護花近衛 - 第386章 院中尋寶 - 翰墨軒

"I'm a bit tired too. So why not let Brother Arrowhead give it a try?" If Shen Yushu had not been tired earlier, she would never have been so delighted to see him come back, nor so eager to summon him over to help.

"Mm, then you call him." Gu Mengyao nodded. "Digging on like this, who knows when we'll ever hit it."

"Exactly, and we don't even know where it's buried. The map I drew as a kid is completely useless now..." Shen Yushu wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, and a few more streaks of black mud appeared...

"You're still talking? Look at this lousy map you drew—it'd be a miracle if anyone could find anything with it." Gu Mengyao waved the map in her hand. "You swore up and down back then that there was no problem, that we'd find it. Find a ghost, more like..."

"All right, Yao-yao, don't scold me. I was only ** back then. Being able to draw a map like this at all was already pretty good..." Shen Yushu sheepishly took the treasure map back, then reached for Gu Mengyao's arm...

"Don't touch me... ah..." Gu Mengyao saw that Shen Yushu had left several muddy streaks on her arm.

"You were looking for me?" Wei Zhao locked the car door and walked over. He saw Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu whispering to each other, though he could not make out what they were saying.

"Wei Zhao, help us dig for treasure." Gu Mengyao handed him the "Luoyang shovel" in her hand.

"Dig for treasure??" Wei Zhao's eyes went wide. He rubbed his ears, seriously doubting whether his hearing had gone wrong. "Dig for treasure where?"

"Right here." Shen Yushu pointed at the ground in the courtyard.

"In the villa's courtyard?" Wei Zhao was dumbfounded. "You're not joking, are you? How could there possibly be treasure buried in this villa's courtyard? Have you two been watching too many movies? This villa was only built about ten years ago—how could there be treasure here?"

"Of course there is. It's the one we..." Shen Yushu was about to say "the one we buried," but Gu Mengyao cut her off.

"If we say there is, then there is." Gu Mengyao shot Shen Yushu a glare. They absolutely could not tell Wei Zhao that they had buried the treasure themselves—what if he got curious and dug it up to peek?

"Fine." Wei Zhao looked at the two girls' strange expressions and could only nod. Whatever the young miss wanted dug, he would dig; it was no great effort anyway. "Where do I dig?"

"Right here in this courtyard. Just dig where you see fit." Besides the Luoyang shovel, Gu Mengyao handed over a few simple tools—a pickaxe, some rope, and the like.

"Brother Arrowhead, here's a treasure map for you too." Shen Yushu gave him the map she had drawn as a child. "Use it for reference."

Wei Zhao took the treasure map and nodded, then prepared to get to work.

Gu Mengyao rolled her eyes at Shen Yushu in exasperation and pulled her a few steps away. "Are you stupid? How could you give Wei Zhao that treasure map?"

"Oh... it's fine. If anyone loses face, it's me—I drew it, after all..." Shen Yushu was utterly unconcerned. "I figured with a map he'd have an easier time searching. Otherwise he'd have no clue at all."

"You're the one losing face, true enough, but by giving Wei Zhao a treasure map, aren't you plainly telling him that we're the ones who buried the treasure?" Gu Mengyao said helplessly. "What if he sees what's inside? Can you afford to lose that much face?"

"I can. Can you?" Shen Yushu nodded.

"..." Gu Mengyao wanted to stomp Shen Yushu to death. Furious, she said, "You can. I can't..."

"Hehe, it's fine, Yao-yao. Don't forget we have the key." Shen Yushu jingled the key in her hand.

"Fine..." There was nothing Gu Mengyao could do but let it be. She could hardly demand the treasure map back after giving it away, could she?

"Yao-yao, don't overthink it. Brother Arrowhead isn't the sort who likes to peek at **. If he sees a lock, he definitely won't open it." Shen Yushu tried to comfort her.