C9

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.

"Aiyo!" The man exclaimed as he jumped and fled as if he was electrocuted. He accidentally bumped into the open door of the car. With a "hiss" sound, he slammed the car door shut heavily in frustration. He pointed at his grandfather and said, "Are you done yet? Hurry up and leave!"

When I saw this, I panicked and immediately rushed forward to argue with the man, but was stopped by my grandfather.

"You don't need to be anxious. This old man is only doing his part. Once he's done, he'll leave." The grandfather chuckled, not caring about this man's attitude at all as he pulled me towards the main hall.

But at this moment, a light 'hua' sound echoed. I instinctively turned my head to look, only to see that the secret compartment in the car that held the photo had opened up once again. The photo in the envelope fell to the floor and at the same time, the car door, which was shut tightly just a moment ago, opened up once more.

"Hmph, playing tricks on us." The man coldly snorted. He angrily glared at his grandfather, then snappily went into the car to pack up the photos.

At this moment, there was a loud "hu" sound and an evil wind blew from who knows where. The wind was able to make the photos flying around crazily in the car, making the man, who was cleaning up the photos, flutter again.

I looked at him and snickered. I thought to myself, 'You have no morals. The heavens are making things difficult for you.'

However, before my sneer could even reach the ground, I heard a "pa" sound and my vision turned black. A cold and slippery object was pressed against my face. I reached out to grab it. It turned out to be a photo.

Just as I was about to throw the photo at the man and take a look, my slightly raised hand suddenly froze in midair, unable to retract it!

In the photo, a man and a woman stood side by side. The man was not very handsome, even his nose was crooked. With a gentle smile on his face, he led a woman in red along the street. It was none other than Xiuqin's husband. The woman had a slim figure with a doting expression. She leaned on the man's shoulder like a little bird. I could even feel her happiness through the photos.

However, what truly shocked me was that this woman was actually the one who had followed me into the hall earlier!

I immediately reacted, it turned out that Xiuqin's husband had an affair, all these photos were obtained by her following the two of them.

"What's wrong?" Grandfather noticed my abnormality and asked me in a rough voice.

"I've seen this woman before," I whispered back.

"If you've seen her, then so be it. What's the big deal?" Grandfather didn't mind it too much as he lowered his head to clean up his chaps.

The woman in the picture had a relationship with the dead person, so it was normal for her to come after the dead person died. It really wasn't anything major, so I shook my head, preparing to return the photo to them, but then I accidentally slipped and dropped the photo, and I accidentally stepped on it.

"No offense, no offense." I shivered. I thought to myself that stepping on the pictures of the dead here was really taboo. Thus, I started trembling as I spoke.

The cement floor was very rough, so with my stomp, I grinded a large portion of the photo and even smeared a lot of mud on it. Thus, I hastily wiped off the mud on the photo and prepared to give it back to the two of them to take a look.

The man's face was red and white after he was grinded. It was a completely different shape. The blurry face looked like it was carved out of wood. It looked exactly the same as the face in the ice coffin.

As for that woman's face, it had actually completely disappeared. However, the strange thing was that her bright red long skirt was completely undamaged. It was as if she had never appeared in this photo before.

"Grandfather, look." My grandfather had long since come closer to me after I let out this weird cry. Trembling, I handed over the completely changed picture in my hands to him.

"Xiuqin, Xiuqin, quickly tell Master Ma to come over and take a look!" There was an indescribable shock in his voice that came from afar, and it caused my heart to once again thump loudly, so nervous that I would not even be able to breathe.