"Okay." Stanley saw the worry in Violet's eyes, his heart warmed, his killing intent lessened, and he nodded his head in agreement.
He knew that she was worried about her.
Just as she had just now, he was worried about her.
So they were more than a couple in love, they were two people who helped each other.
"Let's go." Stanley put on his jacket, took Violet's hand, and walked out of the office.
An hour later, they arrived at the Hopkins’.
Mr. Hopkins personally greeted them at the door, and when he saw the two, he smiled and extended his hand, "Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murphy, welcome, welcome."
Stanley extended his hand and shook hands with him.
Violet took his arm, while smiling at Mr. Hopkins in response.
"Please, please come inside." After shaking hands, Mr. Hopkins made an inviting gesture, gesturing for the two to enter the house.
Stanley nodded his head and led Violet into the house.
The Hopkins family was a famous bookish family in J City, so the residence was the old kind of ancient two-entry courtyard, which looked unique.
As Violet walked and surveyed, she already had several cheongsam inspirations in her mind, thinking that she would draw them when she got back in the evening.
They reached the living room.
After sitting down, Mr. Hopkins asked, "I wonder if there is something that Mr. Murphy suddenly wants to see me about."
Stanley didn't answer, but took out a photo and handed it over, "Do you know this little girl?"
"Little girl?" Mr. Hopkins took the photo curiously.
The photo was a new printout, but the person in the photo was very blurry.
So it was not a current shot, but cut out from somewhere and made into a photo.
Mr. Hopkins narrowed his eyes and stared at the photo for a moment before finally nodding, "Isn't this Jackson's daughter?"
"Who is Jackson?" Violet asked in a whisper as she tugged on Stanley's sleeve.
Stanley's fists clenched, "Ivy's father, Chairman Ellis, Jackson Ellis."
Violet nodded, "So the little girl who shot that video is really Ivy."
Stanley looked at Mr. Hopkins, "Are you sure it's Chairman Ellis's daughter?"
"Yes." Mr. Hopkins smiled and put down the photo, "Jackson and I are friends, we often gathered together. I've seen his daughter many times, so I'm sure she is Ivy, the dress Ivy is wearing in this photo was given to her by my wife."
"I know, thanks a lot, Mr. Hopkins." Stanley took back the photo.
Mr. Hopkins asked curiously, "What are you asking this for?"
"I found out that the Ellis family is related to my parents' car accident, so I came here to ask." Stanley clutched the photo, his voice cold as he replied.
Mr. Hopkins froze, then straightened his back, "Do you suspect that the Ellis family caused your parents to have the accident?"
Stanley lowered his eyes and didn't answer, but the meaning was clear.
Mr. Hopkins waved his hand repeatedly, "That's impossible, that's never possible, Jackson and his wife are known to be kind-hearted, there is absolutely no way they would do something like that, besides, Jackson and your parents didn't have any problems, why would they do that? So it absolutely could not be them."
I will find out myself... Well, Mr. Hopkins, we gotta leave."
After saying that, Stanley stood up.
Violet followed suit and got up.
The two men gave a slight nod towards Mr. Hopkins and turned to leave.
"Please come in." Mrs. Watts smilingly entertained the two into the house.
After entering the room, Mrs. Watts poured tea before saying, "Earlier, Mr. Murphy's assistant said that you wanted to see me and wanted to ask me about something, what was it exactly?"
"About Ivy." Stanley looked at her.
Mrs. Watts' face instantly changed and her entire body stiffened, " ...... Ivy?"
"Yes." Looking at Mrs. Watts who reacted so strangely, Stanley pursed his thin lips.
It seemed that Mrs. Watts really knew something, otherwise she would not have such reaction.
"Mr. Murphy, what do you want to know about Ivy?" Mrs. Watts picked up her teacup and took a sip of tea, suppressing the panic inside her as she spoke with a forced smile.
Stanley looked at Violet.
Violet ruffled her hair, "It's like this, Mrs. Watts, you and Miranda used to be familiar with each other, right?"
"Miranda? From the bankrupt Chambers family?" Mrs. Watts looked at her.
Violet nodded, "That's right."
Mrs. Watts laughed, "We used to know each other quite well, but then after the Chambers family went bankrupt and moved away, there was no contact, but what does that have to do with you guys asking me about Ivy?"
"Of course it's related, I met with Miranda before, and Miranda told me that she heard something from you about Ivy, like eighteen years ago, Ivy killed someone, so we came over to you to find out the exact situation." Violet said.
Stanley stared closely at Mrs. Watts, "Miranda said that you heard it by chance, so I want you to tell me the whole story of what you heard."
Mrs. Watts went quiet, her head down, pondering.
Seeing this, Violet squeezed her palms, "Mrs. Watts, please, it's important to us."
Mrs. Watts raised her head, looked at her and then at Stanley, and finally seemed to figure it out and sighed, "You guys are wondering if Ivy had anything to do with your parents' death, right?"
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