Chapter 1116 - 517: Return from the Grand Dream (7) (Second Update)

Chapter 1116: Chapter 517: Return from the Grand Dream (7) (Second Update)

"Yes, indeed. She is incredibly wealthy, beyond what you could imagine. But being rich can’t buy happiness. She’s unhappy, rarely smiles when she’s alone."

Lawrence Winters felt a jolt in his heart.

Emily Thomas might have modest assets, and this was clear to him, although he didn’t know where these assets came from.

But to be wealthy to the extent that it’s "beyond imagination" for a lawyer, Lawrence couldn’t understand it.

She finally realized where the sense of discord she felt in this case was coming from.

It was Emily Thomas.

She seemed to have two identities, two faces.

One was that of a pitiable child of a deceased single parent, unloved by parents since childhood, living in relative poverty.

The other was that of a wealthy heiress who could casually rent the most expensive French country villas in upscale neighborhoods, with a weekly rental close to five figures.

A woman like this was probably suffering not from severe mental illness, but from split personality disorder...

Or was she just toying with them?

Lawrence Winters felt very uncomfortable.

His tone remained sweet regardless.

After agreeing with Richard about the time to visit in the afternoon, she hung up the phone.

...

At the same time, Mrs. Fang returned to her home, holding a cup of coffee, staring out at the lawn from the arched floor-to-ceiling windows.

After a while, she decided to call Richard, wanting to visit Emily Thomas.

Richard is now Emily Thomas’s guardian, and visiting her requires his consent.

Richard was somewhat awkward upon hearing it was Mrs. Fang, though he couldn’t refuse. He just mumbled, "Now all of you want to visit her... If you had been this proactive before the tragedy, poor Emily wouldn’t have lost her sanity and done such things."

Mrs. Fang keenly noticed the phrase "all of you" and calmly asked, "...Richard, is there anyone else planning to visit Emily Thomas?"

"Yes, that girl named Lawrence Winters, she just called me, and I’ve added her to the visiting list. She’ll visit soon."

Mrs. Fang stood up immediately, saying, "Thank you, Richard. I have some matters to attend to, I’ll hang up now."

She put on sunglasses and wrapped her favorite Hermes scarf around her head. The scarf had a blue-green background, printed with a mysterious and ethereal Mayan star map, and she quickly grabbed her black Hermes Kelly bag, heading out.

She arrived at the asylum, requesting to visit Emily Thomas.

Richard had already called the asylum, saying two people would visit Emily Thomas today, and had provided their names.

The asylum checked her credentials and then led Mrs. Fang to the visiting room.

Visiting a mentally ill patient is different from visiting a regular person.

Especially for a severely violent patient like Emily Thomas, direct face-to-face contact wasn’t possible, only a few glimpses via video.

Mrs. Fang sat in front of a monitoring screen, seeing Emily Thomas with disheveled hair, wearing the asylum’s patient clothes, sitting in the corner, entirely blank and dazed.

Her hands and feet were restrained by black iron chains, secured to the wall.

There wasn’t even a bed in the room. It seemed Emily Thomas had been spending these days like this, emaciated to the point of being almost unrecognizable.

At a glance, Mrs. Fang was furious and said to the asylum staff, "Is this how you care for her?! She’s a human, not an animal!"

"You are violating her personal rights! I want to complain! I’ll go to the media and expose your misdeeds!"

Mrs. Fang immediately began screaming hysterically.

She waved her fists, and though not tall, her voice and tone were extremely commanding and strong.

The asylum staff exchanged glances, hurriedly contacting their supervisor.

Soon, the head doctor arrived, apologizing to Mrs. Fang, "It’s not our intention to do this, but her case is special, she’s violent..."

"Violent, my foot! Open the door right now! I want to go in and see for myself! I need to ensure she’s not injured!" Mrs. Fang said firmly, even threatening, "If you don’t let me in, I’ll get the best lawyer to sue you, sue until your asylum shuts down. I think you know my husband just passed away, and he left me a lot of money, I can sue you as much as I want!"

In this society, threatening with money is the most effective threat.

The asylum staff and supervisor immediately softened, hurriedly saying, "Please don’t be angry, Mrs. Fang, we don’t understand why you’re so upset... After all, she killed your husband..."