A Replacement Bride

Chapter 391 Crate

Joaquin looked up and understood what she was trying to say. "So, you mean he hid it on the roof?"

Katherine still looked at the roof intently, and she answered, "Yep. He did tell us it's hidden here, so it must be here. If it's not on the ground, and if there's no compartment, then that leaves us with the roof." She pointed up. "Look at the beams. Some of them are abnormally huge."

The ancestral hall was built a long time ago, and nobody ever refurbished it, so the style of the original building remained. It felt like a house straight out of an ancient era. The beams that held this place up crossed each other a lot. Every beam was wide, and some abnormally so.

Something in Joaquin's eyes glinted, and he got something. "So, you think your grandfather hid it on the beams?"

Katherine nodded. "On the beams, or… inside the beams."

Joaquin paused for a moment, then he realized what she was talking about. A moment of silence later, he nodded. "True. These beams are wide, and they do look like hidden compartments. The entrance might be on the beams."

Katherine smiled. "Yeah. Most people would only think to look through the obvious places, so they tend to overlook the roof. Grandpa must have considered that and hid the stuff in the beam. It's possible. Very possible," she said confidently, and then she thought that was true.

Joaquin looked into her beautiful eyes and smiled as his eyebrow arched. Delighted, he said, "It's good enough that you can think so far, Kat."

to joke around. We

and shrugged. "Easy. Give me two chairs. I'm

himself every chance he gets. She rolled his eyes and tried to get some chairs for him, but there was only one around. She gave it some thought and looked at the little table where a censer stood. She thought, Sorry to disturb you, ancestors, but I need this. She moved the censer away and took the table over. With her help, Joaquin stood on the stacked table and chair. They pointed at

up. They went on to the next beam and found a hidden door on the third beam. Katherine couldn't see what was going on, but when

hidden door was covered in dust, so he

lock?" I don't remember there

Joaquin said, "Remember that

Jennifer left it there because she had forgotten about this thing's existence, yet she kept it around just in case there might be a need for it, and now Joaquin thought the key must

"I bring it around

It was old and rusty, so it was hard to take away, but it did open. Joaquin smiled and cocked his eyebrow. "Good thing you had it on

take the stuff. I want to see what Grandpa's

the compartment, but when he saw what was inside, his