967 Perplexed and Smitten 27 (2/2)
”Past five o'clock.”
The days were longer and the nights were shorter in the summer. The sky was still as bright as ever.
She told him everything that had happened in her dream.
She then alighted from the car while Jin Qingyan followed suit.
”Where are we going?”
”To get the car keys from Captain Wang. I have to get past that door.”
Jin Qingyan stayed put to wait for her. Not long after, she returned with the car keys.
”Let me drive,” said Jin Qingyan, who took the keys from her and quickly got inside the car.
An Xiaoning walked past the car and scurried toward the passenger's seat.
”You were so reluctant to let me come at first. If I hadn't come, how would I have known that you and I have had a past in this place?” she said.
He smiled and said, ”Yes, yes, yes. I won't stop you from doing whatever you want again from now on.”
”Are you indulging me?”
”No, I'm just pampering and doting on you.”
An Xiaoning was pleased to hear his words. In the blink of an eye, they arrived at their destination.
Jin Qingyan held her hand and walked toward the door. Out of nowhere, he began to tear up the moment he stepped foot inside.
He gripped her fingers even more tightly.
Once they entered the yard, she walked toward the door and said to him, ”This is the door that you said was made painstakingly. You told me that it was made of superior ironwood and that something you wrote was embedded inside it. I want to know what it is.”
”However, it's not that easy to pry open such a rigid wood. Why don't I call those archeologists to bring some tools over for us to try prying it open?”
”We were too eager just now. We should have just brought them over together, but it's alright, the sky is still bright. Bring them here.”
”Sure.”
Less than twenty minutes later, Wang Jinsheng arrived with two of his male subordinates and some tools.
”Ms. An, is this the door?”
”Yes. Pry it open, but be careful, there's something inside.”
”What is it?”
”You'll know after we open it.”
He nodded and began sawing the door with an electric saw.
”Oh goodness, I was wondering why it was so heavy. Turns out there's even a steel barrier inside. Which nutcase made this door? Who would put a steel plate inside a door for no reason? What's the point of making such a heavy door? Was it meant to prevent burglars from coming in?” Wang Jinsheng remarked with a sigh.
An Xiaoning looked at Jin Qingyan and chuckled before saying, ”That's why I said there must be something inside that door that made it so heavy. Captain Wang, hurry and take a look at what's below that steel plate.”
They dismantled the door into a few parts and everyone got a huge shock upon seeing what was beneath the steel plate.
There were dozens of pieces of paper that were stacked neatly together. Each piece was folded into a square.
Clearly, the steel plate had been pressed compactly against the papers, thus preventing them from sliding down to the bottom of the door.
Noticing that Wang Jinsheng was about to pick it up, An Xiaoning frantically stopped him, ”Don't move.”
He quickly retracted his hand and said, ”I just wanted to see what was written on it.”
”These papers are aged and they might just tear if we touch it.”
She meticulously took the papers out and stacked them together again carefully, making a conscious effort to be gentle while handling them.
Once she took out all of the papers, she unfolded one of the squares to discover that she could not read the words written on it at all. She asked, ”Captain Wang, what do these mean?”