The antique shop of Mr. Trende and his granddaughter Nair is located in Area C at the end of Salvin Square. From there, just turn a corner and you will find the entrance of the subway. It can also be regarded as an antique store on the third underground floor.
The prime location of the city.
Old Trend's ancestor was said to have been a retainer of Earl Salvin. When he retired, he received a gift from the Earl's family and learned a lot of appraisals and knowledge from the upper class, so he opened such an antique shop.
Anyway, the girl Nel has always claimed this to the outside world, but she herself doesn't really believe it.
It is true that the life of grandparents and grandchildren is quite difficult. Nair's parents died young, so the old man took his granddaughter over and raised it himself. He felt that he was old and his granddaughter was still young. If there was a shortcoming, how would he live?
On impulse, he was deceived by a broker who was involved in the financial industry, and they used an old antique store as collateral to participate in a speculation business. Naturally, they lost all their money, and even the store was almost taken away.
Fortunately, Trend actually took out a painting of Count Salvin at this time. You know, the famous literary Earl Salvin, in addition to biologists, environmental engineers, urban designers, etc.
In addition to the above, there are also the attributes of a great artist, and the level of painting is master-level. As a literary youth, this is of course very reasonable, right?
In short, the painting was sold for a large sum of money, and the debt was finally paid off, so that the grandfather and grandson would not live on the street.
All the above are what the girl Nel said to Yu Lian along the way.
"Fortunately, grandpa really left some money in the family! Otherwise, we would really have to wander around and become beggars. I always feel that I would have died of illness a few years ago," the little girl said.
"Indeed, if your grandpa can produce the paintings of Count Salvin, doesn't it mean that his ancestor must have been a retainer of the Count?" Yu Lian asked.
"Who knows? If our ancestors were really retainers of the Earl's Palace, how could we be as virtuous as we are now? Look at the newly appointed Mayor of Wudu, the Sherier family only served as the third-class political secretary of the Governor's Palace before.
And Bessin, the richest man in our three islands, only worked as the accountant of Viscount Naseby of the garrison fleet. Now he is not a human being."
There is nothing wrong with this. You must know that there are many powerful people in the community now. To put it bluntly, they were the leading party during the empire's rule. They made the nobles happy before starting their own business.
During the War of Independence, these people betrayed their master and transformed into one of the heroes in the establishment of the community.
Of course, according to their words, this is certainly not betrayal, but a return to the light.
In a sense, what the little girl said makes sense. At that time, Earl Salvin was the most powerful nobleman in the empire on earth. If their ancestors had really been the Earl's retainers, they would have made a fortune long ago.
"I guess, at most, I worked in the Earl's house as a handyman or something like that. Then I got lucky and happened to find the Earl in a good mood, so I won a prize for a painting."
Well, it seems logical to explain it this way.
"However, because of that painting, our store's business has improved a lot. There are even some foreign customers who come to visit us. The lady you mentioned should be one of them. However, she came to us
This small shop was opened nearly a year ago."
"Grandpa received that lady. Grandpa helped her find things for a long time. But I don't know anything else. If you have anything, you can ask him. Well, we are here."
The three of them are now standing outside an ordinary shop. The sign of "Trend and Nair House" is hung on the door. There are various handicrafts, paintings and the like in an orderly manner in the house. This is
A very ordinary antique shop, no different from all the shops on this floor.
Yu Lian remembered the photo sent by the Sharing Foundation. It was "Charlie", the future little queen of the insect swarm and the current fugitive, who was about to enter this store.
That photo was taken by a little-known travel photographer when he was photographing the famous Salvin Square Underground Antique City. He took hundreds of photos in total, but only one of them was very different.
The eye-catching lower left corner contains all the images of her and this small shop.
The foundation enlarged the screenshot in the lower left corner, repaired it for clarity, and sent it to Yu Lian. This is probably to show that their intelligence sources are absolutely true and reliable, and will never deceive others.
In the shop, an old man sat behind his desk, took off his magnifying glass, and looked up at the customers.
"Nair, are you back? Business is so good today? Are they all sold out?"
"No, I have brought you a big customer." The little girl smiled and said: "Oh, yes, and this is Sister Qing, do you remember? She used to come to play with us often."
The old man looked at Yu Lian with some confusion, and then at Gongsun Qing, his eyes becoming more and more confused.
What makes people suspicious is that Gongsun Qing also looked at the other party with a suspicious look, and after a pause, he showed a bright smile: "Yeah... Grandpa Trend, don't you remember?
I still remember that I saw my first comic strip of "Song of Dawn" from you."
"Yes, really? Oh, good, just come back." The old man was still a little at a loss.
Yu Lian also glanced at the other party covertly and said with a smile: "I did come to you to ask something this time. However, you actually have the first edition of the comic book "Song of Dawn" here. This is an orphan edition.
I’m here, I must visit your store later.”
"Then...have you seen this person?"
The old man carefully looked at the portrait that Yu Lian had summoned for nearly a minute. His expression was very calm, and even his heartbeat did not change at all.
Yu Lian looked at him and pulled out another picture from the terminal. It was the clearly restored screenshot of the screenshot sent to him by the Foundation. It was the moment when Xia Li walked into the store.
He kept observing the old man's face and slowly squeezed his hands.
Since just now, he has been observing the other party secretly. However, he can't even feel the slightest heartbeat.
But at this time, the old man grinned: "Nair, there is no business today. Please close the door first."
Without saying anything, the little girl walked directly to the door and pressed the switch.
Old Man Trende stood up from behind the table. He turned out to be a tall man nearly two meters tall. However, he looked a little thin. At first glance, he had a fat figure. Of course, his body was very tall and straight, and his movements were fast.
He is also quick and agile, and considering his age, he can be regarded as a quite healthy and healthy old man.
"Don't worry, I don't mean any harm." Mr. Trend smiled like a cheerful businessman. Of course, if it weren't for a mechanical red light flashing in his eyes, even Yu Lian might have looked very embarrassed.
Kindness is very approachable.
"It's really rare...that there are still prosthetics like you here!" Yu Liandao said.
Another artificial red light flashed in the other person's eyes, and the warm smile was still on his face, but it was a bit unnatural.
"Well, I'm sorry, the foggy city and even this earth are not very peaceful recently. The iron knots in my head are also a little hard to control. I hope they didn't scare you." The old man nodded his head, and unexpectedly
There was a dull sound of gold and iron.
Because of this action, Yu Lian directly saw the gear tattoo on Trend's forearm. At this moment, he really did not doubt that the other party had any malicious intent.
In his previous life, the organization represented by this tattoo was really one of the few positive and friendly organizations that he, Yu Lian Daxia, had a positive relationship with. He also knew this organization and the behavior of its internal members very well.
However, has the Omnic Brotherhood been established in this era?