Sophie gave Mr. James a nod and the latter turned and left the room. After a while, he came back with an envelope and handed it to Eric Chou.

“There are a few photos of the target inside this envelope. Mr. Chou, you can take a look at them first. If you have any problem, please let me know.”

Eric Chou opened the envelope and there were a few Vivian's photos in it. After taking a glance at the photos, he put everything back into the envelope.

Sophie had gotten the photos from Leo’s cell phone. She had a lot of opportunities to play with his phone, so it’s not difficult for her to steal a few photos of his wife from it.

“Mr. James, may I know the direction of the investigation?”

“This woman’s name is Vivian. I hope you can investigate her in detail and find out who she often interacts with and what she does when she is with those people. It’s best that you take photos as evidence. Do you understand what I mean?”

Eric Chou smiled slightly. There was nothing he couldn’t understand. Obviously, this woman was cheating and her husband wanted to gather evidence about her cheating.

He had done many cases like this before. Out of the ten cases he had done, seven or eight of them were probably cheating cases. Therefore, he naturally knew what the clients usually wanted.

The only thing that made him felt strange was that it was not Vivian’s husband who hired him to investigate his wife, but the eldest daughter of the Delaney family.

As a veteran in the industry, Eric Chou had worked on many such cheating cases before. It was either the husband was investigating the wife, or the wife was investigating the husband.

However, he rarely encountered such cases where a third party entrusted him to do an investigation. After pondering about it, he could roughly guess the reason.

The most possible reason was this eldest daughter of the Delaney family was interested in that woman's husband. She was intending to break that married couple up after she got some hard evidence.

Eric Chou nodded to Mr. James, and said confidently to him, "This type of case is not very difficult. Please be rest assured, Mr. James. I will definitely keep an eye on her."

"Alright, then I'll leave everything to you, Mr. Chou!" Mr. James responded with satisfaction.

Eric Chou waved at Mr. James and said, “But there is still one thing I need to explain to the two of you!”

"Do you want to talk about the commission? You don't have to worry about that. As long as you can find some hard evidence, money is definitely not a problem at all!" Sophie said.

"Ms. Sophie, you have misunderstood me. I am not talking about this. It's actually something else."

"It's something else? Please feel free to tell me about it!"

Eric Chou explained, “Our Gorden Detective Agency has our own rules. All cases that we receive have to go through an internal evaluation first before we can decide whether to sign a cooperation contract with the client. Therefore, I cannot give you an answer whether I can accept this case now.”

"What are the reasons? Are there still cases you won’t accept?” Sophie asked in a puzzled tone.

"Yes, you're right. There are some cases that we won't accept. You also know that this society is very complicated. Some people and things can't be touched. Touching them will definitely bring bad luck."

“The main reason why we set this rule is to avoid unnecessary trouble. The first thing we need to do in this industry is know how to avoid risks!”

Sophie’s face relaxed and said to him with a smile, “This is not a problem. I don’t think she has such a complicated social background. You all can just do the evaluation.”

“Mr. Chou, how long does the evaluation take?” Mr. James asked.

“I’ll definitely give you guys an answer within twenty-four hours. Please be rest assured. I have done a lot of such cases before. The case itself is not complicated. The company’s internal evaluation is just a procedure.”

After leaving the Delaney family, Eric Chou was on cloud nine.

He had received a pretty easy job today. It wasn't too difficult and he will also get a huge commission after the job. After this case, he should have saved enough money for his house down payment.

It seemed that Ms. Sophie was determined to get what she wanted. I just needed to give her what she wanted. If I made her happy, she would definitely pay me a large sum of money.

Eric Chou was extremely familiar with this kind of thing. Didn’t underestimate the skills of an investigator. He had his ways of doing things. If you used two different methods to do the same thing, the results you got would be entirely different.

For example, if you took photos of two people sitting together. If the photos were taken from different angles, there might be different interpretations.

If you were taking the photo from a normal angle, you would see that the two people were chatting. However, if you changed it to another angle, you would see that they were kissing.

Eric Chou knew what Sophie wanted. He was planning to help her to set Vivian up and make Vivian’s cheating real.

If Vivian was really having an affair, then he couldn’t set her up either. Even if Vivian was not having an affair, he would also think of a way to make her look like she was having one.

Misfortunes never come singly. What Vivian didn't know was that her marriage with Leo would soon go through a huge crisis.

After returning to the office, Eric Chou briefly sorted out the documents.

Checking his watching, he found that there was still time before the noon break. So, he went to the boss’s office and knocked gently on the door.

"Come in!" The boss's voice came out from the room.

