In the afternoon of local time in the United States,
Duncan packed some simple clothes and supplies and took off from Houston to New York on a Gulfstream business jet sent by An family.
Marshal has already arranged a plane to take off from New York at night and go to Aurous Hill.
After Duncan lands in New York, he can directly transfer to An family’s large passenger plane.
This time, although only Nicolas, his wife, and the eldest son Marshal will go to Aurous Hill together,
They were accompanied by many housekeepers, assistants, servants, and nearly a hundred well-trained bodyguards.
Therefore, what Marshal arranged this time is a private jet converted from a Boeing 748.
This huge wide-body airliner is divided into upper and lower floors in the nose part.
There is a small living room and two bedrooms on the upper floor.
Below the bedroom, there are more than 100 standard business class seats and a restroom for the shift crew.
When Duncan landed in New York, An’s family and their entourage had just completed boarding in the hangar dedicated to their own shipping company.
The Gulfstream business jet taxied directly into the hangar and slowly stopped on the parking stand next to the 748.
Immediately afterward, the cabin door opened, and one crew member took Duncan off the plane,
While another crew member helped him carry the suitcase and sent him all the way to the Boeing 748 next door.
The crew took him directly to the second floor of 748.
At this time, Marshal was chatting with his parents on the sofa seat in the living room.
Seeing that the crew brought Duncan up, he hurriedly waved to Duncan,
“Come on!” Come on, Duncan, sit down quickly, I was waiting for you.”
Duncan smiled slightly, first greeted the elders, called Uncle An and Aunt An, and then said to Marshal,
“Marshal, your itinerary is arranged too tight, why fly at night,”
“Why not let Uncle and Aunt have a good night’s rest,”
“And fly again tomorrow morning!” Marshal smiled helplessly,
“It’s not up to me when to fly.”
The old lady An on the side smiled and said, “Duncan, let’s fly at night, and we will arrive soon after a night’s sleep.”
“Besides, we must not sleep well on the plane, and we will wake up from sleep.”
“It will still be dark when we arrive at the place. The journey is tiring, and we can’t sleep well.”
“So it is practical, just catch up on sleep after landing, and it will be dawn when you wake up,”
“so you don’t have to suffer from jet lag. If you fly in the morning and fly all the way to Aurous Hill in a particularly energetic way,”
“It’s still early in the morning when you arrive in Aurous Hill. It’s not easy to reverse the jet lag.”
Marshal said with admiration, “Auntie, it’s you who have to say it,”
“And it’s much more reasonable now that you’ve said it. You think more comprehensively than I do. “
Mrs. An said with a smile, “Stop praising me here. Who can compare with you when it comes to comprehensive consideration.”
Nicolas looked out the window for a moment of silence, and then asked Mrs. An,
“Where are we going by plane?”
The old lady said patiently, “Didn’t I tell you just now, let’s go to Aurous Hill and find Charlie.”
“Find Charlie…” Nicolas murmured, and asked again,
“How old is Charlie this year? Has he become an adult?”
The old lady said, “Charlie is twenty-eight this year, maybe when he is found, he can be found with our grandson.”
Nicolas was stunned, Nodding his head, looked out of the window blankly again, and stopped talking.
Duncan asked the old lady in a low voice, “Auntie, Uncle An, is he serious again?
“I have explained the situation to him repeatedly, but most of the time he just turns his head and forgets it.”
Then, the old lady said, “The reason why I hurried to Aurous Hill is also for this reason. I can’t remember either.”
“Hey…” Duncan sighed, thinking to himself, “Charlie has supernatural powers to save me,”
“And it must be easy for him to treat the old man’s dementia.”
“Even if he really doesn’t want to meet the old couple,”
“At least he has to find a way to cure the old man’s illness…”
Just when Duncan was thinking about something, the old lady said,
“By the way, Duncan, you have solved cases for so many years.”
“Tell me, based on your experience, where should we start to find Charlie’s whereabouts?”
“This…” Duncan seemed to be thinking, but in fact, he was thinking to himself,
“The An family searched the whole world long ago, but they didn’t review Aurous Hill properly.”
“If I don’t know Charlie, you told me to find out his whereabouts,”
“Then I must have to find a way to turn Aurous Hill upside down,”
“Let alone a person, even a dog, especially in a relatively closed environment like an orphanage… But if you ask me now, What should I say?”
In desperation, Duncan could only say vaguely, “I think this matter,”
“Because it has been too many years, so if we really want to go back to the place where the incident happened to investigate,”
“The chances of finding him should be relatively slim. As you said,”
“Charlie should be twenty-eight years old now. Adults who are twenty-eight years old rarely live in one place all the time.”
“Even if he was indeed still in Aurous Hill after the accident, twenty years have passed,”
“It is unlikely that he will stay in Aurous Hill forever.”
“Also…” the old lady sighed, “Whether rich or not, in this social environment,”
“It is rare for young people to stay in one place for twenty years. Don’t move…”
As she spoke, she said helplessly, “It’s just that we really don’t know where to start,”
“So we can only go back to the place where the incident happened and trace the source from the beginning.”
Duncan was very depressed and thought to himself,
“If I swear to the old lady that there is a high probability that Charlie is not in Aurous Hill,”
“And when Charlie and the old lady meet in the future, the grandparents and grandchildren will hold hands and talk about the experience of the past twenty years.”
“All that happens in Aurous Hill, didn’t that slap me in the face?”
“I’m also a detective, we can’t afford to lose this person…”
Thinking of this, he hurriedly went back and said, “Auntie, I think This matter also scores people,”
“And different people will have different decisions for this kind of matter.”
After a pause, Duncan said again, “If an ordinary person, his parents were killed in this place,”
“And he is not very old, then he will definitely have a psychological shadow on this place,”
“And he will even try my best to get rid of it and never come back;”
“But if you are the kind of person who is very emotional, you may also feel that your parents were killed here,”
“And you can only be closer to your parents if you stay here;”
“There is also a very far-sighted person. Afterward, he knew that his situation was not safe,”
“And adhering to the logic that the most dangerous place is the safest,”
“He might stay in this place forever;”
Speaking of this, Duncan added, “Oh, yes, there is another kind,”
“Which is someone else is making arrangements behind the scenes, and in this case, he can’t decide.”
