Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 86 Picking up hundreds of thousands of dollars (Fifth update)
Xiao Ran was stunned.

"Uncle Wang, are you waiting for me here?"

Without caring about anything else, he quickly pulled Uncle Wang out of the water.

I touched his pulse with my finger and found that he was already cold.

Because he was soaking in the icy river water, Xiao Ran couldn't determine the time of death.

But he noticed that the time on the old watch on Uncle Wang's wrist stopped at 3:26 in the morning.

This time is definitely not accurate, but the error is probably only about half an hour.

This place is remote and probably no one has noticed it.

It's a good thing I came here. Otherwise, if someone else had walked past here, no one would have discovered Uncle Wang's body until dawn.

"No wonder the old man is so happy to see me, but no one else can see him."

Xiao Ran sighed. He couldn't blame himself for not noticing it. At first glance, there was no difference between a dead person and a living person. Moreover, he had checked carefully and found that Uncle Wang's palms were clean, without any foreign objects, and his skin had no chicken skin wrinkles, which meant that he did not struggle after falling into the water, nor was he unable to adapt to the water temperature. In other words, Uncle Wang did not die of drowning.

It should be that after sudden death, the body lost balance and slid into the water.

After taking the fishhook out of Uncle Wang's mouth, Xiao Ran picked up the phone and prepared to call the police.

Soon, the police arrived at the river bank.

Along with him came Zhong Yi, who had said goodbye not long ago.

Zhong Yi rolled his eyes at Xiao Ran and began to carefully examine the body. After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the body, he heaved a long sigh of relief and turned to the police officer beside him and said, "Except for the wound in the mouth pierced by the fishhook, there are no other external injuries on the body. The old man's condition does not seem to be drowning. We need to go back for an autopsy."

"Well, let's notify the family first and send the body to the funeral home first."

After the police officer finished speaking, he turned around and said to Xiao Ran: "We need you to go back with us to take a statement."

"can."

Xiao Ran nodded to show his cooperation.

After collecting their things, they got into the police car together. Xiao Ran and Zhong Yi didn't speak to each other throughout the whole process.

After arriving at the police station and taking a detailed statement, when Xiao Ran came out, it was already dawn.

As soon as I walked out, I saw Uncle Wang's son standing at the door waiting for me.

Xiao Ran also knew him. They were neighbors and he would call him Uncle Wang when they met.

Uncle Wang came over and bowed to Xiao Ran without waiting for Xiao Ran to speak.

“Uncle Wang!!”

Uncle Wang waved his hands, his eyes reddened as he said, "Xiao Ran, this is not your fault. When he went out last night, I felt that something was wrong with him. I tried to persuade him not to go out, but he insisted on going out to relax..."

At the end of his speech, Uncle Wang's voice began to choke.

Last night, Uncle Wang and his wife had an argument because he drank a little too much. Uncle Wang came to mediate and noticed that his father's face looked strange. At that time, he thought he was just angry. But who could have thought that this departure would be a farewell forever.

Now I don’t know how to tell the old lady about this.

But Uncle Wang knew clearly that if it weren't for Xiao Ran, his father might still be soaking in the water.

Although there is a hole on my face now, at least I am not deformed and can still walk decently. That's enough.

"I will help with Grandpa Wang's matter. At least the hole is not a big problem."

With Xiao Ran's skills, a small hole is nothing.

"Okay, I'll trouble you."

Uncle Wang wiped his tears, turned around and walked into the police station. As a family member, he still had to explain some things to the police station in order to clear Xiao Ran of suspicion.

"Is everything okay?"

At this time, Zhong Yi, wearing a white work suit, came out and asked Xiao Ran.

"It's okay, it's just unexpected."

"There are no accidents in life. Let's go back quickly. It's already daybreak. Have a good rest. We still have to go to the temple fair in the evening."

"Aren't you going tonight?"

"It depends on the situation. If you are free, go. If you are not free, you will miss it."

Zhong Yi finished speaking: "I won't talk to you anymore. I still have work to do. Please treat me to a meal next time we meet."

Xiao Ran curled his lips, turned around, got on his bike and rode home.

"Crash la la la..."

I opened the rolling door, but didn't see the white cat, and I didn't know where it had gone.

Xiao Ran picked up the wreath from the corner and went out to deliver it to Uncle Wang's home.

