When Julian Norman revealed Simon Hale’s shady dealings, everyone else was quite surprised.
"So it was Dr. Hale who paid off this father and son to tarnish Divine Doctor Quinn? But isn’t Dr. Hale’s medical skill supposed to be excellent? As they say, ’good wine needs no bush.’ Why would he do such things?"
"The truth is, that Hale fellow doesn’t have much in the way of medical skills. You could tell from the way he reacted while giving acupuncture to that old man earlier. He must be worried that Divine Doctor Quinn would eventually open a clinic here and block his financial avenues, so he thought of getting rid of Divine Doctor Quinn, right?"
"I heard from my grandma that the Hale Family were nothing more than local bullies in Esteria before. They seized land and ancient medical texts from a family with the surname of Mu, which paved their way to what they have today."
"Like father, like son. What good doctor could Samuel Hale’s son possibly be? You people are just too naïve."
The surrounding people’s complaints, especially those concerning the Hale family’s ancestry, filled Simon Hale with frustration.
"The innocent will be proven innocent. My good intentions are being mistaken for malice today."
Saying this, Simon Hale planned to return to his Apothecary Hale clinic. Original content can be found at Nove1Fire.net
But just then, the police arrived.
After quickly learning from the discussions around them about the sequence of events, the police intended to arrest Julian Norman.
Julian Norman didn’t defend himself; instead, he willingly placed his hands into the handcuffs.
"Officer, my son is about to get engaged. Could you make an exception?"
As parents, who wouldn’t think of their children first?
The elderly father was the same; seeing his son being cuffed almost drove him frantic.
In his view, they already had five million, which was enough to marry that girl named Linda May.
So he pleaded desperately with the officers, hoping they’d show leniency.
However, he was stopped by Julian Norman: "Dad, there’s no need to plead. This is all my fault, and I deserve this."
"Besides, even if it means remaining single forever, I can’t take that dirty money."
Julian Norman had already resolved to return the dirty money when he confessed everything to everyone earlier.
So, right now, he was penniless once more and couldn’t afford the wedding gifts and the house that the Merlin Family required. The engagement was off the table.
"But..." the father was about to persuade him otherwise.
Yet Julian Norman said, "No ’but’s. Now I understand, nothing is more important than you being healthy."
In the end, Julian Norman was taken away by the police.
But when the police were about to take Simon Hale away, Simon Hale insisted it was all a scheme by July Quinn to tarnish him.
"Moreover, there have been no monetary transactions between me and Julian Norman. You can check it yourselves if you don’t believe me."
Simon Hale said with an air of confidence.
Before setting up July Quinn, Simon Hale had been worried Julian Norman might bite back, so he deliberately used overseas anonymous transfers.
Such accounts were heavily protected, and unless you were the user or a top-tier hacker, tracking the flow of funds was almost impossible.
Knowing this, Simon Hale felt so assured.
Unbeknownst to him, not long after his words fell, July Quinn responded.
"Officer, I have evidence of his transactions with Julian Norman."
With that, July Quinn displayed how she had hacked into the overseas banking system during the moment Simon Hale was giving the old man acupuncture and found screenshots of Simon Hale’s transaction records.
The screenshots showed Simon Hale transferring 5 million into this anonymous account from his own account, and then the anonymous account transferring 5 million to Julian Norman...