Chapter 1126: Chapter 1126

“Whistle... Why did you force yourself?! | told you to stop. Why didn’t you listen to me!?”

Justin stood stiffly by her side, watching how Bella was in distress for her horse. His heart ached as well.

Bella was kind to the core, and what he loved deeply was her pure and clean soul.

The horse trainer quickly rushed to the scene, immediately performing a detailed examination of Whistle on the spot.

Soon, they realized the problem.

Whistle’s left leg had been cut at some point, leaving a long and narrow wound.

The wound was located at the back of the horse’s leg and was hidden. Since Bella was in a rush to enter the competition, she

and the horse trainer did not realize it.

They could tell with one glance that it was intentional.

Initially, the wound would not be a big deal if they treated and bandaged it in time, combined with enough rest. However, after

wildly galloping for a few thousand meters, the injury worsened drastically.

Pus and blood mingled with its fur, and even its bone was visible.

The situation could not be worse.

“| want an explanation !” Bella’s eyes filled with tears as she choked

“Ms. Bella! | don’t know... | really don’t know what happened!”

The horse trainer was horrified and distressed, almost breaking into tears. “Before the competition, | did a check-up on Whistle,

and he was fine. How did this happen?!”

“Bella, Zachary has been with us for a long time and has always been careful while taking care of the horses. He never made a

mistake over the past ten years.”

After worrying, Asher regained his rationality and said, “Accidents happen. Moreover, if someone targeted Whistle, we couldn’t

prevent it as we were unprepared.”

Bella took a deep breath, but her body could not stop shaking due to the anger.

Justin kneeled on one knee behind her, wrapping his arms around her shoulder to pull her into his embrace. “Bella, someone

must have sneaked into the stables before the race to cut Whistle’s leg and immediately fled.

“Leave it to me. | will find the person who harmed Whistle.”

Bella was moved. She leaned against Justin’s warm chest, sniffling, her eyes red.

If Justin only mentioned her, she would not have felt so touched, but he also said it was for Whistle.

She was deeply touched by this. It meant that all lives were equal in their eyes, and they were both kind and empathetic.

“The culprit must have some knowledge of horses.”

Bella's gaze was dark as she

analyzed calmly, “The wound Was)

strategic. OneinchGhéldwet, and it

uld not cause such severe harm,

but if it were an inch deeper, | would

have noticed it before the race

began.”

“There are too many people with knowledge of horses on the racecourse. Where do we start?” Quentin looked anxious and

troubled.

“The mastermind could only have

two purposes. One was to harm

Bella, so we iS Id inygstigater mM

starting lwith ople who bear

grudges toward her. The other was to

harm the Thompson family’s horse to

make them lose the race, thus losing

the qualification to compete for the

project.”

Veins appeared on Justin's large hands that were caressing Bella’s waist. His eyes shone with a dark light.

His assumption pointed to the VIP seating area.

Everyone who had grudges against Bella or wanted the opportunity to collaborate with Journey Ventures was gathered there.

“Naturally, there could be someone

else bold enough to Diels Buty)

sigce the acbideht happened ina

flash, we could only consider these

two strongest motives,” Justin added

coldly.