Chapter 2815: Just asking casually
And they don’t think they can let the other party get back together in these few minutes?
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately turned around and went upstairs, and these people who claimed to be from the Cultural Relics Bureau began to look at the items in the store.
However, there are no authentic items here. There are only a few pieces of low value that cannot be considered cultural relics at all.
And the rest are all handicrafts.
Despite this, I don’t think that these things are all there is. Maybe the genuine ones are placed in their warehouse. After all, it is not safe to put too many genuine products in the store.
While these people were talking, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting already knew it, so after the shopkeeper came out, Gu Ning and Chen Darong came out.
As for Leng Shaoting, Gu Ning asked him to take his things and leave through the window first.
If Chen Darong hadn't been there, Gu Ning would have just put it into the space, and there would have been no need to do anything extra. But with Chen Darong here, she couldn't do that. If she did, wouldn't that expose the secret? "Boss, Mr. Chen, the people from the cultural relics are here." The shopkeeper said, looking worried, because he also knew about this matter.
"It's okay, it's been taken care of, go down!" Gu Ning said, and then several people went downstairs.
Although the people from the Cultural Relics Bureau met Gu Ning in person for the first time, they knew she had seen her photo before, so they recognized her at a glance.
Then, the leader said, "Hello, Miss Gu. We are from the Cultural Relics Bureau. Because tomb robbery has been rampant recently, many unearthed antiques and cultural relics have been lost and sold to various antique shops. So we are here on orders from above to search the antiques in various antique shops. We hope that Boss Gu will cooperate."
The leader's attitude was very polite. After all, Gu Ning's identity was not simple, and there was no need for them to offend Gu Ning directly.
And if their attitude was bad, wouldn't it seem like they were targeting Gu Ning on purpose? Although the person who ordered them to search for antiques and cultural relics was targeting Gu Ning on purpose, even so, it couldn't be seen.
"Since this is a task assigned by the Cultural Relics Bureau, we will of course cooperate. However, I need to take a look at the search documents. Is that okay?" Gu Ning said.
Regardless of whether they were really here to search for antiques and cultural relics under orders from above, or whether they were here to target her, she had to read the search documents.
"Okay," the other party replied, and took out the search documents to show Gu Ning.
The search documents were indeed genuine, so they had nothing to hide.
After reading the search documents, Gu Ning let them search.
Then, the group began to search.
Although the shopkeeper and the clerk were a little worried, they also believed in Gu Ning. Since she agreed to their search, then everything was safe.
They first searched the exhibition hall, but did not find any cultural relics, not even valuable antiques.
This made the leader wonder, could it be that Gu Ning knew in advance that the Cultural Relics Bureau would come to conduct an inspection, so he put away all the high-value antiques?
"Ms. Gu, it is said that Xiangyunxuan has many authentic antiques of collectible value, but why are there only a few here?" asked the leader.
"Because they've all been sold! As you know, there are very few authentic antiques these days, and we haven't received any good merchandise during this period, so there are only a few authentic ones left. That's why we, Xiangyunxuan, have developed into handicrafts. So our main business now is handicrafts." Gu Ning said.
Everyone knew that Xiangyunxuan was developing into handicrafts, but they didn't believe what Gu Ning said about the antiques having no collection value.
There were obviously a lot of them before, how come they were sold out all of a sudden? "Miss Gu is right, but since we are going to search, we need to be thorough, so please take us to the warehouse, office and so on, we need to search thoroughly." The other party said.
"Of course it's a problem," Gu Ning replied. All the things had been put away, so even if they were asked to search thoroughly, they still wouldn't find anything.
Of course, just in case, when he arrived at the store, Gu Ning also looked around and did not feel that there were any high-value authentic antiques.
It was this person that Gu Ning had checked to avoid framing him, but they did not have any antiques on them.
Sure enough, after they investigated the entire "Xiangyunxuan", they did not find any authentic antiques. Now, the leader's face became unhappy.
"Ms. Gu, are you sure that the goods here are all owned by Xiangyunxuan?" the other party asked.
"Of course, it seems that sir doesn't believe me. I wonder what the reason is!" Gu Ning asked, looking curious, but actually testing.
At first she thought it was possible that it was deliberate, but it was not very likely. But now it seems that it is very likely that it was deliberate! So she tried to test it out.
Upon hearing this, the man's expression flashed, and although he quickly returned to normal, Gu Ning still saw it. Therefore, he felt that it was very likely that he was deliberately targeted.
Despite this, Gu Ning still looked as if he didn't notice anything.
"Miss Gu, you are overthinking it. There is no reason. I am just asking, so Miss Gu, don't think too much about it." The other party said. Even if there is any reason, it cannot be said out loud.
"I didn't think much about it, I just asked casually." Gu Ning said with a faint smile.
"Then Miss Gu, we'll take our leave now." The other party said, and left with his group.
Although this search was deliberately targeted at Gu Ning, not many people knew about this, so they still needed to continue the search. Otherwise, if they only searched Gu Ning's family and ignored other families, wouldn't this be clearly telling the other party that they were here for Gu Ning?
However, when searching other homes, we were more casual because we were just doing it for show.
Leng Shaoting did not leave, he just avoided them when they were searching, so after they left, Leng Shaoting came out.
The shopkeeper and the two clerks were very surprised to see the elusive Leng Shaoting, but no one dared to ask any questions.
"The things have been hidden. Don't sell them for now. Wait until the storm has died down." Gu Ning said.
"Yes," Chen Darong and others responded.
Then, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting left, and they also saw the casual look of the group of people when they searched other shops, and then they became more certain that they were deliberately targeting Xiangyunxuan, no, it should be said that they were targeting her.
(End of this chapter)
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