A Mysterious Man

Sunny has never seen such a serious housekeeper in all her life, and it's like having the one from the TV show replayed in front of her, which makes her feel a little weird. But soon she doesn't have time to wonder. Because she sees Andrei sitting there with a smile on his face in his black suit.

Yes, he is sitting in a wheelchair.

Sunny asks quietly behind Kevin, "Can't he walk?"

Kevin replies softly. Then he walks up as Andrei watches him, "Mr.Hawkins."

Andrei smiles, "Kevin, you're here. And this is?"

Saying that, he looks at Sunny behind him and a strange feeling crosses his eyes.

But soon he restrains the look and smiles at Sunny as well, "What's your name?"

Sunny is at a loss for words. She looks at Kevin and her earlier grand gesture of coming to revenge for Troy is gone.

"Just answer directly."

"My name is Sunny."

Andrei raises an eyebrow unexpectedly as he hears the name, "Your name seems familiar."

Something that happened before flashes through his mind, making him looks at Sunny in front of him in an absent mood.

"Kevin, I'm scared when he looks at me like that."

Kevin can't help but laugh inwardly and then answers quietly, "Don't be scared, he doesn't eat people."

"Ahem, just sit down." Andrei looks at t Sunny and Kevin, who keeps looking at each other, and understands that he is scaring her, so he quickly greets them to sit down. For some reason, Sunny looks at Andrei's empty trousers and gets the feeling that he's not the man she thought he was.

"Kevin, hurry up and talk."

Sunny is still rather afraid of the awkward silence, especially in this situation. The three of them sit smiling face to face, but each of them has their own thoughts in mind. Kevin receives instructions from his girlfriend and clears his throat, "Mr.Hawkins, I came here mainly because I have something important to ask you."

Andrei then turns his attention to Kevin, "Well, just say it."

"My friend, Troy, who you also know."

Kevin says as he keeps his eyes on Andrei, trying to see something in his face.

But Andrei, the old fox, hides his expression well. Even though Kevin keeps staring at him, he doesn't see anything.

"I know him, go ahead."

"He got a call from a strange number yesterday. I don't know what the caller said to him. His state of mind isn't good now and he's still in the hospital." Hearing this, Andrei raises his eyebrows, "Yeah? That would be a real pity."

Kevin only then continues, "That number seems to be yours."

Sunny can feel her back sweating at Kevin's words, not to mention how tense her face is. Andrei, however, remains calm.

"Oh? My number?" He says as he touches his pocket, "I don't have my phone on me."

Kevin never expects him to answer like that and he feels his face twitch.

To prove his innocence, Andrei calls in Kasper, who has just gone down, "Have you seen my phone?"

Kasper scratches his head. He looks as confused as his master.

"Your phone? If I remember correctly, your phone lost a few days ago."

What?

Sunny and Kevin both looks at each other. Really?

"Mr. Hawkins, you actually didn't go to retrieve your phone. Aren't you afraid that someone will pick it up and use it indiscriminately?"

Andrei smiles and glances at Kevin, "If someone dares, then you think I'll let him go?"

Kevin can't go on as he hears the threat implied in his words.

"Well, we've been bothering you for too long. We won't affect your rest. We will take our leave now."

Kevin says as he winks at Sunny, indicating for her to stand up.

Sunny stands up obediently. She smiles apologetically at Andrei and then follows Kevin with Andrei's nod of acquiescence.

"Kasper, see the guests off. Kevin, come spend more time with me when you have time."

After nodding, Kevin turns around and puts away his smile, following behind Kasper with an indifferent face.

It is only after they both waved Kasper into the car with a smile that Sunny has time to ask questions.

"Kevin, why did you just suddenly leave?"

"He still has the phone, and he's lying."

"What?" Sunny is curious as to how he sees it. Andrei and his servant speak so sincerely that she thinks he's really lost his phone.

"Would he be so calm if it was really lost?"

"Why not..."

"A guy like him must have secrets on his phone. Do you think he wouldn't go looking for it if he did lose it?"

"Oh... I was thinking maybe Bella stole her dad's phone and then did all these things."

"... It's possible."

...

"So you've been analyzing this for a while and you still have no definitive proof?"

"You've said I'm analyzing it. Besides, he's warned me, so what can I say?"

