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Nan Xiao thought about it for a moment and felt that it was too early to reveal Anna's identity. The Holy Trinity still has use value, especially when it is in one's own hands.

The two walked through the hall and back down the cloister. When passing a certain corner, Nan Xiao stopped for a moment, deliberately blocking the light projected on the window.

From this angle, Anna must have seen a change in the lights on the cloister, unless she was blind.

She wasn't blind at all, so she reacted quickly.

When Nan Xiao and Laura returned to the door of the study, it was empty.

The two entered the room and found the long window on the north side open. The thief must have escaped through the window. Laura leaned over the window and looked, but saw nothing. It was dark outside the window, and everything was hidden in a faint mist.

At this moment, there was the sound of footsteps in the hallway. The two glanced at each other and quickly hid by the door.

The doorknob was turned, and someone pushed the door in, and Laura picked up a cloisonné vase with a copper tire, ready to weld it to the man's skull.

Pushing the door open was a blonde woman wearing a priceless gray coat.

"Anna?" Laura held the cloisonné vase and froze in place.

Anna also made a look of surprise and said in a lost voice, "Laura?!" It's me! ”

Laura looked apologetic: "Anna! Oh my God, I'm sorry. Why are you here? ”

Anna said, "I saw the gossip news about your expedition to Yamadai. As before, those tabloid reporters are scribbling you again. I think you've just been through a difficult adventure and may need someone to keep you company. She handed Laura a copy of the newspaper with the headline "Another Crawford Maniac" and the subheadline "A daughter who looks like her father?" ”

Laura didn't want to read the tabloid and snorted, "It's nonsense." Has anyone been following you? ”

Anna: "Tracking? Of course not. What's going on? ”

Laura: "Somebody just sneaked into the study trying to steal something. I don't know what he was trying to steal, but he certainly had bad intentions. ”

At this time, Nan Xiao interjected: "What he wants to steal should be this." ”

Both women looked at him, and he turned sideways to show them the pryed open open.

Laura was angry: "Ah, he actually tried to pry open my father's safe!" ”

Luckily, it was a sturdy safe, not so easy to pry. The man who did it had a lot of scruples, and was afraid of making too much noise, so he didn't dare to push too hard.

What's in the safe? Laura was puzzled and said, "Daddy must have left a clue about the password somewhere......"

"You mean that?" Nan Xiao took down a small note from the wall behind the safe: "This should be Ling Zun's handwriting." ”

Laura took it and read softly, "I beg you, don't forget the password, you old idiot...... Laura's Adventure Treasure, My Favorite Amelia Painting, Our Wedding Anniversary...... W- This should be some kind of hint? But I couldn't guess what he meant...... Dad wrote it for himself, and he must have known it......"

Nan Xiao said: "Actually, I'm quite good at prying safes. This kind of World War II design, I can get it open with just a hairpin. ”

Anna glanced at Nan Xiao vigilantly: "Who are you?" Laura's friend? ”

"I am" Nan Xiao was interrupted as soon as he wanted to introduce himself.

Laura patted her head, "I'm sorry, I should have introduced you to each other." Nan Xiao, she is Anna, I mentioned to you, my father's secretary. She turned to Anna, "His name is Nan Xiao, and he is a member of the expedition on the Stoic. This time we were able to return safely from the Yamatai ruins, thanks to his rescue. ”

Anna stretched out her hand and shook Nan Xiao: "Hello." ”

This woman is terminally ill and will not die soon.

From the close observation just now, Nan Xiao had this judgment. As soon as he shook his hand, he was even more convinced. Although on the surface she disguised it well, she didn't look bad at all. But it's all covered in powder. When she took off her makeup and looked in the mirror alone at night, she must have been very frightened and depressed in the face of her haggard dark circles, knowing that her time was short.

She looked at Nan Xiao cautiously, and there was a deep hostility hidden in her eyes. In her subconscious, she must have thought that Laura was a treasure that belonged only to her, and Nan Xiao was the one who came to snatch it.

However, it would be unwise to expose hostility at this time, and with her intelligence and human skills, of course she would not do so. She thought for a moment, said goodbye to Laura, and said, "It seems that you don't need my company tonight." ”

Laura's cheeks flushed slightly, but she acquiesced to Anna's claim.

Anna laughed and whispered something in Laura's ear. Laura's ears turned red and pushed Anna out the door.

Hehe, you take your stepmother as your best friend, and she uses you as a plastic sister.

Anna turned to leave, nodding to Nan Xiao in a friendly manner.

Nan Xiao also bowed slightly to her in accordance with etiquette, and secretly instructed Mao Yuyu to follow and star.

After Anna left, he continued the topic just now: "How, do you need me to pry this safe open?" It will not damage the locking mechanism inside, only a hairpin and a screwdriver are needed, and it will take about three minutes. ”

Laura doesn't believe it: "It's handmade by German craftsmen"

Nan Xiao figured out the clip and screwdriver like a trick, and began to pry the safe. This is a traditional art, and he used to pry through countless lockers in the Fallout Shelter in search of something to eat. What about handmade by German craftsmen, and can it be stronger than a locker lock two hundred years from now?

In less than two minutes, the safe was pried open.

Inside was a tape. Put it into the player and listen to it, it is the voice of Count Richard:

"Life is like a merciless river. Everything is fleeting. We will grow old, we will decline, we will die, but what do we leave behind? A pile of skeletons? Or dust? What about the soul? Will it still survive after returning to dust? I'm sure it will. There is a truth at the heart of many myths and stories. This is not a scientific truth, but something more esoteric. Something that will solve the mystery of eternal life. I may have already found the next clue. However, I'm not the only searcher. They were following me and watching my every move. Now I know that they are the Holy Trinity, an ancient and murderous sect that seeks to control the future of humanity. For the sake of my beloved family, I have to act carefully. If something happens to Laura and Anna, I will never, ever forgive myself......"

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