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Chapter 154 Mrs. Wendy's Testimony

"Okay, Mr. He Nan, please taste it." Mrs. Wendy brought a lemon iced grass tea in a porcelain cup with a porcelain tray, and put it in front of him with a smile.

"Ah, thank you, Mrs. Wendy." Ho Nan nodded gratefully, picked it up and took a sip.

Afterwards, I felt refreshed, and the haze in my heart was swept away-it was so refreshing.

And the amazing thing is...it's not too sweet.

It is very suitable for Ho Nan's taste.

"It's so delicious, Mrs. Wendy." He Nan gave a thumbs up and praised: "The moment I drink it, I can even feel the feeling of eating lemons in the North Pole."

"Ah, although I don't quite understand this metaphor, but...thank you! I don't add much sugar, if you need to add, please feel free."

"Yeah." He Nan saw the sugar bowl on the table in a metal bottle, imagining how it would destroy the perfect balance if it spilled the white powder into the cup, secretly glad that she didn't put the sugar in the first place. Add to the average that Americans like.

After tasting the iced grass tea, He Nan chatted with Mrs. Wendy about the situation of the Marvell family.

Then, the following information was derived.

1: Mrs. Wendy's full name is Wendy Alsop.Her husband's name was John Alsop.The Alsop and Marvel family have been neighbors for 15 years, which means the relationship began five years before Rick Marwick was born.

2: John Alsop and Isaac Marvell were both unemployed in the economic crisis 12 years ago. They were almost unable to repay the mortgage, which led to the house being repossessed by the bank and the family living on the streets.In order to avoid this tragic ending, they worked together a lot during this period.He Nan found out that both of them worked as temporary workers in the slaughterhouse he had just been to, responsible for the dirty work of handling dirty blood and scraps.

This would also explain why they knew there was a pool of blood underneath.

This clue provided He Nan with a new idea, that is, whether John was also involved in the murder, but after thinking about it again, he felt that John had little to do with this matter.After all, all the details of Bessie's murder point to Isaac.His suspicion is even greater.

As for the murder of Daisy, John seemed to have no reason to commit the murder.In order to verify this point, He Nan deliberately went around the corner and asked where John was on the day Daisy disappeared, and it turned out that he went to Gotham City on a business trip.

Dude, going to Gotham on a business trip... Ten lives are too few.He must have been paid a lot of overtime pay... He Nan felt horrified when he heard it: the boss of this company is not a man, if you don't think about resigning, it's not worth it.

3: Isaac often invites the doctor to the house recently.And according to her, this is another doctor, not the previous family doctor in their family.

However, the two families consulted the same family doctor, and Mrs. Wendy only invited him to see her little daughter with a fever last week, and asked whether the Marvell family had hired someone else to serve as a family doctor.But the doctor said that there was no such thing. He was still the family physician of Marvell's family, and he would definitely have to say hello if he wanted to change.

He Nan asked if he knew anyone in Isaac's family who was suffering from a special illness—the kind that family doctors for minor ailments such as headaches and brain fever could not handle, but Mrs. Wendy said that they all looked healthy, and she also I tried to ask with concern, but Isaac only said that it was a minor illness, and it was a personal privacy, so I hope I don't ask any more questions.

Now that the conversation has reached this point, there must be no way to continue the conversation.

He Nan found this clue very interesting.Sure enough, Mrs. Wendy is an insider.

He began to have new doubts.

Family doctors are actually very comprehensive.

They are responsible for dealing with many problems and making a preliminary diagnosis of the disease.If he can treat it directly, if he can't, I recommend him to go to the hospital to make an appointment.

There is one important problem, however, that family doctors are usually unable to deal with.

. . . that is mental and psychological illness.

He Nan felt that this person was most likely a psychiatrist.

The little boy Rick may have been severely stimulated by the death of his sister and the fact that his mother was "eaten" by a monster, leaving a psychological shadow.

So Isaac asked a psychiatrist to come to give advice to the child.

He Nan felt that if Isaac had a mental illness himself, he would most likely talk to his trusted pastor, Milo McCormick.The power of religion and friendship can make the treatment of mental illness unprofessional by priests more effective.

But the clues learned earlier told Ho Nan that Rick was not interested in Christianity, and he didn't even know Milo McCormick.

So he must communicate with a regular psychiatrist.

If you know who the psychiatrist is, He Nan can also talk to him to see if you can get any useful information - but it is probably not possible, the content of the patient's conversation is private, and a psychiatrist with professional ethics It will all be kept secret.

4: Thinking of this, He Nan felt even more strange.

Because since Isaac and Pastor McCormick have such a good relationship, the child should at least get to know him, right?
It is unlikely that the child will firmly refuse to meet with him.

So... someone must be helping to stop it.

That person could very well be Bessie Marvel.

She should be a non-Christian, or a Christian in name only, and actually have no interest in it and some disgust.

So while the kids may have been baptized under pressure from Isaac or the community (Litmus Street is mostly Christian), she still doesn't want them to follow the religion.It happened that the children were not interested in Christianity, so their impression of McCormick became very thin-to be extreme, Daisy and Rick might only see him once when they were baptized.

In theory, baptism needs to be voluntary by believers, but at that time the children were very young and might not understand anything. Maybe they were led by Isaac and did what they were taught.So they were baptized very early.

Rick is ten years old and Daisy is seven.

But according to the previous conversation with the pastor in the chapel, at least Rick has been baptized-and Daisy is probably the same.

Moreover, Rick was baptized very early, probably at the age of six-the person who presided over the baptism must be McCormick who is close to the family. If Rick was baptized recently, he would definitely not May forget what the pastor looked like, and called him a "strange person" who appeared at the funeral.

After Ho Nan thought about it, he asked Mrs. Wendy for confirmation.The opponent proved the correctness of his reasoning.

And both children were baptized earlier than he thought.

Rick is five and so is Daisy.

As for Bessie Marvell, she is indeed a Christian but hates Christianity very much.

Mrs. Wendy hesitated, and finally revealed that the reason had to do with her dead mother.

(End of this chapter)