There was a sentence on the note: ‘It’s easy to hide in a place that is often ignored’. On the opposite side of the note was a series of numbers. It looked very strange. Perhaps because of her curiosity, Stella decided to look into it. She had nothing to do anyway.
She took a look at the bookshelves and noticed that there were numbers on them. She first found the book according to the numbers. She then turned to the specific page and continued to search for a number on that page. After finding all the numbers, she found that they made up 258614.
What did this number mean?
Was it the password of a bank account?
Besides, ‘It’s easy to hide in a place that is often ignored’. What did that mean?
What was he trying to hide?
Stella Grace looked around and realized that the layout of this basement was very simple. There were bookshelves, books, and desks with drawers.
She opened the drawer.
There was nothing in it.
The desk lamp was normal, neither was there anything unusual with the tea-set.
Her eyes were fixated on the bookshelves. She picked up the second, the fifth, the eighth, the sixth, the first, and the fourth book. Nothing happened.
She put the books back and noticed that the last cabinet was very strange. The codes of the books were very clear. However, the books were placed randomly. For example, the humanities book was put under science fiction. Science fiction was put together with historical fiction.
Since she had nothing to do, she got ready to sort out the books. She took down the first row of books and saw a “1” key in the middle.
Her mind clicked instantly and she had a hunch. She removed all the books in the last cabinet. It was a nine-grid compartment. There was a number in the middle of each compartment, from number one to nine.
She pressed it in the order of 258614.
“Crack, crack, crack!” All the bookshelves moved and showed a path. Stella looked at the gold and jewelry inside and was stunned.
The fifth person that they had been looking for had been found.
She and Jasper would have never thought that the man was his father, Steven Milton.
It was no wonder that Steven knew their whereabouts when they went to Tavers Village.
It was no wonder that when they found Ryan Lameer, he only attacked her and didn’t dare to touch Jasper. If Jasper hadn’t realized that something was wrong, he would have been fine.
It was no wonder that after they found Ryan, the clues were all cut off. Everything seemed to make sense once they took Steven into the equation.
It was logical now that she thought about it. She remembered that Wilson Chuck had a good relationship with Steven. However, why didn’t Wilson drag Steven down in the end?
Was it because Steven had promised to protect Felicia Chuck?
They were wrong at that time. The treasures were no longer in their original place. Perhaps, when Steven got hold of her diary, the treasure had been moved here two years ago.
Stella immediately gave Jasper a call.
“Give me an hour. I’m almost done here. I’ll come back and go shopping with you,” Jasper said softly.
Stella was silent and she merely took a deep breath.
Jasper Milton sensed that Stella was acting strangely, “What’s wrong?”
“Jasper, I’ve found the last person who was involved in the Tavers Village massacre. It’s your father, Steven,” Stella said.
Jasper paused for a long time before he asked, “How… how do you know?”
“I found the treasures in your father’s basement. He had already moved the treasure to the house long ago. I will take some photos and send them to you.” Stella hung up the phone, took the photos, and sent them to Jasper.
She closed the bookshelves, picked up the book on the last cabinet on the ground, and sorted it out according to the genre.
While she was sorting it out, she felt extremely depressed.
State Mayor Cher, Ryan Lameer, Lionel Lausanne, Wilson Chuck, and Steven Milton. They finally found all five of those involved now. These people had also passed away for various reasons. Could the people in Tavers Village rest in peace now?
She didn’t know, but she felt that these treasures were tainted with blood and filth.
An hour later, Jasper came back in a hurry. Stella had just finished tidying up the books.
“Do you want to have a look?” Stella asked.
Jasper shook his head, “I’ll take you out shopping.”
In the car.
Stella noticed that he seemed visibly upset and she knew that he was not in a good mood, “Jasper, we could use the money to do a lot of good deeds, right?”
“Those are all gold and it’s not easy to sell. Unless we open a jewelry store and sell them by ourselves, we could then launder the money and do the good deeds we want to do,” Jasper said in a low voice.
“Let’s open a jewelry store then. I’ll be in charge of it. After we make the money, we’ll take in orphans, establish schools in poor areas, support the poor, and set up a factory for the disabled so that they could get jobs. We could build a road in the mountain area. That way the people who live there will have easier access to the outside world. Isn’t that good? We could just take it as atoning for our fathers’ sins.”
“Honestly, Milton Corp is not short of money and is very rich. I think my father did all those things in order to construct his own power to compete with Asher Yaleman and Christian Saltzman,” Jasper guessed.
“We couldn’t decide other people’s ways of life. But we could decide ours. The difference between man’s right and wrong is just his mindset. Perhaps, your father also regretted it. Perhaps, he had something he wanted to do. All the good deeds and bad deeds that he made were buried in the ground with his death. Let’s not think about him anymore,” Stella comforted him.
Jasper took a deep breath, “It’s too troublesome to open a jewelry shop. I could get Stephen to help me with laundering the money. I want to send this jewelry to the black market.”
“Bring them into the black market?” Stella was surprised.
“Those people made money by doing those abominable matters. I shall earn their money to do good deeds and this jewelry could also return to their country where they belong. Isn’t that good?” Jasper said thoughtfully.
“But, won’t you be taking a big risk?” Stella was worried.
“The victims in Tavers Village, the villains who had slaughtered the village, and the rest of the people who know about this matter are all gone. There will be no danger. You will be in charge of setting up an orphanage, a school, a factory for disabled people, and constructing the road,” Jasper said in a low voice.
“Okay, I promise I will do a good job,” Stella said firmly.
Jasper accompanied Stella to buy some folic acid supplements and some nuts. She could ground it into powder and eat it to prevent a lack of calcium. It could provide a lot of nutrition too. She also bought some raisins and tonics that were good for the baby.
Stella even bought a radiation-proof dress.
When they were about to head over to Suntec International Inc for dinner, Jasper’s cell phone rang.
The caller ID was a series of numbers.
Jasper answered.
“Dad, it’s Ralph. Mom bought me a new cell phone and this is my cell phone number.”
“Okay,” Jasper responded.
“Dad, when will you come to see me? I was kidnapped last time and you haven’t come to see me until now. I miss you so much,” Ralph continued.
Jasper frowned and hesitated.
Stella overheard a little of their conversation and then she said softly, “Go ahead. We are even kind to orphans, let alone that he is your child.”