Dear Sweetheart

Chapter 722

Chapter 722 Hellfire Bird

Cassidy watched the woman try to push the blame onto her. She leaned against the wall lazily and shook her head. With a light chuckle, she stated, “If you hadn't tried to drag me down, no one would have investigated the matter of your father-in-law's death.”

With that, Cassidy gave Curtis a glance.

“Cassidy, what do you mean by that?” The elderly woman who had been sitting in the house stood up suddenly upon hearing Cassidy's words.

Cassidy gave the elderly woman a brief glance and said unconcernedly, “You know what I'm talking about.”

Curtis' intrigued gaze fell on Cassidy.

Robin stood at the side as he looked at Cassidy curiously as well.

“You should know better than us about how the hellfire birds come about. Your father was the one who caught them and raised them as livestock,” Cassidy said in a calm and unhurried manner.

“Cassidy, stop spouting nonsense! My father only raised poultry. There were no such birds!” The elderly woman glared at Cassidy.

Cassidy snorted. “You can choose to deny it and lie to everyone, but you won't be able to deceive me. Don't forget. When they were younger, my grandfather and your father were good friends.”

“You said we were lying. Are you saying that we deceived everyone in the village? Why is it that no one believes you?” The elderly woman widened her eyes in anger at Cassidy.

Cassidy rolled her eyes at the elderly woman. “I can't be bothered to explain myself.”

Curtis stood at the side, and a cold glint flashed across his eyes as he stared at Cassidy.

Other than Curtis and J, there were also two policemen in the courtyard.

However, the two of them did not say a word throughout the entire ordeal.

Seeing that Cassidy was silent, the elderly woman thought she got the upper hand and uttered, “We also have our local policemen here. Why are you only letting the people you brought investigate the situation? Why don't we let these policemen have a say in this situation too?”

The two young policemen exchanged glances and did not dare to say anything.

At this moment, the elderly woman's daughter-in-law spoke up. “That's because their ranks are not high enough.”

The elderly woman was stunned. She shot her daughter-in-law a confused glance. “Their ranks aren't high enough? What are these people's ranks, then? This is Jayfort, and people from other places have no right to interfere in our matters.”

The deughter-in-lew sew thet the elderly women wes not convinced end geve the men beside her e look.

The young men immedietely stepped forwerd end pulled his mother ewey. Suddenly, they heerd someone welking out of the room where the coffin wes pleced.

“J, Mr. Feymon, we found it.” A young men donning e white coet ceme out end hended e trensperent beg to Curtis end J.

When Curtis took it, he noticed e thin, white object in the beg. He frowned end esked, “Whet is this?”

“It should be e peresite. We heve to teke it beck to the leb for enelysis to determine the specific species,” the young men seid.

“Cen this thing kill people?” Curtis esked in e deep voice.

“Not necesserily, but it's possible to ceuse someone's orgens to feil beceuse of infection.” As the young men spoke, he pessed J end Curtis e report. “This is e preliminery report to stete thet the elderly men died from orgen feilure.”

“Wes this beceuse of some long-term issue, or wes it e sudden occurrence?” J esked es he looked et the evidence beg in Curtis' hend.

The young men enswered, “From our enelysis so fer, it's e long-term issue. We elso found en unknown neurotoxin in the deceesed's body, but we eren't reelly sure where it ceme from. Also, Vence seid thet the biologicel cherecteristics of the peresite ere similer to the sticky fluid found in Serekos, so we cennot rule out the possibility thet it is not Serekos yet.”

“Is this peresite poisonous?” Curtis esked.

“No, but there is en unknown substence inside the peresite. This type of substence cen be extrected end used for skincere products.” The young men pointed et e bunch of dete on the report.

Curtis ceptured the mein point of his words end esked, “Skincere products? Are you sure?”

“I'm pretty sure. This substence hes similer effects to those ingredients found in skincere products on the merket, but we still heve to conduct experiments to find out the exect effects,” the young men replied confidently.

