In the study room bathed in bright sunshine, Wei Ran asked puzzledly after a moment of silence, "But...Mrs. Kate, does this mean anything? I mean, why do you and Mr. Henry care so much about this matter?"

"

"Because of Henry's grandmother," Kate sighed, "If it weren't for her blocking, I should have married Henry."

"Henry's grandmother?" Wei Ran was a little confused for a moment, and felt that the relationship between these characters seemed to be getting more and more confusing.

"That farm is a special family. The owner's name is William Harrington."

Mrs. Kate explained, "My father, Henry's father, and Sean's father grew up on that farm, but only Sean and his father's surname was Harrington. My father and I

His last name is Klinsmann. Henry’s last name is Speer.”

"So only Sean is related to the rancher?"

Wei Ran couldn't help but grin to himself, he just thought that Mrs. Kate and Sean were registered as specialists in German orthopedics.

Mrs. Kate nodded, "Although we are not related by blood, both my father and Henry's father called William after their father, and the three of us also called the kind old man after our grandfather."

"So Henry's grandmother..."

"She was not William's grandfather's wife"

Kate pinched the corners of her eyes, "Even so, we are still used to calling her Grandma, Grandma Heidi. That is a crazy woman, and her mind is not always clear.

When Grandma Heidi was awake, she was always very hostile to my father and me. She...she always used words like 'executioner's child' and 'devil's bastard' to call me and my father.

Father.

But when she was unconscious, she treated us equally and kindly. Even because I was the only girl among three peers, she was kinder to me than Henry when she was unconscious."

Hearing this, Wei Ran, who already had some guesses, asked carefully, "So the reason why you weren't with Henry back then was..."

"When Henry confessed his love to me, Grandma Heidi saw it, and she happened to be conscious."

Kate sighed, "She stuck a kitchen knife into my stomach, and then she was shot to death by my mother. Although I survived after rescue, the Henry family moved away."

"that year..."

"I was 18 and Henry was 16."

Mrs. Kate smiled bitterly, "I don't blame Grandma Heidi, let alone Henry, just like neither Henry nor Henry's parents blame me and my parents. But their family still moved away from the farm.

Now, even Grandpa William doesn't know where his family has gone.

Not long after I recovered from my injury, our grandfather William also passed away. Before he died, he only called me into the room alone and told me that it was not my fault and asked me not to blame myself.

It was also at that time, after my questioning, that he told me that all that was left of my real grandfather was the finger, and he hoped that I would keep this secret forever. He also hoped that I would protect the buoy, but

He didn't have time to tell me exactly what happened."

Looking at Mrs. Kate with red eyes across the table, Wei Ran sighed, bent down and took out two tissues from the table and handed them to the other party. Then he stood up and walked out of the room, helping Mrs. Kate, who was crying uncontrollably, to close the door.

"Sir, is grandma crying?" Outside the door, the not-so-pleasant but extremely polite little fat man asked in stumbling French.

"Let her stay alone for a while." Wei Ran knelt down and asked, "Little guy, what's your name? Who did you learn French from?"

"William"

The little guy politely replied, "Our school already has French courses, and my grandmother often helps me with French lessons."

"Where is your mother?" Wei Ran asked with a smile, "Ms. Alice, can you speak French?"

"My mother doesn't speak French. My grandmother said that my mother doesn't like to learn, especially not to learn languages."

The little fat man named William spread his hands like an adult, "Sir, your French is better than that of my French teacher. My grandmother always said that my French teacher's accent is like spoiled French red wine."

The smell makes you sick and drowsy."

"Thank you for your compliment. Besides, your grandmother's description is very interesting."

Wei Ran asked casually, "William, what does your mother Alice do?"

"She's half a forensic scientist," William said, scratching the back of his head, "and she's my father's assistant."

Forensic doctor?

Wei Ran smiled and said, "William, can you take me to find my companion?"

"Please come with me"

Fatty William nodded and glanced worriedly at the door that had been closed behind Wei Ran, and then led him downstairs to a sunroom with glass on three sides and the top of the head.

At this time, Alice and lawyer Carlos, as well as Marta and Lucinda, were sitting around the tea table drinking tea and snacks, chatting by the way.

"Are you done talking?" Lawyer Carlos said hello first.

“We’re done talking for now.”

Wei Ran nodded and sat next to Carlos' lawyer, "Let Mrs. Kate stay by herself for a while."

"Mr. Victor, did my mother say anything to you?" Alice waited for her son to finish whispering into her ear, then asked while pouring tea for Wei Ran.

After Marta, who was sitting on the other side, finished translating, Wei Ran said apologetically, "Sorry, Ms. Alice, I need to keep the conversation I just had with Mrs. Kate confidential, so I can't answer your question."

"It's okay." Alice seemed to have expected such an answer. She just pushed the tea cup to Wei Ran and said, "Please have a cup of tea."

After Marta finished translating, Wei Ran thanked him and picked up the cup, saying that they could continue chatting and there was no need to translate for him.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It was also through the opportunity of eavesdropping because he "doesn't understand English" that Wei Ran also learned from a few words that this Alice was a woman working for London.

