C9 (1/2)

Looking at the deep and small secret compartment, my curiosity was completely raised. However, looking at this dark hole, I actually felt that it wasn't an ordinary secret compartment, but rather a cave filled with venomous snakes and ferocious beasts. I even had the impulse to stop my grandfather from putting himself in danger.

I secretly broke out in a cold sweat and sighed lightly. Maybe I was just overthinking it, I thought. Maybe it was just a coincidence that this secret compartment opened for no reason.

But my grandpa didn't have as much scruples as me, so he naturally reached his hand in. It looked like he was taking something out of his car.

I turned my head to look at the woman, only to see her nibbling on her lips. Her two hands were tightly clenched as she stared fixedly at my grandfather's hand that was extended into the secret compartment, as though she was as nervous as me.

However, at this time, the man standing beside the woman spoke again. He rushed forward to stop his grandfather and said solemnly: ”Master Ma, these are all my personal belongings. It's not good for you to flip through them randomly, right?”

The man's voice was a bit low and his eyes were staring at his grandfather. His thick arm was grabbing his grandfather's hand tightly. In fact, due to using too much strength, his knuckles turned slightly white.

”If it's yours, I will naturally return it to you. This old man will not take it from you.” Grandfather did not turn his head as he said in a hoarse voice.

”You …” The man's words were cut off by his grandfather. He gave his grandfather a dry stare, then turned back to the woman, ”Xiuqin, where did this master come from? Why is he so unruly?”

I frowned, wondering where this man came from and why he was so uncultured. I turned my head to glance at him, only to see that the woman's expression changed slightly as she waved her hands towards the man, clearly signalling for him to be quiet.

Seeing this, I thought a little easier. I turned my head to look at Grandfather and saw that he was holding a bulging leather envelope that seemed to contain a lot of things.

I originally thought that grandfather would put this thing back after taking a look at it, but what I didn't expect was that grandfather actually opened the envelope without the slightest hesitation. At the same time, the man also frowned, and made a gesture to stop grandfather, but in the end, he was stopped by this woman called Xiuqin.

It turned out that the envelope was filled with a large collection of photographs, all in various backgrounds, on the street, in the mall, etc., with Lin Lan's full attention, but there were only two protagonists in the picture, a man and a woman. The woman had been standing with her head down, dressed in a red dress, and from the looks of it, she was a very nice woman.

That was because this man was the same as the one in the portrait.

Moreover, what made me even more puzzled was that the person who took the photo had a rather ordinary method. It was rather crooked, and the more I looked at it, the weirder it seemed.

However, when I thought about it for a moment, I realized that these photos were actually all secretly taken.

I looked at the woman called Xiuqin and saw that her face was pale. She allowed her grandfather to look at the photos one by one without saying a word from start to end.

Grandpa wondered why this woman had taken so many pictures of her dead husband.

However, I just buried these thoughts deep in my heart, and I definitely wouldn't say them out loud.

At this time, his grandfather unconsciously looked at most of the photos, and finally put them back into the envelope with a puzzled expression. ”Pa!” He put them back into the hidden compartment and shook his head with a sigh. ”Strange, truly strange!”

”Grandfather, what's wrong?” I really couldn't take it anymore and risked being scolded by my grandfather once again to ask.

”Official, what do you mean by this?” Pappy ignored me, looked up at the sky, and sighed like a nervous man.

Just then, a light ”bang” sound rang out. The candle flame in the copper bowl suddenly exploded, causing a thick spark to fly out and land squarely on the man's neck.