The old lady was silent for a moment, and asked, “You must have encountered a similar case?”
“In the case, you handled, if the child’s family members were killed,”
“The whereabouts of the child are unknown, so where is the probability that the child will end up?”
Duncan thought for a while, and said truthfully, “Auntie, to be honest, I have indeed handled many similar cases,”
“And most of the surviving children will be hiding for a while.”
“Afterwards, contact other relatives, such as grandparents, uncles, and aunts, who generally do not disappear for a long time.”
“Just like homeless people sleep in the ruins or under bridges every night, living in no fixed place.”
“During the day, they either steal or receive relief food everywhere. Some people even join gangs or become addicted to drugs.”
“Many people don’t even live to be twenty years old.”
After they die, the police would sample the DNA according to the procedure,”
“And then put it into the DNA database to find clues about his family members.”
“Only then do they find out that this person was the only child who survived a certain murder case.”
Old Lady An was in a daze, and she whispered after a while,
“After Margaret and Changying’s accident, Charlie has not contacted anyone,”
“An’s family, or Wade’s family, but he has been very smart since he was a child.”
“He was already eight years old at that time, and he must have remembered the contact information of An’s family and Wade’s family,”
“If he wanted to contact us, there must be many ways to get in touch, but he didn’t do that…”
As she spoke, the old lady sighed in a calm tone and said quietly,
“I think he might blame our two families for his parent’s death.”
Duncan said noncommittally,” This… I don’t know the specific situation, so I can’t confirm it.”
The old lady said again, “Charlie is very smart, and he was educated very well since he was a child.”
“If he is still alive, then he should not go astray like those children you mentioned,”
“So I think there are only two possibilities.”
“One is that he hides and does not want to see us, the other is that someone hides him and he does not want us to know.”
“I am more inclined to the latter because so many people searched for his whereabouts but could not find him.”
“An eight-year-old child, How could it be possible for him to hide from everyone?
Marshal couldn’t help asking, “Mom, who would hide Charlie?”
The old lady said with a serious expression, “Who will, I don’t know, but there are only two possibilities,”
“One is good and the other is bad. The good ones may be Margaret and Changying’s subordinates,”
“And the bad ones may be their enemies or people with ulterior motives. “
Marshal frowned, “Mom, we have searched for all my brother-in-law’s subordinates in the country.”
“They don’t know the whereabouts of Charlie, and they are all as anxious as us.”
“Yes. The old lady nodded, “That was indeed the feeling I had back then,”
“But so many years have passed, and now that I think about it carefully,”
“If any of them lied, we have no way of verifying it.”
Marshal asked, “Then do you want to ask them again?”
“Yes.” The old lady said with a firm expression,
“This time, I must find out the whereabouts of Charlie.”
“If in Aurous Hill can’t find them, I will continue to look. All over the world!”
At 9:00 p.m. New York time, this Boeing 748 modified private jet took off from Kennedy Airport and headed for Aurous Hill, 10,000 kilometers away.
After twelve hours of flight, An family’s plane landed at Aurous Hill International Airport at nine o’clock local time.
The staff who arrived in Aurous Hill ahead of time arranged for a convoy to take the old couple, Marshal, Duncan, and others to Wanliu Villa.
It was already late at night when the convoy arrived at Wanliu Villa. At this time, Wanliu Villa was exceptionally quiet and comfortable, and the housekeeper directly took the four of them to the villa in the center.
After more than ten hours of exhaustion, the four were somewhat exhausted. After they were assigned the room, they went back to the rooms to rest.
The single villas of Wanliu Villa have a large area, with a structure of three floors above the ground and one basement, with a usable area of at least 800 to 900 square meters.
Because the area is large enough, each room is designed to have an independent bathroom suite,
The old couple lived in the largest room on the third floor, Marshal lived next door to them, and Duncan temporarily lived opposite Marshal.
Back in the room, Duncan didn’t care about rest, so he sent a message to Charlie, telling him that he had arrived at Wanliu Villa.
At this time, Charlie was lying beside Claire, waiting for Duncan’s report.
Claire beside him had already fallen asleep, and when he received the news from Duncan, he was filled with emotions for a moment.
What really made him unable to calm down for a long time was the arrival of his grandparents, which reminded him involuntarily of the past, the day when his parents were killed.
From the moment when grandpa and grandma’s plane took off, Charlie’s mind was full of various fragments of the incident.
When his parents had an accident, Charlie was still attending classes at school. The weather at that time was already in mid-to-late June, and the summer vacation was about to begin.
The weather in Aurous Hill was extremely hot and depressing that day, with dark clouds covering the sky for a long time, until the afternoon, with the sound of thunder, the sky suddenly rained heavily.
The rain was so fierce that it took only ten minutes to completely cover the entire school playground.
Charlie still remembered that at that time, there was thunder and rain, and many children in the class were even scared and shivering.
And at that moment, the door of the classroom was suddenly pushed open. Leon, who was already drenched and covered in rain, rushed into the classroom regardless of the teacher’s obstruction, picked up Charlie who was sitting on the seat and rushed out of the classroom.
Charlie still remembered that in the rain, there were more than a dozen middle-aged men in black clothes.
Their faces were covered with rain, and their clothes were tightly attached to their bodies because of the soaked rain, making them look extremely embarrassed.
What surprised Charlie, even more, was that each of them was holding a boy in their arms that was very similar in age, figure, and clothes to him.
After Leon gave an order, a dozen people took a dozen children and quickly gathered in the original place. Scattered in all directions, he was hugged by Leon, running wildly in the rain.
Later, Charlie was sent to the orphanage where he grew up. Before leaving, he told Charlie that his parents had been killed, and told him not to reveal his true identity to anyone in this life.
The ignorant Charlie didn’t have time to be sad, Leon disappeared from the orphanage, and from that day on, Charlie lived in the orphanage as an orphan for ten full years.
