The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family novel Chapter 3996

Stephanie was visibly relieved after Gopher had left.

Charlie asked her, "Stephanie, does Gopher Light often come to harass you?"

Stephanie shrugged and said helplessly," That guy is infamous for his reputation as someone who is kind on the surface but in reality, he’s actually really cruel. You would often see him smiling, talking, and being polite with people, but he is in fact more terrible than anyone else.”

Charlie frowned and asked, "Can you be more specific?"

"This..." Stephanie glanced in the direction of the warehouse and then whispered, "I'll tell you about this slowly when I have the chance."

By the time her words fell, Claudia had already come out. Claudia looked at Charlie and said seriously, "Gopher Light committed telecommunication fraud in Oskia. After that incident, he fled to Canada to seek refuge with my mother..."

"Gopher's grandfather and my grandmother are siblings, so the both of our families are more or less related.

Gopher is the only child in the family, and his mother was afraid that he would be caught and sent to prison. So, she begged m y mother to take him in, and my mother arranged for him to follow by my father’s side as his driver..."

"Three months ago, Gopher and the group's second-in-command worked together to persuade my father to collaborate with the American gangs. My father did not agree to it." "Then two months ago, someone set fire to my house, and I was the only person who managed to escape out of my whole family of five..."

"Since then, the group's second-in-command has taken over my father’s position, and Gopher has become his most trusted confidant..."

Charlie asked her, "Is there evidence that they were the ones who set the fire?”

"No.” Claudia's eyes were flushed red as she said firmly, "It has to be them although there is no direct evidence.”

Charlie then asked again, “What did the police say?"

"Yes...” Claudia nodded gently and whispered, "They think that I managed to escape the fire by a fluke, but they do not know that I have actually found out that m y parents and brothers were already dead when the fire started..."

"If they knew this, they wouldn't have let m e live."

Stephanie could not help but ask, "Then why did you come back if you had already escaped?”

Claudia said helplessly, "What if I did not come back? If I didn't return, they would have guessed that I know something, and that is the reason why I did not dare to come back. In that case, they would definitely look for me everywhere and be i n a hurry to kill me..."

"On the contrary, if I came back, it would only make them feel that they had done everything seamlessly, and they must think that I do not know anything."

"Furthermore, they do not doubt my words. I told them that the reason why I disappeared for a period of time was because my family members had died and my face was also burned. It was a huge blow to me and so, I did not want to see any other people. I have been waiting for myself to slowly accept this reality before I decided to come back."