Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 377 - 390: What’s Inside the Secret Room

"Han!" Su Xingyu suddenly called out.

The child was fully absorbed in fiddling with the doorknob. Upon hearing his mother’s call, he lifted his little head to see her, a joyful smile spread across his chubby face: "Mom!"

Saying this, he dashed forward to hug her leg.

"How did you end up here?" Su Xingyu reprimanded him with both anger and distress, "Mom and those uncle and aunt servants have been looking for you for ages! Everyone was worried sick!"

"I’m sorry." Han apologetically said, blinking his innocent eyes, "I was just exploring in the garden, and somehow ended up here, then the door closed and I couldn’t get out."

He pointed somewhat aggrievedly at the door behind him.

Su Xingyu followed his hand and saw the door he had been struggling with. The entire door was made of some unknown metal, integrated with the wall, and if Lu Shifeng hadn’t opened it just now, she would never have found that there was a door here. "You," she looked at the child, her anger mixed with a deep fear, "This time Mr. Lu arrived in time to find you, if he hadn’t, you’d be stuck inside starving with no one knowing!"

"Ooh..." Han saw her anger, lowered his little head cleverly and said weakly, "Mom, I know I was wrong."

Hearing the child’s soft and cute voice, even with the biggest anger, Su Xingyu couldn’t lash out. However, she was unwilling to let the child off just like that since being trapped here was really too dangerous, if he kept running around like this something bad could indeed happen.

"From now on, don’t run around, do you hear me?!" She tried to appear very fierce.

"Uh-huh." Han kept his head down, exhibiting a very obedient demeanor.

Su Xingyu was practically speechless, unsure if the child was genuinely listening or merely perfunctorily nodding, "You..." she wanted to scold him again, but reconsidered and gave up. How could such a young child understand? If it went in one ear and out the other, could she really punish him? With this thought, she turned to vent her anger on the silent Lu Shifeng: "You are crazy, building a secret room at home! Is there something you need to hide like Ouyang Yi, leaving such a big house unused, insisting on creating some dark corner!"

Lu Shifeng didn’t retaliate, only said: "It’s my negligence."

Su Xingyu was furious: "Lu Shifeng, I don’t care how you treat me, but if you dare to endanger Han, I will never forgive you! Do you hear me?!"

Lu Shifeng looked deeply at her.

He had never seen her protect someone so intently before; at this moment, he was actually jealous of the child named Han, who could receive such wholehearted care from Su Xingyu. Once upon a time, she had also wholeheartedly loved him...

Feeling a slight pang, he crouched down in front of Han: "I’ll teach you how to open this lock."

With this, he guided Han’s hand onto the lock, instructing him: "Press here, then use this tool... Finally do this, and it’s done. Give it a try."

Han looked bewildered, tried as he said, and the lock didn’t move.

Lu Shifeng remained unfazed, explained again, "Try again."

Han tried once more, but the lock remained unmoved.

The child, somewhat frustrated, muttered: "It’s really hard..."

Lu Shifeng: "..."

Su Xingyu couldn’t bear to watch, once more scolding Lu Shifeng: "He’s just a kid, this lock is so complicated, I’ve been watching for ages and I don’t even understand, let alone him. Lu Shifeng, you shouldn’t have built a secret room, yet you’re making things difficult for Han!"

Lu Shifeng stood up, the faint autumn light seeped through the floor-to-ceiling window, casting his shadow amidst the vast warehouse. He seriously explained to her: "It’s not difficult, Jue saw it once and knew how to unlock it."

This time, Su Xingyu was speechless.

Surely not, such a complex lock, how could a child named Jue just see it once and be able to unlock it?!

Is that even human?! 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

"Who are you kidding," she angrily confronted Lu Shifeng, "Don’t think that because Jue isn’t here you can say anything! Jue is only three years old, being able to open this lock is simply preposterous!"

"It’s true," Lu Shifeng explained more earnestly, not wanting Xingyu to consider him deceitful.

Su Xingyu became angrier, grabbed Han and yelled at Lu Shifeng: "What do you mean, do you want to say your son is smarter than mine? My son can’t open the lock, so it’s his own fault for being trapped inside?!" Saying this, she turned to Han, "Han, dear, don’t mind this crazy uncle, let’s go home with mom, never come to this warehouse again!"

Han looked at her somewhat aggrievedly.

"Xingyu..." Lu Shifeng didn’t know how he angered her again.

"Mom..." Han hesitated, unable to suppress his curiosity, turned to ask Lu Shifeng, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, is Jue really that amazing? Can he open this lock just by looking at it once?"

"Yes," Lu Shifeng told the child, "next time I’ll bring Jue to show you."

"Great, great," Han became happy, even though he couldn’t open the lock, he was very interested in Jue being able to, plus he hadn’t seen Jue for a long time, "I miss Jue very much, Mr. Lu, when will you have time to bring him over to play?"

Su Xingyu saw the two chatting away, and was so annoyed that she could glare at her child, but reconsidered and thought about how Han hadn’t had it easy these days, clearly being at an age of fun yet confined in this lonely villa. Her heart softened, and she didn’t really force him to leave.

Han enthusiastically asked Lu Shifeng: "Mr. Lu, I just saw a lot of photos in that room, the people in them look like my mom, but the person in the photos doesn’t have scars on their face like mom does."

His clear voice echoed in the warehouse.

Su Xingyu’s breath tightened, she lifted her head to look at Lu Shifeng.

Lu Shifeng was looking at her as well.

Their eyes met, the air seemed to freeze, as if some force was drawing her in, making it impossible for her to look away.

"This secret room," after a long while, Lu Shifeng spoke, "contains all of your things. Ever since the fire four years ago, I’ve always... missed you. Whenever I miss you, I’d come here."

Su Xingyu’s heart beat irregularly, she didn’t even know why.

Compelled by some inexplicable force, she walked into the small secret room. Inside, it was very clean, neatly hung with her photos, capturing her expressions, as well as her photographic works over the years, both credited to Su Xingyu and the Star Goddess. The corners of these photos looked somewhat aged, as if they had been there for years. Perhaps, he had hung them not long after the fire, weathering the years to become what they are now.