If he was correct with his assumptions, then the old man really did plan everything. From inviting his children here to the explosion that isolated them from the outside and lastly, to the burnt corpse. That meant that, just like what that fake Sorcha had said, William Harcourt staged that changing his will fiasco just so he could get a rise from his children.
But what's the point of all this ruse? To smoke out the real perpetrator behind what happened 20 years ago? But weren't all these simply too elaborate? If one thought about it carefully, doing so much wasn't really needed. Especially if the goal was to only discover the person or people responsible.
If it was Luo Yan, he would opt for a more simplistic approach. Something that could give him the same result without all the unnecessary drama. Surely, there must be a reason why William Harcourt chose such an approach. But then again, considering the game devs brain hole, this might be just them wanting drama when it wasn't even needed.
The most baffling thing about this whole situation was why did William have to wait 20 years before doing something ? Before last night, he met with his children a total of three times. That meant he had three chances to do this. Why wait this long? Unless- unless the one the three Harcourt siblings met in those three times was not the real William Harcourt.
From what he gathered from his interview with the three siblings, the time they spent with their father during those three times were not that long. From what he understood, their meetings with him only lasted for a day or so. The real William must have been in a coma and had only woken up recently. Probably just after the third meeting. He then proceeded to building this replica of the manor. That's why he was only able to execute this plan now.
Having someone to pretend to be him wasn't exactly that hard. His face was already burned from the fire, even his throat was damaged from inhaling too much smoke. The pretender only needed to wear a mask, made his voice hoarse, and sat on a wheelchair. And voila, 'William Harcourt' would appear.
But for this to work, he must have had an accomplice. Someone he trusted unconditionally and knew the situation of the Harcourt family. The only one who fit this description was the former butler. Had anyone ever mentioned what happened to him? Luo Yan tried to remember but he couldn't recall any information about the other. Aside from the fact that he was now replaced by the younger Gilmore.
Maybe this butler was still alive. Maybe he was even here, hiding somewhere, helping his master set up this grand play.
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Aside from the possibility of William Harcourt being alive, there's still one more thing that's bothering him after that interview he had with the fake Sorcha. It's the woman herself.
The only reason he suspected her was because she suddenly became uncooperative. If he was hired by William, then he must have given her an ample amount of information about the real Sorcha.
The fact that she refused to answer and instead made it seem like she was traumatized by the event was not out of character for someone playing the role of a con artist. Yes, Luo Yan suspected that the fake Sorcha was one of the four. The other did her best to not go OOC but still managed to make herself look suspicious. As if she was trying to help the detective – which was him – to have more clue.
With her addition, Luo Yan now had three candidates for 'the four'. The only funny thing about this was that all of them were women. Well, not entirely. If he's gut feeling was correct, then one of the three was just pretending to be a woman. But that only made it much funnier.
Following those conclusions, a couple of notification rang in his mind, confirming some of the things he just guessed.
Luo Yan smiled. Now, he's finally going somewhere. He cracked his neck from left to right. Although this was only the virtual world, he still felt a bit tired. Or maybe the game system was simply giving his current avatar a feeling of 'tiredness'. After all, if this was the real world, he probably had been awake for more than 12 hours already.
He stood up and stretched his body a bit before walking out of the study. He called on to the maid – the one who took him to his room earlier – who was on standby outside. Under normal circumstance, the butler should be the one here to coordinate things. But since Luo Yan was also suspicious of Gilmore, he simply chose someone with the least amount of suspicion.
Now, it's time to interview the one he's most excited about.
"Please, call Miss Deveraux," he said.
The maid nodded and quickly went to the nearest room where the others were waiting.
Luo Yan walked back inside the study and sat down behind the desk, waiting for Sofia to come. He was actually looking forward to talking alone with Sofia. Not because he was expecting a lot of information from the other. No, that was just a small part of it.
The door opened and the beautiful Miss Deveraux walked in. Unlike earlier, she was now clad with a thick robe.
Luo Yan smiled and stood up. "Please take a seat, Miss Deveraux."
The real reason why he was looking forward to this interview was because his gut feeling was telling him that this NPC was none other than his cinnamon roll.