False evidence

Chapter 458 Painted Skin (8)

Yan Fengwei nodded and said in a low voice, "The stolen items were worth about two-thirds of the Lin family's fortune at the time. Otherwise, Old Master Lin wouldn't have been so angry that he died."

Brothers, I'll tell you the truth.

The stuff in the Cowboys, even now, would never be traded openly. So I'm not very interested in those. I wouldn't dare do anything illegal; what interests me is…”

He shook the key he had used before, put it back in the box, and said:
"Do you know how clever and infuriating those thieves were? The key was switched, right? But the old man actually used that fake key to open the third door to the storeroom!"

"Hey, these thieves are pretty 'sensible,' they changed the lock before they left to avoid causing you trouble?" Cao Xinyun joked.

Yan Fengwei scoffed, but lowered his voice even further: "Why did I say they're shrewd? They really know their stuff! Have you ever thought about it? They can open the first and second doors without a key, so why did they have to steal the key to the third door? That's because the lock on the third door alone is worth more than all the 'things' in the warehouse combined!"

I finally understood his intention: "So, when you see the key, you think of a lock. The purpose of this trip is also to lock the lock."

Yan Fengwei nodded: "The key was a duplicate, it's really worthless. The lock, though old, isn't enough to land you in jail. You may not know much about antiques, but you've seen 'Mao's Hidden Gold.' That lock is similar to your birdcage, a rare 'ingenious design.' If you sell it, it'll fetch at least double the price of the birdcage. Who doesn't like money? With a lead, how could I not be interested?"

"Are you sure the woman who sold you the key had the lock?"

"I took the key and chatted with her for almost two hours. What do you think I was after? Just trying to get some information out of her. And guess what? After going back and forth with the same conversation, it turned out the lock was in that woman's hands!"

Yan Fengwei yawned twice, perhaps because he had drunk too much. "That woman was a widow. To be honest, it was really tough for her. She had to raise a child all by herself. To make a living, she had to learn from men and run a transport business."

I'd thought it all through. If the stuff was real and she was willing to sell, I couldn't let her down. I'd have to at least cover her tuition for her twins until they graduated from university. I meant it sincerely, but I never imagined my good intentions would turn into such a mess!

"What's going on?" Cao Xinyun asked gossipily.

Yan Fengwei trembled and said, "She promised me that day that she would bring the things over the next day. But the following day, she didn't call me until midnight to say that she had brought the things, but she had taken on a moving job during the day and couldn't deliver them to me."

I thought we could reschedule for tomorrow, but she told me that she was about to drive back to Sanhe when her car suddenly broke down! We treat her like a regular customer, right? A woman driving a big truck all by herself, her car broke down, and she told us. How could we not rush over?
Hey! I rushed over there, but before I even got there, she called again, saying it turned out the battery cable was loose. Now that it's fixed, she's in a hurry to get home to take care of her two kids, so she left!

"Brother, in the end, you're still a good person."

When I said this, I turned my face to the side.

I won't comment on what kind of person he was in his past life.

In this life, when I first met him, he seemed to be enjoying a life of domestic bliss while having affairs on the side.

As I just mentioned, that woman is a widow... Who knows if he went over there in the middle of the night hoping to take the opportunity to 'foster a relationship' with her?

Yan Fengwei grumbled to himself, "The next day, I called her during the day, but she didn't answer. Then she called again at night, saying that the delivery was delayed because the recipient was unloading the goods. She told me to rush over to meet her, but... I missed it again!"

Yan Fengwei put his arm around my shoulder, reeking of alcohol, and said to me and Cao Xinyun:
"Both of you are smart men, you know something's wrong here, right? Hey, it's all my fault, I was too enthusiastic towards her at the store that day! At my age, and her age, she probably thought I was interested in her! All this back and forth, she was just playing games with me!" "Pfft!"

Cao Xinyun and I both burst out laughing at the same time.

Cao Xinyun, always sharp-tongued, immediately pointed at him without hesitation and said, "You stand on this chair right now, pee against the wall, then get down and stand against the wall for three minutes! If you dare say that someone is actively flirting with you, I'll buy you all your clothes for the rest of your life, inside and out! Free! And they'll be the best of the best!"

Yan Fengwei was really drunk and didn't react immediately, asking, "What do you mean?"

I suppressed a laugh and said, "Brother, he's telling you to take a piss and look at yourself... Okay, okay, let's not talk about poop and pee at the dinner table. If you ask me, if that woman is really interested in you, it's definitely because you're a businessman with a good family background. Putting everything else aside, you can't let my sister-in-law down!"

Yan Fengwei spat: "What kind of talk is that! I have a criminal record, but honestly, what man doesn't like pretty women and crave novelty? But let me tell you, as for this woman... unless you gouge out my eyes and leave me alone for ten or eight years, I would never have anything to do with her even if you beat me to death!"

Cao Xinyun raised his glass and clinked it against his: "Such a pure person is rarer than a panda, I have to toast you!"

"Shit!"

Yan Fengwei stared with his two red eyes and said in a low voice, "Since your sister-in-law got pregnant, how many months have I been holding back? How could I not want to do that? I know I'm ugly. If the other party is really just after money, I'll give them two coins and I'll be happy to do that."

But the crucial point is, that woman is too ugly! Let me put it this way: heat oil in a frying pan, then crack three eggs into a shallow dish. Let the egg whites and yolks develop freely; whatever they eventually solidify into is a photograph of that woman—and it has to be photoshopped!

Cao Xinyun laughed again, pointing at Yan Fengwei and saying to me:

"When it comes to being sarcastic, we're evenly matched, but he's definitely a cut above us!"

At first, I was also amused by Yan Fengwei's description, but suddenly, based on his description, a face suddenly appeared in my mind!

"Depend on!"

I picked up my phone and called someone, but they didn't answer.

Yan Fengwei, slightly drunk, asked me who I was calling.

I hesitated for a moment, then asked him, "Was it that ugly widow who sent you to meet her at Sanhe? The one on the 12:10 bus?"

"Well, you know she's really interested in me! You know I like to have a drink or two at night. Every time she calls, it's in the middle of the night, and I can't drive after drinking. So I have to take a taxi."

She's willing to go to the places she asks me to meet, but I can't stop her from coming back! So every time, I have to take that... number 9 bus, yeah, the number 9 bus back. I've fucking forgotten how long it's been since I've taken a bus!

(End of this chapter)