Looking at the figure of Rowdy disappear at the door of the police station, Joanne's hands slowly clenched into fists, and her mind was filled with his words, which were full of smugness and warning.

-Waiting to see the news of the next day.

To deal with people like Rowdy, they must give the first strike.

Joanne entered the interrogation room. Captain Turner and Hannah were sorting out the interrogation materials. She asked, "What did the person you just interrogated do?"

Captain Turner helplessly said, "On the surface he is suspected of covering illegal transactions, but in fact, we guess the person who violated the law is him. Unfortunately, he was not in the private room when we got into it, and he didn't commit to anything; the person caught on that day did not admit that he was his man. Therefore, we could only ask him to be here in the name of assisting the investigation. However, it was expected that he would be very sly and we got nothing."

"How did you know that there would be illegal transactions at the club that night?" Joanne remembered that Captain Turner had their tasks a few nights ago, and thought of what Brian had said before going out, so she tentatively asked, "Who gave you the clues?"

Hannah shook her head and said, "Anonymous clues, can't find the source."

"I see."

Joanne hurried back to the office, without greeting anyone on the way, and was finally stopped by Shawn.

"What's wrong?" Shawn looked at her pretending to be calm but was actually very worried, "Something happened to Brian?"

Joanne shook her head, but her eyes were full of confusion. "He is fine now. But Rowdy will definitely do something to him again. I need to find some evidence against him."

"Rowdy?" Shawn was no stranger to that name. When he was a child, he heard his father's name Peter, which was mentioned by his family many times. He took Joanne into the office and closed the door, then asked with a serious face, "How come Brian messes with people like him?"

Joanne looked at Shawn with confusion. She wasn't sure; could she tell him about the grievance of the previous generation of the Lu and the Kang families?

"Joanne, you know who my uncle is. After Rowdy returned to the country, my uncle has been paying attention to him, for fearing that he will become the second Peter of city A. Right, Peter is the father of Rowdy, the local villain of the city 14 years ago, then a lawyer surnamed Lu..."

Shawn suddenly paused and understood. "The lawyer who found the key evidence to rule Rowdy's father's death was Brian's father? But didn't his wife commit suicide with her son 14 years ago?"

"That was a sham," Joanne said, "at that time, Rowdy constantly threatened Aunt Iris. My mother thought of this method for them, and then arranged for them to go abroad."

Shawn was so clever; he had already guessed why so many things had happened to Aunt Iris after he associated what Joanne said, and the things that happened after Rowdy returned to the country, So the alleged massive tax evasion, and the collapse of Fontine Gardens were all because of Rowdy?"

Joanne nodded and said, "He wants to break down Lambert Group."

"Then why were you in such a panic?" Shawn asked, "You can't help Brian because you know nothing about business."

Joanne thought for a moment, and said that the murderer who led Brian's father's death was Rowdy. She explained, I can't help with the company's affairs. However, I can find evidence to reverse the case and prove that Rowdy is the murderer. When he is sent to prison, his power will collapse, and by then, we will find evidence to prove Lambert Group' innocence."

Shawn almost said without thinking about it, "I will help you."

Joanne shook her head. "I don't want to..."

Shawn interrupted Joanne, "I'm still part of the Jameson Family. As long as my uncle doesn't take off his military uniform, Rowdy would not dare to touch me. Besides, it's more convenient for me to look through some materials if you want to check the case from decades ago."

Thousands of grateful words were hanging on the lips, but Joanne just said two words, "Thank you."

"It's fine," Shawn waved his hand, "You don't need to."

After finishing the work at hand, Joanne and Shawn began to look up the case data of the year. When she got off work, Joanne suddenly thought,"The driver who took the blame for Rowdy!"

Shawn slowly put on a smile and said, "How come I didn't think of it? If the driver comes out and overthrows the confession, we could apply for a re-investigation."

Joanne got up and rushed out, asked a colleague to check the driver's information. She learned that the driver had been released from prison, and they could not get his status quo, and did not know where he was at the moment.

She was frustrated. Shawn was optimistic. "It's fine if he's released, it's more convenient for us to visit, right? It is easier to convince him to turn over the case if we talk to him outside."

"But we have to find him first," Joanne said.

"Isn't that easy?" Shawn smiled easily, "leave it to me!"

At that time, the clock on the wall pointed to five.

"It's fine," Shawn handed Joanne her purse, "you should get off work first. We can find murderers who have very complex modus operandi, why can't we find a person who always leaves traces of life everywhere?"

