On the way to Shangri-La he called Isaac Cameron and asked him, “Isaac Cameron, have Mr. Mai and his grandson left the
hotel yet?”
Isaac Cameron hurriedly said, “Master, they are currently having breakfast in the dining room.
I think they’ve already washed and dressed.
I’m guessing they will head out after they finish eating.”
Charlie said, “I’ll be there in about ten minutes.
Help me keep them confined to the hotel until then.”
Isaac Cameron asked, “Master, where do you want to meet them? Would you like me to arrange security to take them to my
office?”
Charlie exhorted, “No, it would frighten them into action.
Arrange a waiter to enter their room with one of the universal room cards, toss the room and take something, and then leave the
room door slightly ajar.
If they try to leave, have a staff member approach them and inform them that their room looks to have been ransacked and they
need to go back to verify if anything is missing.”
Isaac Cameron smiled and said, “Master, that’s a great idea!... Okay, I’ll make the arrangements! It should take about ten
minutes, so you’ll have plenty of time while I keep them distracted!”
***
Meanwhile, Mr. Mai drank the last half of his cup of coffee, wiped his mouth, and said to Mike, “Okay, let’s hurry up and head to
the Thorne’s house nearby and watch Zara.”
Mike hurriedly asked him, “Grandpa, are we going to follow Zara? We are not good at stalking...”
Mr. Mai said, “Don’t worry about that.
As long as we can find her and obtain a piece of her hair, I’ll have a way to figure out her movements in Aurous Hill, and where
she previously stayed before her public release.”
After a pause, Mr. Mai said again, “She’d been missing for a while, and was seriously injured.
I think she was with the mysterious person that the Banks Family is looking for for such a long time.
So, as long as we find the place where she’d recently stayed the longest, we’ll be very close to the mysterious man!”
Mike asked in surprise, “Grandpa, what are you talking about? How is that possible!?”
Mr. Mai said earnestly, “These are the tracking methods in Qimen Dunjia.
First, you should learn the eight trigrams of the book of changes.
In the future, your grandfather and your father will naturally teach you various methods of Qimen Dunjia.”
Mike nodded lightly, his heart full of expectation.
So, he hurriedly put half of the sliced bread into his mouth, and then said vaguely, “Okay, grandpa, let’s go!”
Mr. Mai nodded and just stood up, when suddenly a waitress ran over and asked nervously, “Are you a guest in room 1003?”
Mr. Mai asked curiously, “I am, what’s wrong?”
The waitress was very apologetic and said, “I’m so sorry! When our housekeeper was cleaning your room just now, she found
the door to your room opened slightly.
When she went in to investigate, she found your personal belongings had been gone through.
It may be theft, so please return to your room and check if there is anything missing.
If there is, we will immediately cooperate with you and report it to the police for investigation!”
Mr. Mai never imagined that the internationally renowned five-star chain hotel he stayed in would suddenly turn into a den of
thieves.
He didn’t doubt the waitress’s words, and subconsciously exclaimed, “Sorry! Mike, help me back to our room!”
When Mr. Mai came to China this time, he brought along a lot of antiques handed down by his ancestors.
Moreover, he was going to approach Zara secretly today, and the things he brought were invaluable to that work.
Among them, the geomantic compass of the Song Dynasty alone was priceless! What’s more, it was handed down by the
ancestors of the Mai family for nearly a thousand years!
With Mike’s support, Mr. Mai hurried back to the room.