The old housekeeper comforted her a few words and left with his men. Shen Weiwan looked at his back, then looked at the stuck drain, with a smug smile on her face.
"Miss, what were you doing just now?" Chuntao came back at some point, holding half a handful of melon seeds in her hand.
"Find out." Shen Weiwan patted the dirt on her hands, "Liu wants to steal the key, and the drain in the warehouse is their breakthrough point." She pointed to the drain, "I just put a stone in it and blocked it temporarily."
Chun Tao suddenly realized: "Miss, you are so smart! So what should we do now?"
"What should we do?" Shen Weiwan raised her eyebrows, took out a bunch of keys from her sleeve, and shook them in the sunlight, "Of course, we should hide the keys and give Liu a 'big gift'."
This bunch of keys was the spare key she stole from Liu's room this morning when she wasn't paying attention. Although it wasn't used to open the warehouse, it was enough to make Liu mistakenly believe that she had an opportunity.
"Gift? What gift?" Chuntao asked curiously.
Shen Weiwan leaned close to her ear and whispered a few words. After hearing this, Chuntao laughed so hard that she fell backwards: "Miss, your trick is too mean!"
"How can we deal with people like Liu without hurting them?" Shen Weiwan put away the key, her eyes turned cold, "In the previous life, she played me as a fool. In this life, it's her turn to taste the feeling of being played."
That night, under a dark and windy sky, Madam Zhou, along with two servants, sneaked to the drain behind the warehouse.
"Madam said we must open the storeroom tonight and get the box of South Pearls," Madam Zhou whispered. "That little bitch must have hidden the key in the house. Let's go in through the drain, get the South Pearls first, and then slowly look for the key!"
The servants nodded and just as they were about to pry open the drain, they found that it was stuck with a rock.
"What's going on?" Nanny Zhou stamped her feet anxiously.
At this moment, Shen Weiwan's voice came from a distance: "Who is there? Is there a thief?"
Nanny Zhou and the others were so frightened that they quickly hid in the firewood pile. Shen Weiwan came over with a lantern and several servants, waving a bunch of keys in her hand: "I knew someone was trying to steal the storeroom! Fortunately, I was prepared and hid the keys!"
She shook the key and said deliberately, "Look, this is the spare key my mother left me. No one else can get it!"
Nanny Zhou was jealous from behind the pile of firewood, cursing in her heart: You little bitch, you hid the key after all!
After Shen Weiwan left, Nanny Zhou immediately slipped out with someone, and had an idea in her mind: since the drain was blocked, then she would start with the key! As long as she got the key from Shen Weiwan, would she still be afraid of not being able to open the warehouse?
The next day, just as Shen Weiwan finished breakfast, Liu came with Shen Ruoruo, with a fake smile on her face: "Wanwan, I heard that you caught a thief in the warehouse last night? Were you scared?"
"I was scared to death!" Shen Weiwan immediately threw herself into Liu's arms, "Fortunately, I hid the spare key my mother gave me, otherwise everything in the warehouse would have been stolen!"
Liu's eyes lit up and she patted her on the back: "Wanwan is really smart! But it's not safe to keep the key with you. Why don't you give it to your aunt for safekeeping? Your aunt will guard it for you, and no one can steal it!"
"No!" Shen Weiwan raised her head suddenly and hugged the key tightly in her arms, "This is a thought my mother left for me, I can't give it to anyone else!"
Liu cursed inwardly, but her smile grew even sweeter. "Silly child, can your aunt harm you? How about this? Give me the key and I'll find you a safer place to hide it, okay?"
Shen Weiwan pretended to hesitate, looked at Shen Ruorou, then looked at Liu, and finally nodded "reluctantly": "Then... Auntie must help me hide it!"
She handed the key to Liu, who was ecstatic but remained calm on the surface: "Don't worry, Auntie will definitely help you keep it safe!"
After Liu's mother and daughter left, Chuntao couldn't help asking, "Miss, did you really give the key to the Second Madam? That's..."
"What do you think?" Shen Weiwan raised her eyebrows and took out another bunch of keys from under the pillow. "The ones I gave her just now were fake keys I asked the blacksmith to make."
Chun Tao suddenly realized: "Miss, you are playing the same trick as me!"
"What else?" Shen Weiwan played with the real key, "Didn't Liu want to use the key to open the warehouse? Let her use the fake key to open it and see if she can break the lock."
She paused, her eyes cold. "Once she breaks the lock, I'll report her to the authorities and accuse her of embezzlement and trying to steal the general's property!"
Chun Tao was stunned: "Miss, your trick is amazing!"
Shen Weiwan smiled, walked to the window, and looked in the direction of Liu's courtyard. Liu, your calculations were so loud, but unfortunately, you made a wrong calculation. You will never get the key to this warehouse in your lifetime!
At this moment, Liu was hiding in her room, holding the fake key and trying it on the storeroom's Pisces lock. Nanny Zhou was attentive, "Madam, look at this key! It's exactly like the real one! It will definitely open the door!"
Liu smiled smugly, "Of course! Once we open the warehouse, we'll get that box of South Pearls first, and then we'll slowly take care of that little bitch!"
She inserted the key into the lock and turned it hard -
With a "click", the key broke in the keyhole!
Both Liu and Nanny Zhou were stunned.
"What's going on?" Liu screamed.
Nanny Zhou hurried forward to check, only to see that half a key was stuck in the keyhole, and the lock core seemed to have been damaged.
"Madam, this, this key is fake!" Madam Zhou turned pale with fright.
Liu was so angry that she was shaking all over: "What a Shen Weiwan! How dare you play tricks on me!"
At this moment, Shen Weiwan’s voice came from outside: “Oh! Aunt, why did you break my key? That’s the thought my mother left for me!”
Liu looked up, only to see Shen Weiwan standing at the door with the old housekeeper and several servants, with expressions of "shock" and "grievance" on their faces.
"Aunt, didn't you say you would hide the key for me? Why did you come to the warehouse?" Shen Weiwan pointed at the key that was broken in the keyhole, "What's going on?"
The old housekeeper stepped forward and took a look, his expression changed drastically: "Second Madam, you, you want to open the storeroom?"
Liu Shi was speechless, looking at Shen Weiwan's "innocent" face, she was so angry that she almost fainted. She knew that she had fallen into Shen Weiwan's trap again!
Shen Weiwan looked at Liu's frustrated expression and sneered in her heart. Liu, this is just the beginning. I will get back everything you owe me, including the principal and interest! Don't even think about getting the key to the warehouse, and don't even think about getting your hands on the general's property!
Next, it's Shen Ruorou's turn. Are you ready for the "surprise" at the Spring Banquet?
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