In the evening, Clark returned home with great worries.

“经销商得12.5个点.”

“这个月的饲料账单又超支了.”

Martha and Jonathan are calculating their recent spending, but they should not be optimistic when they speak.

Martha said while operating the calculator: "Plus added the 8.2 mortgage, and then... the maintenance cost of the harvester."

Martha, who calculated all the household expenses, showed helplessness towards Jonathan's face.

“这个月的形势比上个月更严重.”

Eric on the other side was looking through the newspaper and said without raising his head: "The total is 54,501 yuan and 38 cents."

After calculating the bill for his parents, Eric looked up and asked Jonathan: "Is it bad?"

"It's worse than I thought, it looks like we're going to have a loan."

Jonathan was making coffee and explained to Eric.

“嘿,爸爸,妈妈,艾瑞克.”

Standing at the door and listening for a while, Clark calmed down and greeted the people.

“嘿,克拉克.”

Jonathan casually put the coffee on the table and greeted his eldest son.

“爸爸,我们要贷款吗?”

克拉克放下书包,担心的问道.

“It looks like that.”

"But, the interest on the loan will make us..." Clark felt that this was not a good idea.

“也许,我能帮忙.”

He felt that he had the responsibility to solve his parents' difficulties. "If you don't go to high school, just participate in professional sports competitions, and then become the spokesperson, you can make a big profit..."

Before Clark finished speaking, he saw the strange gazes of his parents and Eric looking at him, so he immediately stopped talking.

“好吧,我只是想逗你们开心一下.”

克拉克的表情略带沮丧.

"Clark, your father and I want to see your avatar on the cereal box, but we hope you finish your studies first."

玛莎觉得大儿子的想法很危险.

"Eric is the same. You two have helped a lot. The amount of work you completed on the farm last quarter was as high as seven or eight adults."

Martha said as she looked at Eric beside her, and while praising her, she warned the two of them not to drop out of school.

As the dinner was about to end, Clark looked at Eric with a weird expression and asked:

"Eric, do you know something happened to the rugby team?"

"What's wrong?"

艾瑞克抬起头,故意装傻的问道.

Dan Brown's murder had spread all over the school, and Eric naturally knew what he wanted to ask.

“是瓦特教练的队伍?”

Martha was stirring the fruit salad, and when she heard Clark mention the rugby team was also interested.

"Jonathan was also a coach Watt student, and I remember the position was... tail guard, right? Jonathan."

"Well, the tail guard of No. 32, but that is not a good memory for me."

Jonathan obviously didn't want to mention his years at the rugby team, tasted a bite of heated milk and asked Clark: "So, what's wrong with coach Watt's rugby team?"

"A member of the team named Dan Brown was unfortunately killed yesterday."

Clark looked at Eric, as if he wanted to see something from his brother's face.

But to his disappointment, Eric still bowed his head to deal with the supper, not seemingly interested in what he said.

"Oh, this is really sad news."

Martha was surprised to put down the fruit salad in her hand, "The police have found clues to investigate and catch the murderer?"

"Not yet, but I heard that Dan Brown's whole body has traces of high temperature burning... electric shock, or is it burned by some kind of high temperature heat source? I heard the specific details from Chloe."

Clark speaks out the news he heard from his best friend.

The heavy topic made the Kent dinner a little heavy. After Martha expressed her condolences to Dan Brown, she quickly transferred the topic to the farm issue.

After dinner, Eric returned to his room.

"Knock!"

Before he could sit down, the door was knocked.

"Eric, it's me."

Clark's voice rang outside.

"You rarely enter my room, Clark."

Eric opened the door and let Clark in.

"When was the last time? Let me think about it, you accidentally damaged the school's sports equipment, had no money to repay and didn't want your parents to know about it, so I asked me to help."

Eric pulled a chair from his desk and sat down, facing Clark, "This time he accidentally broke the more expensive equipment in the sports equipment room?"

"It's not about borrowing money, it's about Dan Brown."

Clark's expression was very serious, looking straight at Eric, "Is Dan Brown's death related to you?"

"Why do you ask that?"

Eric's eyebrows moved.

"You had a conflict with Dan Brown at school before, and you have never had a good relationship with the people on the football team."

"Do you doubt me just because of these reasons? Clark, it's not like any reason to convince people."

"besides......"

Clark's expression changed slightly, and hesitated for a few seconds, "Is it because Whitney and the others chose me as the scarecrow, you..."

"Clark."

Eric stopped the other party's speech, "You seem to think of me as the kind of guy who is keen on revenge behind the scenes, but... sorry, I'm too lazy to do it most of the time, I'd rather wait for them to destroy themselves."

“Self-destroying?”

Clark shook his head, "I don't think Dan Brown's death was suicide."

"Well, now I seriously doubt my impression in your heart."

Eric sighed, deliberately showing a disappointed look, "Clark, it seems that in your heart, I am the kind of existence that can destroy a person's body at any time."

“…”

Clark frowned when facing his brother's accusation, "In fact, Eric, you have always been hiding yourself."

"Hide yourself?"

"Yes. You never explain to me how the money you have come from, you never explain to me why you go to the Metropolitan area late at night, and you never tell me why you smell blood on you!"

Clark's tone was a little excited, but he still suppressed his anger, "Gangster, robbery, gun kill... I kept wondering what you did in the metropolis, and whether these words would be associated with you. I wouldn't tell my father and mother, just like I wouldn't say that you were hiding a lot of money, and if you took it out, you could instantly solve the family debt crisis. I would be silent, but it doesn't mean I didn't think too much."

"You never regarded me as your brother! Eric!"

"You are gifted, I'm so dull, but - I know how to do the right thing! And I can't be sure if you're going to do the wrong thing."

Clark's tone was filled with anger and questioning.

"We do need more communication, Clark."

Eric didn't expect Clark to have such a deep prejudice against him.

But he was too lazy to explain and said directly: "But you have more important things to do. Tomorrow is a return-to-school dance party and one of the most important gatherings of the football team. If I were the murderer, I would definitely find a way to get them all in one place."

"I will stop you!"

Clark's tone became more and more firm.

It seems that Eric is the murderer behind the scenes.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it."
Chapter completed!