Chapter 518

Chapter 518

The water pipe was shoved straight down his throat. Under the strong water pressure, water kept pouring into his stomach.

Simon’s eyes rolled back as his stomach churned hard. Soon his belly was full, and water gushed out of his mouth like a fountain.

He tried his best to spit out the pipe but couldn’t. He could only let himself be used like a toy.

Elodie saw this and burst out laughing. In the end, she grabbed Simon’s hair and shoved his head into the toilet.

Just one door away.

The butler didn’t know exactly what was happening in the bathroom, but the sounds alone told him Simon was in terrible pain.

Pain was good.

If it weren’t for this man, their family of three would’ve lived a happy life. They wouldn’t have been torn apart like this.

He couldn’t see what was happening inside, but those sounds were the sweetest thing to his ears.

After a while.

Elodie got tired of playing. She was pregnant, after all, and had to be careful.

She turned off the faucet and said coldly, “That’s enough for today. I remember you used to love playing all kinds of games with me. We’ll keep going slowly.”

Then she turned and left.

The butler walked in right on time. With grief in his eyes, he pulled Simon into his arms. “My poor master, you’re really suffering. Everyone’s turned against you now. Your wife tortures you, your mom and sister don’t care, and even your own daughter sees you as an enemy…”

The old butler knew how to twist the knife.

Those words cut straight into Simon’s heart like blades. He shook from the cold, looking as pitiful as a drowned rat.

He could only stare at the butler with pleading eyes.

The butler quickly helped him out of his wet clothes and put him back on the bed.

“You reap what you sow. If you’d been kinder back then and not treated your ex-wife and child that way, you wouldn’t be here now.”

The butler spoke with tears in his eyes, then turned and walked out.

…

Night fell.

In the dining room.

Evelyn kept hesitating.

She’d already heard the noises from next door at noon on the balcony and knew what Adelaide had done.

But she was still worried.

After thinking it over, she finally spoke up. “I know you don’t want to let those things fall into outsiders’ hands, and with Sebastian protecting you, nothing should go wrong. But it’s better to be safe than sorry. Your aunt and grandma look harmless now, but they knew plenty of people back then. Don’t go off on your own.”

Evelyn thought for a moment and decided to give a warning.

Adelaide paused. “What do you mean? Do they still know other people?”

Evelyn nodded, then handed over a file after a second thought.

Adelaide set down her knife and fork and opened it… She was shocked.

After living two lifetimes, she never expected such a huge surprise.

She’d searched everywhere, and here it was.

In both lives, Adelaide knew someone had been secretly helping that mother and daughter. Otherwise, everything wouldn’t have gone so smoothly for them, and she wouldn’t have ended up so miserable last time.

Since her rebirth, she’d wanted to find out who that person was and get full revenge.

She didn’t expect the info to just show up in front of her.

The file said the person wasn’t anyone big—just someone who’d hung around the bottom for years and knew lots of people from the underworld. They worked together doing dirty jobs for rich people that couldn’t see the light of day.

They hadn’t been caught before because they stayed low-key.

Even if someone saw them, no one would think they’d dare to kill, rob, or kidnap.

Sebastian’s face darkened. “So the last incident was their doing?”

“Probably. When I was kidnapped last time, I saw someone holding scissors. Look at this photo…”

These people were pretty capable. Not only tied to the old lady, but also to Elodie.

They were careful, always using cash for deals.

Of course, Evelyn had these files because she’d looked into them years ago. Checking again now probably wouldn’t turn up much.

The ones doing bad stuff decades ago were their parents’ generation. Now it had passed to this generation, and even the grandkids were involved.

Adelaide curled her lip. “They’re really careful. And this is basically their family’s inherited ‘skill.’”

Sebastian slowly clenched his fists. “Want me to deal with them now?”

“No rush. Let’s play with them for a while first.”

Her miserable past life had taught Adelaide that killing some people was just relief. Letting them live was the real punishment.

She looked at the photos of those people. When they were young, they were ruthless and had no idea how many lives they’d taken. Now they wanted to enjoy a peaceful old age? Not a chance.

Especially their kids and grandkids.

They’d already made enough money to live safely for life, but they still did these evil things and didn’t care about other people’s lives.

Soon, one piece of info caught Adelaide’s eye. “Grandma, I remember you said when you were young, there were lots of human traffickers around. Is that true?”

“Yeah. That time was different. Transportation wasn’t good. Once someone went missing, it was hard to find them. I had a friend who got taken like that. We still don’t know if she’s alive or dead.”

Back then, if you wanted to get rich fast, even working for those people didn’t pay much.

If they couldn’t do honest business, did that mean human traffickers made more money?

Adelaide tapped the table lightly with her finger. “Honey, have someone look into this properly. I think they’re connected to human traffickers.”

Because in her past life, she’d seen a news report. During a charity press conference, an old white-haired grandma rushed out and called him a human trafficker, saying she wanted him dead.

But there were too many bodyguards at the scene. The grandma was dragged away after a few words. Later the whole thing was dropped, and everyone thought she was just crazy.

Now it all made sense.

Adelaide rested her head on Sebastian’s shoulder and said softly, “Honey, check this out carefully. I think they’re still selling people.”

After all, hundreds of thousands of people go missing every year.

Seeing how serious Adelaide looked, Sebastian’s face turned cold too. “Alright, I’ll handle it. But you have to promise me—no investigating on your own, and don’t do anything reckless.”

Human traffickers were dangerous. Adelaide’s health wasn’t great right now, and Sebastian didn’t want her taking risks again.

“Fine, I’ll listen to you.”