A Replacement Bride

Chapter 390 One Possibility

"I see." Katherine finished the egg and dusted her hands off. "Let's go."

Joaquin smiled and got up to get the car keys. "Let's go." He didn't let Jeremy come with them that day. Instead, he took Katherine, turned the GPS on, and drove away.

Half an hour later, they stopped in front of an old house.

Katherine got out of the car and looked at the deserted house, and she sighed. "Everyone's gone. This place is abandoned."

Joaquin went around the car and stood beside her, staring at the house. Calmly, he said, "After the Olsens went into a decline, nobody ever came back. It's normal that this place looks abandoned."

Curious, Katherine asked, "Not a single Olsen came?"

"Yes." Joaquin nodded. "They go their own separate ways now. Not many are in Kyoland."

Katherine thought it was a pity. "Well, nothing lasts forever, even riches." They went inside without saying anything more.

The place was so old, they managed to unlock the door without much strength, then they hung the rusted lock aside. That made this house look even more abandoned. Everything and everywhere in this house was coated in a thick layer of dust. Since the windows were coated with dust as well, not much sunlight could come in. Only a sliver of it managed to illuminate this place, keeping it out of total darkness' reach.

like a haunted house." Katherine slowed down and looked around the house, then she muttered, "Did

tuck that slip inside Regal Summit Bank, so it shouldn't be fake.

was pointing and nodded, then she went to the backyard. Since this place had been abandoned for a long time, a lot of things were starting to decay, including the wheels under the window. She tried

it." Joaquin pushed her behind.

forward. An ear-piercing screech ripped through the air, and the window finally opened. Dust rained from above, spreading across

pursed his lips and

did Katherine put her hands down and heave a sigh. "Nobody ever came back, I see. Look at this place. It's practically covered in dust. Honestly, Grandpa had foresight." She glanced

where she was looking and nodded. "Yes. There's

noticed that the door was open, then they frowned. Katherine's face fell, and she said coolly, "I think we've oversimplified things a little. Somebody did come here, but they went

frowned. "Who? And why did

the family well. Perhaps they used to be friends too," she mocked, a smirk curling her lips. She then went inside. The ancestral hall was like those of other houses. There was empty ground in the first half of the hall, and the second half of the hall was taken up by the ancestors' tablets. It looked deserted, for it had been too long since

here not too long ago. The

she followed the footprints around. "They left without finding anything," she said after a

asked, "How do