In the first few years of the ten years, he lived a life that was almost isolated from the world.
At that time, he received primary education in the orphanage. The orphanage never organized for them to go out. There were no spring outings, tomb-sweeping, visits, or performances.
These children stayed in the orphanage every day. The aunts in the orphanage did some housework within their ability, and even the vegetable fields in the orphanage often need these children to help maintain them.
At that time, Charlie always thought that the orphanage must have no funds, and it was very rare to ensure that they could receive education and have enough food.
But it wasn’t until he met Sara again, and he asked Leon, that he found out that in fact, all of this was arranged by Leon early on.
The reason why the orphanage isolated them was to protect him alone.
It was also those years of isolation from the world that helped him avoid everyone’s search.
Whether it was Charlie’s relatives, parents’ friends, or the enemies who wanted Charlie’s life, they all set their targets in places other than Aurous Hill after several years of searching to no avail.
No one could have imagined that after so many years and so many people digging in Aurous Hill, Charlie is still in this city.
Now, after a lapse of twenty years, grandpa, grandma, and uncle came here again, and through the descriptions of Duncan and Sara, Charlie knew that grandpa and grandma had never given up looking for him for so many years,
So in Charlie’s heart deep down, he also wanted to recognize his grandmother’s family, at least so that the two old people would stop worrying and blaming themselves for his unknown life and death.
However, when he thought that the Warriors Den was still unwilling to let his grandpa and grandma’s family go, he could only temporarily suppress this thought.
But grandpa and grandma have already arrived here after all, and judging by their posture, they should plan to live here for a long time.
He will live under their noses for a long time in the future. In this case, he has to make sure not to reveal himself. It’s not so easy to think about his identity.
However, even though he was full of emotions in his heart, he still did not change his decision.
He can only hope that the grandparents, who are close at hand, can’t find any clues related to him.
…
This night, Charlie stayed up all night, but his grandparents, uncle, and Duncan who lived in Wanliu Villa all slept very soundly.
The old man Nicolas has suffered from sleep disorders for a long time. He has not had a full night’s sleep for at least ten years, and in recent years, the time he can really fall asleep is no more than five hours a day.
In most cases, he was lying on the bed around ten o’clock in the evening, tossing and turning. It was around twelve o’clock in the morning before he could barely fall asleep,
But he couldn’t sleep for more than an hour, so he would definitely wake up before one o’clock, and then it would take another hour or two to fall asleep again.
The long-term sleep disturbance has caused his mental state to be not very good, which also exacerbated the deterioration of his Alzheimer’s disease at another level.
But last night, the problem that had persisted for at least ten years seemed to be solved after he came to Aurous Hill.
After he took a shower last night, he slept until dawn.
He didn’t wake up once, nor did he have any dreams, and he seemed to be in a rare state of deep sleep throughout the night.
The wife on the side also felt the same way.
Although the old lady does not have Alzheimer’s disease yet, she is getting older and it is difficult to guarantee the quality of sleep.
But last night, like the old man, she slept until seven o’clock in the morning and slept very soundly.
Because she slept so well, the first feeling she felt when she opened her eyes was an indescribable and strong sense of relaxation.
Seeing that the old man looked very good, she subconsciously asked him,
“Nicolas, how did you rest last night?”
Nicolas leaned against the bed, still murmuring in disbelief, “I haven’t slept for many years this steady.”
After that, he said again, “Maybe it’s because of the exhaustion and fatigue yesterday, that’s why I slept so soundly…”
Immediately afterward, he shook his head himself, and murmured, “It shouldn’t be just this The reason… Maybe it has something to do with the environment here.”
“I took a look on the way here yesterday. It seems to be on the mountain, and there is a lake.”
“The ambiance should be good, but it was too late, so I didn’t see it clearly. It’s so good. In such an environment, people will definitely be able to relax a lot.”
The old lady nodded slightly in agreement, and she also felt the same.
The next second, she suddenly looked at Nicolas in horror, and blurted out, “Nicolas, do you still remember what happened yesterday?!”
For Mrs. An, during this period of time, she has long been used to explaining the illness to her husband the first time she wakes up every day and introducing to him the current time and what happened recently, even yesterday.
This is mainly because Nicolas’s memory has deteriorated very seriously. He can’t even remember the events of the past ten years. What happened every day will definitely be forgotten the next day.
However, the old lady heard from the conversation just now that her husband still remembered what happened yesterday, and the blurry scene he saw under the moonlight when he came to Wanliu Villa by car.
She was very surprised.
Nicolas was a little surprised at this time, touched his forehead, and asked her, “Do I remember what happened yesterday?”
The old lady said with joy, “It’s been a long time since you woke up the next day. You don’t remember what happened the day before.”
Then, the old lady couldn’t wait to ask him, “What do you remember about yesterday? Tell me quickly!”
Nicolas frowned, “I just remember that we seemed to sit The plane came over after a long time, and after getting off the plane, I took a car and drove all the way to the suburbs, and then because I was too tired, I went to sleep.”
The old lady asked hurriedly, “Then do you remember what happened earlier?”
Nicolas asked her, “How early is it?”
The old lady asked, “Do you remember what happened before we left in the United States? Do you remember that we chatted with Marshal and Duncan on the plane before departure?”
Nicolas’s expression suddenly fell into a daze, he looked around in a daze and then looked down at his hands, his expression fell into a strong dilemma.
He thought about it for a long time, but he couldn’t restore the memory before the plane took off.
He said with a painful expression, “What’s going on… The farthest I can remember is getting off the plane and rushing all the way here. I can’t remember anything else…”
The old lady quickly comforted, “It’s okay, it’s okay, Nicolas, it’s great that you can remember these because you couldn’t even remember anything that happened the day before.”
As she spoke, the old lady couldn’t help saying excitedly,
“Over the years, your condition has been deteriorating, and I have never seen the hope of a reversal, but now it is a very, very good signal!”
“It seems that Mr. Hong told me that this place is a treasured place of geomantic omen, and it is true. It’s true! It’s really the right time to come to Aurous Hill!”
