"Without the key, this will be hard to open." Wang Ling'er looked troubled.
If the cover had been paper, they could have simply torn it open.
But an ordinary person probably couldn't tear through a metal cover two millimeters thick.
"I really don't know where the key is," Uncle Wang emphasized, afraid of upsetting Zhao Xun. "Why don't we wait for those two to come back and ask them? I think there's a good chance they have it."
"How could they?" Zhao Xun looked amused. "This belonged to Wang Dongliang, and he deliberately locked it before giving it to those two burly men. Clearly, he didn't want them knowing what was hidden inside. Why would he give them the key?"
Uncle Wang was at a loss for words.
After a few seconds of silence, he asked timidly, "Then should we look somewhere else? Ling'er's ID card and household register aren't necessarily in here."
"And they aren't necessarily somewhere else." Zhao Xun examined the lock on the "Bible." "We have to open it and make sure."
"B-but... how are we supposed to open it?" Uncle Wang looked helpless. "We don't know where the key is."
"That's hardly a problem." As Zhao Xun spoke, an axe appeared in his hand.
Uncle Wang: "..."
Wang Ling'er: "..."
What was going on?
Where had that axe come from?
When had it appeared in Zhao Xun's hand?
Ignoring their astonishment, Zhao Xun put the "Bible" on the ground, aimed at the clasp, and swung the axe.
The clasp snapped cleanly in two.
He picked up the "Bible" and opened the cover.
The pages inside the "Bible" had been hollowed out to conceal Wang Ling'er's ID card, household register, and two gold bars.
"My ID card and household register!" Wang Ling'er eagerly reached in and took