Zhou Xiaoqing was unwilling to go back home directly, but the key was probably in Ning Chengen's hand, and maybe the housekeeper also had a backup copy.
If she wanted to explore the situation on the sixth floor, other than finding a way to get the key, she would have no choice but to take an unusual route.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xiaoqing turned around and went back to her room on the fourth floor, quietly opened the window and climbed out.
She grew up in an orphanage and suffered all kinds of hardships. She could climb trees to catch birds, go down to rivers to catch fish, she could do anything, and she was stronger than the average girl.
It was easy for her to climb from the pipe on the outer wall of the fourth-floor villa to the sixth floor.
Although the window on the sixth floor was closed, luckily it was unlocked and she climbed into the room as she wished.
In order not to disturb her mother who lived on the sixth floor and was already asleep, she did not turn on the light and turned on the flashlight function of her mobile phone.
After looking at the entire room, she recognized it as a study room.
It really takes no effort at all.
She turned on the light while rummaging around the whole room. She moved quickly and searched quickly, not forgetting to recover while searching.
But I searched the whole room and found nothing related to Ning Chengxu.
Zhou Xiaoqing turned her attention to the rows of bookshelves again.
She heard Ning Chengen say that her father went to Europe and Africa once and brought back Ning Chengxu. He also insisted on clearing the name of Ning Chengxu, an illegitimate son. So he and the eldest princess must have been very much in love at the beginning, right?
Thinking of this, she looked through the rows of books, and finally fell in love with a book that was all in European.
Although she didn't know much about European, she still knew some simple words, and she could tell at a glance that there was a word on the cover that was about love.
She stood on tiptoe, took out the European book from the third shelf, and flipped through it carefully.
There is a photo embedded in the page of the book. It is a man and a woman. They are hugging each other, sweet and close. The woman's exotic blue eyes are particularly prominent and she is very beautiful.
Zhou Xiaoqing decisively stuffed the photo into her pocket, turned off the light of her phone, and prepared to take it out of the window.
Suddenly there was a rustling sound of slippers coming from behind. It was very soft, but because the surroundings were so quiet, Zhou Xiaoqing still heard it.
She turned around suddenly.
With the dim moonlight, she could see the other person's bloodshot eyes, with a very ferocious expression.
She was startled, and before she could run away, she was hit hard on the head with an ashtray.
When she lost consciousness, she felt someone pinching her neck and a high-pitched voice roaring in her ear.
"Why are you still alive! Why are you back! You are a disgrace! You shouldn't live in this world, you should die..."
With a violent roar, she fainted completely.
...
When Zhou Xiaoqing woke up again, she was lying on the bed covered with a soft quilt.
She propped herself up and tried to sit up, but her head was in severe pain. She stretched out her hand and found several thick bandages wrapped around her forehead.
My neck also feels painful when I swallow saliva.
"You're awake, do you still feel pain?"
Ning Chengen was sitting beside her bed, with a calm expression and a hint of complaint in his tone.
"Didn't the housekeeper tell you that you are not allowed to go up to the sixth floor at night? Why didn't you listen to me? You are too brave to climb over the outer wall."
Zhou Xiaoqing gradually returned to her thoughts. When she realized something, she immediately touched her trouser pocket.