Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 638 - 386: Nora Scott, the Undisputed Villain [Part 2]
Nora Scott, who doubted the efficiency of Biel Hall, received a call from Rosie Sullivan on the afternoon of the third day.
"Master Scott, we have news."
Rosie Sullivan got straight to the point.
"Oh?"
Nora Scott, who was studying a script, closed it and detached herself from the feeling of immersion in the role.
"They’re a group of habitual offenders, doing things for money," Rosie Sullivan said succinctly. "Last week, a boy approached them, gave them a sum of money, and laid out a full plan for them. Additionally, the boy communicated with them without revealing his identity at all... Um, quite clever."
Rosie couldn’t help but comment in the end.
Heard that the boy is underage.
Nora Scott asked, "What is the plan?"
"The boy first made them follow a girl, taking a bunch of rather revealing photos and videos. They intended to use these to extort money from Oliver Scott. The boy’s requirement was that if Oliver Scott didn’t pay, they should beat him up mercilessly, focusing on his right hand. If he did pay, they should still find an excuse to harm his right hand."
Photos?
Nora was stunned, then asked, "Who did they follow?"
"Not known. They said she’s a student at Capital Uni."
Nora suddenly understood.
A student at Capital Uni... that would be Sophie Scott.
Using Sophie’s revealing photos to threaten Oliver Scott was indeed a good strategy.
Oliver would certainly not let those photos get out.
No wonder Oliver wouldn’t say a word when facing them, preferring to be "wronged" and "questioned" by Ernesto Scott.
His sensitive nature, knowing that she and Sophie don’t get along, would prevent him from gloating over her misfortune—he would consider Sophie’s feelings—Sophie definitely wouldn’t want Nora to know about the photos.
In other words, Sophie doesn’t want anyone to know about this, but if someone had to know, Nora would absolutely be one of the last people she’d want to know.
From Oliver’s perspective, this matter must be kept secret, and nobody can be told.
After a moment of contemplation, Nora asked coldly, "Where are they now?"
"The hospital."
"The hospital?"
"Yes, we were a step late," Rosie said. "Just last night, another group found them and beat them to within an inch of their lives, breaking every bone in their bodies. They also destroyed all the photos and videos."
?
Nora had only entrusted Biel Hall to handle this matter, not even using Benjamin Durant’s resources at Virtue Retreat, so it was impossible for a second team to investigate these people on her side.
Marcus Shaw, Oliver Scott, neither could be possible; no matter how capable they were, they couldn’t be faster than Biel Hall, and their methods wouldn’t be so ruthless.
Ernesto Scott... zero chance.
As for the boy... Marshall Ferreira certainly wouldn’t sabotage his own plan by doing something so redundant.
Those in the know are just these.
So, who was it?
Wait.
Excluding these two groups—
There’s also the person involved, Sophie Scott!
"Do those people have any clues?" Nora asked bluntly, uninterested in making meaningless guesses.
"No, but there’s a suspicion," Rosie said. "According to those few people, the group had a very clear target: those photos and videos. They asked about their whereabouts first, destroyed them, and only then asked about their purpose and instigator. Once confirmed, they beat them up."
"So, the group didn’t know about the blackmail against Oliver Scott?"
"Probably not. They likely found out they’d secretly filmed the girl and tracked them based on those clues."
At this point, Rosie couldn’t help defending Biel Hall, "They took those photos quite early, and the group investigating them was earlier than us, which is why they found them before we did."
The implication: It’s not that Biel Hall’s intelligence collection was slower, but that the other party had more time than they did.
Listening to Rosie, Nora raised an eyebrow and inexplicably smiled.
Quite a bit of team spirit there.
With a soft "hmm," Nora didn’t burst her bubble and immediately asked, "Do you have anyone available on your end?"
"Still alright. Why?"
Nora said, "Find someone to check on Sophie Scott’s recent status at Capital Uni. No need for detail, just a rough probe will do."
Since the other party targeted Sophie’s videos and photos, they must be connected to her in some way.
But—
Who has Sophie gotten to know?
If it were half a year ago, with such connections, Sophie certainly would have confronted Nora head-on rather than silently enduring.
Must be someone she met over the past six months.
Though she wasn’t particularly interested in whom Sophie knows or her current state, the sudden emergence of such a ruthless group...
It was necessary to find out more.
"Okay."
Rosie promptly agreed.
From the name "Sophie Scott," Rosie could piece together who the secretly photographed girl was. However, the family affairs of Master Scott were beyond her to question.
"Master Scott, how do we handle those in the hospital?" Rosie asked.
"Keep an eye on them for me."
Rosie was taken aback, "Just watch them?"
"Yeah," Nora twirled the script and glanced out the window, catching the glaring sunlight as she leisurely said, "Once they’ve recovered, break their limbs again. For the rest of this year, they can forget about leaving the hospital."
Her tone was quite gentle.
Yet each word made one’s hair stand on end.
"..."
Never having seen such ruthless conduct, Rosie was stunned for several seconds before slowly coming back to her senses.
Uh...
Actually, their Hall Master might be the real villain here?
