Exhibits
"Can I see it?" Shen Manman blurted out, "Of course I want to!"
He hesitated for a moment, then said, "There are bodyguards at the door; he probably won't let us in."
Gu Nan looked around, walked closer, and said, "The mechanism is in the lower right corner of the exhibition stand. Move the white marble sculpture on the left, and the door will open automatically. The remaining 15 pieces are inside."
"Will something happen?" Yun Ting's private residence requires an admission ticket, and only one person can enter with one ticket. Shen Manman had no bodyguards with her and dared not take any risks. She crossed her arms and rubbed her forearms, pacing back and forth.
Gu Nan glanced at her sideways. Shen Manman had been protected by Shen Ming since childhood. Her good upbringing kept her calm at all times, but the longing in her eyes was hard to hide.
"The admission ticket states that you can view all exhibits, not just the ones displayed on the stands. There are no signs in front of the sculptures prohibiting touching them, so if you accidentally touch one, the worst outcome is being kicked out."
Shen Manman was still conflicted. Tickets to Yunting's event were too rare. She was lucky enough to get a ticket this time, but if she wanted to get in again in the future, she would have to rely on luck.
Since we're already here...
Gu Nan stared at the white marble in front of her, glancing at Shen Manman out of the corner of her eye. Seeing that Shen Manman's clenched fist was slightly loosening, Gu Nan smiled and said slowly, "Or maybe there will be an opportunity in the future. Perhaps Yunting will open this place up."
As she turned to leave, her arm was grabbed from the side. Turning back, Shen Manman shook her head solemnly.
"It won't be open. I heard about Yunting a long time ago. Back then, she would release more than 200 tickets a year. But that number gradually decreased, and now she only releases 50 tickets a year. She might not be able to open it again in the future."
Gu Nan drawled, "I see."
Without making a sound, he distanced himself from Shen Manman, turned around, and strolled slowly through the exhibition hall, pausing from time to time to look around. He swiped his fingertips across the interactive screens next to the exhibits and looked up at the robot as it eloquently recounted the creative process of one of Yun Ting's works.
It was all exaggerated and overblown.
The crowd cheered, but she smiled, shook her head silently, and continued to focus her attention on the exhibits.
As if the suggestion to move the mechanism was just a passing fancy and Shen Manman had no interest in it, she stopped fantasizing about it.
Shen Manman stood there, but became anxious. Gu Nan's words were like a muffled thunderclap, shattering her self-possessed composure.
Yun Ting's admission tickets are limited every year, so her bodyguards don't have the chance to come in to protect her. Naturally, she has many friends who can accompany her, and some of them know martial arts, but none of them can beat Gu Nan.
The scales in my heart gradually tipped.
At this moment, wouldn't we have the perfect combination of favorable timing, location, and popular support?
Gritting her teeth and making up her mind, she gently tugged at Gu Nan's sleeve and whispered, "I want to see."
Gu Nan's brow twitched slightly. He looked at Shen Manman for a moment, then nodded.
Then they continued to leisurely admire the exhibits in front of the display cases.
"Nannan?" Shen Manman asked softly, her face showing confusion.
"Wait."
Two hours passed in a flash, and as closing time approached, people began to leave the exhibition hall one after another.
Shen Manman grew anxious as Gu Nan made no move.
When the announcement urged everyone to leave again, Shen Manman could no longer hold back and said angrily, "Gu Nan."
Before she could finish speaking, Gu Nan pulled her into the sink next door, pinning her back against the wall and covering her mouth with Gu Nan's hand. Her eyes widened in surprise.
"Huh?"
"Shh," Gu Nan turned her head to look outside and whispered in her ear, "The prompt to urge everyone to leave will sound in ten minutes. The security guards will urge everyone to leave in an orderly manner. When everyone is queuing at the door, the robot will complete the internal infrared scan, which will take about two minutes. Then it will go to the door to assist the security guards in supervising that no one is allowed to take anything with them when leaving."
Shen Manman's expression brightened. The robot was inside for two minutes, but there was only one security guard at the door. It would be impossible to supervise everyone to prevent them from leaving with their belongings within two minutes.
"In other words..."
Gu Nan continued, "There are many people here, and with the help of robots, the security guards will probably need about five minutes to search."
We have three minutes!
"If we're lucky, we might even be able to take photos secretly." Shen Manman's eyes were full of excitement.
Ten minutes later, a piercing notification sound suddenly rang out. The indoor robots had completed scanning all the exhibits on the platform, and one by one they rolled towards the door, watching as everyone walked past the scanning station in an orderly fashion.
The security guard stood with his back turned.
In the vast exhibition hall, only Gu Nan and Shen Manman remained, gazing at each other.
Gu Nan raised her chin slightly towards the white marble statue, and Shen Manman immediately understood, tiptoeing over to carefully touch it.
Gu Nan stared at her back, pressed the button in the corner of the wall, and then followed behind her as if nothing had happened.
"It really can be moved!" Shen Manman bent down and moved the statue, looking up in surprise and delight.
Gu Nan nodded and lightly tapped her wristwatch with her left hand, signaling Shen Manman to pay attention to the time.
The two of them lowered their heads at the same time, and the tightly closed stone platform slowly cracked open. The platform flipped over, and there was no sound. The whole process took less than 10 seconds, and there were suddenly 15 other failed products placed on it.
The craftsmanship is quite different from the three pieces above. The three pieces above are similar to all the works, all based on exquisite jade, with only a small amount of straw carving technique used in the less important decorative parts.
The 15 failed pieces hidden behind the rolling platform are all made using a lot of straw carving techniques, with a few jade beads as embellishments. Far from being overwhelming, they make the carving process even more exquisite.
Shen Manman was dumbfounded: "This...this...this is actually a failed product, and it looks much better than the ones on display outside."
