Because Ting Wan offered food, lodging, and a salary, Er Hua agreed to her request.
In truth, she didn’t care about the lodging at all since she already had a place to live. It was mainly the food and salary that deeply tempted her.
Ting Wan didn’t say much to her about any organization, ideals, or the future.
Saying more would be pointless. True knowledge comes from practice, and time would decide everything.
And it had to be said, Er Hua was truly a good student. She could infer other things from one fact and even innovate on her own. Ting Wan felt that teaching her wasn’t tiring at all. Just give her a topic, and she would deliver a result. It was great.
Er Hua, however, felt like she had boarded a pirate ship.
Wasn’t she here to learn carpentry? Why were knives and arrows making an appearance? The only thing she hadn’t been asked to do was start from blacksmithing.
After successfully creating an upgraded, miniature nine-shot repeating crossbow, Er Hua finally voiced the doubt in her heart. “Teacher Su, are you teaching me to be a carpenter or an assassin? This thing can pierce through a wall panel when fired.”
Holding the upgraded miniature repeating crossbow, Er Hua’s expression was grave.
“About that,” Ting Wan smiled slightly, feeling it was time to take Er Hua to see Principal Tan. “I’ll take you to meet someone.”
Ting Wan seemed mysterious. Er Hua was skeptical, but for the sake of the salary Ting Wan was paying her, she followed along.
“A nine-shot repeating crossbow?” Lu Mou took the fruit of Er Hua’s labor, aimed it at the wall, and fired. The arrowhead embedded itself deep into the wall. “The frame on this has been modified, hasn’t it? With this force, its lethality is quite good. It’s also rare for it to be so small.”
Ting Wan had brought Er Hua to find Principal Tan, and Principal Tan, in turn, had called over Defense Commissioner Lu Mou.
The location was Principal Tan’s office, and the wall Lu Mou had shot was the one in Principal Tan’s office.
“Commissioner Lu!” Looking at the spot on the wall where the arrow was deeply embedded, leaving cracks behind, Principal Tan was furious. “This is a school, not a training ground!”
Lu Mou chuckled, dodged to the side, and then asked Ting Wan, “This modified version is useful, but in many cases, cold weapons aren’t as fast as firearms. Do you have something in mind?”
It was so refreshing to talk to a smart person. Ting Wan placed a hand on Er Hua’s shoulder and stated her idea, “Xiao Tang might be lacking in other areas, but his arsenal of munitions, who knows where he gets them from, is quite substantial. On our side, you’re fine as the Defense Commissioner, but not everyone in the organization has a suitable weapon. Er Hua has a great talent. If we teach her well, modifying weapons, and even manufacturing them in the future, shouldn’t be a problem.”
“So?” Lu Mou prompted.
Ting Wan smiled faintly. “I don’t have any teaching materials!”
The objective was clear, and the request was reasonable. Lu Mou thought for a moment and agreed.
At this moment, Er Hua finally managed to interject:
“So, I have boarded a pirate ship?”
“What pirate ship?” Ting Wan and Lu Mou said in unison. “We’re good people with upright and pure roots!”
At this point, how could Er Hua not understand what was going on? The night school was jointly organized by Hongcheng Women’s University and the Defense Commissioner. It seemed she had been chosen to modify weapons.
Quite interesting.
But, wasn’t she here to learn carpentry?
Was this carpentry?
Ting Wan saw through her thoughts. “It’s all manual work. As long as you’re willing, you’re a carpenter. Besides, he’s covering the materials, and you’re getting paid.”
Er Hua followed the direction Ting Wan was pointing and her gaze met Lu Mou’s.
Her teacher didn’t seem very reliable, but this Defense Commissioner looked quite normal.
“Alright.” In any case, she was just a half-baked carpenter from the slums with nothing worth scheming for. What was there to be afraid of?
Er Hua was highly talented. Ting Wan only needed to provide the blueprints, and she could figure out how to build things bit by bit.
As a result, Ting Wan adopted a hands-off teaching style.
Besides, she had her own things she wanted to do.
The abandoned warehouse in the western suburbs was actually one of Xiao Tang’s treasuries.
The original-original plot had mentioned it in passing. Ting Wan didn’t know if that was still the case, so she planned to go investigate.
For this purpose, she had even specifically called on 666 to install a spatial plugin for her.
She had forgotten about it when she first set out because of how desolate her department was, but now that she wanted to raid Xiao Tang’s treasury, she finally remembered.
A personal spatial plugin wasn’t something an ordinary staff member could have; one had to be at the director level.
Hehe.
Who could have guessed it would be such a coincidence? Her department had only one person and one system. The director was none other than her, Ting Wan!
The abandoned warehouse in the western suburbs was truly abandoned. The surrounding grass had grown three feet high, and a cage of trees nearly submerged it. From a distance, you couldn’t even see that there was a warehouse.
Desolate and deserted, no one came here; dilapidated and broken, no one guarded it.
It really was a good place to hide things!
Ting Wan stood at the entrance for a while, admiring the bleak and miserable scenery, then pushed open the unlocked door and went inside.
There were no guards and the door was unlocked. If Xiao Tang had hidden gold here as the original-original plot said, it could only mean that this abandoned warehouse had a secret room.
The warehouse wasn’t large. It seemed to have been used for storing lumber before. There was a lot of wood, and the musty smell of rotting timber hung in the air.
Ting Wan walked a circle inside but didn’t see any doors, nor were there any hidden passages on the walls.
That meant it was underground.
After searching around like a little hamster, Ting Wan finally discovered a trapdoor under a pile of rotten wood. It was locked. She decisively picked the lock, and after pulling it open, a staircase leading underground was revealed.
Below was a small basement, complete with a circuit breaker. She flipped the switch.
Wow!
Neatly stacked gold bars, and two large chests, which, when opened, were filled with jewels.
He really was rich!
Ting Wan marveled for a moment, then began moving things into her newly installed space.
Style. What is called style? This was style.
A brand-new space, first to be filled with gold and jewels!
With a wave of her little hand, Ting Wan didn’t even leave the shelves holding the gold for Xiao Tang.
Take it all. Even if she had to sell it for scrap in some future plane, she would take it all!
The goal was to create a sense of doubt that would make the rightful owner wonder if he had ever hidden anything here at all.
Xiao Tang was probably truly confident that no one would come to this desolate and remote place, and that no one would find his hidden basement. From the moment Ting Wan emerged from the basement, to leaving the dilapidated warehouse, to taking a winding, erratic route and removing her disguise on the way back, she didn’t run into anyone.
He really was too confident in that broken-down warehouse.
Ting Wan returned to the school dormitory. Bai He was out on some business, so she was alone. Lying down on the bed, she closed her eyes and her consciousness entered the space.
No matter if it was her first time seeing this much gold, it was still a stunning sight!
She really looked forward to seeing the expression on Xiao Tang’s face when he wanted to use this gold, ran to that desolate warehouse, and opened the basement