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Chapter 581 The Truth or Falsehood of Memories: A Matter That Cannot Be Revealed

"Let's go take a look at the courtyard where you lived when you were a child."

The estate is so big that if I walked around the whole thing, I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

"It's right next door."

As the first grandson of the third generation of the Yuan family, Song Ciyuan had been living alone since he was old enough to remember things, enjoying the two courtyards next to the main courtyard.

The entire courtyard is his personal playground.

"I remember there was a gate between the two courtyards for convenience. Let me look for it." Following his somewhat vague memory, Song Ciyuan wandered around the courtyard that felt completely unfamiliar to him, and finally found a somewhat mottled gate next to a bougainvillea climbing the wall.

"found it!"

When Li Chengxiao walked over to him, he saw that not only were there bougainvillea vines on the door, but there was also an iron gate guarding the door.

Do you have the key?

Song Ciyuan had just started to push the vines on the door aside when he heard this, he shook his head.

Li Chengxiao reached out and touched the rusty door lock, then looked at the rusty metal parts that secured the door panels on the left and right, and took a step back.

The moment Song Ciyuan saw his action and wisely took a step back, he kicked the door, opening one door and leaving the other door teetering on the verge of collapse.

He then went inside first.

Song Ciyuan's lips twitched, and he quickly followed.

"call!"

A swirling wind swept across the faces of the two people who had just entered the courtyard, bringing with it a musty, stale smell.

Li Chengxiao raised his hand and waved it in front of him.

Song Ciyuan couldn't help but speak up: "This courtyard..."

Although he had a premonition when he saw the rusty lock earlier.

But it wasn't as shocking as seeing it with my own eyes now.

The manor is so large that there are dozens or even hundreds of people serving here. How could they possibly overlook a courtyard right next to the main courtyard?

Unless, the owner of this place specifically ordered that the courtyard be sealed off and not be maintained.

And so many years have been wasted!

As the dusty lights in the courtyard corridor were turned on, Li Chengxiao glanced around before finally settling on Song Ciyuan's face, who was clearly stunned.

After a moment of stunned silence, Song Ciyuan suddenly reached out and covered his head.

"No, that's not right..."

I was slapped hard on the back.

"What's wrong?"

Song Ciyuan stared blankly up at his senior brother's eyes, barely managing to compose himself. He swallowed hard before speaking in a slightly unsteady voice, "If I really lived in this courtyard for a few years, then even though it's been abandoned for so long, there should still be some traces of my past life here. But my memory only shows that I lived here, without any details. Did I really live here?"

He is becoming increasingly uncertain.

After listening to what Song Ciyuan said, Li Chengxiao walked towards the nearest room.

Song Ciyuan hesitated for a moment, but still followed.

It was the courtyard where he lived as a child, but now it didn't evoke any nostalgia in him; instead, it carried a sense of dread.

Pushing open the old wooden door, Li Chengxiao reached out and found the light switch on the wall next to the door, then pressed it.

The ceiling light flickered twice, but finally stubbornly stayed on.

What came into view for the two of them was a room full of dust and cobwebs.

This is a bedroom, with a one-meter-wide single bed against the wall. The originally white mattress has long since turned dark gray.

Opposite the bed was a three-door wardrobe, with a mirror embedded in the middle door, now so dusty that it was impossible to see one's reflection clearly. Besides the wardrobe, there was a table and a chair, with a similarly dusty lamp on the table.

Such a simple arrangement is probably for the people who work in this yard to live in.

As Li Chengxiao reached for the wardrobe and was about to open the door, he suddenly turned back to Song Ciyuan and asked, "Do you still remember the person who used to take care of you?"

"Take care of me..."

"Squeak!" While Song Ciyuan was still deep in thought, Li Chengxiao had already opened the wardrobe door.

Looking inside, it was completely empty.

Forget about clothes that could be used to deduce the gender and age of the people who used to live in this room; there wasn't even a blanket or sheet in there.

Just as I was about to close the door, another breath suddenly came from inside the room.

Before Song Ciyuan could react, Li Chengxiao had already swiftly drawn the dagger from his waist and hurled it at the wooden board against the wall inside the wardrobe in front of him.

"what!"

A cry of pain that could not be suppressed immediately drew Song Ciyuan's attention.

"Big……"

"Shh!"

Li Chengxiao reached out and pulled the dagger, which was deeply embedded in the wooden board, out. Along with it came a fresh smell of blood.

However, the breathing sound was gone; "They ran away."

Song Ciyuan looked at the marks left on the wooden board with a sullen face. "I remember now. That guy also kept a group of shady people in this manor. When I was still in the monkey's body, it was he who led those people to capture me. Now it seems that these people are very likely living here."

"Get out first."

As Li Chengxiao spoke, he turned and walked towards the door, and Song Ciyuan quickly followed.

After coming out of the room and standing in the yard, he asked, "Why are those people hiding in the shadows?"

Speaking of these people, Song Ciyuan gritted his teeth. When he was a monkey, he was captured and tortured by them a lot.

"None of them are good people, nor are they ordinary people. Each of them has some special skill, and they are specifically responsible for doing some shady things. If people like Li Zhi and Lin An are considered to be in the open, this group is in the shadows. They don't even have identities."

Naturally, they wouldn't be able to live outside, let alone buy or rent a house.

Then I can only live here in this manor.

It was still somewhat unexpected that he would run into him in this courtyard.

But if you think about it the other way around, if he doesn't think of this courtyard as the place where he lived when he was a child, then this courtyard, which no one would care about or need to maintain normally, is indeed the best place to settle those people.

"That one must have heard some noise outside and wanted to sneak out to check the situation, but it was by chance that you, Senior Brother, noticed it."

"I'll stay tonight."

Song Ciyuan immediately prepared a guest room by himself, and also prepared the room next door.

If his senior brother hadn't refused to share a room with him, he would have even slept on the floor in his senior brother's room.

As for the bedroom that guy was staying in, even though it was his body that was being used, he still felt awkward and had no intention of moving in at all.

However, before going to sleep, Song Ciyuan still shamelessly followed his senior brother to his room.

He closed the door and his expression turned serious. "Senior Brother, I'm now basically certain that my previous memories were fake, or rather, deliberately implanted into my brain by that guy. But I can't understand why he would do that?"

"What if you weren't a child of the Yuan family?"

"Does that mean I'm adopted, just like Yuan Chaoyu?"

"We'll investigate the clues about the previous generation of the Yuan family tomorrow. Now go back to sleep."

As expected, I'll be busy tonight.

That dagger wasn't stabbed in vain!