The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 960 A Picnic

"Are you sure about that?" Sheryl probed doubtfully. She learned from Cary that George was a Mama's boy, who would do anything his mother asked of him. But what the detective disclosed about now was a

different story.

Surprisingly, it turned out that he had a fight with his mother.

"Yes," the detective nodded at her. "According to the investigation, George Han has changed a lot in the past three years. Before he met Holley Ye, he was obedient and never doubted his mother's decisions. But now he is acting like a rebellious teenager and zealously opposes his mother. It is said that he will do anything for Holley. There were incidents where he engaged himself in physical altercations with others because of her. He was becoming a war freak. He even went to a great extent of threatening his mother about moving out from their family for Holley's sake."

With an undisguised contempt, he frankly remarked, "I have to admit that Holley Ye is a sly and smart woman. She knows how to fool a man to get what she wants."

"What about George's mother? Did she just sit around and do nothing?" Sheryl frowned. According to Cary, George's mother was not a simple woman.

"Of course not," the detective replied with certainty while handing her a piece of paper. "What's this?" she inquired, noting the address written on it.

"It is where George's mother lives after she moved to Y City. She has done a lot to ruin her son's relationship with Holley. I received a piece of information that she brought a girl and claimed she was her sworn daughter. But in fact, she intended to match that girl and her son together." He deliberately paused, allowing Sheryl to absorb the details. After a while, he continued, "As I have mentioned, Donna Han did not like them dating from the start. And through all these years, she never changed her mind despite all of her failed attempts to break them apart. I have to say that Holley is really something. She managed to turn George against his mother. He believes that his girlfriend is such a good girl, no matter how his mother spoke ill of her."

"In this case, George's love for Holley is unshakable," Sheryl concluded as she grew more and more despondent. She already recovered from the initial shock when she learned that Holley Ye was none other than Yvonne Gu.

Sheryl hired a detective to investigate Holley. And like Donna, she needed to replace a way to make Holley and her boyfriend break up. She was thinking that when George left Holley on her own, no one would protect her anymore. But to her disappointment, Holley was so cunning that she had adeptly controlled her boyfriend.

Donna spent three years splitting them up but failed miserably. This made Sheryl lose her confidence to execute her initial plan.

It looked like she needed to replace another way, she thought.

"I don't think so," the detective replied with a faint smile. "Miss Xia, when I investigated Holley Ye, I found something quite interesting."

"Something interesting?" Sheryl exclaimed. "What is it?"

"Here is the thing," the detective replied knowingly. "I discovered that there are two forces looking into Holley Ye besides me. Digging it further, I found out that one was sent by Donna." "Donna Han?" Sheryl blurted. "Looks like she hasn't given up on her plan. She is still set to break the two apart after all those things happened."

"Exactly," he acknowledged with a contemptuous smile. "Since Donna Han is not a native in Y City, she didn't hire a professional detective. Thus, she could not obtain any useful information she wanted, I guess. But one thing is sure: Donna Han doesn't like Holley Ye. Otherwise, she wouldn't have sent people to investigate her son's girlfriend."

Sheryl nodded as a sign that she agreed with his analysis. 'I can use Donna Han to deal with Holley Ye,' she thought.

"What about the other force?" Sheryl asked, focusing her curious gaze on the detective.

"Well," the detective halted, a meaningful smile played across his face. "As I trailed them, you know what? I was able to ascertain that they were sent by George Han."

"George Han?" His answer left Sheryl at a loss. 'I thought George Han trusted Holley Ye very much. But why would he hire people to investigate her? What happened to them?' Countless questions were running through her mind.

"What's going on?" Sheryl snapped looking totally bewildered. "Didn't you say that Holley Ye was the person George Han trusted the most? Why would he hire people to look into Holley Ye? Perhaps you made a mistake?"

"No, I'm sure about this," the detective replied with certainty, as he looked at Sheryl. "I saw that man met George. That person must be hired by him."

"But... it doesn't make sense," Sheryl responded, narrowing her eyes at the detective. "You told me that George Han trusted Holley Ye. How come he sent a detective to investigate her?"

"Perhaps..." He paused for a moment, and went on, "Perhaps something has happened between the two, so George doesn't trust her as he did before. Or... he sent those people to investigate Holley's background so that he can better protect her. What do you think?"

"If this is the case then..." Sheryl muttered as a slow trace of a smile emerged on her face. She looked at the detective and went on beaming, "It's the best time for me to handle Holley Ye." 'Now that George Han started to suspect Holley Ye, it means that they are in a relationship crisis. If he learns about Holley's past, he probably will break up with her,' she mused.

"That's it. I have read the information. You continue to follow Holley Ye. If you uncover anything new, let me know at any time," she finished, watching the detective who was leisurely drinking his coffee. She took out a bank card from her handbag and gave it to the detective. "This is for what you have done so far. If you can replace any useful information again, I will pay you."

"Thank you, Miss Xia!" he curtly responded as he took the card. After he set the files aside, he assured, "Just leave it to me. I will not let you down."

Sheryl got out of the shop, found her car, and headed straight back home. When she drove into their yard, she saw Charles carrying some stuff into the trunk and Shirley was standing aside clapping cheerfully. Parking her car, she walked out and made her way to Charles. "What are you doing?" she asked in confusion. She was eyeing the stuff in the trunk.

"You're back," Charles observed as he glanced up at Sheryl. Under the blazing sun, Charles was sweating profusely. Since his hands were dirty, he couldn't wipe his sweat away. Sheryl took out a light blue handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his forehead with it. With a little frown, she softly chided, "Look at you! You are sweating. Are you going somewhere?"

"Oh, yeah. We finally got a day off. Shirley wants to go out and have a barbecue, so I asked people to bring a gridiron and other stuff. And now that you are back, we can set off," he beamed. "I knew a good place for barbecue. So, let's go there."

Sheryl didn't want to spoil Charles' good mood. Grinning, she got into the car.