Divide the conversation into two ends, and then look at Zuo Yan's room.
"Huh—" After closing the door, Zuo Yan let out a long breath and read, "It's a day of planes and boats... I can finally rest for a while..."
While speaking, his right shoulder tilted consciously, causing the sports bag on his shoulder to slide down to the ground.
At the same time, Vidok also crawled out of the sports bag, and poured cold water on Zuo Yan in his usual venomous tone: "But I guess you won't be able to rest for long."
"Huh?" Zuo Yan's butt just touched the bed, and when he heard this sentence, his expression changed slightly, "Why?"
"Remember that guy we met at the elevator door?" Vidok didn't answer his question directly, but instead threw a question back.
"You mean... Brother Jue?" Zuo Yan continued.
"Are you an idiot?" Vidok jumped on the bed, squinted his cat's eyes, and responded angrily, "I already said it was the 'elevator entrance', but I didn't realize that we walked into the 'inside the elevator' I just met you, didn't you?"
"The door?" Zuo Yan looked suspicious, "Did we meet anyone before entering the elevator?"
His reaction is also normal...
Although there are not many people in the hotel lobby at the moment, there are still more than a dozen employees and guests coming and going; People within the line of sight and within ten meters of the body can all be counted in the category of "meeting".
However, as far as a normal person is concerned, it is impossible for us to remember the appearance of every passerby who has appeared around us. Even if we want to remember... I'm afraid we don't have the ability.
Just now, from the time Zuo Yan left the front desk until he came to the area in front of the elevator door, he hadn't talked to anyone, not even made eye contact; when he got to the elevator, he happened to see a The elevator door was about to close, so he yelled loudly and rushed in.
So... He didn't notice at all, until when he ran to the elevator, a middle-aged man passed him by.
"Let me help you recall..." Vidok continued to talk to Zuoyan through a spiritual dialogue while licking his paw, "A white man in his forties, about six feet tall, in a dark suit, brand new Panama cap…”
"Hmm..." Zuo Yan groaned after hearing the words.
After all, it is a short-term memory. Under Vidok's reminder, Zuo Yan seems to have recalled some vague impressions: "After you say that... it seems that there is such a person."
"Forget it..." Vidok continued, "You better stop remembering, just listen to me..."
Vidok didn't let Zuo Yan think about it any further, because he had already seen that Zuo Yan probably didn't pay attention to that person at all. Considering the memory deviation caused by the "fuzzy trace theory", instead of letting Zuo Yan in this state In retrospect, it is better to directly give him reliable information—that is, information obtained by Vidok's own observation.
"Although the guy lowered the brim of his hat, he could still see his entire face from my perspective, so I recognized it at a glance..." Vidok continued, "...he is Sam Hu Bert."
"Herbert?" Zuo Yan heard the name "Sam" for the first time, but he had naturally heard of that surname.
"That's right." Vidock replied, "It's Herbert..." He paused, "Sam Herbert is the younger brother of John Herbert."
"Uh..." Zuo Yan thought for a while, "I know his brother's name, he is the current president of Herbert Company, but this 'Sam'... how do you know him?"
"I don't know him." Vidok said, "I just saw his photo in a news report. It was an article about an inheritance dispute. The content was bloody. I want you to listen When I mentioned the word 'inheritance', I could basically guess the plot... "
Zuo Yan thought for two seconds, then continued: "Is it... After the old Herbert died, he left all the inheritance to the eldest son, so the second son refused to accept it, and took the elder brother to court, and finally lost the case."
"Well..." Vidok also pondered for a while, and then said, "... no."
"Eh?" Zuo Yan was taken aback immediately, he obviously didn't expect that he guessed wrong.
"On the contrary." Vidok continued, "After the death of old Herbert, a will found in his safe showed that he left all his property to his second son, and the eldest son had to pay even a penny. not."
"So..." Zuo Yan followed the other party's train of thought and read, "It was actually John who sued Sam to court?"
"Yes." Vidock said, "John invited a very good lawyer, claiming that the will was forged by Sam, and demanded that Sam be disinherited."
"Judging from the current situation... he seems to have succeeded." Zuo Yan continued.
"Yes." Vidok paused for half a second before continuing, "Although the will was signed by old Herbert, and the key to the safe was always carried by old Herbert, in the end... John still won the case."
"Is that okay?" Zuo Yan doubted.
"Ha!" Vidok lay down on the bed sheet, began to lick his hair comfortably, and laughed at the same time, "What's wrong with that? Only the signature part of the will was handwritten, and the rest was typed with an old-fashioned typewriter." Come out, John's lawyer can just make a fuss with the argument that 'Sam imitated the signature of the deceased'. As for the key to the safe... that's not a problem at all; Go back to live, if you have the heart to forge a key... there are plenty of opportunities."
"Even so... this lawsuit is not so easy to judge, right?" Zuo Yan continued.
"Well... you're right. It stands to reason that the court's judgment is quite cautious in cases like this involving huge inheritances." Vidok continued, "In addition to the existing physical evidence, they will also consider Many other factors, for example... five years before the old Herbert passed away, John had already opened his own investment company, and he was already a well-known young talent in the business world; while Sam has always been a well-known As a playboy who is away from home, he only spends one or two months at home in a year, and the rest of the time is basically spending money and having fun around the world. Coincidentally... it was the month when Sam returned home for the last time Here, old Herbert just died of illness, and then, the inheritance appeared in front of everyone."
"That's really suspicious..." Zuo Yan said, "The time spent at home is obviously enough for him to forge a will."
"The judge thinks so too." Vidok's story is not over yet, in fact, the exciting part is just coming, "So... After obtaining the consent of the two Herbert brothers, the police used the most advanced technology at that time , conducted an appraisal on that will..."