Chapter 3014: The Green Trees Are Thick and the Summer Is Long (Twenty-Two)

Chapter 2988: The trees are thick and the summer days are long (Twenty-two)

After Aisha's investigation, the blonde woman's surname was Richie. She was once a member of the Richie family. However, she was not the daughter of the gangster boss, but only the cousin. Even so, she was a daughter of a wealthy family with a good family background.

The information about the people related to the gangs was quite detailed. Aisha found that Miss Richie died of severe allergies ten years ago. At that time, she and Bob had been married for three years and had no children. After her death, Bob did not remarry.

Aisha immediately realized that Miss Richie's death was not simple, because too many things happened at this point ten years ago.

Ten years ago, the Wardlade Engineering Team encountered a business crisis and was about to go bankrupt, but suddenly received investment from Williams' real estate company. In the same year, Bob joined the Wardlade Engineering Team as a manager. In the same year, the junior high school and elementary school departments were closed and the school buildings were demolished due to poor business performance. In the same year, Bob's wife Miss Richie died.

Assuming that Miss Richie's death was not an accident but a deliberate murder, then the biggest suspect is naturally her close husband Bob. In that era dominated by gangsters, if Bob dared to do it, he would definitely do it perfectly. Ten years have passed, and it is probably difficult to find any evidence.

But it is precisely because the gangs were in their heyday at that time that Bob should not take such a big risk even for his own future. Once discovered, he would definitely die without a burial place.

Then this means that Bob has a reason to kill his wife at the risk of dying together.

This reason should not have much to do with the Wardred Engineering Team, or to say, it has nothing to do with anyone else. It should be that Miss Richie's existence itself has threatened Bob's life safety. The threat of keeping her alive is even higher than letting her die. Only in this way will Bob take action.

And for a wife who came from a gang, what would make her want to take her husband's life?

Although Aisha is still young, she also knows that ordinary quarrels will not develop to this extent, so it is more likely to be cheating.

After all, Bob was still an unknown ordinary person at that time, but Richie was a well-known gangster family. Bob married Miss Richie and should have gained a lot of benefits from the Richie family. If he cheated at this time, the gang would definitely teach him a profound lesson.

But Aisha also had some doubts. She also had some understanding of the gangster family. Generally speaking, for the sake of their daughter's face, they would not make a big fuss about it. If it was just cheating, they would probably kick this poor boy out and let him fend for himself.

If there was only this level of pressure, it would not force Bob to take action. He must have done something more damnable.

Surrender to the enemy? Assassination? Eating infidelity?

These details have long been lost in the years and it is difficult to verify them again, but Aisha feels that it must be related to the Wardred Engineering Team and Williams. They may have done something together and felt that after this matter was exposed, the Richie family would not let him go, so they took the initiative to kill Miss Richie who might have noticed this matter.

What could it be?

"Why did you suddenly call me here?" Helen looked up at Schiller in confusion. There was another girl with her, the squirrel girl from the New Warriors team.

"Nothing, I just feel that it's not safe enough if Doreen is alone."

"Safe? Do you mean that someone might attack you during the hypnosis?" Helen said with some confusion.

"It's not for me." Schiller shook his head and said, "Anyway, one of you guards the door and the other guards the window. Don't let anyone in during the hypnosis. If someone wants to break in, give him a taste of his own medicine."

"What if it's Brand?"

"He won't break in." Schiller said, "Even if someone says that Dr. Brand asked him to come, you must not let him in. Remember, no matter who they are, what documents they hold, or how tough they are, they are not allowed to come in."

"I understand." Helen nodded and said that she could probably guess what was going on.

After all, Arkham Asylum is a medical institution open to the public. There are many people here, and anyone can get in. If someone wants to make trouble, he may be of any identity, a curious patient, a doctor for routine examination, a cleaner on duty on time...

Her and Squirrel Girl's job is to guard Schiller's room and not let anyone in so that the hypnosis treatment can be completed smoothly.

Schiller walked into the office and began to set up the scene for hypnosis. His office in Arkham Asylum itself has a partition for hypnosis, but it is relatively cramped, so Schiller directly pushed the bed to the center of the more open office.

Then he began to adjust the scenery and lighting in the room. Although he does not rely on external objects for hypnosis under normal circumstances, a warm environment makes it easier for people to relax and speed up the progress of hypnosis.

Just as Schiller was preparing upstairs, Cobblepot also came to Edward's ward, intending to comfort him and let him not be afraid of this unfamiliar treatment.

In the past, Edward always went to Cobert's mother's ward. Although Cobert had been to Edward's ward several times, he was afraid of irritating him and never stayed for too long. This time was the first time he sat down.

