Lin Manshu and Xiao Hanyu rummaged through all the corners of the house, and finally found the wooden box in Xiao Hanyu's room.

"Wow...... Auntie's mind is so strong, the most dangerous place is the safest place, amazing. ”

Lin Manshu sincerely admired, Xiao Rong knew that with Xiao Hanyu's character, she was curious about many things, and the more she hid it, the easier it was to attract his attention, so she simply put the wooden box in Xiao Hanyu's room.

"That said, this thing seems to have been sitting in my room for a long time, and I didn't even have the idea of opening it once. ”

Even rummaging through the wooden box this time, they didn't plan to find Hanyu's room at first, thinking that it was impossible to put it there. It's just that I couldn't find it later, so I came to find it with the mentality of giving it a try, but I didn't expect the wooden box to be blatantly placed in the cabinet of Xiao Hanyu.

There are two locks in the wooden box, the first is an ordinary lock, and it was easily pried open by Hanyu. The second one, which is a bit more difficult, is the combination lock.

"It's a three-digit password. Lin Manshu said.

"Let me try, my mother's password ......," Xiao Hanyu said as he turned the number on the lock.

"Not this one. ”

The first attempt failed, and then a second attempt began.

"What the hell is the password? Auntie's birthday?"

Xiao Hanyu listened to what Lin Manshu said, and entered 316 on the lock, which was Liao Rong's birthday. But the results were still not satisfactory.

"Not this one. Xiao Hanyu said.

"Your birthday?" said Lin Man-sook, trying to think about the combination of numbers that might be set with a password.

"No, my birthday is four figures. Xiao Hanyu said.

"What could it be? Auntie do you have any favorite numbers?"

Looking at Xiao Hanyu's confused expression, Lin Manshu knew that this question was asked in vain. But she felt that she couldn't wait like this, that she had to do something. So he took the wooden box from Xiao Hanyu's hand and began to test the passwords one by one.

"What are you doing?" asked Hanyu.

"Try the password. Lin Manshu replied.

Her answer surprised Xiao Hanyu and asked, "Do you know how many possibilities there are for this kind of password?"

"I don't know. Lin Manshu's answer seemed reasonable, "Probably less than a thousand." ”

"Nine hundred and ninety-nine. Xiao Hanyu said the right answer.

"Not bad, one less than expected. Lin Manshu said optimistically.

"This is the dumbest way to do it. Xiao Hanyu said speechlessly.

Lin Manshu stopped the movement in her hand, looked at Xiao Hanyu and asked, "Then do you have any better way?"

"Nope. Xiao Hanyu replied truthfully.

They are now unraveling the small iron boxes in the wooden boxes, and if the wooden ones can be easily broken, the iron ones will be very troublesome. And they wanted to try to use a safe way, not wanting Xiao Rong to notice about it. So there's only one way left – try the password.

Lin Manshu's side has already done it, starting from scratch, 000, no, 001, 002, 003...... It takes a lot of care to try them one by one.

Xiao Hanyu didn't have this kind of patience, and he felt his scalp tingle when he saw it.

"Alas...... It's going crazy. ”

Xiao Hanyu decided to honestly think about the password, I don't know how long it will take to try like this.

Time passed little by little, Xiao Mubai was not idle, in order to investigate things related to Cui Hao, he decided to find the old newspapers of the year. Cui Hao, as a reporter in the province, will definitely appear in newspapers or videos.

According to this idea, Xiao Mubai first went to the library and found a newspaper more than 20 years ago in the newspaper area for reference. In the past, there would be one newspaper every day, and the amount added up was also very large, and it was not easy to find traces of Cui Hao from these newspapers.

Xiao Mubai decided to start the search on September 25, 1996, which was the date of his father Xiao Hai's death and the date of Cui Hao's disappearance. Then the newspaper related to Cui Hao should be before this day.

Following this line of thought, Xiao Mubai began to rummage through the newspaper.

Shen Lingshan had nothing to do on the weekend, so she went to the library to read books, and unexpectedly met a familiar figure, she quietly walked to the newspaper area, and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

Xiao Mubai was checking the newspaper, looked up and saw Shen Lingshan, and replied, "There is something to check." ”

"Are you busy now?" Xiao Mubai suddenly had an idea.

"Well, not very busy. Shen Lingshan replied.

"That's great, help me find out if there is such a person as Cui Hao in these newspapers. Xiao Mubai generously distributed a bunch of newspapers to Shen Lingshan.

Shen Lingshan's face suddenly changed after seeing this, and said, "Ah, I remembered, I made an appointment for a while and left first." ”

"Ask anyone, Hanyu is not there, sit down, read it and leave. ”

Xiao Mubai said in a commanding tone, Shen Lingshan was just about to get up from the chair, but he was embarrassed to leave by his tone.

