BOOK 11. Zhao Yunlan has two jobs. In his normal day job, he is an independent police detective who helps with cases that are difficult to solve. However in his other job, he goes where he is sent. Usually to aid individuals with life problems an...
The characters in this book are not mine, they belong to a fantastic author called priest. I have borrowed and adapted them to suit these stories. The pictures are taken from the series called Guardian where you will find the original characters.
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A stranger stood at the gates and studied the building. This must be the place he thought, it was the right address but the house looked Victorian and he sat on the brick wall and read the letter from the lawyer again. It was definitely the right house and he owned half, so he tried to look confident as he approached the front door, hoping to have a look around inside and maybe meet the other half owner. He felt a low sense of power coming from the protection wards, and alarm bells started ringing in his head. Why were there wards protecting this house? Normal people didn't know about those things, and he bravely rang the bell and waited.
Ava hurried to answer the door while she was holding one of her favourite glass vases, which she intended to place in the hall but it was still in her hand when she opened the door and froze as she stared at the man who smiled back at her. She instantly dropped the vase, which slowly fell and was expertly caught before it hit the floor, and handed back to her. Ava blinked and looked at her vase before she placed it on the nearest table, and then spoke to the visitor.
"Thank you young man, may I help you with something?" She asked, but in her mind she was saying, who are you and what are you doing here?
"I'm sorry, I should have introduced myself. I'm a distant relative of the last owner who livedhere. A lawyer contacted me about this property. My name is Zhao Yunlan Jun, but I usually drop Jun. May I come in?"
Ava's mind came out of shock and apologised as she allowed him to enter, just in time to see Guo Ying who was descending the stairs and tripped on the last one when he saw the visitor. Ying slowly crumpled towards the floor but felt the strength of someone saving him and he regained his posture while Yunlan stepped back.
"Thank you. Who are you?" Ying asked as he stared at the stranger, but Ava answered hastily while Yunlan stood with his mouth open ready to speak.
"He's a distant relative. Apparently the lawyer contacted him after we lost Lord Zhao."
Ying looked at Ava wondering why she was suddenly being so formal, was there something she wanted to tell him in private, and he glanced back towards the visitor and smiled as he asked if he would like a tour of the house, while he summoned a guard to walk not teleport, to the hall. Guard Li slowed down when he saw the person he was supposed to show around the mansion and nodded to Ying before he took Yunlan to the attic, and work his way down from the top of the house.
Ava breathed out and relaxed as she went to the kitchen for some hot sweet tea, joined by Ying who also wanted a drink.
"Who is he? Tell me again." Ying asked as he sat down at the table.
