area51novel Chapter 459: A Cage for Her
Chapter 459: A Cage for Her
"You're just too lazy to look?" Qin Wei glanced at Gu Chaoxi with some contempt.
She didn't believe that Gu Chaoxi couldn't understand the words above. She was just too lazy to think and thought Qin Wei could read faster.
There's no way, it's already been handed to me, what can I do?
Gu Chaoxi shrugged his shoulders and did not deny it.
Qin Wei had no choice but to take the letter.
After a while, she frowned because of the contents of the letter.
"It says, I was in love with you, but unfortunately our fate has ended. By the time you see this letter, I am afraid I will no longer be alive. I hope you can forget me in the future and find your happiness again."
"It has no beginning or end. But I guess the person who wrote this letter is the bride who is getting married. As for the person the bride likes, he must be someone who can't get married."
Gu Zhaoxi was slightly startled, rolled his eyes, and nudged Qin Wei with his arm: "Weiwei, you were someone who couldn't get married at that time, otherwise you would have gotten married."
"Aren't what you two said just nonsense?" Shen Yao was speechless.
"Alright alright."
Qin Wei shrugged and stopped joking.
"That's roughly what the letter says, but isn't the more important question what the key is for?"
She turned her gaze to Gu Zhaoxi and Pei Yan standing by: "Didn't you two discover the secret passage? Could the key be used in that secret passage?"
"It's possible. Let's go and have a look."
So this time, eight people walked towards the ancestral hall together.
Pei Yan climbed onto the altar very skillfully and picked up a candle from the front.
Then he reached out and pressed the button, and the secret passage in front of him opened again.
Gu Chaoxi picked up the candle, looked at the deep secret passage, and took a step inside.
"Come in with candles." Pei Yan jumped down from the table and followed Gu Chaoxi.
The others took candles.
"You go in first, I'll be the last." Shen Yao patted Qi Chuzhao on the back, motioning him to go in first.
Unable to persuade Shen Yao, Qi Chuzhao went in first.
So, behind Pei Yan came Qin Wei, Su Zhaoran, Shen Lan, Luo Zhenxian, and then Qi Chuzhao and Shen Yao.
After they walked into the secret passage one by one, the original entrance closed again.
In this way, the only light in the entire passage was the light of the candles in their hands.
Fortunately, this passage is relatively narrow, so their candles can illuminate a relatively large area.
Gu Chaoxi looked up and saw that this secret passage had probably not been cleaned for a long time and there were even spider webs on it.
But I didn't see any insects.
Pei Yan followed behind her and also looked up.
It seems that the further you go inside, the more cramped this passage becomes?
But soon, Pei Yan's idea was shattered because they came to a spacious space.
Gu Chaoxi held up the candle. This seemed to be a secret office room. There were several candles hanging on the walls, a desk in the middle, and two bookcases at the back.
Shen Lan walked out of the passage, took a look, and walked over to light all the candles on the walls.
Then, the whole space became bright.
There were several scrolls on the table and a futon behind it.
I guess the people who work here are kneeling on the cushions.
As Shen Yao walked in, the space didn't seem that big. After all, it looked like a single-person office, but now, there were eight people standing here.
"What is written on it?"
Gu Chaoxi picked up a book from the bookshelf and saw the words "Zhao Yuer's Growth Record" written on it.
This Zhao Yuer should be the daughter of this family.
This?
She put the book in her hand back and then pulled out another one, but the words on the cover were still the same.
I plugged it back in and took out a new one, and it was still the same.
Qin Wei also noticed this and simply took out a stack of books from the bookshelf and placed them directly on the desk.
Not surprisingly, this stack is almost entirely filled with this name.
The two looked at each other and turned to the first page together.
"It's different." Pei Yan just glanced at the first page opened in the hands of the two people and immediately spoke.
Although the names on the covers of the books they took were the same, the contents recorded were completely different.
It seems that if you take the books in the order on the bookshelf, they will most likely represent a certain stage in this woman's life.
They should be arranged in order of growth.
"Is someone recording her growth every moment?"
Qin Wei was surprised, but the few pages she randomly flipped through were almost all about what Zhao Yuer did on a certain day.
"It should be recorded afterwards. For example, at night, after Zhao Yuer falls asleep, he will come here and record everything that happened that day."
Gu Chaoxi lowered his head and looked at the record in his hand.
Who recorded this? It must be someone close to Zhao Yuer, someone who saw her every day.
There is no one else like this except the parents and sisters in the same family.
But from what they have explored here so far, it seems that there is only one daughter, Zhao Yuer, in this family.
Therefore, the people who recorded this can only be her parents.
As to which one it is, it is still unknown.
"Pervert? Why are you recording this?"
Shen Lan covered her mouth, somewhat incredulous.
She just leaned against Qin Wei and read a few pages, but she couldn't stand Qin Wei's whispered explanation anymore.
It feels like someone is watching me all the time and I have no freedom at all.
Qin Wei thought about it and looked up: "I think the mother is more likely. She has a strong desire for control and doesn't want her daughter to be out of her control?"
"It could also be my father." Pei Yan did not completely agree with what Qin Wei said. After all, there was no final conclusion on this matter.
Qi Chuzhao looked around again and again, and noticed a place that they had just forgotten.
"But." He coughed lightly and was instantly noticed by everyone.
"That key doesn't seem to be used here. There's nothing here that needs to be unlocked."
After he finished speaking, he glanced around again.
Gu Chaoxi also looked around along with his things. Indeed, apart from the records on the bookshelf, there was nothing else locked here.
So what does this key do?
Since the key can be hidden in the box and placed in such a high place, this key must be very important to the person who hid it.
Suddenly, an idea flashed.
"The place where the key is needed is not here. I almost overlooked it. If this is where Zhao Yuer's record is kept, then Zhao Yuer probably doesn't know about this place."
"Even if she knew about it later, she wouldn't think of hiding anything here."
After all, this place is a cage for her.