Knowing that Wen Changming would go to get his mother's dowry box that evening, Wen Nuan kept a close eye on what was happening outside.

I don’t know how much time has passed. Without a watch, Wen Nuan doesn’t know what time it is either. She only knows that it has become completely dark outside.

"Squeak"

A very small sound of a door opening reached my ears, "tsk, tsk." Although the sound was very light, I could still hear the warmth with my keen senses.

The footsteps stopped at her door, and Wen Nuan softened her breathing and pretended to be asleep.

"Squeak...ah..."

Wen Nuan smelled a faint smell of motor oil and knew that the person who came in was Wen Changming. She unconsciously clenched her fist in her mouth, but continued to pretend to be asleep without making a sound.

Wen Changming stayed for two or three minutes, probably until he was sure that Wen Nuan was asleep, then he turned around and left.

After Wen Changming left, he restored Wen Nuan's door to its original state. Not only that, Wen Nuan also heard the sound of the lock being unlocked.

“Pah…Pah…”

Wow, Wen Changming is really cautious. Not only did he make sure the person was asleep, he also locked the door from the outside.

Fortunately, there was a skylight. Wen Nuan was thin and had a small frame, so she easily got out through the window.

After coming out of the kitchen, Wen Changming was no longer in the yard. Wen Nuan went to Tan Xiulian and Wen Qing's rooms to take a look, only to see that their doors were also locked.

Wen Nuan smiled sarcastically. In this regard, Wen Changming really treated everyone equally, fairly and impartially!

She ran out of the door, but there was a fork in the road outside the alley. She could no longer see any trace of Wen Changming. She was one step late, which made Wen Nuan feel a little annoyed.

While she was frowning, she seemed to hear faint footsteps.

Wen Nuan pricked up her ears. It was the middle of the night and apart from the moonlight, there was no light on in any house on the street. It was obvious that it was indeed very late.

I looked up at the moon, which was already high in the sky. Warmth followed the direction where I heard the sound.

Although she walked very fast, she was careful to lighten her steps, and the soles of her shoes were very soft, so she didn't make much noise.

Wen Nuan followed him into an alley and lost track of Wen Changming again. However, at this time, she seemed to hear the sound of digging.

Digging in the middle of the night?

Wen Nuan walked over with a half-believing attitude, and through the crack in the door, she happened to see the man's face clearly. Who else could it be but Wen Changming?

Taking a few steps back, Wen Nuan looked around the courtyard and discovered that this was actually her grandfather's former home.

It's just that no one has lived here for a long time, and the walls of the houses are in a state of disrepair, looking a little creepy.

Wen Changming actually buried his dowry box here, which means that he also has the title deed and land deeds of this courtyard.

Wen Nuan opened the door and crawled into the collapsed hole in the wall behind the house. Wen Changming was busy digging and did not notice what was happening behind him.

Wen Nuan hid in the dark, watching Wen Changming's every move.

Half an hour later, Wen Changming finally dug out a long wooden box from the soil.

The box was wrapped in oil paper. After peeling off the paper, Wen Nuan recognized it at a glance. This was her mother's box!

Wen Changming opened the box and rubbed the seal inside with his rough hands.

"My dears, I'm sorry to have you stay in the hands of that evil girl for a day tomorrow. I will pick you up tomorrow night!"

The dark night and the cold moonlight made Wen Changming's face look a little sinister, and his eyes were full of greed and cruelty.

Even though Wen Nuan, who was hiding in the dark, was prepared, she couldn't help but be frightened.

[It turns out that this is the truest appearance of Wen Changming! 】

After a while, after Wen Changming had seen enough of the treasure, he put the box on the ground aside and filled the hole he had just dug.

Knowing Wen Changming's suspicious nature, Wen Nuan went back to the Wen family before he was filling the soil.

Now that we know where Wen Changming's treasure is, there's no need to stay here any longer.

Sure enough, half an hour later, the first thing Wen Changming did when he returned to the Wen family was to check every room.

Watching Wen Changming's leaving back, Wen Nuan breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously. She waited for a long time, and only when she heard Wen Changming's snoring did she prepare to take action.

Tomorrow Wen Changming would give his mother's dowry box to her for safekeeping, even if it was just for show. The most urgent task now was to retrieve the other things buried in the Qi family courtyard.

Fortunately, the effect of the great effort has not yet dissipated, otherwise she would really be unable to cope with such a heavy workload that day.

After locking the door from the inside, Wen Nuan climbed out of the skylight again. Only after leaving the Wen family courtyard did she start to speed up her pace.

Soon, Wen Nuan arrived at the Qi family yard, but she did not start digging immediately, but walked into the house.

Her intuition told her that what she was looking for was right here.

There were only two or three broken wooden pieces of furniture lying on the floor, and the murals and picture frames on the walls were in tatters.

Before she was eight years old, when her mother was still alive, she often brought her to her grandfather's house to play. She remembered that one time she accidentally bumped into the wall.

Thinking of this, Wen Nuan's eyes lit up. Why didn't she think of it? Her mother had already given her a hint before she died.

Wen Nuan walked to the place where she had hit her head before, stretched out her hand and knocked on the bricks on the wall one by one. Just at the third brick from the ground, Wen Nuan found something different.

Three on the left, four on the right. Knock three times on the left, four times on the right. Then, a noise was heard from the ground.

Not far away, about one meter away from her, a hole suddenly appeared on the ground. Wen Nuan walked over and saw that it was the entrance to a cellar.

The setting of this mechanism is really clever. Wen Nuan walked into the cave. The cellar is not large, but it contains more than ten mahogany boxes that are more than one meter long.

Wen Nuan opened them one by one, and suddenly she felt a dazzling golden light in front of her eyes. Boxes of gold ingots were shining, and boxes of jewelry were sparkling. Everything she saw was a treasure.

Wen Nuan couldn't imagine how rich the Qi family was. With a wave of her hand, all the things were collected into the space.

As soon as Wen Nuan left the cellar, the entrance closed again, leaving no trace.

It was unknown whether Wen Changming knew about the existence of this cellar, but Wen Nuan guessed that he probably didn't know.

Or maybe he had some suspicions but hadn't found the cellar, so he chose to bury the dowry box in the yard and keep the Qi family's land deeds in his own hands.

But whether he knew it or not, it didn't matter now. Now that the thing was in Wen Nuan's hands, there was no hope for Wen Changming anymore.

Walking into the yard, Wen Nuan picked up a spade and started digging the soil. Wen Changming had already dug once before, so the soil on the surface was dug up effortlessly.

Wen Nuan waved her shoulders and continued to expand around. Finally, she dug out the things that Wen Changming had buried. The two mahogany boxes were directly put into the space by Wen Nuan.

Even though she had worked hard, she only increased her strength five times, and she still couldn't move the two large boxes.

Coming out of the pit, Wen Nuan filled the soil back with mischief. It was not difficult to imagine how furious Wen Changming would be when he found out something was missing one day.

After filling the hole, Wen Nuan took the two boxes out of the space and opened them. The things inside were all the decorations she had seen at her grandfather's house when she was a child.

There were only a few ornaments, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and the rest were gold bars. Compared with the things in the cellar, these things were simply not worth mentioning. No wonder Wen Changming was so obsessed with the legendary treasure.