"Do you normally lock your doors? Your perimeter wall is quite high; it would be difficult to climb over without some sort of tool."
Xia Xian continued her line of questioning, noting that using a ladder or stool would draw too much attention and be too slow, making it easy for someone to be spotted.
"Yes, we lock them. Of course we do. We always lock up whenever no one is home. We have valuables in the house—how could we possibly leave the doors wide open?" Yang Jing replied hurriedly, desperate to ensure Xia Xian didn't think her family had been careless, which had led to the theft. She insisted the doors were locked and that while the valuables were kept in a drawer, they were hidden in a secret compartment. Even if a thief pried the lock open, they would still have to find the hidden compartment to steal anything.
Chapter 136