Live-in Son-in-law
Chapter 290: I’m Just an Ordinary Person

Chapter 290: Chapter 290: I’m Just an Ordinary Person

"Then follow me closely, don’t rush ahead, be careful!" Qin Yi reminded.

Lan Jiaojiao laughed, "Don’t worry, I definitely won’t walk in front of you. I’m scared of dying!"

Qin Yi: "..."

Nonsense, as if anyone isn’t afraid of dying?

Lei Xiao originally planned to go down with them, but he was stopped by Lan Jiaojiao.

"You’re still injured, just stay up here and keep watch."

Lei Xiao was worried about Qin Yi and Lan Jiaojiao being together, but he was indeed injured and not fit to go down.

Qin Yi and Lan Jiaojiao turned on their flashlights and followed the stone steps downward.

The total length of these stone steps was about twenty meters, not very deep.

Qin Yi shone his flashlight around; it was a space of about a hundred square meters, nothing special, just empty, with cement walls.

Lan Jiaojiao muttered, "Why is it empty?"

"Take your time to look, maybe there’s more to it than meets the eye. Xue Wuchang hid the key so securely, it couldn’t just be an empty room, there must be something here."

Qin Yi said as he squatted down, shining the flashlight on the ground, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"Look at this."

Lan Jiaojiao squatted next to Qin Yi, there was a layer of dust on the ground with clear footprints leading to three different places.

Qin Yi followed a set of footprints with the flashlight, the beam was blocked by a stone wall, and Qin Yi smiled, "Looks like there’s more to this place."

Lan Jiaojiao nodded slightly, "Let’s go, take a closer look!"

They proceeded forward, and there were thin cracks on the stone wall, clearly traces of a door.

Qin Yi pulled Lan Jiaojiao behind him, then reached out and pushed, with a rumble, the stone gate slowly opened and light spilled through.

Qin Yi appeared calm, but his eyes held a tinge of vigilance.

Lan Jiaojiao peeked curiously from behind Qin Yi.

"There won’t be an ambush inside, right?"

Qin Yi shook his head. In such a quiet environment, if someone were there, he would definitely catch the sound of breathing, but there was none.

He was worried about hidden traps.

"I’ll go in first, you follow behind!"

Qin Yi said as he stepped inside, his sharp gaze scanning the room, feeling a bit disappointed. The room wasn’t large, about forty to fifty square meters, if not for the two vermillion chests stacked in the corner, it would be completely empty.

"Old Qin, did you find anything?" Lan Jiaojiao asked from outside the door.

Qin Yi shook his head, "Nothing at all!"

Lan Jiaojiao walked in, indeed finding it as Qin Yi described.

In the corner, two vermillion chests were stacked, resembling the kind used in escort missions in TV dramas, with silver rivets the size of fists.

Lan Jiaojiao approached, "What’s in these chests?" she asked, reaching to open one.

Qin Yi stepped forward and pulled her back, "Careful there’s danger, let me do it!"

Lan Jiaojiao’s face showed a hint of playfulness, "Old Qin, are you secretly in love with me? Being this nervous?"

Qin Yi rolled his eyes, "I’m afraid there are traps in the chest, if you die here, your suitor outside would kill me."

Lan Jiaojiao leaned closer to Qin Yi, her breath fragrant, "Are you jealous?"

Qin Yi: "..."

Qin Yi rudely pushed Lan Jiaojiao’s head away, reached out, and pressed the hidden latch on the chest, then swiftly opened the lid.

However, when the chest was opened, there was no danger, just a surprise!

Both Qin Yi and Lan Jiaojiao were shocked!

The chest was filled with neatly stacked gold bars, gold bricks, though only the height of a chest, the dazzling golden light was truly enchanting.

After a while, Qin Yi murmured, "Lan Jiaojiao, do you think I should kill you to silence you? That way, all this gold would be mine."

Lan Jiaojiao gave Qin Yi a playful punch on the back, she knew he was joking, but still couldn’t help but sneer, "Greedy for money! Fine, it’s all yours. Spare this lady’s life, please."

"Old Qin, if you had to choose between this box of gold or me, what would you pick? Would you choose the gold or me as a friend?"

Qin Yi, without hesitation, went up and hugged the chest.

Lan Jiaojiao’s face immediately turned dark, waving her fist, "Don’t you even need to think about it?"

"What’s there to think about?" Qin Yi put his arm around Lan Jiaojiao’s shoulder and laughed, "Only kids make choices. Can’t I have both the gold and you?"

Lan Jiaojiao rolled her eyes speechlessly, "Men are indeed greedy creatures."

Qin Yi nodded in agreement, "You’re right, I’m too greedy!"

Then, he somewhat rudely pushed Lan Jiaojiao aside, "Then I’ll just choose the gold."

Lan Jiaojiao gritted her teeth, "You really are shameless, Qin."

"Same to you!" Qin Yi said, moving the top chest down, his eyes fixed on the chest below, "Do you think this one will also be filled with gold?"

Lan Jiaojiao pouted, uninterested, and quipped, "If Xue Wuchang knew you loved money so much and gave you these things, maybe he wouldn’t have died so miserably."

"Do I seem like someone without principles?"

"Yes!" Lan Jiaojiao affirmed confidently.

Qin Yi: "..."

"Now, it’s time to witness the magic."

Qin Yi said, flipping open the lid of the lower chest.

"Whoa..."

"Oh my..."

Qin Yi and Lan Jiaojiao simultaneously cursed.

Both of their eyes went wide!

This chest was half-filled with jade jewelry, pearls, agates, and various colored gemstones, all glittering beautifully.

As the saying goes, gold and silver have a price, but jade is priceless. These jades looked like high-quality ancient jades, and that ruby necklace, sapphire bracelet, were worth more than that chest of gold.

"Lan Jiaojiao, I really need to kill you to silence you and have it all to myself."

Lan Jiaojiao ignored him, rudely pushing him aside, and began picking through the chest.

She was also a woman, perhaps not interested in gold! But she had little resistance to these jewels.

Qin Yi rolled his eyes, this woman really didn’t take him as a bad guy.

"I’ll take these!"

Lan Jiaojiao held a ruby bracelet, a finely crafted gold-hairpin inlaid with sapphires, and a jade pendant carved like a phoenix.

Qin Yi paused, "You can pick more if you want."

"I’m afraid you’ll kill me to silence me."

Qin Yi: "..."

"Remember, you’re leaving it, not that I’m not sharing with you."

Qin Yi closed the chest lid with a grin.

Lan Jiaojiao pouted, "Money is just a worldly possession, I really don’t understand why you’re so obsessed with it, without any grace of a master."

"I don’t have your high level of enlightenment. I’m just a commoner, greedy and lustful!"

Lan Jiaojiao sneered, "Greedy for money with reason. But saying you’re lustful is really flattering yourself."

Qin Yi was speechless. Saying he’s lustful is flattering himself? That’s just self-deprecation, isn’t it?

"I’m such a stunning beauty right in front of you, and you don’t even spare a glance, yet you dare to call yourself lustful?"

Qin Yi teased, "Lan Jiaojiao, that’s you flattering yourself! Being lustful means the other person has to be attractive first."

Lan Jiaojiao’s face immediately flushed with anger, she puffed out her chest, "Am I not attractive or is my figure not good enough? If you can’t say it, I’ll bite you."

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