Shen Lingshan glanced at Xiao Mubai sadly, reluctantly flipped through the newspaper, and complained: "What age do you still use such an old-fashioned method, if you want to know what to do, just go directly to the system of the Public Security Bureau to adjust it, why bother so much." ”

"There is no record. Xiao Mubai said.

"What?"

"The record of Cui Hao has been artificially erased, and there is no record. ”

"No, how can there be people who can't be found. Shen Lingshan said in disbelief.

One more free labor force is a lot faster. Shen Lingshan is also a person who often reads case files, so she reads extremely fast, and she doesn't miss important information at a glance.

"Why don't you call Manshu this kind of thing? Because it's a hard thing, don't you want her to do it?" asked Shen Lingshan.

She went back with Hanyu. Xiao Mubai said.

Shen Lingshan knew that Xiao Hanyu had gone home, but she didn't know that he was going back with Lin Manshu. The two of them went back together, probably because something big had happened.

"Is something wrong?" asked Shen Lingshan.

Xiao Mubai pointed to the newspaper in front of him and said, "After reading these, you may be able to find the answer." ”

Shen Lingshan's mind turned quickly, and asked, "To be honest, have you been investigating any complicated things recently, these are newspapers from more than 20 years ago, are there any cases?"

"Yes. Xiao Mubai said solemnly.

Shen Lingshan sat opposite Xiao Mubai, in order not to let others hear their conversation, Shen Lingshan leaned closer and whispered, "I guess, it shouldn't be from above." ”

"Semi-authorized, so to speak. Xiao Mubai replied.

"Han Yu and Man Shu are involved, why don't you call me? Am I worse than them? No, with my identity, it is more advantageous to investigate the case. ”

Shen Lingshan complained that she also had a persistent pursuit of those complicated and difficult cases.

"That's not because of yourself, after breaking up with Hanyu, haven't you always refused to have regular contact with him. Alas~ The guy who doesn't even come to eat is embarrassed to complain about others. ”

Shen Lingshan was said by him, and suddenly felt that he was a little at a loss.

"Then, these newspapers should be my shares. ”

In this way, Shen Lingshan also participated in the investigation of the case. At the beginning, the situation envisioned by the director of the criminal bureau was finally in sight, Xiao Mubai, Lin Manshu, Xiao Hanyu, and Shen Lingshan. Will the four of them be able to find out the truth more than twenty years ago?

"You say, if Cui Hao is really my father, will the number that makes my mother remember me the date of his disappearance?"

After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Hanyu had an idea, but he wasn't sure if it was the case.

"Possibly. Lin Manshu said.

"When is the date of Cui Hao's disappearance? Lin Manshu said again.

"It's the same as Mu Bai's father's date of death, what is it, September, how much is September......" Xiao Hanyu couldn't remember the specific date for a while.

Lin Manshu didn't know either, so she immediately dialed Xiao Mubai's phone.

"What was the date of Uncle Xiao's death?"

"September 25, 1996. Why do you ask this, is there any problem?" Xiao Mubai asked rhetorically.

"If there is a problem, we will not know until a while, Hanyu, quickly, 925, try it, right. ”

Lin Manshu is very busy now, talking to Xiao Mubai and commanding Xiao Hanyu at the same time.

Xiao Hanyu turned the password on the lock, heard a "bang", and opened the lock.

"Oh, yes, yes. Lin Manshu said happily.

"I'll call you later. Lin Manshu hung up the phone after speaking.

Xiao Mubai felt a little strange and couldn't understand what was going on, but he could only wait for Lin Manshu's call obediently. It's just that the interval between this phone calls is much longer than expected. The moment of waiting is torturous, but even more tormenting are Xiao Hanyu and Lin Manshu, who are at the core of the incident.

Before opening the lock, Xiao Hanyu wanted to know the contents quickly, but after opening it, he suddenly hesitated. Although I don't know what's in it, I always feel that it has something to do with my own background.

"Why don't you open it and take a look?" asked Lin Manshu.

"Open it and wait for me to take it easy. Xiao Hanyu said nervously.

Lin Manshu understood his mood very well, and was not in a hurry, waiting on the side.

What will it be when I open it? Is there a secret from 20 years ago? Am I really Cui Hao's son? Will my mother be sad when she finds out about it? Will she be disappointed in me? What if I don't open it? Isn't it good to live like this now? What if there is nothing in it? What if there is no secret of my life in it? What if ......

Before opening the box, Xiao Hanyu thought about it a lot, and even almost gave up the exploration of the truth. It's hard for us to change or accept change.

However, Xiao Hanyu still chose to open the box, he is not an escapist person. He tried to breathe steadily, reaching out to open the box, but he could clearly see his hands shaking.

The box opened, as surprised as expected, and as calm as imagined. Xiao Hanyu didn't move for a long time, and Lin Manshu was also stunned.