Joanne took the purse and looked a little worried. "Shawn, don't tell anyone about this."

Shawn nodded. "I know."

If they acted too apparently, they would definitely attract Rowdy's attention.

It was definitely easier for Rowdy to find the driver than them. Therefore, everything must be quietly carried out in the dark.

That day, it was still Simon who came to pick her up. When she got home, there were only a few people such as Liu Wei who were busy. Brian... might still come back until the early hours of the morning.

Joanne changed her clothes to cook, feeling absent-minded. The movements were naturally slow, and she couldn't notice the movements around her, until a pair of familiar hands wrapped around her waist. She then suddenly came to herself, looking at Brian behind her with surprise. "How come you're back so early today?"

"I came back to eat with you," Brian laid his chin on Joanne's shoulder and saw the cut sirloin and potatoes on the chopping board, "potato stewed with sirloin?"

"Yeah," Joanne asked, "What do you want to eat? Let me cook for you!" She knew that he hadn't eaten well in the past few days, no wonder he came back so early.

Unexpectedly, the President Lambert, who had always been picky about eating, was not picky that day. He said,"Whatever you cook."

Joanne made a sirloin and potatoes stew, cooked the fish soup, and finally made two vegetable dishes. The long-lost fragrance of a meal permeated the house.

After the meal, Joanne thought that Brian was going to be busy, and was about to ask if he wanted her to make some coffee for him. But he just sat on the sofa and took the remote control to turn the TV on, then called Joanne, "Come here."

Joanne sat next to him and stared at him intently. "What's going on?"

"Joanne, tomorrow..." Brian hesitated, something he had never done before.

Joanne remembered what Rowdy said to her at the police station in the morning. She asked uncomfortably, "What will happen tomorrow?"

"There will be things that may have a great impact on Lambert Group," Brian said, "Everything will change."

From his gaze, Joanne had already guessed what would happen.

If it were an ordinary person, perhaps they would be at lost and overwhelmed, but Brian still acted calmly.

As if he had expected the things that would happen the next day.

Or, as if he were the one who would make them happen.

Joanne felt reassured and didn't panic. She just grabbed Brian's hand unconsciously and smiled. "No matter what happens, I will stay with you."

Brian suddenly clasped her hand, and pulled her into his arms.

Joanne stared at him. "This is the living room!" 'Simon was still up, someone could come out and see us like this at any time!'

Brian raised his eyebrows. "Is the living room not appropriate?"

Joanne said without hesitation, "Of course not!"

Brian acted like he was very satisfied with this answer. He hooked his lips and said, "Then, let's go back to the room."

After being pulled back to the room, Joanne knew that she had been fooled, but Brian had already started to kiss her passionately, and left her no chance to argue about it.

In that regard, she had not been so shy at first, and she would try to respond to Brian when she found an opportunity, just like at that moment.

Brian paused, seemingly surprised, but not so excited. He slowed down his movement so that he could lead her to respond to him, while his arms were around her waist.

All things that happened next were just natural.

Lu Jianyan picked up Joanne and walked to the bed. At the most untimely moment, the phone suddenly, and he looked depressed.

Joanne did not dare to let him see her gloating, so she just rolled into the bed and smiled, reminding him, "Pick up the phone."

It was Gavin, he only said, "All arranged. They said... they believe in you."

"I told them that they won't stay in it for too long."

Brian's knuckles looked pretty white, and he said only one thing after a while, "Make the family members feel better."

"I know," Gavin said, "the inside has also been arranged, they live together."

Brian hung up the phone and stood near the bed for a long time without moving.

Joanne noticed an abnormality and went down the bed to his side, only to find that his eyes were like the night outside the window, so deep and unintelligible.

She took his hand and suddenly hugged him, feeling that his whole body was almost stiff so she hugged him tighter.

After a long time, Brian returned to normal from the rigid state, and rubbed Joanne's hair. He said, "Go take a bath."

Joanne looked up and looked at him with some fear. "Are you going too?"

Brian slightly raised his lips. "Mrs. Lambert, is that an invitation?"

Saying those few words had exhausted all the courage she had, who couldn't stand his asking anyway, so she just let go of him and turned to run. "It's up to you!"

After rushing into the bathroom, she pushed the door to close. Unexpectedly, she did not hear the sound of the door closing, but fell into a familiar embrace.

Soon, she was drowned by kisses.

That time, there was no phone that would suddenly ring to bother them.