Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 506

Sophie and Colby circled the old ancestral hall twice, only to find it empty, devoid of any useful information, let alone anything of value.

"Don't waste your energy. If there were anything valuable, it probably would have been taken by your uncle a long time ago."

In the end, Colby placed the memorial plaque back in its original spot. They had even inspected the memorial plaque, short of turning the entire place upside down, but found nothing.

"Could it be... the so-called secret hidden within the family is a hoax?"

Sophie fell silent. If there truly was a treasure within the Devonport estate, many would have sought it relentlessly after all these years.

"The treasure isn't a hoax. Our ancestors just hid it well." Colby looked at the array of plaques and said, "Let's head back for today. We have the key, so we can come back anytime we wish."

"Colby, I feel uneasy."

Sophie looked troubled, and Colby held her in his arms, his voice low and comforting. "Don't overthink it. I'm here for you and won't let you get hurt."

Sophie leaned into Colby's embrace, her gaze falling onto the crimson column behind him, sparking a thought, "Colby, do you think there might be something beneath the column?"

Colby released Sophie and turned to look at the crimson column.

It has always been here, untouched for centuries. No one has ever

had searched everywhere else in the ancestral hall, but no one had thought to look

and inspected its base. The century-old structure had never

the ground and

down, adding, "If it's hollow, then there must be something inside. I'll

her phone, frowning, "The fewer people

"You? Are you sure?"

Don't you

that I don't

up his sleeves and gently touched her head, saying, "Sweetheart, leave the heavy

then, I'll

Colby said

she found that could be of use. Then, she returned to the ancestral hall

glanced at the hammer, tweezers, and some rusted shovels in the box. "Do you usually use

guess so. I saw them

vaguely remembered seeing these tools when playing hide and seek in the attic as a child. Sure enough, they were there

the tools casually. "Not bad, these should

box, he asked

I might get tired of waiting, so I got a chair for myself." With a smile, Sophie took the folding chair out of the box, placing it beside Colby. "Please, do