Supreme Heir Son-in-law

Looking at the desk, Xu Ke suddenly felt increasingly confused.

Everything around him started to exceed his expectations — he’d never encountered this kind of thing before.

It’s not that he lacked patience, nor was he unwilling to continue searching.

But he felt uncertain about these unknown things.

It wasn’t his fault; after all, he’d never dealt with such things before and had no idea what his grandfather was up to.

However, Xu Ke had a premonition that everything here might not have been arranged by Old Master Xu.

This matter was uncertain because, without finding the office, he really couldn’t draw a conclusion.

The desk itself had no suspicious features, but in one of its drawers, Xu Ke found another pattern in an extremely inconspicuous corner.

At a glance, it was clear that the pattern was deliberately embedded here, and the marks suggested it was done 15 years ago.

Xu Ke found things increasingly interesting and grew curious about the person who designed these mechanisms.

Including this pattern, he now had four in total.

But he believed these four were just the tip of the iceberg, and there might be more hidden behind.

Thinking of this, Xu Ke quickened his pace, and within half an hour, he obtained two more pieces.

At this point, he had roughly explored a third of the entire floor. If they hadn’t missed anything along the way, it could be easily deduced how many patterns there were.

He now held six pieces, and if the count was accurate, there should be about 20 in total.

Xu Ke was puzzled about what these images were for — were they some kind of mechanism or key?

He doubted it, as the patterns looked ordinary aside from some resemblance between them; otherwise, they revealed nothing.

But this was all speculation; he wasn’t sure how many Murong Hai had collected.

Only by knowing how many Murong had could he determine specifically what quantity these patterns might be.

Meanwhile, Murong Hai was fervently searching, initially finding three pieces, but then slowly hitting a bottleneck.

No matter how they searched, they couldn’t find another.

Murong Hai was growing impatient and doubted whether this direction was correct.

His experience mirrored Xu Ke’s; during a section of the search, they found no spiderwebs here.

Murong Hai also found this odd because logically, there shouldn’t be any.

They had traversed about 10 meters, and in this distance, not a single spider could be seen.

Murong Hai suddenly thought that perhaps the spiderweb was just a camouflage for other objects — it could be anything like a table, a chair, a fan, or all items in the office.

With this realization, Murong Hai felt like he had opened the door to a new world.

He immediately instructed his subordinates not to overlook any suspicious objects nearby.

Even a table should be thoroughly inspected for hidden patterns.

Though his subordinates were curious, they followed suit as it was an order from the boss.

This method truly worked; within just 5 meters, they discovered two more patterns.

They had already covered approximately a third of the path, combining with Xu Ke’s third, leaving the remaining third within reach.

Murong Hai now had five patterns, plus Xu Ke’s six, totaling 11 pieces.

At this moment, Murong Hai received a call from Xu Ke.

"Ah Hai, how’s the situation on your side?"

Murong Hai briefly communicated his findings to Xu Ke, and they agreed to meet at a place ahead.

Upon learning that Murong had found five patterns, Xu Ke began calculating internally.

Together, they indeed had 11 patterns, and with the unexplored region, they shouldn’t exceed 20 in total.

Of course, unusual conditions could occur, and perhaps Xu Ke had miscalculated.

There might be patterns hidden in some places they hadn’t found.

Currently, they couldn’t ascertain this and could only focus on what they knew.

By now, it was past 6 PM, and the sky gradually darkened.

Unwittingly, he’d spent most of the day here.

As the light dimmed, Xu Ke felt his eyes aching.

At this time, he hesitated whether to continue the investigation because night was falling.

Moreover, they had come up without an elevator, and possibly the building’s normal electrical system was already down.

Without light, searching in the darkness was impossible.

Xu Ke turned on his flashlight, starting to feel around the wall.

Regardless of electricity, he needed to locate the light switch.

After searching the wall for a while, Xu Ke finally found a switch.

Without hesitation, Xu Ke pressed it, as there was nothing else around.

As he pressed it, all the lights on the 25th floor turned on.

Suddenly, the bright lights dazzled Xu Ke’s eyes.

Murong Hai, advancing in the dark, was startled when the lights suddenly illuminated.

He wondered what was happening, suspecting if this place was haunted.

However, Xu Ke quickly recovered, and seeing the illuminated surroundings, he was somewhat relieved.

With electricity available, things became much more convenient. Today, they had to uncover this secret.

But then, a curious question popped into Xu Ke’s mind.

Logically, this building had been vacant for four to five years, so why was its electrical system still running?

Although Xu Group was wealthy and didn’t care about the electric bill, this seemed overly wasteful.

However, Xu Ke knew this order was given by his grandfather; no one else dared to do so.

The few members of the board wouldn’t have such authority; how could Old Master Xu let them meddle in the company building’s affairs?

Moreover, Xu Ke heard that his grandfather independently managed the new company building back then.

Although many opposed it, once everyone moved in, they were extremely satisfied with the current environment.

This sufficiently demonstrated how perceptive and sharp-eyed Old Master Xu was.