Chapter 171

Chapter 171 Chapter 171 11 Looking at the USB stick in front of him, Robert was puzzled and thought, ‘What does Elysia mean by giving it to me?

“Don’t understand? Open it and see for yourself when you get home,” said Elysia. Although he didn’t grasp the meaning behind her words, he pocketed the USB stick.

After lunch, the group left Cheerup Restaurant. Robert’s mood remained unsettled. It was normal for him to have trouble accepting it right away as he had just received some shocking news.

After saying goodbye to Neo, Elysia went directly to Scented Garden. The grandfathers‘ faces lit up when they saw her. “Elysia, why are you coming over?”

Jack, I miss you all so I just come over to pay a visit.” Elysia held Jack’s arm while speaking.

Leo also came over and pouted. “Elysia doesn’t hold arm.”

Jack gave him an angry stare, expressing dissatisfaction with his rivalry for a favor. Jack thought, ‘You are really getting childish with age.

Elysia extended her other hand to hold Leo, which made Max making him swallow his words.

Just as he was about to speak out, Jack glared at him, Max thought, ‘Forget it. I’ll not compete with them for favor. L... peaceful life matters.

Elysia, we’re going back to Silverstream tomorrow. If you miss us, just give us a video call, said Jack.

Elysia was taken aback upon hearing this. “Jack, why so suddenly?”

“It’s not a sudden decision; we’ve been planning for several days and wanted to tell you today. You happened to come over today,” replied Jack.

Elysia felt sorry because they were now in a hurry to leave after a short stay here.

On the other side, she understood them. As the mainstays of Silverstream, they couldn’t get out for a long time.

Suppressing her reluctance, she forced a smile. “Okay, I’ll come over to visit you in Silverstream when I have time,” replied Elysia.

She had originally planned to see them off tomorrow, but she could not break her word as she had promised Elena to take charge of the cheerleading position on the school’s Winter Sports Event tomorrow.

In the Davis residence, Robert immediately saw the audio file when he inserted the USB stick into his computer and opened iL Raising his eyebrows slightly, he clicked the play button.

A cold and piercing female voice came out, along with an angry middle–aged male voice. But as the recording went on, the male voice grew weaker and weaker, while the female voice showed no restraint.

He recognized these two voices, which were Matthew’s and Emma’s. Robert thought, ‘Is the last person Matthew saw before he passed away Emma? Did they have an argument?

‘Did Matthew die because of Emma instead of me?‘

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Chapter 171 M If he hadn’t heard this recording, he would never have associated the kind and innocent Emma with such a side.

Tears streamed down his face uncontrollably. Feeling an excruciating pain in his chest, he collapsed to the ground with his legs buckled.

He pounded his chest fiercely because he couldn’t believe Emma, whom he trusted so much, did such a thing.

He recalled she cried sorrowfully that day when she came to pay her respects to Matthew and had felt sorry for her at the time, but didn’t know the real reason why she cried that much.

It turned out that he had been the fool all along.

Burying his head to his knees, he cried for a while, then took out his phone, and called Elysia after he gradually calmed down.

A cold voice came through the receiver. “You know everything now?”

“How did you get the recording?” asked Robert.

Elysia was slightly surprised by his question, “I thought you would first go to Emma and didn’t expect you to question me. You are in real love with Emma to the extent that you can ignore the cause of your father’s death.”

She emphasized the last sentence, her eyes flashing with cold light. Elysia thought, ‘Is it a blessing or a curse for Matthew to have a son like him?‘

“I gave this to you as a gift to restore the truth. As for how I got it, it’s none of your business,” added Elysia.

Her tone was firm and brooked no argument. After a brief pause, she added, “I’m sure Matthew can find some solace in the afterlife.”

Robert, whose eyes were bloodshot, couldn’t help but cry. Although Elysia didn’t tell him the source of the recording, he was certain that everything was true because he would never mistake Emma’s voice.

When a “beep” sound came through the disconnected phone, he took the phone away from his ear and wiped the tears from his face. Robert then stood up from the ground, which seemed to use up his strength.

Pulling out the USB stick, he hurriedly left the Davis residence. Unable to hail a taxi, he ran a long way before finally getting one.

After reporting the destination, he kept urging the driver to go faster for he wanted to see Emma right away.

The car stopped in front of a suburban villa. He rang the doorbell, and when Emma came out and saw him, she initially looked delighted. But when she noticed something was off about his expression, a sense of foreboding flashed through her mind.

“Robert, what brings you here?” asked Emma.

“You went to the hospital the day my father fell ill.” He phrased it as a statement, though it was a question.

Seeing the seriousness in Robert’s eyes, Emma felt a pang of panic. “Robert, what nonsense are you talking about? How could I have seen Mr. Davis?” She forced out a few tears. “If I had been there that day, maybe... he wouldn’t leave us...”

Looking at her feigned sorrow, he disgusted her right now to the extent he had once cared for her.

Robert thought, ‘Do you enjoy acting so much? Could you just stand there, pretending nothing had happened, after causing my father to die?‘ “Emma, how long do you plan to keep up this act?” asked Robert.

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Emma was taken aback. She knew things were off, but she still tried to put on a brave face. “Robert, what do you mean by that?”

“What do I mean?” Robert took out the USB stick. “This is the recording of you in the ward on the day my father fell ill. Do you still want to deny?”

With her last defense crumbled completely, Emma panicked. Recalling those odd words Elysia had spoken at the funeral, Emma thought, ‘Could it be... could it be that Elysia had witnessed what happened at the hospital? How could that be possible?‘

+13 “Robert, believe me. The recording... is fake. Was it given to you by Elysia? You have to believe me because she is determined to frame me...” said Emma.

Emma cried uncontrollably, but all Robert felt was hatred and disgust. It turned out that she was such a person, who could pretend to be so simple. It was only his own fault that he didn’t know people clearly.

“Emma, even now, you still don’t know how to repent?” said Robert.

Hearing this, Emma thought there might still be a chance. She quickly grabbed his hand, putting on a pitiful look. “Robert, if I admit I was wrong, will you forgive me?”

Robert roughly shook off her hand for she refused to admit still just now. He looked at Emma on the ground with coldness.

“Emma, the more you act like this, the more disgusted I feel.”