"Are you doubting me?"


    "It''s not about doubting, Mr. Wesley. It''s just that you''re the only one who knows the secrets of the Four Great Families. We''re at our wit''s end here, so we came to ask you... You wouldn''t keep us in the dark, would you?"


    Wesley could tell Sophie and Colby weren''t nning to leave without some answers. Sighing deeply, he said, "Alright, have a seat."


    Sophie and Colby exchanged a quick nce before sitting opposite Wesley.


    Wesley motioned for someone to pour tea for them and said, "The reason the Tredgold family has been safe all these years is because we stay out of the Four Great Families'' affairs. My advice? Don''t get tangled up with the Four Great Families or build them up too much in your mind. They were just four passionate young men a hundred years ago who made a name for themselves with their enthusiasm. Devonport holds no treasure, so you can stop your search."


    "If the Four Great Families really had no secrets and Devonport had no treasure, then the person behind all this wouldn''t have spent years plotting, causing so many deaths, and setting such an borate trap," Sophie countered.


    "Mr. Wesley, we''re not naive. The secrets of the Four Great Families and Devonport matter a lot to us."


    With that, Sophie pulled out a gemstone. "Does this look familiar to you, Mr. Wesley?"


    Wesley''s eyebrows furrowed slightly at the sight of the blue gemstone.


    Sophie had originally had three.


    One from Bea.


    Another from Colby.


    And thest from Harold.


    ording to Sophie''s theory, the Four Great Families should each have one gemstone.


    But now, she only had three.


    The crucial one should be with the Tredgold family.


    Wesley said, "Yes, the Tredgold family did have a simr gemstone... but it was lost many years ago." "Lost?"


    Sophie frowned. "How could it just be lost?"


    "Lost is lost." Wesley replied calmly. "Maybe it was misced or stolen. In any case, the Tredgold family no longer has it. Perhaps that''s why we''ve been spared all these years." Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    Sophie


    answer and wanted to press furthe


    n''t satisfied with his


    but


    Colby gently squeezed her arm, signaling her to stop.


    Just then, a beautiful middle-aged woman came down from upstairs. "Do we have guests?"


    Her voice was soothing. Sophie looked up to see a woman in her fifties, who smiled politely at her.


    Unlike other women of her status, May was dressed in simple home clothes and wore no fancy jewelry.


    Sophie smiled slightly. "Hello, ma''am, I''m Sophie, and this is—"


    "Is this Lianne?"


    Hearing this, Sophie was taken aback.


    Gordon?


    May smiled and sat down next to Sophie, gently patting her hand. "You''ve grown so much! I held you I when you were just born! I can''t believe you''re already married.


    ance


    you''re here, why don''t you stay the


    night? Let Lianne stay over too!"