Director Li took the record from Xiao Zhao’s hand, spread it out on his desk, and read it line by line. Nicholas Croft kept his eyes downcast, leaning back in the leather chair, one hand curled up against his lips, frowning in thought.

After reading the record, Director Li closed it and set it aside.

"Director Croft, based on the current record, it’s hard to see any premeditated motive on the part of the perpetrator," seeing Nicholas Croft look up at him, Director Li thought for a moment and said, "How about this, you go home first, we’ll redo the records after he sobers up tomorrow."

Nicholas Croft stood up and nodded slightly at Director Li, "I’ll leave it to you then."

After speaking, he walked towards the office door.

In just one afternoon, the once graceful man suddenly became quite limp, his posture no longer as upright, and his steps seemed heavy.

With his wife in an accident, Nicholas Croft had no mood to work. He locked himself in his study waiting for news when he got home.

Sitting behind the desk, one hand on the armrest of the leather chair and the other supporting the surface of the previous year’s desk with his lips, his tightly furrowed brow showed his distress.

"Cough, cough..." he inadvertently coughed a few times and then sniffled a bit, having spent the afternoon just in a thin shirt running around in the winter chill, he caught cold.

Seeing his wife have an accident with his own eyes, Xiao Mei cried nonstop afterward, endlessly blaming herself, saying it was her fault for not taking good care of the lady... 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

In the villa’s yard, since Sophie Foster went out, Panda Eyes has been waiting guard in front of the door like a stone statue, squatting on the left, facing the road outside, waiting for the lady of the house to return.

Winter nights come early, the outside sky gradually darkening, the loyal dog waiting for the lady’s return crawled up from the ground when it didn’t see Sophie Foster, turned around and raised its front paws to scratch at the door.

Ever since Panda Eyes came, the villa’s doors were no longer locked, precisely for its convenience to come and go.

As the door opened, Panda Eyes ran in, not seeing its owner in the living room, it directly dashed towards the stairs.

It is said dogs are sensitive to people’s emotions, after rushing to the second floor, Panda Eyes directly ran to the innermost study, raised its front paws to scratch open the door, ran to Nicholas Croft’s side, whimpered and bit his shirt sleeve, forcefully dragging him out of the study.

Nicholas Croft understood Panda Eyes’ meaning, raised his other hand to pat its head, "Be good, Panda Eyes, Lara is sick and it will take a few more days before she can come back..."

"Woo... woo..." Panda Eyes refused to listen, still biting Nicholas Croft’s sleeve, trying to drag him outside.

Panda Eyes had been brought home for over half a year, during which Sophie Foster had always been the one to take care of it, thus, they had a deep bond. At this time every day, it always accompany Sophie on the sofa, watching TV, eating snacks. Today, having been left by Sophie all day made it want Nicholas Croft to take it to find the lady of the house.

With a sigh, Nicholas Croft picked up Panda Eyes and placed it on his lap, Panda Eyes continued to whimper and let go of his sleeve.

Nicholas Croft held Panda Eyes’ two front legs and said, "Little rascal, don’t make a fuss, your lady has had an accident, perhaps..."

He stopped halfway, they could always have another child...

But if his wife were gone, where could he find another exactly like her?

With a tense brow, he said, "Maybe it will take a while before she can come back."

Earlier, Evander Lancaster called, he had contacted all the medical contacts he could find but still couldn’t find any news of Sophie Foster’s whereabouts.

Felix Shaw also said that no hospital in T City had admitted anyone named Sophie Foster...