Marriage in crisis

"Oh, old lady, please stop knocking. People lock the door to keep quiet. If you keep knocking, the old man will get angry again! I just brought him a quilt, and he wanted to live in the study. I think you should go back to your room and sleep! Don't make trouble for no reason!" Aunt Shi said in a low voice outside the door.

"What do you mean by looking for trouble? I told him to go back to his room and sleep, and you call that looking for trouble?" Old Madam Zhang retorted to Aunt Shi with disdain, "You are paying attention to this place in the middle of the night."

"Hey... old lady, what are you saying? Didn't you tell me to listen to you? The quilt has been taken and the medicine has been taken. If you keep knocking and getting angry, I won't do anything..." Aunt Shi retorted without giving any orders.

Chi Xi quietly walked back a few steps, but stopped after a few steps. He walked to the place where Old Man Zhang was lying, bent down to pick up one of his shoes, and stood there holding it.

Zhou Haizhen looked at me in confusion, "What...what are you doing?"

I immediately laughed, "If you open your mouth again, I will definitely throw a shoe at you as a sign of protest!"

Then, the situation on the screen really cooperated with me.

"I'll ask him..." As soon as Mrs. Zhang said this, Chi Xi threw the shoes in his hand out.

I heard a loud bang on the door, but there was complete silence outside.

Then the rustling sound of chaotic footsteps could be heard fading away, and everything returned to its normal tranquility.

Zhou Haizhen commented jokingly, "This old lady from the Zhang family must have been beaten by this old man when she was young. Otherwise, she wouldn't be so afraid of him!"

I nodded, "That should be the case. You know, old man Zhang has a bad temper. He's been out driving cars for years, and he's encountered all kinds of things. But this old lady really needs someone to control her, otherwise she'll go crazy! There's always someone better!"

In the picture, Chi Xi threw away his shoes, clapped his hands, returned to the table, and looked at the transfer progress bar.

After Chi Xi transferred the contents of the two USB drives, he restored the desktop to its original state.

When he raised his head, his eyes immediately fell on the area behind the wine cabinet opposite.

Then, she walked there quickly, stood in front and stared at the place in a daze.

We all looked over there, and Shen Kuo was the first to speak, "This is indeed not right. The empty space behind the wine cabinet is a bit abrupt. It doesn't look beautiful and harmonious."

Zhou Haizhen snorted disdainfully, "There's no beauty in this room. Nothing is harmonious. Can this be reserved for golf practice?"

Shen Kuo took another look and shook his head affirmatively, "No, there should be a dark room."

Sure enough, Chi Xi raised his hand and gently knocked on the surrounding walls.

Initially, it sounded normal. But Chi Xi looked at the angle again, still very persistent, and knocked carefully again in the area she suspected.

This time, she put her ear against the wall.

Finally, she stopped.

Then he looked for something carefully there.

Zhou Haizhen said, "She must have determined that there is something wrong there. Is she looking for a mechanism? Why are they doing this now? In my opinion, families with dark rooms all have secrets, and the so-called secrets are all shameful!"

When Shen Kuo heard Zhou Haizhen's words, he immediately gave her a thumbs up and said, "Very insightful!"

Zhou Haizhen suddenly became proud and was about to continue, but Shen Kuo immediately made a gesture to silence her.

Chi Xi checked very carefully. She touched every object there, but... she didn't find the switch.

She stood up and stood in front of the wine cabinet as if in a trance.

Then she walked into the bar, walked out, and stomped her feet on the bar counter.

Then he almost lay down under the bar and looked at the cracks between the bricks.

When she stood up again, she went straight inside the bar and looked at everything one by one.

Finally, her eyes focused on a high stool at the bar. She reached out and pushed the chair, but it didn't move.

She tried to sit on it and turned it. The seat was rotating. She got off and started to move it clockwise and counterclockwise. But after turning it clockwise to the end, she continued to use force...

There was a 'click' sound, and then the entire bar and wine cabinet moved as a whole.

Zhou Haizhen and I both exclaimed, "Oh my God..."