As soon as Shu Li looked away from the woods in front of her, she heard a weak and old voice coming from behind.
“These trees were planted by myself and pruned by me myself.”
Shu Li turned around. Behind her was a two-story small foreign-style building.
There was a frail man standing at the door of the house. The man supporting him had a sword-like brow and a cold look on his face. Apparently he had not yet adapted to his identity.
"Mr. Bei, this is the eldest daughter of your father's cousin's younger son. Her name is niece Shu."
The young man nodded towards Shu Li as a greeting and said, "This is the son of your grandfather's cousin, Mr. Bei, your cousin."
Shu Li:......
Is this the field controller?
Shu Li blinked and had no choice but to follow the other party's path before seeing her identity information.
She glanced at the woods and then at Mr. Bei: "How long did it take you to plant so many trees?"
Instead of calling her rashly, Shu Li used an unmistakable honorific.
Mr. Bei coughed a few times and then said in a calm tone: "Since I got sick, I have planted one every day, always thinking that I want to leave something different."
"It's very meaningful." Shu Li praised sincerely.
Mr. Bei glanced at the young man next to him and said meaningfully: "This kid is my favorite. He talks a lot better."
The young man's expression remained unchanged, and his tone was somewhat cold: "I think so too, sir."
"This is Secretary Zhou, a person who has been working beside me for almost ten years." After Mr. Bei said this, he coughed again.
The young man who was Secretary Zhou frowned and said with strong disapproval: "I said you can't come out in the morning. Let's go in. You drink some hot water and go back to your room to rest."
"Cough cough cough..." Mr. Bei said with difficulty: "How can this be done? I always have to greet those children outside..."
"I can do it!" Secretary Zhou interrupted him and pulled Shu Li, who was watching the show, "Your niece is here too. Let's welcome your guests together."
Shu Li's surprised expression quickly disappeared when Mr. Bei looked over, and said with a smile: "That's it."
"Okay, cough, cough, cough! I'll leave it to you then." Mr. Bei said, and was almost forcefully supported by Secretary Zhou back to the bedroom on the second floor.
Shu Li shrugged, followed them into the house, and closed the door.
The house is not very big, but it looks cozy.
Just that all the areas that can be seen directly on the first floor are fully and orderly arranged, and many places are also decorated with some ingenuity. At first glance, it is the traces of regular habitation.
Five or six minutes later, Secretary Zhou came down from the second floor with a document bag and handed it directly to Shu Li.
"This is sealed and I have not opened it. Inside are the timelines and character profiles of each identity."
As he said, the only opening of the document bag was hot-painted, and there was a complete word on it: Shu.
"As the first person to enter this space, I was assigned the identity of Mr. Bei's confidant, and then a file with photos of the participants appeared in my room."
Secretary Zhou was very frank: "I recognized you based on this. There is no cheating or cheating. I hope you can understand."
Shu Li nodded: "Understood."
"Do you want to wait here with me for the other participants, or go back to the room and look at your timeline?"
After Secretary Zhou asked, he explained: "I don't mean anything else. In my timeline, Mr. Bei will sleep until two o'clock in the afternoon. So I want to tell you, you only need to show up on the first floor before that time." ”
"No need." Shu Li smiled: "I think you wouldn't mind sitting anywhere across from me and wait for me to finish reading this information, right?"
Secretary Zhou was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Of course."
After saying that, he stood up and sat at the semi-open dining room table opposite the living room, and on the way there he picked up a thick hard-cover book and read it.
The whole process was very natural, as if I was already very familiar with the environment.
Shu Li secretly noted this detail, and then opened the bag in her hand.
[Your identity is Shu’s niece, and Mr. Bei is the richest person in your family. Since you were a child, you have listened to your grandfather scolding your father when he was not as good as this cousin, and your father sighing or cursing this cousin. The uncle's jealousy grew. Moreover, this cousin moved to another place many years ago and there has been no contact with him for a long time, so you do not have any deep feelings for this cousin. 】
[Half a month ago, your father received his letter. Mr. Bei claimed that he was seriously ill and would die soon. He is still unmarried and does not have any children, so he plans to choose a suitable child from his relatives to inherit his family property. 】
[Your father was overjoyed, but he was unwilling to give your brother to Mr. Bei as his son, so he sent you here. And threaten you that you don’t have to go home if you don’t get the inheritance! 】
[With grievances, resentments and some emotions that you can’t describe, you came to Mr. Bei’s city alone and entered his home in the forest. 】
[When you came here, you found that except for Mr. Bei and his confidant Secretary Zhou, there was no trace of anyone else. So you want to take the opportunity to do something to gain Mr. Bei's favor. 】
[At 8:10 in the morning, Mr. Bei was helped back to the room to rest by Secretary Zhou. Your chance has come. You asked Secretary Zhou about Mr. Bei's preferences and work and rest time, and planned to give him a small cake made by yourself as soon as he woke up to please Mr. Bei. 】
[Between 8:30 and 9:00, several other children also arrived one after another, and the atmosphere among you was filled with smoke. 】
[At 9:05, Secretary Zhou received a call saying that he was going to the study to respond to work-related matters. And he claimed that he needed at least an hour and didn't want to be disturbed by anyone. 】
[Furthermore, due to physical reasons, Mr. Bei took drugs to suppress pain and soothe nerves, and would sleep until two o'clock in the afternoon. Secretary Zhou repeatedly asked that none of you go to the master bedroom on the second floor to wake Mr. Bei. 】
[At 9:10, after Secretary Zhou entered the study room on the left side of the first floor, you kids bickered for a few words, and then broke up unhappy. You didn't want others to know that you had inquired about Mr. Bei's preferences, so you pretended to go back to your room, planning to wait an hour before coming out to make small cakes. 】
[At 10 o'clock sharp, you tiptoed out of your room on the second floor. You originally wanted to go downstairs and start making cakes immediately, but you accidentally heard a loud crash coming from Mr. Bei's room. 】
[You were startled. As soon as you walked over to take a look, you saw Secretary Zhou with a cold face walking out and slamming the door shut! 】(End of this chapter)
