Strange Stories about Castle Rules
"There are still traces on the back page, you can see them."
Gao Wenwen held up the diary. The sunlight shone through the thin page of paper, faintly revealing the strokes, but he couldn't make out the specific words.
He found a charcoal pencil in the pencil holder, held it between his thumb and index finger, tilted it at an angle, and drew it lightly across the paper.
As the area of the toner expands, the writing becomes apparent.
It was not written on consecutive pages and was torn up at the same time. Ding Can expected that it must have been a hastily written passage.
Unexpectedly, the handwriting was very neat, and it seemed that it was completed in a stable mood.
"The ruler against the door handle is something I brought from the interrogation room. I used to be terrified of seeing a ruler, but now I don't feel scared holding it in my hand.
The smell of smoke coming out of the door was a bit pungent and might soon be smelled by the servants downstairs, so I put a wet towel to block it.
Their cries for help still attracted people up. Mrs. Lorraine looked at me strangely, and I just smiled at her.
She went downstairs to call for help, but the firefighters were late in arriving, so she helped me.
In short, no more bad things will happen, and I can finally start a new life as Sister Sarah said."
Will was indeed involved in the fire, but the reason he tore up the page might be because he didn't want others to discover his crime.
Or perhaps, it was to protect Lorraine.
Earlier in Lorraine's room, I could tell her attitude from her tone. She felt that the basis for Sarah's good work was entirely based on Will.
It was Sarah who made Will feel better and feel warm, so Lorraine favored her.
From this, we can infer that she also couldn't stand Will's past experiences.
And Lorraine mentioned the details of last year's fire. It was first discovered by the workers outside the castle, and then the news reached the servants, who rushed to put out the fire in groups.
But if, as stated in the diary, Lorraine discovered the fire earlier, the sequence of events would not hold true.
In this matter, Lorraine chose to compromise and conceal the truth for Will, condoned the occurrence of the incident, and shared the responsibility for arson and murder.
Gao Wenwen was still puzzled: "So the fire was really caused by Will, but how did he lead the Warrens to the attic?"
The top floor is a storage room, and the servants in the house usually organize the items. The owner does not need to go there in person.
What's more, they are together.
"Someone is coming." Ding Can signaled him to be quiet, and the two heard very light footsteps coming from outside.
They hid in the bedroom and saw that it was Will who pushed open the door.
He had just come up from his meal and seemed to have gone to the library in the middle of the meal, with a book tucked into his arm.
After closing the door, he sat down on the sofa in the living room without haste, his small body sinking into it, with only a little bit of his golden hair showing.
With a rustling sound, the sound of turning pages rang out in the silent room. Gao Wenwen looked at Ding Can before walking behind Will.
"You are friends with Sarah's sister, right?"
Will suddenly spoke, and Gao Wenwen was so startled that he stopped moving. He never thought that he would be discovered.
Will put down the book in his hand, stood up from the sofa, stood properly, and stared in the direction of Gao Wenwen. Ding Can behind him was naturally also seen.
Will lowered his eyes and smiled: "Don't be surprised, it was Mrs. Lorraine who told me, because she knew that if there were anyone else in the castle who knew it was you who broke in and would not stop you, I would be the only one."
Gao Wenwen had no choice but to spread his hands: "It's better this way, otherwise I would always have concerns about attacking a child."
"Sister Sarah told me about her hometown, but I didn't know she had four good friends like you here."
Looking closely, Will's eyes are indeed beautiful, a very pure blue, so beautiful that they seem to be able to speak.
Ding Can said calmly, "We were playmates when we were little. After she left the fishing village to find a job, we kept in touch less and less."
"Is it because I sent someone to deliver the pension that you became suspicious?" Will asked.
Ding Can's expression did not change, but his brain was working at full speed. He thought that it was only after Will took over the castle that he was able to repay his debt to Sarah.
The only way he could think of was to use money.
That must have been a considerable sum of money, and Will happened to make up for their lie.
"We didn't think Sarah would be a thief. We were just suspicious at first, but then we happened to learn that her parents had received money, and that's when we realized something was fishy."
She asked softly, "So, she really didn't do these things, right?"
"Of course not. She fell to her death because of me, because of my dependence on her."
As Will spoke, his eyes were lost in memories.
The application for salary increase had already given his parents a clue, and during the subsequent investigation, they realized that Will's attitude towards Sarah was different.
Specifically, every time he was forced to identify colors, there were other emotions in his eyes besides fear and obedience.
Because Will knew that someone was waiting for him regardless of the destination, he did not feel desperate.
In order to avoid uncontrollable situations, Valen and Rebecca decided to cut off the source.
In this era, stealing the property of the master is a serious crime, and the initiative is on the side of the owner. Once accused, there is basically no possibility of overturning the case.
