Chapter 675: Fake Death, Planning the Old Man’s Antiques
Mr. Guan disappeared and there was no news for several months.
A few months have passed, and most people have given up hope and don't think Mr. Guan will ever come back.
Even Mr. Guan’s own son and daughter-in-law searched for Mr. Guan for several days after he disappeared, but could not be found. They also lost their patience and left the responsibility of searching to their daughter Guan Xiaoguan. They themselves flew back abroad.
went.
Although Guan Xiaoguan searched for him for a long time and even called the police and posted a missing person notice, after a few months, she basically gave up.
Only Han Chunming still had hope and had been searching hard. He firmly believed that nothing happened to Mr. Guan, but he was hiding somewhere to watch their 'jokes'.
Because of Han Chunming's persistence, Baoshahou also helped in the search.
Compared with them, Mr. Guan’s son and daughter-in-law really feel sorry for their blood relationship.
Because of the disappearance of Mr. Guan, Meng Xiaozao was kicked out of the small courtyard by Yu Jinxian. Originally, they had nowhere to go and had no choice but to return to their hometown. However, Zhou Chen liked the kind and sensible Meng Xiaozao very much, so he let them move into his apartment.
Living in a courtyard house.
Meng Xiaozao was not idle, but listened to Han Chunyan's words and went to take care of Han's mother's daily life during the day. Li Yuejin was arranged by Han Chunming to work in his engineering team.
Zhou Chen is in a pretty good mood recently, because the second Chenxing Plaza is almost completed.
It has been two years since the first Chenxing Plaza opened. Because of Zhou Chen’s design concept that surpassed the current decades, business was very booming after its opening, so it didn’t take long for the second Chenxing Plaza to start construction again.
Although the business development was very good, Zhou Chen did not give up his job of teaching at Peking University.
Of course, this is also because this job is very easy. Since he was appointed as a professor, and he is in an unpopular major such as the Department of Archeology, so he does not have many courses and can completely cope with it.
After class, Zhou Chen returned to the office. Not long after he sat down, someone suddenly came over to notify him.
"Professor Zhou, the security office called and said that someone is looking for you and asked you to come over."
"Is there anyone at the door looking for me?"
Zhou Chen put down his pen and looked surprised. He neither called him nor went to his home to look for him. Instead, he came to the school to look for him. This meant that the person who looked for him must not be familiar with him.
"Okay, I understand, thank you."
With curiosity, Zhou Chen went to the guard room and found that the person looking for him was a stranger he had never seen before.
"Hello, are you Professor Zhou Chenzhou?"
"Yes, I am Zhou Chen. Who are you?"
"I was asked to deliver a letter to you."
This man took out an envelope from his body and handed it to Zhou Chen. After Zhou Chen accepted it, he said goodbye and left.
After walking out of the guard room, Zhou Chen looked at the letter in his hand and opened it curiously.
This was indeed a letter, but the content shocked Zhou Chen because it was sent to him by someone he didn't expect at all.
After reading the letter, Zhou Chen showed a stunned smile on his face: "Hey, this old man, does he trust me so much?"
Because of the sudden arrival of this letter, Zhou Chen left work early and drove to the address written in the letter.
After driving for more than an hour, we finally arrived at our destination.
Looking at the somewhat dilapidated small courtyard in front of him, Zhou Chen was filled with emotion. It was strange that Han Chunming and the others could find it in such a remote place.
Walking into the campus, Zhou Chen saw Mr. Guan, whom he had not seen for a long time. He was lying on a recliner, basking in the sun leisurely.
"Hey, old man, I haven't seen you like this. You seem to be doing well."
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A few days later, a villa in the suburbs.
Zhou Chen brewed tea slowly and methodically. After the tea was ready, he brought a cup to Mr. Guan opposite.
"This villa is in my name, but no one else knows it. You can live here with peace of mind. I have arranged a nanny here. If you need anything else, I will have it sent over."
"I want Xiaozao to serve me, can you agree?"
"There is nothing I dare not do. As long as you have no objection, I will go and pick up Xiaozao now."
"Boy, you actually dare to take over Grandpa's army. You've become more capable."
"Didn't you bring this up first? I'm just following your wishes."
