Old Pi and his daughter clearly had no idea what this reference was, while Li Congxin would never go around bragging about his glorious exploits fighting evil forces. Hearing this, the former could not help frowning. "What do you mean, searching the streets for robbers? What exactly happened?"
"Don't worry about those details!" Li Congxin decisively changed the subject. "I just never imagined that my parents would possess such a precious fortune. Even now, it still feels a little unbelievable."
Having found a chance to show off, Old Pi still felt unsatisfied and continued, "Van Gogh's Sunflowers was a series of works. At first, there were two compositions, one with twelve paintings and one with fourteen. The twelve paintings represented the twelve apostles of Christ, while the final two represented him and his younger brother. However, human effort has its limits. Van Gogh spent his whole life on them, yet only completed eleven paintings."
At this point, a look of regret appeared on Old Pi's face. He then pointed at Li Congxin's Sunflowers and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the fifth of Van Gogh's fourteen Sunflowers."
"How can you tell?"
"That's a long story."
"Then don't tell me. Even if you did, I wouldn't understand." Li Congxin waved his hand, showing that he was not very interested. "Something went wrong when I tried reading the USB drive on my end. Could you take a look for me?"
After putting away the Sunflowers, the three of them went to Li Congxin's room.
Old Pi sat down without hesitation and began cracking the password. Hope, meanwhile, asked Li Congxin curiously, "When your parents left this thing for you, they didn't even tell you the password?"
Li Congxin shrugged to indicate that they had not.
"It doesn't matter if they didn't." Without another word, Old Pi immediately began deciphering the password.
As it turned out, the computer skills of Li Congxin's parents in this body's previous life were fairly ordinary. At least, they had no chance to resist Hank Pym. In less than a minute, the password they had designed was successfully cracked by this world-class scientist.
Old Pi stood up, patted Li Congxin on the shoulder, and said, "There should be some very important information for you in this video. You'd better watch it right away. We won't stay here and get in the way."
With that, he led Hope, who had become curious and wanted to stay to find out what was going on but felt too embarrassed to do so, out of Li Congxin's room.
Although she had said that, Hope did not move an inch, showing just how strong her curiosity was.
Li Congxin did not mind. He simply said generously, "You can watch it too. I believe my parents wouldn't have left me anything shameful."
Hope was delighted. She quickly turned around and leaned toward the computer, while Old Pi calmly turned back and walked over, his expression still solemn.
The three of them gathered in front of the computer screen, and Li Congxin opened the video file.
On the screen appeared the figures of Li Congxin's parents. The footage shook slightly, suggesting that his father had been holding the video camera himself. The background seemed to be an enclosed room, perhaps a changing room in some public place. As for the exact location, Li Congxin could not tell.
"Congxin." The first to speak was Li Congxin's mother, Martha. "By the time you see this video, your father and I will already be gone."
"Son, we love you!"
"Get out of here!" Li Congxin's father shoved Martha away and complained, "Time is tight. Stop wasting it on useless things."
He then turned to the screen and said, "Your Uncle Sinclair—the reporter who loved teasing you. That unlucky bastard has gotten into trouble. He obtained evidence of a gang's crimes, but the bad guys noticed."
"Before he was finished off, he hid the criminal evidence and called to tell me about it. I wanted to inform your Uncle Marcus immediately, but he was on a mission and had shut off all communications equipment. I think we're being watched too, so I could only store this message in a bank safe-deposit box."
"After watching this video, you must tell your Uncle Marcus about this as soon as possible. I hope this message will still be useful by then."
"Listen carefully. The criminal evidence is hidden in..."
After saying that, Li Congxin's father took a deep breath and added, "Also, the other black suitcase contains a Sunflowers by Van Gogh. Your aunt insisted on giving it to me. If you ever run into trouble, you can put it up for auction. If you don't have any problems you can't solve, keep it as a family heirloom."
"That's all!"
At that moment, the image shook violently. Then Martha's face appeared on the screen once more. "Baby, I love you!"
The video ended.
"Clark." Hope carefully tried to comfort him from beside him. "They'll definitely go to heaven. Don't be too sad."
Li Congxin shook his head and wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes.
There clearly had not been much emotion in his heart, so why were his tear ducts being so useless?
It must have been the influence of the memories left behind by his predecessor.
Still, perhaps this was for the best. Let me settle this grudge on your behalf and repay the karma between us.
Before you continue