When they arrived at Uncle Wang's house, they heard sad crying sounds from inside. Xiao Ran did not go in. He put the wreath at the door and went back to the store.

After a while, people from Uncle Wang's family walked into the store.

After thanking Xiao Ran one by one, he went to buy some funeral supplies.

The items were all ready-made, so Xiao Ran added one dollar more to the cost price and gave it to Uncle Wang.

It can be regarded as a way to repay Mr. Wang for his care for me.

As for why it’s not free, it’s because funeral supplies stores don’t give away free items.

Sending birthday supplies is equivalent to cursing someone's death.

The cost price is a token of my appreciation, and adding one dollar is a rule.

"Where's the shroud?"

At this time, Xiao Ran noticed that the Wang family did not buy funeral clothes.

"My mother plans to buy the burial clothes herself. She said she wants to pick one that my father likes."

After hearing this explanation, Xiao Ran didn't ask any more questions.

Anyway, there is no rush for this. Let's go back and set a date first, and take our time with the rest.

After dealing with Uncle Wang’s affairs, Xiao Ran went back upstairs to take a nap. In the afternoon, he took a bus to the Sui and Tang Botanical Garden.

On the way, the driver enthusiastically said that there was a temple fair at the Sui and Tang Botanical Garden today and it was very lively.

Xiao Ran didn't expect that the driver knew about this.

"The company has been giving us subsidies these days. Look, there are flyers on this car, and there are also advertisements on the taxi in front."

The driver pointed to the billboard on the car in front, and then to the promotional leaflet on the back seat of the car.

Xiao Ran picked it up and took a look, and it was true.

But it was different from the ticket he had in his hand. There was no secret code about the Changchun Association on it.

"It's quite formal." Xiao Ran couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he was more surprised. Judging from the situation in the Mystery City, the Changchun Society was not a good thing either.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is insane to transform the campus into a place to cultivate night ghosts.

Since Xu Pan had already run away, the company should have known what Changchun would do, but instead of taking any action, they allowed them to hold the temple fair with great fanfare.

Xiao Ran had no idea what the company was thinking.

When we got there, we saw that it was indeed packed with people.

The Sui and Tang Botanical Garden is a free park in itself. On weekdays, there are many young men and women dating and bringing their children out to play, and there are also many elderly people exercising. Now it is even more lively.

Xiao Ran looked at the time and saw that it was still early, so he went in to take a look without waiting for Huang Le.

After walking in, there are various stalls on both sides, many selling Hetian jade, jewelry bracelets and so on.

Xiao Ran walked forward and took a look. Wow, a bracelet was labeled at 30,000 yuan, and a stone was worth more than 100,000 yuan. He turned around and left immediately.

Xiao Ran couldn't appreciate jade.

No matter how beautiful it is, it is still a stone. It is useless except for hitting someone on the head during a fight.

Walking inside, there are a bunch of street stalls with all kinds of bottles and jars placed randomly on the ground.

Xiao Ran's original intention was to walk over as quickly as possible, but when he was about to reach a stall, suddenly a large flower porcelain vase made Xiao Ran's eyes light up, and information about the porcelain vase emerged in his mind.

This is exactly the [Identification of Qing Dynasty Porcelain] that I got from the old man in the mystery city (Note: It comes from Chapter 47, that is, the old man who picked it up for free.)
I didn't take this thing seriously at first, but now, I have developed a strong interest in it.

He squatted down, glanced around the stall, and finally glanced up and down at the porcelain vase.

I saw that the porcelain vase had a straight neck and a round belly, with blue and white painted clouds on it, and it was in very good condition.

Xiao Ran reached out and took the bottle in his hand, slid his fingers over the bottle mouth, and touched the bottom of the bottle. He immediately had a rough idea in his mind.

"Boss, how much is this bottle?"

The boss squatted on the ground and looked up at Xiao Ran. Seeing how young he was, he curled his lips in his heart and said impatiently: "Thirty thousand, thirty thousand, don't touch it if you don't buy it!"

Xiao Ran's face froze, and he said angrily, "This bottle is not worth thirty thousand, three thousand is about right."

He put down the bottle and was about to leave.

Seeing his angry look, the boss sneered and said, "Oh, you are pretending to know something when you don't. You don't know the goods. I see you can't afford it. Go home and watch cartoons early."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran immediately stopped and stared at the boss's face, his face gradually turning red.

"Why, you still want to hit me?"

