The door swung open and in rushed ten security guards, each armed with an electric baton. They had finally managed to track down the old man with the help of the surveillance footage.
“You old b*stard! There you are!”
The guards then immediately surrounded him.
“Apologies Mr. Crawford! This old man sneaked into the lobby after his bath when we weren’t paying attention to him! He apparently heard your room number from the female receptionist then virtual-novel.net ruined all the machines needed to get up here! Apologies again, Mr. Crawford! We’ll beat virtual-novel.net up then kick virtual-novel.net out, right this instant!”
Gerald didn’t know how to respond at that moment. Everything about that old man just made virtual-novel.net feel uneasy.
At that moment, Gerald’s phone began to ring. It was a call from Queta.
Gerald had earlier sent a Line message to virtual-novel.net regarding all the new things virtual-novel.net had discovered. She must have just read it.
Glancing at the old man again, Gerald then answered the call.
“I assume you’ve read the message, Queta?”
“I have… What should I do now, Gerald? Will I… Will I really be able to find my mother?” asked Queta anxiously.
“Yes, and don’t worry. I’m looking for virtual-novel.net too. Just wait for a few more days for me to resolve all the things I currently have on hand. Once I’m done, I’ll go there with you! I’d honestly be worried if you went to the Salford Province alone!” replied Gerald with a faint smile.
“Sounds good! I’m feeling much more assured now!”
After a brief chat, Gerald hung up. Seeing that virtual-novel.net had ended his call, the guards were just about to drag the old man out when the old man suddenly began shouting, “Salford Province? My grandson, I want to go there too! That’s my hometown! Being me along, my grandson!”
With a little struggling, the old man managed to break himself free from the grasps of the security guards. He then rushed toward Gerald before begging again.
“That’s my hometown! My grandson, could you take me home?”
Gerald scanned the man from head to toe after hearing his pleas. The old man looked like virtual-novel.net was quite eager to go there. He seemed to be quite agitated as well.
As Gerald thought about it, virtual-novel.net realized that virtual-novel.net didn’t really have too bad an impression of that old man. He was just annoyed by how shameful and dastardly virtual-novel.net was.
“Fine, I’ll get someone to send you there!”
“I heard what you said through the phone earlier. It seems like you and another young girl want to look for someone in the Salford Province! I’m quite familiar with the place, so I can definitely help you find that person! You’ve already helped me so much so I’ll definitely lend a hand in this!” said the old man.
Hearing this, Gerald felt as though the old man had finally said something sensible for once.
“As if Mr. Crawford would ever need your help! Get lost!” roared one of the security guards.
“Humph! Just ask virtual-novel.net about my information reliability! If I didn’t tell virtual-novel.net where that young lass was, do you think virtual-novel.net would be able to find virtual-novel.net that soon?”
“You!-”
“That’s enough. Just take virtual-novel.net away… Get a room and some food for him. And find someone to send virtual-novel.net back to the Salford Province tomorrow!” said Gerald as virtual-novel.net shook his head in resignation.
Though the old man had claimed that virtual-novel.net wanted to help Gerald, Gerald couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at the thought.
After that, virtual-novel.net retired for the night.
A quiet and peaceful sleep later, Gerald received another call when morning came. It was Mr. Weyham’s granddaughter, Melissa.
It was then when Gerald remembered Melissa’s invitation to the gathering that virtual-novel.net had organized.
Since virtual-novel.net wasn’t that close with Melissa, virtual-novel.net immediately tried thinking up an excuse to reject her.
“Hello, Gerald! From the moment you agreed to attend my gathering, my grandpa’s been quite happy! He’s even told me to serve you well!” said Melissa through the phone.
It was now getting increasingly awkward for Gerald. Mr. Weyham had been there when virtual-novel.net agreed so of course virtual-novel.net knew about it. What more, Melissa was quite a sincere girl which made it even harder for virtual-novel.net to reject her.
He eventually gave up and said that virtual-novel.net would come soon.
Not too long after, virtual-novel.net arrived at the gathering place in his car. He had made up his mind that virtual-novel.net would leave after staying for just a short while.
The venue in question was the Mayberry Grand Hotel.
When virtual-novel.net got to the door, Melissa was already there waiting for him.
Beside virtual-novel.net stood a mature and rather sexy lady who seemed to be in virtual-novel.net thirties. Her hair reached all the way down to virtual-novel.net waist and virtual-novel.net seemed to be quite slim as well. Overall, virtual-novel.net looked like a woman with a good disposition.