Ruan Qichuan thought of the extra things in the house, bent down to open the safe, and pressed a series of numbers. That was Ruanruan's date of birth.
“Ding ding ding…”
With a "click", the safe box opened.
What caught the eye were countless neatly arranged gold ingots, and on the layer beneath the gold ingots, there were several small boxes and crates.
Ruan Qichuan was stunned for a moment, then suppressed his inner fear. He took a gold ingot and took a look. There was a line of words engraved on it: "Tianbao Gold Ingot Fifty Liang."
If you look closely, you can see the year, month and day are marked on it, all in traditional Chinese characters.
He put down the gold ingot and opened the other boxes. Inside were various objects made of gold, including finely crafted gold bracelets, gold hairpins, gold necklaces, earrings, rings, as well as golden katydids, small golden cages, etc.
Although Ruan Qichuan was not well versed in antiques, he could generally figure out some of the business.
The level of detail of these things is no less than that of items exhibited in museums.
He opened another safe, which was filled with various jade antiques, some gems, crystals, night pearls, and some calligraphy and paintings.
With the safe full of gold as a starting point, he felt much calmer.
Ruan Qichuan took out a small box, opened it and found a fist-sized night pearl inside. He opened another box and found a pearl the size of a ping-pong ball inside.
Where do these soft things come from?
No matter how big the Ruan family's fortune is, it is impossible for them to spend money on such a pile of antiques.
Ruan Qichuan closed the safe, stood up with doubts in his heart, put one hand in his trousers, and walked towards the study.
What happened at home during his absence?
In the study, Ruan Jingye was holding his mobile phone nervously. He created a group, added his parents to the group, and sent messages in the group.
Ruan Jingye: "Mom and Dad, my brother seems to have discovered something, come upstairs quickly!"
Ruan Jingye: "Mom and Dad, please come quickly. I don't know if my brother will be angry if I explain it alone."
Ruan Jingye: "Where are you guys? Send me a message."
"My brother's coming soon. You guys come up here. You can't let me handle this alone."
However, there was no movement in the group at this time.
The door was pushed open from the outside, Ruan Qichuan walked in and glanced at Ruan Jingye sitting on the sofa.
"Where did those things come from in Ruanruan's room?"
"Also, why are there so many antiques in the house? I don't remember when Dad bought them."
When Ruan Jingye heard this, his heart tightened and he immediately sat up straight.
He remembered that his brother's beatings were very painful. When he was a child, he skipped cram school, Taekwondo class, and piano class, and was caught by his brother and hung up and beaten.
His brother has learned Taekwondo, Muay Thai, and some martial arts. I heard that he has won championships in several sports, such as fencing and shooting.
Maybe he was scared because he was beaten when he was a child, so now he is a little afraid when he sees his brother, especially when his brother gets serious, he is even scarier than his father.
Ruan Jingye looked up at Ruan Qichuan and curled his lips, "Brother, listen to me and I will explain it to you slowly."
"This is a long story, and it has to start a few months ago."
"Do you remember the vase that my sister-in-law left behind?"
Ruan Qichuan sat down on the chair opposite and knocked on the table with one hand, "Get to the point."
"The key point is the vase. It can connect to the ancient Gan Kingdom more than two thousand years ago!" Ruan Jingye cleared his throat and continued.
"You could also assume that it was the Gan Country in another world. It was cold and famine-stricken, and the people were starving and freezing. After Ruanruan learned about this, she sent them food, clothes, and other things."
"And those antiques are all the rewards they gave me in return."
"If you don't believe it, you can go and look at the year on the ingot, or find a professional to check the age of these antiques."
"Everything I said is absolutely true. If you still don't believe it, you can go ask Ruanruan and her parents. I have witnesses. Xiaogan and Xiaoyong are ancient children from the Gan Kingdom."
Ruan Qichuan stared at him. His younger brother was usually careless, but he was never vague when it came to serious matters, especially when it came to pushing his parents out.
When did they start believing in these weird things?
"Then you asked Special Assistant Zhou to buy medicine because of the country and its people?" Ruan Qichuan followed his words.
"Yes, brother, how did you know?" Ruan Jingye nodded quickly.
Ruan Jingye told Ruan Qichuan a lot about the country. Ruan Qichuan didn't say anything, but looked at Ruan Jingye with a frown.
"Brother, this is too strange. My sister-in-law is gone, but the vase she left behind can connect to the Dry Kingdom more than 2,000 years ago."
Ruan Jingye held his chin and thought, "And you've been looking for my sister-in-law for so many years. Do you think she was taken away by this vase to the dry country? Otherwise, how could she suddenly disappear, and you don't even have a clue."
When Ruan Qichuan heard what he said, he suddenly thought of a key point. On the day Mu'er disappeared, he received a cooperation and returned home very late.
When I came back, there was only the nanny in the room, and Mu'er was nowhere to be seen.
The nanny said that she did not see Mu'er when she entered the bedroom, but only saw the soft thing on the bed. After that, she searched the villa and the villas in the entire area but could not find Mu'er.
The security guard at the door and the driver guarding the villa door all denied that Mu'er had gone out.
When I think about it this way, it seems that only the vase can explain it.
"Brother, how many years have you known my sister-in-law? Has she never told you about her family?" Ruan Jingye asked curiously when talking about this.
"Have you met your sister-in-law's family?"
His sister-in-law's identity seemed to be a mystery all along, and he had never heard his brother mention it.
It's all very strange thinking about it now.
"Six years. I've known your sister-in-law for six years. She only briefly told me about her family. As for the situation of her family, she never mentioned it."
Ruan Qichuan thought back to when they were together, he thought she didn't want to talk about her family because she had some unspeakable secrets, so he never asked her, just thinking that she would tell him naturally when she was willing.
Ruan Jingye said, "Did your sister-in-law give you any token? Maybe we can use this token to ask the people in Gan Country to find it."
He once suspected that his elder sister-in-law's wealthy family looked down on his brother, so his brother secretly brought his elder sister-in-law back.
My sister-in-law acts like a young lady in everything she says and does when talking to others. She doesn't look like someone whose parents don't love or care about her.
Ruan Qichuan took out a black string from his neck, with a red pendant hanging on it.
"This is the pendant your sister-in-law gave me."
The pendant is a token of love given to them by Mu'er.
Ruan Jingye stared at the pendant, his eyes widening. "Oh shit! I... I remember."
"I remember this...Ruanruan also had one. It seemed like someone from Prince Xiao's Mansion gave it to her."
"I was thinking it looked so familiar when I saw it. I remember seeing you wearing it before."
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