Zuo Yan thought again and looked at Victor.””But … There’s something I don’t quite understand.”
“You think there’s still something suspicious about the motive, right?” “Yes,” Victor replied.
“Yes.” Zuo Yan nodded.”According to what you’ve said, John is a well-known promising young man, while Sam is just a rich second generation … In this case, there’s a high possibility that old Herbert would leave his inheritance to John. Taking a step back … Even if old Herbert didn’t want to treat his two sons differently, the inheritance should have been divided equally between the two brothers, and Sam wouldn’t have gotten the bigger share. ” He paused for a moment.”Let’s take a step back … John, who has long gained a firm foothold in the business world, can still live well even if he doesn’t inherit a single cent. On the other hand, Sam, who spent all his time and didn’t know how to do anything except spend money … Once he lost the financial support from his family, he probably wouldn’t be able to survive.
“From this point of view, what reason did John have to take the risk to forge the will? Could it be that he hates his little brother so much … That he wants to make him penniless?” At this point, Zuo Yan furrowed his brows and pondered for two seconds.”But … If that’s the case, why did he propose to give Sam a hundred thousand pounds?”
“Think about your ‘first step back’ again, and then tell me the crux of the problem.” Instead of answering Zuo Yan’s question, Victor gave half a hint and half a request.
“Oh?” When Zuo Yan heard this, he obediently rethought the matter and read it out loud,”you’re saying … The situation of ‘splitting the inheritance’ is unacceptable to John?”
“I can ‘t,” Victor said.
“Why?” Zuo Yan asked doubtfully.
“Because he’s short of money,” Victor gave a simple, unexpected, but reasonable answer.
“But John is short of money?” Zuo Yan was indeed surprised by this answer.
“Ha …” Victor laughed and said,”which kind of person do you think is more likely to owe a huge sum of money? The first kind was a young entrepreneur who thought himself to be an elite, ambitious, and doing big business; The second type is a rich young master who always goes to all kinds of social parties, eats, drinks, and sleeps with famous models, never thinking about the so-called ‘future’.”
Although the two types of people described in this sentence were completely opposite, one was “people who make money”, and the other was “people who spend money”, the interesting thing was that the ones who would really be driven into a corner by debt … Were often the former.
“Hey, hey …” Zuo Yan could also tell that Victor’s understanding of the case was far beyond the level of the general public, so he asked,”don’t you know too much?” This isn’t something that can be grasped just by reading the news in the newspaper, right?”
“Half a month after John inherited all of the Herbert family’s assets …” Victor said as he thought,”I saw a report on the TV news about ‘Herbert group’s financing’. This report … Was the real reason why I was interested in the inheritance lawsuit. That afternoon, I went online (yes, Victor knows how to use a computer to go online. Of course, he won’t let anyone else find out about this except Zuo Yan) to check on the financing. That information isn’t confidential and can be easily found on some business-related websites … Although this financing seems to be a regular merger between an entrepreneur who inherited his family business and his own company, if you look through his company’s accounts and movements in the past year, you’ll find a lot of interesting things. ”
“So …” Hearing this, Zuo Yan naturally guessed John’s motive.”The one who can’t accept the ‘splitting of inheritance’ is actually John … The deficit in his business is so huge that even ‘half of the Herbert family’s property’ can’t make up for it. Only by inheriting all of the property can he solve his crisis.”
“No, no, no…” Vidok continued in a rather relaxed tone.”The Herbert family is rich. To solve John’s problem,’half of the property’ should be enough. But the problem was … The half that John could inherit would definitely be the real estate and shares related to the company. The half that Sam got was the real ‘money’ that could be spent at will.
“Even an outsider would know how to distribute it, let alone their father. Sam doesn’t have the ability to manage and run Herbert’s company.
“However, according to this development, after John inherits his property, he’ll have to’ cash out ‘some things to solve his predicament. This will be very ugly … It’s practically announcing his failure to the world in a high-profile manner.
