Chapter 26: Hiring a Killer (Part 1)

"You are right. There is no chance of overturning the case of inheritance... After seven years, the available evidence has basically been lost. Whatever we say here can only be inference. Update the fastest." Zuo Yan continued, "This is also the reason why you can maintain such a fearless attitude."

"I am fearless because I have a clear conscience." John's tone was a little proud, "Unlike some people..." As he said, his eyes moved to Sam, "... they are about to go to jail for hiring a killer."

"That may not be the case." Feng Bujue stood up and refilled himself with a glass of red wine when he interrupted. "Many times... something that does not need to be questioned at first glance is completely different from its appearance."

When he said this, John, Sam, and Doster did not hear what he meant, and they just thought it was a trick.

But Zuo Yan... had smelled something strange in this sentence; Victor, who was hiding in the dark, was shocked the moment he heard it... A feeling of being seen through made him almost explode.

"Student Zuo Yan, please continue." Two seconds later, Feng Bujue picked up the refilled red wine glass, and as he walked back to his seat, he looked at Zuo Yan and added.

"Well... OK." Zuo Yan hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "Up to this point, the situation is relatively clear... What Miller knows is very fatal to John. As long as Miller reveals that John and old Herbert have no blood relationship, then from a legal point of view, he is an outsider who does not even have adoption procedures and lives in the Herbert family without the knowledge of the parties involved.

"In this way... even if the so-called "will" was really forged by Sam, it would not have any impact on the order of inheritance; because old Herbert never left any real will... Therefore, after determining that the existing will is fake, the Herbert family's property should be distributed according to the general rules of inheritance law, and the only legal heir to the property is still Sam.

"Of course, even so, John is not in Miller's hands. After all, John has plenty of resources. If Miller tells the truth, John will hire some expensive lawyers to help him fight the case... Whether it is from the 'actual adoption relationship recognized by the law' or the 'statute of limitations of inheritance law', it cannot be said that there is no chance of winning.

"There is no doubt that John had settled the account when Miller started to blackmail John, but he was guilty after all... God knows if there are any loopholes left in the inheritance case, so... John still paid the money.

"However, he didn't give much; as a businessman, John was naturally well versed in bargaining skills. He calculated Miller's account clearly and put it on the table for negotiation.

"As both parties were involved in the case and had a guilty conscience, Miller would not benefit from exposing the matter... It would only hurt others and not benefit himself. In addition, there was the new charge of "extortion"... If the two of them really fought to the death, Miller would be in a worse situation.

"So, after some "negotiation", the extortion became a situation similar to charity.

"In the past three years, John has transferred a sum of money to an overseas account in his personal name every month, and the owner of the account is of course Miller. The amount of this money is neither more nor less, about the monthly salary of a middle-class person.

"For John, it doesn't matter at all. The cost of raising a dog is higher than this. For Miller... at least at the beginning, this condition is also good, because that was when he was at his lowest point. People who are about to sleep on the streets usually don't pick and choose money.

"However... not long after, Miller, who lived a life of food and clothing without working, began to be greedy again...

"After calming down, he must have realized... that he obviously had such a big secret, but he only got the benefits of leftovers; so, he gradually became dissatisfied with his life, and then he went to social media to vent, and then he wanted to go back to his old business... but he didn't want to take the risk of giving up his stable "income".

"In the end, all Miller could think of was to go to John to renegotiate, but he was strongly rejected.

"Not long after that happened... he found Sam."

At this point, Zuo Yan was silent for a moment, as if waiting for everyone present to digest this information.

"I understand Miller's motive for finding John, it's nothing more than money..." After a while, Feng Bujue was the first to speak, "But what does he want to do by finding Sam?"

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"This guy...has been asking questions even though he knows the answer..." At the same time, Victor, who was hiding in the ventilation duct, muttered in his heart.

"What?" No one else could hear this, but Zuo Yan could hear it, and he immediately asked in a telepathic way, "Are you talking about Brother Jue?"

"For some reason, he seems to have been guiding our narration, asking us to explain the case as clearly as possible..." Victor replied, "But in fact... I can feel that he sees as far as I do."

"This..." Zuo Yan thought for a while, "Does he intend to help us?"

"I don't know." Victor replied, "Anyway...you continue to relay it, and I will observe it again..."

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No one else could hear a word of the inner conversation between the man and the cat. In their opinion, Zuo Yan just thought for a while without saying a word.

Then, he said, "It's very simple. It's also for money, but the amount and the way to get it have become very different."

"I understand!" Suddenly, Doster shouted out. Looking at his expression of sudden enlightenment, he was like a child who had finally solved a very difficult riddle. "As long as John is killed and the secret that he is not the biological son of old Herbert is announced, then... there will be no lawsuit. At least the part of his property that originally belonged to the Herbert family should all be inherited by Sam!"

"In fact, he doesn't need to announce it." Zuo Yan continued, "To put it another way... if Miller doesn't tell the secret, then in the eyes of outsiders, after John's death, the property should also be inherited by his only 'brother' in the world."

"The truth about John's life experience... is Miller's trump card." At this moment, Sam, with a solemn expression, spoke again, "If I am blocked in the process of inheriting the estate, he can use that to turn the tables; in addition, when he first came to me, he had already expected... as long as he showed me the trump card, I would help him."

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