Zhou Yuanyuan lay in bed, her inner breath flowing as she entered another ethereal world. She had seen every little movement Wen Ziqing made in the storage room.
Zhao Yunxiang and Zhou Jiasheng beside him were breathing deeply and were obviously fast asleep.
Zhou Yuanyuan quietly got up and dressed, ready to see what Wen Ziqing was up to. Judging from Wen Ziqing's attitude, he must have discovered something.
"Shh!" Wen Ziqing made a gesture, asking Zhou Yuanyuan to speak in a low voice so as not to wake up the other people in the Zhou family.
On his first day at the Zhou family's house, Wen Ziqing, standing on the sycamore tree, noticed something strange about the house. The walls were a bit too thick. While the walls of ordinary houses are around 30 centimeters thick, the Zhou family's were a full 45 centimeters.
After Wen Ziqing looked at the storage room in Zhao Yunxiang's house today, he had a bold guess in his mind that the walls of the Zhou family should be hollow.
You know, compared to a solid wall, a hollow wall definitely requires more work to build. Zhou Chunping's house was originally owned by the landlord Zhou Fugui, and there were rumors in the village that Zhou Fugui's family was rich in gold and silver. After several verifications, Wen Ziqing knew that there must be a secret hidden in the Zhou family's hollow wall.
"I'm looking for a secret." Wen Ziqing told Zhou Yuanyuan the truth. After all, being stared at by a pair of eyes full of curiosity, Wen Ziqing's hardened heart had already melted into a pool of water.
"A secret room?" Zhou Yuanyuan was also curious. In her previous life, Zhou Yuanyuan had heard various versions of the treasure hidden in this tiled house. Although she had not heard of the "treasure" in the tiled house during her lifetime, Zhou Yuanyuan was convinced by Wen Ziqing's astuteness after her rebirth. If Wen Ziqing said the Zhou family had a secret, then there must be one.
In her previous life, when Zhou Yuanyuan died, China was already a prosperous nation. Two years before her passing, Zhou Yuanyuan had watched a lot of television and movies in H City. Many of those shows and movies featured treasure hunts, which Zhou Yuanyuan found fascinating and memorized. So, when Wen Ziqing mentioned searching for secrets, Zhou Yuanyuan immediately asked if there was a secret room.
A secret room? Perhaps. Although Wen Ziqing's expression remained unchanged, he was deeply impressed by his little girl's cleverness.
Zhou Yuanyuan was very curious and didn't care about being afraid. She ran to Wen Ziqing happily and watched him touch here and knock there on the wall.
Not long after, he heard a light "click" sound. Wen Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief and straightened up.
Ever since practicing Zhao family martial arts, Wen Ziqing felt that his eyesight had improved a lot. No matter how dark the night was, as long as he focused his internal energy on his eye sockets, he could see everything in the darkness.
A dim crescent moon hung outside the window. Under the faint starlight, Zhou Yuanyuan's little face was white and tender. Her long eyelashes cast an arc-shaped black shadow on her lower eyelids, but her eyes were bright and full of curiosity.
How wonderful! Yuanyuan now resembled a tiny seedling in a greenhouse, timid and delicate. With round almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and delicate lips, Wen Ziqing could foresee how beautiful the little girl would become in the years to come.
Looking at such a beautiful and pure Zhou Yuanyuan, Wen Ziqing secretly made up his mind: in this life, he would protect Yuanyuan and never let her suffer any hardship. He would do his best to ensure her a safe life.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Yuanyuan also heard the slight "click" sound, and saw Wen Ziqing stopped what he was doing, feeling a little surprised.
"Yuanyuan, please move away." Wen Ziqing knocked on the wall gently a few times, with an idea in his mind.
Somehow, a crack had appeared on the smooth wall. The feeling under Wen Ziqing's fingers told him that this should be a door.
Seeing things in the dark consumes a lot of internal energy. At this moment, Wen Ziqing felt a little tired, so he had to retract the internal energy around his eye sockets into his dantian, and the scene in front of him immediately returned to darkness.
"Here." Less than half a minute later, Zhou Yuanyuan handed a long, cylindrical object to Wen Ziqing. Wen Ziqing touched it and was delighted.
After he withdrew his internal energy, everything around him was pitch black. Wen Ziqing was still thinking that it would be great if he had a flashlight, but he didn't expect the little girl to be so thoughtful and immediately found the flashlight for him.
With the flashlight shining, Wen Ziqing could see clearly that the crack in the wall was indeed a door. With a gentle push, the door opened, and a smell of dust hit him. Wen Ziqing picked up Zhou Yuanyuan and turned around to hold her in his arms.
In the darkness, Zhou Yuanyuan caught a whiff of grass. It was the scent of Wen Ziqing's time spent on the sycamore tree. The scent of grass reminded Zhou Yuanyuan of the vastness of nature, its generosity and generosity.
I don’t know if it was Wen Ziqing’s illusion, but the girl in his arms was soft and exuded a sweet fragrance, a bit like what Wen Ziqing had eaten in Kyoto when he was a child.
"What are you doing?" Zhou Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment, then a hint of anger welled up in her heart. This little brat usually looked cold and indifferent, but she didn't expect him to have a habit of taking advantage of girls and hugging them at every turn.
"I was afraid there might be bugs coming out of the door." Wen Ziqing quickly put down Zhou Yuanyuan and explained. Indeed, Wen Ziqing was afraid that there might be something bad behind the door, so he took Zhou Yuanyuan away. He didn't expect the little girl to misunderstand him.
Wen Ziqing understood the displeasure in Zhou Yuanyuan's tone. Zhou Yuanyuan didn't like physical contact with others. This was the conclusion Wen Ziqing came to the first time he held her in Zhaojiagou.
"Oh," Zhou Yuanyuan replied, not pressing the issue further. She was also stunned. A strange door suddenly appeared in the wall, and it wasn't surprising that there were strange things inside. Wen Ziqing's actions just now were clearly using his body to protect her from unknown danger.
This little brat looks cold, but he has a kind heart.
Seeing that Zhou Yuanyuan didn't pursue the matter further, Wen Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief, but his heart was filled with even greater confusion. Wen Ziqing shone his flashlight. Behind the door, in the mezzanine of the wall, a narrow staircase wound down. It was pitch black below, and the flashlight couldn't even make out what was there.
"Brother Ziqing, let's watch it tomorrow," Zhou Yuanyuan suggested. In movies from her past life, scenes of people finding treasure in secret rooms often involved traps. Zhou Yuanyuan didn't want Wen Ziqing to become one of those unlucky people who got caught in those traps.
"Okay." Wen Ziqing nodded, accepting Zhou Yuanyuan's suggestion. It was indeed pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly. Since the steps had already been discovered, they wouldn't disappear if they were just there. He would wait until tomorrow, when he was more prepared, to investigate.
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