Chapter 45

The two of them clearly had a good relationship, so even though Virio hit him, Luca wasn't angry. He just made a face at him. "What? You treat me like this in front of Elvira!"

Then he turned to look at me. "Elvira, whatever you do, don't learn from Virio."

Hearing them joke around, I couldn't help but laugh. "Come on, you're a patient now. Can't you just behave?"

Luca smiled. "If I didn't have such a positive attitude, something this big would have broken me already..."

As soon as he finished speaking, I heard Virio laugh.

Only in front of Luca would Virio laugh so freely.

I looked up at him. "So how's everything going with work? You don't need to go in for overtime today, right?"

Virio shook his head. "Not for now, but if something unexpected comes up, I'll still need to go check on it..."

After saying that, he turned to look at Luca.

There was actually some sympathy in his eyes.

"From now on, I won't allow any more incidents at the casino..."

Hearing Virio say this, a weight lifted from my heart.

I knew that once Virio made up his mind to do something, he would definitely succeed.

After saying that, Virio suddenly turned to look at me. "What about you? I heard you got some new leads."

The topic suddenly shifted to me, and I didn't react right away.

Then I realized Virio must be talking about my investigation of the safe deposit box today.

There was nothing I couldn't say in front of Luca, but I still instinctively bit my lip.

Hearing our conversation, Luca, lying in bed, quickly raised both hands and waved them.

He put on an innocent look. "Don't worry, I definitely won't leak anything. But if you're not comfortable, you can leave anytime?"

Virio shook his head. "It's fine, we can talk here."

He could tell that after our trip to Floridia, Luca and I had built up some trust.

I took a deep breath and told him about everything that happened today.

Of course, I left out some key information.

When Virio heard me say I'd found my father's real will, he reached out his hand. "Did you keep any copies? Let me see."

"I put everything back in the safe, but I took photos." I pulled out my phone to show Virio the evidence I'd found.

Virio stared at the photos I'd taken, looked at them for a while, then shook his head. "No, this should just be a copy."

"A copy?" Hearing this word, I repeated it in disbelief. "But it was in the safe deposit box, how could it be a copy..."

This was what my father left for me!

Virio looked at me and said, "Think about it carefully. All these leads were provided to you by Anderson. Maybe that will was made in duplicate."

So what was in the safe might be a copy.

My evidence wasn't strong enough to begin with, and hearing Virio say this made me even more disappointed.

"This evidence couldn't be submitted anyway, and now if it's just a copy, doesn't that make things even harder?" When I said this, I was practically frowning with worry.

Meeting Anderson once and getting these leads from him was already very difficult for me.

Not to mention I was almost killed.

No, I was actually being hunted down. If Virio hadn't sent people to follow me, I probably would have been dead already.

Thinking about this, I gasped. "It's obviously impossible for me to go find Anderson again, so where am I supposed to find the original?"

"Without getting the original, this will never be resolved." Luca, lying in bed, responded after hearing what I said.

The whole thing seemed to suddenly hit a dead end.

I held my phone and sat down to the side. I suddenly felt defeated.

I never expected that after all my effort, I'd only found a copy. What was I supposed to do next?

But Virio said to me, "I don't think you need to go find Anderson under the current circumstances."

"Then who do I need to find? Actually, I can't find him anymore anyway. After what happened last time, he already left Floridia." The more I talked, the more discouraged I became.

I felt like everything had reached a dead end.

But Virio said to me, "Guess who would be most seriously affected if this were to become public?"

"That would obviously be Killian."

Killian had gained control of the family through improper means.

And my father's will stated clearly that all of this originally belonged to me.

Once this will was made public, I could get revenge on Killian.

Hearing Virio's reminder, I suddenly understood. "You mean the original will is probably in Killian's hands?"

"Yes. And he definitely knows there's a copy. If you investigate and find the copy, you'll want the original."

In other words, perhaps all these years, Killian had been preparing, planning to use this as bait.

Of course, I might never discover it and would be controlled by him forever, but once I found out, he would use even more brutal methods to deal with me, as punishment for discovering this.

Thinking about this sent chills down my spine. "Maybe this conspiracy started the day he decided to get rid of my father."

"I bet he put the most important things in his own bedroom." Luca suddenly spoke up.

I looked over, feeling a bit surprised. "Why are you so sure?"

"Because that's what I would do." Luca snapped his fingers at me. "Have you ever heard this saying? If there's a fire, people instinctively look toward their most important possessions."

Hearing this, I suddenly remembered that day long ago when I went to Killian's bedroom.

It was probably right after he'd decided to adopt me, but he was still plotting something. Because of my father's death, I was devastated, and at that time Killian was still family to me.

I had wanted to talk to Freya, but I couldn't find her that day. Instead, I saw Killian's bedroom door half-open, with him sitting on the edge of the bed. Without thinking, I pushed the door open and went in.

And at that moment, I clearly saw my uncle instinctively glance at his bedside table.

That glance didn't mean anything to me back then.

I just thought Killian was spacing out, and I'd interrupted him.

I didn't realize that perhaps he had already put my father's real will there.

And what did Killian say to me then?

"Elvira, what are you doing here?" He said while unnaturally leading me away.

At the time, I was just crying my eyes out, telling him I didn't understand why everything had turned out this way.