The old lady didn’t know that the old man’s improvement on the first night of living in Wanliu Villa was entirely due to Charlie’s presence in this villa.
And that inconspicuous little formation laid down.
Don’t look at this formation, it just uses a rejuvenation pill and some spiritual energy, but the value of this formation is more than 100 billion.
According to the old man’s routine after he got sick, his memories every day are like articles written on the beach. As the tide keeps beating the beach, most of the content on the beach will be washed away, and when the tide rises at night, it will disappear. Wash away everything on the beach.
Therefore, when the old man arrived in Aurous Hill last night, most of today’s memories have been almost forgotten. He rushed all the way from the airport to Wanliu Villa, when he was in this villa and was secretly nourished by Charlie’s rejuvenation pill, his memory was immediately strengthened under the effect of the formation.
That’s why, he can still remember what happened after getting off the plane, but he can’t remember everything before getting off the plane.
The old lady was very happy at this time, she quickly said to the old man, “I have to tell Marshal the good news quickly!”
Then, she pulled the old man and took the elevator to the first floor.
At this time, in the huge restaurant on the first floor, the servants had already prepared a sumptuous breakfast. Marshal and Duncan were already sitting at the dining table full of energy, devouring all kinds of exquisite breakfasts.
It wasn’t just the old couple who felt that they had a particularly solid and comfortable sleep that night, the two of them felt the same way.
The two felt as if they had returned to the heartless and energetic age of seventeen or eighteen years old. After exhausting all their energy during the day, they could immediately fall asleep in bed.
Seeing the old couple coming, the two quickly stood up and said hello, while Marshal asked with concern, “Mom and Dad, how did you two sleep well last night?”
The old lady said excitedly, “I slept so well, And let me tell you some good news, the old man still remembers what happened yesterday!”
“Really?!” Marshal was startled that the fritters fell from his hands, he looked at his ruddy father and asked hastily,
“Dad, do you still remember everything from yesterday?!”
The old man said, “I remember part of it… from the time I got off the plane and came here, I remember it very clearly, and I couldn’t remember it clearly before that.”
Marshal blurted out, “I just remembered I told Duncan that this place seems to be a treasure land of geomantic omen.”
“After I slept here, I felt very relaxed all over my body. He said he felt the same way, and I thought it might be something that happened between the two of us. Hallucinations or delusion, I didn’t expect the two of you to feel the same way!”
“What’s even more incredible is that Dad, you can still remember what happened yesterday, which is too amazing!”
He looked at Duncan who was beside him and asked, “Duncan, do you think there is something metaphysical in it?”
Duncan nodded with a smile on the side, and said, “This matter is indeed a bit magical, and more importantly, I can really feel the wonderfulness of it. Maybe there is something metaphysical about it.”
Although Duncan said this, he was keenly aware that this wonderful change was definitely not metaphysical, and it must have an inseparable relationship with Charlie.
He was even sure that this was written by Charlie.
It turned out that Duncan didn’t believe in metaphysics, but since he was rescued by Charlie, he not only believed in metaphysics but also was in awe of it.
Moreover, he was a detective himself and was very sensitive to all kinds of information. Although Charlie didn’t tell him the mystery of this villa,
But in the phone call with Charlie, before he came, Charlie specifically explained to him, We must ensure that the old man and the old lady live in this villa, and try to let them stay for as long as possible.
Originally, he didn’t understand either. On the one hand, Charlie didn’t want to recognize the old couple, and on the other hand, he wanted them to stay here for a longer period of time. There was obviously a contradiction between the two.
But this morning, when his body had this wonderful feeling, he realized that this was actually Charlie’s real purpose.
Charlie has already made a big fuss here so that the people who live here can get a lot of physical improvement.
Maybe, as long as the old man stays here for a few more days, the troubles caused by Alzheimer’s disease can be easily solved.
Thinking of this, Duncan also admired Charlie even more.
Although he has been unwilling to recognize his grandparents, he really took great pains to settle down!
At this time, the old lady said happily, “It’s only a day since we came here that I can see such a big improvement.”
“If we stay here for a few more days, maybe this disease will be cured by itself!”
After that, she remembered, quickly looked at the old man at the side, and said excitedly,
“Nicolas, from now on, try to remember everything that happened today, every detail, and everything you heard and said to others,”
“In other words, let’s review it here tomorrow morning to see how much memory you can retain of today!”
Hearing what the old lady said, Duncan was overwhelmed,
And he blurted out, “Auntie! Your idea is great!”
After that, he immediately took out his mobile phone, turned on the video recording, and said,
“Let’s take turns to record it for Uncle,”
“Marshal, hurry up and arrange for someone to buy a few action cameras that can be carried with you to record non-stop.”
“When Uncle rests at night, he will have someone import all the footage into the computer and cut it out.”
“We will replay it tomorrow!” Marshal was also very excited,
And said without hesitation he said: “Okay! I’ll arrange it now!”
The old lady said again, “I think the environment here is really good,”
“Nicolas, let’s have some food quickly, and I’ll take you for a walk by the lake,”
“It might have better results!”
Upon hearing this, Duncan quickly said, “Auntie, I have some disagreements on this point,”
“I think it’s best for you and Uncle to stay in this villa and do not go anywhere!”
The old lady asked suspiciously, “Duncan, what are you thinking about?”
Duncan said solemnly, “Auntie, to tell you the truth, I went out for a walk after getting up early in the morning.”
“To be honest, although the environment here is good, it is far from the feeling of a paradise.”
“It is nothing more than a mountainside with a small lake, and then there are more willow trees.”
“To be honest, this kind of environment is not in Aurous Hill.”
“In the city, of course, it is considered to be very good, but compared with the An family Manor,”
“I think it is still a lot worse, there is no reason why the mountains and rivers here are much better than the An family Manor.”
Speaking of this, Duncan concluded “So I feel that if this kind of physical improvement is really a kind of metaphysics,”
“Then the mystery of this metaphysics must be in this house, not in the external environment.”
The old lady sat thoughtfully. nodded.
She felt that what Duncan said made sense.
