I lowered my head helplessly before exiting her bedroom with the book in my hands.

She followed behind and locked the room.

I walked toward the courtyard and turned to Granny's side of the house.

I tried pus.h.i.+ng the door open but it was locked.

I went over to the windows but they were also tightly shut.

Just as I was feeling lost and vexed, Wu Su pointed at her door, saying, "Whenever she forgot her keys, she would flip the carpet over."

I turned toward her. "Thanks…"

She replied coldly, "It might not be there anymore."

I bent down and lifted the carpet.

There was a single yellow key.

I picked it up happily and unlocked the door.

The house was extremely messy. It wasn't messy in the sense that it hadn't been tidied in a long time, but rather in a very cluttered way.

I felt a sudden urge to get movers to clear this place.

The place contained everything from ancient wooden pieces of furniture to modern bean