Chapter 539: Invitation_2

"Um......…"

Hearing this, Mary furrowed her brows.

"I remember...at the end of the novel, Mr. Holmes and his assistant, Watson, caught the criminal, right? In reality, the Baskerville family was not cursed, and the so-called hellhound was only a slightly larger hound. The whole incident was a case fabricated by the criminal who coveted the Baskerville family's property using the rumored curse, wasn't it?"

"The novel is the say so, but reality seems to be even stranger than the novel...…"

Duanmu Huai opened the letter and carefully read it through.

"Looks like I have work to do; want to join me?"

"Uh ...… this..."

To say that Mary wasn't tempted would be a lie. She was a loyal reader of the book. Being invited by the legendary Baskerville family alone was enough to make her quite excited, not to mention that the matter seemed to have an undefined connection to the hellhound legend.

However, in the end, her longing for her friend overcame her inner excitement.

"I'm sorry...…"