As far as the natural scenery is concerned,
The strength of the hardware outside the gate of Wanliu Villa can’t even match the level of a 1A scenic spot in China.
However, the manor that settled in the United States is almost on the same level as a 5a-level scenic spot.
If it is said that the changes in everyone’s body are affected by the environment,”
“It seems that it is not the case for a place like Wanliu Villa.
Duncan said to Marshal at this time, “By the way, Marshal,”
“Do the servants who came here in advance live in other villas?”
“Yes.” Marshal nodded, and said, “All the servants and bodyguards don’t live in this villa,”
“What I thought at the time was that this villa will be reserved for An’s family to live in,”
“And the servants only need to come in during the day to do some daily work.”
Duncan said, “You can ask them about it on the sidelines.”
“Ask them if they have felt any obvious changes in their bodies during the few days they lived here.”
Marshal immediately took out his mobile phone, made a call to the housekeeper, and consulted on the sidelines.
These housekeepers and servants who arrived early have been living in several surrounding villas,
But according to their descriptions, they didn’t have any special feelings when they lived here for a few days.
As a result, Marshal also agreed with Duncan’s statement even more,
And felt that the reason why his father’s memory was relieved,
And the reason why others felt extremely relaxed, presumably lies in this villa.
Therefore, Marshal said, “Dad, Mom, don’t go out these few days,”
“Try to stay in this villa for 24 hours, and see if dad’s condition will improve.”
The old lady hurriedly said, “I also plan to go to the place where your sister lived in the past today.”
“I asked someone to check it before.”
“It seems that the old house has been bought by the ex-wife of Eastcliff Su’s eldest son.”
Marshal frowned and asked, “The ex-wife of the eldest son of Su? Is it Zynn’s ex-wife?”
“Yes.” The old lady nodded slightly.
Marshal looked surprised, “Zynn’s ex-wife, why did she buy the place where my sister and my brother-in-law lived?
“Or, she has always missed your brother-in-law for so many years.”
“Some time ago, she angered the Su family because of bidding for that old house,”
“And was almost cleared by the Su family. At that time,”
“The incident was quite big, and we heard it in the United States .”
“Yes…” Marshal nodded and said, “I don’t know the specific details.”
“I only know that the scandal that the old man of the Su family wanted to kill his daughter-in-law was widely known.”
“I didn’t expect it to be because of this…”
So, Marshal said again, “In this case, let Dad rest here, and I will accompany you there.”
The old man said without thinking, “No, I will go too!”
Marshal hurriedly said, “Dad, you should cultivate well in the villa.”
“We are still waiting to review it with you tomorrow, to see how much you can remember tomorrow.”
The old man waved his hand, “You can replay it at any time, and you can replay tomorrow’s game the day after tomorrow.”
“Since your mother is going to Margaret’s house,”
“I also want to follow the place.”
Marshal was about to say something, but the old lady stepped forward and said,
“Marshal, your father is right, we will live here for a while anyway,”
“The replay is not on today, let’s go together!”
Marshal saw that his mother had spoken, so he stopped talking, nodded immediately, and said,
“Okay, Mom, you and Dad will have a meal first, and I will arrange it.”
Immediately, Marshal winked at Duncan, and the two left the restaurant and came to the courtyard.
At this time, Marshal looked at Duncan and asked him,
“By the way, Old Li, judging from your experience,”
“Will my nephew go back to that old house after so many years?”
“If we start from the old house, Can you find any relevant clues?”
Duncan nodded and said, “It’s possible that people are emotional animals after all,”
“And the vast majority of people have this kind of plot,”
“And in all cases where suspects escaped and were arrested, more than half of the suspects were all caught when they went home quietly or contacted their family members,”
“The last memories of Charlie and his parents are in that old house,”
“And he should all go back and have a look.” He said again, “However, it has been twenty years.”
“Even if Charlie comes back, in such a long timeline of twenty years,”
“It may be difficult to find any useful clues.”
“That’s true.” Marshal nodded lightly, and said, “After all, it has been twenty years.”
“Even if Charlie has come back, I am afraid that there is no way to figure it out.”
“Mom wants to visit the old house, probably more because she wants to go to the old house.”
“Take a look at the place where my sister’s family lived.”
Duncan nodded and said, “I understand this very well.”
Duncan knew very well that Charlie’s hands and eyes were in Aurous Hill, and this matter must have been settled long ago,
Even if Marshal found him at the door of the house, as long as Charlie doesn’t want to see him, it’s impossible for Marshal to find any specific clues.
As for himself, Charlie saved his life, so of course it is impossible to betray Charlie.
What’s more, he also feels that Charlie is really not suitable to recognize An family at the moment,
So he can only follow the fake appearance to make suggestions.
As long as he finally guides them to prevent them from really discovering Charlie’s clues, his mission will be completed.
At this time, Marshal said again, “By the way, Old Li,”
“Have you ever thought about investigating the benefactor who saved your life?”
Duncan was startled, and said, “The benefactor who saved me, whereabouts are here.”
“Even if I want to find him, I don’t have any clues.”
Marshal shook his head, “It’s not that there are no clues, and it’s in Aurous Hill!”
Duncan deliberately asked him, “Marshal, what do you mean?”
Marshal said seriously, “I told you about the Rejuvenation Pill auction that I participated in Aurous Hill.”
“Until An’s family was attacked in New York and our family was rescued by him,”
“I never thought about the clue of the Rejuvenation pill.”
Speaking of this, Marshal looked at Duncan and said slowly, “But since You said that after you were rescued by benefactor’s medicine,”
“I felt that the person who refined the Rejuvenation Pill and the person who saved you and An’s family should be the same!”
Duncan asked him in surprise, “What do you mean? Is that benefactor in Aurous Hill?”
Marshal said, “I don’t know if he is in Aurous Hill,”
“But there is someone in Aurous Hill who knows him, that is Warnia Song from the Song family in Aurous Hill!”
“Warnia Song?” Duncan looked puzzled.
Marshal explained, “The Song family is one of the organizers of the Rejuvenation Pill auction that day, and Warnia is the owner of the Song family!”
“At the same time, she was also the auctioneer of the auction!”
