Unexpected Blessing After Divorce

Chapter 273

Chapter 273

Christopher looked at Joyce.

“Come with me.”

After saying that, Joyce turned around and entered the room.

Christopher stood there for two seconds before he followed.

They went straight to Kendrick’s study.

Joyce walked to the huge desk and turned on Kendrick’s computer. She then found the video Kendrick tampered with and turned it on for Christopher to watch.

The video was not long and only a few minutes, but the video content was not recorded over a continuous period of time. Rather, it was a combination of footage from several dates, and the interval between each date was about half at month. The first date was October 20 of last year, and it lasted until the New Year.

Christopher immediately saw that the surveillance video was aimed at Zachary and Winnie’s room. After watching it for the first time, he did not notice problem and consequently looked up at Joyce.

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It was normal for Christopher not to notice anything amiss for the first time, for Joyce herself had taken a long time to detect the problem last night.

Joyce took the mouse and dragged it a little more. Then she clicked the pause button and reminded Christopher, “Take a closer look at it in the next few seconds.”

After saying that, she clicked the play button again, and the video continued to play.

After being reminded by Joyce, Christopher looked at the video for the first time and found nothing wrong again. When he watched the video for the second time, he noticed the time change on the video and suddenly frowned.

He quickly tapped on the keyboard, and the video played more than ten seconds backward and replayed again.

There was something wrong with the time on the video recording. One place clearly showed that it was 17:43:24 on November 21, 2022. The next second was the 25th second. However, the interval between the 24th and 25th second was obviously longer than what it was supposed to be.

Christopher took out his phone and opened the timer for fear of inaccurate perception. By comparison, it was indeed longer than the normal second interval, about 0.5 seconds longer.

“Has this video been tampered with?” Christopher straightened up and looked at Joyce before looking at the time on the video again. He quickly figured out what

was going on.

Joyce said, “When something happened to Dad, your brother asked me to check the surveillance video. I checked it myself, but I didn’t see anything wrong. Afterward, your brother asked me to send him a copy.”

It was not surprising that Joyce did not notice such a tiny difference, as it was hard for most people to detect it. Besides, the video Joyce copied was footage from three months before Zachary’s accident. The time gap was too long.

Even last night, when she saw the video that was cropped and combined by Kendrick, she had to watch it several times before she noticed the problem.

Christopher’s expression was cold and dark. After being silent for a long time, he said, “Ken has long noticed that something was amiss with my father’s accident, right?”

He was the only one who did not know about anything and was totally unaware that someone was behind his father’s accident.

Joyce glanced at Christopher and guessed that he was feeling uncomfortable deep down, but she still said truthfully, “He just doubted it back then. I’ve checked the last modified time of this tampered video. Your brother saved it on his computer a few days before his business trip.”

This implied that Kendrick only confirmed that someone was behind Zachary’s accident not long ago.

Joyce added, “I referred back to some records at home last night. Two housekeepers resigned at the end of last year, one of whom was responsible for cleaning, while the other was responsible for managing all kinds of equipment at home, including all the surveillance cameras.”

Leaving a job was normal, but leaving a job at the end of the year in the Solace residence was considered somewhat abnormal.

The treatment given to housekeepers had always been generous in the Solace residence. Not to mention, the host family was easy to get along with. As long as they fulfilled their duties, working in the Solace residence was considered to be a good job. In addition, there would be New Year’s monetary gift and extra bonuses for rework after the New Year.

Even if they wanted to resign, it wasn’t reasonable for them to choose the end of the year. It was more reasonable for them to at least wait until the beginning of the new year, after they collected the monetary gift and bonuses.

The two housekeepers seemed to have planned everything perfectly, so they left earlier, knowing that Zachary would soon be met with an accident.

Usually, specific people would be assigned to clean the room of Zachary and Winnie. This was to take into account the fact that they were already old, lest the newcomers would not know about their living habits. Therefore, Joyce dared not

let newcomers take charge of things inside Zachary and Winnie’s room.

But after all, the room of Zachary and Winnie was not locked. It was impossible to send someone to guard the room 24 hours a day. Thus, it was not impossible for someone to sneak in. Moreover, it would be more convenient if someone could help deal with the surveillance video.

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“However, the two housekeepers are unrelated. The person in charge of all kinds of electronic equipment in the house entered the Solace residence last the other person only entered half a year afterward. Besides, they never crossed

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paths during their daily work.”

The fact that two people who were unrelated could work together made Joyce and Christopher ponder.

After listening to Joyce’s words, Christopher was silent again. Apparently, everything that happened was aimed at the Solace family. They first made a move on Zachary and made him end up in a vegetative state. Then, they switched their target to Kendrick.

If the two leaders of Solace Corporation met with an accident one after another, Solace Corporation would be in a leaderless situation.

Solace Corporation was a family business. Unlike other companies, only the eldest son of the family’s main branch had the right to succeed. Once Solace Corporation got into this situation, it was impossible to find another leader whom everyone could agree upon and trust.

Christopher came back to his senses and looked at Joyce. When he was about to say something, he saw her staring at a photo frame on the table in a daze.

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In the frame was a family photo of Kendrick, Joyce, and Alex. Alex was still and only three or four years old at that time. In the photo, Kendrick held him and let him sit on his lap, while Joyce was sitting beside Kendrick.

It was a very typical family photo. Christopher would never look at it in the past, but when he saw Kendrick in the photo now, he felt tightness in his chest.

He quickly withdrew his gaze from the photo and looked at Joyce again. This time, he noticed how pale she looked. She was in Nardor for half a month, and although Joyce hadn’t followed the search and rescue personnel, she was certainly not in better condition than him.

Christopher said, “Joyce, go back to your room and have a rest. I’ll handle the rest.”

Joyce’s eyes were hot and damp. She quickly turned back and wiped away the tears. Then she came back to her senses and smiled at Christopher. “Don’t force

yourself too much. You can discuss more with Layla if there’s anything. She knows more about the company than I do. As for Zavier and Zaiden… As you could see today, family relationships mean nothing in the face of their personal interests. You have to be careful with them in the future.”

Joyce shouldn’t have said the last sentence, but she was afraid that Christopher would suffer in silence.

Christopher didn’t know anything about the headquarters of Solace Corporation, except for the matters of Solace Corporation Romdale Branch. Christopher used to have a close personal relationship with his two uncles, so there was nothing wrong back then, but once personal interests were involved, that intangible relationship would be of no use.