This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this point, Carlos has taken out a house key from his pocket and opened the door of this luxurious building in the center of the plantation, taking Wei Ran and others with him

As he walked inside, he said, "Mr. Dominic said that you can stay here until the investigation is completed or until he dies."

"It's really the life of the rich," Wei Ran couldn't help but admired as he looked up at the crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling on the second floor of the hall.

"Mr. Dominic is a man who knows how to enjoy life.

"

Carlos said, pointing to the rooms on both sides of the door and saying, "These four rooms are the rooms of the housekeeper and personal doctor, as well as the nanny and driver. They are either in the hospital with Mr. Dominic or they are already on vacation.

In other words, except for these four rooms on the first floor, other rooms, including the cars in the garage, can be used freely.

Of course, if you want to take that helicopter for sightseeing around the island, you can call me and I will arrange for the driver to come over. He lives in the community at the foot of the mountain."

"Can we go to the second floor too?" Wei Ran asked, pointing to the top of his head.

"Of course, come with me, the elevator is over here." Carlos said, leading Wei Ran and others to the edge of an elevator.

"What an exaggeration..."

It was Suisui who praised this time. It was exaggerated to install an elevator in such a building with only two floors, but it was a bit too much to have an elevator that was big enough to fit a whole bed. It was even more exaggerated.

What's surprising is that there is an AED defibrillator hanging on the wall in the elevator.

In comparison, Carlos had obviously been accustomed to this place for a long time. After the elevator reached the second floor and opened, he immediately led everyone out and pointed to the room facing the elevator door and said, "That's Mr. Dominic's study."

, Next to it is his bedroom and collection room. Except for these three rooms, you can stay in the rest of the guest rooms casually."

After saying that, Carlos stopped, pointed to the elevator behind him and said, "That elevator can also lead to the basement. There is a lot of good wine and roasted coffee beans stored in it. You can enjoy it as you like.

I won’t take you to visit.

Victor, I will be on this island until the end of your investigation. If you need me to do anything, you can call me at any time.

"Don't you live here?" Wei Ran asked in surprise. "I'm going to accompany Mr. Dominic."

Carlos said apologetically, "He said he felt like he was going to see God at any time. Before meeting God, he might have to change his will, so I had to stay with him.

Knowing that this was deliberately arranged by Dominic, Wei Ran didn't say anything more, but after some ceremonial sighs, he politely watched the other party drive away from the garage on the driver who sent them here.

An SUV came out and drove straight down the mountain.

Without waiting for the car to completely disappear, Suisui cheered, turned around and ran with two big-eared foxes towards the large tropical flowers and green plants not far away, waving the straw hat she originally wore on her head to say hello.

Wei Ran asked her to take photos for her.

After winking at the Katenka sisters, Wei Ran took the camera slip hung around Anfiya's neck and pointed the camera at the girl who was smiling brightly not far away.

At the same time, the Katenka sisters also took the suitcases out of the car and got into the house, taking the opportunity to conduct a detailed inspection of the house.

When Suisui followed Wei Ran into the room after taking enough photos, Anfiya immediately asked Suisui to go to the rooftop garden she had just discovered, while Anfisa made a gesture towards Wei Ran with one hand covering his eyes and the other

Ear safety gesture.

"You guys should take a walk around first," Wei Ran said to Suisui, who was about to walk to the top of the building, "I'll be busy for a while."

"You are busy with your business." Suisui, who had already run up the stairs to the top of the building, bent down and asked, "Would you like to go to Pearl Harbor later? Didn't you say on the plane that you wanted to visit the Battleship Missouri?

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"Battleship Missouri," Wei Ran said with a smile, "Tomorrow! We have plenty of time. Let's get off the jet lag and take a rest today."

"It's okay to wait until you're done."

Before Suisui finished speaking, she had already followed Anfisa to the roof. Following closely, Wei Ran heard the girl's exclamations and shouts for Anfisa to hurry up.

Ignoring the overly excited girl, Wei Ran took out the key Dominic gave him and successfully opened the door to the collection room.

However, contrary to his expectation, compared to this large and luxurious house, this collection room was pitifully small. Not only was it small in size, there were really not many things in this collection room.

Wherever he looked, except for an old-looking oil painting hanging on the wall opposite the door next to the only window, the only thing left in the room was the painting next to the window sill.

Several things on the table.

Looking at them all, the most conspicuous ones are a G43 rifle with a scope and an STG44 assault rifle placed side by side on the gun rack.

However, compared to the exquisite workmanship of the former, the latter is much rougher and simpler, and many details can be omitted. Obviously, this epoch-making assault rifle was the product of Germany at the end of the war in World War II. In addition to these two weapons,

There are three American products on this slightly worn wooden table.

One of them is the 520 field gasoline stove produced by Coleman Company for the young soldiers of Silhouette. The other one is a rare 225q fighting knife.

Of course, Wei Ran would rather call it a logistics knife than a "fighting knife" because, to put it bluntly, this object is a combination of a crowbar, a knife, and a hammer.

As for whether it is easy to use or not, if he had to choose one, Wei Ran would rather choose the Mark 2 fighting knife stuck on the table, at least it is easy to hold.