“These clues come together, how can she not know the benefactor, if he is not a ghost!”
Duncan’s heart trembled, and he said with hesitation on his face,
“Marshal, that benefactor has great powers.”
“Since he doesn’t want to meet us with his true face, why do we investigate him like this? Is it suitable?”
“Not suitable.” Marshal nodded without thinking, but then said firmly, “Old Li, my sister, and my brother-in-law were killed in Aurous Hill,”
“And my nephew was also lost in Aurous Hill.”
“And now, the benefactor’s clues have also connected to Aurous Hill, I always feel… there may be some kind of connection here.”
Duncan asked tentatively quickly, “Oh, don’t you think that the benefactor we are talking about is your big nephew, right?”
Marshal waved his hand, “That’s unlikely… I was thinking, could it be that he just happened to save him?”
Duncan coughed twice, and said, “You, don’t think about it, you didn’t find this assumption, it’s very close to the plot of martial arts?”
“Besides, the benefactor is not from your family, why did they save your nephew in Aurous Hill 20 years ago,”
“And fly to the United States to save your family and me after 20 years?”
Marshal said embarrassingly, “Yes… What you said makes sense… However, even if the benefactor has nothing to do with my nephew’s clues,”
“He saved our family after all, so I want to take the time to visit Warnia and see if I can get any clues from her.”
“Even if she keeps her mouth shut to us, she will definitely be able to help me convey a few words to the benefactor.”
Twenty minutes later, Marshal accompanied the old lady to the old house of Charlie’s parents.
An family’s bulletproof convoy quickly left Wanliu Villa and headed for the old city.
At the same time, Charlie was also driving in the direction of Wanliu Villa from the urban area.
He planned to go to the Champs-Elysees Hot Spring,
And Wanliu Mountain Villa is very close to the Champs-Elysees Hot Spring in a straight line,
Only separated by two hills. Most of the routes overlap.
On the expressway out of the city, Charlie saw a convoy approaching from the opposite direction.
Before he set off, Duncan sent a message telling him that his grandmother was going to visit his parents’ old house today,
So although the two sides passed each other at a very fast relative speed,
Charlie could still tell that this was An’s convoy.
However, his thoughts were not too involved.
He had already explained to those who should be accounted for.
He believed that with his usual personality and prestige,
No one in Aurous Hill would reveal his identity to his grandparents.
Arriving at the Champs Elysees Hot Spring Hotel,
Mateo has already started a new day of teaching.
When Charlie arrived, he saw that all the students were concentrating on their studies,
So he didn’t go in to disturb them.
He just observed the situation of Nanako and Aoxue at the window.
At this time, the two girls were sitting cross-legged on the futon,
Following Mateo’s guidance, closing their eyes and circulating their true energy.
Charlie was surprised to find that Nanako’s body had already shown signs of true qi circulation.
It seems that in just a few days, she has already mastered the mystery of internal observation,
And the key to the transformation of true energy in the body,
And she has completed the entry stage of martial arts, which really impressed Charlie.
As for Aoxue next to her, Charlie could also feel at this time that some energy similar to true qi was generated intermittently in her body,
But she still couldn’t truly realize the full operation of true qi in her body.
And the state of her dantian, meridians, and true qi in her body is like a car’s power system in a starting state,
But the starter has not yet reached the speed required for the engine to really ignite and run.
Although it has not been completely successful,
At least half of it has been successful.
As long as they continue to work hard in this direction,
He believes that it will not take long before they can successfully realize the full operation of true energy.
It seems that Aoxue’s talent is indeed much worse than Nanako’s.
Besides the two of them, Charlie was also more concerned about the status of Issac and Orvel.
So he turned his attention to the two and found that the two brothers were still in the stage of headless chickens at this time, unable to realize the inside view at all. Eyes, but grinning all the time, it seems that the heart is exerting force in a certain direction.
Although Issac was not as ferocious as Orvel,
His brows were always furrowed as if he was full of doubts.
Charlie knew very well that these two people were both stuck on the key point of looking inside.
If it is impossible to realize the endoscopic view,
Then it is impossible to find the specific positions of the meridians and the dantian,
And it is even more impossible to operate the true energy.
Endoscopic things are very mysterious,
Just like vocal music teachers always talk about chest cavity resonance,
And head cavity resonance. People who understand it can understand it as soon as they see it coming.
For this kind of thing, one must calm down and explore slowly.
Only by touching the context can success be possible.
At the same time.
Aurous Hill Old Town.
An family’s originally eye-catching convoy broke up before entering the old city,
Making it less conspicuous,
But all the vehicles are still closely guarding the commercial vehicle that Charlie’s grandmother and uncle were riding in.
In Charlie’s parents’ old house, Liona and Zhiyu had already had breakfast.
Zhiyu dressed concisely, picked up her handbag, and said to Liona,
“Mom, I’m going to the School of Finance and Economics.”
Liona nodded, and asked, “Drive slowly on the road, will you come back to eat at noon?”
Zhiyu said, “I won’t be back at noon.”
“I will eat with Melba in the cafeteria of the School of Finance and Economics.”
As the person in charge of ISU Shipping One of them, Zhiyu, has been with Melba every day in recent days,
Going to Aurous Hill University of Finance and Economics to find Melba’s father, to recharge her lessons.
Now, the business of ISU Shipping is getting bigger and bigger,
The market share and operating income are getting higher and higher.
Although the two girls have not had any problems in the operation of a large stall worth hundreds of billions of dollars,
The development speed of the company is too fast after all.
Both of them are worried that the upper limit of ISU Shipping will be limited due to their lack of experience and ability,
So they have been looking for Mr. Watt to refresh their learnings these days.
After all, Pollard is a top professor of economics, and he also has rich practical experience and knowledge.
For the two young girls, he is like a guide.
Zhiyu was changing her shoes and getting ready to go out when she heard a crisp knock on the courtyard door.
In order to preserve the original taste of this old house to the greatest extent,
Liona chose the iron fence door as the courtyard door.
