United States, California.
After spending a week in Los Angeles, Lu Ziheng took Ran Yu to California.
The Lu Family also had a villa in California, in a residential area downtown. They arrived in the afternoon and rested a bit. The next day, Lu Ziheng took Ran Yu to the University of California at Berkeley, the place where Ran Yu's mother had studied years ago.
White academic buildings, green lawns, meticulously trimmed flowers and plants, and peace doves pecking at the ground all contributed to the area's scholarly atmosphere. Everything was relaxed and pleasant. It was particularly quiet because it was summer vacation, and only occasionally would a blond, blue-eyed student pass by on the shaded paths.
It was unclear what connections Lu Ziheng had used, but he managed to get Ran Yu access to the school's archive room. Eventually, in the student records, an administrator wearing reading glasses searched through storage shelves and located Hai Chang's student records, but...
