John, however, was astonished: "Fu, that's amazing! Are you a witch who can use magic?"
"Yes, are you afraid I'll cast a spell on you?"
Fu Wan made a joke at him, but John suddenly seemed to understand.
"So that's how it is! No wonder you're so lucky. It turns out there's some kind of magical power at play!"
"What nonsense!" Fu Wan was both amused and exasperated by what she heard, and even Bai Qianzhou was amused.
Seeing that the goods had been delivered, and having other work to do, John said goodbye to Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou.
"Fu, Bai, and Jin have completed the tasks they assigned me. I hope you can reach China safely."
After saying that, he reached out to Fu Wan, as if to give her a friendly hug.
Upon seeing this, Bai Qianzhou went to greet him, saying, "Thank you. I'll treat you to a meal next time I come to China."
"Alright, as you Chinese say, a gentleman's word is as good as his bond!"
"A journey of a thousand miles cannot be overtaken."
Fu Wan corrected him helplessly, and John scratched his head and smiled憨厚ly.
“I’m learning Chinese characters. The character for ‘gentleman’s word’ is followed by two horses, so I think it means ‘two horses cannot be caught up’.”
This comprehension ability is also exceptional. Fu Wan was too lazy to correct her. After John left, Bai Qianzhou told her the whole story.
John arrived around nine in the morning. Jin Huashi had him bring the things Fu Wan wanted, and he also bought them their return tickets, even tickets from Los Angeles to Beijing.
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan hurriedly asked, "Did you give him the money for the ticket?"
"Don't worry, I've given it to you."
Bai Qianzhou added, "I gave him a little extra. He must have put in a lot of effort to find these things in just a few hours."
Fu Wan nodded in agreement. Indeed, to be able to find so many Chinese items, Jin Hua must have stayed up all night.
What a pity that I couldn't see him one last time before he passed away.
Bai Qianzhou noticed Fu Wan's regret and, after thinking for a moment, offered some words of comfort, "His mission will eventually be completed. I left him my contact information, and I'll treat him to a meal when I return to China."
"Yes, we can also invite him to visit Fuji Village!"
Given Jin Huashi's age and experience, he might have something in common with Feng Ji and the others.
As she spoke, Fu Wan tidied up the masks and talismans. Next to the masks was a yellow banner. After thinking for a moment, Fu Wan took it and wrapped it with the silk cloth that held the imperial seal.
These things filled a large bag. When John came, he also brought them a lot of food. Bai Qianzhou originally wanted to give him money, but he refused.
The reason was that Jin Huashi gave him the big lobster from last night. In other words, the things he brought were obtained in exchange for the lobster.
Fu Wan was surprised to learn that the bag of food came from such a way, and she was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this.
The flight from Florida to Los Angeles was at 2 p.m. After packing their things, Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou checked out and took a taxi to the airport.
The Florida airport was quite crowded in the afternoon. Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou had an extra bag in their luggage, and it was surprisingly heavy.
Security checks on flights from Florida to Los Angeles weren't very strict. Fu Wan was carrying the bag, and the security officer only glanced at the mask curiously before letting her through.
"Shall we go and check if we've passed?"
Fu Wan breathed a sigh of relief as she carried her things. Bai Qianzhou smiled silently and told her the truth.
"No, there's no customs check when flying from Florida to Los Angeles, so security is very lax."
But customs is very strict when flying from Los Angeles to Beijing. Ah Wan, we still have a tough battle ahead of us.
Fu Wan hadn't noticed this before, but after hearing Bai Qianzhou mention it, she remembered that only international flights need to go through customs.
She was so anxious that she thought she could get through customs just by boarding the plane.
The six-hour flight was so short that they could barely take a nap. By the time they arrived at Los Angeles Airport, it was already past 8 p.m.
Jin Huashi had carefully calculated the flight times. The flight from Los Angeles to Beijing was at 10 p.m., and the arrival time in Beijing was around 12 p.m.
Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou had a casual dinner at the airport before preparing to go through customs and security.
This time the check was significantly stricter than in Florida. After passing through the security machine, if there were any questions, the staff would take out the bags and search the contents.
As expected, Fu Wan's large bag did not pass the inspection smoothly.
The person who inspected Fu Wan's large bag was a middle-aged woman in uniform. The first thing she picked up was the strange-looking shaman mask inside the bag.
"What's this?"
Fu Wan calmly replied, "A mask, worn on the face during rituals."
"practice?"
The customs officer could hardly believe her ears. Bai Qianzhou then gave her a detailed translation of Chinese shamanic culture, while Fu Wan showed her the talismans that had been written on them.
The yellow talisman had a pattern drawn with red cinnabar. The woman looked at it and felt terrified. She shrank her neck and quickly put down what she was holding.
The terrifying magic of China must not be touched!
Seeing this, Fu Wan felt a great weight lifted from her heart and picked up the bag to walk forward, but then Bai Qianzhou's luggage was stopped again.
"What's this?"
The staff member pointed to the bag of broken porcelain shards and asked, "These two Chinese people are really strange. They've never seen anything like this before."
They had seen finished Chinese porcelain before, but those broken pieces were clearly just junk!
Having already cleared the jade seal, Bai Qianzhou remained calm and composed. "Oh, they are just some fragments of antiques I've collected. We'll take them back and use them as decorations on the wall."
The older woman looked at the porcelain shards again with a puzzled expression, but when she met Fu Wan's gaze, she instinctively and quickly withdrew her hand.
"OK!"
It has to be okay, no matter what. Strange Chinese witch, God bless her that she wasn't cursed.
After passing through customs smoothly, Fu Wan and Bai Qianzhou both breathed a sigh of relief. They waited in the departure lounge for a short while before boarding the plane.
Even after the plane took off, Fu Wan still felt like it was all a dream.
Am I going back to China already?
Thinking of her family waiting for her to come home for the Chinese New Year, she suddenly wished time could speed up to noon the next day.
Several days had passed, so twelve hours was no problem at all. The two slept until ten o'clock the next morning. Fu Wan woke up hungry and asked the flight attendant for breakfast.
After washing up in the bathroom, she looked out the airplane window.
It was already bright outside the window, with mountains and rivers in sight. I wondered if we had already entered Chinese territory.
Bai Qianzhou didn't sleep well either. Even though he had asked Jin Zaishi to buy him a first-class ticket, he didn't dare to sleep too soundly, just like Fu Wan, because he had the Imperial Seal by his side.
Fu Wan was even more determined. After boarding the plane, she put the jade seal along with the silk cloth into the inside pocket of her coat, and she would touch it before sleeping and eating to feel at ease.
The plane soon arrived in Beijing. As soon as the two got off the plane, they saw a group of people standing next to the security officer.
The one leading them was none other than Sun Shao-ping!
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