Chapter 721 Possibly Hypnotized by Others
Evella glanced at her phone, and indeed, there was nothing with Rachel.
A hint of unease flashed in her eyes.
"I'm full, and you guys take your time eating."
Howard put down his phone and let out a sigh of relief.
Nora glanced at him and set down her chopsticks. "Richard, Joseph, take your time, I'm almost done."
"Dad, Joseph, do you want a bowl of rice? Let me serve you."
Evella looked a bit embarrassed and changed the subject.
"Alright," Richard responded.
Evella hurriedly got up to serve the food.
Nora, with nothing to do, picked up her phone to browse Facebook.
With a swipe, she saw Howard's post and couldn't help but chuckle.
Since he couldn't get an answer from her, Howard turned to social media for advice.
At that moment, she noticed familiar people commenting.
Kenneth: [Why did you do? Just put aside your pride and apologize to her, and say something nice to appease her.]
Kenneth's suggestion was sincere.
Nora smirked and continued scrolling.
Aaron: [Apologize, then go for a hand-holding, hug, and kiss.]
Nora was speechless.
Hand-holding, hug, and kiss.
Why didn't Aaron just suggest that Howard have intimacy with Evella?
Aaron always had bad ideas.
So if he upset her, that was what he would do.
It certainly appeared to be the case.
Whenever Nora got angry, Aaron would keep going until she couldn't resist him in bed.
The next time Aaron upset her, she wouldn't let Aaron's charm tempt her!
"Nora. Have a bit more."
Evella urged Nora to have some more.
Nora put away her phone and smiled. "I'm full, I can't eat any more."
"Dr. Smith, are you trying to lose weight?"
Richard said with a smile, "You're slim, and you don't need to lose weight."
Nora casually made up a reason."No, I just ate a lot for lunch, not very hungry now."
She was still thinking about Joseph's situation and, indeed, had no appetite.
Her gaze fell on Joseph, who was eating elegantly and didn't seem like a bad person.
Thinking about her encounter with Jerry, if Jerry was really an assassin, he must be a cunning person.
So now, could Joseph be controlled by Jerry in some way?
Joseph was like a puppet on a string now.
Thinking of this possibility, Nora's heart skipped a beat.
Joseph needed a comprehensive check-up.
This check-up should not only focus on his physical health but also involve a few authoritative psychologists.
Because she had thought of something terrible.
Could someone have hypnotized Joseph?
Richard mentioned that Joseph had changed after he returned.
Initially, they thought someone was impersonating Joseph.
However, after Lori's examination, it was confirmed that Joseph's face showed no signs of surgery, so this was the real Joseph.
How could a person change so drastically in just a few days? Joseph must have been hypnotized by someone!
After finishing their meal, Evella started clearing the table.
"Evella, leave it. The housekeeper will clean it up tomorrow," Richard said.
"It's okay, and I have nothing else to do." Evella smiled.
Seeing this, Nora also got up to help.
Howard sat on the sofa, picked up his phone, and checked social media.
Under his post, there was a long string of replies.
He went through them one by one, his lips curling into a smile.
His friends all suggested that he buy gifts to apologize to Evella.
Such as flowers, jewelry, and so on.
Of course, there were also many barefaced comments.
Just like Aaron said, kisses and hugs.
If that didn't work, just take her to bed.
Thinking of Evella's charming red lips, Howard's throat inexplicably felt dry.
Of course, he was a gentleman and wouldn't have intimacy with Evella before marriage.
But kisses and hugs were suitable.
It turned out that this was also a way to appease a girlfriend.
After helping to put away the tableware in the kitchen, Nora returned to the living room and saw Joseph go to the bathroom.
Her eyes flickered, and she said to Richard, "Richard, I want to talk to you alone."
Richard hesitated for a moment, nodded, and went to the balcony with Nora.
"Dr. Smith, do you want to talk to me about Howard?" Richard asked.
Nora shook her head. "No, I believe Howard is definitely loyal to Evella. He just didn't think too much and got caught."
Richard nodded slightly, agreeing with her.
"So, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"About Joseph."
Nora didn't beat around the bush and whispered, "Alex just called me. The intelligence network found that someone approached Joseph when he went missing."
Richard furrowed his brow. "Who approached Joseph?"
"I couldn't find out the person's identity. Alex speculated that he might be an assassin raised by a wealthy family abroad."
As she spoke, she took out her phone and showed Richard a picture of Jerry.
Richard quickly took the phone and looked at Jerry's picture, and his expression became serious.
The headquarters of the Bilian Group was in Achilia.
He had been abroad with Zack for a long time and naturally heard about top-tier families abroad raising assassins.
Rulers sometimes used assassins to eliminate dissidents.
Thinking back to the people who had been chasing them a few days ago, it wasn't hard to figure out that Jerry, the assassin who approached Joseph, was definitely under the command of Leo.
And Leo had contacted several sellers.
The biggest seller among them was the Rothschild family in Achilia.
The Rothschild family had once built the world's largest financial empire.
For a long time, they controlled the economic lifeline of the entire Achilia.
The Rothschild family was also a dark underground ruler, and even the assassination of the Achilia president twenty years ago was said to be related to the Rothschild family.
Because the president at the time had issued orders that were unfavorable to their profit-making.
And those orders were eventually changed.
It was clear how audacious the Rothschild family was.
Now that they had set their sights on Joseph, they must have had intentions to control the Bilian Group.
This was more interesting than just killing Joseph.
Thinking of the series of changes in Joseph after his return, Richard and Nora had the same suspicion.
Someone might have hypnotized Joseph.
Richard shared his thoughts with Nora.
Nora nodded. "I was thinking the same. Has Joseph had a comprehensive check-up since he returned?"
"He hasn't."
"Then we should find an opportunity to have him thoroughly examined. I'll invite a few familiar doctors to come for a consultation to see what's really going on with him," Nora said.
"Alright."
Richard looked serious, his gaze falling on Joseph coming out of the bathroom through the transparent French windows.
He hoped Joseph had only been hypnotized.
If Joseph had only been hypnotized, all they needed to do was lift the hypnotic command.
But they feared that the Rothschild family had done something else to Joseph.
After all, the Rothschild family was ruthless towards those who harmed their interests.
Richard had watched Joseph grow up and truly didn't want Joseph to be harmed in any way.
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