Zhou Chen and Mr. Guan both laughed.
After not seeing each other for several months, Mr. Guan actually looks much better than when he was discharged from the hospital.
"You used this trick to escape from the golden cicada. It was very slippery. You didn't see it. It scared those people."
"Looking at your tone, you don't seem to be scared by me?"
"Haha, of course I am different from them. I know exactly how your physical condition is. What's more, you still have so many treasures to deal with. How can you be willing to leave this world?"
Mr. Guan laughed happily and said: "It turns out that after all this trouble for most of my life, the person who understands me best is actually a boy like you."
"I won't talk about your son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter-in-law. I'll just talk about my brother-in-law Han Chunming. A few months have passed and he still hasn't recovered. He sits on the doorstep every day and looks forward to your return."
Mr. Guan sighed: "You think I think, if it weren't for my son and disrespectful daughter-in-law, I wouldn't be hiding. Chunming is my disciple. I'm not wrong. Accepting him will be the old man's responsibility for the rest of my life."
, the most correct thing to do.”
Although he was hiding, he had heard about the situation at home, so he was naturally aware of his apprentice Han Chunming's filial piety.
"However, I have to do this. Who makes me want to live a happy life for a few more years?"
Zhou Chen said with a smile: "In my opinion, you are always too indecisive. In my opinion, why should you be so aggrieved? Just go to the civil affairs department to sever ties with your son and daughter-in-law."
"Hey, you kid, you're teasing me on purpose, right?"
"I'm just thinking about you."
"piss off."
Mr. Guan rolled his eyes. Although he was extremely dissatisfied with his son and disliked his daughter-in-law, he had never thought of severing ties with his son.
For him, his son is his only child. As an old father, how can he bear to sever ties with his son, let alone a granddaughter he likes very much.
"You can stay here as you like. When do you want to meet Chunming and the others, just tell me and I will make arrangements for you."
"Forget it, I want to live a happy life for a few years first, and we can talk about meeting later. But you should come and talk to me more often in the future."
"That's no problem, but I told you in advance not to drink indiscriminately. If you really can't help it, just tell me and I will give you an appropriate amount to drink based on your situation."
"Okay, okay, if you can't even drink, what's the point of living?"
Zhou Chen felt that after he arranged for Mr. Guan, nothing further would happen.
But he still underestimated Mr. Guan's willfulness. Before notifying him, Mr. Guan had already arranged his own funeral arrangements and had a plan to fake his own death.
Good guy, Mr. Guan's 'death' immediately caused an uproar.
Zhou Chen came to the villa in the suburbs and saw Mr. Guan sitting at the dining table in a daze. The food on the table was not moved at all, as if he was wandering in the sky. Even Zhou Chen's footsteps did not wake him up.
It wasn't until Zhou Chen sat down in front of him that Mr. Guan came back to his senses.
"I said, old man, this move of yours is really cruel. You haven't seen that my brother-in-law is so sad. Your son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter-in-law, and grandson-in-law together, he is not the only one who is sad. That's true.
It was so sad that the listeners shed tears. Even I, a hard-blooded man, was moved by his sincerity."
"Come on, stop talking nonsense and tell me the situation." Mr. Guan said angrily.
"The situation is that they have erected a tombstone for you and are preparing to do something. Yesterday, Chunming stayed with you and cried all night at your tomb."
"...this boy."
Out of a thousand words, Mr. Guan only said three words, but his tears could not help but flow down.
After a long while, Mr. Guan finally calmed down and said, "Have they also received my suicide note?"
"I got it, I guess it won't be long before they get into trouble."
Zhou Chen said angrily.
He knew the plot, so he knew very well what kind of trouble the Guan family had with Han Chunming over the old things left by Mr. Guan.
If it were him, he wouldn't be polite at all. He would just take the suicide note and collect all the things belonging to Mr. Guan. Don't talk about being disrespectful. Even if he donated all the things to the museum, it would still be worse than giving it to Guan's father and mother.
They are strong.
It was a pity that Han Chunming cherished feathers, valued family ties and friendship, and was afraid of being gossiped about behind his back, so he returned all the things to the Guan family in an upright manner.
