Ultimately, the woman handed the surveillance footage over to Susan, and an inexplicable look flashed
in Yasminâs eyes as she saw this from afar.
It wasnât long until Susan returned with a copy of the footage.
Susan: Iâve made some progress. What about you two? Howâs it going?
Timothy: I asked around, but everyoneâs saying they only realized it after the girlâs stomach burst. Some
only found out after the police came over.
Susan: What about on your side, Ian? Did the chief administrators say anything?
Ian came online after Susan tagged him.
Ian: I spoke to them. According to the cops, the burger was contaminated with organophosphates from
Zaylynnâs fingernails, and that caused that girlâs stomach to combust and rupture.
Both siblings were taken aback.
Organophosphates from Zaylynnâs fingernails? How dangerous could nail polish even be?
Neither of them could believe what they had read.
But after the three reassembled, Ian took out a piece of the burger he had obtained from the chief
administrators, and they noticed how it reeked of a pungent scent.
âIt turns out that Zaylynn had gotten her nails done at a newly-opened salon, and then she went to grab
some food after Andy Rindâs talk.â
Ian laid all the information he had received on the table, including some photographs.
Susan felt her stomach drop as she saw them.
This is the latest crystal nail manicure. Iâve never had my nails done this way, but I remember a friend
talking about it before. Itâs really popular these days.
The manicure is done by painting excessive layers of clear-colored polish onto each nail.
It contains lots of chemicals and doesnât dry easily.
Everyoneâs expressions looked sullen.
âSo, the girl really died because of Zaylynn?â
âYou can put it that way.â
Ian nodded at the conclusion while opening a bottle of mineral water in front of him and taking a huge sip
of the drink.
He rarely involved himself with matters unrelated to him, but for some reason, he had spent so much
time today running around everywhere for a girl who had nothing to do with him.
The young man really had changed.
He had become much warmer and more humane.
Feeling devastated, Susan gripped her temples as she sat there. The mere thought of an innocent girl
getting locked up behind bars made her nose sting.
âIs there no other way? Zaylynnâs still so young and she never has bad intentions.â
Ianâs heart sank as he watched her sit there quietly, her eyes unable to open due to the immense sorrow
that filled her.
He felt so agonized.
That girl has nothing to do with her. Why is she taking this so seriously?
At last, he spoke. âI can get my dad to do something about this.â
Indeed, the only person who could lighten that girlâs sentence would be Sebastian, given his influence in
this country.
Yet, as soon as Ianâs words fell, Susan looked up at him.
âNo! We canât do that. That would be misusing our power. Remember, Ian, even if Zaylynn is guilty, we
canât use our power to interfere. The Jadesons may be on top of the world, but we should never do
anything that would break the peopleâs trust in us.â
Ian had never expected this twenty-something-year-old young woman to turn him down right away.
She had even reminded him firmly that they had to uphold the Jadeson householdâs reputation in
everything they did, rather than let the family name crumble in their hands.
Ian turned red in embarrassment and glanced downward.
Even Timothy felt his sister had gone too far with her words, but aside from being embarrassed, Ian had
no intention of blaming her.
âI understand.â
âOkay. I think we should still look into this. Something just doesnât seem right. By the way, Ian, donât you
have someone at home whoâs a chemistry whizz? Could you get him to find out whatâs inside the nail
polish?â
âYou meanâ¦â
âIâll go get my nails done the same way Zaylynn did, then weâll go see him and get him to check if the
contents of the nail polish are lethal enough to kill someone.â
Susanâs cheeks reddened with excitement at her own suggestion.
Ian pondered for a moment.
We can give it a try, but if that doesnât work, we can get someone to conduct a blanket search on
whichever area those burgers had passed through.
The young man was determined to get to the bottom of this case.
Half an hour later, Susan made her way to the same nail salon with the company of Zaylynnâs close
friend, Felicia Johnson.
As soon as they headed out, someone hiding in a dark corner nearby began to panic.
âSusanâs gone to the nail salon. Could she have figured out something?â
âDonât panic,â a voice responded to her. âThat stuff vanishes in thin air. She wonât be able to find out
about anything no matter how hard she tries. Besides, we have our own people working inside that nail
salon. You donât have to worry at all.â