Chapter 104


    Anthony spotted Thalia’s car outside the hospital. After a quick look around, he opened the door


    and went in.


    Thalia had aputer on herp and a lollipop in her mouth. She handed a lollipop over at his


    arrival. “Would you like one?”


    Anthony epted it eagerly. He unwrapped it and put it in his mouth.


    Thalia’s gaze returned to herputer once more. “I’d had a look,” she dered as she sucked on


    her lollipop. “Your mother was here during that period.” She then turned the screen to Anthony.


    It was surveince footage depicting a hallway in the hospital.


    Natasha was standing at the door of a ward looking at something when a man suddenly appeared


    behind her.


    The horror of a suspense drama was palpable even through the screen.


    Startled, Natasha spun around just in time for the doctor’s appearance.


    The man slipped into the ward as Natasha spoke to the doctor at the door.


    The videosted only several minutes.


    “I ran a background check on him, but I didn’t find any direct involvement with your mother,” Thalia


    said. “It should just be an ordinary mental disorder.”


    Anthony looked at the screen and frowned slightly.


    “Is it possible that you’re overthinking this out of anxiousness?” Thalia asked.


    Anthony shook his head. “I don’t know, but I have a bad feeling about this. Nat deliberately took


    me away today. She must be hiding something from me.”


    Thalia pursed her lips as she stared at him. “I’m curious about how urate children’s intuition is.”


    Anthony rolled his eyes at her. “By the way, could you assign one of the surveince cameras at


    the door of Nat’s ward to my phone? That way, I can tune in any time.”


    Thalia nodded. “No problem.”


    Her slender fingers worked furiously on theputer before they stopped moving abruptly.


    Thalia’s beautiful eyes narrowed into slits as she stared at the screen. Her flickering eyes seemed


    to be appreciating something.


    Anthony leaned over when he noticed that she had frozen. “What’s the matter? What are you


    looking at?”


    Turning pale almost immediately, he wished he did not see it.


    The footage depicted another instance in the hospital when Keh sent Thea to the emergency


    room and the entire incident of encountering Natasha in the corridor.


    From the camera’s point of view, it looked especially like a messy love triangle.


    Thalia cleared her throat. “Anthony.”


    “What?”


    “This Keh isn’t in love with your mother, is he?” she asked.


    Anthony frowned. “No,” he instinctively retorted.


    “Are you sure? Look at his eyes and your mother’s. They’re looking so tenderly at one another,”


    Thalia remarked while they watched. “You know, with the looks of Keh and your mother, they


    would be perfect for the leading parts if they starred in a movie. It would definitely be a blockbuster.


    They look so good from every possible angle! I wonder what their unborn children will look like.”


    Anthony was struck dumb with incredulity.


    What else can I say?


    Anthony took theputer from herp and sent a link to one of the surveince cameras to his


    phone with several keystrokes. He then shut theptop with a smack after he was done.


    Thalia was not satisfied. “Hey, what are you doing? I’m not done.”


    Anthony looked at her. “Would you still want your reward?”


    Thalia was taken aback. “Of course,” she nodded solemnly.


    “Be serious, then.”


    “I am being serious!”


    However, Thalia studied Anthony again in the next second. She looked at each side of his face


    carefully.


    Anthony was deeply ufortable by her scrutiny and scowled with displeasure. “What are you


    looking at? Is there something on my face?”


    “Don’t you think that you share a resemnce with Keh?” Thalia said enigmatically. “You look


    so much like him. If I didn’t know better, I would have guessed that you and he have a shady


    rtionship.”


    Anthony was rendered speechless.


    Well, she was not the first to be amazed by how much alike they looked.


    He did not expect the matter to remain concealed for much longer. However, he was determined to


    keep it a secret for as long as possible.


    He did not intend to admit it until there was conclusive evidence.


    “The more I stare at it, the more I see it.” Thalia was still studying him intensely. “I think I can use


    you to ckmail Keh!”


    Anthony was dumbstruck again.


    “Being a yboy, he would believe me if I ckmailed him with you,” Thalia said as her


    imagination ran wild, feeling very pleased with her idea.


    “Have you heard of something called DNA?” Anthony asked sarcastically.


    “It can be faked,” Thalia said dismissively. “I have acquaintances in the industry.”


    Anthony was taken aback for a moment. “Do you think Keh will believe you?”


    Thalia gave his words some serious thought before providing a fair answer. “That will be tough.”


    “Just stop daydreaming, and let’s get down to business,” Anthony barked, changing the subject in


    time.


    Thalia raised her eyebrows as she merely said those words out of jest. If she were to meet


    Keh, she would have to avoid a person like him unless there was a mission at hand.


    Though he looked harmless enough, the way he conducted his business sent a shiver down her


    spine.


    “Has the news been leaked?” Anthony asked.


    “Of course. I guarantee that it’ll be untraceable.”


    Anthony pondered for a moment. “At this juncture,” Anthony surmised, “the killer should act within


    the next couple of days if he’s intent on iming my mother’s life.”


    “Be confident and get rid of the ‘if’,” Thalia suggested. “The brake hose was damaged with the


    purpose of killing her, wasn’t it? I’m just worried that…”


    “Worried about what?”


    “That the clue is too cryptic. I’m afraid the killer won’t be as smart as we’d expected him to be. He


    might not figure it out.”


    Anthony hesitated. “How did you drop the lead?”


    “The number te of the ambnce!” Thalia announced. “I deliberately chose several photos that


    were especially clear. A simple search should reveal which hospital she is in if one were to look


    carefully.”


    Da*n, I am smart. She was so pleased with her work…


    Cryptic indeed! And subtle.


    Anthony kept the polite smile on his face.


    “If that doesn’t work, I’ll leak more informationter,” Thalia added for she found the probability of


    the killer discovering the clue rather low.


    Anthonyforted her. “To be able to think of sabotaging the brakes shows that our mystery man


    is notcking in wit.”


    Thalia’s eyes lit up at his words. “I’d considered that too. We would have found him long ago if he


    was a simpleton.”


    Anthony nodded in agreement.


    Thalia gazed at him with a wry smile like they shared a secret.


    Anthony buckled his seat belt before looking at her. “Let’s go.”


    “Where?”


    “For a meal.”


    “Aren’t you returning to the hospital?”


    Anthony leaned backzily on the seat. “Later. I’m hungry now. Let’s eat. Thanks in advance for


    lunch.”


    Are you kidding? It was Thalia’s turn to be rendered speechless.


    He wants a free lunch, yet he’s being so bossy!


    However, Thalia thought it would be boring to dine alone. Besides, Anthony was the entire reason


    why she was able to stay. It was difficult to imagine such a legendary figure in the hacker world


    was actually a child. The tiny bit of curiosity she had toward him was only the tip of the iceberg.


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    She wanted to know more as she felt that there were still many secrets in him worthy of her


    exploration.


    Of course, Anthony was well aware of her motives.