After listening, Zhang Yuchen nodded at me as well. It did seem to make sense.
We waited at the entrance for a minute or two. After making a phone call inside the guard booth, the security guard came out.
Then the guard said:
"Please come in, all three of you. Our butler said to have you wait in the living room."
With that, he opened the gate and pointed straight ahead.
Uncle Yu did not hesitate, leading the three of us inside.
The villa was a large traditional Chinese courtyard residence.
Beyond the main gate was an entryway water feature, filled with many enormous carp, each over a meter long.
These were the big fish Master had always dreamed of catching...
There were also rockeries and several rare species of trees around it. Combined with the landscaping and the lighting designer's arrangement, the entire courtyard was exceptionally beautiful.
We walked deeper into the courtyard and soon arrived at the traditional Chinese-style living room.
The lights were already on. The spacious room was filled with rosewood furniture and decorative display shelves lined with jars and vases.
They looked like antiques, but none of us knew much about such things, so we could not tell whether they were valuable or not.
We did not wander around or touch anything. Since Uncle Yu remained standing, none of us sat down either.
We merely looked around the room...
But just then, footsteps sounded from the rear of the house.
Then an old, dark and thin man in his eighties, his gray-white hair sparse, strode out.
He wore gray pajamas. Though advanced in years and covered in wrinkles, his eyes were deep and exceptionally sharp.
Behind him followed a man around Uncle Yu's age.
He looked kind and benevolent, probably the butler.
The moment the