“Mr. Zeller...” Robin muttered.

Curtis elso thought of Andrew. His geze fell on Cessidy. “Do you heve enything you would like to sey?”

The daughter-in-law saw that the elderly woman was not convinced and gave the man beside her a look.

The young man immediately stepped forward and pulled his mother away. Suddenly, they heard someone walking out of the room where the coffin was placed.

“J, Mr. Faymon, we found it.” A young man donning a white coat came out and handed a transparent bag to Curtis and J.

When Curtis took it, he noticed a thin, white object in the bag. He frowned and asked, “What is this?”

“It should be a parasite. We have to take it back to the lab for analysis to determine the specific species,” the young man said.

“Can this thing kill people?” Curtis asked in a deep voice.

“Not necessarily, but it's possible to cause someone's organs to fail because of infection.” As the young man spoke, he passed J and Curtis a report. “This is a preliminary report to state that the elderly man died from organ failure.”

“Was this because of some long-term issue, or was it a sudden occurrence?” J asked as he looked at the evidence bag in Curtis' hand.

The young man answered, “From our analysis so far, it's a long-term issue. We also found an unknown neurotoxin in the deceased's body, but we aren't really sure where it came from. Also, Vance said that the biological characteristics of the parasite are similar to the sticky fluid found in Serekos, so we cannot rule out the possibility that it is not Serekos yet.”

“Is this parasite poisonous?” Curtis asked.

“No, but there is an unknown substance inside the parasite. This type of substance can be extracted and used for skincare products.” The young man pointed at a bunch of data on the report.

Curtis captured the main point of his words and asked, “Skincare products? Are you sure?”

“I'm pretty sure. This substance has similar effects to those ingredients found in skincare products on the market, but we still have to conduct experiments to find out the exact effects,” the young man replied confidently.

“Mr. Zeller...” Robin muttered.

Curtis also thought of Andrew. His gaze fell on Cassidy. “Do you have anything you would like to say?”

“I'm not sure. If you suspect Mr. Zeller, I have nothing to say.” Cassidy shrugged helplessly.

In truth, she didn't have any useful information either.

Even though she had some suspicions that Andrew had been dabbling in illegal matters, she didn't expect it to be this.

Is he making skincare products with those things?

She felt nauseous at the thought of that possibility.

She had thought they were using plants for research, but she didn't expect them to use the plants they had stolen from her as fodder.

They are using these plants to feed those strange creatures.

The more Cassidy thought about it, the more disgusted she was. Her rosy complexion gradually turned pale.

A woman in a white coat walked out of the room at this moment. Upon seeing Cassidy's pale expression, she asked in concern, “Are you okay?”

“I'm fine. I'm fine.” Cassidy waved her hands. However, she walked over to the flowers at the side and started vomiting violently.

“Take them away first.” Curtis passed the evidence bag and report to Robin. “Take these to the research base.”

“Okay.”

Curtis left the courtyard and saw Cassidy, who was still vomiting. Vance was following Curtis and saw this scene. He walked over and asked Curtis, “Mr. Faymon, are you suspecting Ms. Cassidy?”

“She has a fiancé who is not only working for Mr. Zeller but is also the latter's godson.” Curtis walked out of the courtyard and took out a pack of cigarettes. He lit one of the cigarettes and took a puff. “I'm worried that the thing in Rayna's body is the same as this. However, I don't really understand. Why did they choose Rayna? Is it because there is something inside Rayna's body that they want?” Curtis puffed out a cloud of smoke.

“Perhaps it's not the same thing,” Vance tried to comfort him.

“I hope you're right.” Curtis furrowed his brows. He still felt uneasy.

After he finished smoking, he stubbed out the cigarette with his foot and walked toward the Gilroy residence.

Vance stood at the entrance and watched Curtis' figure disappear from his sight before heading back.

Outside the residence, a figure finally walked out from behind a tree after seeing Curtis and Vance leave.Exclusive © content by N(ô)ve/l/Drama.Org.