Thomas arrived at the Cadens’ mansion with Thea.When Maxine saw them, her face went as white as a sheet.The two of them approached the mansion at a steady pace.Soon, they appeared at the mansion’s gates.Maxine was slightly nervous but still walked forward and greeted them with a forced smile, “Granduncle. Thea. What brings you here?”Thomas glanced at Maxine.Maxine’s heartbeat hastened as soon as she met his eyes.She pretended to be ignorant and asked with a smile, “Granduncle, Thea, why are you two back in the Capital as well? Also, what happened at Mount Thunder Sect, Thea? Why were you emitting such awful energy ?”“I…”Thea lowered her head and parted her lips to speak but could not bring herself to say anything.Thomas did not question Maxine about how she led him astray and asked bluntly, “Is James in the Cadens’ mansion right now?”Maxine nodded and replied, “Ah, yeah. James undergoing treatment in the backyard.”Thomas raised his head and looked at the plaque

“Our Grand Patriarch?”According to her conjecture, Bennett had been attacked by Tobias.However, she too was uncertain of his whereabouts.She only had uncertain postulations that she was unable to verify, so she did not dare to tell him.“I-I don’t know. I didn’t see him after returning home.”Thomas did not ask any more questions and returned to the shattered wooden house.He walked over and said, “Thea, bring James back to Cansington to recuperate.”Thea was taken aback and wondered aloud. “Huh? Do you mean right now, Sir Caden? James hasn’t woken up yet. Is it okay for him to be traveling around in this condition?”“Cough, cough.”Suddenly, James, who had been lying motionlessly, weakly coughed a few times.He slowly opened his eyes, and a beautiful face filled his vision.“Thea…”He called out feebly.Seeing James wake up, Thea almost shed tears of joy. “Honey, you’re awake! Thank god, you’re alive. You’re finally awake.”Thea wept joyfully.James attempted to ge

Maxine’s thoughts occupied her brain.After giving it some consideration, she felt it was necessary to inform James about what had taken place.After all, Bennett could have been ambushed and gone into hiding. What’s more, Thomas could not care less about the Cadens’ affairs.In contrast, James was the only one in the Cadens that could make accurate judgements about the situation.“James.”“Hmm?”James turned around and looked at Maxine. Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, he asked, “What’s the matter? Did something happen?”Maxine chose her words carefully. “There’s something I must tell you.”“Go ahead.”Maxine explained, “Before you regained consciousness, Grandpa summoned me to the underground basement. Down there, there was a pool of blood on the floor. Grandpa panicked when he saw it and suddenly ran away. I suspect…”She told him everything, what she saw, and her speculations.“What?”James furrowed his brows. “Are you suggesting that Tobias attacked Bennett?”Ma

James looked at the woman pushing the wheelchair but did not pay much attention to her remarks.He truly had no interest in being the family head and would normally not involve himself in the Cadens’ family affairs. He was only here out of respect for Bennett who had personally taught him in the past and even brought him back to heal his injuries.James remained silent and waited patiently for the disciples and other family members to look for Bennett.Lorenzo’s eyes lingered on James with a solemn expression on his old face.Soon, the disciples and family members gradually returned.“I couldn’t find the Grand Patriarch.”“I’ve also searched the entire backyard, but he was nowhere to be seen.”“I tried checking all the surveillance footage in our mansion but wasn’t able to find anything unusual.”James’ lips curved into a deep frown as he listened to the search reports.Everyone else unanimously agreed with Maxine’s speculation on what had happened to Bennett.They believed t

After Thomas exchanged a few words with Thea and James, he immediately left.James muttered perplexedly, “What happened 30 years ago? Who’s Xyla?”He looked at the wheelchair-bound Lorenzo and asked, “What happened in the Cadens’ household 30 years ago?”There was a solemn look on Lorenzo’s old, wrinkled face. He silently looked at the gates with a wistful expression.Since he was unwilling to explain, James did not further pursue the issue. However, James inferred that Thomas was forced into doing the things he did back then.James looked at Thea beside him and said, “Thea, we should head back to Cansington too. Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. We should return to celebrate the New Year.“Okay.” Thea nodded her head.“Are you leaving, James? You’re not going to stay with the Cadens to celebrate the New Year?” Maxine stood up and asked with a disappointed pout.James shook his head gently and said, “No. My grandfather was expelled from the Cadens thirty years ago. Thus, I’m no longe