Nina's promise was like a sensible comfort in Joanna's eyes, because in her subconscious cognition, could she solve the things she couldn't help but solve? In fact, every adult has this kind of qualitative thinking about children, and it is purely a matter of persuasiveness of children's performance, regardless of prejudice.

It has to be said that Valker's arrest of Charan has successfully cornered Joanna, and unless she is willing to ruthlessly ignore Charlan's life and death, she must face the ultimatum given by Valker.

As a foreigner with no background, Joanna is very aware of her weakness, and it is purely a fool's dream to try to rescue Xia Lan through formal legal means, this world is a world where power defies justice after all, and the nobles will only symbolically compensate for a commoner at will, but civilians need to pay for their lives, the so-called fairness and justice has always been a joke, but the sad thing is that people have long been accustomed to numbing the status quo of this society, and the concept of aristocrats is basically deeply rooted in the hearts of the general public.

Valk is not an aristocrat, but the power in his hands is enough to look down on ordinary civilians, and such a trivial matter as framing is not worth mentioning at all, since he arrested Xia Lan on suspicion of homicide, he is bound to arrange all the evidence seamlessly, even if Joanna stabs the matter to the court, it will be useless, not to mention that with his intertwined interpersonal relationships in Faan Town, no matter how Joanna tosses, he can't escape from his palm.

There are many ways to threaten a person, and the most effective way to threaten the person closest to the target is often the one closest to them. Perhaps Charlan is not Joanna's closest person, but Valc has reason to believe that Joanna will not sit idly by.

Life is made up of countless choices, some of which cannot be escaped even if you don't want to accept them. The pain that comes with it can be a great torment for both body and mind. It's a terrible taste. Everyone has experienced it to some degree.

It was late at night.

Joanna had insomnia.

She used to think that she was strong, but in fact, she was still a fragile woman to rely on.

Women have always been emotional animals, and external stimuli can easily cause their changing emotions, so it is often said that women's minds are complex and unpredictable.

A long period of self-pity and extreme emotions buried in her heart began to invade her thinking.

She sat on the sofa in the drowning living room with a mirror on the table in front of her, her delicate and slender white fingers gently caressing her beautiful face.

Valker forced himself to fall in love with her beauty. What if she loses her beauty?

A shiny silver knife suddenly appeared in her hand, the tip of which slowly pressed against her cheek.

In the mirror, Joanna showed a look of struggle and hesitation, and the tip of the knife stopped.

……

……

"Yas! Well done today! ”

In the city sheriff's office, Valker was in a very good mood, and even brought a lot of wine and food from the restaurant to reward his subordinates on duty, he sat at the desk full of drinks, stretched out his hand to pat Yas who was slightly drunk next to him, and his face was full of kindness without the usual majesty.

"It's an honor to be able to serve Lord Valker." Yas, who was still conscious, hurriedly flattered.

"Huh-" Valker chuckled. Seems to be very happy with the attitude of Yas's performance. "By the way, there were no accidents in the process of arresting Alain, right?"

"Your Excellency, don't worry. Alain was submissive when he was arrested, and did not resist at all. Yasdow.

"Oh?" Valk shook his eyebrows, obviously a little surprised, after all, Xia Lan's weird appearance will subconsciously give people a fierce impression that is difficult to deal with, even if the other party is just an ordinary person, once he rebels, maybe he can really escape the arrest of his subordinates, but I didn't expect him to be obedient like a sheep tied to his hands, he is really not good-looking. "Where is he locked up now? Take me for a visit. ”

"If you go back to your lordship, he is being held in cell 13, and I will take you there now." Yas quickly stood up and said respectfully.

The Sheriff's Prison Cells are very rudimentary, with thick wooden fences and hard stone huts forming a filthy and foul-smelling cramped cage, which is fundamentally different from the heavily guarded prisons, where the former detains suspects of crimes and criminals with less serious crimes, while the latter detains dangerous elements who can greatly affect the stability of social order.

All the way to the No. 13 cage, it is necessary to teach the noisy detainees to calm down, Yas led the way to open the way, the long sword in his hand is not vegetarian, even if he accidentally stabs someone to death, they have a way to cover it up, which shows that the darkness of the Sheriff's Office basically falls into their hands, and if they don't die, they have to shed their skin. If you have the money to bribe and honor them, as long as it is not a serious crime of murder, they can send you out safely, and this kind of thing is familiar with deception, so it is no wonder that Valk has great energy in this urban area.

Seeing Xia Lan sitting cross-legged in the cage with his eyes closed, Valker's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of surprise, he had seen too many prisoners, but there had never been one as calm as him.

"Alain! Do you remember me? Valker began.

Xia Lan opened his eyes, he already knew that the other party was coming, but unfortunately he was not interested in paying attention.

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Valk seemed to be unconcerned and said to himself: "Do you remember what I told you a few days ago? As for the death of Vernal on Rye Street, as the vigilante captain of this neighborhood, I will never let the murderer go unpunished...... What I didn't expect, however, was that you would be the biggest suspect in Fernal's murder! ”

No matter how Valker reversed black and white, Xia Lan was still indifferent.

"Of course—" Suddenly, Valker's words changed sharply, and he said with a strange smile, "I believe that Alain you are not the real murderer, and I am still trying my best to investigate it, but there are some places where I need the cooperation of Lady Joanna, and her will is the key to the results of the investigation." ”

With that, Valk turned and left.

Before leaving the cell, he paused and turned his head to Yasdo, who was following behind him.

"Yas, if Lady Joanna comes to visit Alain, I hope you won't be in any way."

Yas nodded knowingly, and then asked, "What if Lady Joanna is here to find you?" ”

"Haha-"

Valker laughed wildly.

"You tell her for me that the door of my house on Clear Water Street has always been open for her, but please remember that the door will be closed in three days."

Three days, this is the time he gave Joanna.

At the same time, it was these three days that completely changed his fate. (To be continued.) )