Liu Feiyue nodded, his voice filled with excitement: "It should be right."
The former principal of Lanyuan Middle School was quite famous in Lanyuan Town. He was said to be from a prominent family in Beijing with a long history of scholarship. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he donated all the antiques and calligraphy he had collected over the years to the country and moved to Lanyuan with his wife and children. His wife, Old Mrs. Qin, was from the same hometown and settled there. He was then invited by the town leaders to become the principal of the newly built Lanyuan Middle School, a position he held for nearly twenty years until the political movement a few years ago, when he resigned. Unfortunately, he still couldn't escape the political turmoil.
Liu Feiyue, along with Liu Erxi and Liu Sanchang, had been keeping an eye on that small villa for some time. They had only learned that the original owner's surname was Qin, but they hadn't found out any other details. Now, they heard from Dong Cang that the villa might belong to the former principal's family. They figured this job could be quite lucrative, and they immediately got excited.
"Not necessarily, maybe they just happen to be surnamed Qin too?" After his initial excitement wore off, Liu Sanchang came to his senses and couldn't help but pour cold water on the other two.
Liu Feiyue rolled his eyes at him and ignored him. What a simpleton.
Liu Erxi slapped Liu Sanchang on the back of the head: "Do you think we're all stupid? Didn't we already find out that out of that row of villas, only one family is surnamed Qin?"
Liu Sanchang scratched his head: "Really? I forgot."
Liu Erxi couldn't help but roll his eyes: "You can forget this? How come you never forget to eat?"
Liu Sanchang gave Liu Erxi a look that said, "Are you stupid?": "You'll get hungry if you don't eat, how could you forget?"
Liu Erxi: "..." He's so stupid. He knows I'm a simpleton, so why did I waste so much time talking to him?
However, interrupted by Liu Sanchang, Liu Erxi remembered something and turned to Liu Feiyue with concern, asking, "Didn't he say he donated all the antiques and calligraphy in his house? Is there really anything left for us to take?"
Liu Feiyue glared at Liu Erxi: "Sanchang is being stupid, and you're being stupid too? He said he donated everything, and you actually believed him? Such a large family, how could they not leave anything for their descendants? Besides, his old lady is a capitalist's daughter. Even if the antiques and paintings are gone, she must still have a lot of treasures left. I've inquired, when that little villa was confiscated, two cartloads of books were taken out. They must have hidden their things like other families."
After hearing what Liu Feiyue said, Liu Erxi completely dispelled his doubts and looked at Liu Feiyue expectantly, asking, "Then shall we go tonight?"
Liu Feiyue nodded resolutely: "Let's go tonight, lest something goes wrong."
Liu Sanchang always did whatever his elder brother said. He glanced at the old principal's gate from afar and asked Liu Feiyue, "What about that kid?"
Liu Feiyue followed Liu Sanchang's gaze, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "We'll come find him after we've settled things at the villa. Anyway, we already know where he lives. He can't run away." They want to steal Liu Feiyue's things? Dream on.
A ruthless glint flashed in Liu Feiyue's eyes.
Liu Feiyue was originally the son of an ordinary farmer in Liujia Village. He accidentally saved an old appraiser who had been sent down from the capital to live in a cowshed in their village. The old appraiser was grateful for his life-saving grace and taught him two skills of appraising treasures. Unexpectedly, he was very talented in this area, and he could learn it quickly and apply it in a comprehensive way. The old appraiser was very surprised and simply took him as his disciple and taught him carefully.
Liu Feiyue began frequenting scrap yards, scavenging for treasures that were sold as scrap by unsuspecting people. He then began using the guise of collecting scrap to search for treasures. One day, he accidentally unearthed something that the owner had painstakingly hidden when he left a deserted villa. From then on, he became obsessed and set his sights on other villas.
The old principal's villa was the third villa he had his eye on. He had only found something on one of the first two villas, but it was quite a haul: a box of antique bottles and a jar of Yuan Shikai silver dollars.
Liu Erxi and Liu Sanchang had no objection to Liu Feiyue's words and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
"Let's go back and make some plans." Liu Feiyue said, preparing to take Liu Erxi and Liu Sanchang back. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he met Dong Cang's smiling face and was stunned: "..." He almost forgot that the kid was still here.
"Look, I heard everything. Can I come with you, Brother Liu?" Dong Cang asked.
Liu Feiyue narrowed his eyes dangerously: "Are you threatening me?"
Dong Cang quickly shook his head: "No, no, I just want to lend a hand. Brother Liu, you can just give me a little money later."
Liu Feiyue snorted coldly: "You haven't done any work and you're still thinking about asking me for money? Dream on. Wait until you can really help me out before you start talking about this. Now get out of here."
"And another thing, if you dare to divulge a single word about my affairs, I'll drag you into the woods and bury you alive, understand?" Liu Feiyue continued to warn.
Dong Cang was so frightened that a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He nodded hurriedly, "I understand, I understand. Don't worry, Brother Liu, I won't tell anyone even half a word."
"That would be perfect." Liu Feiyue said coldly, then led Liu Erxi and Liu Sanchang past Dong Cang and left.
Dong Cang paused for a moment, then, as if remembering something, quickly turned around and chased after him: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, Brother Liu."
Liu Feiyue didn't want to pay attention, but Dong Cang's loud voice kept ringing out, and people passing by would occasionally look at him curiously, making him feel uncomfortable. He had no choice but to stop, turn around abruptly to look at Dong Cang who had caught up with him, and ask irritably, "What else is there?"
Dong Cang looked at Liu Feiyue with excitement: "Brother Liu, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Dong Cang noticed people passing by from time to time, so he cautiously shut his mouth, looked around, found a secluded corner, and pulled Liu Feiyue over: "Brother Liu, come here, I have something to tell you."
Liu Feiyue glared at Dong Cang, his face full of impatience: "You'd better have something important to say, otherwise..."
Dong Cang nodded vigorously: "It is indeed something very important."
"I know where you might find the treasure you're looking for," Dong Cang said mysteriously, looking at Liu Feiyue.
Liu Feiyue narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at him with some suspicion: "Really?"
Liu Erxi and Liu Sanchang also looked over curiously.
“I didn’t see exactly what it was, but she was definitely holding it very tightly, as if it were some kind of treasure,” Dong Cang said.
Again, he didn't see it, and again, it seemed like he could. Liu Feiyue, growing impatient, grabbed Dong Cang by the collar and said, "I think you're just messing with me on purpose, aren't you?"
Dong Cang quickly shook his head and told Liu Feiyue everything about how he had unpacked Fu Lan's bundle and how Fu Lan had almost cut off his manhood in her anxiety: "...Although I couldn't open it to see what was inside, it felt hard to the touch, like a box, bigger than my two hands put together, and very heavy. It must have some kind of shady treasure hidden inside."
"Your future sister-in-law's sister?" Liu Feiyue slapped Dong Cang on the forehead. "You're really wicked, even betraying your own relatives."
Dong Cang scratched his head, furious: "She was the one who didn't treat me like family first, wouldn't even let me see her, and almost kicked my manhood off, so she can't blame me."
Liu Feiyue didn't care. Despite his words, he actually quite liked these kinds of bad things, like this time, it seemed like he could make some money off them again.
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