Chapter 28 - A Bribe

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Hence, Reese decided to drop it and change the topic. “Who’s responsible for Julie Smith’s death?”

King knew that this smart woman was starting to use using her sharp mind. “The crime scene was a dead lead. Currently, from the hospital’s surveillance, we haven’t found any suspicious people, so the doctors are here to interrogate everyone, hoping to dig out any potential suspects. However—”

He paused mid-sentence as he looked this beautiful human woman up and down. Her eyes were watery, yet the sparkle in them also revealed her quick wits. It really made him want to keep her stashed away for himself!

“I think you’re very suspicious.”

“Why do you think so?” Reese knew that it was a joke, it was such an unreliable guess that had no basis. Still, she wanted to know why he thought she was suspicious.

“As a suspect, shouldn’t you try to bribe me, your doctor-in-charge?” King hinted directly.

Reese was speechless. She raised her hand and hit him, telling him to be serious.

“So, why is the hospital handling it this way?”

“The hospital’s management level suspects that the killer is among the patients, so they are increasing patrols, hoping to look for clues in everyone’s daily routines to find out who the murderer is as soon as possible, to give Julie Smith and her family justice.”

Reese looked thoughtful “And the killer isn’t among the management staff?”

King could not help but laugh. This woman was smart indeed. Although she had zero information, she still managed to realize the problem immediately.

He did not answer, allowing Reese to make full use of her own deductive skills. He wanted to see how much understanding this human woman could form about the case.

“Does anyone in the management have any grudges against her?”

“Someone you know.” King gave her a clue.

Reese murmured, “Julie Smith…”

He knew that she already had an answer, but she was hesitating to say his name aloud. Was it because she believed that man was a good person?

King’s face darkened immediately. She was now wrapped around that man’s finger, just because he had given her a wisteria yesterday, that she did not even want to point him out as the killer!

Reese was deep in her own thoughts, so she ignored King, who was already scowling.

Actually, she already had a guess in mind, but she did not understand how that person could have such a different side. Still, in order not to satisfy King, she deliberately said, “Seems like Julie Smith has quite a few enemies…”

King saw the obvious sly look on her face and understood everything.

He reached out and gave her face a pinch. “You owe me this time. Repay me double the next time.”

Then he left, leaving Reese alone with her mouth twitching. Owed him for what?

Not long after, the sound of slow, elegant music could be heard in the room, which meant that they could now gather outside.

Reese gathered herself and walked out the door, ready to walk to the group. However, she felt like several pairs of fiery eyes bored down on her the moment she left her room.

In the past, there might have been gazes that more or less followed her, but it did not feel this intense. It felt really uncomfortable.

She silently braced herself—today was going to be another disastrous day.

Soon, Reese was taken away for today’s activity. They were going to be cleaning the building altogether.

Every two or three people would be assigned to a floor. However, it was very unfortunate that Reese was assigned to be in the same group as one other human and one werebeast.

For this combination of one werebeast and two humans, there would naturally be a split into two sides according to their race, and the stronger side would have the power to allocate the chores.

Indeed, the female werebeast who looked like to be of the dog tribe was on one side by herself. She relied on her racial advantage to assign chores.

Alas, Reese was really down on her luck today. This female werebeast from the dog tribe had actually been one of Julie Smith’s sidekicks when she was still alive. She was a servant whom Julie had brought from her original planet, and she was quite a faithful one.

She knew that Julie had a grudge against Reese before she died. Almost everyone knew about their feud over Mr. Gates.

Now that Julie was dead, they had completely lost their pillar. They were of no value at all to Planet Evermore, so the three of them would be left in this mental hospital until the day they died, with no one who cared for them.

As such, they felt resentful. So, now that this weredog happened to be grouped together with Reese, naturally, she was not going to be treating their late master’s enemy nicely.

“You!” She pointed at the doors of this floor. “The doors and the rooms are all yours to clean. Make sure to clean them thoroughly.”

That female human had no other choice, as she was not strong enough to go against this werebeast, so she could only bear with it and nodded her head.

Then, the weredog pointed at Reese and said, “I’ve seen you before. Since we know each other, I’ll arrange a more relaxing job for you!” She guffawed loudly. The human who had been just been assigned many chores had been looking down, but upon hearing the werebeast’s words, her head shot up and she stole a glance at Reese.

Her eyes were filled with indignation..