Emma was completely confused by Lu Ban's questions.

Didn’t we agree to investigate the pollution in my father’s villa?

Why are you asking about Gaode?

This Gao De has nothing to do with his father's inheritance, so why ask him?

This detective looks quite handsome, but how come he is not professional at all.

Looking at Lu Ban suspiciously, Ms. Emma had some doubts about Lu Ban.

On the side, Stone looked at Lu Ban and felt embarrassed.

"Ahem, he's just a little curious. We still want to ask about your relationship with your father first. Has he said anything impressive or done anything impressive in the past few years?"

Stone asked, clearing his throat.

"My relationship with my father is not that good. He always follows the rules and has his own way of doing things. He is never willing to deviate from his plan, just like a precise wall clock, always chiming at midnight. Although this has made him a huge success in business, I would say that my father is really a very boring person."

Emma seemed to be inspired and started to chatter away.

"So, if you want me to tell you what impressive things he has done, I really can't think of them right now, because he has been the same person for ten years."

Having said that, Emma glanced at Lu Ban and got some inspiration.

"It's not that it's impossible. It was very strange that he bought this villa. My father has never been interested in real estate. The house he lives in has been there for decades, and he only renovates it every once in a while. He doesn't have high material desires. He only drinks and smokes lightly. He hasn't found another woman since my mother died. Well, at least not as far as I know. So, he bought this place, collected those terrible paintings, and had a lover. This really puzzles me."

Emma continued to nag.

"I don't know exactly how my father bought this place, but he quickly moved here from the old house where he had lived for decades, and began to collect some strange things, including novels from the ancient capital, those paintings, and some antiques and treasures. He even had a lover. My God, does he know how old he is?"

"Miss Emma, ​​what you mean is that Mr. Browning changed before he bought this house, and then he bought it and moved here, and then he behaved in a way that he had never done before?"

Stone asked as he wrote something down in a small notebook.

"Oh, yes, yes, that's right. If you ask me, it's probably all Gao De's fault. He and my father have known each other for more than ten years, and my father has changed a lot. Oh, and it seems that this villa was sold to my father by someone from Gao De."

Emma seemed to recall something and continued.

"He introduced it?"

Stone stopped writing and looked at Emma carefully.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, that's right. I remember that Gao De lost money in some speculative business at that time, and then he found my father and introduced this property. He took a part of the commission from it. If it weren't for Gao De, my father would not have bought this place."

Emma suddenly gritted her teeth, and she clenched her fists, the veins on the back of her hands were clearly visible.

"Maybe that woman was also introduced to my father by Gao De. How could he do this? My father was so good to him, but he actually wanted to destroy our family property..."

"Please calm down, Ms. Emma."

Stone gently held the other person's hand to calm her down. Emma glanced at Stone and gave an ambiguous smile.

"You are so kind, Mr. Stone. I have met many people, but none of them are true gentlemen like you."

She almost handed Stone a room card and said, "Don't leave tonight. Come to my room and show you how rich women spend money."

Stone still maintained that kind smile and then spoke.

"Then let's talk about Mr. Gold? What kind of person is he? How did he know your father? Did he mention Master Byron?"

Lu Ban immediately glanced at Stone.

This question is exactly the same as the one he asked at the beginning.

However, this time Emma was not confused. Instead, she thought for a moment and answered.

"How should I put it about Gao De? I don't like him very much. He was born into a gang, but the turmoil back then caused the gangs to disperse. He started his business by using some shady means, and he already had a lot of assets when he met my father."

"The turmoil of that year?"

Lu Ban interrupted Emma out of curiosity.

"Don't you know? It's the Catania family. They were extremely expanded back then and defeated several big mafia families at the time, but eventually fell apart due to internal strife within the family, and the Godfather died. At the time, the Catania family had almost taken over all the underground mafia, but because of that internal strife, the mafia that had originally surrendered rebelled. The Catania family has since disappeared from the mafia world, and most of the others have become insignificant. Gao De was a mafia member who was recruited by the Catania family at the time, but later left."

Emma said as a matter of course.

"I see."

Lu Ban glanced at Stone. Although the detective's expression didn't change, the hand holding the pen shrank slightly, and it could be seen that he was a little embarrassed.

After all, what Emma was talking about was what Stone had done in the past, and this kind of situation of telling history in front of the person involved was somewhat like a public execution.

"They say he's a gangster, but he's actually just some street urchins and hooligans. He knows a lot of people who aren't very decent. It's said that even after he went into business, he often used intimidation and bribery to do things. I don't like this guy very much, but my father sometimes cooperates with him. I really can't understand why my father, who is as accurate as a pocket watch, would cooperate with Gao De."

Emma complained that it seemed that she liked clean and sunny young people like Stone or Lu Ban, or mature men with gentlemanly manners, and was not interested in strong men like Gao De who had well-developed limbs.

"That's normal. Maybe your father needs someone like Gao De to help him do some dirty things so that he doesn't get his hands dirty."

Lu Ban spoke frankly.

There's something I can't do with Emma.

Although she was not interested in her father's business, she still had a basic understanding of it. She knew why her father would deal with people like Gao De: he would do normal business and entrust some dirty work to people he trusted, so that he could cleanse himself at any time without getting any stains. In the era when gangs were prevalent, businessmen were almost forced to do so by gangs. When the gangs declined, under the dominance of the businessmen, these former gangsters became their private thugs and continued their original work.

But there's no need to say that.

What's wrong with this person?

Even though he is handsome, I cannot tolerate him talking like this all the time even if I am a face control... Well, I will tolerate it once more. If this man is rude again, I will just leave!

In response to Lu Ban's question, Emma gave an awkward but polite smile and answered.

"Perhaps."

"What do you think about Ms. Lily? Although she is not married to your father, from a factual point of view, she is also your stepmother. If she gets pregnant, the child born will theoretically have the right of inheritance."

Lu Ban asked again.

"???"

Emma clenched her fan.