After several rounds of chiseling, her palms were red and swollen. With great effort, she finally managed to chisel out a very small hole. Ning Qiluo was panting heavily, and her hands were red and swollen.

Su Jiusheng came back to get a shovel.

Seeing that she had chiseled a very small hole in the wall, he said, "You've gone to too much trouble. By the time you've chiseled through this wall, I'll have consumed a month's worth of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor)."

After saying that, he took the shovel away.

Ning Qiluo's voice came from behind: "I have calculated it precisely based on the physical principles and an advanced mathematical formula. It can penetrate this wall."

Upon hearing this, Su Jiusheng turned around and quietly looked at Ning Qiluo.

Ning Qiluo pointed to the wall and said, "See these points I marked? These are the coordinates of the key stress points I calculated. As long as we drill these holes, we can demolish the wall in this area."

Su Jiusheng's brow twitched.

Ning Qiluo added, "It's okay if you don't believe me, but since you've dug three holes, I think we can give it a try."

Originally, Su Jiusheng did not believe it.

But seeing how serious she was, as if she would burst into tears the next second if he didn't cooperate, Su Jiusheng softened. What a troublemaker! He came to save her for 550,000 yuan, and he's caused all this trouble.

There's also a broken tracker.

Su Jiusheng compromised, turned back, and said in a calm voice, "Get out of the way."

Ning Qiluo immediately stepped aside.

"We'll chisel these key stress points you marked, right?" Su Jiusheng asked again.

Ning Qiluo said, "Yes, just chisel those few points."

Su Jiusheng had already spent a lot of effort digging the tunnel, and now he had to chisel through the walls. He thought to himself, "This is really suffering."

Ning Qiluo stood to the side, watching Su Jiusheng work intently.

As she looked at him, she suddenly asked Su Jiusheng, "Why are you so short of money? You're so capable, a hacker, and skilled in civil engineering. You always get big contracts, yet you're always so stingy and concerned about these small sums of money."

"Who's being petty? It's you, not me."

Su Jiusheng refuted her.

Ning Qiluo choked.

It was her, no doubt, but Su Jiusheng really loved money, sometimes even more than she did. But Ning Qiluo never felt that he was someone who lacked money.

As for her love life, it's simply a matter of her personality.

"Do you need a lot more money?" Ning Qiluo suddenly asked.

Su Jiusheng paused in his chiseling motion and stopped.

He glanced at her sideways.

With that one glance, Ning Qiluo thought he was too disdainful to tell her.

He still spoke, in a low, soft voice: "I need to save her, and I need a lot of money."

Save her?

who?

At this moment, Ning Qiluo was incredibly generous: "How much money do you need? I can lend it to you."

Upon hearing this, Su Jiusheng paused, looked up at her again, his eyes filled with a multitude of emotions, including a hint of gratitude. He then said to her, "What I need is an exorbitant ransom, one that I earn myself. What others give me is useless."

An exorbitant ransom?

Whom does Su Jiusheng want to redeem?

Ning Qiluo was about to ask more questions when Su Jiusheng said, "Don't ask anymore. If you do, just shut up. Just consider this as me saving up for my retirement in advance."

After saying that, he adjusted his mindset and continued chiseling at the wall.

Apart from the thumping sounds of chiseling away, there was no other sound from the two of them. Su Jiusheng silently buried himself in his work, while Ning Qiluo stood silently beside him.

She wondered why the noise from the chiseling in the room was so loud, yet no one outside came in.

Is there something else she'll face after she leaves? Or will she find herself in yet another room after leaving here?

Too many unknowns are coming.

Ning Qiluo felt a little flustered.

finally--

Those key stress points were punched into holes.

While Su Jiusheng was chiseling, he gradually accepted this formulaic conclusion. He put down the shovel, stretched his arms, and flexed his arm muscles. He then gestured to Ning Qiluo, "I'm going to crash into you, so get out of the way."

Ning Qiluo obediently stood a little further away.

Su Jiusheng turned sideways, his arm against the wall, and slammed forward with all his might.

A loud bang.

The solid wall, which was originally incredibly hard, was chiseled open after being calculated using Hooke's Law, creating a huge hole large enough for a person to crawl through.

Looking at the wall he had easily smashed through, Su Jiusheng gave Ning Qiluo a thumbs up in disbelief: "You're amazing, let's go."

He was about to bend down and leave.

Ning Qiluo suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!"