Chapter 773: Omissions by Grizzi
Neto looked away and said: “It’s pretty good.
“I envy the old Lu family for having such a well-behaved granddaughter. Many children in the compound liked her, and everyone was looking out for her. But Alanzo is nice to look at, and after a long time, the two of them will definitely have feelings …”
At that moment, Conrad sighed: “What a pity, what a blessing.
“Two days ago, ah, I dreamt of the old road, I feel sorry for him …”
The old man is Alanzo’s father, Neto’s grandfather, who has been dead for many years.
Hearing him say these words, there was no sadness on Neto’s face, nor was there any.
The past, it’s all in the past, he’s happy now and his mother is well now, so there’s no point dwelling on what once was.
Conrado rambled on and on, and Neto kept quiet.
At the end, he said: “I’m ashamed of the old way, oh, and I’m sorry for your mother, and your father is an idiot”.
“It’s all in the past. Neto shook off a weak statement.
Lucila had already brought water to the table.
Both men turned their heads towards Lucila, causing her to look a little puzzled and wonder what they had said in the room.
After giving Conrado a drink, Neto took Lucila and prepared to leave.
The old man wanted to say something, but in the end said nothing.
Neto knew what the old man was going to say, he wanted to meet Alanzo, it had been many years since they had seen each other.
However, Alanzo is fine now and the right thing to do is not to bother.
There was no sign of Aeneas in the lobby, so the two had to go straight out.
As they walked towards the courtyard entrance, Aeneas’ voice sounded behind them.
“Third young master, I’ll get you something to take away ah, wait a moment”.
Lucila wanted to say no, but Neto told her: “I’ll go and get him, you wait here”.
Aeneas is older and, after all, it is a small token of his appreciation.
Lucila had to nod.
As he watched Neto follow Aeneas into the lobby, he habitually looked down from his bag to check his phone.
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What Aeneas wanted Neto to have, and it was nothing special, was just some Brussels sprouts and pickles.
He has a good appetite and is not a picky eater, I can’t tell if he likes them or hates them, but Lucila loves them.
He took the big bag and said with a smile, “I thanked Aeneas for Lucila. ”
“What’s the point of talking about this, we are all family, you guys, come back and visit more often when you have time, I’m getting old now too and I don’t know how many years I’ll live …” Aeneas said, his eyes watering.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.
Aeneas’ husband was a soldier under Conrad’s command who died in the line of duty. Conrad naturally loved his soldiers and entrusted Aeneas with their care.
But Eneas was a stubborn and conservative person who never married and lived alone in the countryside. Conrado took pity on her and let her work in the Pastrano family, where she took care of everyone’s food and clothes.
He also seems to have become frail in his old age.
Neto reassured her twice and turned to leave.
He came out of the hall and saw from a distance that there was no one at the entrance to the courtyard.
He frowned, where had the girl gone?
But when he reached the door and saw the fallen guard on the floor, his heart sank to the bottom.
He put his hands on his head and went over to pinch the guard, who gradually woke up, and Neto asked him with a sullen face: “Where is Lucila? She was here, where did she go?
“Miss Floria?” and the guard did not take long to react, he froze for a moment before quickly getting up from the floor: “They must have taken him away, someone must have knocked me unconscious”.
Neto’s whole body stiffened and his face suddenly changed, with an unusually frightened expression.
The guard reminded him: “Thirdly young man, ordinary people cannot enter the compound, if they can enter here, they must have an acquaintance with them, I think this is something you should tell Major General Pastrano first, he can help”.
Neto nodded and walked quickly towards the house, calling out to Marco as he went.
The call was answered by his secretary.
He was calling Marco’s personal number and the secretary, knowing not to be hasty, respectfully said: “Major General Pastrano is in a meeting, I’ll put him through with anything.
“No need to pass it on, put him on the phone, I have something very important to do!” Neto scratched his hair with some annoyance, he was about to get angry.
The secretary had some difficulty, but thought better of it and turned to Marco.
Marco was in a meeting and was a little annoyed at being disturbed, but when he saw that it was a private phone, he immediately became serious.
Without waiting for the secretary to speak, he picked up the phone and went outside.
“Neto?”
“Lucila was gone, right in front of the Pastrano family compound, I went back to the house to get an object and she was gone, the guards were knocked out and she was gone ….”
Without waiting for her to say anything, Marco said, “Don’t worry, I’ll send someone to look for him, I’ll be right back”.
Neto was silent for a moment and said: “OK, thank you”.
Marco didn’t answer again and just hung up the phone, striding out of the office and heading for the car park to drive home.
On the way back, Marco followed the clues Neto had mentioned and tidied things up.
The conclusion reached is that Lucila was captured in front of the Pastrano family compound.
Much information can be gleaned from this simple and brutal conclusion.
For example, this must have been planned for a long time, and there was an acquaintance to take charge, otherwise how could people just blend in at the entrance to the heavily guarded military compound, and be targeted specifically at the entrance to the Pastrano family compound?
He thought back to the information he had recently received that a group of Grizzi’s men who had not yet fallen through the net were looking for him and wanted revenge.
It even seemed to him that it was the same group that had taken Lucila.
Back at La familia Pastrano, he saw Neto walking around the living room looking incredibly agitated.
As soon as he entered, Neto greeted him: “Big brother, any news?
“No definite news, but ….” Marco looked at Neto’s tense face and was a little reluctant to put his conjecture into words.
Neto’s hand at his side tightened involuntarily and his voice trembled inaudibly. “But what?”
Marco took a deep breath and removed his hat before saying, “A group of Grizzi leakers have been asking for information about me lately, wanting revenge, and if I’m right, it’s very likely that they were the ones who took Lucila. “