Everyone looked at Mrs. McCarthy, who was pointed at by him.
Mrs. McCarthy felt embarrassed. She cleared her throat and asked, "So, are you sure that thing is in Fiona’s hand?"
As she mentioned this, the smile on Mr. Quill's face suddenly disappeared.
He sighed.
"Yeah, in her hand, but I didn’t give it to her, she took it away."
Mrs. McCarthy was a bit confused.
"What do you mean?"
"Huh, what do I mean?" Mr. Quill sneered, "What else does it mean? That girl is an ungrateful wretch. I brought her up and expected her to take care of me. I never thought she would listen to some stupid sweet talk and run away with a guy just like that. She even took away quite a few possessions from the house. The thing you wanted should have been taken away along with those possessions. If you want to find it quickly, go and look for her. Don't bother me. It will be yours if you could find her. But... "
He shook his head. "I have told you everything. Don’t blame me if you couldn’t find it."
They were all a little stunned by what he said.
Mrs. McCarthy kept silent for a while and then nodded, "I understand. Don’t worry. We will find her. We will let you know when we do."
This time, Mr. Quill didn't say anything.
Mrs. McCarthy and the others stood up and left.
Outside Mr. Quill’s villa, they stood on the road blankly, not knowing what to do.
It was supposed to be a done deal, and now it’s all blown. Everyone felt quite upset.
Queeny asked first, "What should we do now?"
Mrs. McCarthy frowned and said, "Obviously we have to find Fiona. But I heard that she has been missing for some time. If Mr. Quill couldn’t find her, it won’t be easy for us to find her quickly either. It is better to go back to Eqitin first, and then figure things out. What do you think?"
Mr. McCarthy agreed.
But Felix had different opinions.
His eyes showed fierceness, and his voice was cold.
"I don't agree. Who knows if that old man wasn’t lying? What if that thing is not even in Fiona’s hand?"
Mrs. McCarthy looked at him, "What do you want to do?"
"Search the house."
Maybe because he felt that it was not appropriate to do, he paused. But then he added, "I don’t believe it unless we search the house."
Mrs. McCarthy went quiet for a moment and finally agreed, "Okay, then. We’ll still arrange for the return journey. But we will search the house first. When it gets dark, we will all go to Mr. Quill’s and look for the thing. If we can’t find anything, we will leave then. Then we need to figure out a way to find Fiona."
Felix nodded.
After making the discussion, they left.
Soon, the sun went down, and it was already night.
Four dark shadows sneaked into Mr. Quill’s villa.
By this time, Mr. Quill had fallen asleep.
Mrs. McCarthy sneaked into the bedroom first, knocked the old man out, and then directed the rest of them to start searching in the house together.
The villa was not very big, and also it was not small.
The Celestial Book was just a little thing. It was not easy to find it.
While Mrs. McCarthy was looking for it in the bedroom, the others left the bedroom and went to search other places.
Mrs. McCarthy looked everywhere but couldn’t find it in the bedroom.
In the end, she fixed her eyes on Mr. Quill.
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