"Enough!" This time, it was John who couldn't sit still anymore. He slammed the coffee table and stood up. He shouted at Zuo Yan, "I don't have to sit here and listen to this!"
"No … You have to listen."
To John's surprise, the person who said this was Doster.
"Don't look at me like that, John." Holding a glass of wine, Daoist said in a half-drunk tone, "Now that things have come to this … I might as well be frank …" He pointed to Zuo Yan, "Right now, that kid is the one in charge here. He can go wherever he wants to go and do whatever he wants to do. He can arrest whoever he wants to arrest."
"What?" John glared at Doster. His eyes seemed to say, "You have received so many benefits from me, and now you tell me this when I need you?"
"What's there to be surprised about?" Feng Bujue said leisurely, "He is not wearing gloves, and he is blatantly holding important evidence related to the case. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?"
He was right. Zuo Yan had done something that even Doster couldn't do, which was obviously against the rules. That meant that there was nothing that Zuo Yan couldn't do in this case.
In fact, after the phone call between the Minister of Internal Affairs and Doster, Feng Bujue knew that from that moment on, Zuo Yan was fully in charge of the case. Even if Doster got off work and went home, it wouldn't matter. The only reason that the sheriff was still at the scene was that the higher-ups wanted him to stay at the scene. After all, there were still many people watching outside.
"You … You …" John glanced at the other four people in the room. They all had different expressions on their faces. He seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything.
He had no choice but to suppress his anger and sit down.
"Mr. Zuo Yan." After he sat down and adjusted his breathing, John spoke again. "I hope that you have the ability and courage to take responsibility for what you are about to say."
"You don't have to worry about that, Mr. Herbert … Oh, no …" Zuo Yan replied, "I think it's better to call you John. Since we have already talked about it, whether you should be called Herbert or not is still up for debate."
Obviously, Zuo Yan didn't fall for John's trick. Even if he wasn't as capable and courageous as Feng Bujue, he wouldn't be intimidated by this level of intimidation.
"Hmm … Being interrupted all the time makes me a little confused." After a few seconds, Zuo Yan said again, "Well, let's just go back to the topic …"
Zuo Yan was trying to buy time. After all, he wasn't the one who was interrupted, but Vidocq. Zuo Yan needed to buy some time for Detective Meow to recount the story.
"Let's start with Miller …" Zuo Yan continued unhurriedly, "Pat Miller was a greedy person. This greed turned him from a young man with a bright future into a criminal with a notorious record.
"Many years ago, when Miller was still working at John Herbert Investment Co., Ltd., he was valued by John because of his outstanding work ability and performance. He became John's right-hand man at a young age.
"During those two years, he and John did a lot of things that were on the edge of the law. They even did things that were beyond the law. It was because of these things that John became a young and promising entrepreneur in everyone's eyes.
"Of course, the two of them were very smart. They didn't leave any evidence that could be used against them. The two of them made good use of each other and got what they needed.
"But the good times didn't last long. Miller's greed eventually got him out of John's control.
"The second year after he became John's assistant, Miller quietly registered a shell company in his own name. He embezzled the funds from John's company into his own company account to do some short-term, high-risk investment projects for personal gain.
"At first, he succeeded a few times. While making money, he could also make back the funds without anyone noticing. So … he became bolder and bolder.
"As the saying goes, if you walk by the river, you will eventually get your shoes wet. Finally, there was one time when Miller failed and lost a lot of money. Although he used John's trust in him to cover up his mistake, this was only a temporary measure. Not long after, John's company had a capital chain breakdown.
"Of course, at this time, John didn't realize that the root of the problem was Miller. I guess he didn't even think of the possibility of a 'traitor'. So … he once again made Miller his' criminal partner 'and carried out the conspiracy to seize Old Herbert's family property.
"What happened after that … I've already talked about it before.
"When the matter was exposed, it was already after the final judgment of the inheritance dispute case. At that time, John already had the spare time to investigate some things. In the end, paper couldn't hide the fire. Miller's embezzlement of funds was exposed, and he was naturally kicked out by John.
"Although Miller knew a lot of John's crimes, as I said just now … Both of them weren't the kind of people who would leave 'evidence' behind. Besides, Miller himself was also John's accomplice in many cases. So, even if Miller, who was kicked out, wanted to blackmail John, he couldn't find any way to do so.
"In the years after that, Miller obviously didn't have a good life. His life became more and more down-and-out. It wasn't that he didn't have the ability to get rich, but … he didn't have the heart to get rich through the 'right' way.
"If I have to compare him, he's like a gambler who lost his family fortune. It's almost impossible for this kind of person to get rich through work. Because … when a person is used to gaining and losing huge wealth through gambling, his concept of money will become distorted. At this time, the small amount of money that he earned through labor … couldn't make him feel any 'reality.'
"For the same reason … It's hard for a person who has easily earned a huge amount of money through illegal means to earn the same amount of money through legal means.
"People are like this … It's fine if they don't go down the wrong path, but once they go down the wrong path, it's hard for them to go down the right path after experiencing the absurd wealth and vanity that comes easily.
"Within a few years, Miller spent all his savings and went further and further down the path of crime … Then, he was inevitably caught.
"With the first criminal record, the chances of him finding a good job decreased by ninety percent. Besides, even if it was a decent job in the eyes of others, it couldn't satisfy his greed …
"So, he had a second, third … Nth criminal record. In the beginning, they were all financial fraud cases. Later, they turned into ordinary, not-so-clever fraud cases. Later on, he even had a violent criminal record, such as stealing and robbing …"
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