Perhaps out of the same consideration, this Mark 2 fighting knife, which has been stuck on the table for an unknown period of time, still has a lot of traces of use. Even the original leather handle has been replaced by a piece of antler with patina.

But what puzzled him was that in the center of this shabby-looking table, there was a 50 pfennig tank coin nailed to it with a rusty nail, and a cup with the coin pressed underneath.

European vintage copper key with nails passing through the hollow pattern of the key handle.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Squatting down and looking at the back of the table, the nail that fastened the coins and keys to the table was bent to the side after passing through the table.

, stuck firmly on the table.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran took out his cell phone, first took a photo of the rather retro-style key, and then pointed the lens at the oil painting hanging on the wall.

This oil painting depicts a man with a curly beard. This man seems to have a medal-like thing on his chest. However, I don’t know whether it is improperly preserved or for other reasons, but it is in the position of the medal.

The oil paint became blurry and it was impossible to tell what was being painted.

How the hell do you check...

Wei Ran muttered secretly, even though the weapons on the table had a high possibility of sending him back to World War II, what he was looking for was not Mr. Dominic's comrades, but his family.

And his uncle...

Wei Ran looked at the coffee plantation outside the window and fell into deep thought. Even if he guessed that Dominic's uncle had survived, why was Dominic so vague? And he also specifically added a detail that required him to keep the investigation process secret.

employment agreement?

Could it be that his uncle had done something shameful? Thinking of this, Wei Ran's eyes lit up. It seemed that this was the only reason that made sense.

If his uncle had done something shady, it would make perfect sense for Dominic to ask that the investigation process and results be kept secret. Not only does this make sense, but even the $270,000 seems to have a reasonable explanation.

So how did his uncle get the $270,000? Was it a bank robbery? This is probably the most reasonable guess...

Wei Ran couldn't help but fell into deep thought. If what Carlos said at that time was true, Dominic received this huge sum of money in 1965, his 15th year in the United States. Regardless of whether he picked up the lottery ticket,

It was the "lottery ticket" that his uncle cashed in for him.

At least one thing is very clear. In an era when Ford cars only cost $2,000 each, $270,000 was definitely a huge sum of money.

"Why does it feel like it's not as simple as simply finding an heir?" Wei Ran muttered to himself as he walked out of the collection room. He always felt that there was something vaguely wrong here.

After locking the door to the collection room, Wei Ran walked to the adjoining study room, first tried turning the door handle, and then tried the key in his hand.

What he didn't expect was that this key could not only open the door to the collection room, but

It can also open locked study rooms.

After thinking for a while, Wei Ran gently opened the study door. With a soft creaking sound, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

In any case, he never expected that this spacious study room didn't even have a bookshelf or a table, not to mention books! Or to put it another way, it was more like a studio than a study room!

Wherever he looked, except for the easel placed in front of the arc-shaped floor-to-ceiling window with light gauze curtains, the surrounding walls, corners, and ground were almost filled with picture frames.

In addition, the only piece of furniture in this room is a solid wood shelf. However, what is placed on this shelf are tubes of paints of various colors and oil painting brushes of various styles.

, even rolls of unused canvas!

Even the floor was dyed into various weird colors by the paint accumulated over time. The air was inevitably filled with an indescribable "artistic atmosphere".

Looking around, Wei Ran reached into his pocket and took out a pair of rubber gloves and put them on, then took out a pair of shoe covers and put them on, then walked into the room and locked the door.

Gently lifting the white cloth covering the easel, Wei Ran couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This unfinished oil painting seemed to depict the ruins of a castle in the forest.

What is quite strange is that there seems to be a faint light coming from a certain window in the ruins of the castle.

After thinking for a moment, Wei Ran turned around and walked to the wall, randomly picked up a picture frame, turned it over and looked at the content painted on it.

Compared to the unfinished oil painting just now, this oil painting depicts a naked woman.

The sagging belly, the bloated belly, the thick thighs, the hands on the lower abdomen, and the face that is definitely not beautiful, but the expression is particularly expressive, showing the embarrassment, impatience and faint expectation,

All are vividly and vividly expressed in this painting.

"I'm afraid this old guy is also a failed student..." Wei Ran muttered secretly, put the oil painting back to its original place, and picked up the second painting.

There is still a woman in this painting, but compared to the unfinished painting, the model chosen for this painting is undoubtedly much younger and more beautiful, and the pose is more confident, and it seems that she does not hesitate to show off her figure.

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Continue to pick up the third painting, this time it is still a woman, even this woman with messy clothes is holding a banana in a very picky posture.

Thanks to the realistic and vivid painting style, Wei Ran could even easily tell that the model of this painting was the only flight attendant on the private plane he took when he came here!

Isn't this an old pervert... Carlos said he doesn't have balls...

Wei Ran muttered and picked up the fourth painting, but what he didn't expect was that the content in the painting once again turned into a ruined castle hidden in the forest.

And this time, he finally discerned from the completed oil painting that what was shining in the window of the ruins of the castle was not a light, but the muzzle flash that was frozen forever!
Chapter completed!