Chapter 201 The Older You Get, the Harder It Is to Deal With

"Don't be nervous Mr. Parker, you have no suspicions for the time being, you just want to ask, you said in the report that you saw Mr. Hobbs who was in charge of cleaning twice last night, right?"

"Yes, yes, sir".

Jago Parker looked at the expressionless old Hobbs, "I was around 3:10 and 4:05 in the morning.

I met Mr. Hobbs outside the cleaner's workshop on the basement floor and in the corridor on the seventh floor."

"The seventh floor?"

Li Changheng smiled and glanced at Hobbs. The old man's unusually calm performance, against the backdrop of Yago and the six nervous staff just now, made it difficult for people not to doubt him.

Then Laura Quinn heard the words of the seventh floor, not only her already thin lips were tightened, her eyes subconsciously dodged as soon as she saw Li Changheng looking over.

Then he reacted with a somewhat unnatural smile.

When he saw the corners of Li Changheng's mouth turned up, Quinn's nervous palms began to sweat immediately, and his heartbeat accelerated violently.

Now not only Li Changheng could see that her face was turning red, but even Zhang Tianzhi who was standing could see the problem.

"Boss, this woman's face is flushed, but her lips are blue, which means that her heart is beating very fast at this time, and she is also very nervous."

"Well, thank you." Li Changheng nodded with a smile. Anyway, the two of them spoke Cantonese, and others could not understand it.

Continue to ask Jago Parker, "Mr. Parker, did you often meet Mr. Hobbs when you were on the night shift?"

"Yes, yes sir, I and another night security guard are in charge from 1:00 am to 5:00 am, patrolling the 7th floor to the first basement.

Of course, I often meet Mr. Hobbs who cleans up."

"Then can you recall, when you met Mr. Hobbs last night, was there any difference in his expression, movements, and tone of voice from usual?"

"this,,".

Yago Parker looked at Hobbs hesitantly, hesitating in his heart whether to stab this old man who had worked in the building for decades and was often regarded as empty.

Unexpectedly, Hobbs smiled and comforted, "It's okay Yago, I'm almost 70 years old, and the journey of life is coming to an end.

And you are different, you have two children to support, just tell all you know."

"I, I," Yago Parker stammered for several seconds, and finally closed his eyes and said, "Sorry, sir, I don't think Mr. Hobbs is any different."

"Very good," Li Changheng looked at Yago's profile with a smile, "You have been fired, Mr. Parker."

The people present looked at Li Changheng in disbelief, Yago Parker hurriedly stood up, and prayed incoherently,

"Wait sir, you have no right to fire me".

Li Changheng, who was reading the report written by Hobbs, said without raising his head, "I just said that until the end of this case, I have more power than Sir Mill Aston.

Moreover, your irresponsible cover up now is likely to cause the diamond group to suffer losses at the same time."

"Get out", Li Changheng said without any mercy, "Because of your concealment, you are not qualified to continue to be the security guard of the diamond group."

"I say it all, I say it all."

Jago Parker said quickly, "Yesterday Hobbs looked much more tired than before, and when I saw him for the second time, there were a lot of sweat and wet marks on his head and clothes."

Li Changheng rolled his eyes at Yago, and then said to Andrew, "Help me give this Mr. Parker 360 pounds, which is his salary for three months, as compensation for him looking for a job.

Then you take it out and stay outside and don't let anyone in, understand? "

Hearing that Li Changheng gave three months' salary as compensation, Yago sat down on the chair, but didn't make any more trouble.

As soon as Andrew heard what Li Changheng said, he knew what Li Changheng was talking about, and he didn't want him to hear it.

Zhang Tianzhi doesn't know English, so Li Changheng doesn't care what he hears.

Put away the folder, took a sip of coffee, then looked at Hobbs and Quinn and said, "How about telling you a story before revealing the answer?"

"I love hearing stories and I love talking to people even more, since my wife passed away.

At work, most of them treat me as a transparent person. Even if I take the initiative to talk to them, they are always perfunctory and say a few words to me casually.

And when I got home, I couldn't find any way to pass the time except reading. "

Hobbs looked at Li Changheng with a feeling in his heart and said, "I hope it is a good story and a good ending."

"The story is very exciting. As for the ending," Li Changheng said with a smile, "I don't know what the ending will be. Maybe you can help me think of one, how about it?"

Hobbs immediately relaxed a lot, and said with a smile, "It depends on the story you tell, whether it can move me and inspire me."

"Very good," Li Changheng said after being silent for a few seconds, "Fifteen years ago, a couple who had been in love for 32 years suddenly found out that their wife had cancer.

Originally, this kind of early cancer was not considered a fatal disease. If a laparotomy was performed casually to remove the pathogen, the probability of the wife surviving would be very high.

Moreover, the husband of the couple has insisted on buying health insurance that benefits the whole family for more than ten years.

Therefore, although the husband and wife are anxious and worried, they are not so afraid that they can't sleep or eat all night.

Instead, in order for his wife to schedule surgery earlier, he took out his savings, went to the big hospital to pay the bills, and waited for the insurance company to pay the premium. "

"Unfortunately, when the husband waited for almost a week, he went to the insurance company for the second time.

The answer still needs to be vetted and wait for the insurance investigator to determine whether the wife really has cancer."

Li Changheng stopped talking, and saw that Hobbs' expression didn't change, but there were some tears in his eyes.

I just know the plot in my memory, which is the same as Hobbs' experience in this world.

"This wait is one month."

"When the hospital notified the husband that the surgery was available for the couple, the couple didn't have enough money to pay for the surgery."

"But the husband had no choice but to work the night shift every night and go to the insurance company during the day, but the answer he got was always to wait for the review result with peace of mind.

Finally, in desperation, he had no choice but to go to the company he worked for. Unfortunately, the reality let him down again. Not surprisingly, the result he got was also a cold rejection. "

"A life that could have been saved, but in the end because of the insurance company's delay, it was even a hooligan who refused to pay the premium.

The wife who missed an opportunity did not wait until the moment when she was on the operating table, and could only die in despair. "

Li Changheng saw that Hobbs had tears in his eyes, so he couldn't help but stop talking and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Hobbs, do you need me to go on?"

"Tell me, kid." Hobbs took out a towel and wiped away his tears. "The protagonist in this story is a bit like mine. My wife also died of cancer. I want to hear the ending."

dead old man.

Li Changheng rolled his eyes, and instantly understood that Hobbs was worried that he was defrauding him.