Nicole didn't remember when she fell asleep. She seemed to have a dream, in which there was a grassland, at the end of which the sun rose. The sun was warm, making people sleepy.
Not knowing how long it took, Nicole finally woke up. She opened her eyes in a daze and found that there was no one beside her.
"Jacob?" Nicole called and sat up with her hands on her arms.
The bedroom was empty and no one answered.
Nicole uncovered the thin quilt and stood up to look around. Jacob wasn't in the room. The bedroom door was ajar. He must have gone out.
"Jacob?" Nicole called again, but no one answered. She folded the thin quilt neatly, opened the door and walked out of the bedroom.
There was no one in the corridor.
Nicole didn't see the busy servants until she went down the stairs to the first floor. The first floor was much busier than the third floor.
"Excuse me, where is Jacob?" Asked Nicole politely, stopping a servant who was holding a cup of tea.
The servant bowed and answered respectfully, "Mr. Jacob is in the garden."
"In the garden?" Nicole was confused.
"Yes." As if knowing what Nicole was going to ask, the servant bowed to the front door and pointed, "Go out, turn right, and walk along the corridor to see the small garden."
"Thank you."
Nicole thanked her and turned right as the servant said.
When she was about to reach the end, Albertan suddenly came from the corner. Nicole stopped and looked at Albertan in a daze.
Although she didn't have anything to lose, this was the main house of the Gu family, and Albertan was in charge of it. She was a little timid in other people's territory.
"Ah... Auntie... " Nicole stepped back and looked at Albertan carefully.
Albertan fixed her eyes on Nicole. After a long time, she said coldly, "Nicole, I want to talk to you, okay?"
okay?
The tone of these two words and these two words shocked Nicole. Since Nicole met Albertan for the first time, Albertan had never talked to her in such a tone of discussion.
Seeing that Nicole didn't say anything, Albertan thought that Nicole didn't agree, so she thought for a while and said, "I have something to tell you, and it has something to do with Jacob."
Realizing what had happened, Nicole nodded her head in panic and answered incoherently, "okay. Okay... "
"Then let's go." Albertan sighed slightly. She could see that there was still awkwardness on her face, but she controlled herself.
"Okay."
Nicole followed Albertan all the way to the other side of the corridor, where there was a greenhouse. There were all kinds of orchids planted in the greenhouse. It could be seen that some of them were valuable.
"Have a seat." Albertan sat down on a bench in the greenhouse and said to Nicole.
Nicole quickly sat down on the opposite chair and looked at Albertan in confusion.
Albertan didn't say anything immediately. She kept silent for a while and said hesitantly, "in fact, the death of David has something to do with me."
What?
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