Rebecca took out some of her jewelry in advance and gave the maid who was responsible for cleaning her room a few days off, specifically asking Sarah to be responsible for cleaning during this time.
She followed Valen into the room during cleaning time.
Usually the cleaning time is chosen when the owner is out, so Sarah was a little surprised to see them come in.
"Hello, sir and madam, aren't you going to town for a party?" She stopped what she was doing and stood up to greet them.
"There are changes in the schedule. Do I need to inform you in advance?" Rebecca said this coldly and walked past her arrogantly.
Sarah didn't know why someone got angry at her for no reason, so she just smiled politely and said, "Then sir and madam, please go to bed first. I'll come back later."
"Wait," Rebecca called out to her. She was already standing in front of the window, where she kept her jewelry box. "I have a set of turquoise jewelry here. Where did it go?"
Sara's eyes flashed with surprise, and then she understood what she meant: "Madam, I didn't take it..."
"You're the only one who's been in this room. It was still there this morning. Are you still trying to make excuses? Someone, catch this thief."
The door of the room was not closed when they came in. Someone outside heard the calls and roughly heard what happened in the room.
Sarah, who had never done it, of course would not admit it, and of course she didn't realize that this was actually Rebecca's frame-up, so she also walked to the window and wanted to look for it with her.
This was exactly what Rebecca wanted to see. She turned slightly to the side, looked at her husband, raised her hand, and pushed Sarah hard on the back when she was not paying attention.
When cleaning a room, one usually opens the windows for ventilation, and they are open now.
Sarah was looking for something to prove her innocence when she was pushed down without any preparation and didn't even have time to scream.
At this time, the servant who heard the news had just arrived.
Valen said with a stern face: "We caught her committing a crime and she fell down. Go and see how she is. If she is alive, send her to the police station."
"Yes, sir..."
The servant went out of the castle and reached the outer wall, but Sarah had already died of her injuries.
Rebecca, who arrived late, squatted down and groped among her clothes for a few times. When she took her hand out, she was holding a turquoise necklace.
The servants in the castle who were watching on the sidelines saw it clearly, and no one would raise any objection, absolutely no one would raise any objection to this.
"If someone dies, you know what to say when you call the police, right?"
Lorraine was standing next to Valen at the time and said without looking up, "I know, sir, I will tell the officer about the burglary and the thief's accidental fall while fleeing."
Rebecca handed the item in her hand to Lorraine: "That's great. Unfortunately, I don't want jewelry that has been touched by someone like this. I should find a jewelry store to sell it to."
She raised her eyelids and noticed Will standing outside the crowd, his chest heaving slightly. It seemed that he had run down here, his eyes blurred with tears.
Rebecca only smiled faintly and pretended to have a headache. "Oh, I have to find another maid to take care of Will's daily life."
After saying that, she took Valen's arm, and the two of them walked past Will with light steps, without any intention of comforting him.
Luo Lin took the necklace and walked to Will step by step: "Don't be afraid, young master, there will be new people to accompany you in the future. Do you want to find someone who looks like Sarah?"
Will clenched his hands slightly at his sides, his nails digging into his palms without him feeling any pain.
He just raised his chin slightly to prevent the tears from flowing out of his eyes: "No need, just let mom and dad choose."
As for him, he had more important things to do.
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Will finished recounting what happened: "If you want to overturn the verdict, you need evidence, but there were only three of them in the room at the time. My parents were unwilling to speak up, and no matter how much others requested a retrial, there was nothing they could do. So, Sister Sarah had to suffer."
"Then how did you know?" Ding Can asked.
Will remained silent. "After Sister Sarah died, I went to them and admitted my mistakes. I also promised to behave myself and not do anything to worry them again. Then they told me the truth."
The Warrens did this because they were completely fearless. In the small society of the castle, they were the ones in power.
After Will gave in, they still wanted to prove their authority and use it as a deterrent to warn him not to do such an out-of-bounds thing again.
Will sat down again, his hands folded on his knees, vaguely showing a negotiating posture.
"You came to the castle simply to know the truth of what happened. Now that I've told you the whole story, what do you think? Do you have any other requests?"
At his age, it would actually be a bit inappropriate for him to do such an action.
But it was completely invisible in Will.
It seemed that the person they were talking to was just an ordinary male adult, except that the child's voice was a bit out of place.
Of course, Ding Can wouldn't really treat him as a child.
In other words, he has fully learned and understood the rules of the adult world.
With Will's current status, how could he not have the power to overturn this theft case? Now that he is the head of the Anlengus family, even the police must be a little afraid of him.
It was just a matter of correcting the result of a case. As long as Will asked, the other party would definitely not refuse.
The reason Will didn't do this was because he didn't want to bring shame to his family.
After all, admitting to the false accusation means that the Warrens did things that were unbecoming of their status and even fabricated lies, which resulted in the death of the maid.
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