
"Hidden families do have a lot of priceless assets, but for the Red Chrysanthemum auction house it is only passed down from daughter to daughter. No one can dispute that. But because of greed in the family, they want to take ownership of the auction house from your mother. By killing your mother before she had a baby girl, they could take the Token as a token of the auction house's ownership."
"How cruel is that. They're one family but why kill each other just to get rich?"
"It is still normal that all of it happens among upper families especially in hidden families. Greed makes them blind how important a family is to everything" Daniel says.
"But not to kill either. Isn't the family hidden many other priceless assets, why are they so eyeing the Red Chrysanthemum auction house?"
"Color auction house Red Chrysanthemum has the highest income of all hidden family ownership assets. His income could reach billions every time he held an auction. It also does not include the results of the casino and the hotel. It was only natural that they were so eyeing the ownership marks of this auction house. What else for a boy who has no chance to inherit it. They are the ones who always use all means to get the Token ownership. To prevent that, the identity of the guardians of the auction house is always kept secret from the family and the public. The use of Token ownership is as a valid proof as the heir of the auction house. Only the head of the family, who inherited and inherited and the head of the auction house manager knew."
"If it wasn't like that, my mother's life would be safe. How did they know that my mother was the heir to the auction house?"
"I've said that the one who inherits this auction house is only the daughter of the main hidden family. Who would have thought of your mother as the only daughter of the four brothers. It was automatically he who inherited the auction house. Your mother's life has been in danger for a long time. He must always be vigilant and strengthen himself so as not to be easily dropped."
"Then, did the head of the hidden family let that happen? As the heir to something that is vulnerable to being targeted, it is impossible for the head of the family to just shut up, right?"
"In the main family environment, Ariana was protected but did not trickle the possibility of various devious plans to kill him without the knowledge of the head of the family. After marriage, his life was threatened. Those bastards are getting more and more willing to go after his life. I've put all my greatest members to protect him but that's still not enough. 17 years ago they actually did a massive attack. I tried to block them so that Ariana and you could escape through the secret passage. But I have failed to protect my little family. They managed to find out the location of my wife's car. I don't know what happened after that. I had three gunshot wounds and had to be rushed to the hospital. Until three days later when I woke up, I got the news that Ariana had died from an accident," tears flowed back and immediately blocked Ducan from his cheeks. "My life was completely ruined back then. I'd never go crazy knowing my wife died."
"That means they managed to kill my mother and get what they wanted."
"No. They did not succeed in doing both. According to the results of the investigation, Ariana deliberately killed herself by dropping her car into the ravine."
"What?! But why did you do that?" Lina was a little surprised to hear that.
"To protect you. I know it because only Ariana's body was found in the car that fell into the ravine."
"Where did the accident happen?" ask Daniel.
"On the mountain route that is far outside the city, 12 Km from the nearest settlement."
"What's the name of the settlement?" ask Daniel to make sure.
"C-A27 Village."
"The C-A27 village was very far from my village," said Lina who made Ducan turn to her.
"What village do you live in?"
"Village X-31I" Lina replied.
"Village X-31I. The village is at least 23 Km from the village of C-A27. Ariana is really racing them away from you. Rather me... I can't find you and I've made you suffer for 17 years."
"Trs. Cershom, didn't you just say that they didn't manage to get what they wanted. Why did that happen? With the death of Mrs. Ariana and the loss of her daughter, it means the ownership of the auction house becomes vacant. They could have filed for ownership. Wasn't that their goal was to target Ms.'s life. Ariana and the little cat?" daniel said his mind.
"Where is the token?" ask Lina.
"It's on me."
"Eh?!" Daniel and Lina were shocked to hear that. But they haven't had time to question this Ducan immediately explained.
"Just the token. The token is stored in a special box with the key around your neck" pointed Ducan at Lina's pendant. "That's exactly what they're after."
"Then the life of a little cat will be threatened."
"There's something strange here. If they're after this locket, shouldn't they be looking for my whereabouts long ago? With their numbers, they can definitely find me."
"There are two reasons. The first one they didn't know Ariana had given you the locket, and the second one, Violet. I adopted Violet to pretend to be you for 17 years. I made a play to have managed to find my daughter back alive. All this so I can lure them out to avenge this. But to my confusion, they have not shown any signs of movement at all. What are they really waiting for?"
"Maybe they already know that Violet isn't your real daughter."
"I don't think so. Only me and my three loyal subordinates know this secret. The three of them were unlikely to betray because they had followed me for so many years and had no reason to betray. And they're the ones I've been ordering to find you all along."
"I think they're waiting for the token to appear. It would be futile for them to attack Violet who did not possess the Token. They don't want to repeat what happened 17 years ago" Daniel guessed.
"Ep... Maybe what you're saying is true" Ducan touched his forehead while thinking.
"Can I see the token?" ask Lina.
"Of course, I can. It's already yours."
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