Nita approached Angela and smiled, "You're right. It is common for someone like Arvin to have so many houses, but what's unusual is that he has kept one in Jianqiao Garden. That place is seldom visited, but is being maintained on a regular basis."
"What's unusual about that?" 'Arvin couldn't possibly stay in more than one house at a time.' Angela still didn't think much about what Nita was saying.
Nita's face showed a wide smile. "Nothing. But what if I tell you that he is keeping one of the rooms for a woman? Is that normal, too?"
Angela thought about it and shook her head, "Not that much. But why are you beating around the bush? Do you mean to say that Arvin is keeping a room at Jianqiao Garden for a woman?"
"You're not that stupid after all. That's right. Do you want to have a look?" Nita put on a sly smile.
Wanting to quench her curiosity, Angela followed Nita into Jianqiao Garden.
At Building 2, Jianqiao Garden.
The two cars slowly pulled over, and the two women got out.
Looking at the pair of high, wooden doors before her, Angela turned around and asked, "How do we get in? Do you have the key?"
"Me? Of course not!" Nita then took out her phone and made a call, "Open the doors."
Within three minutes, the doors were opened from the inside by an old housekeeper, who greeted Nita politely, "Miss Zhen."
Nita glanced at Angela, and they went into the villa together.
Nita stopped on the second floor and pushed a door open. "Come on in and have a look!" She told Angela who was standing at the doorway.
Stepping into a dominantly orange room with a wallpaper of ballon flowers, she saw lots of paintings.
On a wall hung a two-meter-high photo frame. It was a picture of a woman in a traditional orange dress.
On her face was a gentle smile, her mouth corners turning slightly upward, her hands holding a fan.
Angela didn't know the woman, but she guessed that this might be Rosa Yin.
She was gorgeous, a classic beauty with an elegant posture.
On the dresser nearby were some jewel cases and a small photo frame of a man and a woman. The woman was Rosa, and the man was... Arvin.
This might have been taken a long time ago because Arvin still looked like he was in his early twenties.
He wore a white shirt and was riding a bike, with Rosa seated on the bike, wearing a folk-style costume.
He wasn't smiling, but he seemed to be in a good mood.
Rosa displayed a shy and gentle smile.
Having put down the photo frame, Angela managed to hide her discomfort. She brushed her forefinger on the desk and found it dustless.
It seemed like he did have the place regularly cleaned.
Beside the photo frame was a brocade box. Angela opened it by accident and saw a diamond ring inside.
A diamond ring...
She remembered that Arvin once told her that he had bought a diamond ring for Rosa. This must have been it.
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