Chapter 273 - What Was In That Envelope?

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Neil stood in the corridor as he stared at his phone for a long time. It seemed that no matter how many times he tried to call her number, that person will not answer his call. It seemed that at this moment, Edith had turned off her phone.

His heart grew anxious and Neil could not figure out what was happening. Edith was not talking to him and she could not understand what was going on.

It wasn't until Ryan Chen appeared by his side that he finally snapped out of his thoughts.

"What's the matter?"Ryan slapped at his shoulder. "Why are you standing here with a dazed expression."

Neil turned around quickly and held on to Ryan's arms tightly. "You said you've seen Edith waiting outside the Emergency Room, right?" 

Ryan nodded. "Yes. What's wrong?"

"Do you know where she goes to?" Neil asked anxiously. "I couldn't find her."

"The last time I saw her, she was still waiting for her grandfather outside the Emergency Room," Ryan said. "I left to give you a call and wait for you at the entrance." A frown appeared on his face as he realized that he had not seen Edith when he brought Neil over to the Emergency Room. "Maybe she just goes around to find something."

Neil swallowed. He did not think that that was the case. 

The way Edith had spoken to him does not imply that she was still around the hospital. Edith's tone of voice just then… she sounded so lost and confused. 

Neil turned around and entered the ward, startling Mike. 

"What's wrong?" Mike asked. He looked and Neil and frowned when he did not see his granddaughter with him. "Where's Edith?"

Neil hesitated before he spoke to him. "I talked to her. Edith said she did not want to see her at this moment."

Mike's expression changed. "Why? Don't tell me that she's angry at me? I did not choose to get into an accident."

"No. That's not it." Neil touched at his chin. "She said she has something to look after and that she won't be returning home for a few days."

Mike turned to look at Neil in surprise. "What? Did you quarrel with my granddaughter?"

"Of course not." He was in his office and Edith was waiting for her Grandfather to come out of the Emergency Room.

He had a premonition and did not know how to explain it. Turning around, Neil then saw that Ryan was right behind him. "I need your help," Neil spoke to Ryan. "Can you help me to check the CCTV? I just need to see where my fiancee has disappeared to. I couldn't find her or reach her phone."

Ryan thought about it for a while and nodded. "Come with me."

Hearing that Neil had mentioned checking the CCTV, a bad feeling arose from his heart. "What's wrong? Why do you need to look at the CCTV?" His face grew dark. "What happened to my granddaughter?"

"Grandpa, you wait here for a while. I will go and find Edith."

"I will come with you."

"No, Grandpa, you are still unwell. Just wait here and let me figure out what was going on."

Mike tried to move out of his bed and found that his body was aching all over. His body was weak as he had lost some blood in that accident. He had no other choice but to stay obediently on the bed and watched as Neil left the room.

Meanwhile, Neil followed Ryan towards the security department. After exchanging a few words with the higher-ups, the two men entered the security room where there were a lot of monitors displaying what was going on with everything around them. 

Ryan spoke to the head of the security and sat in front of the monitor. Soon, the monitor started to show what was going on around the Emergency Room from the moment Edith stepped into the building.

His expression grew somber when he saw the anxious look on Edith's face as she sat outside the Emergency Room. Regret filled his heart and Neil could only wish that he had come over sooner to accompany Edith. Then perhaps, she wouldn't sound so lost as she did on the phone.

The image on the monitor continued to display what was going on and suddenly, Neil noticed a man walking over to Edith. The frown on his face deepened and he could not figure out who that man was. He could not hear what the two were discussing about, but soon, Neil watched as the man stood up and leave.

So, it was not because of that man that Edith had suddenly left?

He continued to watch the video and saw that Edith had pulled out a thick envelope from the knapsack. 

His eyes narrowed, recognizing that the knapsack belonged to Mike. He had seen Mike carrying that bag just before he left the apartment early in the morning.

Neil watched as Edith read the documents in the envelope for a long time and suddenly thought that there was something wrong with it. The video continued to play, but Edith continued to read the documents carefully.

A while later, Edith placed the documents back in the bag. 

Neil continued to watch Edith and thought that her expression was a little too calm. Her behavior was very different than the last time her Grandpa was admitted into the hospital.

Just… what was in that envelope?

After sitting around and rearranging her thoughts, Edith finally stood up. He walked over to the nurse's station and handed over a wallet. Then, turning around, Edith walked out of the building with the black knapsack sling in one shoulder.

Neil stood quietly as he watched Edith left the building. After a while, he turned around and went over to Mike's wardroom again.

"Did you find my granddaughter?" Mike asked as soon as Neil walked into the room. 

He was supposed to be resting after what has been going on, but Mike was too worried about his granddaughter.

As he sat alone in the room, Mike began to rethink Neil's words again and found that something does not seem right. His granddaughter would not leave until he saw that he was well.

"Grandpa." Neil walked over to him anxiously. "What was in that envelope?"

"What envelope?"

"Someone handed over your knapsack to her and Edith found a stack of paper in it. What was that document? Why did her expression doesn't seem right after looking at the documents?"

Mike's expression changed when he heard Neil mentioning the envelope in his bag. 

"Grandpa?"

"That document." Mike swallowed anxiously. He remembered going to A City and met a few of his men. They had some new information on the case they were working on and handed him over the envelope.

"It contained some investigation report that I have received from my colleagues," Mike continued.. "If Edith saw those documents, then by now, he should know about her mother."

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