Chapter 371
The safe was covered with a light gray waterproof cloth, and bowls and forks were placed on it. The dean uses it entirely as a dining table.
The old dean said, “Your mother gave me this a month before the incident. She said some important company documents and account books were inside and asked me to keep them safe and not tell anyone. The things inside were essential important to her. She said she would come to pick it up when she had time, but she didn’t make it before the incident happened.”
After the old dean finished speaking, he sighed, “After your mother’s incident. I wanted to give the safe to your father, but every time I called and mentioned your mother, he was very impatient and hung up after saying a few words. I didn’t mention it again, and if you hadn’t asked today. I wouldn’t have remembered it.”
Not long after his mother’s incident, Shawn began reorganizing the company and even thought about giving up a few times. Celeste was not surprised by his impatient attitude.
She looked at the safe and thought for a while, then asked, “When my mother gave you this to keep safe, did she say anything else?
He didn’t say anything special at the time. She seemed anxious, and her face didn’t look good, so it must’ve been been essential.”
There wouldn’t be any more information obtained from the dean.
“Can I take it away?”
“Of course, this originally belonged to your mother. I’ll have Professor Torres help you move it to your car.”
After leaving, Celeste went to the bank and transferred 500,000 US dollars to the orphanage account.
When Liam returned from work, he found Celeste sitting in the living room with a safe in front of her. She was holding an electric drill, trying to break the lock.
Liam asked curiously, “What are you doing?”
Celeste was startled, turned off the drill, and frowned, “Opening the safe.”
Liam threw his suit jacket on the sofa, picked up a cup on the table, took a sip of water, and said, “This kind of password box has two locks. If the first lock is forcibly broken, the second lock will be activated. To open the second lock, you need to open the first lock first.”
So, if the first lock was destroyed, the safe could never be opened.
Celeste frowned, “What if I use explosives to blow it up?”
Liam glanced at her, “Where did you steal this safe from?”
Celeste twitched the corner of her mouth, “This is my safe.”
“Don’t you know your own safe password?”
Celeste pursed her lips, she tried using Caitlyn’s birthday, Shawn’s birthday, her own birthday, and the date of their wedding anniversary as the password. But the safe still wouldn’t open.
She suspected that the password for the safe was the numbers on Caitlyn’s tape. However, with 720 possible combinations, she would be locked out every five wrong attempts and need to wait 24 hours before re-entering. If she yet to try luck trying every variety one by one, she might not even be able to open the lock in half a year.
She couldn’t wait.
“Can’t I forget?”
“Then find a locksmith.”
“I found one, but they said it’s extremely hard to open.”
Liam raised his eyebrows, “If they said it’s hard, why did they charge you more?”
Celeste. It made sense. She’d call the locksmith tomorrow.
