11 Truth

"Hello kid. It looks like you passed my test" said a virtual image which looks similar to Uncle Li.

"First of all this is a recorded video which I took it a week ago. So I don't know what your present condition is. But you watching this means you are fine. I know you are smarter than your father. Are you surprised to see me like this?" said Uncle Li with a huge grin on his face

Wang Wei sure is surprised to see a hologram device, but not at Uncle Li because he expected something like this to be present inside the room. He thought there would be a letter or a flash drive with a video of Uncle Li.

"Anyway, coming to the point. You opening that door means you solved my puzzle I created for you. Just so know I had to remodel the entire kitchen to create that secret room below it"

"Secret room? What secret room" thought Wang Wei, but he focused back on the hologram device.

"I'm a genius right. I created a Morse code on the study room door, which only you know. By solving that it leads to the secret attic in the master bedroom where I kept a painting with hidden numbers in it which will open the secret room below the kitchen. I'm guessing that you took more than an hour to find the access panel integrated into the kitchen tiles. And also. . . "

Wang Wei stunned, listening to what what Uncle Li is saying. He didn't realize that there is a Morse code on the door and didn't open any secret room.

"I'm very sorry, Uncle Li. You must have had lots of hope in me" said Wang Wei with embarrassment after listening to the bragging of Uncle Li.

"Of course you could have sat near the door and tried every possible combination, but it would have taken you more than a week. With the time limit of Hugo I'm expecting that you used your head to open it" said Uncle Li

"Yes, I used my head but not in the way you thought I would" said Wang Wei, but still he is confused about the reason why Uncle Li had to create such all this

"And about 1 5 1 2 1 8, you may think that it is just a random numbers after solving the last question in the secret room, it is actually a very important day in my life. I met your parents for the first time on that day" said Uncle Li said at the end of his explanation on how to open the combination lock.

Wang Wei stunned hearing Uncle Li

"My parents? Both of them?" said Wang Wei, still in daze. Because till now Wang Wei believed that Uncle Li only know his father after their family of three moved to this city but from what Uncle Li said, he knew both of Wang Wei's parents and that too from 19 years back.

"I know that you have a lot of questions for me but it is not yet the right time for you to know them" said Uncle Li as if he know what Wang Wei is thinking

"But first, let me introduce myself properly. My name is Li Shenrou, I worked with your parents in various projects. I'm embarrassed to say this, but they are my students. Well, half students at least. Anyway I'm very close to your parents than you think"

"So listen to what I am going to say clearly and carefully. Your father is not dead. He is still alive. The complete accident thing, is a cover up"

"I knew it" said Wang Wei with relief but soon his face turned serious further hearing to Uncle Li

"After your mother disappeared and not even finding a single clue about her, I asked Wang Zhou move to Jinhua city from the capital so that he can take some break from all the pent up stress. After my retirement, I too moved here so that I can keep your father company.

Surprisingly, since last year boss Hugo showed interest in your father. He started disturbing and pestering Wang Zhou every day. I have asked your father many times why he is tolerating all this, but he never told me the reason.

Suddenly one day Wang Zhou came to me said that if anything happened to him, I have to take care of your brothers. That is the last time I saw him. After 2 days I heard that he is killed in an accident. When I inquired about the accident, I came to know that Wang Zhou took some money from boss Hugo and as he didn't pay his debt, Hugo killed him.

I immediately understood that there is something fishy is going on behind this all things. Because Wang Zhou is not in such a dire situation where he urgently needs money. Even if he is in such a situation, he would have come to me rather than going to a loan shark.

50000 yuan? I can give your father hundreds of thousand of yuan, if he asked me. Forget about asking me, I remember Wang Zhou telling me that he had kept savings for you and your brother's college education. So he could even take some of that"

Wang Wei is relieved after learning that his assumptions behind his father's disappearance are true, and unknowingly he felt that his heart is burning with anger. "I will destroy whoever did this" thought Wang Wei with determination.

"Anyway, I started to investigate by myself using some of my previous connections and found that you father is still alive. But when I tried to find where he is, I received a warning from one of my close friends to stop investigating about Wang Zhou or else I will get hurt.

But of course I am not scared with all the threats and investigated deeper and at last came to know a fearful truth and you should remember what I am going to say Wang Wei.

There are a lot of powerful people involved in this cover up. Even though I don't found their actual identities, I can tell you for sure that they have enough power to control the whole East China. All I know is Boss Hugo is just a pawn. He is just a hired thug used to attack your father.

I tried to find the reason behind why they kidnapped your father. I thought of telling you all this when you came to me, I decided to tell you after I found Wang Zhou's, but last week after you left working at my home, I received one more warning.

This time it is far more serious. They kidnapped my grandson. They said that if I didn't stop my investigation and leave the Jinhua city, they will kill me and family. This is the reason why I'm leaving this city.

If they threatened to kill me, I wouldn't have worried and continued to with my investigation, but in the end I can't endanger my family. I am very sorry this is all I do for you" said Uncle Li. Wang Wei is stunned after knowing the reason for Uncle Li's sudden disappearance.

"I can only tell you one thing, if it is possible try to steer clear from this matter, at least for now" said Uncle Li with solemn face. Wang Wei can understand why Uncle Li is so concerned.

If it is before even Wang Wei would have considered his brother's and his safety rather than searching for his father but now it is different, he has the system. Wang Wei has more confidence in the system than he has on him.

Just when Wang Wei thought that the hologram message will end, Uncle Li continued saying,

"Oh! I almost forget to tell you this. This house is now yours, and I also transferred a hundred thousand yuan to your bank account. Consider them as my parting gifts. Goodbye"

"Wait, what?"