On the other end of the phone, Chen Qingyue seemed unsure how to express herself.
Hearing the hesitation and indecision in her voice, Lin Mei cut in, "Don't panic, we're right downstairs, we'll be up immediately!"
Moments later, Lin Mei and Lü Feng were once again standing in the corridor outside the hospital room.
"What did you remember just now?"
Lü Feng's gaze was fixed on Chen Qingyue.
On the surface, he was incredibly calm, but his heart was filled with an irrepressible excitement.
Mixed within this excitement was an anticipation that words could hardly describe.
"Actually, yesterday, I remember my dad gave me some instructions. He said to remember some things."
Though her words were understated, both Lü Feng and Lin Mei heard a glimmer of hope in them.
"Lü Feng, it looks like our chance is coming!"
Lin Mei couldn't help but murmur softly.
Her heart rate instantly quickened.
If Chen Qingyue could recall the password for this box now, then Ge Jun, who had sent people earlier and was likely feeling smug, waiting to settle accounts after the board meeting, would be in trouble.
Lü Feng felt the same way as Lin Mei at this moment.
"What things?"
However, having cultivated on the mountain for decades, Lü Feng maintained an unreadable poker face.
Until the very end, he wouldn't jump to conclusions about how things would unfold.
Lü Feng stared intently at Chen Qingyue, his eyes sharp.
Chen Qingyue tilted her head, pondering for a moment.
"I remember Dad asked me a question, asking me what day was special!"
"And what did you say?"
Lin Mei pressed on.
At this moment, she had a growing feeling that the answer to this question was getting closer to what she desired.
Chen Qingyue continued, "I said, my birthday?"
"Dad smiled and shook his head then."
Before Chen Qingyue could finish, Lin Mei immediately said, "Let's go, you need to go home!"
She was certain that the crucial password was Chen Qingyue's birthday, without a doubt.
Lin Mei switched cars.
The group immediately returned to the old and cramped house.
Lü Feng knew where Song Fei had hidden the box.
Before long, the familiar box was placed on the table.
"Looking at this box, there should only be three attempts!"
Although Lü Feng had never seen such a thing before, he had seen pigs run even if he hadn't eaten pork.
Furthermore, there were mechanical indicators on one side of the box.
Lin Mei glanced at her phone.
"It's already ten o'clock. If we don't hurry, it'll be too late!"
Now that they had found a direction, they had to try quickly.
Otherwise, once the time passed, even if they managed to get someone to open it, it would be useless.
Chen Qingyue naturally understood this.
Although she didn't know anyone named Ge Jun, the face of Li Jian, once it appeared in her mind, ignited a surge of anger within her heart.
Especially since her father had nearly died at this person's hands.
Chen Qingyue wished for such a person to be struck by lightning on the forehead the moment they stepped outside.
"Okay!" A decisive and brief sound emerged from the depths of Chen Qingyue's throat.
Chen Qingyue took a deep breath.
She stepped forward quickly.
Her hands began to press the combination lock on the box.
*Click, click, click!*
The mechanical password rollers emitted a crisp sound.
"Is it open?" Lin Mei leaned in before the crisp sound of the rollers faded.
Chen Qingyue didn't know either. At this moment, she gripped the lid of the box with both hands and then pulled upwards, awaiting the moment of revelation.
Although it was just opening a box, Lü Feng was unusually tense.
He dared not even breathe.
However, as time ticked by, a shadow of gloom gradually spread across Chen Qingyue's face.
"What's going on!"
She found it hard to believe for a moment.
Because the instant she exerted force to lift the lid, she discovered that the lid was as if it were firmly welded to the box.
"It seems not!"
Hearing Chen Qingyue's voice, the pent-up excitement Lin Mei had felt since the beginning deflated like an overinflated balloon pricked by a tiny needle.
"This is it, we're done for! We'll just have to wait for the locksmith."
Since Lü Feng had told Lin Mei his backup plans last night, Lin Mei had asked Lin Feng to prepare people.
They should be arriving by now.
As she spoke, Lin Mei's phone rang.
"Hello, is this Miss Lin? This is Master Wang. I've arrived at the location you mentioned, right downstairs. Should I enter from where the police car is?"
"Yes, Master Wang, please wait a moment, I'll come down to get you!"
Lin Mei said, hanging up the phone, she glanced at Lü Feng, shook her head, and went downstairs.
To be honest, Lin Mei was reluctant to choose this path.
This path was extremely risky.
If things went wrong, Song Fei would have no chance of turning his life around.
For Lü Feng, it might just be a setback after descending the mountain.
But for Song Fei and Chen Qingyue, it could be a disaster of epic proportions.
As Lü Feng was contemplating,
*Knock, knock!*
Following a series of approaching footsteps, Lin Mei, leading a white-haired old man, slowly appeared before Lü Feng and Chen Qingyue.
"This is Master Wang. Master Wang, the item is here, please take a look!"
The white-haired man smiled faintly, without even looking at the table, and said with a chuckle, "Miss Lin, please rest assured. I, this old man, may not have much skill, but when it comes to picking locks, in the entire Southeast City, I, Old Wang, dare to say I'm second to none."
Lü Feng found this statement pleasing.
This person wasn't just talking nonsense.
After all, this person was hired by Lin Feng at a great expense.
It was said that this person had even helped the Southeast City bank open its vault a few years ago.
Upon hearing this, Lü Feng smiled and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Master!"
"No problem, it's a small matter!"
Master Wang unfastened his tool bag, then took out many peculiar-looking tools from inside.
Following that, the man began to fiddle with the items on the table.
"Is this person really reliable?"
Lü Feng couldn't explain why, but watching the man's actions, he felt that this person was perhaps not as simple as he seemed.
As a result, Lü Feng couldn't help but frown and ask.
After all, there were only two chances left for this box.
"This should be fine, my brother paid enough."
Lin Mei's words were not false.
When it came to dealing with Ge Jun, Lin Feng stood on the same side as Lin Mei and Lü Feng.
She knew very well that Lin Feng would not betray her.
"It should be fine."
As soon as Lin Mei finished speaking, a familiar crisp sound, *click*, came from the box.