all over the ce.


    On the other hand, the professors upying the office building would not have done so either.


    Besides, there would always be cleaners avable, so Sonia was right. Even the streets were kept


    clean at all times, so why would a prestigious university office not be? In fact, there would be


    cleaners inspecting each floor with their equipment in tow every half an hour on average.


    Since there would be renowned people from abroad and all over the country visiting his university


    regrly, the cleanliness of the ce was something that the university paid close attention to.


    Therefore, in general, it would be pretty much impossible for a banana peel to remain on the


    ground, especially right in front of an office entrance. Clearly, this situation was strange no matter


    how much one considered it.


    As soon as Sonia saw his slightly fluttering eyes, she considered the situation and asked, "Have


    you thought of something?"


    Toby lifted his head and was nonmittal. "I have indeed recalled another fishy part. Although I


    didn''t see for myself how Professor Randall fell, I did ask around about how the ident happened


    and how he fell. ording to the vice-chancellor of the university, there was a group of economics


    exchange students from an international university, and the exchange students were led by


    Professor Randall around the school. He and the leader of the exchange students got along very


    well. They were both renowned in the economics world, so they naturally had a lot ofmon


    topics to talk about. Furthermore, Professor Randall had been focused on a research topic


    regarding the future development of economics. Back then, the leader wasn''t involved in research


    work, but he had a unique insight on this topic, so the vice-chancellor mentioned that Professor


    Randall and the leader of the group were very enthusiastic as they discussed the topic. They were


    as thick as thieves."


    Sonia pursed her lips and smiled. "This is true. One would definitely develop a close rtionship


    with someone whom they could rte to. My dad loves to y chess, but he''s very bad at it, so his


    fellow chess buddies aren''t too enthusiastic to see him and they aren''t keen to y with him either.


    There was once, though, my dad encountered a person who''s equally as bad at chess as him, yet


    he enjoyed the game as much as he did. My dad also kept pestering the guy and tried to force the


    person into agreeing to swear a brotherly oath. As such, he would definitely have a partner to y


    chess with."


    Toby lifted his chin. "That''s right. That''s the exact mentality. Professor Randall and the leader of the


    group discussed the topic so naturally, Professor Randall wouldn''t be able to stop himself from


    showing his sessful research work to the person."


    "Is that why you mentioned that Professor Randall went back to his office to get some documents?"


    Sonia stroked her chin and made a guess.


    Toby nodded. "Yes. That was what he went back to get, but there''s something that I hadn''t


    exined properly to you and I just recalled that right now."


    "What is it?" Sonia nced at him.


    He clenched his fist tighter. "Professor Randall retrieved the documents and slipped on the banana


    peel only after he walked out of the door."


    As soon as Toby said that, Sonia mmed a hand on the table. "I get what you mean. You''re trying


    to say that Professor Randall was fine when he walked through the doors to retrieve the documents.


    So clearly, there was no banana peel in front of the entrance before he entered his office. After all,


    why wouldn''t he notice a filthy banana peel right in front of his office in the first ce? That means,


    the banana peel appeared at the entrance right after he entered his office."


    "Exactly." Toby nodded. "He wouldn''t have taken too long to retrieve the documents because he''d


    definitely know where he stored his belongings."


    "That''s for sure." Sonia shrugged. "One would definitely know where their belongings were stored—


    especially something that he had been focused on researching—so that item must have been


    ced somewhere easily essible and well-frequented by him. This ce would surely be his


    office desk. Based on my deductions, Professor Randall wouldn''t have taken too long to enter then


    leave: it would be at most two to three minutes at most. So, the banana peel would have appeared


    in that short span of time. This is an indication that someone was keeping a close eye and trailing


    after him. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the person to randomly fling the banana


    peel in front of his office in such a short span of time without getting caught."