The Return Of the Invincible Heiress
Chapter 263

Chapter 263: Chapter 263

On the day Avery went to school, freshmen surrounded her.

Many freshmen rushed to take photos with her. She stood under the tree with a smile and let them line up to take photos with her. However, she kept a distance from them and refused physical contact.

Joy was also the same. Joy responded to them in a cordial and friendly manner. Everyone praised her for being beautiful, talented, and super good-natured.

Avery heard others discussing Joy.

"Joy is so amazing. She passed all the junior year exams with a high score and was directly promoted to the next grade. I’ve never seen such a talented person!"

"She’s really hardworking. During the two months of summer vacation, she participated in two archaeological activities. One was in the desert, and the other was in the deep mountains and forests. She carried her luggage alone and never complained about being tired, nor did she drag anyone down. She knows a lot. The professors in the faculty praised her."

"These two archaeological events cost a lot of money. I heard that most of the funds were provided by Joy. Her money came from her salary and scholarship. Don’t you think it’s amazing?"

Avery’s eyes flickered when she heard that.

Joy was in such a hurry to enter her senior year and was so passionate about archaeology. Is she really passionate about archaeology, or does she have another motive? Avery thought.

There was an unwritten reward for the Department of History. The most outstanding student in the senior year would be recommended by the faculty to go on an archaeological expedition with Franco. This reward was very attractive. Almost all the students yearned for this opportunity. From this perspective, Joy was qualified.

A few days after school started, Franco received a call from Rosemont University’s head of the Department of History.

"The faculty has unanimously agreed that the most outstanding student in our department is Joy. Joy’s greatest dream is to follow your team in archaeology. I wonder if she has the chance?"

Avery said in a low voice, "Since her results are the best and the faculty thinks so, of course, there’s no problem."

The head of the Department of History was very happy. "Thank you, Franco. When are you free to teach them a class?"

Avery recalled that she had never given classes in the Department of History during the last school year. She said apologetically, "This Friday. I’ll teach online and explain how I analyze ancient words and patterns."

The head of the Department of History was very happy and said, "That’s great. We’re all looking forward to your classes."

After ending the call, Avery touched her face and sighed.

"Why am I so busy at 19 years old? I’m so busy that I don’t even have time for a date..." she said to herself.

She opened her computer and clicked the news page, ready to scan the news before she officially got to work.

Then, she saw this hashtag: [Nicolas celebrated the illegitimate child’s birthday. Then they were rushed to the hospital because of food poisoning.]

Why was Nicolas poisoned again? Why didn’t he die? she thought.

Curious, she quickly scanned the news.

The content of the news was roughly that last night, when Nicolas was celebrating his illegitimate son Archie’s 20th birthday, the people attending the banquet vomited and had diarrhea. They were delirious and were urgently sent to the hospital.

The hospital confirmed that they had taken an overdose of laxatives and sleeping pills.

Most of them had been treated and discharged today. Only Nicolas was more seriously ill and was still in the hospital.

Avery thought for a moment and called Alexander. She asked curiously, "I saw on the news that Nicolas was poisoned again. What exactly is going on?"

Of course, she did not care about Nicolas at all. She was just curious. Who was it that poisoned Nicolas with strange medicine time and time again?

Alexander sounded in a good mood. "Yesterday was Archie’s 20th birthday. Archie’s request was to bring his mother to the Moran family’s main residence for a birthday party. And Nicolas agreed."

Avery was speechless. "Farrah is still in the Moran family, right? If she is, isn’t Nicolas publicly embarrassing Farrah by letting his illegitimate son and lover have a meal at his house?"

Alexander said, "He didn’t mean to embarrass Farrah. He just doted on Archie and felt that it was a small matter.

"Archie is his youngest child. He looks like Nicolas the most, and his personality is also like him. He’s also a sweet talker and knows how to make Nicolas happy.

"Archie and his mother hated Farrah. They would go against Farrah whenever they had the chance. This time, they deliberately embarrassed Farrah."

Avery sighed. In terms of how scummy a man could be, Nicolas was probably the worst in the world.

Unfortunately, this scumbag lived a happy life.

She asked, "What’s his condition this time?"

Alexander said, "Nicolas had prepared a birthday party in the Moran family’s main residence. Other than Archie and his mother, there were also Adele, Joesburg, Nicolas’s personal driver, assistant, doctor, and other trusted aides — a total of 12 people.

"They ate for about an hour. One after another, they showed symptoms of discomfort, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue, and so on. So all of them were sent to the hospital, and the doctor found the ingredients of laxatives and sleeping pills in their vomit."

Avery said, "Do you think the drug was targeted at Nicolas or Archie and his mother?"

Alexander was silent for a few seconds. "It’s possible."

Avery thought so too. Nicolas’s actions really made his family hate him. Archie’s actions also attracted the hatred of the Moran family people, she thought.

She asked, "I’m a little interested in the case. Do you have anything you can tell me or give me a clue?"

Alexander said, "While Nicolas was recuperating at home, Archie and his mother came to visit many times, but they were blocked by Farrah and her daughter. The conflict between them escalated. Nicolas was also very dissatisfied with Farrah.

"Archie inherited Nicolas’s lustful character. He often went out to flirt with the Moran family’s maids and even spent the whole night outside. Farrah fired a few maids because of this. And these maids often fought for Archie’s affection.

"Nicolas can’t stand Farrah’s noise. He plans to bring Archie and his mother to the beach for a vacation in a few days. After this incident, Nicolas can’t go then."

Avery listened silently and wrote down all this information.

"How’s Adele? Does she need me to take a look at her?" she asked.

"No need," Alexander said. "Although she was also hospitalized, she didn’t eat much and wasn’t affected much. She just needs to have a good rest."

Avery asked again, "Does the Moran family plan to investigate this matter?"

Alexander said, "Nicolas hired a few private detectives to investigate. However, there are too many people with motives and opportunities to do it. I don’t think they can find the mastermind. As for me, of course, I don’t care."

Avery nodded and said, "I see. If you need Dr. Annie or Lockwood, please contact me at any time."

Alexander smiled and said, "If Nicolas is poisoned to death next time, I will."

Avery smiled secretly and ended the call.

She was getting more and more interested in the various things that had happened in the Moran family. She felt that she must find the mastermind behind the fall of Maggie and the frequent poisoning of Nicolas.

After some thought, she opened a huge folder, which was sent to her by Louis.

It was filled with detailed information about Alexander’s investigation of Maggie’s murder for more than ten years.

She had spent a few days scanning through these contents and did not find any obvious problems.

She was not surprised by this result. After all, Alexander had already investigated very carefully and thoroughly. If there were still obvious loopholes, he would be considered too useless.

All she could do now was try to look for possible and inconspicuous suspicious points from the perspective of a spectator.

She dug out the investigation content of the people around Maggie.

They included Nicolas, Adele, and Maggie’s old friends, relatives, drivers, maids, butlers, private doctors, lawyers, and so on.

There was also a detailed report of Maggie’s whereabouts three months before the accident. Avery read very carefully and very quickly.

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