"I'm sorry, Hannah, I'm sorry about this too, but some things are beyond my control."
Valeria let go of her hand and said with her head buried.
The sun shone from behind Hannah, casting a haze on her face.
"Valeria, you can't be blamed for this. I believe you are also a victim, but we can't continue like this and let Lloyd do his evil deeds!"
…
Locke and Hannah acted separately. When Hannah mobilized the female reporters of the Kosolk Evening News to tell their experiences, he also found the male reporter who suspected that Wei Na's death was related to the editor-in-chief of Lloyd.
"Ledo Campbell! It must be you! I didn't expect to meet you here."
Locke enthusiastically raised his glass and stepped forward, taking the initiative to chat with Ledo Campbell.
In fact, most weddings and funerals have social functions, and drinks are essential props, although they are basically low-quality rum.
Ledo Campbell looked at the enthusiastic young man and quickly remembered Locke's identity without needing to recall carefully.
"Locke who is not doing his job properly, Wei Na is my colleague, and it is normal for me to appear at her funeral."
Ledo Campbell was very sympathetic to Hannah, so he didn't have much affection for Locke, who had a bad reputation.
In Ledo Campbell's view, young men like Locke should have been sent to factories long ago to work more than 10 hours a day to alleviate their families' financial difficulties.
"hehe."
Locke smiled, not caring about the disdainful expression on Ledo Campbell's face. He shook the light yellow wine in the cup.
"Actually, your relationship with Wei Na is not good. Wei Na told me that you pursued her before, but she rejected you. You must be gloating now."
"Shut up, Locke, you are a parasite who relies on your sister to support you. What qualifications do you have to criticize me? Besides, I am not pursuing Wei Na. What I like is actually..."
Ledo Campbell hesitated to speak, and finally chose to shut up.
He believed that he was unable to help Hannah pay off her debts, and he did not want to raise Locke, a brother who was not doing his job properly.
So even if Hannah is very good, he can only stay away.
"You don't like Hannah, do you? You'd better stop thinking about it. Lloyd just begged Hannah to be his mistress and promised to pay off Hannah's debt and move to a luxurious apartment in the East District. I plan to persuade her to agree. What’s wrong with being a mistress, you don’t have to worry about food and clothing.”
Locke raised his eyebrows and looked at Ledo Campbell.
Ledo Campbell frowned, grabbed Locke's collar, and said in a bad tone,
"You are pushing Hannah into the fire pit, you are a parasite who only knows how to lie on your sister's body and suck blood!"
Locke opened Ledo Campbell's hand, "You coward, what qualifications do you have to speak against me?"
Seeing Locke turning around to leave, Ledo Campbell grabbed Locke's shoulders and lowered his voice and said,
"You don't know Lloyd at all. He is the one who spreads rumors behind his back and prevents Hannah from finding a job."
"What does it matter, as long as he is willing to support Hannah and me, so what if Hannah doesn't have a job?"
Locke said disdainfully, as if this was a perfectly normal thing.
"In Kosolk, beautiful girls become mistresses of rich men every day. Their fate is better than being sold to the Theater of Roses. This is not a shameful thing."
Ledo Campbell gritted his teeth again and said angrily,
"Locke, Weena's death has something to do with Lloyd. The night before Weena jumped off the building, I saw her running out of Lloyd's office disheveled and crying. And Weena was not the first one. , and it’s not the last one. Before this, Kara, Nadi and others, who haven’t been poisoned, Lloyd is a scumbag!”
Locke turned back and gave Ledo Campbell an indifferent look.
"oh."
Ledo Campbell was slightly stunned. He was so angry that Locke was about to explode, but there was nothing he could do against Locke.
There was no way he could walk up to Hannah and tell her what a terrible person Lloyd was.
He doesn't have the courage.
If Locke hadn't been irritating him, he wouldn't have had the courage to say what he just said. He has always been a coward who looked on coldly. In order to keep his job, he chose to accept everything.
The only good thing is that Hannah, whom he has always had a crush on, was not killed by Lloyd.
But Lloyd also forces Hannah into a corner.
If Hannah can no longer find a job, her and Locke's life will definitely go into an abyss.
Ledo Campbell seems to have seen the end of Hannah becoming Lloyd's mistress.
He couldn't help but said to Locke again,
"Lloyd already has a mistress, a very beautiful mistress."
"I know you are just spreading rumors. You don't want to see Hannah live a good life, and you want to see her fall down and become a street girl, and then you patronize her generously."
Locke turned back and said coldly.
Ledo Campbell was stunned. He had to admit that he did have this idea before, but when Locke said it, he felt ashamed.
He blushed and quibbled, "No, I didn't! Lloyd's mistress is called Shelia. If you don't believe it, you can check it out. She lives in the Woolf Apartment on Sycamore Street in the East District."
Locke, who had obtained the most critical information, ignored the man behind him. If Ledo Campbell hadn't communicated with another reporter, causing him to not hear any secrets about Lloyd, he would not have used this method to trick him. Words by Ledo Campbell.
Jerry, the big golden retriever who became Erin's mount, made a "woof" sound.
Locke lowered his head and saw Erin stretching lazily.
"Is it necessary to investigate such a boring thing? Didn't you already take away that fat man's life?"
Erin said.
Locke knew that the fat man Hannah was talking about was Lloyd.
"Without exposing Lloyd's true colors, Hannah will never be able to return to journalism and fulfill her dream."
"Okay, do you believe in the orthodox Goddess of Life, or the God of Destiny who always wants to steal the power of the Goddess of Life?"
Erin squinted her eyes and looked at Locke. If he was lying, she could immediately tell by the color of his soul.
Although Locke knew little about occult knowledge, he still understood basic religious knowledge. The goddess of life is the righteous god, but the god of destiny is called the evil god. The Destiny Sect was expelled 20 years ago.
The Kingdom of Tumen only recognizes the existence of the goddess of life and the god of alchemy, and other religions and gods are called cults and evil gods.
There are relevant records that many years ago the Destiny Cult tried to use tens of thousands of people to perform bloody sacrifices in an attempt to awaken their God of Destiny. Unfortunately, they were reported and discovered in time, preventing the tragedy from happening.
Therefore, the reputation of the Destiny Sect has always been very poor. Some people even say that the people of the Destiny Sect are all lunatics with suicidal tendencies.
When Erin asked herself this, she most likely suspected that she was a cultist of the Destiny Sect.
Because true members of the Life Sect will hang a leaf pendant around their necks and pray before meals to represent their devout beliefs.
Hannah and Locke obviously didn't.
Suspected to be a follower of the evil god, Locke was innocent;
"If you are willing to be my teacher in the field of mysticism, I wouldn't mind telling you."
"Teacher? Haha, that's a nice thought. You are my servant who signed a 100-year contract."
Erin raised her head proudly.
She would never teach an ordinary person in vain.
"All right."
Locke shrugged helplessly.
"They are all cultists after all. Are you interested in changing your beliefs?"
Erin continued to ask.
Locke looked at Erin suspiciously.
"The mysterious being who has been paying attention to me noticed you when we exchanged bodies. He is very interested in you and asked me to ask you if you are willing to be his agent in this world."
Erin's cat face suddenly became serious.
Locke felt chills running down his spine. He never expected that he would be noticed by the evil god after exchanging bodies with Irene once!