Pushing open the door, Eric Chou walked in and said, "Boss, I'm back."

"Alright, sit down!" the boss said without looking up at him.

After a while, he finally raised his head and asked, "Did you meet a client today?"

“Yes, I’ve received a case,” Eric Chou replied.

"What type of case is that?" the boss asked casually.

“It’s a marriage cheating case!” Eric Chou answered briefly.

“It’s this kind of lousy case again!” The boss said impatiently, “Alright. Briefly tell me about it!”

This was the Gorden Detective Agency's internal evaluation process.

What Eric Chou said in the Delaney family was somewhat exaggerated.

Actually, the so-called company's evaluation was to report the situation to the boss, and then the boss will decide whether to accept the case or not.

In their industry, investigators were not allowed to share any information about their jobs with each other. It was impossible for him to bring the case out and discuss it openly with everyone.

After discussing privately with the boss, the internal evaluation can be considered completed

“The client of this case is Sophie...”

"What is her name again?" The boss immediately sat up straight.

“Sophie!” Eric Chou looked at him bewilderedly. He couldn’t guess why the boss would have such a huge reaction.

“Tell me clearly. Who is this Sophie you are talking about?" the boss asked.

"Sophie Delaney, she is the eldest daughter of William Delaney, the president of Delaney Group.”

"So, it's really her!"

"Do you know her, boss?" Eric Chou asked curiously.

The boss didn't answer his question. Instead, he gave a wave and said, "Continue what you are saying. Who does she want you to investigate?"

"Vivian. She is the wife of one of her male colleagues!" Eric Chou answered.

The boss didn't say anything. After remaining silent for ten minutes, he finally said in a deep voice, "Regarding this case, tell me what are your thoughts."

"Boss, I feel that there are only two possibilities that Sophie is paying to investigate someone else's wife. The first possibility is that she is a good friend of that man, and the second possibility is that she likes her male colleague."

The boss silently nodded his head and took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case. Then, he threw one of them to Eric Chou.

"Which one do you think it's more possible?"

Eric Chou lit the cigarette for the boss, and organized his thoughts. Then, he replied with certainty, "Boss, after receiving the case, I secretly investigated the relationships between the involved parties and found that Sophie has a very close relationship with her male colleague."

"My opinion will lean more towards the second possibility. She likes her male colleague and her purpose of investigating his wife is to find evidence to break up their marriage."

The boss didn't say anything. After thinking for a while, he got up from his seat and walked to the window with a cigarette in his hand.

Eric Chou didn't dare to disturb him. He just sat and watched him quietly, "What do you plan to do?" the boss suddenly asked.

"Use some of my skills to provide the customer what she wants," Eric Chou replied honestly.

This boss is not a simple man at all. He is ruthless and has many connections. It was best not to play any tricks in front of him. Otherwise, he will definitely not end well.

The boss didn't turn around to look at her. Instead, he just hummed and fell silent again.

Twenty minutes later, the boss walked back and sat down in his seat again. Then, he instructed Eric Chou, “I’ll assign two more people to you. You’ll be the overall person-in-charge. Just do what you told me. You must get the evidence of Vivian’s cheating.”

"I got it. Boss, do you have any other orders?" Eric Chou asked.

“There is one more thing that you must remember. From now on, you must report any progress in this case directly to me. All the evidence and materials must be approved by me first before you can provide them to the client!”

"Okay boss. Please be rest assured. I know what I should do!"

The boss gave a wave of his hand, and Eric Chou left the room.

...

Leo had taken office. Sitting in the spacious office, he was extremely energized.

A few days ago, he told his wife about his promotion. Vivian was extremely thrilled to know that. She had specially opened a bottle of red wine during dinner and clinked glasses with him to congratulate him.

Leo took this opportunity to make a suggestion. He was planning to ask Vivian to resign and become a full-time housewife.

His thinking was very simple. He will be responsible for making money while his wife will take care of Delaney family.

Leo had always disapproved of his wife’s job. Vivian was not a permanent teacher, but a contract employee in the school.

Most of the time, she not only has to do her normal job as a teacher, but also a lot of other miscellaneous tasks such as choir, art classes, report performances, etc. The job is tedious and doesn’t earn much.

Leo was a little male dominance. He felt that he could support his wife and child with his ability. He doesn’t need his wife to go out and work at all.

Vivian had rejected his suggestion because she really enjoyed doing this job. Although the pay was not high, she doesn’t care at all.

Leo didn't insist and respected her choice. Since Vivian doesn't find it boring, then he will just let her do whatever she wants.