"You're right, there's no chance of overturning that inheritance case... After seven years, the available evidence has basically disappeared, and whatever we say here can only be inferences." Zuo Yan continued. , "That's why you can maintain such a confident attitude."
"I'm confident because I have a clear conscience." John said with a bit of complacency in his tone, "Unlike some people..." He said, and his eyes moved to Sam, "...I'm about to kill someone for buying a murder In jail."
"That's not necessarily the case." When Feng Bujue interjected, he also got up and stepped forward to refill his glass of red wine, "Many times...a matter that seems unquestionable at first glance, its essence is completely different from its appearance."
When he said this, John, Sam, and Dawster didn't hear any tricks, they just thought it was a trick.
But Zuo Yan... already smelled something strange in these words; Vidok, who was hiding in the dark, was shocked the moment he heard the words... a feeling of being seen through made him almost explode.
"Student Zuo Yan, please continue." Two seconds later, Feng Bujue picked up the refilled red wine glass, and while walking back to his seat, he looked at Zuo Yan and added.
"Hmm... okay." Zuo Yan hesitated for a moment, then continued, "By this point in time, the situation has become clearer... What Miller has mastered is very fatal to John. As long as Miller exposes John and the old Since Herbert didn't have any blood relationship, legally speaking, he was an outsider who didn't even have an adoption procedure and lived in Herbert's house without the person's knowledge.
"In this way... even if the so-called 'will' was really forged by Sam, it will not have any impact on the order of succession; because the old Herbert never left any real will... So, after determining the existing will After his will is false, the property of the Herbert family should be distributed in accordance with the general rules of inheritance law, and the only legal heir to the property is Sam.
"Of course, even so, John is not in the hands of Miller. After all, John has a lot of resources; if Miller exposes the matter, John will definitely hire some expensive barristers to help him. This lawsuit...whether it starts with the "law-recognized de facto adoption relationship" or the "statute of limitations of inheritance law" and other aspects...it cannot be said that there is no chance of winning at all.
"Undoubtedly, when Miller started blackmailing John, John had already settled the account, but he was guilty after all...God knows if there are any loopholes left in the inheritance case, so...John still pays up.
"However, he didn't give much; as a businessman, John is naturally well versed in the art of bargaining. He also calculated Miller's account clearly and put it on the table to discuss with the other party.
"The same person involved in the case, the same guilty conscience, and revealing the matter will not be of any benefit to Miller... It is nothing more than harming others and benefiting himself, plus there is a new charge of 'blackmail'... If the two really tear each other to death, Miller will be even worse.
"So, after some 'negotiation', the extortion turned into something like a handout.
"In the past three years, John has sent a sum of money to an overseas account in his own name every month. The owner of the account is of course Miller. The amount of this money is not too much, which is about a month's worth of a middle-class person. salary.
"For John, it doesn't matter at all, the cost of raising a dog is higher than this; for Miller...at least at the beginning, this kind of condition is not bad, because that's when he was at his worst , people who are about to sleep rough are usually not picky about money.
"However... It didn't take long for Miller to live a life of food and clothing for nothing, and his greedy heart started to make trouble again...
"After he calmed down, he must have realized that... he obviously held such an important secret, but he only got leftovers in exchange for benefits; so, with an unbalanced heart, he gradually became dissatisfied with life, and then went to social He vented in the media, and then he wanted to focus on his old business...but he was unwilling to take the risk of giving up the stable 'income' he already had.
"In the end, all Miller could think of was to go to John to renegotiate, but he was firmly rejected.
"It wasn't long after that happened...he approached Sam."
Having said that, Zuo Yan was silent for a moment, as if he was waiting for everyone present to digest this information.
"I understand why Miller came to John, it was just for money..." After a while, Feng Bujue was the first to speak, "But what is he going to do with Sam?"
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"This guy... has been asking questions knowingly..." At the same moment, Vidok, who was hiding in the ventilation duct, muttered in his heart.
"What?" No one else could hear these words, but Zuo Yan could hear them, and he immediately asked in a mind-to-heart dialogue, "Are you talking about Brother Jue?"
"I don't know for what purpose, he seems to be guiding our narrative all the time, asking us to explain the case in as much detail as possible..." Vidok replied, "But in fact... I can feel it, he can see it as far as I am."
"This..." Zuo Yan thought for a while, "Then he intends to help us?"
"I don't know." Vidok replied, "In short... you continue to report, and I will observe and observe..."
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Others couldn't hear a word of this inner conversation between one person and one cat. From their point of view, Zuo Yan just thought for a while without saying a word.
Then, he said again: "It's very simple, it's also for money, but the amount and the way of obtaining it have become very different."
"I see!" Suddenly, Daust yelled out, looking at his suddenly enlightened expression, like a child who finally solved a super difficult riddle, "Just kill John and announce that he is not The secret of the old Herbert's own son, then... there will be no lawsuits, at least the part of his property that belongs to the Herbert family should all be inherited by Sam!"
"Actually, it's fine if he doesn't announce it." Zuo Yan continued, "From another perspective... If Miller doesn't reveal the secret, then in the eyes of outsiders, after John's death, his property should also be his only one in the world. 'Brother' inherits."
"The truth about John's life experience... is Miller's hole card." At this moment, Sam, with a serious expression, answered the conversation again, "In case I am blocked in the process of inheriting the inheritance, he can use that to turn the tables; When he came to me for the first time, it was already planned... as long as you show me the cards in the hole, I will help him."