As soon as they entered, they smelled a strong aroma of meals, so delighted that she pulled Jane Sampson and praised her over and over.
When Brooke Black knocked on the door, James Black went to the kitchen to serve the soup. Jane Sampson took a document from Brooke Black at the doorway, and since James hadnât come out of the kitchen, she hurriedly ran into the room to hide it.
When James came out of the kitchen with the soup, what he saw was Jane Sampson skipping out of the bedroom. He was puzzled for two seconds and turned his gaze to look at Brooke Black.
"Eat, eat, Iâll talk to you while we eat." Brooke Black, not treating herself as a guest at all, sat down and even called Jane Sampson to quickly come and sit.
"A few days ago, I found the reporter you wanted to investigate who bribed someone at the hospital. Sheâs worked for a pretty big newspaper agency for many years and is considered a senior news media person. But, this reporter doesnât admit to knowing Jillian Carter, doesnât admit to having any contact with her, and certainly wonât admit to being instructed by Jillian to bribe Sister Grace."
Brooke Black said, "Anyway, sheâs not buying it, wonât say a word."
"Whatâs the reporterâs name?" Jane Sampson asked.
"Sheâs not an entertainment reporter; sheâs into documentary lifestyle content. Among civilians, sheâs quite well known. Her name is Shannon Watson. She also has a Twitter account; you can search for it. A lifestyle reporter, and yet her Twitter has over 100,000 fans." Brooke Blackâs tone was somewhat mocking.
"A reporter who can take money to bribe people and fabricate news, and sheâs in the business of documenting real life. Itâs ridiculous. Whatâs even more ridiculous is that under her Twitter, a bunch of netizens are praising her as a real journalist. Itâs hilarious."
After Brooke Black finished talking, James Black asked, "And the bank doesnât have any records either?"
"No, after finding out about this person, the first thing we checked was all her bank deposit records. Thereâs no financial transaction between her and Jillian Carter. Later, we thought maybe Jillian deposited the money into her family or boyfriendâs accounts; we checked that too, and there was nothing."
Not finding anything, Brooke Black felt disheartened.
Because, thinking about it, Jillian Carter remains the prime suspect.
If not Jillian Carter, then who?
"Also, those fake employees detained by the police confessed. They were hired by another hot pot restaurant to cause trouble. That restaurant once had a branch located near Ninaâs Hot Pot. After Ninaâs opened, that restaurantâs business was greatly affected, and business at that branch steadily declined. The shop has recently been put up for transfer."
Brooke Black clicked her tongue, "Coincidentally, the shop owner is the cousin of Shannon Watsonâs boyfriend. Their family is in the restaurant business."
This coincidence also indicates that even the people pretending to be employees causing trouble at the hot pot storeâs entrance are related to Shannon Watson.
Itâs likely Shannon Watsonâs idea, with that restaurant owner finding the people for it.
Jane Sampson listened to James and Brooke talk while searching Shannon Watson on Twitter.
As Brooke Black said, Shannon Watsonâs popularity on Twitter is quite high, with the latest tweet having over a thousand comments.
This latest tweet was posted past nine this morning, featuring a street interview news video. To avoid disrupting James and Brookeâs conversation, Jane Sampson turned down the volume before playing the video.