Chapter 4: Pandora's Treasure Box

Someone is coming at this time?

He made a quick decision!

Chen Dong immediately put the removed electrical socket back.

He quickly walked into the bathroom, turned on the faucet, pressed his head down to wet his hair, and then wiped his hair with a towel and walked towards the door.

"Who?"

While wiping his hair that was still dripping with water, he opened the door, only to see a man in an electrician's costume outside: "Hello, excuse me, several residents have recently said that the water bill is too high, and the water meter is not accurate, can I go in and have a look?"

"Oh, the water meter is reading, right?" Chen Dong responded with a smile: "Come in!"

The employee of the water company walked in with a smile, glanced around, and then asked, "Are you okay with your water bill?"

"I don't know, I don't pay attention to the water bill when I live alone. Chen Dong replied very honestly.

The water company employee familiarly took out a notepad from his work bag, went into the bathroom without thinking, found the water meter, and then crouched down and began to record some data.

Chen Dong watched all this with a smile on his face, and found the hair dryer by himself.

He also deliberately plugged in the socket he had just opened to blow his hair.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous is also the safest.

Who would have thought that this socket being used hides secrets?

About two minutes or so.

The staff of the water company came up very politely and said, "Then you pay attention to this month's water bill, and if you have any questions, you can call us for consultation." ”

"Okay, then don't send it!" Chen Dong used a hair dryer to blow his head and watched the other party leave.

From the time the other party entered the house to the time he left, it was less than five minutes, and the whole process seemed to have no flaws.

But Chen Dong's brows furrowed vigorously.

He can be sure that there is something wrong with the guy who came to the door just now, even if the other party acted very realistically and did not have too many flaws.

When the other party talks to him, his eyes are not staring.

But the problem was exposed when the water meter was read.

When there was water seepage on the roof of the kitchen last year, Chen Dong also went to the upstairs residents to take a look, only to find that it was the toilet leaking upstairs.

At that time, he found out that his home had been renovated before, and the balcony, kitchen, and bathroom had been renovated.

After the redecoration, the water meter that should be at the balcony was moved to the inside of the bathroom.

It is estimated that the space and aesthetics were considered when decorating at that time.

This means that the location of the water meter in your home is different from that upstairs and downstairs.

But the other party did not go to the balcony to find the water meter, but accurately walked into his bathroom to read the water meter.

What does this mean?

This shows that the other party has long known the location of the water meter.

He had a hard time believing that what happened today was a coincidence.

On the contrary, he thinks that someone is behind the scenes to monitor him.

Deliberately stealing your own medicine is just the first step!

And because they closed the windows and closed the curtains, those people could only enter the house under the guise of checking the water meter.

This person did not look around when he entered the house, not to avoid revealing flaws.

It's because the other party doesn't focus on what is in the house at all, but on themselves.

I'm afraid I want to know how I'm going to be after I stop taking the drug.

Chen Dong's face sank, he looked at the rustling branches outside the curtain, and a certain feeling in his heart became clearer and clearer.

It seems that the storm is coming.

To find out what is hidden behind it, the first thing is to unravel all the codes at home.

It took him half an hour to finally crack the secret on the electrical outlet, which was also a set of codes.

And the location corresponding to the code is actually the tile behind the water meter in the bathroom.

His eyes seemed to see through everything, and he could see directly through the tile.

Behind the tiles, there is a hidden mystery!

He couldn't tell what was behind it, maybe it was a string of codes, maybe it was a box?

Chen Dong was more cautious this time.

He turned on the TV to the Sound Joy Channel, and waited for more than ten minutes before deciding to do it.

He didn't know if the meter reader was gone, but he couldn't live in fear forever, he had to figure out the truth behind it all.

So Chen Dong took a flathead screwdriver, aimed at a piece of porcelain, and knocked it down with a thicker book as a "hammer".

All of a sudden, the porcelain piece was directly pried open.

The inside was hollow, roughly empty of four bricks, and inside was a red-black sandalwood box.

Chen Dong held his breath, the sound just now was not loud, and there was the sound of music outside, no one should know what he was doing inside.

He pulled out the box and took a deep breath.

This box has a sense of history, it seems to have been put in more than ten years ago, and there is spider silk around it.

A small code lock hung on the outside of the box, and many memories came to his mind, and those dusty memories of childhood poured out.

There was a sharp pain in his head, and he almost couldn't stand on his feet.

He remembered that he had seen the box before.

At that time, my parents seemed to have a quarrel because of this, and I hid in my room and shivered, just in time to see this scene.

Looking at this box, he unconsciously gave birth to a trace of fear, this box is like a Pandora's box.

There must be something important in the box.

Tick tock.

The silence in the bathroom was eeri, as if the outside world was cut off.

Chen Dong knew that he had no other choice, he had to open this Pandora's box and uncover the dusty history.

At this moment, he began to suspect that there were other stories behind the death of his parents in a car accident.

Low-risk depression is hereditary.

Even if no one has mentioned to him that any of his parents have this disease, being able to devise this series of codes is enough to prove that one of his father or mother, one of whom is likely to have this disease.

Chen Dong took a deep breath, he had never thought about one thing so seriously, that is, what was the password of this box!

Who exactly is this box for?

Who is that series of codes left for?

If it is reserved for yourself, the password must only be known to you.

Three numbers, only you know?

Chen Dong's brain spun fast, if the design method of the previous cipher password was followed, then the thing to assist in cracking must be near this box.

His eyes were fixed on the meter, and he crouched down to find answers.

Sure enough, there is a serial number on this water meter, and this serial number is very long and is a mix of Chinese and English numbers, if you remove all the English, then only three Arabic numerals remain.

Chen Dong gasped, his hand couldn't help but tremble a little, and finally chose these three numbers into it.

Click!

His pupils tightened slightly, and they were really untied, exactly as he thought.

It's hard to uncover this code.

Because if someone comes and steals the box, maybe that person will not be able to untie it for the rest of his life.

Because that person didn't expect that the password would be in the water meter next to it.

Although it was only a combination of three numbers, he deduced that there must be a false limit, and it was impossible to try endlessly.

These three numbers have no correlation.

Unless that person's observation is subtle to the extreme, or a low-risk depressed patient like himself is very sensitive to the surrounding environment.

Thinking of this, Chen Dong vaguely understood that these code designs were all deliberate.

The more sensitive the person is to the environment, the easier it is to unravel.

That said, it's a code designed specifically for people with low-risk depression.

Chen Dong swallowed a mouthful of water and slowly opened the lid of the box, only to see a yellowed diary lying inside, and a key next to it.

His eyes were fixed on the journal, as if he was suffocating, and he choked.

Because, he knows that the answer to many things is in it.