Their mother disappeared, and then their father abandoned them, leaving only the brother and sister to depend on each other for survival.
Compared to Mia's parents, who didn't invest much emotion in their marital relationship.
It seems that the current situation between Dean and Annie's parents is precisely because of their deep affection for each other.
Parents are true love, children are accidents.
This statement is probably just a joke most of the time.
But when you actually see the two children who were left behind, you realize that this statement can only be a joke.
Mia's parents were "passively" separated from her because they died when she was young.
The actions that Dean and Annie's father are currently taking seem more like a desperate search for his missing wife.
Then he took the initiative to abandon his two children.
But whether by choice or by force, the two children in front of them have clearly become part of the group that has been abandoned.
Perhaps when Mia saw the two children, she was also reminded of her own poor relationship with her parents during her childhood.
But after their deaths, they still spent their childhood in solitude.
Although Annie appeared sickly, she still received the tender care and concern of her brother.
For Mia, who has no siblings.
The only person who could be regarded as her caring older brother was perhaps her butler, Phils, who acted as her elder.
Upon entering the room that belonged to the girl before him, Gu Xinghe began to carefully examine the place.
Unlike typical girls' rooms which often feature cute decorations that appeal to young women, this one is different.
It wasn't because she was a girl of the opposite sex from her brother that she had her own room.
Anne is currently forced to live in a room alone due to her frail health and illness.
Conversely, the room naturally doesn't have many decorations that symbolize women.
Perhaps because of their daughter's frail and sickly condition, her parents had no interest in decorating the room, which was essentially just an external space.
Perhaps because Anne rarely had the opportunity to go out as a child, she had no idea about decorating her room.
Besides, Gu Xinghe could see that it wasn't just in this room, but throughout the entire house.
Most of the furniture and decorations are actually very old, and many items are even on the verge of being broken and unusable.
But compared to the various items outside the room that were carelessly thrown away during multiple searches.
The items in this room did not appear as cluttered as those in the outside room.
Perhaps it was because the searchers, upon seeing the girl's frail appearance lying on the bed, couldn't bring themselves to do anything too extreme.
At this moment, after seeing a stranger break into the room.
Gu Xinghe noticed that Annie, lying on the bed, did not show any excessive shock or fear.
She simply raised her head, looking slightly tired, and then looked at her brother with a questioning gaze, as if seeking help.
After Dean shook his head at his sister to indicate that she didn't need to worry.
She stopped looking at the group and simply closed her eyes wearily again.
It seemed that her frail body was simply unable to support her making any other unnecessary expressions or movements.
At this moment, after seeing Annie close her eyes, Gu Xinghe began to observe the girl carefully.
She seemed to be very sensitive to the cold, and a very thick quilt wrapped her up tightly.
She was curled up inside the blanket, with only her head sticking out.
The sickly girl had long white hair and red eyes.
But at this moment, her already pale face and her long, unkempt white hair were scattered outside the blanket.
This only accentuated her already sickly frailty.
At the same time, Gu Xinghe also discovered—
As he entered the room, the pocket watch in his pocket heated up again.
However, just as the people in the room were looking at the sickly girl lying on the bed with different expressions...
"Knock knock knock—"
Suddenly, a knocking sound, like knocking on a door, came from under the bed where Anne was lying.
Compared to the two men among the four people present who also showed expressions of surprise.
The other two women, however, appeared more composed, or perhaps they had anticipated what was happening.
There is another hidden space under Anne's bed, and someone is hiding in it now.
At the same moment that Gu Xinghe realized this.
Annie, who had been lying in bed, looked up as if she understood and spoke to her brother.
"Brother, push the bed away."
"Wh...what? Annie, what's going on? Why are there sounds coming from under your bed?"
"Brother, could you please push the bed away first?"
Instead of directly answering her brother's question, Annie looked intently into Dean's eyes and spoke earnestly.
Watching the interaction between Deanie and Annie, the brother and sister.
Gu Xinghe, however, began to ponder the question of the hidden underground space before him.
Common sense dictates that in some cold regions, many houses actually have basements.
However, unlike the others, this hidden underground space appears to have been built privately.
Otherwise, the houses of the surrounding neighbors would certainly have similar house structures.
The sheriff and other relevant personnel who have searched the house multiple times will surely discover the person hiding inside.
Moreover, when the investigators entered this room...
When I saw the frail and sickly little girl lying helplessly on the bed, curled up in her blankets...
Indeed, very few people would think to push open the bed to see if there is a hidden underground space underneath.
It's no wonder that apart from the people inside "revealing" themselves, no other people had been found inside the house by the searchers before.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe looked at the expression on his brother Di Anjie's face as he stood next to him.
A mixture of surprise, confusion, and doubt made Gu Xinghe realize that he was clearly unfamiliar with this space as well.
But after seeing his sister Annie's persistence.
Even though Dean was unwilling, he still tried to push the bed open according to her ideas and words.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe and Di Anjie, two men, braced their hands against the sides of the bed and pushed the bed open together.
After the two of them pushed the bed to the right a short distance, they moved it to the right.
As expected, Gu Xinghe saw a handle on the floor under the bed.
This clearly demonstrates the existence of a hidden space beneath it.
But soon, Gu Xinghe realized that something was wrong with the situation.
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