Chapter 1413 Khedira's Talent

When Xiao Peng found out how the police knew that several girls had come to see him, he felt very bad.

When the police arrested the girls, they found a porcelain vase in the bag of the girl named Huang Jing. The vase was in the shape of a traditional Cong vase from the Xia Dynasty, with a blue and white lion pattern on it. The vase was filled with cigarette butts.

This so-called "cong-style vase" is a traditional Daxia porcelain shape, modeled after the Zhou Dynasty ritual vessel "jade cong." This "cong-style vase" is characterized by a round mouth, round foot, and square body, with raised lines decorating the sides.

When Simmons saw the bottle, he told the police officer directly: This is a 'sea-salvaged porcelain'.

As the name suggests, "sea-salvaged porcelain" refers to Daxia porcelain salvaged from ancient shipwrecks. It can be considered a recovered artifact. It was produced specifically for sale to the West, often referred to as "export goods." If we consider its value alone, "sea-salvaged porcelain" is undoubtedly inferior to traditional porcelain.

After all, salvaged porcelain is essentially a product designed to fool Southeast Asian and Western consumers, and is generally crude. Its style is often monotonous and ordinary, and its surface color is dry and lacks aesthetic appeal after prolonged immersion in seawater. Furthermore, it often suffers from damage caused by marine life. Therefore, its value is undoubtedly lower than that of traditional porcelain.

Salvaged porcelain has its advantages: authenticity. Even if it's not as valuable as heirloom porcelain, it's still an antique. While counterfeiting is possible, it's relatively rare. A salvaged Cong-style vase like this could fetch at least three to five thousand euros. Simmons, the prodigal son who could use such precious porcelain as an ashtray, happens to know someone. Who is it? Xiao Peng, of course!

How did Simmons know this was a salvaged porcelain Cong vase? Xiao Peng had introduced it to him when he visited his home.

So he knew directly that these girls had been to Xiao Peng's house.

"I'm accusing them of theft!" Xiao Peng was furious. "I was wondering why my ashtray was missing! I thought the maid had smashed it while cleaning up! Turns out they stole it!"

He tried to take the bottle out of the evidence bag, but Simmons put the evidence bag behind him and said, "Mr. Xiao, it's still evidence!"

Xiao Peng didn't say anything after hearing this: "You're right. It makes me angry just thinking about it! Come, I'll tell you everything that happened when they came to my place that day! This is bullshit. I let them in as guests, and they stole my things!"

"Regarding this matter..." Simmons said, "It was your compatriot Huang Jing who did it. The other girls didn't know the value of this bottle! In fact, let alone them. Even I sometimes can't help but want to take all your goodies home! Okay, let's not talk about this. Let's get down to business first."

Xiao Peng told Simmons everything that happened that day. After sending Simmons away, Xiao Peng felt uncomfortable all over - it would be fine if someone else stole the things, but it was his compatriot who did it, which was really embarrassing!

In the small town of Delft, a single hen laying a triple-yolk egg would make the news, let alone a few students from the Delft University of Technology suspected of drug production and trafficking. This case quickly became a hot topic in the city. And because Xiao Peng was implicated in the case, it attracted even more attention.

The person most concerned about the progress of this case wasn't the common people, but Heintje Hahn, president of Delft University of Technology. This incident had caused significant damage to TU Delft's reputation, especially since TU Delft's reputation in the Netherlands was comparable to that of Qingbei in Daxia. This incident had a greater impact.

People are complaining about the management of Delft University of Technology, saying that good students have become like this after coming to your school. You don't value children's education at all.

Heintje-Hahn went to Xiao Peng's house five times a day for one reason: he hoped Xiao Peng would give lectures earlier to restore the reputation of Delft University of Technology.

And what about Xiao Peng?

He is currently with Dean Nemanja Strøman of the BK Academy at TU Delft.

"Nemania, thank you so much." Xiao Peng said, "This design is simply amazing!"

Nemanja Stroman said with a smile: "No, no, no, to be honest, it's a shame that your subordinate is not a designer. He is the one who leads most of the designs here."

"Khedira has this talent?" Xiao Peng said after hearing this: "Nemanja, I always thought he was working as a decorator there!"

Nemanja Stroman said, "No, no, no, Xiao, you really underestimate your bodyguard. Some things require talent. I asked him, and he's never been involved in anything related to architectural design before, but his design philosophy is truly admirable. He naturally combines the architectural form with the surrounding environment, and his handling of the architectural space is unique and ingenious. The interior design is especially exquisite. His design philosophy is similar to that of Master I.M. Pei. Of course, many aspects are still a little naive, but he is very talented. Come in and take a look."

The door in front of Xiao Peng opened automatically. Xiao Peng walked in and whistled, "I'm going to live here from now on!"

There is an abandoned observatory in Orange Gardens.

It is well known that people in the ancient East loved astrology. For example, there was the "Qintianjian" in the Qin and Han dynasties. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was called the Taishijian, the Huntian Supervisory Office, the Hunyijian, and the Taishi Bureau. In the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, it was called the "Sitianjian", and later the "Taishi Bureau" and "Sitiantai". In the late Ming Dynasty, it was called the Qintianjian until the Qing Dynasty.

The West also places great importance on stargazing. The world's oldest continuously operating university observatory is in the Netherlands: the Leiden Observatory at Leiden University. However, most astronomical measurements are performed with private instruments. Wealthy aristocrats in typical estates would invest in their own observatories for stargazing.

As the original royal summer palace, Orange Gardens of course also has an observatory.

However, this observatory had been abandoned for a long time. Xiao Peng originally wanted to demolish it, but Khedira proposed to renovate it. Xiao Peng let him do it and even found people from the BK College of Delft University of Technology to help with the design and construction. Now it is finally completed. As soon as Xiao Peng entered, he fell deeply in love with this place.

The interior construction of the house adopts a large number of steel structures. Although there is an elevator leading to the roof, a spiral staircase along the wall is still maintained. The bar, living room and study are built on different floors to make full use of the space here, and Xiao Peng's bedroom is at the top.

The most amazing thing is that the top of the observatory can be opened to face the starry sky directly through the tempered glass - it would be so romantic if you were being intimate with someone!

"Um...Mr. Xiao, are you satisfied with this place?"

"Very satisfied!" Xiao Peng said sincerely.

"Then we should get down to business, right?"