Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 998: Chapter 999: The Key Thing

But it could be that those mechanisms had all been triggered already during that earlier event, having fulfilled their purpose in killing those people, Chiang Xiao continued walking for a while and it remained very quiet.

And she had already come across a corpse.

It was extremely dry inside, and although the corpse had decayed, it hadn’t turned completely into a mushy mess of rotten flesh. Instead, it largely retained its form, with a skeletal frame draped in gray-black skin and clothing.

Inside the Silent Tomb, darkness loomed everywhere, and the pale light from her flashlight cast upon this corpse, sending a chill down Chiang Xiao’s spine and causing her palms to sweat uncontrollably.

She couldn’t help but feel terrified.

Having found nothing here, she had no choice but to continue deeper inside.

Afterwards, she came across a second corpse, surrounded by some rusted iron arrows. A few such arrows were also embedded in the body. It seemed these were the mechanisms that had caused his death.

Then she entered a tomb chamber.

The chamber was spacious, and not far away lay a coffin, pitch black in color.

Chiang Xiao’s heart thudded heavily.

She hadn’t been too scared before, but now true fear started to set in as she ventured further in, the atmosphere growing more ominous.

Up ahead, she spotted a third corpse.

Chiang Xiao, stifling her fear, approached it, and her eyes were immediately drawn to an object beside the body.

It was a small iron shovel.

Very small and sharp, with a short handle.

Chiang Xiao was familiar with such a small shovel!

Her grandfather always took one with him when he went out to dig for herbs.

She remembered him saying that he used to have a shovel that fit his hand perfectly, which he had used since his youth, but later it got lost and he didn’t know where it ended up!

A chill ran through Chiang Xiao’s heart.

She finally understood why Deng Qingjiang had been so certain that her grandfather had been to the ancient tomb in a previous life!

They must not have found what they were looking for inside, so they speculated that her grandfather had taken it! When Deng Qingjiang inadvertently saw her drawings and thought of her grandfather’s affection for her, he must have guessed that her grandfather would have given her any valuable finds.

Therefore, he had tricked her into leaving with him.

The reason was this small shovel!

Deng Qingjiang recognized it as her grandfather’s possession!

So, Cui Dayuan and the others were definitely connected to Deng Qingjiang or the ”boss” they spoke of, and after recognizing the shovel, Deng Qingjiang probably didn’t share this discovery with the boss.

Of course, his intention wasn’t to protect her grandfather but rather to keep this secret to himself.

Where was there room for fear in Chiang Xiao’s mind when she thought of this?

She immediately picked up the small shovel, tossed it into the Space, and then turned around to sprint back the way she came.

In the tomb, only the echo of her footsteps resounded as she raced past one corpse after another, her heart pounding fiercely.

She crawled out of the entrance and instantly felt as though she had come back to life.

Chiang Xiao exhaled deeply and quickly left the place.

But she intentionally took a small detour, emerging from a different spot.

Chiang Songtao and the others had only just found this area, and were looking at Chiang Yuequn wiping his tears.

”This really is an unexpected disaster. With the new year approaching, to suffer such serious injuries...”

Chiang Songhai couldn’t help interjecting, ”Big brother, Yuequn’s alright, it’s just a cut on his head, looks scary, but when the blood is cleaned off, it’s not that serious. His feet... I saw them too, just a sprain, nothing too serious...”

”Easy for you to say, not feeling the pain yourself! Second brother, your heart is really hard! Even like this, you still say it’s nothing serious?” Chiang Songtao couldn’t help but raise his voice.