Chapter 9 C9

"How did you know?" Stanley stared at Helen intently with his eyes bright.

"When we were on the third floor, she approached the man and he initially ignored her. At that time, I was near them and despite the loud music, I could vaguely hear her said something about Henry's family, but I couldn't hear what she said after that. However, the man's behavior changed immediately before he grabbed hold of her wrist and asked her who she was. He was rather scary at that time."

Larry and Stanley did not speak for a while.

Helen heaved a quiet sigh of relief. Due to the fear within her, she spoke faster, "That woman seemed like she was not afraid as she just remained silent. Then, the man gave in and agreed to help her. After that..."

Helen looked at Larry, who was still wearing his mask. "You should understand what happened next, Sir."

"Earlier, when she ran towards me with her covered in blood, I was scared silly. I was dragged into the elevator by her and she threatened me with my darkest secret. I had no choice."

"What could possibly threaten Henry? What kind of secrets does his family hold?" There was a tinge of huskiness in Stanley's voice. "It must be an extraordinary and unknown matter, but how does the woman know about it? How does she know about issues concerning his family..."

Stanley glanced at Helen. "How did she know that you had an abortion?"

"She must know Henry and you, Miss," Stanley concluded.

"Yes, she knows me. Back then, I was wearing a mask and she called out my name. I was so terrified that I didn't think about this." Helen nodded.

"What happened to his family recently?" Larry began to speak. He sounded nonchalant, yet every word he spoke reeked of danger.

"Today, He will be engaged to the eldest daughter of West's family" Stanley pondered for a while before he said out loud. He was aware of this matter as the eldest daughter of that family was extremely special.

"The First daughter of the West's family?" Larry focused on this point and directed his inscrutable gaze onto Helen. "Do you know her?"

If both Henry Max and her knew her, then this woman in question was a highly suspicious figure.

"Yes, of course I know her. That's Cherry West. She returned home five years ago. Back then, her family had sent her to High School and she was my classmate. She is stupid as hell and never got more than 30 marks in exams. Most of the time, her marks were even in the single digits and she only obtained 56 marks in her first exam, breaking the public exam's record of the lowest marks in history. Cherry is retarded, ugly and dowdy. It's shameless of her to fall in love with Hardy. Her grandfather loves her a lot and so he arranged for their wedding..." A look of contempt and disgust appeared on Helen's face as she talked about Cherry.

"In that case, that might not be Cherry." Stanley had heard of rumors that Cherry was stupid, but he did not expect her to be as stupid as this.

"Not exactly." There was a mysterious glow in Larry's eyes. No one knew what he was thinking about.

"That's impossible, Larry. It's a miracle that a person who only scored 56 marks in her exams didn't die of stupidity. How could she have managed to escape from your clutches?" Stanley refused to believe such a likelihood.

"Get someone to bring Henry Max to the police station." Instead of arguing with him, Larry changed the subject abruptly.

"Bring Henry to the police station? Henry could have been threatened initially, but later on, he willingly helped that woman. I'm just worried that I won't get anything out of him. As far as I know, he is obstinate as f*ck and nobody could pry open his mouth if he wants to keep it shut. Moreover, we can't resort to torture when we interrogate him." Stanley disagreed with his brother's suggestion.

"Whether he speaks or not isn't important." At this point, Helen had left, so Larry slowly removed his mask, showing his sharp and prominent features. Right now, he had regained his prior calmness and his gaze was icy cool.

"Understood. I'll make arrangements." Stanley finally understood.

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"Henry Max, we brought you here today to ask you some questions. I would appreciate your cooperation," Captain Leo said courteously.

"Okay, I'll tell you everything I know and cooperate wholeheartedly." Henry smiled and his behavior seemed normal. It was as if he was a guest, he sat down on the chair without waiting for an invitation.

"Do you know the woman who left the hotel with you last night?"

"No," Henry replied without hesitation.

In another room, Larry stared at the monitor and slowly narrowed his eyes.

"I knew Henry wouldn't tell us anything." Stanley chuckled coldly.

"But you helped her escape."

"Escape?!" He laughed. "What? Did she murder someone? If she did, aren't you supposed to locate and arrest her? So I have now become an accomplice."

"It's not that serious." Captain Leo let out a quiet sigh. Indeed, it was no easy job.

"Oh, that's fine then. She merely hitched a ride with me. Once we left the hotel, she got out of the car and I don't know about the rest."

"Don't you know who she is?"

"I don't know. We got to know each other at the costume party and both of us were wearing masks. How could I tell who she was?" Henry answered nonchalantly.

"But I heard that you helped her because you were threatened by her."

"Oh, whatever you say. Any further questions?" Henry shrugged as if it was no big deal. With this sort of reaction, there was nothing Captain Leo could do with him.

"He is a sly fox indeed!" In the other room, Stanley chided.

Larry threw him a sideways look.

"Understood, Larry." Stanley's face lit up with excitement. Then, he took out his phone and made a call.

Captain Leo's phone rang in the interrogation room.

He glanced at Henry before he answered the phone. He simply listened without saying anything.

He was calm and composed, exuding an air of indifference.

"You mean Cherry!" Captain Leo exclaimed without warning.

Meanwhile, in the other room, Larry fixed his gaze on Henry on the monitor and observed the changes in the latter's expressions.

If Henry would giveaway even the tiniest slip right now, it would never escape Larry's eyes.