jdhmnovel Chapter 125: Do Time Travelers Still Exist?
Chapter 125: Do Time Travelers Still Exist?
"Is this also a fake?"
[Reporting to the owner, this is an authentic piece! A genuine artifact currently valued at hundreds of billions. The Singapore Museum searched for this antique a few years ago, but unfortunately, the search ended in failure.]
"Well, the Shen family actually hoards national-level antiques. They're really courting death."
Su Qi suddenly realized that she could turn the tables. Didn't the Shen family advocate frugality? They claimed that their villa was a combination of two second-hand houses, which is why it had a style that combined European and Chinese elements.
Now, this antique is exactly the opposite of what they advocate for frugality.
Su Qi reached out to touch the antique, but couldn't move it at all. Su Qi suspected that the blue and white cloud vase was too tall, making it too heavy.
It was impossible to move this antique out for the world to see, so Su Qi could only take pictures of the surrounding environment along with the antique.
Suddenly, Zhao Meihua shouted, "Thief! Thief! Thief!"
Su Qi was slightly taken aback, then pulled the silk scarf from Zhao Meihua's neck and stuffed it into her mouth.
Fortunately, Shen Tiancheng had already left, and the servants were all in the backyard and couldn't hear the commotion here.
Su Qi was pushed by Zhao Meihua and bumped into the antique shelf. She suddenly felt a sway behind her. She turned her head and saw that there was a crack in the door behind the antique shelf.
The real entrance to the secret room was actually in Zhao Meihua's room, not in Shen Tiancheng's room.
Does this design mean that if it's discovered, Zhao Meihua can be made to take the blame?
Su Qi turned the Qingyun porcelain bottle, and sure enough, when an antique cannot be moved, there must be some kind of mechanism hidden inside.
The display shelf was moved aside, revealing the entrance to the secret passage.
The structure of the secret room door is still unknown; all that can be seen is an uneven latch in front of the one-way lock.
Will it fit like this?
Feifei's search results: [Yes, according to the information, this is a mortise and tenon structure popular in ancient times in the Xin Kingdom.]
"Such an ingenious mechanism, how could it be used by such a person to commit evil?" Su Qi felt it was a pity.
Su Qi was about to go in when she realized that Zhao Meihua was acting crazy again and she couldn't understand her. Just in case, she saved her game here using the system.
Walking into the secret room separated by the display shelves, you descend all the way down the stairs.
Just as Su Qi had imagined, it was rotating.
She muttered casually, "That perverted Shen Tiancheng, he really has nothing better to do than have too much money to burn, so he has to do these kinds of things."
Is it that rich people like to dabble in abstract art when they have free time?
"Hmm? That makes sense."
To this day, no more anonymous messages have been sent.
Su Qi was wondering why, but little did she know that the secret passage had already reached its end.
There was only one room after passing through the corridor, and a girl dressed in black was lying in the room.
Feifei used the system to confirm her identity.
This is... Shen Yu, the youngest daughter of the Shen family who was declared missing many years ago.
However, judging from her appearance, she must have had mental problems for a long time, right?
"what?"
Su Qi realized something. So this was the deepest secret of the Shen family.
The youngest daughter developed a mental illness, and in order to prevent such a child from affecting the family's reputation, Shen Tiancheng set up this place to imprison Shen Yu.
The girl was pretty and looked to be around nineteen years old.
He closed his eyes, frowned, and sat on the ground with a distressed expression.
The girl seemed unwell. When she saw Su Qi arrive, she stared blankly at the tattoo on Su Qi's arm and spoke in a language that Su Qi couldn't understand.
Su Qi repeatedly checked the girl's clothes. The cross-collar long gown did not match the clothing design she knew. Instead, it looked a bit like the costumes in the "ancient costume dramas" she had filmed.
This Shen Yu is wearing a theatrical costume.
Su Qi tried to communicate with her: "Did you send you the anonymous message?"
Shen Yu stared blankly, mumbling incoherently.
Su Qi couldn't communicate with her, and then the system suddenly appeared from her fingertip.
A string of blue electric currents supports the light screen output:
[Hello, congratulations! You have triggered the special event of rescuing the girl.]
[Please note that this event has ended, and you have the opportunity to increase your national popularity and receive a high-level announcement.]
Su Qi was shocked: "Is this really a system? How does it even know what rewards I will receive?"
"Could it be that he has some kind of ability to foresee the future?"
Feifei vetoed: [You're overthinking it, Master.]
[Perhaps the system has simply discovered that Shen Yu's identity can be used by the master?]
Just as Su Qi was about to rescue Shen Yu, Shen Tiancheng's voice suddenly came from above.
Zhao Meihua screamed desperately, "Thief! Thief! Thief!"
Shen Tiancheng was dealing with Zhao Meihua: "Shut up! You damned woman! If you say another word, we'll all be dead!"
Shen Tiancheng stared at the antiques on the display shelf. He probably thought that the thief Zhao Meihua was talking about was himself, which made him anxious.
"I'm so angry! My former business partner is refusing to help me because I've lost power!"
Shen Tiancheng was grumbling. Before they were discovered, Su Qi could only go upstairs first, turn the display shelf around and close it. The mortise and tenon structure instantly locked together, and the celadon cloud vase turned back to its previous position.
Shen Tiancheng's return couldn't have been more ill-timed.
"If I can come in once, I can come in a second time."
More importantly, she needed to contact the sender of the anonymous message first. Given Shen Yu's mental state, she really didn't dare to take her out casually.
Shen Tiancheng and Zhao Meihua were in the front room, so Su Qi couldn't go out directly. Therefore, she had no choice but to open the window, jump down, and land on the lawn in the backyard.
The cleaning lady in the backyard was startled: "Ah—Mrs. Zhao jumped off the building..."
He was only halfway through his sentence when he realized that the person who jumped down was Su Qi.
"Miss Su?"
"My God, Miss Su jumped from the third floor and she's unharmed? Seriously, why would she jump from the third floor in the first place, and from such a height..."
“Yes, Shen Chaohuai tacitly approved it,” Su Qi added.
The maid immediately understood and smiled with satisfaction: "Young Master Shen is so good to Miss Su..."
Even after Su Qi had walked away, the servants could still hear them gossiping as they cleaned: "Sigh, I wonder when those two will get married? They're not getting any younger."
"Aunt Chen, you're here again. These young people nowadays..."
Su Qi walked further and further away, pinching her brow: "Does everyone in the courtyard think we're a couple?"
[Master, the information confirms this.]
She rubbed her temples helplessly. A system notification appeared:
[Please note that the popularity of the Qi-Chao pairing is rising.]
Shocked Su Qi: "This counts?"
Back in her room, Su Qi turned on her phone, tapped on the anonymous message she had sent earlier, and mustered her courage to ask again: "That Shen Yu, is that you?"
An anonymous message was replied to three seconds later: It's me. I saw you coming, why did you leave again? Were you scared?
Su Qi: Shen Tiancheng is back. I finally gained his trust, and I don't want to be discovered.
Anonymous message: Dragging it out...
Su Qi: To be honest, was that really you? You look so stupid.
Anonymous message: Who's mentally challenged?! My body has been possessed!
Su Qi: Possession?
Anonymous message: I was possessed! My former owner ruined my body! Damn it, she got me locked up, but she ran away!
Su Qi roughly understood what it meant: the person who caused Shen Yu's predicament was the transmigrator who used her body.
No wonder Shen Yu knew that Su Qi had the ability to help her regain her sight.