This wave of dog food was so sudden and unexpected!
"Treasure?" Old Mrs. Lu leaned on her cane and looked at Shen Qiqi with a puzzled look on her face. "What treasure? Is it money? Take it out and let me see it!" Her turbid eyes flashed with greed, and she looked like a miser.
"Grandma, I can't show you this treasure yet." Shen Qiqi deliberately kept it a secret. Looking at the suspicion gradually emerging on the faces of the eldest uncle's wife and the second uncle's son, she laughed inwardly. Let's see how long you can hold it back!
It must be a sour feeling to be suspected, right?
She could even hear them roaring in their hearts: What the hell is this woman doing?
The eldest uncle's wife's expression was unpredictable, as if she had opened a dyeing workshop. She had a gloomy face and stared at Shen Qiqi intently, as if she wanted to see flowers from her face.
"Third sister-in-law, what do you mean by that? Could it be that this family has some secret that we don't know about?"
"Secret?" Shen Qiqi raised her eyebrows and asked in surprise, "Uncle's wife, you say that as if you don't know it yourself." She deliberately emphasized the word "you", with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes, which choked Uncle's wife so much that she was speechless.
The second uncle's son scratched his head. Looking at Shen Qiqi's confident look, he felt even more unsure. He swallowed and said cautiously, "Third Aunt, you...what are you talking about? Why don't I understand?"
Shen Qiqi ignored her second uncle's son. She turned her eyes and landed on her cousin Lu Qing who was hiding behind the crowd.
The cousin seemed to feel Shen Qiqi's gaze, her body trembled slightly, and she quickly lowered her head like a frightened little rabbit.
Shen Qiqi retracted her gaze, a playful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. It seems that this Lu family is really a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are hidden!
"Okay, everyone, stop arguing!" Lu Qing saw the right opportunity and stepped forward to smooth things over.
"The house is in such a mess now. The most urgent thing is to clean it up first. We can deal with other things later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Qiqi suddenly felt the paper in her sleeve getting slightly hot.
"I'm a little tired, let's go back to the room and rest first." After Shen Qiqi finished speaking, without waiting for others to react, she pulled Lu Qing and walked into the room without looking back.
"This...what is going on?" Old Mrs. Lu became even more confused as she watched the two people leaving.
She always felt that things seemed to be becoming more and more complicated.
"This little bastard must have discovered something!" said the uncle's wife viciously.
Lu Qing closed the door and turned to look at Shen Qiqi. Shen Qiqi didn't say anything, but took out the yellowed account records from her sleeve and gently touched the handwriting on it with her fingertips.
The dim room was filled with the smell of old wood.
Shen Qiqi carefully examined the account records in her hand in the faint light coming through the cracks in the window.
The yellowed paper and blurred handwriting seem to be telling a long-forgotten secret.
"It seems... there's a mention of a warehouse?" Shen Qiqi pointed at one of the lines of words and turned to look at Lu Qing.
Lu Qing took a closer look, his brows furrowed: "West side...abandoned warehouse...account book..." He muttered in a low voice, with a hint of disbelief in his tone.
“Could it be…?”
The two looked at each other, and the same guess arose in their minds.
Lu Qing grabbed Shen Qiqi's hand: "Let's go and take a look!"
The abandoned warehouse on the west side is located at the very edge of the Lu family compound. It has been neglected for many years and is gloomy and dilapidated.
Pushing open the rusty iron door, a damp and rotten smell hit her in the face, choking her and making Shen Qiqi cough.
The warehouse was filled with clutter, covered in dust, and covered in cobwebs, like a scene from a horror movie.
"This place... is too gloomy!" Shen Qiqi rubbed her arms and felt a chill on her back.
Lu Qing held her hand tightly and gave her strength: "Don't be afraid, I'm here."
The two of them searched around carefully with the faint light of their cell phones.
Suddenly, Shen Qiqi's eyes fell on a dust-covered wooden box in the corner.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she walked over quickly and opened the lid of the box with force.
"Found it!" Shen Qiqi shouted excitedly.
In the box, there lay a torn account book!
She quickly opened the account book, and the information on the torn page was exactly the same as that on the previous account record!
Moreover, the information on this fragment is even clearer, and even records...
Shen Qiqi clenched the torn page excitedly, her heart pounding as if it was about to jump out of her chest.
"Qiqi, what...what did you find out?" Lu Qing's voice trembled a little.
Shen Qiqi didn't say anything, but handed him the torn page.
Lu Qing took the torn page and read the contents carefully, his expression gradually becoming solemn.
The two of them were filled with hope, as if they had seen the dawn after the clouds had cleared.
But at this moment, with a "creak", the door of the warehouse was pushed open.
The eldest uncle's wife's sarcastic voice echoed in the empty warehouse: "Hey, Third Brother's wife, what are you two doing hiding here? Are you... having a tryst?"
The eldest uncle's wife walked in with her arms folded, looking very proud, followed by the second uncle's son who looked confused.
Her bright red lips looked particularly glaring in the dim light, like the tongue of a poisonous snake.
Shen Qiqi and Lu Qing looked at each other and thought to themselves that something was wrong.
This uncle and his wife came at the perfect time!
"Uncle, why...why are you here?" Shen Qiqi tried to remain calm, but a hint of panic could not be concealed in her tone.
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