Chapter 1444: A Fist as Big as a Bowl
Xiao Peng and his friends ate and chatted, but they kept talking about food and local customs, and never got to the point. Zhu Er was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.
At this moment, the waiter suddenly came in with two old men.
"Hubert!" The taller old man waved and greeted him.
Hubert didn't even stand up, but waved: "Director Renault! Director Luxon? Why are you here so late?"
Luxon said casually: "There's a traffic jam on the road."
The French are accustomed to being late, and their explanations for being late are all lies. Traffic jam at this time? Damn it!
Yu Beier said, "Let me introduce you. This is the famous 'Salvage King', and this is his friend Ilka..."
Before he could finish his words, the old man named Luxon suddenly walked up to Ilka and grabbed her wrist, which scared Ilka: "What are you doing?"
She tried to pull her hand free, but Luxon's grip was so strong that Ilka couldn't break free.
"Lucson!" Hubert stood up immediately. "Let go! Oh my God! Are you possessed by a ghost?"
Luxon ignored him and turned to Renault and said, "Renault! Look! What is this?"
Renault also thought Luxon was crazy at first, but after taking a look at Ilka's wrist, his eyes lit up and he grabbed Ilka's other wrist: the two old men grabbed Ilka's hands, one on the left and one on the right, and muttered to themselves while observing them.
Yu Beier and the others also sensed something was wrong and tilted their heads to look at Xiao Peng, while Xiao Peng was eating without even raising his head.
They fixed their eyes on Ilka's wrists. Ilka was wearing a V-neck, off-shoulder embroidered evening dress, an ordinary-looking pearl necklace around her neck, and a wide bracelet on each wrist. Both bracelets were made of gold. On her right hand were oval gold plates connected together, each inlaid with a large sapphire and two small rubies, while on her right hand were rectangular gold plates, each inlaid with pink shells.
"This is..." Renault said with wide eyes, "Is this Maria Amalia Theresa's bracelet? This is exactly the same jewelry as the one in Theresa's portrait in the Louvre!"
Maria Amalia Therese was the wife of Louis Philippe, the first king of the House of Orleans in France. Her portrait is in the Louvre. The bracelet Ilka is wearing now is exactly the same as the one in her portrait!
Luxon fished a pair of glasses from his pocket and examined it carefully. "This piece of jewelry is at least two hundred years old. It shows signs of being soaked in seawater. It must have been part of the French royal family's treasures that were stolen by the Germans."
Renault said directly: "Miss, can I take it down and have a look?"
Although he asked Ilka's opinion, he reached out to take off the bracelet on Ilka's hand before Ilka could answer, which frightened Ilka so much that her face turned pale.
At this time, Xiao Peng, who was sitting there eating, stood up and stretched out his hands, one hand grabbing Renault's wrist and the other hand grabbing Luxon's wrist. "I say, you French people are hooligans regardless of age! You are so old and still acting like hooligans here? Even if Ilka is timid and doesn't dare to resist, there is still someone breathing next to him!"
He said that he also used force on his hands, causing Renault and Luxon to scream in pain: "Let go! Let us go!"
But Xiao Peng didn't let go: "Did you let go when Ilka asked you to? Do you like pinching other people's wrists so much? Then let you feel it too!"
As he spoke, he exerted more force with his hands. Renault and Luxon screamed and couldn't even stand!
"Xiao! Calm down!" Yu Beier hurriedly stopped Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng snorted coldly after hearing this and shook off their hands. "How disrespectful of the elderly! Yu Beier, do you usually hang out with a bunch of old hooligans like this?"
Hubert didn't know what to say. The directors of two major French museums were being called old scoundrels in your mouth?
"We are not old hooligans! We just want to see the bracelet on this lady's hand!" Luxon defended.
"Get lost!" Xiao Peng cursed directly, "Have you asked the lady for her consent?"
Hubert tried to pull Renault and Luxon up, but they both screamed, "My hands!"
"Hiss!" Hubert took a breath when he saw Renault and Luxon's wrists - there was a red and purple handprint on both of their wrists.
How strong is Xiao Peng's grip?
"Xiao, you misunderstood. They are not old scoundrels." Hubert said, "One of them is Director Luxon of the Fontainebleau Palace Museum, and the other is Director Renaud of the Louvre Museum."
Xiao Peng shook his head. "There are so many hypocrites out there! Just look at their behavior and you'll know they're not good people! They grabbed a girl's hand and wouldn't let go. Even the little hooligans on the street wouldn't do that!"
After hearing this, Renault endured the severe pain in his wrist and said, "Mr. Xiao! The bracelet your girlfriend is wearing is a piece of jewelry worn by the first queen of our country's Orleans Dynasty! This must be a treasure that belongs to us, France!"
Luxon covered his face after hearing this. He wanted to stop Renault from talking, but his wrist hurt too much to stop him.
Xiao Peng was stunned after hearing this and asked Renault, "What did you say? Can you repeat it?"
Renault was not to be outdone: "Mr. Xiao! The bracelet your girlfriend is wearing is a piece of jewelry worn by the first queen of our country's Orleans Dynasty! This must be a treasure that belongs to us, France!"
Now even Hubert didn't know what to say.
Xiao Peng snorted coldly, "France is the country with the most Chinese cultural relics in the world! The Louvre has over 30,000 Chinese antiques! The Guimet Museum has over 20,000! The Palace of Fontainebleau has thousands! Why didn't you tell us how much you stole when you went to China to burn, kill, and loot the Old Summer Palace? Now that you see this one thing, you're saying you'll give it back to you?"
"That's different!" Renault said bluntly, "Ours is a 'good faith acquisition' system, do you understand?"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He turned around and said, "Yu Beier, I can't eat this meal! Let's go!"
Yu Beier hurriedly stopped Xiao Peng: "Xiao, don't get excited. This matter has nothing to do with me. If I had known this was the case, I would never have organized such a dinner!"
He took himself out first.
Xiao Peng nodded: "I'll host a party in a few days and invite you."
He said and took Ilka's hand and walked out.
As a result, Renault became anxious when he saw Xiao Peng was about to leave. He subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Peng, but Xiao Peng suddenly dodged. He grabbed Ilka's skirt and suddenly lost his balance. With a "swish" sound, Ilka's skirt was torn into two pieces, and her underwear appeared in front of people.
"Ugh!" Renault was dumbfounded. Just as he was about to explain, he saw a fist as big as a bowl getting closer and closer to his eyes... 'Bang!'
Renault's eyes went dark and he fainted on the ground.
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