Sunny listens to him as if he isn't having the same conversation as what she hears.

"He warned you? When was it?"

Kevin smiles at her, "You're rather stupid, so I won't tell you such things. Anyway, all I can tell you is that Andrei, the old fox, hid the evidence so well that the trail here is almost broken. We'll have to find another way." "Yeah..."

Just then, someone knocks on their car window. The sudden sound startles Sunny so much that she almost jumps out of her position.

"Don't be afraid." Kevin reassures Sunny, and then he rolls down the window with a smile.

Kevin's demeanor doesn't change at all when he sees that the man is that Andrei's foster son.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

The man looks at Kevin in the main driver's seat, "I'm not looking for you. I'm looking for her."

He says as he points to Sunny who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"Me?"

Sunny is a little surprised as to why he is looking for her. She takes a look at Kevin before looking at the man, "What can I do for you?" The man seems to be a little afraid of Kevin and looks at him very hesitantly.

Sunny says, "It's okay. This man can be trusted. Go ahead."

Only then does he open his mouth, "My name is Robin Hawkins. I heard your conversation just now when you were in the garden."

Hearing this, Kenny interrupts him before Sunny could get her point across.

"Sir, if I remember correctly, you seem to be Andrei's foster son, right?"

He's Andrei's adopted son. Why will he help them?

Robin smiles helplessly at his words. Then he seems to mumble and repeat, "Foster son?"

He says as he looks at Kevin, "If he didn't need to use me, I'd still be sleeping in a teeny tiny house and commuting to work every day by bus."

"So, I mean shouldn't you be thanking him for all that you have now?"

"Just because of the guilt he feels towards me? Then do you know why I've ended up like this? It's all because of him, too!"

Robin is a bit agitated. He presses on the car window, and his fingers are turning blue.

Seeing this, Kevin wisely changes the subject.

"Sorry for touching your sad spot. We have things to do later, can you speak quickly?"

Robin takes a few deep breaths to gather his emotions before speaking with a steady voice, "He hasn't lost his phone, but it's not in his hands either." "What do you mean?"

"Don't you understand? Someone's not used to see you love each other, so he wants to give you a hard time."

Kevin and Sunny looks at each other. They have a vague feeling that things seem to be more complicated than they thought.

And at this moment, in the garden, Andrei looks at Kasper, who has come back to report, "Have you sent them away?"

"Yes, master. They are gone."

"Okay. Did you find out where the phone is?"

"Master, I'm not capable enough. I..."

"If what Kevin said today is true, do you know how much blame you'll have to carry?"

"Master.......it's all my fault. Please punish me."

Kasper says as his knees go weak and he kneels directly in front of Andrei.

"Well, alright. Don't always kneel down. Can't you see that I miss a leg? Maybe it's because of you."

Kasper at the moment especially wants to shout that he dares not, but he can't, so he has to bury his head even lower so Andrei can be less angry.

"Alright, get up. I feel bored to see you like this. Go see what Bella is doing."

"Master, Miss Bella went out yesterday."

She hasn't gone home today.

Andrei understands the hidden meaning of his words and smirks, "She really is just like her mother..."

At this time, a voice comes from behind, "Daddy, who are you talking about?"

It's only as he hears this voice that Andrei puts what can barely be called a loving look on his face.

"Amelia, daddy hasn't seen you in days. What have you been doing?"

Saying that, he motions for Kasper to turn his wheelchair around and looks at Amelia in front of him, "Huh, you've changed a lot."

His words amuses Amelia, and her face is about to crumple into a ball, "Daddy, you're so annoying. I won't play with you."

She says as she pouts and turns around as if she is pulling something out.

Andrei thinks she is really angry and pushes the wheelchair himself in the direction she is standing.

Who knows that as soon as he pushes the wheelchair to her side, Amelia pulls out something unknown from her arms and hands it him.

"You scared me. What's this?"

Andrei calms down and looks at it, but finds it is a root carving.

"Is this a gift? For daddy?"

Andrei looks at this root carving in front of him. He loves it so much.

Amelia smiles and says, "Guess who made this?"

Andrei knows who made it when she asks, "You made it."

"Hey, daddy, you guessed right. That's why I've been disappearing for the past few days."

"Daddy, isn't your birthday coming up? I have to prepare for it."00☐☐☐☐☐