Although there is no doorbell, the door-knocking sound is as clear as a copper bell,
And it can be heard in the room. Zhiyu was a little puzzled,
And muttered, “Who came to the house so early in the morning? Could it be Mr. Wade?”
“Why didn’t he mention it? When he is so sensitive, how could he come here like that.”
As she spoke, she hurriedly said, “I’ll go out and have a look.”
Immediately, Liona changed the slippers outside, opened the door, and walked out.
Through the iron gate, she saw an old lady and a middle-aged man standing outside the gate.
These two were Charlie’s grandmother and uncle.
However, Charlie’s grandmother has almost never appeared in front of the media for so many years,
And Marshal hardly deals with the media because he is in charge of the inside and not the outside,
So Liona didn’t recognize the two of them.
She walked to the door and asked, “Who are you two looking for?”
The old lady An outside the door looked at Liona, smiled slightly, and asked her,
“May I ask, are you Ms. Liona Du?”
Hearing her own name, she hurriedly said humbly,
“Auntie, you are too polite. I am Liona, may I ask who you are?”
Old Lady An said with a smile,
“I… I am Changying Wade’s mother-in-law, Margaret’s mother, Samantha Weng.”
As she said this, she pointed to Marshal next to her, and introduced,
“This is my eldest son and Margaret’s younger brother, Marshal”
“Ah?” Liona looked at the old lady in surprise and exclaimed
“You are Aunt An! Please come in, come in! Mr. An, please come in!”
As he said, she quickly opened the door.
At first, Liona didn’t understand why Mrs. An came to see her,
But soon she realized that the purpose of the old lady’s coming here should have nothing to do with her.
Combined with what Charlie explained before,
She immediately concluded that Mrs. An must have come here to find clues about Charlie.
Old lady An thanked and followed Liona and walked in.
At this time, Zhiyu also came out from the inner door.
Seeing an old woman and a middle-aged man walking into the yard,
She couldn’t help but feel a little puzzled.
At this time, Liona hurried introduced to the two of them,
“Let me introduce to you, this is my daughter Zhiyu,”
“Zhiyu, this is Grandma An and Uncle An from the United States. “
“Grandma An…” Zhiyu blurted out subconsciously,
“Isn’t that Mr….”
She originally wanted to say that it wasn’t Mr. Wade’s grandmother and uncle,
But when the words came to her mouth, she was instantly startled.
She almost betrayed Charlie by accident, so he quickly said without showing any trace,
“Isn’t that Uncle Wade’s mother-in-law?
Old Madam An asked curiously, “Miss Su also knows Changying? “
“Zhiyu quickly waved her hand, “Grandma, you misunderstood.”
“I don’t know Uncle Wade. I heard it from others before,”
“And after my mother moved here, I heard it from my mother.”
“So it’s like this…” Mrs. nodded lightly, without much doubt.
After all, she had checked the past of Liona and Changying before she came,
And she also knew that Liona had been thinking about Changying for so many years,
And even almost died.
It’s just that, visiting Liona felt a bit awkward.
After all, the gentle and intellectual woman in front of her was, to a certain extent, her daughter’s rival in love,
And she was defeated miserably by her daughter.
In fact, Liona was also very embarrassed.
She has loved Changying for so many years,
But she never thought that one day, Changying’s mother-in-law would come to her.
In order to alleviate the strange atmosphere, she said to Zhiyu,
“Zhiyu, aren’t you going to school? It’s getting late, go quickly.”
Zhiyu nodded, and politely addressed the old lady and Marshal,
“Grandma, Uncle, you two talk with mom. I have something to do, so I will leave first.”
The two of them were naturally very polite.
At the invitation of Liona, they entered the inner door of this old house.
The moment she entered the room, the old lady saw that the decoration style here was still the same as it was twenty years ago,
And when she thought of her daughter, son-in-law, and grandson,
This was the last place they lived before their death. Tears flowed down.
Afraid of Liona’s impressions, she quickly turned to wipe away her tears with her sleeves,
Then smiled and said to Liona, “Ms. Du, to tell you the truth,”
“This is the first time I have come here in so many years,”
“Thank you for maintaining this place. It looks great!”
Liona hurriedly said, “Auntie, don’t call me Ms. Du, just call me Liona.”
The old lady nodded lightly and asked her,
“Liona, I take the liberty to come here to bother you. I want to ask you something.”
Liona knew what the old lady was going to ask, but she still deliberately asked her,
“Auntie, what do you want to know?”
The old lady sighed, and said quietly, “After Changying and Margaret’s accident,”
“Their son’s whereabouts are unknown. Over the years, we have searched the whole world several times,”
“But we have not found any clues related to him. I want to know,”
“Since you came here, have you seen any suspicious-looking young men around the age of twenty-seven or eight,”
“Who has been watching and wandering around here?”
Liona could only lie and said,
“Auntie, To be honest, I haven’t noticed anyone, this is the old city of Aurous Hill,”
“The population density is very high, and the people living around are also very messy,”
“People come and go every day, I really don’t have any memory of anyone acting suspiciously.”
The old lady said with a disappointed expression,
“Charlie had been very affectionate since he was a child,”
“And he is very filial to his parents.”
“If he is still alive for so many years, he will definitely come back and take a look…”
Seeing that the old lady was in a low mood, Liona comforted her apologetically,
“Auntie, I have lived here not for too long.”
“I don’t know if Charlie has been here for so many years before I moved in,”
“So you don’t have to go too far and feel pessimistic.”
The old lady nodded lightly, and sighed, “I don’t doubt that Charlie is still alive,”
“But the clues I can find about him are too few,”
“And if one of these clues is broken, the rest will be missing…”
Liona smiled and said, “Auntie, maybe it’s just not the time for you to meet him yet.”
“When the time is right, even if he is far away, he will come to meet you.”
“Believe me, I’m just afraid that I won’t be able to wait for that day when I’m old.”
Liona couldn’t help feeling distressed when she saw the old lady was extremely melancholic.
Aurous Hill, for the old lady, is definitely a sad place that she can’t bear to look back on.
The daughter and son-in-law died here, and the grandson disappeared here for 20 years.
