Picking Up a Gorgeous CEO for a Wife

Chapter 1237: Chapter 1237: Multiplication

Mo Yuqi’s eyebrows twitched. She remembered her grandfather saying that the lock mechanism inside the box was incredibly complex, with at least over ten thousand variations!

Could Qin Yu really open the box?

”Mr. Qin, if it’s not possible, don’t force yourself—after all, this is the masterpiece of the first Sect Leader of the Guigu Sect,” Mo Yuqi said, looking at Qin Yu with a slight worry.

”Mr. Mo, don’t worry. If I can’t open such a small box, how could I face anyone in the locksmith community?” Qin Yu was full of confidence.

”Okay then.” Mo Yuqi stopped trying to persuade Qin Yu.

Qin Yu once again leaned in close, tapping lightly on the box. Through the echoes, Qin Yu easily deduced the construction of the lock mechanism.

This time, Qin Yu didn’t hurry to alter the wires but kept tapping the box continuously.

Soon, Qin Yu’s eyes lit up because he heard the mechanism inside the box suddenly change. The corners of his mouth revealed a faint smile. Just as expected!

Qin Yu didn’t stop; he kept tapping on the small box. Roughly ten minutes had passed, and the lock’s internal mechanism had changed 108 times!

That meant, every five seconds, the mechanism inside the lock would change!

Qin Yu’s expression turned ugly. He had initially thought that 108 changes were one cycle, and the mechanism would revert to how it was the first time.

However, to Qin Yu’s surprise, the 109th change was still a completely new one!

Qin Yu felt his brain was about to explode; remembering those 108 changes had already drained plenty of his brain cells. Yet the changes didn’t stop at 108; there were still new ones!

”This doesn’t make sense. One hundred and eight is the sum of the thirty-six heavens and the seventy-two earth fiends. Could it be that the Heavenly Secret Sect didn’t create the lock based on the heavens and earth fiends?

No, that’s not right! It was clearly made according to the heavens and earth fiends.”

Qin Yu felt somewhat helpless as he scratched his hair.

”Mr. Qin, don’t rush. The lock was indeed manufactured based on the heavens and earth fiends, but not with addition, with multiplication!”

Mo Yuqi’s memory of the Sect Leader of the Guigu Sect’s dialogue with that old lecher came to mind as she explained in a single sentence.

Multiplication? Qin Yu’s brain exploded in an instant! Damn it! How much is seventy-two times thirty-six? My math isn’t that good!

Qin Yu took out his phone, did some calculations, and exclaimed, ”Heavens! Is that over two thousand variations? This is going to kill me!”

”Wrong, you also have to include the Five Elements. It’s over ten thousand variations!” Mo Yuqi said with some bitterness.

”One... over ten thousand variations?” Qin Yu’s mouth twitched uncontrollably. Emma, he had really talked up a storm this time! Even if he worked himself to death, he couldn’t handle over ten thousand variations!

”So, I should go back home and ask my grandmother for the key,” Mo Yuqi said with a wry smile.

”No, we still have some time. Maybe, just maybe, I have a chance. Since the lock was manufactured according to the heavens, earth fiends, and the Five Elements, there must be a pattern!

I’ll try again! If I can’t get it by seven o’clock, we’ll head back.”

Qin Yu checked his watch, and it was 5:40 at the moment, leaving almost three hours until the herbal medicine exchange at eight-thirty.

”Alright, but Mr. Qin, don’t push yourself. My grandfather couldn’t open this box either; there’s no shame if you can’t do it,” Mo Yuqi comforted kindly.

But it would have been better if Mo Yuqi didn’t offer comfort; that only fueled Qin Yu’s competitive spirit! With his fiery temper, how could he let a box get the better of him?

”Sure, I won’t push myself.”