Chapter 291 The Inside Story
But no matter how unreliable she was, they didn't expect her to do such a thing.
Matteo gave her the set of jewelry before. Originally, she wanted to keep it as Chantel's dowry. Since Chantel didn't want to get married, she simply gave it to her.
This showed the significance of this set of jewelry.
Aidan looked at Anderson, moved his lips and wanted to say something.
Finally, he didn't say anything.
After all, Chantel was Anderson's aunt, and she had been taking care of Anderson since he was young because Anderson's parents passed away early. Therefore, even if he noticed that something had happened to her, he couldn't speak too straightforwardly.
Clarissa understood Aidan's thought.
The only difference was that she suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Chantel suddenly came to Starbay Villa and mentioned the vases.
"Anderson, do you remember that four days ago, aunt came to the villa and lost her temper, saying that I shouldn't have put away her antiques?"
Anderson nodded, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
"I always think this matter is a little weird. Aunt never cared about this before. Why did she suddenly come over and ask about those antiques? Maybe she wanted to take back these antiques, but she was too embarrassed to say it directly, so she deliberately got angry with me. She wanted to goad me into returning them to her, but later you came back..."
Anderson frowned.
Aidan didn't know what had happened that day, but he was a wise man, and he knew a general idea after hearing Clarissa's words.
He glanced at Anderson meaningfully.
Anderson was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice, "I have sent David to investigate this matter. I guess there will be a result soon. No matter what has happened, this set of jewelry should not be sold in such a place. If I find out something, I will ask aunt about it."
Clarissa nodded.
Seeing this, Aidan reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
"Don't worry about it. Although the Jordan Family is in a sensitive position now, and it is easy for people to seize upon your mistakes, you don't have to be too nervous and cautious. Find it out first."
Anderson nodded.
They left worriedly.
Anderson sent Aidan back to his institute first, and then drove back with Clarissa.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got home, he received a call from David.
"Mr. Jordan, about the matter you asked me to investigate, I've got some clues."
Anderson paused as his face darkened.
"Say it."
David told him what he had found out.
Seeing Anderson's face getting gloomier and gloomier, Clarissa walked over with concern and held his hand.
After a while, he said in a deep voice, "I see. Send someone to keep watching. Don't act recklessly and wait for my order."
David answered in a serious voice, and then Anderson hung up the phone.
Seeing that he had hung up, Clarissa immediately asked, "Did you find out anything? What happened?"
Anderson sneered.
He didn't say it directly, but looked at Clarissa.
"Go to a place with me tomorrow and you will know it."
Clarissa didn't speak.
......
The next day, Clarissa specially asked for leave from the crew. Early in the morning, she went out with Anderson.
The two sat in the car. David was driving and Nora was sitting on the passenger seat. They went to the nearby stone gambling casino.
Before going out, when Anderson said the address, Clarissa had actually understood something.
But she was still a little surprised.
Every child in the Jordan family was brought up very strictly. In addition to their own abilities, the reason why the Jordan family could become so powerful was that they had great self-discipline.
The Jordan Family strictly prohibited its offspring from visiting prostitutes, gambling and taking drugs. Especially gambling, which was expressly prohibited.
Although stone gambling couldn't be regarded as gambling, it also depended on luck.
If that set of jewelry was really sold by Chantel herself, it meant that she had been driven into a corner.
Since the stone gambling losses had put Chantel deeply in debt, she was simply gambling.
After driving for more than half an hour, they finally arrived at the stone gambling casino.
The stone gambling scale was relatively large that day. As soon as they got off the car and walked to the door, they found that many people had arrived there.
There were huge crowds of people in the hall. Their expressions were serious, curious, or excited.
They walked slowly inside.
Inside was the hall of the stone gambling casino where all kinds of newly mined stones would be displayed. If people were lucky, they would get rich overnight by betting on a piece of stone.
If they were unlucky, they might go bankrupt overnight and lose everything.
Therefore, stone gambling was actually more exciting than cards.
"Hello, are you here to quarry today? I haven't seen you before. Is this your first time here?"
As soon as they entered, someone came to strike up a conversation with them.
Clarissa wore a peaked cap with a lower brim, so she was not afraid of being recognized.
She glanced at that man and saw that he was a bald man with a big belly. There was an excited and enthusiastic expression on his face, and he was just like a hungry wolf who had seen a piece of fat, which made her a little uncomfortable in the heart.
David stopped in front of them and said to the man, "We'll have a look casually."
The man rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Okay. If you have any questions, please go there for consultation."
As he said, he pointed at an information desk not far away.
Clarissa looked there and suddenly laughed.
Unexpectedly, the service here was quite attentive.
She nodded and said in a low voice, "Thanks for reminding us."
The man walked away and no longer paid attention to them.
They wandered around the hall and saw some stones of different sizes. They were all marked with numbers and placed there.
Many people surrounded each of them, pointing to it and discussing about it. It seemed that they were discussing the quality of the stone.
If they took a fancy to one of them, they could buy it on the spot.
After buying the stone, they could choose to cut it here, or take it away and cut it themselves.
Clarissa whispered, "Do you think we can find aunt in this way?"
Anderson said in a low and cold tone.
"The gambling scale today is very large. It is said that a batch of rough stones newly mined a few days ago will be sold. If she is really obsessed with gambling, she will definitely come as we guessed."
Clarissa nodded.
Although Chantel looked careless on the surface, since she came from the Jordan Family, she wouldn't be very easy to deal with.
Even if Clarissa and Anderson had discovered something wrong with her, as long as they didn't catch her here, she might not admit it.
Therefore, they could only come here directly.
After walking around, they didn't see Chantel, but met several people who came to take them to see the rough stones.
There were staff and other enthusiastic guests.
Seeing that they were all well-dressed and had the excellent temperament, people knew that they were not ordinary people, so they exchanged a few words of greeting with them.
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