A forensic assistant working for the police station, and her ex-husband was a forensic examiner in the same office.

In other words, although the couple is divorced, they still see each other and are still working partners. Obviously, although forensic doctors and field doctors face different customer groups, Alice and Marta can still

Find enough topics.

What's more, the wonderful marital status of her and her ex-husband is also a topic that can quickly bring women closer and talk about it all day long.

Listening to the topic becoming less and less nutritious, Lawyer Carlos also quit the group chat. After winking at Wei Ran, the two of them left the beautiful reception room one after another and walked through the small area next to it.

I opened the door and walked into a garden full of flowers and plants.

"I helped Mrs. Kate and Ms. Alice get their share of the inheritance, and I received a commission of about 60,000 pounds."

Lawyer Carlos whispered as he walked towards the antique truck that once belonged to Henry not far away, "Of course, this commission also includes the cost of bringing you here and the cost of sending the black man to jail."

Before Wei Ran could say anything, lawyer Carlos added, "Mrs. Kate got this mansion from Mr. Henry's estate, as well as another villa also located in Brighton, and the farm. Of course,

And all of Mr. Henry's collection.

As the adopted daughter of Mr. Henry, Ms. Alice received a cash inheritance of nearly one million pounds. In addition, when Mr. Henry was alive, he also bought her a house in London not far from the police station where she worked.

Apartment one hundred meters away.”

"Mr. Henry is really a real rich man," Wei Ran said with emotion as if he didn't understand the hint that the other party was revealing Kate's mother and daughter's family background.

"This is just a small part"

Lawyer Carlos stopped at the front of the truck, "Mr. Henry's other children shared the stock options held by Mr. Henry and some real estate in New York. Generally speaking, it is a fair way to distribute the inheritance."

.”

At this point, lawyer Carlos turned around and looked at Wei Ran and said, "Victor, do you see the door leading to the underground garage in the distance?"

"Saw it"

While Wei Ran responded, he also leaned on the slightly dented front bumper of the truck, took the cigarette handed to him and lit it.

"Mr. Henry's collections are all stored in the underground garage. This is what Alice told me when you were communicating with Mrs. Kate just now. She even took us to the underground garage to have a look."

"so..."

"She asked me to ask you if I can use those collections as your reward."

Lawyer Carlos said in the thick smoke, "If you want, except for the things related to the rescue buoy and this truck, you can take away the rest of the military collection."

"All?" Wei Ran was stunned. He hadn't encountered such a generous customer for a long time - even though he didn't know the total number of Henry's collections.

"Yes, all of them."

Lawyer Carlos nodded, "This is Mrs. Kate's intention. She has no interest in these things collected by Henry at all. Instead, she will think of Mr. Henry's misfortune. In this case, it is better to leave it to you, a historian."

Looking up at the floor-to-ceiling windows of the study room on the second floor, Wei Ran pondered for a moment and then put out the cigarette he had only taken a puff on. "If you can, take me to see those collections."

"Come with me"

Lawyer Carlos said as he also put out the cigarette in his hand and led Wei Ran towards the door leading to the underground garage.

Naturally, nothing could be seen from the outside of this underground garage, but when the two of them walked in, they realized that the area of ​​​​the garage was almost as large as the yard above the ground.

In this large underground space, the far side is a small shooting range. The rest of the area is used as a garage, with less than half of it being used as a garage. The other half is a small underground gun store.

.

Compared with the various types of individual weapons from various countries during World War II, Wei Ran was more interested in the several exceptionally beautifully decorated Volkswagen T1 vans parked in the garage.

Unfortunately, before he could walk over, lawyer Carlos said, "Except for those Volkswagen vans, you can take the rest with you if you like."

Hearing this, Wei Ran grinned and walked non-stop through the unreachable parking lot and walked to the underground armory surrounded by shelves and barbed wire.

On these shelves that go straight to the ceiling, there are four categories: pistols, submachine guns, rifles, and machine guns.

In addition, there are several shelves with various radio stations, optical equipment such as telescopes and sights, and even cold weapons such as bayonets, engineering shovels, and gas masks.

, various types of kettles and other miscellaneous individual equipment.

And at the very end, there is actually a Flak 38 20mm single-barreled anti-aircraft gun equipped with a shield and a shell recovery basket, and an Oerlikon rapid-fire gun of the same caliber, but with non-universal ammunition.

Compared with the personal equipment that Wei Ran had personally used or had never used, when the two of them walked into the center of the firearms warehouse, they found that there were several small lathes and milling machines that had been wiped down and were extremely clean.

Boring machines and various woodworking tools.

Forget it, there are two large wooden boxes on one side of the workbench. In one of these boxes, there are forty or fifty Enfield rifles that are not in good condition. And next to it are placed

In another wooden box on the floor, there were actually dozens more Delisle silent carbines!

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Attorney Carlos reached out and picked up a Delear carbine and said with regret, "Mr. Henry was killed by this gun."
To be continued...