Chapter 1123

I had successfully persuaded Uncle Jackson to stop investing, and he had already decided to halt. Yet, Steve somehow managed to incite him to continue investing. I could even be sure Uncle Jackson kept the investment a secret from me, partly because Steve instigated it. This was clearly a scheme specifically targeting Uncle Jackson. Steve's presence seemed entirely for Uncle Jackson, and everything that had happened was under the control of someone behind the scenes. That was why Uncle Jackson had been caught off guard and suffered such a huge loss. But Uncle Jackson was just a security guard—did he really deserve to be the sole target of such an elaborate scam? I felt it couldn't be that simple. The real target might not have been him but me. Who had set their sights on me and who had orchestrated a trap to target me? What was their goal? So far, all they had done was steal a large sum of money from me, but was that truly all they wanted? Or was there something more... "Nance, do