Chapter 123
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'What's wrong with your left cheek? Who hit you? It was Bertha who hit you, right?"
Derek held her hand. 'No, it's Uncle Devon."
'That old man dares to hit you? Once Tibble's family's difficulties pass, I will deal with him."
She was so angry that she was panting. She thought of Bertha who had never beaten her son. So Bertha still loves her son in her heart?
She looked around and confirmed that not far away two bodyguards were chatting. They didn't have time to pay attention to this side. She leaned close to Derek's ear and whispered.
'Son, this woman is not simple, from Laura's imprisonment to Tibble's family's bankruptcy, everything, she calculated very well. Last time Zillah also suspected her identity, but in the end she didn't say anything. I feel that her identity is not simple."
Derek's eyebrows furrowed, silently listening to her words.
'Son, please find an opportunity to investigate her identity. If she is a lady from a large family, you should take the opportunity to remarry her. If she can't, get her pregnant."
Initially, Mrs. Victoria used this method to get married to Derek's father.
Even though Derek is a man, she feels that her son is so handsome. If he used this method it probably wouldn't be a problem.
Derek's face turned black, he took his mother's hand down.
'Taking advantage of people's difficulties to do this, I am no longer a real man. Don't say words like that again in the future."
Mrs. Victoria continued. 'If you can remarry Bertha this time, I won't treat her so badly anymore, if she's a young lady from a big family. You told me to serve her, I also agreed."
'Why would you say that?"
Having finished speaking, Derek turned and left.
Mrs. Victoria looked at his back, she was angry.
This child, why doesn't he inherit his mother's good traditions?
The two bodyguards saw that they had finished talking, so they followed Derek again, never leaving an inch.
Derek's expression was very serious. When he walked across the first-floor lobby, he walked very slowly.
Home is the best opportunity. If he waits to return to the beach villa, it will be difficult for him to contact Liam - Derek's trusted bodyguard.
Thinking of this, he pretended to be uncomfortable, holding his stomach. "I'm going to the bathroom for a bit. Please wait here. I'll go quickly and then return."
The two bodyguards did not change a bit, still following behind him, they even wanted to go to the bathroom with him.
Derek stood at the bathroom door, stopping the other two.
'This is a private house, each floor has only one bathroom, do you want to see it? Don't you feel uncomfortable?"
The two bodyguards hesitated. If they don't go inside to watch Derek, if he runs away, it will be difficult for them to tell Bertha.
Derek curled his lips and smiled then continued speaking. "At first, to prevent unwanted situations from happening, all the toilets and windows were sealed. If you don't believe it, you can check."
He said as he went inside the room.
The two bodyguards tried to open the window but couldn't open it. Then they went to recheck the bathroom. There was only one ventilation pipe in the ceiling, and this one was also very small, unlike any other, just enough to accommodate a grown man.
Seeing that neither of them wavered, Derek continued speaking. "My stomach isn't feeling well. It should take about fifteen minutes. Please wait a moment."
The other two agreed.
"Then we'll give you fifteen minutes. If time's up and you still don't come out, we'll rush in."
Derek nodded in agreement, the bodyguard turned and left the room, and they went out the door and waited.
He quietly locked the door, quickly walked up the bathroom steps, then opened the ventilation cover on the ceiling.
When he first built the ventilation road, he intentionally asked the engineer to create an emergency exit to prevent unexpected situations.
Looking from the outside, the ventilation passageway seems small. There is a secret door. In this passageway, there is half a brick stuck to the iron mesh, not easy to detect.
Inside there are two paths: one path leads to the villa's backyard, and the other leads to the back door.
When he first entered the house, he heard Liam's voice pretending to be an unusual bird song, the sound coming from above. So, he decided to choose the way to the backyard of the villa.
Although the pipe could accommodate his body, it was only reluctantly. With his six-foot appearance, Derek had to bend down and inch his way up little by little. He was halfway there, his face was covered in sweat, and his waist started to hurt.
But there were only fifteen minutes left, so he bit his lip to endure the pain and sped up the pace.
Opening the pipe door, Liam hid in a bush. Seeing Derek, he immediately ran to help Derek up.
Seeing his body shaking and tired, Liam felt very strange. "Boss, your state is not good. Your hip is injured but why is your whole body so weak?"
"I was injected with a special drug that changed my physical condition."
"What?"
Liam was stunned. "It was Sister Bertha who gave you the injection, right? She's too much."
Derek said nothing, his pupils darkened, and his face turned pale.
Although Bertha did not tell him the name of the drug, he had used this drug before, when he was in the army. The medicine Bertha gave him was mild.
Liam's mood was very agitated. "Boss, let's run away quickly. Don't stay here to be tormented by her anymore. We're still waiting outside, waiting for you to give orders."
Derek's attitude was determined.
"She's keeping something secret. It's probably related to Tibble's family. I have to stay by her side to probe for clues. I don't have much time right now, so I'll summarize."
Liam nodded.
Derek continued, he told Liam all the things that he had always doubted in his heart for a long time.
'You contact Pan, tell him that I suspect Bertha is likely to have connections with the four great families in S city."
Liam complied with Derek's request.
