Bitter Truth...

Just as these two finished the talk, they heard a sound at the entrance of the gallery, A metal vase placed at the one corner near the wall was moved and made a sound.

It alerted them and both stepped to see who was there but there was no one. They looked at the vase, and it was a bit moved out from its original place. As there was no one and the whole corridor was empty, Lu Jinhai said, "It must be wind or a cat or we must have imagined it."

"Hmm!" Although Lu Qiang agreed with his father, his eyes were searching to see if there was actually someone who heard their conversation. Not being able to see anyone, he gave up and both father and son went to their rooms after wishing good night to each other.

On the other side of the same floor, in the north wing…