Chapter 74 Results of Inquiry
At seven o'clock in the evening, dinner just ended, and Ralph was notified that the chairman was looking for him.
Ten minutes later, with a little doubt, Ralph knocked on the door of 201.
"Please come in!"
Orville's voice came from inside the house.
Ralph pushed the door open and saw the figure sitting behind the desk, greeting, "Sir, please look for me."
When Orville saw it was Ralph, he stood up, walked out from the desk, came to him, and asked him to sit at another free table for conversation, and said, "Thank you very much for coming here to talk about something, about daytime, your... well... inappropriate words..."
Upon hearing this, Ralph stood up as if his butt was on fire, looking at Orville and questioned: "Why, Mr. Chairman thinks what I said is wrong? If I wronged him, why don't he come to me by himself, but you came forward?"
"Mr. Chairman, you must have been threatened by him?"
"Please don't be excited, sit down and say..." Orville pushed Ralph back to his seat and said, "I was not threatened. I just acted on the standpoint of Chairman BlackerHouse and wanted to find you clearly!"
"But Ralph, I'm wondering, why do you think I'm being threatened?"
"Does a first-year student have the ability to threaten me?"
"How is it impossible? He..." At this point, Ralph suddenly stopped.
"What is he? Say..." Orville asked, "Is Evan's special origin?"
Ralph seemed to suddenly realize something, opened his mouth, but did not continue to say it, but instead asked: "Mr. Orville, if you have anything you want to know, please ask, I still have homework that has not been completed, and I don't have much time to waste here!"
Seeing that Ralph didn't want to say it, Orville didn't bother him anymore, but followed Ralph's words and said, "Since that's the case, I want to know, how did you discover the... special situation about Evan Warren?"
"Is it the conclusion drawn by my own observation? Or is it someone telling you?"
"Ralph, please remind you, please think carefully before answering..."
Faced with Orville's kind reminder, Ralph seemed not very grateful, and he replied unhappily: "Is it important to know how to know? No matter how I know, the facts cannot be changed, and they cannot be concealed!"
"Of course it's very important!"
It wasn't Orville who said this.
Ralph looked at the third person who suddenly appeared in the room and frowned. He looked at Orville unhappily: "What's going on with him?"
Before Orville explained, the visitor in formal clothes took out a business card from his pocket, came to Ralph's opposite, sat down, and handed over the business card.
"I am Carl Patton, Mr. Evan Warren's attorney. I want to know about the situation of my client being slandered as a 'comrade'."
"'Is it the conclusion drawn by your own observation? Or is it someone telling you?' This question is very important. Based on the results of your answer, it will determine whether I want to include you in the dock."
"So, please answer carefully."
"Of course, if possible, it's better to tell the truth!"
Although Carl looks like a slutty and has no intimidation at all, when he sits in front of Ralph and takes the posture of a lawyer, Ralph involuntarily attaches importance to every word he says.
Ralph took the business card and carefully confirmed it, and he fell silent.
After a while, he looked at Carl and asked, "Will Evan really sue? Isn't he afraid that the media will know about this, causing a lot of controversy, and then affecting his father?"
Upon hearing this, Carl raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Student Ralph, do you know a lot?"
"But you don't need to worry about these."
"Just you said, facts are facts, they cannot be changed, and they cannot be concealed, right?"
"Now, answer my question..."
Ralph lowered his head, and there was another long silence.
Before Carl lost his patience, Ralph finally spoke: "I thought about it carefully and found that I can't give you an accurate answer."
Carl and Orville looked at each other and were confused by Ralph's answer.
Carl asked: "What does it mean, please explain it clearly."
Ralph said: "I thought this was something I observed myself and resonated with when communicating with some people, so I confirmed that my discovery was correct."
"After the careful recollection just now, I found that what I think is independent observation is actually made under the guidance of others."
Carl said: "Can you tell me in detail?"
Ralph nodded and said, "At the beginning, a conversation between William and Evan before the first class on the 24th made me feel aggrieved. Then, during the break, the person sitting next to me also mentioned this incident inadvertently. From then on, I have paid more attention to their every move."
"Later, the interactions between them, and when I communicated with others, more than one person mentioned them, so I was so sure that I was right..."
Carl asked: "Do you still have any impression of the person sitting next to you?"
Ralph shook his head: "I don't know that person, but he shouldn't be a freshman. I've never seen him again since."
"Well, by the way... that person is thinner, which is the only feature I remember."
"That's it..." Carl touched his chin, slightly disappointed. After a while, he asked again: "Who have communicated with you? Can you tell me?"
"George...Richard...Solman..."
Ralph reports a long list of names.
Afterwards, Ralph was asked to leave the room.
At the same time, Orville asked someone to invite the people Ralph said to 201 one by one.
"George, can you talk about how you know Evan is... special?"
"Richard..."
"Solman..."
“…”
The same pattern of dialogue was staged one after another in 201. When the last person was asked to leave, Carl got a profile of the text of a person.
"He is very tall, at least 1.9 meters tall, and his figure is thin, and only his back has not been seen on the front."
"The characteristics of the clothes I have worn are: the Rams' LOGO (football team), the Dodgers' LOGO (baseball team), the antlers..."
Orville looked at the combined description and asked, "Can you find someone with these?"
"Of course!" Evan, who appeared in 201, held the paper in his hand and said with a frosty face: "In fact, I already know who it is!"
For the sake of Mr. Speaker's case, I didn't pursue the matter again, and just mentioned it in front of Earl and Nina.
After all, I've already punched, so I'm already out of breath.
Unexpectedly, if I don’t look for you, you will come to the door!
It's really - it's eye-opening!
Chapter completed!