As soon as he walked in, he saw a nurse coaxing Edward and trying to take the riddle book from his hand. Cobert walked over and said hello. The nurse smiled helplessly and said, "Good evening, sir. It's time to take medicine now. Can you talk after he finishes taking the medicine?"

Cobert nodded. The nurse coaxed him there for more than ten minutes in a good voice, and finally found an opportunity to take the riddle book from Edward's hand, attracting his attention to the medicine and letting him take the medicine well.

After the nurse left, Cobert sat down opposite Edward. Edward smiled shyly at him. Cobert observed that his facial and neck muscles were still twitching and his attention was not very focused. He thought it might be because no one read riddles to him today, so he deliberately said, "Have you come up with any good riddles recently, Edward?"

Edward smiled brightly and immediately discussed with him. The two talked about riddles for more than ten minutes, and Cobert had the opportunity to talk to him about hypnosis therapy.

What surprised Cobblepot was that Edward didn't look scared. He listened very seriously. At some moments, Cobblepot even felt that he was not a madman at all, but a normal person who was concentrating on a certain job. Even most normal people couldn't be so focused.

"... So, just leave everything to Professor Schiller. He is professional enough. You just need to follow his instructions and don't worry about anything else... Who?!"

A black shadow flashed at the door. Cobblepot stood up very alertly, but he didn't leave Edward. He just stood there and picked up the phone.

Oswald Cobblepot is no longer the poor boy who struggled hard in the slums. Even if he came to accompany his mother in the hospital, he brought enough people.

Not long after, two strong men in suits came to the door, one waiting at the door, and the other walked in, and then a female subordinate led a group of people to search the room.

Worried about irritating Edward, Cobblepot pulled the screen next to the bed and never left it.

Cobert, who had been with Alberto and had many years of experience in anti-assassination, understood that any distant noise could be a trick by the other party to lure the tiger away from the mountain. In this case, those who still ran out were fools, and it was wise to stand still and call for help.

Like the subordinates in the movies who ran over in a hurry when there was a little noise in the distance and left the boss alone, it would not be too much to shoot them ten times.

Cobert moved to the edge of the screen, and the capable female subordinate shook her head at him, and then another young man came over and showed Cobert the surveillance video with a mobile phone.

The surveillance camera in the corridor captured that it was actually just a nurse passing by. The surveillance screen showed that the nurse who had given Edward medicine before pushed the cart and walked over. She did not stop at the door or look inside, but Cobert did not let down her guard at all. He said to his subordinates: "Go check this nurse."

After everyone else left, Cobert decided to stay. He would not leave Edward again before the hypnosis began.

About half an hour later, there was an unusual noise outside the door. Soon, the two strong men following the female subordinate who had left before dragged a person in. It was the female nurse.

Cobert frowned slightly and looked at his subordinates. What he said was just an investigation. They are now legitimate businessmen who have washed their hands and come ashore. This kind of gangster method is a bit too low-class.

"Boss, the surveillance video clearly captured her going downstairs, but a kid under my command saw someone in the room on the right through the crack in the door. When we went in, she hid in the closet. It was obvious that she had something to hide."

Cobert's expression eased a lot. He looked at the female nurse and said, "Who are you? Why are you hiding in the next room?"

"I'm just sorting things there..." The nurse showed obvious hesitation. She opened her mouth and suddenly looked up at Edward, but Cobert did not see any intense emotions such as hatred in her eyes, but a very complicated worry.

"Tell me your name first and what problems you have encountered. Maybe I can help you solve them." Cobert said.

"Are you Oswald Cobblepot? The young man who followed the Godfather before?"

Cobblepot was not surprised at all that she knew his name. After all, he had lived here with his mother for so long, and they all used their real names. The surname Cobblepot was not very common, and it was easy to associate it with the Cobblepot Group.

But she actually knew that she had followed the Godfather before, whether it was the old Godfather or the young Godfather. This was enough to prove that she was not just a nurse.

Cobblepot looked at the nurse carefully again. She was not young, but it was normal. There were basically no delicate girls in the nurses of Arkham Asylum. After all, young nurses basically could not beat these mentally ill patients with well-developed limbs. The nurses recruited were all older, and some were married women with strength and means.

This nurse looked about 40 years old and was not well maintained, so she looked a little old, but the tone of her speech revealed a gentleness from the inside out, and she should not be a gangster or a killer.

"My name is Helis... I am indeed a nurse, but I used to work in the Porokin Community Hospital, and my husband is a construction worker."