If it were her, she might not even have the courage to come here.
However, at such an advanced age, the old lady came here without hesitation.
Just for this alone, she is afraid that it will take a long time for psychological construction.
Thinking of this, Liona couldn’t help but mutter to herself,
“Charlie, your grandma came to Aurous Hill at such an old age,”
“No matter how big of a problem you have,”
“You should at least give her a thought, right?”
However, Liona also knew that the difficulties and obstacles he faced were far beyond what she could estimate.
With Charlie’s character, he must have had reasons for making such a cruel decision.
So, she quickly said to the old lady, “Auntie, since you have come to Aurous Hill from far away,”
“You might as well settle here temporarily and live for a while,”
“Even if you can’t find Charlie in here,”
“It doesn’t matter, maybe he will come back someday, and you can meet him here.”
The reason why Liona suggested that the old lady stay in Aurous Hill for a longer period of time was because,
She knew Charlie’s ability. If she is in Aurous Hill, Charlie will definitely be able to protect her in various ways.
Liona’s words also corresponded to what the old lady was thinking.
She nodded slightly and said seriously, “I have no plans to go back after coming to Aurous Hill this time.”
“In other words, if I don’t wait for Charlie to come back, I will stay.”
“I won’t leave Aurous Hill for a while.”
Hearing this, Liona felt relieved, and said with a smile,
“Auntie, you should stay in Aurous Hill for a long time.”
“You can come here anytime. If you need my help in Aurous Hill, I will definitely do my best.”
The old lady said gratefully, “Thank you so much, Liona!”
…
When the old lady was a guest at Liona’s home,
Charlie was still at the Champs Elysees Hot Spring Hotel,
Paying attention silently and following Mateo’s teaching progress.
The oral liquid that was canned in the villa in the middle of the mountain before is still stored in the villa.
Charlie plans to wait a few more days and wait for his special people to successfully enter the gate of martial arts before taking the oral liquid.
He will distribute it to everyone so that everyone can experience the feeling of rapid growth in cultivation.
After staying in the Champs Elysees all morning,
Mateo didn’t stop the morning lecture until 11:30 noon, and said loudly to everyone,
“Everyone, this morning’s lecture is over, everyone is free to eat and rest,”
“We will start on time at 1:30 Afternoon class.”
Everyone stood up from the futon, bowed to Mateo, and thanked him,
And then walked out while relaxing their muscles and bones.
Nanako didn’t leave in a hurry, but asked Aoxue excitedly,
“Aoxue, have you mastered the mystery of endoscopic examination?”
Aoxue scratched her head, “It seems that the answer is no…”
“It feels like an endoscopic view is a very deep dive to the bottom of the pond,”
“And every time I get down to go to the bottom, I can’t go any further. It’s really annoying…”
After that, she asked Nanako, “Nanako, your expression is so excited, you have mastered it?!”
Nanako nodded heavily, and exclaimed in a low voice,
“I seem to have found the mystery of introspection,”
Just like the diving, you said just now, I couldn’t dive at the beginning.”
“I feel that the closer to the bottom, the more repulsive the water,”
“And everywhere pushing me to the surface…”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Aoxue said quickly, “It’s the feeling that I can’t live or die!”
“I was tortured like crazy, how did you survive?”
Nanako said very seriously, “I also worked hard at the beginning.”
“I tried my best to dive down forcibly, but I didn’t succeed even once.”
“Later, I calmed down and assumed in my mind that my spiritual consciousness had come out of the body and going up to the highest place!”
Aoxue exclaimed, “Go to the highest place?!”
“Yes!” Nanako said decisively and excitedly,
“Going to the highest place! It’s like climbing all the way to a cliff above a lake,”
“And then stepping on the steep cliff with your heels.”
“On the edge of the cliff, let the divine sense open its arms and jump off the cliff without distraction!”
As she spoke, Nanako continued with a trembling voice,
“Let me fall faster and faster, let the wind in my ears I completely disregarded the feeling of roaring,”
“I just wanted to complete this leap! That feeling was like a needle falling from the sky and piercing into the water,”
“Without the previous feeling of all resistance! In a flash, it suddenly becomes clear!”
“Ah?” Aoxue was dumbfounded, and blurted out, “Nanako…you…you can really get out of your body?”
In fact, not only Aoxue was horrified, but even Charlie was also shocked endlessly.
Even if he has mastered the “Nine Profound Heavenly Scriptures”,
He has never heard of this method of practicing martial arts. It sounds extreme!
“No…” Nanako explained, “It’s not really that the consciousness is out of the body,”
“It’s just to calm down, let your mind, let go of your body as much as possible,”
“And pretend that you have the consciousness.”
Aoxue asked puzzled “Can this also be imagined?”
“Yes!” Nanako said firmly, “It’s like peeping inside. I always didn’t understand it at the beginning.”
“The word peeping means seeing. People only have one pair of eyes,”
“And they can only see the world outside the body.”
“How can I be able to peek inside and see the meridians and dantian in the body?”
“However, this morning, I suddenly understood the truth. Assuming that consciousness has left the brain, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose,”
“And dived into my body like diving into the bottom of the water,”
“When I really find that method, the whole person feels completely different!”
Mateo heard the explanation and at the same time, Aoxue was stunned.
After a while, she clenched her fists and said excitedly,
“I’ll try your method too!”
“I really realized the inner peeping, and also mastered the complete operation of the true energy.”
“Such a fast speed is the only time Master Hong has ever seen in his life, congratulations!”
Nanako said respectfully, “It’s all Master Mateo he taught me well!”
Mateo waved his hand and said seriously, “Miss Ito is really talented! Not only did you master the way of internal observation in such a short period of time,”
“Even the three meridians in your body are almost in a state of complete opening,”
“But you didn’t know how to operate before.”
“Qi and meridians are like a highway without vehicles, and they can’t play a real role.”
“However, since you can run your true qi now, I believe that you will be able to use these three meridians in a few days.”
“You can get up and become a three-star martial artist!”
“Such a fast speed is really amazing, and in time, Ms. Ito will definitely become a top martial arts master!”
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