The next day, Xu Qingqing and Chen Jiashu arrived at the antique market early and continued to search the areas they had missed the previous day.
To prevent strangers from entering or leaving at will, since yesterday afternoon, anyone entering or leaving the antique market had to register.
The bald - headed man watched as the security guards on duty were checking and registering people one by one. There were also policemen and Lao Yu standing there.
The bald - headed man recognized Lao Yu as the one who had bought antiques from him. He gritted his teeth and growled in a low voice, "This traitor! I sold them the stuff, and they dared to betray me!"
"I'll definitely teach him a good lesson later!"
"Brother Bald, what should we do then?" The young man with glasses following him asked the bald - headed man timidly.
He was the young man who had entered the Xu family that night under the pretext of seeking advice, trying to trick Xu's father into forging antiques.
"What else can we do? Just take the same way we came before," the bald - headed man said, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. The sunlight shone brightly on his head.
But the young man hesitated, "Do we have to crawl through that dog hole again... The hole is so small. I got stuck in it yesterday..."
The bald - headed man glared at the young man and said mockingly, "Qian Shunli, look at your big belly. Eat less and lose some weight in the future, or how can you go tomb - raiding with us!"
Although the young man was only in his twenties, he looked twice as thick as Brother Bald, with a bulging belly.
Qian Shunli blushed from the mockery but couldn't refute. "I know! I'll lose weight!"
"Let's go!"
Brother Bald led Qian Shunli around to the back wall of the antique market.
Qian Shunli followed the bald - headed man dejectedly, and the two went to look for the dog hole to crawl through.
They found the dog hole they had climbed out of yesterday. The bald - headed man crawled through it smoothly, but Qian Shunli had a hard time.
The bald - headed man wiped the sweat from his head and pulled Qian Shunli out of the dog hole. Then he took out the secretly - made key, opened the shop door, and crawled in.
Seeing the green cloth bag still there, the bald - headed man heaved a sigh of relief and hugged it in his arms.
"Fortunately, it wasn't searched away."
Qian Shunli had been lying on the crack of the door looking out. When he saw Xu Qingqing and Chen Jiashu searching the alley where the empty shop was located, he said nervously, "Brother Bald, let's go quickly! They're coming soon!"
"Go? Where do you think you're going?" The bald - headed man rolled his eyes impatiently and lay on the crack of the door, carefully watching the movements of Xu Qingqing and her group.
The other side was just on this street. If they went out of the empty shop, they would surely attract attention. Wouldn't that be walking into a trap?
"What should we do, Brother Bald?" Qian Shunli was on his first mission and was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
The bald - headed man snorted and sneered, "Look at how cowardly you are. No one has entered this shop for years. They definitely won't come in to search!"
"Wait until they leave, and then we'll go out!"
The workload today was not heavy, and Xu Qingqing and her group had come early. They had only investigated a dozen or so shops, and the work was almost done. There was only one empty shop left.
"That shop hasn't been entered for a long time. There probably won't be anything in it," Xiao He reported the situation of the last empty shop to Xu Qingqing.
Chen Jiashu glanced at the dusty rolling door. "Qingqing, let's call it a day."
"No, we should still go in and take a look," Xu Qingqing disagreed. Her eyes fell on the rolling door, which was printed with several fingerprints.
"Okay, I'll go and ask the security guard for the key."
Qian Shunli, who was lying on the door listening, heard Xu Qingqing say that they were going to come in. His heart immediately jumped into his throat. His hands and feet went numb as he looked at the bald - headed man.
The bald - headed man also panicked. He cursed Xu Qingqing silently in his heart and subconsciously looked around for a hiding place.
But this was an empty shop. There wasn't even a chair, let alone a place to hide!
"What should we do, Brother Bald!"
The bald - headed man stuffed the package into Qian Shunli's arms, his face serious and determined.
"Qian Shunli, when they come in, I'll find a way to grab one of them as a hostage. Then you take the package and run out!"
"Be sure to run out and find Li Zhengyi to save me. Do you understand!"
"Brother Bald..." Qian Shunli was a little touched. He didn't expect that the bald - headed man, who always scolded and disliked him, would let him go first!
Qian Shunli wiped his runny nose and held the bald - headed man's hand. "Brother Bald! I'll never forget your kindness in saving my life!"
The bald - headed man felt the sticky touch and felt so disgusted that he wanted to slap Qian Shunli and kick him out, but he held back and pulled his hand away.
The bald - headed man rushed to the crack of the door. Seeing Xiao He coming with the key to open the door, he finally said to Qian Shunli, "Get ready! As soon as they come in, you run out!"
"Okay!" Qian Shunli nodded with gritted teeth.
The next moment, the rolling door was pulled up. The bald - headed man turned around and quickly pounced on Qian Shunli.
"Son of a bitch, you're a tomb - raider, aren't you? I finally caught you!" the bald - headed man said and punched Qian Shunli, avenging the sticky feeling on his hand from the snot.
"What are you doing!"
Qian Shunli's nose bled from the punch, and he was stunned.
What was going on?
Wasn't it agreed that he would run first? Why was he taking the blame and becoming the tomb - raider!
Lao Yu, who was following Xu Qingqing, saw the bald - headed man and excitedly pointed at him and shouted, "It's this bald - headed man. He's the one who sold the stuff. He's the tomb - raider!"
But the bald - headed man pushed Qian Shunli in front of everyone and loudly defended himself.
"It's not me. I'm innocent. I was deceived by this guy! He's the real tomb - raider. It was him who sold me that bronze ware!"
"Comrade policeman, I'm innocent!"
After saying that, the bald - headed man took a big step forward and desperately patted his chest to prove his innocence.
Only then did Qian Shunli realize that he had been pushed out by the bald - headed man to be the scapegoat!
Qian Shunli roared angrily, "Bald - headed man! You're talking nonsense. You're the tomb - raider!"
"Me, a tomb - raider?" The bald - headed man sneered and pointed at Qian Shunli's chest. "Don't you even look at what's in your arms!"
"Obviously, you just wanted to sell something to me again. Since I didn't buy it from you, you framed me!"
"I..." Qian Shunli finally understood why the bald - headed man had stuffed the package into his arms. His hand trembled, and the package in his arms fell to the ground.
Xu Qingqing was shocked. If there was a bronze ware in it, it would surely break when it hit the ground!
Xu Qingqing slid and pounced forward. She fell to the ground herself, but the bronze ware was firmly protected in her arms.
Chen Jiashu roared, "You'll go to jail for damaging cultural relics!"
Seeing that there was no way out, Qian Shunli remembered what the bald - headed man had said just now. He took a big step forward, took out a knife from his bag, and put it against Xu Qingqing's neck, shouting at the others.
Qian Shunli roared heart - rendingly and dragged Xu Qingqing to force her to stand up. "Who dares to arrest me! I've already said that I'm not a tomb - raider!"
But since he had kidnapped someone and had stolen goods in his hand, no matter how much he shouted, it was unconvincing.
"You're a tomb - raider. Stop arguing!"