Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 260 One hundred and seventy-five. Madam Anlei's most precious treasure

   An ordinary carriage without any patterns stopped in front of the gate.

   The light rain stopped temporarily, or the weather in Belfast could not affect Shymfast, which is less than 150 miles away.

  Behind the gate of the hollow fence, the dilapidated manor with no greenery is revealed, and the road extends from behind the gate to the main entrance of the building, bypassing the fountain.

  The road was swept clean, and occasionally two or three figures could be seen entering and exiting the manor and buildings.

   here is not abandoned.

   "It has become an academy... I haven't changed since the last time I came here." Anna looked at the young boys and girls, her voice mixed with inexplicable emotions.

  If she hadn't died, she would be about the same age as them now.

   "Where did you go last time?" Lu Li asked.

   "Going home, and going to my mother's place..."

  At that time, after Anna went to the cemetery to see her mother's tombstone, she returned to the gallery in a confused way, hid in the painting and remained silent for several months, until she opened her heart again and met Lu Li.

  The carriage parked outside the gate of the manor attracted the attention of the gatekeeper of the manor, which used to be Anna's home and is now an art academy. This limping old man appeared behind the gate.

"excuse me, you are?"

   Lu Li's dress and temperament made the old man's tone polite.

  Lu Li got off the carriage, stood in front of the gate and said, "I'm looking for the person in charge here."

   A breeze blew behind her, and Anna, who was hiding her figure, followed.

   "You mean Madam Mary, Dean?"

   "If she's in charge."

  The old man looked hesitant and asked uncertainly, "But who are you..."

   His memory is not very good, but he is sure that he has never seen the man with black hair and black eyes in front of him.

   "Investigator." Lu Li took out his three-eyed black crow badge.

   The old man's eyes flashed with confusion. He had never heard of investigators. He sounded like someone from a government department?

   "Please wait a moment, I will go to ask Ms. Mary for instructions." The old man limped and turned towards the three-story building.

  Lu Li didn't put away his badge and stood upright outside the gate waiting. The old man had never heard of the investigator, but the principal should know the identity and badge.

   After waiting too long, a figure in a long black dress appeared at the door of the building. She walked around the fountain and walked quickly to the door with her skirt in hand, her beautiful face full of anxiety.

   She couldn't wait to ask: "Hello, Mr. Investigator, did you find anything abnormal in the academy?"

   She really knew something.

   "No, it's a bit complicated to explain." Lu Li's eyes jumped over Ms. Mary's shoulders and landed on the old gatekeeper who came over. "Go to a quiet place and talk."

  The old man opened the door, Lu Li walked into the manor, followed by Anna who could not see anyone, and Ms. Mary walking towards the building.

   The woman in her forties relaxed a lot, but she was still a little nervous: "You can go to my office and say."

   "No, it's fine here."

   After walking a distance of more than 20 meters, Lu Li looked back, and the old gatekeeper had returned to the hut: "Anna, tell her."

  Ms. Mary was stunned subconsciously, and when she wanted to ask something suspiciously, a silhouette appeared beside Lu Li.

   "Aunt Mary..."

   "My God, Anna, you actually...Wait for you..." Surprise, surprise, shock, joy, mixed emotions emerged in this no longer young lady, she covered her mouth and was unable to speak for a while.

  Lu Li suddenly turned around and walked away, he didn't intend to watch this sentimental reminiscence.

   "Don't leave me too far." Anna's call came from behind.

"Um."

   Watching Lu Li walk more than ten meters away, Ms. Mary couldn't wait to ask Anna.

"What exactly is going on?"

  …

  The two figures were thirty meters away, and Lu Li walked to the path outside the road.

  Like everywhere, the plants in the manor have long since withered, the shrubs and grasses are mixed with the barren ground, and the bare withered trees are not green.

  There is not a trace of life in this manor.

   The same goes for this world.

   There are many trees in the manor, and it is difficult for Lu Li to tell which one is Anna's "sister". After observing silently for a while, the hair tips on his forehead were suddenly blown in a windless environment.

  Lu Li retracted his gaze and returned to Ms. Anna and Mary.

   "Anna said that you came back to retrieve the treasure of the Lotta family." Ms. Mary looked at Lu Li with a hint of closeness in her eyes.

  Anna told her about the treasure, which showed that she was credible.

   At least Anna thinks so.

   So Lu Li nodded.

   "Please go look for it, but please try not to disturb the students."

   "It's in the manor." Lu Li said, turning his head to look at Anna. "Can you find it?"

   "I won't forget..." Anna murmured, her clear eyes falling on a dead tree in the distance.

   She stepped down the road, barefooted on the withered lawn.

   Lu Li followed behind, while Ms. Mary stayed on the side of the road, did not follow, and looked at them not far away.

  Anna walked to a withered elm tree planted in the garden. The branches of this elm tree are thickly intertwined, but not a single leaf.

   reached out to touch the rough surface of the tree trunk, Anna circled around, and suddenly her toes dropped and floated up. She saw a light scratch at a height of one meter above the ground.

   "You've grown so tall..."

  Anna stroked the scratch and whispered softly, her forehead was in front of the scratch, Anna lasted for a few seconds, she fell down and said to Lu Li, "The treasure is here."

  Before Lu Li said anything, Anna recalled the location in her memory and dug up the soil less than half a meter away from the elm tree.

  Invisible shovels were swung in the air, the withered lawn was overturned, and pieces of soil were scattered to the side, and the ground was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

   When digging to a depth of 4 or 50 cm, the soil suddenly became as soft as freshly baked bread.

  Anna stopped her ability and picked up the strange soft "stone".

  The dirt falls from the "stone", and as it is fully picked up, its shape is fully revealed: a dirty doll covered in broken dirt.

  Anna pursed her lips and put her former best friend aside. She continued to dig. A few seconds later, a large wooden box appeared at the bottom of the pit.

  Anna squatted down, took the wooden box out of the pit, brushed off the sand on it, and gently unfolded it.

  In the wooden box there is only one yellowed sheet of paper.

  Forgotten memories reappeared, Anna recalled, which contained the words that her mother asked her to bury and want to say to herself 20 years later.

   She unfolded the paper, and a line of immature handwriting emerged.

  【I hope everyone likes me and my paintings. 】

  On the drawing paper, two little people, one big and one small, are standing together, big hands holding small hands.

  Anna quietly looked at the painting and the memory behind it.

   The clouds on the horizon showed a dark red like blood. Behind her, Lu Li's figure was as straight as a javelin.

   There is no treasure here.

   Here is the most precious treasure of Mrs. An Lei.

   (end of this chapter)