Chapter 308


    Jared was silent for two seconds before he replied, “Yes, but don’t panic, Yuliana. We don’t know


    what’s going on now. Christopher knows what he should and should not do. It can’t be him.”


    “Panic? Should I be panicked?” she scoffed inwardly.


    Yuliana pursed her lips tightly. Her face looked pale. She looked outside the window and stared at


    those men and womening in and out of the City Hall. Jared’s words made her feel ironic.


    She smiled faintly and said, “He always knows what he should or should not do, but it depends on the


    matter.”


    Jared was stunned and said nothing when she heard what Yuliana said.


    Yuliana brushed her emotions away and said, “Jared, I called La and Joyce, but none of them


    answered the phone.”


    Jared exined, “Since the news leakedst night, many media reporters called them nonstop to find


    out about the situation. They have been calling so frequently that the phone will blow up. I’ll give you a


    new number.”


    At the moment, Jared was not in Juxshire but in Jeahron.


    He did not know anything until a friend asked him about it in the morning. He then tried to call La to


    confirm it, but just like Yuliana, no one answered the phone.


    It was La who took the initiative to contact him and asked him to make a trip to meet with a few well-


    knownwyers in Jeahron.


    Thosewyers were the best in the industry. Before La called him, she also contacted thosewyers.


    But somehow, thosewyers refused to take Christopher’s case.


    So La called him and asked him to meet thosewyers in person.


    Jared was considered a great figure in the academic circle and had a vastwork of contacts.


    A friend of his in Jeahron was familiar with one of thewyers and had a good rtionship. That was


    how he managed to make an appointment.


    When Yuliana called, he was on his way to meet thewyer.


    Jared quickly sent La’s number to Yuliana.


    Yuliana dialed the number, and the call was answered immediately.


    “Hello?” La’s voice came from the phone with a fit of sharp anger.


    Yuliana said, “La, it’s me, Yuliana.”


    When La heard Yuliana’s voice, she was stunned for two seconds and replied, “Sorry, this phone is


    for temporary use, and I don’t have your number in it.”


    She became silent momentarily before continuing, “Did you know what happened to Christopher?”


    Yuliana did not respond. She felt her throat was a little dry, and the stuffy environment of the car made


    her ufortable. After a long while, she said, “Did Christopher… Scarlett…


    She could not finish aplete sentence.


    Regardless of how much she refused to admit it, deep down, she was not over Christopher yet.


    Moreover, Christopher was Rowan’s father,


    “Yuliana, even you don’t believe him?” La’s tone was a little cold.


    When she learned about Christopher’s incidentst night, she rushed to the police station immediately,


    but the police did not allow her to visit, so she could not see Christopher right after he was taken away.


    Later, she entrusted awyer toe over and finally met Christopher after dawn.


    Thewyer was new. After he saw Christopher and learned about the case, he told La candidly that


    Christopher’s case was tricky, as all the evidence pointed to him. It was almost impossible to get rid of


    the suspicion.


    Only then did La contact a few famouswyers in Jeahron. She wanted them to take over the case.


    As long as Christopher could be released, she was willing to pay any amount of money.


    However, thosewyers in Jeahron refused directly without even finding out the details of the case.


    Then, Joyce contacted thewyers in Juxshire whose expertise was in criminal cases. Just like those


    lawyers in Jeahron, they refused to ept when they heard it was Christopher’s case.


    La noticed something unusual in it. When Yuliana called, she just quarreled with awyer she had


    cooperated with many times, so her tone was still mixed with a hint of anger.


    Based on what Yuliana knew about Christopher, it was indeed impossible for him to take someone’s


    life. There was certainly something else behind that incident. Regardless of what that was, it was worth


    finding out.


    Christopher and Scarlett had no grudges against each other. They hardly interacted with each other.


    Even if Scarlett died, how could Christopher be involved in it?


    There was only one person who could connect the two persons.


    That was Annabelle.


    Christopher would repeatedly go crazy whenever he dealt with Annabelle’s


    matter.


