He tapped the bottom a few times, listening to the echo that revealed its secret. The sound was different from the rest of the chest — empty and hollow. "False bottom…" he thought, feeling a chill run down his spine.
Without hesitation, he slammed his fist onto the bottom. The wood cracked with a short, squeaky sound, and part of the bottom broke away under his hands.
Beneath it… was something Kai could never have imagined. It was a diary.
Kai looked at the diary in his hands and paused for a moment. "Is this the diary we're looking for?" he thought, as an idea of how to use the situation spun through his mind. Slowly, he lifted his gaze toward his sister, trying to hide the excitement simmering just beneath the surface.
"Mei—" he began, but stopped at the last moment, as a clever, slightly sly idea popped into his head. Without hesitation, he slipped the diary into the inner pocket of his shirt and pretended to keep searching.
