Dressed as the villain's stepmother

Liao Yunchuan leaned on the back of the chair, tapping his slender white index finger on the armrest, as if deep in thought.

"That cellar is very different from ordinary cellars. There are mechanisms inside. After investigation, the mechanism engineer said that there was no way to force a breakthrough and could only be opened with a key. No other abnormalities were found." Yang Fei said truthfully, "Boss, Now how to do?"

After pondering for a moment, Liao Yunchuan's eyes flashed darkly.

Early the next morning, Liao Yunchuan appeared in Jiang Lianzhu's yard early.

"Good morning, Dr. Jiang." The man's tone was casual, his dark eyes full of smiles, and he was looking at her momentarily.

Jiang Lianzhu raised her eyebrows: "What a coincidence, Mr. Liao, are you out for a walk this early in the morning?"

Her joking tone made Liao Yunchuan's eyes flicker, and He Xi's smile touched his lips, making him noncommittal.

While the two were having dinner, Liao Yunchuan briefly repeated to her what Yang Fei had said yesterday.

The panicked face of the youngest daughter of the Wang family flashed through Jiang Lianzhu's mind for the first time.

"I'm wondering if the youngest daughter of the Wang family really knows something. She didn't look right when she saw the key that day."

Liao Yunchuan nodded: "I think so too."

The two discussed for a while. Jiang Lianzhu remembered how reserved and scared the Wang family was at that time, so she decided to go alone.

Knowing that she was reaching out, and because the Wang family were all heroines of the back house who did not know how to use martial arts, Liao Yunchuan had no objection.

After the two discussed, Jiang Lianzhu entered the secret room alone.

Although the Wang family was not treated harshly in the food, after not seeing each other for just two days, they were still visibly thinner, and they all looked sad and worried.

Jiang Lianzhu approached under the vigilant eyes of the Wang family, and the expression on her face softened only when she realized that she was the only one coming.

"Is there anything else you need to ask Miss Jiang?" Mrs. Wang put down the rice porridge in her hand and said calmly, "We really don't know much about my husband, and I'm afraid we might disappoint Miss Jiang."

She sounded apologetic and looked at him with a look of embarrassment and helplessness.

"It's okay, you have to ask first." Jiang Lianzhu looked at her with a smile, and her eyes fell on the faces of the people behind her.

Feeling no threat, they just looked at her suspiciously.

"Miss Jiang, just ask. As long as I know something, I will tell you everything." Mrs. Wang nodded.

Jiang Lianzhu smiled and said: "That's good. I came here just to ask if Wang Chungui gave you a key before. It is of great importance, so please think about it carefully."

The hands clasped in front of her trembled almost inaudibly. Mrs. Wang met her eyes, feeling bottomless, as if she had everything under her control.

With a slight sweat on her forehead, Mrs. Wang pretended to be calm and asked in a loud voice: "Mom, Weiwei, did Chungui give you any keys?"

"No." The two of them looked away and said in unison.

Mrs. Wang then smiled and apologized to Jiang Lianzhu: "I'm sorry, Miss Jiang, you see, we really don't know anything, and we don't have any keys."

Seeing Jiang Lianzhu nodding her head in understanding, she took a deep breath.

"In this case, there is nothing we can do." Jiang Lianzhu sighed sadly, "I thought you knew something useful, but now it seems that I have overthought it."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, her heart truly returned to her stomach.

Then Jiang Lianzhu's words made her heart lift again and her palms became cold.

"In that case, you can leave later. I guess you don't know much, so the Prime Minister will definitely not do anything to you." After saying that, Jiang Lianzhu patted Mrs. Wang on the shoulder with a smile, "I guess there is a fire in the palace. It’s just an accident, we were too worried.”

Jiang Lianzhu calmly watched Mrs. Wang's face getting paler and paler, her eyes half-smiling but not smiling were like sharp knives, seeming to pierce her: "Of course, if you know the inside story, you are willing to tell me what you know. In exchange, Chips, six doors can guarantee your safety."

Having said that, Jiang Lianzhu actually had no intention of exposing the Wang family under the Prime Minister's nose. After all, the Wang family was valuable as long as they lived.

She is engaging in psychological warfare with the Wang family.

Mrs. Wang and Wang Chungui have been married for more than ten years. If Mrs. Wang really doesn't know anything, she won't believe it.

She had been her bed partner for more than ten years, and even if Wang Chungui ignored her, she would not be able to ignore her for more than ten years.

Mrs. Wang's breathing was rapid, but she just turned her head and refused to speak any more.

Jiang Lianzhu looked at them indifferently, her eyes skipping Mrs. Wang and falling on Wang Wei behind her with her head lowered.

She supported Mrs. Wang and put her hand on the back of Mrs. Wang's old and withered hand, as if comforting her.

The scene fell into silence for a while.

"It seems that you really don't know anything. In this case, someone will take you out later." No one spoke for a while, Jiang Lianzhu spread his hands helplessly, turned around and left.

"Wait a minute! I know." The girl's thin voice sounded behind her. Wang Wei ignored Mrs. Wang's sharp gaze and took off the hairpin on her head.

She took a deep breath and made up her mind and walked to Jiang Lianzhu and handed the hairpin to her: "Dad gave it to me before the accident. He told me not to give things to others. This should be the key you mentioned."

Wang Wei said, looking at her carefully with a pair of eyes as dark as a deer: "I have given you the things, you..."

"I keep my word." Jiang Lianzhu smiled slightly.

The hairpin in his hand had lost most of its gold paint due to the humidity in the secret room, revealing the iron material inside.

It does look similar to a key in appearance.

After Wang Wei heard this, she felt relieved. She looked at Mrs. Wang's cannibalistic expression in shock and shrank back to Mrs. Wang with some fear.

She didn't understand why her mother was unwilling to compromise. It was clear that their family's life was in the hands of others.

If they leave now, they will not only face the embarrassment of the Wang family's property being blocked, but also the endless pursuit. She is really scared.

Jiang Lianzhu took the key and planned to leave.

After taking just a few steps, she keenly sensed someone approaching her.

The moment before the sharp wooden thorn pierced her vest, Jiang Lianzhu relied on instinct to quickly turn to the right, spin around, and snatch the sharp wooden stick with her hands.

With a fierce look in her eyes, she raised her leg and kicked Mrs. Wang hard on the knee. When she knelt down on the ground with a ferocious expression, she raised her hand to give her a fatal blow.

"No! Don't kill my mother!"

Wang Wei's heartbreaking cry brought Jiang Lianzhu back to consciousness. She frowned and threw the wooden stick aside. Then she pretended to take out the rope from the arsenal from her sleeves and tied up Mrs. Wang. strict.

Mrs. Wang had already burst into tears and looked at her with splitting eyes.