    It was just like what happened when Christopher was in high school. He could ignore the school rules


    for Annabelle. Even if there was a chance he might get expelled from the school, he had to stand up for


    her.


    She had seen how Christopher got into a fight because of Annabelle.


    He did not spare any effort.


    She did not know what happened between Scarlett and Annabelle or what role Christopher yed in


    between, but the only thing she could be sure of was that Annabelle was the key person to that


    incident.


    Yuliana asked, “La, where are you? I’ll go meet you.”


    “Okay.” La then gave her an address.


    When Yuliana rushed over, La was on the phone with a sharp tone. She stood aside and called her


    out after La finished talking, “La.”


    La nced at her. She looked tired, and there were ck eye rings underneath her eyes. It was


    obvious that she did not have a good restst night.


    “Come in.”


    La calmed down slightly, called the waiter, and asked her, “What do you want to drink?”


    Yuliana said to the waiter, “Just give me a ss of warm water.”


    The waiter left and quickly brought a ss of warm water over.


    Yuliana said thank you and took a sip of water from the ss. Since she went out that morning, she


    had not taken any water. It was already autumn. Although Juxshire was located by the seaside, it was


    still a little drypared to summer.


    She drank, put down the ss, smiled, and said to La, “La, I made an appointment with


    Christopher this morning to go to the City Hall to handle the divorce formalities.”


    La was stunned and pursed her lips. She did not respond.


    Both of them were silent.


    Yuliana asked, “Have you seen Christopher?”


    La hummed and nodded. “I met him with awyer this morning.”


    Yuliana lowered her gaze and looked at the waves on the surface of the warm water in the ss. “What


    did he say? How did Scarlett die?”


    La shook her head. “He doesn’t know. When he arrived, Scarlett was already dead.”


    However, the evidence collected by the police were all pointing to Christopher, and there was no third


    person.


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    Scarlett was pushed down the stairs by someone and died when her head hit a sharp corner. As for the


    other cause, they had to wait for the autopsy results. ording to the police, Scarlett still had a chance


    to survive if she was treated in time.


    When Christopher arrived, he called an ambnce and the police immediately. Nheless, Scarlett


    was already dead by then.


    When the police arrived, they inspected the scene. The evidence collected from the scene immediately


    targeted Christopher as the suspect, so they detained him on the spot.


    The police suspected that Christopher had ended Scarlett’s life and dragged the time until she died.


    Then he pretended to call an ambnce and the police to eliminate the suspicion.


    When La went to see Christopher with thewyer that morning, Christopher’s situation was


    obviously not right. Thewyer asked him a lot of questions rted to the case. On the surface,


    Christopher was very cooperative and answered everything he was asked, but La could feel that


    Christopher was hiding something.


    Yuliana asked, “Why did Christopher appear at the crime scene?”


    La frowned. “He didn’t say anything.”


    Thewyer also asked Christopher the same question, but thetter kept silent and said nothing.


    Yuliana was not surprised after she heard what La told her.


    She picked up the ss of warm water and drank it slowly. As the warm liquid entered her stomach,


    she felt her body getting slightly warmer.


    Yuliana asked, “La, I want to meet with Christopher Can you help me arrange it?”


    “Okay,” La said. “I’ll arrange it. Please wait for my message.”


    As soon as she finished speaking, her phone rang.


    La nced at the name on the screen. It was Joyce calling. She did not avoid Yuliana and answered


    the call directly.


    “Joyce…”


    “How’s Chris’ case?”


    La sneered, “Isn’t that exactly what you wanted to see, Joyce? The police are detaining Christopher


    as a suspect. Isn’t it up to you to decide everything in Sce Corporation?”


    Joyce had been married into the Sce family for so many years. La had never looked down on her


    because of her background, and had always respected and defended her. That was the first time she


    had ever talked to Joyce with such a harsh tone.


    Joyce was silent and did not exin.


    After a while, she said, “A lot of media reporters are blocking thepany’s entrance. If you have


    nothing else important,e back to thepany as soon as possible to deal with it.”