Chapter 95
That was no ident; it was obviously nned. Though William had drunk a lot that day, he
sobered up immediately when he saw Everleigh being dragged into the alley.
The usually bustling street waspletely, eerily vacant, and a single car was parked at the
entrance of the alley. Its headlights shone in the rain, piercing his eyes.
At that moment, he felt that the person in the car was no different from the Grim Reaper.
To do such a thing to a twenty-year-old girl was worse than killing her off, regardless of whatever
purpose or grudge they had.
Against the rain and darkness of the night, he easily avoided the car and went undiscovered.
"This is the photo I took that day," his voice was light, "The car is parked right at the alley entrance. I
took a photo of its license te. At that time, I thought that all I could do was to help you retain
some of the evidence, but then..."
"Then?"
Everleigh''s heart was in a mess at his words. Christopher had told her that what happened in the
past was definitely moreplicated than they thought. It was not something that could be done by
an ordinary person.
These were now confirmed by the photo from William.
There was someone behind all this.
William''s voice was running dry, "Then, I wanted to investigate the owner of this license te, so I
asked a friend of mine who worked in the Vehicle Administrative Office. The same afternoon, he
called and warned me to not investigate any further."
Her heart clenched, "After that?"
"I didn''t believe him and asked other friends to help me. The next day, there were problems with my
application to work at the school and I was let go. There was also something wrong with my Ph.D.
screening."
William was a year ahead of Everleigh. Seven years ago, she was in her fourth year of school. He
had just graduated, finishing five years of studies in both his degree and master''s. At the same time,
he received a rmendation to work in the school while continuing his Ph.D. He had a bright
future in front of him.
Surely, his career and Ph.D. were miles important to him than meddling in unknown affairs.
What he said next were all within her expectations.
"I immediately thought about the warning from my friend in the Vehicle Administrative Office. I asked
him out to ask what was going on. He told me that I had offended someone and asked why I had to
check the license te."
William had been the Director of the school''s Public Rtions and Communications Department,
and he was no idiot. Under those circumstances and in front of his friend, he was clever enough to
not mention anything about that rainy night.
"After that, I said that I would give up on the investigation, and that it had nothing to do with me
anyway. It was then that things went back to normal."
He lowered his head, looking at the ss of water; his uneasiness was apparent. He could not look
Everleigh in the face, and only said in a hapless voice, "Everleigh, I''m just a normal guy. It''s hard
enough to keep myself out of trouble."
Selfishness was human nature; cowardice and fear were the inherent darkness of human behavior.
She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. It took a long time to adjust herself, "So, you couldn''t
find out who was in the car?"
He shook his head.
Ever since those things happened, he no longer dared to talk about the license te. The incident
that night was also buried deep in his heart. He decided to bring the secret to his grave, unless he
was mad enough to ruin his life.
"Have you ever mentioned this to anyone else other than me?" "No," he quickly shook his head, "I
never told anyone, I swear. I didn''t even tell Erica."
Everleigh took out her phone. She took a picture of his phone screen and saved the blurry image,
"You can delete this photo now. No one will trouble you in the future. It has nothing to do with you."
He nodded in hesitation, "Everleigh, are you still going to continue with the investigation?"
"I''m not you. I''m not a bystander. This is my life. I won''t be able to live like this for the rest of my life
if I don''t figure it out."
She put away her phone and returned to her calmposure, "William, thanks for telling me all this
today. I''ll act as if you''ve never said anything to me. You''re just weing me as my senior and
future colleague over a simple meal."
After a few seconds of pause, she said, "I don''t me you for what happened that year."
William had a hardened and stiff expression. He finally pulled up the corners of his mouth with a
reluctant look, "Thank you."
No man was willing to show his weakness in front of anyone. The more confidence and sess
William had in school, the more depressed and tortured he was ever since that night happened. He
had been unable to get rid of the memory in these past seven years. The guilt weighed down on
him as a self-proimed righteous and virtuous man.
None of them had the mood to continue the meal. He took his leave first, saying that he had
something to do at school and left the restaurant.
After he left, Everleigh was still staring at the photo on her phone. The license te was blurry, but
she could make out the figures. After all, there were only a few numbers.
Not before long, a figure sat down opposite her. "Let me have a look."
She was startled. As she looked up, Christopher had already taken the phone from her with his slick
movements.
"When did you get here?"
"Before you did." He looked at the photo and pouted behind her, "I was behind you just now, and I
heard everything."
She furrowed her eyebrows. She looked at Christopher studying the photo, and asked, "What
William has said, how much of it do you think is true?"
He touched his chin, "Wouldn''t we know after we check it out?"
He made a call the next second, "Sheldon, it''s me. I need your help." "There''s this license te that
I want you to find out the owner of the car. The owner may have changed in these years. I want to
know the identity of the owner around June, seven years ago."
Christopher was very detailed in the call. In just a few minutes, he had even thought of the
possibility of car ownership changes in the past seven years.This belongs ? N?velDra/ma.Org.
He hung up the phone and Everleigh asked him with a skeptical expression, "Aren''t you afraid of
the news getting out by letting someone investigate like this?"
Back then, things had happened to William the next day when he tested the waters with his friend in
the Vehicle Administrative Office.
Christopher took a grape from the table and stuffed it into his mouth. He said calmly, "It''s best if we
could get someone to make their move. I''m the one who did this investigation. I''d like to see if this
person has the ability to hurt me. If that person does, then the range of our target will also be
narrowed down."
"Let''s be more careful. It''s difficult to protect ourselves when we''re exposed and they''re the ones
unknown."
"Don''t worry. Sheldon is reliable, and it''s been seven years. William was also smart as he didn''t
mention what he saw to his friend. That''s why nothing happened for so many years."
As he was speaking, the notification of his phone rang and a Whatsapp message popped up.
"Sheldon''s message. He''s fast, isn''t he?" He nced at her and swiped the screen of the phone.
She asked, "How is it?"
On the opposite side of the table, Christopher''s usually cynical face suddenly turned serious. He
said, "You should see it yourself."
He put the phone on the table and slowly pushed it towards her.
Everleigh did not understand. She lowered her head and looked at the screen. When she saw the
details of the car owner sent by Sheldon, she paled.
The owner''s information showed that the car was an asset of Godfrey Group.