Grace Carter said modestly, “It was the least I could do.”

The case of Mr. Turner’s murder still hadn’t been closed. After finishing his meal, Charles Walker hurried off again.

After Grace Carter finished the chicken leg he deserved, Emily Walker stood up with him.

On their way back together, Emily Walker wanted to say something several times, but even after Grace Carter returned to his room, she still hadn’t spoken.

As soon as she reached her own study, Sophie came running over, her face full of excitement.

The little maid’s face was brimming with excitement. She ran to her side and couldn’t wait to say, “Miss, Miss, the young master is amazing, really amazing! Just now when the master was hearing the case, I was hiding outside listening. Even the master couldn’t do anything, but the young master got that bad guy to confess right away. Who says the young master is just a bookworm…”

Emily Walker was taken aback. Looking at Sophie, she said, “Slow down. What exactly happened in court today…”

…

Grace Carter once again came out of that alley, but still didn’t encounter that little beggar.

That little beggar who had appeared in his world at his most dangerous and helpless moment, giving him a handful of clean water and a steamed bun.

Because of his background, Grace Carter had seen and suffered much evil in his previous life, so he cherished those rare acts of kindness even more.

Unfortunately, after that little beggar appeared in his life and pulled him out of the abyss, he never showed up again.

This alley was a gathering place for beggars nearby. He stood at the entrance, letting out a long sigh.

Behind him, an old beggar leaned against the wall, surrounded by a few mischievous children.

“I’m telling you, on the immortal mountain five hundred li outside Lingzhou City, there lives a group of immortals. They can fly on swords, summon wind and rain, chase lightning and ride the wind—there’s nothing they can’t do…”

Grace Carter didn’t even finish his sigh, and forcibly held it back.

What the heck?

Flying on swords, summoning wind and rain, chasing lightning and riding the wind?

An immortal mountain five hundred li outside Lingzhou City? Never heard of it!

Could it be that he hadn’t traveled to an ancient world, but rather—a xianxia (immortal hero) world?

But in these past days, he’d almost finished reading all the books in Emily Walker’s study, and none of them mentioned an immortal mountain five hundred li outside Lingzhou City, or immortals living there who could summon wind and rain…

As a young man who had received a higher education in the twenty-first century, he must always remember the core values of socialism. Feudal superstitions—he absolutely couldn’t believe in that crap. But he’d already transmigrated, so what was there he couldn’t believe?

Although the odds were extremely slim, but—what if?

That would be his chance to go back, his only chance.

These days, Grace Carter had almost given up hope of returning, but now, it was like a drowning man grabbing the last straw…

Of course, he wasn’t foolish enough to stop someone on the street and ask if there was an immortal mountain outside Lingzhou City. If there wasn’t, he’d be taken for a lunatic…

For this kind of question, he could just use a little story to get the answer out of Sophie.

He glanced at the old beggar and quickly walked toward The Walker Residence.

Beside the old beggar, the children were already listening with shining eyes and rapid breaths. At that moment, the old beggar suddenly stopped, smiled, and asked, “Do you want to know how to become a disciple of the immortals and learn their magical arts?”

“Yes!” the children answered in unison.

“If you do, one wen each, and I’ll continue…”

…

At The Walker Residence, Lily Carter looked at Emily Walker and couldn’t help but ask, “Do you think he could be faking it?”

She was extremely interested and enthusiastic about proving that Grace Carter wasn’t really suffering from amnesia caused by her, but was just pretending to be crazy and foolish.

“I don’t think so.” Emily Walker shook her head. She actually had her doubts too, but after interacting with him these days, the strange things he sometimes said and did had long since dispelled that idea.

Lily Carter looked at her and asked, “But today, today he was even more impressive than Uncle Walker…”

That was exactly what puzzled Emily Walker.

She had already listened to Sophie’s detailed account of what happened in court today.

He first used ordinary questioning to lower the criminal’s guard, then caught him off guard, making him lose his composure, and finally, his pointed questioning was the finishing touch, leading the criminal to unwittingly fall into his verbal trap and indirectly admit to the murder.

This process showed an extremely subtle grasp of the criminal’s psychology.

Even her father, who had been a county magistrate for over a decade, couldn’t achieve this, but someone suffering from amnesia…

Lily Carter saw her expression and asked expectantly, “So, do you also think he’s just pretending to be foolish…”

Beside them, Sophie thought for a moment and said, “Miss Carter, the young master just lost his memory, he didn’t become stupid. A smart person is still smart, even if they lose their memory…”

Lily Carter felt as if she’d been struck in the chest again.

Grace Carter walked in from outside. Seeing the three of them sitting in the courtyard, he nodded slightly to Emily Walker, then waved to Sophie and said, “Sophie, come here for a moment, I have something to ask you.”

Sophie ran over, and after a while, ran back again.

Lily Carter hurriedly asked, “What did he ask you?”