The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family

The butler ran in quickly and said, "Master, Chief Lammy is here!"

"Merlin Lammy?!" Spencer questioned him with a frown, "Why is he here?"

The butler explained, "He wants to talk to you face-to-face. It's about the young master."

Spencer nodded and said in a cold voice," Alright! I was looking for him, anyway.

Now that he's here, please welcome him in!"

Soon, Merlin came to Spencer's study alone.

Merlin smiled and greeted Spencer, "Mr. Fox."

Spencer nodded indifferently and asked him, "Chief Lammy, my grandson has been kidnapped for more than twenty-four hours. Do the police have any clues yet?

"Not yet," Merlin responded frankly, "I believe Mr. Fox is investigating this matter as well. As you know, the other party has removed their trace very well. It's as if Homer has vanished into thin air. I'm afraid it will be hard to find any clues within twenty-four hours even if we bring in the FBI and National Security Agency to help."

Spencer was infuriated, and he questioned angrily, "You're a distinguished Oskian inspector, yet you can't even find my missing grandson. How dare you come here to see me?!"

Merlin sneered. He was not angered by Spencer's attitude in the slightest and continued, "Mr. Fox, I came to ask a few questions. In this situation, both parties should communicate about the case. There

may be some cross-clues in this case, so if there is, that may be the key to solving the case."

Xavion asked from beside them, "What is a cross-clue?"

Merlin explained, "It's two clues that may seem to be unrelated at first glance, but after careful analysis, you may notice that they might be linked in a certain way.

Once we identify this, we are likely to find more clues."

Merlin added an example, "For example, I found Homer's secret safe. However, I can't crack it because I don't know the code."

"Meanwhile, both of you may not be

aware of the safe's existence northe code, but you might know who Homer's beloved woman is." When

we put these two clues together, we

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may be able to open the safe by using the woman's birthday." "In other words, both parties have to exchange clues to solve the case."

"Otherwise, I may never be able to

open this safe forever, and you may

not

the rest of your life. This is what I mean by a cross-clue."

of the safe's existence for

Spencer subconsciously nodded and asked, "Since you've said that, you should have found a clue similar to the safe? Why don't you share it with us first?"

Merlin hesitated a little before sharing, "Alright! In that case, I'll share the clue first."

He looked toward Spencer and Xavion and solemnly said, "I think the kidnapper didn't kidnap Homer for money."

"Not for money?!"Spencer wrinkled his brows and asked, "If not for money, then what?"

Merlin responded gravely, "Perhaps he wants to deliver a fatal blow to the Fox family!"

"A fatal blow?" Spencer was very confused.

He asked further, 'There might be someone who wants to attack the Fox family with a fatal blow. However how could he possibly do that by kidnapping Homer? Even if they demand a two-hundred-billion US dollar ransom from us, it would barely put a dent in the Fox family. It's far from a fatal blow!"

Merlin shook his head and looked at

Spencer and enunciated each word slowly," The kidnapper may have discovered some big scandal within the Fox family!"