Lucky Horseshoes

"What do they want my father to do?" Wendy asked impatiently.

"...help them find a group of people," said Zhang Heng, whose expression became a little weird all of a sudden.

"Who are those people?"

"More than a month ago, there was a robbery in Shining Silver Town. A group of masked men robbed a bank and looted forty kilograms of gold. However, few people knew that they also took something that they are not supposed to take. That thing belongs to the Cook.

"Cook wants your father to help him find that thing, but he seems to have other plans too," Zhang Heng said.

"But... the timeline does not match. As far as I know, the one-armed man came to Lincoln County very early and lived next to our house..." Wendy frowned, "...wait; you're saying that the Cook has been watching my father all these years?"

"I'm afraid that's the truth."