Transmigrated Into the Vicious Stepmother in a Historical Novel - Chapter 138

Two people were examining an iron box.

“What is this?”

“I found this in Sheng Fei’s room, an iron box. It seems like there’s something inside. Could it be gold bars? But I couldn’t find the key to open it, so let’s just get a hammer and break the lock.”

“Won’t Sheng Fei find out?”

“Are you stupid? As long as you don’t admit it, who would know? We found Sheng Fei’s money, and all her stuff can be bought with money. Alright, go get the hammer.”

The two started plotting and moving into action.

When Old Mrs. Lu was clearing the dishes, she noticed Xu Yuxia and Lu Jiefang were hurrying around, seemingly looking for something. She looked at them curiously.

“Jiefang, are you and Yuxia looking for something?”

“No, no, we’re just cleaning up the yard. Don’t worry, Mom. After you’re done with the dishes, you can go take a walk.”

Lu Ting had earlier felt that Lu Jiefang and Xu Yuxia’s attitude was very different from usual, as if they were hiding something from him. But when he came back home, the yard looked the same as always.

And there were no signs that his door had been opened. Lu Ting examined the surroundings but didn’t find anything wrong.

Thinking that he must have been mistaken, Lu Ting wheeled himself to his own room.

Xu Yuxia and Lu Jiefang finally found a hammer and saw, and broke the lock on the iron box.

After finally opening the box, Xu Yuxia and Lu Jiefang looked at each other.

Xu Yuxia smiled gently and slowly lifted the lid of the box.

After opening the box, not only was Xu Yuxia startled, Lu Jiefang was also stunned.

Xu Yuxia widened her eyes and tremblingly reached in to take out what was inside.

“What is this?”

“Why is there a brick in here?”

It was a red brick, which was very heavy.

Sitting in the square iron box, this kind of red brick was the one used for building houses.

“What the hell is Sheng Fei up to? Why would she put a brick in here? I thought it was going to be gold bars.”

“How could you have thought it was gold bars? Even if there was something, it should have been money. I say, are you an idiot? Why did you take a brick from Sheng Fei’s room?”

“How is that my fault? I saw this item was locked up in Sheng Fei’s room, and the iron box seemed heavy, as if there was something inside. I thought it might be gold bars or something. Who knew she would just put a brick in there? Is she crazy? Why would she put a brick in this box?”

“I think you must have had your brain kicked by a donkey. After all that effort to open it, you tell me it’s just a brick? What the hell?

Is it that you’ve already found the money Sheng Fei left behind and secretly kept it for yourself?”

Lu Jiefang did not believe that Sheng Fei’s money was not hidden at home.

Sheng Fei could earn money, and everyone kept their money at home, either hidden in the cracks or stored in boxes. There’s no way she would carry it around.

Lu Jiefang did not believe it, and neither did Xu Yuxia.

But after all their effort, the box they brought contained only a brick. How could it just be a brick?

Xu Yuxia felt that Sheng Fei must be mentally ill to have put a brick in there.

“What do you mean? Do you suspect that I hid the money?”