Chapter 476 A Perfect Cure?

“What are you nning?”

Halbert frowned. “Eliza, I’m warning you. anywhere near it yourself.”

If you want to investigate this, send someone. You’re bnot /bbgoing /b

But Eliza didn’t even blink. “Yeah, yeah. It was just a random question. And even if I idid /iwant to bgo /bcheck bit /bout, you wouldn’t let me. If you’re that worried, then have your guys go to the east campus and investigate. Just make sure I’m the first to know if anythinges up.”

Seeing that she wasn’t actually heading to the cast campus, Halbert finally rxed. “I’ll have the driver take you home in a bit. Nn can keep an eye on you. I’ll call as soon as I have newsi–/ikeep your phone on, you hear me?b” /b

“Yeah, yeah. You’re being such a nag.”

She’d never realized Halbert could nag like this.

He gave her a light poke on the forehead. “I’m only doing this because Tristan asked me to. Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother.”

With that, he ordered one of the bodyguards to call the driver.

On the way home, Eliza kept rewatching the live broadcast.

Ethan’s death had blown

up

online.

The livestream had shot straight to the trending topics, and it hadn’t left the rankings all day. More and more people were now paying attention to the recent death at ire University’s medical school. Some had evenpiled a chart tracking student deaths by year–it revealed a shocking pattern: every year, three or four medical students died under mysterious circumstances. And since the victims‘ families hadn’t pushed back or pursued legal action, every case quietly faded into obscurity.

The more Eliza read, the more uneasy she felt.

So many student deaths each year? It far exceeded the city’s average idental death rate.

And the causes? Nearly all were listed as idental or “depression–rted suicides.”

Could there really be ithat /imany students with depression at one school?

Her gut told her something was seriously wrong. “Halbert… what if these weren’t suicides at all? What if they were murders–staged to look like suicides?”

She kept reying Ethan’s final words in her head.

i“/iiEmilia /iididn’t /iikill /iianyone/ii./ii” /i

If that were true, then the whole story about her taking her own life out of guilt was a lie.

The school and the police both insisted Emilia was the killer because she’d left a note.

But if that note was fake–or nted…

The deeper Eliza thought, the less sure she felt about anything.

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Chapter 476 A Perfect Cureb? /b

bHalbert /bbtried /bbto /bboffer /ba simpler answer. “Maybe Ethan bjust /bdidn’t want bto /bbept /bthat bhis /bbgirlfriend /bwas murderer. bSo /bhe pulled this stunt to rewrite the story”

“Would someone really kill themselves ijust /ito preserve a lie?” she said, staring at himb. /b

There was a bigger problem here–one that probably involved ire University Medical School band /bits powerful benefactor: the Foster family.

Maybe she was overthinking it.

But Eliza couldn’t ignore her instincts. Once she had a feeling something was off, she had to follow bit /bthrough.

Unless the investigation proved the school and the Foster family were innocent, she wasn’t backing downb. /b

Meanwhile, Nn had been at work when he got word that Eliza was home. He rushed back immediatelyb. /b

The incident at ire University was all over the news.

When he walked through the door, he found her in front of theputer, deep in research–scanning through student death records tied to the medical school.

Seeing her safe, Nn finally exhaled. “Are you hurt?”

“No.”

She shook her head. “Not hurt. But I idid /inotice something weird.”

She looked up at him. “Back when that flu outbreak started–you remember that injection you gave me? You said it could stop the symptoms overnight. What exactly was that?”

Nn had also given her a second dose, just in case–but she’d never used it.

He exined, “That drug was developed by the Foster family. Someone on my private medical team had ess to it, so I got it for you.”

“So there iwas /ia working treatment out there. But no one else knew?”

“That drug was never releasedmercially,” Nn said. “Very few people even knew it existed. Even fewer had ess. And anyone who got their hands on it wasn’t allowed to sell it.”

“You don’t think that’s a little too convenient?”

Nn narrowed his eyes. “You’re thinking there’s something wrong with the drug?b” /b

“That’s exactly what I’m thinking.”

Eliza fell silent for a second. “Think about it. That flu had only been spreading for two months, and someone already had a perfectly tailored treatment for it? Doesn’t that strike you as a little… too perfect?”

She looked up at him again, her expression dark.

“I think this whole thing might be a setup.”