Gu Nan stared silently for a long time until the security guard's voice came from afar.
"Next, next."
Gu Nan snapped out of her daze and urged Shen Manman, "There's no one left, we should go."
Shen Manman crouched down and peeked outside. The security guards seemed to trust the robots too much, as they only stared at the people in line and didn't spare a single glance for the exhibition hall.
"Wait a minute, I'm taking a picture."
Following behind the last person, Gu Nan pulled Shen Manman to the door. The bodyguard's gaze swept over the two of them. Shen Manman kept rubbing her trouser seams, afraid that she would have to hand over her phone on the spot if the bodyguard gave the order.
With his head bowed low, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.
Fortunately, they escaped unharmed, and after a long silence, they were allowed to pass.
Stepping out of the Yunting mansion, Shen Manman let out a long breath, eagerly took out her phone, nodded in satisfaction, and her little face was beaming with joy.
"I never imagined that one day I would not only enter Yunting's exhibition hall, but also photograph his treasured failed works."
She smiled sweetly and reached out her hand to Gu Nan: "Nan Nan, thank goodness I have you."
Gu Nan waved her hand: "I was only able to see Yun Ting's work because of Miss Gu."
Shen Manman scratched the back of her hand uncomfortably and muttered softly, "You were the one who found the ticket in the first place."
"After giving it to your brother, I never expected to have another chance to come in."
"Okay, okay, let's not thank each other. Wait for me, I need to post something on my WeChat Moments."
Gu Nan smiled and nodded.
Once this post is published on WeChat Moments, the relationship between the Shen family and Master Wan will come to an end.
Shen Manman praised the photo highly: "It is clearly straw that can be seen everywhere in the countryside, but when placed next to Xiuyan jade, the Xiuyan jade is overshadowed. No wonder everyone says that Master Yunting is exceptionally talented. Who would have thought of using Xiuyan jade to complement straw? Indeed, a master is a master. As long as he wants, he can make even the most ordinary things into surprises that others cannot imagine."
Gu Nan followed up with a few words, lying that he was going to visit a friend, and said goodbye after the meal.
After this incident, Shen Manman became even more enthusiastic towards her. She specially took her to tour the Shen family's manor in Ulm, called all the servants to her, and asked them to get to know Gu Nan. She also told Gu Nan that she could come to the manor for help at any time if she had any difficulties in the future.
In order not to disappoint Shen Manman, Gu Nan had no choice but to show his face in front of all the servants at the Shen family manor.
Fortunately, she inadvertently glanced at Shen Manman's phone and saw that Shen Ming had sent dozens of messages.
The specific details are unknown, but they are nothing more than guesses based on one's own assumptions.
When Shen Manman lowered her head to reply to the message, her gaze froze for a moment. When she looked up at Gu Nan, her expression hadn't quite settled, and she hurriedly said goodbye.
Gu Nan pretended not to notice anything amiss and smiled as he saw her off at the airport.
The smile didn't linger on her face for long. As the plane flew overhead, her gaze shifted slightly, and she noticed someone sneaking up behind her.
Unfortunately, she showed her face too much in her old enemy's territory, and some people couldn't sit still anymore.
Following her memory along the narrow path, she finally managed to shake off the assassins who were following her and arrived at the house she had left for Jin Yan when she left Ulm.
As the autumn wind blows, the broken tiles clang and bang incessantly.
With a puzzled look on her face, she took out her phone and compared the locations.
Absolutely perfect.
He swallowed hard, his expression a mixture of emotions.
She swiped open Jin Yan's chat window, took a picture, and sent it to him.
Did you take my house with you when you left?
Not even a single load-bearing wall remains intact.
Despite the time difference, Jin Yan replied instantly.
You haven't looked in the wrong place, you haven't misread it, this is the ruins.
Gu Nan took two steps forward, kicked the charred building materials, and said something that was hard to describe.
[Is Old Val really that magnanimous?]
Luckily, I returned to China early; if I had stayed even one more day, I might have ended up losing your house.
Despite his complaints, Jin Yan didn't forget to get down to business.
I checked, and the encrypted space hasn't triggered any alarms yet, so it's currently secure. The entrance is in the basement.
Gu Nan gazed at the carbonized ruins, disheveled and exposed to the wind.
How could she pinpoint the location of the basement amidst the ruins?
Jin Yan had also thought of this problem and typed sarcastically: "Boss, you've worked hard. If you really don't want to dig through the rubble by hand, I have other ways."
【explain. 】
[Give old Val a heads-up; if he knows you're around, he'll definitely dig a deep hole for you.]
Gu Nan stared at her phone and chuckled inexplicably.
Ignoring Jin Yan, she used her phone's location to find the basement entrance and kicked away the roof beam.
He rubbed the inconspicuous broken wall, and then an electronic screen popped up. Gu Nan verified the fingerprint password and entered a long code. The sound and light were linked, the sensor circuit quickly covered, and the electric high-tech door slowly opened.
Beneath this ruin where the smoke of war has ceased, the encrypted space is filled with high-tech structures. Gu Nan strolled around inside and entered the server room to query the system.
The number of attacks received was 0, indicating that Walbus has not yet discovered the hiding place.
I let out a long sigh, took a shower, lay in bed, and clicked into Shen Manman's WeChat Moments. The post about Yun Ting's work had been deleted.
But with so many people in Shen Manman's WeChat Moments, she believed that someone would eventually take a screenshot and share it. The circle in Beicheng was only so big, and it would be only a matter of time before it reached Master Wan's ears.
She put down her phone, a mocking smile playing on her lips. If no one else read it, she wouldn't mind being a good Samaritan this once.
Everything was going as planned. Just before going to sleep, I received a message from Wan Yi.
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