A Replacement Bride

Chapter 392

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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."

made Katherine blush, and she smacked him. "Not the time to joke around. We need to find a way to

me two chairs. I'm tall

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

there, but they didn't give up. They went on to the next beam and found a hidden door on the third beam.

covered in dust, so he wiped it away and said, "There's

"A lock?" I don't remember

said, "Remember that key in your Grandma's

it there because she had forgotten about this thing's existence, yet she kept

bring it around with me. This

to me and we'll find out." Joaquin extended his hand and grabbed the key she tossed. To their surprise, the lock opened. 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 you, or we'd have come all the way

stuff. I want to see

the compartment, but when he saw what was inside,

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