The next day, before dawn, Xiaoxi and Lin Yang set off with their hamster, Xiaodou.

On the border of southern province, in the small town of Longcang, at the Kamang Port.

Xiaoxi and Lin Yang arrived at noon.

It will be more than two hours before we meet up with the rescue team.

Xiaoxi and Lin Yang decided to stroll around the old street to see what they could buy for their mission.

A small eatery on the street caught Xiaoxi's attention.

An elderly man wearing a brightly colored floral shirt and black silk trousers was slurping down a large bowl of rice noodles.

Huh? Does that look like someone I know?

Xiaoxi stopped in her tracks, afraid of startling the old man, and slowly approached the table to sit down.

The old man disliked being disturbed while eating, so he looked up at Lin Yang with displeasure, then glanced at Xiao Xi out of the corner of his eye.

He suddenly jumped up, spitting out the rice noodles he had stuffed in his mouth, and coughed loudly.

"It's you! The young lady from the Ye family!"

"Shh! Don't call me 'Little Miss Ye.' Grandpa Cheng, what are you doing here?"

Xiaoxi was a little surprised. Wasn't this the appraisal master Cheng from the last auction?

"I was wondering what a young girl like you was doing here? This isn't a nice place to go out and have fun!"

Grandpa Cheng got angry when he saw Xiaoxi and didn't want to pay any more attention to her.

Last time, for the sake of the patriarch's book, he helped the young girl a lot at the auction, treating her like a princess and helping her get a good price for all the antiques.

And what happened? She simply used it and left.

I contacted Ye Qi several times, but he brushed me off, saying that it was his sister's book and he couldn't interfere with it.

He still hasn't gotten his master's book, how infuriating!

Xiaoxi understood what Mr. Cheng meant; it was because she hadn't sold him the book.

Those who care so much about this book, "The Art of Dividing Gold," are probably descendants of the tomb raiders.

Xiaoxi thought to herself: This expert appraiser will definitely be of help to their operation, and they are determined to acquire him!

"Grandpa Cheng, may I speak to you in private?"

"Little girl, what if I say I won't lend you even a step?" He was very busy in the afternoon and didn't have time to play with the little girl.

Oh, are you trying to act like a veteran?

No matter how tough the bone, Xiaoxi has a way of softening it.

"Grandpa Cheng, if Xiaoxi hadn't served you a cup of tea back then, would you have had the energy to come and wander around this remote border town?"

Old Cheng was indeed stunned.

She was right. At the auction, she was coughing so hard on stage that she felt like she was going to cough up her lungs, but after drinking that cup of tea, she felt different.

Later, his health gradually improved, but he could never quite recreate the taste of that cup of tea.

"May I have some tea with you?" His attitude had softened considerably.

A short while later, the three of them sat down in a private room on the second floor of the teahouse.

Xiao Xi immediately set up a protective barrier and helped Old Cheng pour tea.

"Grandpa Cheng, can you tell Xiaoxi how to get here now?"

As soon as Mr. Cheng drank this tea, he recognized its unique flavor and his spirits immediately lifted.

"I came to the Southern Province this time to find some antiques to take back with me."

The border area of ​​the southern province is not peaceful right now, but my old friend calculated for me that I have great fortune ahead.

"Well, not entirely. At the last auction, they also told me there was a great opportunity, but no way!"

Once Mr. Cheng started talking, he began to chatter on and on.

"Wait a minute! Grandpa Cheng's old friend can tell fortunes? Could it be... Director Wu Changquan?"

"Huh? How did you know?"

"Hahaha, so you're the old monster Cheng Sheng that Grandpa Xu Fu was talking about?"

"Impossible! How did you know?"

"Oh, they're all old friends! That makes things much easier!" Xiaoxi was overjoyed.

"What old friend?" Cheng Sheng was bewildered.

Xiaoxi took out her tablet and opened the photos.

"Look, this is the colorful lotus porcelain vase you gave to Grandpa Xu. We're even going on a three-day trip there!"