Chapter 519

Debra and Marion circled the ancestral hall, but there was nothing of value to be found. The hall was as bare as a picked bone.

Marion replaced the tablets he’d been inspecting, his voice echoing in the empty room.

“Let’s not waste our energy here anymore. If there was something valuable here, Ralph would’ve snatched it up long ago.”

They had almost turned the place upside down but found nothing.

Debra’s shoulders slumped. “Could it be that the so–called family secret is just a lie?”

If there was truly a treasure in Seamar City, surely someone would have found it by now.

“The treasure isn’t fake. It’s just well hidden by our ancestors,” Marion said, looking at the tablets. “Let’s head back for today. We have the key, so we can come back anytime.”

Debra bit her lip. “I’m just feeling uneasy.”

Marion pulled her close, his voice soothing. “Don’t worry. I’m here, and I won’t let anyone harm you.”

on the red columns behind him. A spark of an idea ignited in her mind.

released her, his eyes following her gaze

ancestral hall has always been here, untouched and never renovated. If there’s nothing in the beams, behind the walls, or under the floorboards,

the only place they hadn’t searched. Marion crouched beside it, inspecting the base. The building had stood for

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tapped the ground.

beside him. “If it’s hollow, that means there might be something hidden beneath it. I’ll call someone

on her arm. “The fewer people

“Can you manage?”

trust your

“It’s not like that.”

his sleeves

is a job for

get the

“Good.”

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