Chapter 162: Probing

Richard's POV:

Just as I walked past the main gate of the imperial palace with an army squad, I saw Rufus's car
suddenly lose control.It dashed toward the gate and skidded to a halt at the last minute.It looked
strange.

Rufus was an excellent driver.I wondered how he lost control.I walked to the car in confusion.

"Rufus?"

The windows of this car had one-way glass.I couldn't see what was happening inside.I waited for a
while, but there was no response from him.

He didn't even bother rolling down the window.I suppressed my anger and knocked on the window.

Then, the window finally rolled down, leaving only a small gap.

Rufus gripped the steering wheel with both hands and glared at me.

"What's the matter?"

I forced a benign smile.

"What happened? Your car almost lost control now."

As I spoke, I managed to peek inside through the gap but didn't see anyone inside.

Rufus didn't answer me.

"Do you need my help?"



I knocked on the window again.I wanted Rufus to roll the window further down so that I could see what
was going on inside the car.

Strangely, the people I had appointed to keep an eye on Rufus reported that Sylvia had got in Rufus's
car, and they had gone out together.

I wondered why he came back alone.

Rufus sneered.

"Anything else? If not, you can leave now."

Anger surged through my veins, but I managed to control my anger.

"Father wanted to see you this afternoon, but you weren't in the palace."

Rufus nodded indifferently as if he didn't care about it.

I almost lost my cool.

Rufus was cold as ever.

I took the initiative to talk to him, but he didn't even bother responding to me properly.

There was only a small opening in the window, and he didn't even bother fully rolling it down, which
infuriated me.

It looked like he simply didn't want to talk to me.

"Don't forget to see Father later.He is not in good health.Don't make him angry in any way.If you need
any help, call me."



I forced a smile at him, pretending to be a good brother.

Rufus seemed to have heard something funny and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Oh, thank you very much.I was rendered speechless.Pleased with his response, I smile.

"You're welcome.We are family.By the way, why did you go out today? You seldom take the car without
a driver."

"What? Do you know every time I go out? You even know whether I've taken a driver or not?"

Rufus glanced at me and smiled faintly as if he were looking at a clown.

I managed to continue smiling at him even though I was a little flustered.

After all, Rufus was a sensitive guy.

"No, I just mentioned it casually.Don't bother about it.Where is Sylvia? Why aren't you with her?"

I casually inquired him about Sylvia, but Rufus's face stiffened as if he was enduring some pain.

Then, he stepped on the gas without looking at me as plumes of gas hit my face.

"Fuck you! What the hell was that? Pure waste of time! " I was so angry that my mouth almost twitched.

I took a deep breath and walked back once I calmed down.

My subordinates followed me.

"Prince Richard, the men you had appointed to follow Prince Rufus today lost track of him right at the
very beginning.All they knew was Prince Rufus left the urban area but didn’t know where he was



headed to.Later, we set up a roadblock on the only way back to the urban area.But Prince Rufus
managed to get rid of them again."

"You idiots!" I glared at him.

"You couldn't even handle such a trivial thing.Besides, I asked you to secretly kill that old she-wolf.But
you failed to do that as well."

Previously, I found that Rufus had been investigating the case of Sylvia's mother.I wanted to make
trouble for him, so I sent my men to assassinate the witness first.However, to my utter dismay, Rufus
saved the witness before my men arrived.I was so angry that I kicked my subordinate.

"If you fail again, you know what's waiting for you."

He nodded, not daring to even look at me.

"Go and tell Mateo that the old she-wolf is with Rufus." I snorted.


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