Chapter 184: An Unexpected Discovery
Seeing the milky white liquid spurting from Lin Tian’s mouth, Bai Shishi asked with concern, "What’s wrong? Are you okay?"
"I’m fine, just choked on some milk!" Lin Tian pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth.
The strange dream from last night still lingered in his mind.
"Drink slowly. I’ll take you to the exam venue in a bit, and there’s definitely enough time!" Bai Shishi said as she changed the TV channel with the remote.
After breakfast, Bai Shishi drove Lin Tian to the exam venue.
Just like yesterday, Lin Tian answered the paper in the morning and then went to sleep. He found a random place to eat lunch, and the afternoon was the same.
When the exam supervisor collected the papers after the last exam, the whole exam hall erupted.
Finally, liberation came in a burst.
Next was the long summer vacation, followed by a wonderful college life.
Even Lin Tian couldn’t help but slightly curl his lips. With the standardized exams over, he was one step closer to his year’s goal.
College, here it comes.
"Ah, I feel so relaxed all over!" Walking out of the school gate, Lin Tian stretched contentedly and took out his phone to call Bai Shishi.
"Hello, where’s Miss Bai?"
"Finished the exams?" Bai Shishi laughed, "How about I treat you to a grand dinner tonight to celebrate?"
"Let’s skip the celebration tonight. I should quickly go to Wang Quan’s place to get the audio recorder!"
"Alright then, business is important. Call me after you get the recorder, and I’ll pick you up!" Bai Shishi reminded, "Be very careful!"
"Don’t worry about me!"
With a six-word reply, Lin Tian hung up the phone.
He found a small restaurant to have a simple meal. As dusk fell, he recalled Wang Quan’s address, flagged down a taxi by the roadside, and headed straight for Wang Quan’s house.
Nanshan Villa.
Lin Tian still got off at the mountainside, walking towards Nanshan Villa as if on a leisurely stroll.
Unfortunately, this time there was no gap in the walls of Nanshan Villa, leaving Lin Tian in a predicament.
Entering through the main entrance would inevitably be caught on surveillance cameras. If anything happened, the footage would expose his movements.
"No, I can’t go through the main entrance!" Lin Tian pretended to be strolling as he carefully observed the walls of Nanshan Villa.
The walls were tall, but there was a spot that caught Lin Tian’s attention.
In this spot, a towering tree outside the wall had a trunk that extended into the wall.
If he climbed this tree and walked along the trunk, he could smoothly enter Nanshan Villa.
Having found a way to get in, Lin Tian was no longer in a rush. He leisurely wandered around, waiting for the sky to go completely dark so he could use the cover of night to enter.
At eight o’clock in the evening, after waiting for nearly half an hour, the sky finally turned completely dark, with only faint streetlamps lighting the roadsides.
"Now’s the time!" Lin Tian swiftly climbed the towering tree, cautiously moving along the trunk.
The further he went, the narrower the trunk got, until Lin Tian’s weight caused it to bend slightly; any sudden force would break it.
"I can’t go any further!" Lin Tian smacked his lips; if the trunk broke, it would undoubtedly make a piercing noise and surely attract the attention of the patrolling security guards.
"Then it has to be this way!"
Lin Tian looked at the not-too-far wall top, pushed off with his feet, leaped high, and grabbed onto the wall top with both hands.
In an instant, Lin Tian’s hands clung to the wall top, his body suspended.
Using his arms, Lin Tian’s body slowly lifted until his knees were on the wall top and he stood upright.
The next part was simpler; still holding the wall top, Lin Tian moved his feet down the wall slowly.
Releasing his hands, Lin Tian landed on his feet, quickly crouching to hide in the shadows.
Surveying the surroundings and cameras, Lin Tian found a blind spot and successfully evaded the patrolling guards, reaching Wang Quan’s house.
Using the same routine as last time, Lin Tian squinted his eyes at Wang Quan’s house, ensuring no one was there.
He began searching for an unlocked window, and just like last time, the cosplay room window was open. Relying on his physical fitness, Lin Tian climbed the security window to the second floor and slipped through the window.
Relying on memory, Lin Tian found all three audio recorders. He vaguely remembered one was under a bedroom bed.
Opening the bedroom door with the photo of Wang Quan and an Avatar woman, Lin Tian reached under the bed, but couldn’t find the recording.
Helpless, Lin Tian squinted his eyes, trying to see through the bed to find where the audio recorder had rolled.
Squinting, he saw the recorder had rolled to the center of the bed. Reluctantly, Lin Tian lay flat on the floor, stretched his right arm, and just managed to touch the recorder.
With a nudge of his middle finger, the recorder slowly rolled out.
Just as Lin Tian stood up with the recorder in his hand, he caught sight of the large photo on the wall with his pitch-black eyes.
In that instant, Lin Tian froze.
Because in his eyes, behind the huge photo, it was hollow! Hidden inside was a small safe.
Hidden so secretly, it could either be money or shameful secrets.
Even if it were money, there would be no need to hide the safe so carefully; it was embedded in the wall and covered by a large photo.
Such effort, why wouldn’t Wang Quan just deposit it in a bank?
If he hadn’t accidentally seen it through perspective, nobody would suspect the hollow wall behind the photo hid a small safe.
So, what was in the small safe? There’s only one explanation: it must be an unspeakable secret!!!
"Now let me see what you’re hiding, Wang Quan!" Lin Tian removed the photo, revealing a black safe door prominently in front of him...
"Quite the hiding job!" Lin Tian unabashedly praised Wang Quan.
"But how to open the safe?" Lin Tian looked at the safe door with a dial on it, different numbers adorning two dials of different sizes.
"Luckily, it’s a mechanical lock, not a fingerprint lock!" Lin Tian was relieved at the type of safe.
If it had been a fingerprint lock, Lin Tian wouldn’t have had a way; he’d have to knock out Wang Quan and use his fingerprint to open it.
But a mechanical lock was different; as long as you could crack the combination, you could open the safe.
Typically, mechanical locks are quite stable, durable, and don’t require a power source, often used in safes.
Plus, with Wang Quan being older, he might not be familiar with fingerprint or card locks, hence opting for the old-fashioned mechanical lock.
With a mechanical lock, Lin Tian was confident in cracking it.
Though not a professional lock-picking expert, Lin Tian had his skills...