Chapter 1142


    Chapter 1142 The One Who Used To Live Here


    Crystal''s POV:


    I gave serious consideration to the idea that Ad might have orchestrated this whole thing, but in the


    end I decided against epting it.


    Ad had just turn 18, and this was her first time entering the pce.


    Her actions up to this point suggested she was still a young girl with not much life experience.


    If she was truly that cunning, she would have fabricated a perfectly usible story in front of Rufus and


    Laura, and she wouldn''t have made things less favorable for herself on numerous asions.


    Evidently, shecked the mental capacity to conceive of or carry out such a n.


    In addition, Rufus was the one who arranged for my amodation.


    There was a lot of uncertainty involved.


    Ad might know the secret passage to a particr room, but she couldn''t possibly know all the secret


    passages in the imperial pce.


    Rufus was unaware of the secret passage to my bedroom, let alone Ad.


    Who else could have constructed the secret passage in the imperial pce and keep it hidden from


    Rufus? My mind kept wandering back to the past.


    It would seem that only Ethan, if he were still alive, could construct a hidden passageway without Rufus


    discovering it.


    I tossed and turned in bed and couldn''t fall asleep.


    I had to know what happened to my son.


    So I got out of bed and lifted the bed board again, entering the secret passage.


    If I could find some clues, it would be of great help to find my son.


    I turned on the shlight and studied the wall of the hidden passage.


    The marks on the walls confirmed that this passageway had been constructed over a considerable


    period of time.


    On both sides, several wallnterns had been put at one point, but they had rusted with time.


    The wallmps hadn''t also been lit up immediately when people got in.


    Looking at these old traces, I spected that this secret passage existed even before Rufus reached


    adulthood.


    Somehow, I thought of Richard again.


    At that time, Ethan had always treated Richard as his sessor.


    Would Ethan tell Richard about this? But even if Ethan had told Richard the existence of this secret


    passage, Richard would never return to cause al] of this havoc now that he had been banished.


    I scratched my head and felt very regretful.


    Time and again, the clue was interrupted just as it was about to reveal something important.


    I was mentally exhausted by despair and anxiety from excessive worrying about my son.


    I squatted on the ground dejectedly, grabbed my hair, and forced myself to think about the whole


    situation at hand.


    Who could it be? Who would think that my son had offended their interests? Who could make such a


    meticulous n? I pounded the floor angrily, feeling hopeless and anxious.


    Then, I slowly sank to the floor, leaned against the wall, closed my eyes, and kept thinking.


    Suddenly, an idea urred to me.


    Perhaps the ringleader once lived in this area of the pce and stumbled upon this hidden passage!


    Thinking of this, 1 immediately took out my phone, quickly edited the message, and sent it to Rufus.


    Seeing the notification of a sessful message sent on the screen, I felt relieved.


    But I immediately regretted it.


    It was already four o''clock in the morning.


    Rufus might have already fallen asleep.


    It would be inappropriate to ask Rufus to verify documents regarding theyout and owners of the


    pces at this hour.


    Before I could think about it more, my phone buzzed.


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    I felt surprised and lowered my head.


    It was a reply from Rufus.