He was short but he carried himself with great pride. The boy’s handsome face made Zachary wonder where he had seen this face in the past.

The boy’s clear eyes, full of wariness and wit, were fixed on Zachary.

“Who is he?” Robbie pointed at Zachary.

“He’s our boss.” Ben then said, “Boy, did you meet a man in black at the playground in the basement level of Grand Plaza? Did he give a pretty silver box to you? Like this one.”

Ben unlocked his phone and was about to show Robbie the photo when Robbie huffed, “No.”

 

He did not even look at the photo, choosing to turn his head to the side.

“Hold on. Look at it first.”

“It’s a no even if I look at it.” Robbie folded his arm and asserted, “I have a great memory, and I never forget anything I see. I have never met anyone in black, and no one gave me anything. You’ve made a mistake.”

had now put on a stern look. “That man in black is a thief. He stole something from

 

brows as he replied calmly, “You should look for

gave it to you. If you give it back to me, I’ll reward you but

“If it’s something so important, why would the man give it to a kid?

before he clicked onto the security footage on

gaze returned to the screen. Registering what was on the screen,

a man in black rushed out of the restroom and knocked into the

was strolling. On his shoulder was a small green parrot. Isn’t

happened in less than a minute, Robbie noticed

clearly. Let me slow it down

of the video and zoomed into the man’s hand. In the video, the man’s hand slowly placed a

need to slow it down. I

the video back to its normal

men in suits rushed after him, and the

boy stood rooted to the ground for a while before he took out the small box from his pocket. When he opened it, he took out a small golden

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