Neverland

Xu Muzhou and Song Yan looked at each other for a while before confirming that the hydrangea had indeed finally started to move mercifully.

"What kind of progress is the matter of Catherine's love for Robert?" Song Yan was puzzled and asked, "At best, it can only be regarded as a result, or a fact."

Xu Muzhou had done two missions at least, and had slightly more mission experience than Song Yan. He twisted the pendant for a while and thought about it, before he said: "The progress bar can't lie...Maybe this is what Catherine is obsessed with. motivation."

"What kind of motivation is love?" Song Yan thought for a while, and said uncertainly: "You said, Catherine's obsession is not to let Robert accompany her."

Xu Muzhou followed her words to ponder for a while, recalled the moment of silence, and said hesitantly: "...It's hard to say, you said this is a big girl, she won't go to reincarnation after she dies, and she goes to climb Luohe in the middle of the night every day. Bell's bed."

Song Yan was covered in goosebumps by his description, the two looked at each other, and decided to ignore this topic for now.

"If Catherine comes again tonight, maybe you can ask." Xu Muzhou stood up from the ground, patted the ashes on his body, and said, "And then again, if there is progress, it may be Brother Yan's side." There may be some progress."

As soon as Xu Muzhou finished speaking, he heard a bell ringing in the piano room.

The crisp ringtone appeared inexplicably, Xu Muzhou and Song Yan looked at each other, turned their heads and walked in the direction where the ringtone came from just now.

The bell came from behind the piano. Xu Muzhou lay down on the piano, reached down and groped for a while, and finally found a copper bell in the corner between the piano and the wall.

The bell that Xu Muzhou heard just now came from here, and the copper bell only rang once and then fell silent.Before Xu Muzhou could think about its function, someone knocked on the door of the piano room.

"Master Russell." The maid's voice came from outside: "The Earl is done with his work, and I want to invite you and the doctor over."

"Okay." Xu Muzhou said as he put down the copper bell in his hand, turned around and walked towards the door.

To Xu Muzhou's surprise, the maid was not the only one at the door, he and Song Yan went down the small stairs one after the other, only to find that Yan Cen was sitting at the bottom of the stairs waiting for the two of them.

Xu Muzhou was slightly taken aback, walked a few steps towards him, and asked, "Why are you here?"

The housekeeper and servants were by his side, so Yan Cen simply said, "I'll come pick you up when I'm done."

The space under the small attic was very limited, Yan Cen's wheelchair was close to the wall, Xu Muzhou straightened up, only to find a long flaxen thread nailed to Yan Cen's hand half a meter above the ground.

"What is this?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"This?" Yan Cen glanced at the direction of his finger, and said casually, "It's the calling bell from the attic, didn't you hear it just now?"

Xu Muzhou didn't answer, he bent down and looked up along the traces of the line, and compared the location of the building, and found that the other end of the line should be the copper bell he saw just now.

This is not the first time Xu Muzhou has seen this bell. He had seen this bell outside the study when he had just arrived at the manor and was summoned by Count Robert.

It is not uncommon for such bells to be found everywhere in the castle.But Robert used it to summon servants, so why did he install one in his wife's private domain.

The maid had already left here one step after confirming that Xu Muzhou was meeting Yan Cen. Xu Muzhou glanced at the butler behind Yan Cen, and then winked at Yan Cen.

Yan Cen understood, and said: "It's almost time for afternoon tea, go greet the guests for me."

"Good master. Just after the afternoon tea time, there will be a small reception in the banquet hall." The butler bowed slightly and reminded: "You said earlier that you wanted to thank all the guests for coming at the reception."

Yan Cen frowned slightly, and wanted to subconsciously reject this kind of boring entertainment, but when he thought about Catherine's guest list, he still nodded condescendingly.

"I see." Yan Cen said, "Go."

The housekeeper gestured to Xu Muzhou and Song Yan again, then turned around and walked along the way.

Yan Cen looked up at Xu Muzhou, and asked, "Did you find anything upstairs?"

"Nearly nothing." Xu Muzhou said, "The attic is very clean, and there are no diaries or other writing left. There is only one thing we are puzzled about."

"What?" Yan Cen asked.

"Why did Robert build Catherine's piano room in a place he couldn't reach?" Xu Muzhou said: "He is so possessive, would he let his beloved Catherine stay in a place he can't control?"

"This matter is easy to understand." Yan Cen leaned on the wheelchair, so he could flick the hemp rope connected to the calling bell in his spare time, and said, "Because Robert is 100% sure that Catherine is under his control." among."

Yan Cen probably hasn't come out of Robert's character yet, he hooked the corners of his lips with a half-smile, his eyes wandered lightly on the stairs, he spoke lightly, but his words were quite self-satisfied Full means, as if very determined.

Xu Muzhou blinked, not understanding what he meant for a while.

