Chapter 585: The Filthy Room
Generally, only two types of people know how to do this; one kind makes a living from it legally, and the other one eats off it surreptitiously.
Clearly, Tong Yao doesn’t fall into either category, so where did she learn to pick a lock?
Under their stunned gazes, the lock clicked open.
Guo Jinnian’s mouth hung open in disbelief. Rubbing his eyes to make sure he wasn’t seeing things, he asked incredulously, "Yaoyao, where did you pick up this skill? How come you know how to do everything? I’d really like for you to teach me!"
Gu Hongwei was also quite taken aback, totally unprepared for Tong Yao to jab a hairpin into a lock a few times and have it actually open.
Tong Yao was also quite thrilled inside. She was just trying her luck; she had never actually practiced lock picking before. Not expecting it to be so easy to pick a lock these days, she of course couldn’t tell the truth and calmly lied, "A college classmate of mine taught me. His family runs a lock-making business, so I learned out of curiosity, never expecting it would actually come in handy one day."
In her previous life, when she was watching videos to learn about this, Tong Yao did find it interesting and learned for fun. She never got to apply what she learned all these years and almost forgot she had it.
Guo Jinnian bought Tong Yao’s explanation hook, line and sinker, placing her on a pedestal as he worshiped her as his top idol. After gushing for a while, he took down the key hanging by the door and pushed the door open, "Let’s go in and talk first!"