chapter24：old friend

Amy said dejectedly, "I can't find it, Tom. Are you sure you remembered it correctly?"

Tom's voice came again, "Look more carefully. Those fragments might be hidden in places you'd never expect.

" Amy cheered up again and carefully examined every item in the room once more. Suddenly, she noticed a small hidden compartment behind the radio.

Amy opened the compartment and there was a glittering crystal inside, emitting a glow. Amy followed the direction of the light.

The moment she stepped out of the room, everything in the room gradually disappeared as if it had never existed.

And Amy found herself back on the bus. Jack, sitting behind her, greeted her enthusiastically as before, "Hi, Amy. You looked like you were asleep just now.

Did you have a nice dream?" Amy just forced a smile, her mind still full of the experiences she had just had in that room. Lucy looked at her worriedly.

As Amy's best friend, she seemed to sense that something was wrong with Amy.

Before Lucy could open her mouth to ask, the bus suddenly braked sharply and everyone lurched forward.

The driver shouted loudly, "Sorry, everyone. A small animal just darted out suddenly.

Now we'll turn into the villa area to take shelter." The bus slowly drove into the villa area.

The houses here looked very luxurious, but there was a mysterious atmosphere all around.

Amy's eyes were suddenly attracted by a statue on the roadside.

The statue looked exactly like the radio she had seen in the room.

Amy couldn't help but get off the bus and walked towards the statue.

Jack and Lucy also got off the bus.

They didn't understand why Amy was suddenly interested in this statue.

Amy walked up to the statue and found a mark at the bottom of the statue, the same as the hidden compartment of the radio.

She operated it in the way she opened the hidden compartment in the room.

Sure enough, a small opening appeared at the bottom of the statue, and another crystal emerged inside.

The light of this crystal was stronger than the previous one, and the rays of light formed a light path, as if guiding Amy forward.

Amy walked along the light path, with Jack and Lucy following closely behind.

They came to a villa that seemed to have been abandoned for a long time.

The villa door was tightly closed, but under the illumination of the crystal's light, the door slowly opened.

Entering the villa, it was full of dust and cobwebs.

Amy found a photo on the living - room table. In the photo was a young Tom and an old man she had never seen before.

There was a line of writing on the back of the photo: "Don't be afraid on the road to finding the truth." Then there was another earth - shattering upheaval, and Amy was dazed and found herself back in the second - floor room of the villa again.

The butler's worried knocking on the door came: "Miss Amy, are you all right? The guests are almost all here.

You can come out for the dinner banquet in half an hour."... Amy opened the door.

Seeing her somewhat pale face, the butler asked with concern, "Miss, are you feeling unwell?" Amy shook her head, trying to calm herself down.

"I'm fine. Maybe I was just a little dizzy just now."

She followed the butler to the living room. The guests had arrived one after another, and the lively chatter filled the whole space.

However, Amy couldn't blend into this seemingly cheerful atmosphere. Her mind was still preoccupied with all the strange events she had experienced before.

She scanned the crowd with her eyes, hoping to find a clue related to Tom or those strange phenomena.

At this time, she saw a man in a corner. His back looked somewhat familiar.

Amy walked up to him.

When the man turned around, she was surprised to find that it was David.

However, David still looked like the female painter he had turned into in the restaurant before, and Jake was standing beside him, smiling and greeting Amy. "Amy, you look very off." Jake said with concern.

His voice was as gentle as a breeze. Amy took a deep breath and pulled Jake to a relatively quiet corner, briefly telling him what she had just experienced.

After listening, Jake's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion and shock.

"This is incredible. But since we came to this villa area, there have been constantly things beyond common sense happening.

Maybe we need to further explore the history and secrets of this place." Jake was silent for a while, as if thinking about something important.

Then he sighed softly and said slowly, "Amy, actually there has been something I've been hiding from you.

Besides being curious about the mysterious phenomena here, I have a personal reason for coming to this villa area.

I always feel that I have a special connection with this place, as if there is an invisible force pulling me.

And the name Tom you mentioned, I feel as if I've heard it somewhere." Amy's eyes lit up. "You've also heard the name Tom?" Jake frowned, as if trying hard to recall something.