"You?" Upon hearing this, the man was momentarily speechless.

"Unwilling to help? Fine, I'll find it myself." Hong Xiaoduo muttered to herself as she turned around and continued searching. Suddenly, she glanced at the bed curtains and strode over to them.

The man immediately understood her intention, and rushed over to grab her hand that was reaching for the bed curtains: "No."

Hong Xiaoduo looked at her hand that had been grabbed, then looked at the other person, and was a little unhappy: "You, you followed me in but refused to help, and when I tried to find a solution myself, you stopped me."

"What, you're not related to either of them, are you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Who's related to them?" the man said irritably.

Seeing her growing increasingly agitated as she rummaged through the items, the man sighed and pointed in a direction, saying, "Look down there."

The man was pointing to the bottom of the bedside table. Hong Xiaoduo had looked there before and only saw two pairs of shoes, so she didn't look closely. Now, she squatted down and took the shoes, and sure enough, she saw a flat wooden box inside. She reached in and took it out; it was heavy.

"You're really something." Hong Xiaoduo said happily as she placed the wooden box on a chair next to her, then looked at the lock on it with a puzzled expression.

"Just take the box and leave. You can break the lock when you get back," the man suggested, seeing her troubled expression.

Hong Xiaoduo shook her head: "They'll find out if you take it."

“But if you only take what’s inside, they’ll find out sooner or later.” The man thought this seemingly clever young woman wasn’t so smart after all…