He has good intentions, but what is the final reward?
The reward is more suspicion and a lot of trouble.
Mr. Guan said: "Let them make trouble, let them make trouble. I believe Chunming, he will be able to handle this matter. Besides, if you are not here, even if Chunming can't handle it, I believe you will not sit idly by."
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"Hey, old man, I think you are relying on me. Tell me, am I not interested in you enough? I have provided you with food, drinks, and chats and drinks for the past two years. You see, I have paid so much.
So many things, but in the end you didn't catch a single good thing. Now you still expect me to come to the rescue, do you really think of me as Guanyin Bodhisattva?"
"Guanyin Bodhisattva is not as capable as you. Anyway, I am relying on you. You have to agree whether you agree or not."
Zhou Chen smiled and shook his head. He was just joking. Mr. Guan has taught him a lot over the years. These things cannot be measured by money, so naturally he will not object to spending money and effort to take care of Mr. Guan.
"Then I have to say it in advance. When the time comes, I will be rude to your son, daughter-in-law, including your granddaughter. Don't blame me afterwards."
Mr. Guan snorted: "Unless you beat them to death, I will never blame you."
"Haha, you can even fake your own death. I really can't believe you."
"You're looking for a fight, aren't you?"
Mr. Guan's 'funeral' was very sensational. He was a well-known figure in this large alley. There were almost no people older than him, and there were very few young people who had not heard of his title of Admiral of the Nine Sects.
Throughout the day, there was an endless stream of people coming to pay their respects, almost from morning to night.
Zhou Chen naturally went there too, just pretending.
What made him regretful was that in order to pay homage to Mr. Guan, Bashahou actually dropped a Ge Kiln Bafang Cup.
Although he already owned porcelain from the Song Dynasty, the Bafang Cup from Ge Kiln was also a treasure passed down from generation to generation. Naturally, he was very distressed when it was destroyed like this.
It's just that this thing belongs to Baobahou after all. If people want to use it to pay homage to Mr. Guan, he has no right to stop it. After all, he can't publicize the fact that Mr. Guan faked his death.
After the funeral, the fight over the inheritance began.
Zhou Chen tried to persuade Han Chunming sideways, but unfortunately, Han Chunming couldn't understand what he meant, or maybe he understood but didn't adopt it.
Just like the plot in the TV series, Han Chunming still gave up his inheritance rights, burned his suicide note, and returned all Mr. Guan's 'inheritance' to the Guan family.
But Guan's father and mother, including Guan Xiaoguan, did not appreciate it. Instead, they took it for granted. Guan Xiaoguan even felt that the number of antiques in the inheritance was much less, so he investigated everywhere to find out whether it had been stolen by the Han Dynasty.
Chunming was swallowed up.
On this day, Han Chunming called Popohou Hou and they came to Zhou Chen's home. Only when the people gathered together did he reveal his purpose.
"Balanhou, Zhou Chen, we are all so familiar, so I won't say any more nonsense."
"I came here today for only one purpose, and that is to find a way to keep all the antiques left behind by the old man in the country, and not to let the old man's son and daughter-in-law go abroad."
The broken man waited and said sarcastically: "Han Chunming, I think you are just asking for trouble. The old man left a suicide note and gave everything to you. But you are so kind and kind that you returned everything to others, and now you are doing it again."
What do you call this when you come here and want to buy something? Isn’t it just unnecessary?”
"I agree with what Mr. Hou said. It's unnecessary to take off your pants and fart in the real way." Zhou Chen agreed.
Han Chunming was speechless: "Stop talking, these are two different things. Don't you want to see the old man's things?"
Zhou Chen and Baolanhou stopped talking now. It was just teasing, but Zhou Chen definitely wanted to see something. Not only did he want to see it, but he also wanted it, and Baolanhou definitely wanted it too.
Everyone is a collector, and who doesn’t want to keep good things close to him? What’s more, Zhou Chen also has a side mission of collecting antiques.
Mr. Guan's things have been collected by generations of ancestors. Even Zhou Chen has never seen Mr. Guan's collection. Who knows how many good things there are in it and how many of them meet the system's standards.
