At the beginning of Haishi, Mu Siyu was eating dried fruits in the teahouse, listening to the storyteller talk about "the first businesswoman tearing apart the best-quality grandmother with her hands".
"How did the storyteller know?" Mu Siyu muttered, "I almost forgot."
Time flies so fast, those things seem to have happened a long time ago, and the 'nightmares' that once troubled her have long since disappeared from her life.
Now when I hear her 'story' told by others, it feels like I'm hearing about someone else's affairs, but I don't feel the slightest bit moved.
Zi Su came in from outside, leaned close to her ear and said, "The jade shop has hung lanterns."
Mu Siyu stood up: "Let's go then!"
Lanterns were hung on the jade shop, and dim candlelight illuminated the street outside with a red glow.
Mu Siyu knocked on the store door with two girls.
"Mrs. Tong, please come inside." The clerk asked her to come in.
After Mu Siyu entered with the two girls, several people from the alley opposite came out.
"Master, our people have surrounded this place. Not even a fly can fly out from here." said the man behind Lu Yi.
Lu Daniu glanced at him: "Don't take it lightly, Madam is inside!"
Lu Yi looked in the direction of the store door.
As soon as Mu Siyu saw the so-called 'high-quality goods', they would rush in and arrest him.
In the store, Boss Ning came over and said with a smile: "Madam, I kept you waiting for a long time."
"As long as it's good stuff, it doesn't matter if you wait a long time. If the stuff doesn't satisfy me, then I won't disturb you lightly." Mu Siyu put on the look of a nouveau riche.
She sat down and ignored the tea and cakes brought by the waiter, as if she despised such low-level things.
In fact, she didn't dare touch the tea here for fear of getting hurt here.
However, she had a strange feeling, as if she was uncomfortable here.
It wasn't her first time in the store, but it was her first time to feel this way, as if she hadn't grasped something, which made her feel uneasy.
"It must be a good thing and I won't disappoint Mrs. Tong. Please sit down here and I'll bring it out right away." Boss Ning greeted Mu Siyu.
He dug out a box from the cabinet next to him. Just as he took out the key and was about to open the box, a clerk walked in from outside.
"Boss, Boss Cheng is here to purchase goods," the waiter said.
Boss Ning stopped and looked up at the clerk, his eyes full of surprise: "It's so late, he still wants to purchase goods?"
"I heard that there is a big customer who is in a hurry to get the goods. He has no choice but to come to you." The clerk said, "What should I do now? I am still waiting to become the boss!"
"This..." Boss Ning looked at Mu Siyu, "Madam, I'm afraid I have to ask you to wait a moment."
Mu Siyu hesitated.
What a coincidence?
Isn't it a bit early to break up now?
Furthermore, without seeing the thing, he could not be sure that this person was related to this matter. Lu Yi only found out that the boss behind Qionglou and the jade shop was the same person, but found no other evidence.
"Madam, madam..." Boss Ning waved his hand in front of Mu Siyu, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Mu Siyu said, "In that case, let me go with you to meet Boss Cheng and see how your goods are doing?"
"This..." Boss Ning looked at the waiter next to him.
"Is it inconvenient?" Mu Siyu asked, "I am also your big customer after all. This small request is too much? If there is someone I like, I will take care of your business."
"Okay, Madam, please come with us!" Boss Ning said, "This way, please."
Mu Siyu followed Boss Ning.
Boss Ning is holding the box in his hand.
Suddenly, the lantern in front went out and the surrounding became pitch black.
At this time, Boss Ning ran away.
The man followed closely behind him.
"Madam, they ran away." Zisu shouted, "I will give chase to them."
Mu Siyu shouted: "Ziyuan, send the signal quickly."
"Yes." Ziyuan responded while taking out the flare from her arms.
A small firework shot up into the sky.
Lu Yi and others who were watching outside saw the signal and immediately left a group of people there to watch as originally planned. Lu Yi led the people into the store.
"They seemed to have discovered something was wrong with me. They found an excuse to sneak out before completing the transaction and ran over there." Mu Siyu saw Lu Yi and pointed to the direction in which Boss Ning was escaping.
"You stay here and don't move, I'll go after you."
The whole shop was empty. Now that the lantern was gone, I couldn't see my fingers. It was cold and dark to stay there. It was really not a good decision.
"Ziyuan, let's go back to the room we were in." Mu Siyu said, "They fled in a hurry. Maybe they left some clues. Let's go look for them."
Mu Siyu and Ziyuan were rummaging around in the store.
The jade was not seen during the day, so it must have been put away by them. However, if such a valuable thing is to be put out for sale during the day, of course it must be watched closely at night.
However, even if it is put away, it cannot be too far away, so it must still be nearby.
"Madam, there is a secret room here." Ziyuan exclaimed, "This slave found it accidentally."
Mu Siyu looked at the door of the secret room, then at the room, and said, "No wonder I felt a chill on my back just now. It turns out there is someone here."
"What the lady means is..."
"There was originally a person hiding here. When I was trading with Boss Ning, he was observing me. Maybe he noticed something was wrong with my identity, so he gave Boss Ning a warning."
"It's just a little bit close, but the secret is revealed."
"I hope my husband can catch them."
Not long after, Zi Su came back.
"Madam, the master asked the slave to come back to you." Zisu said, "Luckily the master arrived in time, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see the slave."
"What's wrong?" Mu Siyu asked.
"They actually used medicine, and the slave almost got infected." Zi Su said angrily, "The master asked the slave to send the lady to the inn to wait."
"I'll wait here for him to come over." Mu Siyu pointed to the secret passage next to him, "There is a secret room here. I don't know what's going on inside, so I didn't go down to take a look."
When Lu Yi returned to the inn, he saw that Mu Siyu had not returned, so he led people to the jade shop.
When he saw the secret room, he took people down to see it.
Then a large amount of jade and jewelry were brought up.
"Wait a minute." Mu Siyu stopped some of the men carrying the box, "Don't carry this box, it's all fake."
"Fake?" Lu Yi picked up the jade Buddha statue in the box and looked at it. "It's fake and real. If you don't look carefully, you won't find out that it's fake."
"It should be a prop for their deception." Mu Siyu said, "Show it to the guests, and then play the trick of accidentally breaking it when passing it over. The other party will have to pay compensation even if they don't pay. By the way, have you caught them?
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"Caught it," Lu Yi said, "I sent so many people to keep an eye on this place. If I can still let him escape, wouldn't all your money during this time have been wasted?"
"Who said it was wasted money?" Mu Siyu said, "The money was spent on investigating the case, and the government has to reimburse it."
"Okay, I'll reimburse you." Lu Yi took her hand, "Let's go, get out of here."