Instead, Song Yan, who was behind him, came up first, knelt on the ground on one knee, fiddled with the twine with her fingertips, and turned her head to look at Yan Cen.

"Didn't it mean true love?" Song Yan fished up the twine and said, "This is not human enough."

"I didn't do it." Yan Cen said with peace of mind, "That was Count Robert's wicked thing."

Song Yan patted the dust off her hands, and seeing that Xu Muzhou was still puzzled, she kindly pointed out: "Who do you think is listening to the bell in this castle?"

"It's a servant." Xu Muzhou reacted quickly and said, "So you mean that Robert didn't actually put Catherine on an equal marriage status?"

"Yes." Yan Cen said: "And judging from the actual situation, Catherine should have gotten used to this kind of treatment."

Song Yan's small class was interrupted unexpectedly, she couldn't help but rolled her eyes, and slandered Yan Cen's possessiveness, which might be as much as Robert's.

Yan Cen turned a blind eye to her expression, and still explained to Xu Muzhou: "For Robert, he doesn't care whether Catherine is in the attic or somewhere. Because he is absolutely sure that as long as he summons Catherine, she will appear immediately In front of him... I tried it when I rang the bell just now, and found that the pull rope had already been covered with dust, and it probably hadn't been used for a long time."

"No one has entered the attic upstairs for a long time." Xu Muzhou said, "It seems that the time can also be matched."

"Robert regards Catherine as his private property, and even the servants are not allowed to approach it. Presumably, only Robert can touch the bell." Yan Cen continued: "It can be seen that in this castle, Robert has an absolute status. .”

"Who is Catherine?" Xu Muzhou suddenly asked, "I mean, family background or something."

"Catherine is the only daughter." Yan Cen said: "About this, I checked the marriage certificate information kept in the study yesterday. Catherine's father is the secretary-general of the royal family, and there is only this daughter in the family. Her parents love her very much, but because of work Busy, Catherine grew up with her grandmother."

"Would this kind of noble lady be wronged like this?" Xu Muzhou felt a little incomprehensible.

"This is also one of the problems." Yan Cen said: "Why did Catherine accept this kind of class treatment, or what made her willingly give up her personality as an accessory to Robert."

"This couple is really interesting." Song Yan leaned against the wall and interjected, "Robert regards Catherine as a god and admires her very much, but in fact it is Robert himself who dominates. So...you Say who is lying?"

"Robel is conceited and disdains to lie. But the deceased did not lie." Yan Cen said: "No matter how much Robert did, Catherine still loves him—after all, she did not have any resentment towards the murderer who killed her."

"I think this piano room is like the pure land that Robert left for Catherine out of mercy." Yan Cen's eyes fell on the small stairs, and he continued: "Under certain circumstances, Robert allowed Catherine to leave him for the time being." This is probably also a kind of concession out of his "love" for Catherine - but you have also seen the reality, this kind of freedom is limited, as long as Robert wants, Catherine still has to return to him Come."

At this moment, Yan Cen and Song Yan made the same reasoning, Xu Muzhou froze for a moment, then suddenly remembered about the hydrangea, and showed Yan Cen the pendant in his hand.

"I forgot to mention it just now." Xu Muzhou signaled Yan Cen to look at his hands: "Look at this."

"Huh?" Yan Cen glanced, a little surprised: "Where did you find the progress of the mission?"

"It's just confirming Catherine's love for Robert." Xu Muzhou said, "I didn't even do anything, just reasoning."

"...Then Catherine's wish is quite simple." Yan Cen stretched out his hand to Xu Muzhou, Xu Muzhou obediently untied the leather strap from his wrist, and put the thing in Yan Cen's hand.

Yan Cen pinched the pendant and looked at it for a moment, then he turned his back and held the pendant in his palm.

"Let this thing go to me first." Yan Cen said.

Xu Muzhou didn't become suspicious. To him, it doesn't matter whoever keeps this thing.In the first two worlds, Yan Cen wanted to train him, so he gave him the initiative.Now if Yan Cen feels that the world is troublesome, he should take back the initiative.

Yan Cen really wanted to take back the initiative. Earl Robert was like an old spider entrenched in a spider web, with countless silk threads extending from his body, and there were all sorts of messes.Yan Cen didn't intend to tell Xu Muzhou about Kelin's incident. Neverland will judge such a crime in the world line, so there's no need for Xu Muzhou to be angry with righteous indignation.

Song Yan looked at Yan Cen thoughtfully, but said nothing.

"While you were looking for clues, a guest came to the manor." Yan Cen said: "According to the housekeeper, it is a police detective... This is also the last guest Catherine invited."

"Inspector?" Song Yan asked: "Why does Catherine find such a non-noble?"

"That's what I want to know too." Yan Cen said, "Catherine has invited quite a few celebrities like this, and I really want to know her intentions."

Yan Cen turned to Xu Muzhou as he spoke, and said with a smile: "So, the Earl may have to ask the young master of the Russell family for help."