In the office at this time.
All the police who received the alarm from downstairs have arrived at the scene.
They were fully armed and asked sternly, "Who among you wants to commit suicide?"
Ge Yuanbo knew that it must be the farce just now that prompted the crowd to call the police.
He immediately said, "It's this classmate."
The police looked over.
Ke Lei, who was frightened silly by Jian Ci, had not recovered yet. She sat there in a daze, her eyes dull, and she could not hear anything.
They have seen this kind of situation many times and know that the person is frightened and even if they ask, they won't be able to get anything out of him for the time being.
So he could only temporarily shift his attention to these people and asked seriously, "Who are you to her?"
As the host, Ge Yuanbo took the initiative to say, "I'm the director of this museum. They are students from Peking University. They are co-hosting a cultural relic exhibition here today, but something unexpected happened..."
Xu Jiang, who was standing by, had completely lost his patience. He frowned and interrupted, "Don't say anything more. I'll ask her parents to come over now."
As he said that, he took out his cell phone and walked out.
But when he reached the door, he suddenly thought of something and turned to the police officers and said in a deep voice, "Please don't leave, everyone. If this matter can't be handled well, I do intend to call the police."
Then he went out to make a phone call.
*
Two hours later, Ke Lei's mother hurried over.
She was wearing expensive furs, valuable antique jade bracelets and gold rings, bright lipstick, and her newly dyed brown hair shone brightly in the sunlight. She looked like a nouveau riche.
"Professor Xu, you asked me to come over right away. Is there something wrong?"
When Xu Jiang saw her like that, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
But now was not the time to talk about this, so he said, "Let's go into the office first and talk."
Mother Ke didn't understand what was going on, but she had no choice but to follow him in.
As soon as he entered the room, he found his daughter sitting on the ground with no one to help her, and there were several uniformed police officers sitting on the sofa.
Suddenly, the face of Ke's mother, who was originally smiling, changed. "How can you treat my daughter like this?!"
"Mrs. Ke, it's not that we don't let her sit, it's that she doesn't want to." Ge Yuanbo beside her explained.
"How is this possible! My daughter is not a fool!"
Mother Ke frowned and said, then went to help Ke Lei up.
But just as he stretched out his hand, Ke Lei, who was sitting on the ground, shrank back suddenly in fear, as if he was afraid of touching something scary.
When Mrs. Ke saw this, she became even more anxious. "What on earth is going on?"
Xu Jiang said calmly, "Your daughter must have been frightened just now. Just let her calm down."
Mother Ke was stunned. "Scared?"
Xu Jiang then said bluntly, "Mrs. Ke, your daughter splashed ink on a private calligraphy and painting belonging to a fellow student at today's cultural relics exhibition. After being discovered, she even threatened to jump off a building and commit suicide. This is extremely evil!"
Upon hearing this, Ke's mother flatly rejected it, saying, "That's impossible. My daughter has always been well-behaved. How could she possibly destroy calligraphy and paintings?"
Ge Yuanbo opened the video again and showed it to her. "Your daughter first followed our calligraphy and painting conservator, then lied to get into the lounge. We even verified that the ink used to damage the paintings came from her personal fountain pen. Despite so much evidence, she actually climbed through the window and threatened to jump off the building. Fortunately, she was rescued, and a disaster was avoided."
After hearing this, Ke's mother couldn't believe it.
She immediately looked at Ke Lei and shouted angrily, "Are you crazy? Why would you destroy calligraphy and paintings for no reason?!"
But at the moment, Ke Lei was still immersed in the fear of being almost thrown down, and she didn't make a sound.
Seeing her dazed look, Ke's mother was furious.
However, because there were so many people present, he ended up just poking her forehead viciously with that sharp nail that could kill people.
Then he smiled and said to Xu Jiang, "Well, Professor, it's just a painting. At worst, our family can buy it as compensation. Is that okay with you?"
Anyway, they are in this business themselves. They can see if they can find someone in the industry to repair it and then sell it. They probably won't lose much.
Mother Ke was making some calculations in her mind.
But then I heard Xu Jiang say: "This calligraphy and painting is from another classmate's private collection. It's very expensive and you can't afford it."
Mother Ke chuckled, thinking that what Xu Jiang said was very funny.
What kind of collection a student can produce is worth at most a few hundred thousand.
They still have hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend.
So he said nonchalantly, "It's okay. We still have this little money. Tell me, how much is it?"
Seeing her ignorant look, Xu Jiang simply said, "This calligraphy and painting is a national treasure. It was auctioned for 4 billion. If you really want compensation, you may need the other party's consent."
This statement shocked Ke's mother immediately, and her voice immediately rose several degrees, "What?! Four billion?! Are you kidding me?"
Xu Jiang's expression was indifferent yet serious. "I'm not kidding. The destroyed calligraphy and painting is indeed worth four billion. Your daughter was at the auction. You can ask her if it's worth four billion."
Mrs. Ke was really dumbfounded.
After all, who could have imagined that someone would use national treasures worth 4 billion for a small school exhibition.
This is too luxurious!
Their auction house has never auctioned anything worth more than one billion.
Is that person crazy?!
This time, Ke's mother didn't exaggerate and say anything about buying it.
Four billion!
The compensation alone would bankrupt their family.
no!
This matter must not be admitted!
If you admit it, it's all over!
Therefore, Ke's mother's eyes rolled, and her attitude immediately changed, pointing the finger at the school. "Are you crazy? Letting a student bring something worth four billion! They are still children, what can they understand? You are so irresponsible!"
This ability to turn the tables made Xu Jiang take a deep breath.
As expected, like mother, like daughter.
Look at the level of passing the buck, it's exactly the same.
"Mother Ke Lei, the point now is that your daughter deliberately damaged someone else's belongings, not who kept the calligraphy and painting!"
Ke's mother was afraid they would want her to pay compensation, so she said stubbornly, "Why isn't that the point?! Students shouldn't be allowed to take things like this. They should be kept by someone designated for safekeeping. Your school and museum should bear at least 99% of the responsibility!"
The vein on Xu Jiang's forehead twitched slightly.
Ninety-nine percent?!
She directly said that the school and the museum were fully responsible!
Why should we keep one percent more responsibility for ourselves?
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