Ye Xuan's words, as well as the genuine pain on his face, stunned the old man.
"What vegetable? What are you talking about? Child, I'm old, and my hearing isn't good. I might also have Parkinson's disease. I don't understand what you're talking about at all. "The old man quickly came back to his senses and didn't want to talk to Ye Xuan anymore.
He took the dog and put his finger in his mouth to whistle.
A middle-aged man ran over from the other side of the street and smiled humbly at him. "Mr. Vanderbilt, how can I help you? Do you want to go home? "
He glanced at Ye Xuan and had a deep impression of his mixed-race appearance and tall stature.
The old man looked at Ye Xuan. He originally wanted to chase Ye Xuan away, but when he saw the dazed, disbelief, and confusion on his face, he changed his words. "Take the dog back. I want to walk a bit more."
"Yes, sir." The middle-aged man was the Vanderbilt family's housekeeper. He bowed to Ye Xuan and took the dog away.
Ye Xuan looked coldly at the man's custom-made Armani suit and felt disdain in his heart.
In this unknown little town, even the housekeeper could wear this kind of clothing. How could he make so much money with just his resume?!
This despicable old lawyer still dared to say he had nothing to do with Uncle Gu?!
Ye Xuan was filled with anger. His eyes were about to burst into flames.
Before he came, he had already used his hacking skills to check the lawyer's resume. Unexpectedly, the more he checked, the more he felt that this lawyer was the kind of lawyer Uncle Gu would use.
He was low-key and cautious. Although he wasn't famous, he had never made a mistake.
This was the kind of person Uncle Gu could trust.
But he had received a huge benefit from Uncle Gu, yet he had turned his back on him!
The old man looked at Ye Xuan's expression and suddenly smiled. He patted him on the shoulder. "Young man, don't be so angry. Anger makes you grow old easily, and it's easy to get sick. Come for a walk with my old man, okay? "
Ye Xuan suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and stiffly said, "Okay." He followed the old man and turned to stroll on the tree-lined path in the neighborhood.
The two of them walked to the end of the street, but no one spoke.
On their way back, the old man asked, "You said Kevin Ku is in a vegetative state? Who was he? Why did he become a vegetable? "
"… If you don't know him, why should I tell you?" Ye Xuan sneered and turned his head. In an instant, 17 or 18 ideas flashed through his mind as he thought about how to threaten this old man.
"Hehe, it's fine if you don't want to tell me." The old man took a few steps forward and said, "I'm home. Where do you live?"
Of course, Ye Xuan did not say anything. He raised his head to look at the most majestic building in the town. It was like a huge castle built at the very edge of the town. Not far from the castle was a small mountain, and behind the castle was a blue lake.
Facing the mountains and facing the water, it was a place with good Fengshui.
Ye Xuan laughed coldly again and said, "I'll visit you again tomorrow. I hope you've already remembered."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, not leaving any leeway.
The old man quietly looked at his back. After a long while, he shook his head and hobbled back to his house.
…
Ye Xuan returned to the hotel he was staying at. He was in a very bad mood and was too lazy to eat, so he took out a box of beer from the fridge and carried it to the balcony. He drank one can at a time.
Very quickly, he drank half of the box of beer. His entire body reeked of alcohol, and he sat tipsy on the balcony and sighed deeply.
The middle-aged man living next to him was a field agent from the Huaxia Empire's Special Operations Forces.
He had been ordered to keep an eye on Ye Xuan for a few days, but he did not notice anything out of place.
No one was following Ye Xuan, and no one was trying to hurt him, kidnap him, or murder him.
Could it be that they were all wrong?
The man quietly returned to his room and connected to the Huaxia Empire's Nandou satellite tracking and navigation system. He sent a string of passwords back.
At the same time the next evening, Ye Xuan went to Vanderbilt's place again and saw him walking his dog.
The old man was not surprised to see Ye Xuan come. Instead, he smiled at him and said, "You're here again."
Ye Xuan nodded. His face was very haggard. He walked side by side with the old man and was practically begging him. "Mr. Vanderbilt, I know Uncle Gu must have an agreement with you. Uncle Gu's situation is very bad right now, and his daughter urgently needs your help. Please don't say that you don't know Kevin Ku anymore. It makes me very uncomfortable. "
"I want to ask you, who are you to Mr. Kevin Ku?" The old man stopped walking and looked at Ye Xuan sternly with his hands behind his back.
Ye Xuan pursed his lips. "I am Ye Xuan. I am an orphan supported by Uncle Gu. I am greatly indebted to him, and I swore to protect the Gu family for the rest of my life. "
The old man stared at him for a while, and his murky eyes flashed. He turned around and looked at the gradually darkening night sky. He calmly said, "I don't know the Kevin Ku who has become a vegetable. The Kevin Ku I know passed away seven years ago. So I am not lying to you. "As he spoke, he started to walk away.