The people around heard the noise and stopped, looking like they were going to watch the fun.

Xiao Ran was so angry that he gnashed his teeth, and many people were waiting to see him make a fool of himself.

"Buy it! I bought it today and smashed it for you to see!"

As he spoke, Xiao Ran took out his mobile phone and scanned the QR code nearby.

"Hey, young man, think it through."

When someone saw Xiao Ran getting excited, they stepped forward to dissuade him, but Xiao Ran was already very happy. If his ability of identifying Qing Dynasty porcelain was correct, this bottle would be worth at least 800,000 yuan. It was a real bargain. If he bought it, he could eat pork ribs in the second half of this year.

The money was transferred immediately and neatly.

In fact, if the boss had been more straightforward, Xiao Ran would have transferred the money long ago. But seeing the boss's sharp-faced face, if she agreed straightforwardly, she might regret raising the price. What if he woke up suddenly, she would not be able to take advantage of the deal.

"Ding, it has arrived, thirty thousand yuan."

Hearing the sound of money being credited to the account, the boss almost smiled from ear to ear. He quickly stood up and gave a thumbs up: "You are awesome. I was wrong. I will call you my master, okay? Come on, here, this bottle is for you."

"do not move!"

Xiao Ran grabbed the boss's hand and walked forward to take the bottle.

He stared at the boss and curled his lips: "Idiot."

After saying that, he walked into the crowd without looking back and disappeared in a short while.

The boss saw Xiao Ran running so fast, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He bought this bottle from a scrap yard for 10 yuan. There was a crack on the mouth of the bottle, and it looked quite old, but he just left it here. "Could it really be a treasure?"

"No, young people nowadays are very cunning. They would rather spend 30,000 yuan to make me suffer for half my life. It's a trick to kill my heart. I won't be fooled."

The boss was so happy that he could hardly stop smiling when he saw the 30,000 yuan deposited into his account on his mobile phone.

But at this moment, an old man and a young man with pale faces rushed towards the stall. The young man looked around and his face immediately fell: "Boss, where is the bottle just now?"

“Bottle…bottle…?”

"Yes, where is the Cloud Sea Sky Globe Vase?"

"What bottle? The round one?"

"correct."

The boss saw the young man's anxious expression and had a bad feeling. He didn't tell him where the bottle was. He just asked him, "Why, do you want to buy that bottle?"

"I'll buy it. Where's the bottle?"

“Just sold.”

The boss's face started to get hot, but he still looked at the young man suspiciously, wondering if he had been "shilled".

When the young man heard the boss say it was sold, his face fell: "Who did you sell it to?"

"I don't know you, what's wrong?"

“Sold for 30,000?”

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

The young man was silent now. The old man beside him sighed and shook his head, saying, "Fool, you sold the Yunhai Tianqiu Vase from the Yongzheng Dynasty for 30,000 yuan. It's worth at least 500,000 to 600,000 yuan now."

The boss was stunned for a second after hearing that, then he pointed at the two men and laughed: "Hahahaha, what era is it now? You are still playing a double act here. You are trying to trick me, right? You will ask him to come over later and trick me into buying the bottle back at a high price? This is the same trick from many years ago."

Seeing that the boss didn't believe him, the young man frowned and opened his pockets: "Here is 100,000 in cash. I was going to buy your bottle. And this is my teacher, Ni Donghai, the director of our Los Angeles Museum. If you don't believe me, check it out online."

After the young man said this, some people actually picked up their phones to check and compared the old man with the photos on the Internet.

"Really? He's the curator of the museum."

"Boss, you made a mistake. You sold a 600,000-dollar item for only 30,000. And you still think you're smart. I knew at a glance that the guy just now was no ordinary guy. You've been fooled."

"From my humble perspective, I can see that you are still dealing in antiques. You should close your stall as soon as possible."

Everyone was talking at once, and the boss was also confused. He was stunned for a few seconds, then he let out a strange cry and ignored his stall. He turned around and was about to chase Xiao Ran. Unfortunately, it was not easy to find someone in such a big park.

After a long while, no one saw the boss take the porcelain vase back. Instead, he sat on the ground and cried loudly. They couldn't help but take out their phones to take videos. I guess the news would be all over the Internet the next morning...

　This chapter is a little long, almost 4000 words, so it's a bit slow, but fortunately I caught up, and I will continue with five updates tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)