The iron gate outside wasn't locked, just the wooden door. The locks on the wooden door were relatively common, posing no challenge at all for Ermao.
Exactly how long Ermao took to pick the lock, Zheng Tan didn't know. It felt like no sooner had he started looking for an answer, the door was open, the lock undamaged.
Before, Zheng Tan had only heard about something called a master key. This was the first time he had seen someone open a door with a piece of wire. Up till now, he had thought such things only existed in legends. Indeed, the saying 'masters are found amongst the common folks' couldn't be more accurate.
Ermao had bought a lot of things while shopping, including cookies and instant noodles, as well as a big bag of frozen foods like fish balls and shrimp dumplings. This guy, when in the kitchen, would only boil instant noodles or dumplings. He wasn't good at anything else and was too lazy to try.
