Chapter 948: Chapter 0948: Old Friends Help 6 Chapter 948: Chapter 0948: Old Friends Help 6 Having pulled off such a bold heist, Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue were both excited and barely slept that night.
The next day, they ate in a nearby pastry shop and heard no rumors.
After eating, they strolled around the neighborhood as if nothing had happened, pretending to be looking for soone. Around nine o’clock, they saw a commotion at the entrance of the cultural relics departnt; many police officers were hurrying back and forth, everyone with a serious look on their faces, knocking on doors for inquiries.
At the sa ti, they also spotted He Hongjun among them.
By late morning, when most of the people had gradually dispersed, Lu Jiang, who stood by the roadside, gestured to He Hongjun.
He Hongjun wiped the sweat off his forehead, “Comrades, what brings you here?”
“We ca nearby to look for soone, but couldn’t find them. We missed the train back, so we stayed here for the night and are about to head back to the state-run hotel near the train station where we were staying,” Feng Qingxue answered his question and tilted her chin toward the cultural relics departnt, “What happened there? I see that the police departnt has been mobilized, so looking bewildered, so stern.”
He Hongjun glanced around and whispered, “A big incident, a huge one, inexplicable. It’s horrifying that such a thing could happen at a ti when the remnants of the old world are being purged.”
Lu Jiang and Feng Qingxue asked what had happened.
“A large batch of cultural relics that were to be shipped to the southeast coast disappeared overnight from the cultural relics departnt, the entire warehouse was empty. Oh, not quite, the warehouse still had so tattered items, the broken shelves that used to store books and paintings because the relics had been packed in boxes. Additionally, a large box of gold was found on the scene, a quaint redwood box. You tell , isn’t that shocking?”
As he spoke, He Hongjun shook his head, his face still reflecting the shock from the discovery.
Feng Qingxue covered her mouth with her hand and exclaid in a soft voice, “Isn’t that the work of a fairy?”
He Hongjun sighed, “That’s what half of the people are muttering in their hearts but dare not speak out. It’s too miraculous, it can’t be explained as anything but the work of a fairy. Anyway, I won’t say more, there’s a lot to be busy with.”
“Then go ahead, we won’t keep you,” said Lu Jiang.
He Hongjun nodded, preparing to leave, but suddenly asked, “Who are you looking for? Tell the na and address, perhaps I could lend a hand. Aren’t you heading to the Capital soon?”
Feng Qingxue hurriedly said, “Right, how could we forget about Comrade He. Coincidentally, the person we’re looking for shares your last na, her na is He Qingyin, an old lady. Given her status, we didn’t dare to search too openly. Comrade He, I wonder if you could help us find her.”
“He Qingyin?”
“Yes, He Qingyin, quite famous in the art circles.”
He Hongjun’s face lit up with a broad smile, “You’ve co to the right person, and this is sothing I found even more coincidental.”
“How so? You know her?” Feng Qingxue was very surprised.
With a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, He Hongjun’s tone was joyful though not raised in volu, “My great-aunt! Comrade Qingxue, you haven’t forgotten, have you? I told you when I first ca to Shanghai, I ca to seek shelter with my great-aunt.”
Feng Qingxue’s eyes widened, “He Qingyin is your great-aunt?”
He Hongjun nodded and chuckled, “Otherwise, how would you say such coincidences make a story? As for the famous master He Qingyin in the art circles, there’s no second person in the world besides my great-aunt!”
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