Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 462

Chapter 462: Chapter 351: Activating the Secret Chamber

"Hehe..." Zhou Xiaozheng looked at his daughter and laughed out loud.

The laughter echoed as Zhou Jiao hurriedly gestured for her dad to stop laughing. Wasn’t it too scary? She glanced sidelong at her dad and mustered the courage to stand in front of the mechanism.

If he weren’t worried about revealing their whereabouts, Zhou Xiaozheng would really like to laugh heartily. He thought his own Jiao Jiao had nerves of steel, but she was still the delicate little princess.

Following Zhou Xiaozheng’s cues, Zhou Jiao quickly opened the door beside her.

Once through the door, she immediately saw a spacious passage wide enough for a small cart to pass through. Zhou Jiao couldn’t bother being scared and exclaimed, "Dad, look!"

Zhou Xiaozheng was also surprised at this moment. He didn’t expect the three secret rooms mentioned in his mother’s will, the most understated one, to be quite large.

Seeing the door behind them slowly closing, he quickly pulled Zhou Jiao.

After a moment with no abnormalities, Zhou Xiaozheng squatted down and looked at the ground ahead, discovering a series of stone slabs leading forward. On both sides, ancient bricks filled the wall corners—apparently, this basement was constructed by the Gu Family ancestors.

"You follow behind Dad."

By walking here, there should already be no danger; there shouldn’t be traps on the ground.—Zhou Xiaozheng thought about his own caution and amusingly shook his head.

Despite thinking this way, Zhou Xiaozheng was still worried something might go wrong, so he protected his daughter from behind. He himself cautiously moved forward first and lit the wind lamp on the wall.

"Dad, this is the location of the back garden." Seeing him stop in his tracks, Zhou Jiao looked up to observe the passage’s ceiling and spoke softly.

"I’m checking the ventilation. No one has been here for decades, maintaining its original condition; there must be a skill to it."

Before Zhou Jiao could respond, she noticed a wheelbarrow leaning against the front corner of the wall and quickly pulled Zhou Xiaozheng.

Zhou Xiaozheng stepped forward a few steps and examined the wheelbarrow in front of him. He found that the tire was still rubber, indicating that it wasn’t too old, likely used by his mother, Gu Mingzhu.

Carrying the wind lamp, the father and daughter continued onward along the path. Zhou Xiaozheng silently calculated the direction and distance until they reached a corner and stopped.

"Dad, don’t move, I’ll feel the door first." Zhou Jiao smiled at her dad. She was embarrassed to say she really liked these two stone slab doors. Such massive stone slabs were more captivating than gold, so secure. If someone provoked her, she could use a door to crush many people.

Zhou Xiaozheng would definitely not have expected that his previously timid daughter had such violent thoughts deep down. Now, he was all smiles, affectionately patting her head.

"Hmm, Dad will wait for you. With Xiao Wu outside, there’s no worry about time."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jiao reluctantly patted the door, regretfully. She worried that Zhang Guoqing was getting anxious outside, so she hurried to stand beside Zhou Xiaozheng, waiting for him to open it.

Zhou Xiaozheng chuckled and shook his head, unlocking it according to Gu Mingzhu’s method. The Eight Diagrams Breaking Formation was easily handled by him; without any hints, he was confident in activating these two doors.

As he acted, the two doors slowly slid back into the walls.

Zhou Jiao watched this scene and didn’t have time to marvel before she saw the secret room beyond the stone door—the spacious area was already filled with wooden boxes and antique racks, leaving only room for the father and daughter to stand at the entrance, unable to even stretch a leg inside.