“John is obviously someone who doesn’t want to admit his failure in front of others. If he wanted to, he wouldn’t have to plot for the inheritance. While his father is still alive, we can just ask his father for it … As long as old Herbert agrees, John’s predicament will definitely be solved. ”
“So, he carefully planned this ‘fake will’…” Zuo Yan continued to say,”and deliberately left a flaw in the fake will to lure his brother into the trap step by step. In the end, he made use of the outside world’s stereotype of him and his younger brother to make all of this seem logical. ”
“We have to admit that as a criminal … John is quite smart.” “If he wanted to do it, it wouldn’t be difficult to forge a flawless will that was his own beneficiary,” Even if his brother takes him to court, he might not lose. ” As he spoke, he used his little claws to stroke the hair on his head.”But John didn’t do that. He chose a more complicated method … Only in this way could he brand Sam as a ‘liar and Rascal’ to prevent future trouble.
“As for the 100000 pounds he took out after the incident, it was indeed as Sam said. He was using the money that originally belonged to the other party to give alms to the other party … To John, who had already received the entire inheritance, the 100000 pounds was of course nothing. However, his act of ‘thinking of Brotherhood and distributing money to the other party despite knowing that his brother forged his will’ was undoubtedly an excellent public relations act for himself.”
“Hmm … The motive and case make sense.” Zuo Yan thoughtfully continued,”but don’t you think there’s a loophole in your reasoning?”
“Tell me about it, I’ll listen.” Victor knew what Zuo Yan was going to say, but he didn’t point it out. He waited for Zuo Yan to bring it up himself.
“Old Herbert died of illness,” Kieran said. Zuo Yan said,”John can forge a will and set up a trap, but he can’t possibly …”
At this point, Zuo Yan seemed to have thought of something. His expression suddenly changed and he stopped talking.
“Can’t what?” “Can’t you let old Herbert die faster?” Victor asked with a smile.
“Is there something you haven’t told me yet?” Zuo Yan narrowed his eyes and looked down at Victor.
“I said that Sam only stays at home for one or two months a year, but I didn’t say that John only stays for that short period of time …” Victor said.”Although John’s business is mainly in United Kingdom, he lives on this Island most of the time in a year … This has not changed even now. This is one of the benefits of the information age. People can do most things in front of the computer, and even autographs can be transmitted through digital technology. ”
After hearing this, Zuo Yan finally understood the nature of the case. He muttered,””If he stayed in the same mansion as the deceased for a long time … It would be more convenient for the slow-acting poison to be used, and it would be harder to trace it.”
“The specific method might not be a slow poisoning. It could be some other method …” Victor said.”Old Herbert died at home, not in the hospital. Therefore, the one who announced his death was the Herbert family’s family doctor.”From what I know … This doctor is about the same age as old Herbert. Perhaps John’s technique had deceived the old man, or perhaps he had been bribed … In short, no one questioned the conclusion of ‘death of illness’ at that time.
“A few years later, the doctor himself passed away, and old Herbert’s body was ‘buried’ by John.”
“The dead can’t testify, can they …” Zuo Yan said.
“Hmph …” Victor snorted coldly.”People like John won’t leave any obvious evidence.” He turned over in bed again.”I have a friend who can be said to be the ‘best reclining chair detective in the world’. Over the years, he has met a large number of criminals who are at large just like John through newspapers and news.”
“Uh … Your ‘friend’… Could it be a cat too?” Zuo Yan asked.
“Of course it’s a cat. What do you think?” Victor replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
“Nothing … You can continue.” Zuo Yan’s lips twitched but he did not say anything. After all, he was not brother Jue, so he did not have such a strong desire to criticize.
“After understanding this, we can get to the main topic …” Victor continued,”before this, the person we met in front of the elevator door, Sam Herbert, who had disappeared for many years … According to my observation during those few seconds, he is likely to be involved in some illegal incident.”
