Chapter 358 - Chapter 358: Chapter 365: How to Explain (1/2)
Chapter 358: Chapter 365: How to Explain
Upon arriving at the Han Family, the group found temporary safety and all let out a sigh of relief. Their eyes then turned towards the small box in Su Wenyue’s hands. It was just such a box that had drawn so many experts. If it hadn’t been for that group of men in black who helped later, they would have almost lost the box.
“Sister Yue, hurry and open the box to see what’s inside.” Ye Xinxin, who was always impatient, could hardly wait to say.
At this point, Su Wenyue was actually not in a hurry, and she also didn’t quite trust Shangguan Wuyou and Ye Xinxin. She hadn’t even told Han Yu the secret, partly because she didn’t know how to explain it.
Ye Xinxin made such a request, and it was difficult for her to refuse, especially considering that the four of them had teamed up for the Lantern Riddle Contest. She had only played a role at the crucial moment; before that, it was all thanks to Shangguan Wuyou. The lamp they had won wasn’t just hers alone, Ye Xinxin and Shangguan Wuyou had their parts in it too.
Su Wenyue nodded her head but did not rush to open the box. Instead, she placed the box on the table and went into the inner room. When she came back, she was holding something in her hand.
Ye Xinxin was already growing impatient waiting, and seeing that Su Wenyue was not coming out, she reached out to open the small box on the table. Shangguan Wuyou and Han Yu did not stop her, so when Su Wenyue came out, she saw Ye Xinxin opening the box.
“Get back quickly!” Su Wenyue shouted urgently. Ye Xinxin didn’t have time to react, but Shangguan Wuyou, seeing the urgency in Su Wenyue’s manner, quickly pulled Ye Xinxin away. The several poisoned darts that shot out from the small box narrowly missed Ye Xinxin’s clothes, causing both Shangguan Wuyou and Ye Xinxin to break out in a cold sweat. If it weren’t for Su Wenyue’s timely warning, those darts, with their sinister and dark gleam, almost certainly would have found their mark in Ye Xinxin’s body. With such poison, they would have been dead before a doctor could be summoned.
Su Wenyue sighed in relief to see that Ye Xinxin had dodged in time. The reason she had not immediately opened the box was because she knew it had mechanisms inside. In her previous life, she had never seen this box, but she knew that the box had fallen into Sikong Ling’s hands. She had heard of someone losing their life trying to open it due to the hidden weapon inside. She went inside hoping to deactivate the mechanisms first, using techniques described in Luban’s secret skills, but she hadn’t expected Ye Xinxin to be so impatient to open it first. Fortunately, she came out in time, otherwise, Ye Xinxin might have been killed by the poisoned darts, which were particularly lethal upon drawing blood. The person who originally opened the box had died before anyone could reach him to offer aid.
“Those people harbored such deadly intent, hiding poisoned darts inside the box. It was nearly a fatal trap,” Ye Xinxin patted her chest, looking scared after the fact. Seeing the box now open, she didn’t dare to touch it anymore, afraid of what other mechanisms might lay in wait.
Han Yu also felt a touch of fear, realizing that his daughter-in-law had been carrying the box all this time. Had anything gone wrong, he didn’t even want to think of the consequences. However, seeing that his wife had given a warning to Ye Xinxin as if she knew something, Han Yu had many questions in his heart but it wasn’t appropriate to ask them in front of Shangguan Wuyou and Ye Xinxin.
Su Wenyue had initially intended to deactivate the mechanisms in the box. Now that the darts had been triggered, it saved her some trouble. She was about to reach for the item inside the box when Han Yu stopped her.
Although his wife seemed to know the details, the recent scare made Han Yu hesitant to take any risks.