"Have fun. Don't come early!" Shi Lian cheers her as he leaves. Sha Sha finds it unusual her daughter is happy and cheering her to go meet Atian's mother but she does not mind it much. Smiling, she waves her hand saying goodbye.

Seeing her mother exiting the gate, Shi Lian releases her breath. She closes the door, making sure she locked it. Now she has the whole house to herself. The maids and workers are there but that's not what she is worried about. She can make them shut their mouth, she has that amount of power after all.

She decides to first search it from her parent's room and then to other rooms. She made her way upstairs, taking a left turn and then reaching her destination. She clicks the doorknob and pushes the door, opening it.

Silently walking in, she goes to the wardrobe first. She guesses the wardrobe must be locked so she first needs to find the key for it. She won't know where the key is so she decides to search for every corner.

Opening the drawers beside the bed, she searches for the key rummaging the things inside it. Not there. She goes for the lower drawers but the key isn't there as well. Must be under the mattress, she thinks.

She lifts the big heavy mattress and scans for the key. The key isn't there. She drops the mattress carefully, trying to keep it in the same place as it was. She searches lifting the pillows, under the bed (which was not necessary), the dressing table but the key is nowhere to be found. Where did her mother put the key?

She goes to the bathroom, having the least expectation that the key will be there. She opens the small closets but she can only see skincare essentials and toiletries but then she sees something unusual, something that she wants. It's the key!

She takes out the key and closes the door, leaving the bathroom. Who would have guessed she would find the key inside the bathroom closet?

Anyway, she did find it. She hurries to open the wardrobe and searches inside. Shifting clothes one after another but there wasn't the key. Her eyes go to the gold treasure-looking vault attached. It's locked. Another key, dang it. The key must be somewhere inside the wardrobe. Ah, there it is! She found the key which is lying under some clothes. Quickly opening the vault, she checks inside but all she can see are some documents, cash, and jewelry. Sighing with disappointment, she closes the vault, putting the clothes back to the original place, and then closes the wardrobe, locking it. She then goes inside the bathroom and keeps to its original place.

Since the ring is not in here, she exits the room, closing the door from her behind silently.

She then thinks to go to her father's office but as she proceeding, Nanny Zhang calls her, stopping her midway.

"Young Miss!" she calls. Gulping softly, Shi Lian turns around, putting on her smile.

"Yes, Nanny Zhang?"

"Do you need anything? I saw you finding something inside that room" she points to her parent's room, "You can tell me if you need something."

Shi Lian quickly denies, putting on her defenses. "No, no. Actually, I was looking for my bracelet which I thought must be here but it's not. I will look again in my room."

She does feel guilty lying to Nanny Zhang but she has no other choice. "Ah, I see. Let me help—"

Shi Lian cuts her before she can say. "There will be no need for that. I must have been careless to put it here and there" she says, half-laughing.

Nanny Zhang says nothing and smiling, she goes back to her work.

Shi Lian breath a heave of relief. God, she feels terrible about lying to everyone. Gritting her teeth she marches to her father's office, making her mind strong.

Upon reaching the office, she cautiously looks to her left and right before entering inside. Checking st the road is clear, she enters in. The smell inside the office instantly makes her at ease. It's something she has liked. The room looks neat and tidy. She never used this room nor is she allowed to. She was curious as to why she isn't allowed but she never fought for it. She feels as if she has entered a lion's den.

Ignoring those thoughts she walks up to the desk, remembering her real mission of coming here. She already knows all the drawers are locked and she also knows the keys are kept at one place but she has no idea where.

"Fucking keys" she mutters in irritation. Since it's her father's territory, he must have kept it somewhere where no one can find it. Anyway, she needs to give it a try.

Walking a little, she stops in front of the big bookshelf in front of her. What if her father kept the key in any one of these books? There are over a million books in here! How is she going to find it?

After searching twenty books, she still hasn't got any keys. She drops the idea. "He won't keep the keys in here," she tells this to herself.

Now, where? She has already checked the desk, each one of the small containers. "Did he took them with him?" If that's the case, then there's no way she is going to get the ring.

There's no ring inside the office, that's what is trying to tell herself. She is going to get mad if the key mystery keeps on coming in every single room.

She leaves the office with disappointment. Her shoulders are slouchy and her head down as she walks out of the office.

As she is going to her room, she hears the doorbell ringing. She goes down to open, knowing her mother is back. The maid already reaches to open the door before she can.

"Why was the door closed?" Sha Sha asks the maid. The maid has no idea about it. She shakes her head innocently.

Shi Lian steps in, "I was the one who closed it. I umm... I was inside my room so I wasn't comfortable leaving the door open wide."

"But the servants were then. Zhang is there too" her mother says.

"I didn't know she was" Shi Lian lies, laughing nervously. "Don't worry, I will consider it next time."

Sha Sha is having a hard time believing what her daughter is saying. She is acting weird since the morning. Is she upto something? She thinks maybe she is overthinking so she stops those thoughts to enter her mind.