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Chapter 172 Shall We Wash Together?
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Most of the people present at the dinner had never encountered this kind of testing before, and they were all curious to explore it. Only Madelynn's eyes turned red, and she quietly sobbed.
"Sir, could you please show some leniency? Beatrice is still so young, and if this matter gets out, it will ruin her reputation completely."
The police officer said sternly, "The law is the law, and it does not allow anyone to cross the line."
As soon as these words were spoken, the few designers who were just standing beside Beatrice stepped back one after another, afraid of being implicated.
Beatrice looked up at Madelynn and spoke lightly, "Ms. Bradford, the results haven't come out yet. How can you be so certain that I must have a problem? Do you have clairvoyance?"
Madelynn froze for a moment, then wiped away her tears and said, "I was just concerned about you, afraid that something might happen to you. I was being nosy."
The crowd glanced around, and in their eyes, many felt that Beatrice was somewhat ignorant.
Beatrice ignored it and calmly looked at the detector.
At that moment, the police stepped forward and took out the detection reagent from the One dash, two dashes...
cup.
When everyone was shocked, only Madelynn widened her eyes, looking incredulous. "Impossible! How could it be negative! Absolutely impossible!"
Hearing the sound, everyone paused for a moment. Negative? Isn't this a hyphen
Beatrice snapped back to reality and said coldly, "Everyone here is seeing this reagent for the first time, and no one knows that the double bar is the negative sign. How is it that Ms. Bradford seems so familiar?" Madelynn only realized that she had spoken too quickly.
She pursed her lips and quickly explained, "Our school had done some educational lectures with the police station before, so I know."
"Oh, I see." Beatrice looked at Madelynn and sneered.
As soon as she finished the drink that Mark handed her, she felt something was wrong.
That feeling immediately made her realize the seriousness of the situation.
Mistakenly consuming and voluntarily taking
taking are completely different concepts.
The scene where she and Mark clinked glasses was seen by everyone.
So even if she said she had eaten by mistake, she had no evidence.
At that time, she had also considered destroying the evidence, but her body simply wouldn't allow it, so she took the opportunity to switch the cups when she got up.
After checking the test paper, the police nodded and asked, "Do you have anyone else?"
Beatrice glanced at Alicia.
Alicia reacted quickly and immediately understood the current situation. She quickly said, "We
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are missing Mark, it seems like he went out and never came back."
She pointed to Mark's position as she spoke.
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The police immediately approached and picked up the glass of alcohol that Mark had drunk from, and tested it. Soon, the test paper reacted. Positive.
In terms of reaction speed, this quantity is not insignificant.
"Hurry up and go find!*
Several police officers behind me left one after another.
Beatrice then stopped the leading police officer and said, "Please wait a moment. Since someone has reported, why don't you test everyone else's as well and provide us with a written proof? Most of the people here are well-known jewelry designers, and I'm concerned that this incident might spread unclearly and affect everyone's participation in the exhibition." She proceeded to give an explanation.
Contrary to Madelynn, who started betraying her colleagues as soon as she entered, it actually made her appear calm and considerate of the overall situation.
Everyone looked at Beatrice with admiration.
The police also left two colleagues for testing, and the results were also very clear. Except for Mark, everyone did not commit any crimes.
With evidence, Madelynn wouldn't be able to spread rumors and cause trouble about this matter afterwards.
At that moment, a police officer rushed in.
The person was found."
Everyone followed the police to the backdoor by the river.
Mark, who had just been salvaged, lay on the shore, still breathing but incoherent. His body was covered in wounds from surgical incisions, but each one had avoided vital organs.
These wounds were considered at most minor injuries.
Another police officer opened the bag beside Mark and, upon seeing its contents, their eyes
also
widened in shock.
Immediately, he put on gloves and took out a processed and intact piece of human skin from inside, which appeared to be the skin of a person's back. Several designers looked at it and immediately vomited.
The leading police officer immediately blocked the crowd and cautioned, "Don't spread rumors. The police will come to take your statements later."
I heard that Madelynn couldn't control her facial expressions, her temples bulged slightly, and she stepped back.
But it was still discovered by the police.
"Ms. Bradford, please stay as well."
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Madelynn hadn't finished speaking when her body collided with a a wall of flesh.
She turned around and looked at the
person who came, her eyes full of grievances: "Mr. Caden, I just wanted to help Beatrice, but who knew that while Beatrice was talking, I ended up becoming the bad person." "I knew it."
Caden's voice was low and comforting, as he handed the handkerchief to Madelynn and then shielded her behind him.
He looked at the police and said coldly, "She has been with me all the time and doesn't know what happened here. I think it would be better for you to question the suspects." After speaking, Caden coldly glanced at Beatrice.
Beatrice was taken aback, quickly raised her gaze, and their eyes met for just a second before Caden lowered his gaze to the protected Madelynn.
Madelynn smiled and linked arms with Caden,
Beatrice turned her back to receive the police's questioning.
appearing
affectionate.
Because there was no evidence, she finished recording her statement, signed it, and then followed Alicia back to the hotel.
In the midst of the crowd.
Uncle Liu frowned and said, "Is that woman the Ryan family's burden?"
Uncle Wu glanced at the photo and said, "It's her, the one sent by my eldest brother."
The eldest brother is Xander Baldwin.
Uncle Liu clicked his tongue twice and said, "She is indeed beautiful, but it seems that Caden is not very interested. We don't need to waste time. In my opinion, it's still Madelynn... Uncle Wu took the phone, gave him a cautious glare, and turned around to leave.
Hotel.
Madelynn followed Caden into the room.
She took off her coat and hung it on the hanger, then, like a considerate wife, she approached and helped Caden take off his coat.
Caden skillfully evaded her hand and stood in front of the bar, pouring drinks.
Madelynn's hand froze for a moment, and she said with concern, "Mr. Caden, drink less alcohol. Let me make you a cup of tea and then rest early."
She stared at Caden with anticipation.
Caden lowered his gaze, his voice and expression extremely faint: "Have a drink to help you sleep."
Madelynn stared at the wine and nodded obediently, "Then I will go help you prepare the bathwater."
"Um."
Caden drank alcohol with his back turned to her, his expression unclear
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Madelynn pursed her lips, unable to contain her joy, and was about to push open the door to the bedroom when she heard Caden's voice from behind.
"What did they say to you after I left the compartment?"
Madelynn's joy faded in an instant, and she tightly gripped the doorknob before turning her head and giving a faint smile.
"They didn't say much, the two uncles just apologized to the Baldwin family. I think they didn't want this kind of thing to happen either."
"Um. Go ahead."
Caden turned the wine glass, his narrowed eyes revealing depths that were unfathomable. As soon as Madelynn entered the master bedroom, Keith walked in from outside and stood in front of Caden. Caden put down his glass and looked Keith up and down.
"Take off your clothes."
"Ah?" Keith clasped his chest, nervously saying, "Mr. Caden, I sell my skills, not my body."
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A moment later, Madelynn, wearing a silk camisole nightgown, gracefully opened the door to the master bedroom and leaned against the door frame, gazing at the man with his back turned to her. "Shall we wash together?"
Keith turned around, puffed, and spurted out a mouthful of red wine, saying, "Still... no, thanks."
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