Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
She was speculating that the mastermind behind everything must have misunderstood and assumed that she was a member of the Tan family. Otherwise, they must have felt threatened by her appearance!
“I had always been curious about what the Tan family’s ancestral residence had to offer. I remember that Tan Bengbeng once told me that she had left something behind for me, but I did not find anything after searching high and low in her apartment today. If I’ve guessed correctly, the item could have been left in the Tan Family’s ancestral residence. This kaleidoscope is the key object that might lead us there!”
Nian Xiaomu waved the kaleidoscope in her hand as she spoke.
She noted down all the numbers that she saw in the kaleidoscope and proceeded to spread out the papers on the sofa.
Then, she continued to analyze the connections between the 24 numbers.
Yu Yuehan’s eyes flickered slightly as he took a glance at the numbers that she had written down. However, he did not come to a conclusion immediately. Instead, he picked up the kaleidoscope and started to observe it.
The living room fell silent again.
This time around, the atmosphere was different.
Both Yu Yuehan and Nian Xiaomu were very focused on their tasks.
Yu Yuehan was especially focused—he heaved a huge sigh of relief after he had discovered the number pattern in the kaleidoscope.
Just like Nian Xiaomu, he did not think that this was simply an ordinary pattern to check for colorblindness.
Judging from the design and craft as well as the pattern of the pictures reflected from the triangular prism, the kaleidoscope was definitely different from the usual ones in the market.
“This kaleidoscope was custom-made.” Yu Yuehan spoke suddenly.
Nian Xiaomu lifted her head from the pile of numbers when she heard his voice.
Blinking her eyes, she complained, “However, the 24 numbers here do not seem to be connected in any way. I remembered that the lock at the main entrance of the Tan family’s ancestral residence seemed to have a six-digit pin, but there are 24 numbers in the kaleidoscope. It is exactly four times more. Could we have gotten it wrong?”
“Let me take a look.” Yu Yuehan picked up the pieces of paper with numbers scribbled on and took a glance at them.
He had already started to calculate all the possible connections between the 24 numbers in his mind.
Similar to Nian Xiaomu, he could not form a connection between the groups of numbers in the end, no matter how hard he tried.
As such, this meant that there were no patterns in these groups and they were merely 24 random numbers.
However, how would they get hold of the password if this was the case?
“Could the numbers be connected to the pictures as well?” Nian Xiaomu picked up the kaleidoscope and started to study the pictures in the kaleidoscope again.
However, she still could not get hold of a pattern after studying it for a long while.
Dejected, she sat paralyzed on the sofa.
She muttered gloomily, “Yu Yuehan, what should I do? I am starting to doubt my IQ. I must have become stupid after following you for too long.”
“…”
He wasn’t willing to be made a scapegoat.
“I’ll go take a look at Xiao Liuliu and check she hasn’t kicked the blanket off. Work it out quickly, I don’t think I will be able to sleep tonight if you can’t figure out the password.”
Nian Xiaomu was about to proceed to the nursery; just as she stood up from the sofa, she heard the nursery door creak open from the inside.
Squinting her eyes, Xiao Liuliu hugged her piggy toy and walked out.
She threw herself into Nian Xiaomu’s embrace swiftly and cooed with a childish voice.
“Mommi, I want to pee”
The tiny cuddly ball must have been awoken by her bursting bladder.
Just as Nian Xiaomu was about to carry her to the washroom, Xiao Liuliu placed the piggy toy on the sofa and picked up the slip of paper beside her with her little chubby hand. Then, she wrapped it around the neck of her piggy toy.
She even muttered to the piggy with her tiny mouth, “Stay in your covers and wait for Xiao Liuliu, otherwise, you might catch flu!”
As Yu Yuehan and Nian Xiaomu stared at the slip of paper that Xiao Liuliu had used to wrap onto the piggy toy’s neck, both of their eyes suddenly lit up!
They spoke in unison:
“I got it!”
“I got it!”