I couldn't get it from Mr. Guan before, but this time it's an opportunity to buy something and find out how many pieces meet the standards.
Even though there are not many objects that meet the mission standards, most of the items collected by Mr. Guan are genuine. If you buy them now, their value will definitely double and soar in a short time.
No matter what, as long as you can buy something, you will never lose money.
Bad Hou asked: "What do you want to do?"
Han Chunming said: "I want to ask you to come forward and collect the things from them. I will pay for it. After buying it, the things will belong to me. I will let you choose one at that time."
"Haha, what you think is quite beautiful."
Zhou Chen glanced at him and said, "Am I short of your money?"
Han Chunming smiled and said: "You are not short of money, but you have had conflicts with others before, and they may not be willing to talk to you."
"Then you are wrong. This old man's daughter-in-law is just a person who cares about money. She recognizes money but not people. As long as the money is in place, you can see whether she can be sold to me."
Zhou Chen is not worried at all. As long as he is willing to pay, let alone the previous contradiction, even if he slaps Yu Jinxian twice, she will probably be happy.
"Fuck, I suddenly felt that I shouldn't have come to see you." Han Chunming regretted it.
"You are wrong again. In fact, even if you don't come to me, I will go to them, but I will do it in person."
Han Chunming immediately looked at Zhou Chen with a wary expression: "Have you been thinking about the old man's things for a long time?"
"You are right, because I have already calculated that your son will definitely give up the inheritance rights and return the things to them, so I have been prepared for it."
Zhou Chen looked calm and calm. He had indeed made preparations long ago. His plan was to ask his old classmate Wu Jingui to come forward and buy it.
Wu Jingui is his royal treasure buyer. Many of his things were bought from Wu Jingui. Wu Jingui is now a well-known collector in Yanjing City. Zhou Chen can't see some of them.
The objects on the list were all given to him for collection.
Baolanhou laughed and said: "Look, Chunming, look at your brother-in-law, he is much smarter than you, you still want to scheme against him?"
"Zhou Chen, I think this way, just the two of us will come forward and buy all the good things. When the time comes, two and one will be added to make five, and each person will take half. How about it?"
Zhou Chen thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but I'll pay for it first, and I'll choose it first, and I'll give you the rest."
"That won't work. When the time comes, you will pick out all the good things and leave some crooked melons and cracked dates for me. That won't work." Baolanhou firmly disagreed.
Zhou Chen changed his explanation: "Well, let's choose according to our time. I will choose the objects from the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties first, and you will choose the objects from before the Tang Dynasty. When the time comes, we will each rely on our eyesight. Once we make the selection, we will never regret it. What do you think?
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"Hey, this is a fun way to play."
Baolanhou became interested and thought about it for a moment: "Okay, let's do what you say, and that's it."
"Hey, hey, you're going too far. I'm still here, and you just started to separate yourself. Have you forgotten me?"
Baolanhou waved his hand: "You can go and stay wherever you like. I made an agreement with your brother-in-law and it has nothing to do with you anymore."
When Han Chunming saw that Baoshahou and Zhou Chen didn't seem to be joking, he immediately became anxious.
"Bapohou Hou, I called you here today. You are trying to burn bridges across the river,"
"Also, Zhou Chen, what is our relationship? You can't do this to me. I will go to my second sister to file a lawsuit against you."
Zhou Chen said nonchalantly: "You can go if you like, Mr. Hou, why don't we choose a different day and go meet Guan's family later?"
"No problem, but I have to tell my old son-in-law about this first. I may not have enough cash."
Although Shapohou had money, it was limited because most of his money was used to buy old things, so he was worried that he would not have enough money by then, so he thought of calling his old son-in-law.
Zhou Chen immediately stopped him and said: "No, there's no need to inform your old son-in-law. Once the things are in his hands, he'll probably have to spend money. You don't have to worry about the money. I have plenty. Let's buy the things first and we'll talk about the money later. Really."
No, you can sell me a few of your collection of old objects."
"Hey, I discovered it. You and Han Chunming are really the same person. You are both thinking about that little thing of mine."
Broken Hou smiled, he really felt that Zhou Chen was worthy of being Han Chunming's brother-in-law when it came to treating good things.
