Chapter 653 Death of a Banker

The news headline is: Millionaire dies mysteriously!

"Last night, the carriage that banker David Fuller was riding in had an accident, broke through the fence and fell into the river!"

"The coachman was fortunately rescued, but David Fuller himself drowned!"

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David Fuller...isn't he the old fox who competed with Mrs. Jones for the inheritance?

Gao Fei recalled the plot of the previous chapter and felt that Fuller's cause of death was more suspicious.

At this time, the system prompts that it can "descend".

Gao Fei immediately switched to the protagonist's first-person perspective, stood up, and shouted to the outside of the office: "Lisa! Help me get the other newspapers published this morning!"

"I'll be there soon, dear."

Not long after, Miss Lisa came in with a pile of newspapers.

The firm subscribed to a total of six newspapers.

In addition to the Sun, which Gao Fei often reads, the other five newspapers are also quite influential, and their audiences have different focuses.

Gao Fei quickly browsed through several other newspapers, and indeed found relevant reports about David Fuller's death in a prominent page.

Based on reports from various media, there are currently two main theories about the cause of Fuller's death.

The mainstream theory is that he died in an accident, which is also the result of the investigation currently announced by the police.

However, the public opinion has also put forward another speculation that Fuller's death was a murder disguised as an accident.

A columnist made an analysis from the perspective of a detective.

Let's assume that Fuller may have died in a carefully planned murder, so who can benefit from this murder?

The author listed several candidates.

Among them are Fuller's only daughter and nephew!

Fuller's daughter is the only heir to a million-dollar fortune.

However, it seems unlikely and unnecessary for a young girl to murder her father.

As for Fuller's nephew and secretary Wallace, it's hard to say.

This well-informed columnist pointed out that Wallace was actively pursuing his cousin, eager to get closer to the Fuller family and become the banker's son-in-law and business heir.

However, David Fuller was not very satisfied with his nephew.

Fuller once expressed his attitude in social circles, thinking that marrying his daughter to his nephew would neither increase his wealth nor improve his social status, and it was a pure loss-making business.

He preferred to use his only daughter as a tool for marriage, marrying her into a noble family or betrothing her to the son of a business partner.

Of course, Mr. Fuller did not say it for sure, and still left a glimmer of hope for his nephew, and then make a decision based on his performance.

Wallace was like a donkey, being hung by his uncle with a carrot, and had to work hard for his uncle and flatter the father and daughter.

He also felt that his current suffering was paving the way for a bright future, and one day he would be able to win the recognition of his uncle and the heart of his cousin, marry a beautiful and rich woman, and inherit a huge fortune.

However, the good times did not last long. Just two weeks ago, the judicial duel initiated by David Fuller and Mrs. Jones over the inheritance dispute shattered Wallace's dream.

He was the one who handled this duel.

But he messed up and lost the lawsuit concerning the ownership of the 2 million inheritance in the duel.

Actually, Wallace can't be blamed for this.

When the court ruled that the two parties in the lawsuit should divide Mr. Jones's inheritance equally, Wallace advised his uncle to stop while he was ahead and settle with Mrs. Jones privately!

It would be good to get 1 million.

Even if he took a step back and divided it 40% and 60% between the two parties, it would be fine!

After all, it was a bit too much to rob the widow's inheritance just based on an unclear gambling agreement.

However, his suggestion was not adopted by his uncle. Instead, it greatly angered his uncle and his equally greedy cousin, who scolded him at the dinner table as a "country bumpkin who has never seen the world", "a coward who is content with a small fortune", and "a crooked man".

Wallace was scolded so much that he couldn't raise his head.

In order to change his image in the eyes of his uncle and cousin, he had to change his position and actively support the judicial duel initiated by his uncle. He ran back and forth and made a lot of efforts.

He recommended Hashem, a monk of the Ripple Sect, as his uncle's duel agent.

His uncle agreed, but after losing the duel, he turned his face and not only fired Hashem, but also complained that his nephew was blind.

Wallace was used as a punching bag by his uncle, and his anger can be imagined.

Seeing that he had been crossed out from the candidate list of son-in-law by his uncle, and gradually moving away from the dream of marrying a beautiful and wealthy woman and inheriting a million-dollar fortune, as a young man full of blood, could he bear this?

After analyzing Wallace's mentality, the columnist suggested that Wallace was most likely the murderer of his uncle.

"For a wizard, it seems not difficult to cast a spell to cause a small malfunction in a speeding carriage."

"Of course, I am not a witness at the scene of the accident, and I have no intention of identifying the murderer."

"I am just exercising the right to freedom of speech granted by the law, and out of goodwill remind the Avalon police why not investigate Wallace? Maybe there will be unexpected gains!"

Gao Fei finished reading the article, put the newspaper aside, and fell into thought.

"Dear, do you also think that Fuller did not die in an accident, and his nephew is suspected of committing the crime?" Lisa couldn't help asking.

"I do suspect that Fuller died of murder, as for whether the murderer is his nephew... I think it is unlikely."

"However, the analysis in this article seems to be very reasonable." Lisa picked up the newspaper.

"That's purely one-sided." Gao Fei shook his head and smiled, "I'm very familiar with this method of writing articles. To put it bluntly, it's 'putting up the target first and then shooting'. You first identify someone as suspicious, and then you compile arguments to prove the other person. He is indeed a murderer."

"Lisa, this is not a rigorous reasoning, but a category of literary creation. According to this logic, if you just write a sentence on the paper, I can figure out that you are a murderer."

Taking the coffee handed over by Lisa and taking a sip, Gao Fei continued: "If Wallace really murdered his uncle, how he would cover up his crime afterwards would be secondary. What is more important is how he would convince his cousin to marry him. To myself?"

"Judging from the attitude of Fuller's daughter towards Wallace, she might have had hope of marrying her cousin before her father's death, but after her father's sudden death, this hope has been almost zero."

"There would be no point in murdering Fuller if Wallace could not marry Fuller's only daughter as he wished."

"It is possible to be carried away by anger and kill people on impulse, but I think that as a mage, Wallace is unlikely to kill someone recklessly and impulsively."

Lisa nodded thoughtfully after listening to his explanation.

"I have come into contact with Fuller's daughter Emily in social circles. How can I put it...she is the typical daughter of a 'nouveau riche' family. She is indulgent and willful, without any cultivation. She only thinks that the whole world should be around her. Turn on your own."