The Useless Son In-law Is A Legend

Chapter 46

The security light swept across the hallway again.

Ryan held his breath and pressed himself against the dusty cabinet. His heart pounded so loudly that he feared the guards would hear it. He had come to his father’s company with one purpose—to find any hidden document that proved his father was the real owner. Something the killers failed to destroy.

But now he was trapped.

The security guard at the front entrance had already passed twice, his heavy boots echoing. Ryan could hear the man breathing, hear the static of his walkie-talkie. A second guard joined him.

“I heard something inside,” the guard said. “It sounded like metal falling.”

Ryan closed his eyes. That metal sound had been his mistake. His sleeve had brushed a loose iron rod on the shelf. The small *clang* had echoed through the whole store room.

“Check well,” the second guard said. “No one should be inside. The new owners ordered extra patrols.”

Ryan stayed silent. Running was dangerous. Fighting would expose him. And being caught would put Clara’s family at risk—Eric would never stop digging.

The guards pushed the door open wider. Flashlights swept across the boxes, the broken chairs, the scattered shelves. Ryan stayed hidden behind the cabinet, barely leaving space to breathe.

“Who is there?!” one of them shouted.

Ryan remained still.

The guard stepped inside fully now. His shoes crunched on pieces of glass on the floor. He moved slowly, carefully, as if hunting something dangerous.

Ryan’s mind raced. If they checked behind the cabinet, it would be over.

He heard a whisper through the walkie-talkie: “Move to Sector B next.”

“No,” the guard replied. “Let me check behind the store cabinet first.”

Ryan’s eyes widened.

The guard wasn’t far now. Just a few steps.

*One… Two… Three…*

The guard raised his flashlight, aiming it toward the exact spot where Ryan was hiding.

Ryan’s pulse hammered in his ears.

If the light touched his face, he was finished.

“Wait,” the second guard suddenly said from the doorway. “I heard something outside. Maybe it came from the back yard. Let’s go.”

“But I want to—”

“Come on. If we waste time here and something really happened outside, the boss will blame us.”

A tense silence followed.

Then footsteps… moving away.

Ryan exhaled shakily, but only for a second—because something else caught his attention.

A faint sound behind him.

A soft click.

He froze.

The cabinet he was leaning on wasn’t just a cabinet.

A hidden panel had shifted slightly when he pressed on it.

There was something behind it.

He reached to check it—

But before he could pull it open, the main door of the store room slammed shut.

Ryan jumped.

He hadn’t touched the door.

Someone else was inside.

A cold voice spoke from the darkness.

“So… you finally returned. I knew someone was digging. And now you’ve walked into a trap.”

Ryan’s blood ran cold.

He wasn’t alone.

He was trapped.

And someone dangerous had been waiting for him.