"What did you say?!" Ye Xuan was both shocked and angry. He grabbed the old man's shoulder and almost dragged him back. "Say that again?! You old liar! If you say such crazy things again, be careful that you won't live to see the sun tomorrow! "
He almost broke down as he used all his strength to grab the old man's shoulder.
The old man's housekeeper saw that the situation was bad and immediately rushed over from behind. He pushed Ye Xuan away and warned him, "If you come any closer, I will shoot!"
The United States was a country that allowed people to legally carry guns.
Ye Xuan took a step back and didn't argue with this family.
He suppressed the waves of shock in his heart and said to the old man, "Thank you. I will come back tomorrow." As he spoke, he turned around and left.
He drove restlessly on the way back to the hotel.
But this time, he didn't drive for long before the rented jeep stalled.
He took out his phone and wanted to call the rental company to change the car, but he realized that there was no cell signal here.
He was in the middle of nowhere, and it would take an hour or two to walk in that direction.
Ye Xuan waited on the side of the road for a while and didn't see any cars passing by. He thought about it. He had nothing to do anyway, and he would just drink beer if he went back, so he decided to see if he could fix it himself.
He got out of the car and lifted the hood to take a look. He realized that there was probably a short circuit in the wiring.
He found a spare toolbox in the car and began to check the wiring.
The night sky darkened inch by inch, and the clouds were very thick, blocking the moon and stars.
Ye Xuan put in a lot of effort and spent almost four hours to fix the car.
Because after he really took it apart, he realized that not only was there a problem with the wiring, but there was also a problem with the battery. Then he found that the tires seemed to have holes in them.
This road was very remote and uninhabited. He had been repairing his car here for four hours, but he had not seen a single car passing by.
By the time the jeep was completely repaired and could go on the road, it was already one o 'clock in the morning.
His face was covered in black oil, and so was his body. When he returned to the hotel, the hotel doorman almost wouldn't let him in.
He had to take out his ID and key card to let him in.
The Special Operations Forces field agent keeping an eye on him had already returned to the hotel.
Ye Xuan's movements had been very regular for the past few days. He would always leave the hotel and go to the place where the lawyer lived.
He had been surveying the route for the past few days, so he didn't talk to Mr. Vanderbilt.
He had chatted with him for the past two days, but there didn't seem to be any progress.
When he followed him all the way, because the road Ye Xuan took was very deserted, the field agent took a different route to avoid being discovered. He returned two to three hours earlier than Ye Xuan.
Also, this matter wasn't the main target of the Special Operations Forces, so the field agent planned to finish the investigation report tonight and return to his post the next day.
However, not long after Ye Xuan returned to his hotel room, a piercing police siren suddenly sounded outside the hotel.
Police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks all drove past the main road next to the hotel and sped in one direction.
This was a quiet town. Usually, the biggest news was just people getting drunk and racing.
However, today's situation seemed to be out of the ordinary.
However, the people in the hotel were already fast asleep.
The windows of the hotel were very soundproof, so they couldn't hear the siren outside at all.
It wasn't until dawn that these people woke up and turned on the TV to watch the morning news that they found out what had happened.
"… At one o 'clock this morning, we learned that the residence of the most famous lawyer in town, Mr. Vanderbilt, suddenly caught fire. The entire mansion was severely damaged. According to the police, Mr. Vanderbilt's entire family, including his two sons, three daughters-in-law, one daughter, one son-in-law, and four grandchildren, were all buried in the fire. The house was almost completely burned to the ground. Only the housekeeper and the cook escaped because they lived in the servants' quarters more than 200 feet away from the main house. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. "
The female anchor of the morning news had a solemn expression. She wore a small black suit and appeared on camera as if she was broadcasting an obituary.
Mr. Vanderbilt was highly respected in Little Rock Canyon, and everyone respected him.
After the news ended, everyone thought that everything was fine. They just treated it as a tragic accident and sighed a little.
Suddenly, the television station switched back to the address where Mr. Vanderbilt's house was almost completely burned to the ground. The local sheriff was holding a press conference.
His expression was grim as he said into the microphone that was extended to him, "… We have just verified that the fire at Mr. Vanderbilt's house was not an accident, nor was it a natural disaster. It was man-made. There were traces of highly concentrated volatile gasoline spilled at the scene, and someone reported that someone had been harassing Mr. Vanderbilt recently and had issued threats and warnings. If you have seen this suspect, please call 911 immediately. We will immediately send someone to arrest him. "
The photo that was displayed on the television was a photo of Ye Xuan with a gloomy face and Mr. Vanderbilt parting on bad terms!
It was obvious that the photo was accidentally taken from the angle of one of the houses on the street.
Mr. Vanderbilt's housekeeper also confirmed that he had seen the young man arguing with the sir. He also said that the sir had mentioned to him that the young man had been following him for several days and did not know what he wanted to do.
This time, the American police were surprisingly efficient.
Ye Xuan was still asleep in bed when a group of armed police officers kicked open the door to the hotel room and shouted, "Freeze!"
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