“Where could Charlie be…?” An Qishan murmured softly, then inquired again, “How old is Charlie this year? Has he reached adulthood yet?”


    The elderly woman replied, “Charlie is twenty-eight this year. Perhaps when he is found, he might be with his grandson.”


    An Qishan was taken aback by this revtion. She nodded slowly and gazed out the window, lost in thought, silent once more.


    In a hushed tone, Li Yalin turned to the olddy and asked, “Auntie, is Uncle An serious about this again?”


    “I’ve exined the situation to him multiple times, but he often just forgets as soon as he turns away,” she replied. <h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    The olddy continued, “That’s why I rushed to Aurous Hill; I can’t seem to remember either.”


    Li Yalin sighed, musing to himself, “If Charlie can use his extraordinary abilities to save me, surely he could help treat the old man’s dementia. Even if he’s reluctant to meet the elderly couple, he should at least find a way to cure the old man’s condition…”


    As Li Yalin pondered these thoughts, the olddy suddenly asked, “Yalin, you’ve been solving cases for so many years. Based on your experience, where should we begin our search for Charlie?”


    “Well…” Li Yalin hesitated, deep in thought. Internally, he reflected, “The An family has searched the globe, but they haven’t thoroughly looked into Aurous Hill. If I didn’t know Charlie personally and was tasked with finding him, I would turn Aurous Hill upside down. In a closed environment like an orphanage, it would be easier to locate him, but now… what can I say?”


    Feeling cornered, Li Yalin finally replied vaguely, “Given that so many years have passed, if we want to return to the location of the incident and investigate, our chances of finding him are quite slim. As you mentioned, Charlie is now twenty-eight. Typically, adults at that age don’t stay rooted in one ce for long. Even if he was in Aurous Hill after Lydia (Ava) (Charlie’s mom) had her ident, it’s hard to believe he would remain there for two decades.”


    “Additionally,” the olddy sighed, “regardless of wealth, very few young people in today’s society stick to one location for twenty years without moving…”


    She continued helplessly, “The problem is, we truly don’t know where to begin. All we can do is return to the site of the incident and retrace our steps from the start.”


    Li Yalin felt disheartened, thinking, “If I assure the olddy that it’s highly likely Charlie isn’t in Aurous Hill, and thenter Charlie meets her, sharing stories of thest twenty years spent in Aurous Hill, it would make me look foolish. As a Chinese detective, I can’t afford to be proven wrong…”


    With this in mind, he quickly responded, “Auntie, I believe this situation varies for different individuals, and people will make different decisions based on their experiences.”


    After a brief pause, Li Yalin added, “For an ordinary person, if their parents were murdered in this area when they were young, they would likely develop a deep-seated psychological trauma associated with this ce and would try their hardest to avoid it forever.”<fn05c1> Th? link to the orig?n of this information r?sts ?n FindN()vel</fn05c1>