Chapter 62 Antique Market

  Oh my god, seeing Zhou Huan like this, I was completely conquered. I thought to myself: "Sister, didn't you have enough fun last time? Now you're here again, but I'm not falling for it this time."

  My brain clearly knew I should get up quickly, but my hands had lost control and slowly pressed onto Zhou Huan's body, starting to gently caress.

  Zhou Huan stopped smiling and looked a bit shy, quickly pressing down on my hand and saying: "Qiu Ye, you must be gentler, I...I really am a beginner."

  After she finished speaking, she loosened her grip on my hand and turned her face to the side, no longer looking at me. Her demeanor was completely different from before, as if she had transformed into a shy young girl.

  My goodness... Heaven have mercy...

  At this point, what the hell is gentleman or not, what identity or not, all these things were completely thrown to the back of my mind, I took off my shoes and jumped onto the bed to undo Zhou Huan's jeans.

  She didn't resist or cooperate, but those pants were too tight, and in my haste, I failed to unbutton them several times.

  "Hahaha..." A burst of clear and crisp laughter came over.

  I stopped in my tracks and looked up to see Zhou Huan smiling at me with a self-satisfied expression on her face.

  "I said with some annoyance: 'What are you laughing at? Can't you help out?'"

  "Mr. Qiu Ye, you won't be a virgin, will you?"

  "My goodness, it's really 'a tiger not releasing a cat', you think I'm dying! I shouted loudly: "That's perfect, no one loses out.""

  As I finished speaking, I suddenly remembered something. Taking advantage of going down to take off my pants, I quietly wrapped my jade stone waistband in my pants. I didn't want Zhou Huan to see it.

  After finishing, I continued to jump on the bed and struggled hard. Finally, I managed to tear off her jeans with a loud rip, revealing a pair of slender white legs. I was stunned for a moment, my mouth agape in shock.

  Zhou Huan saw that I didn't continue, but instead stared at her legs and said angrily: "If you're really unwilling, then forget it."

  As she made a move to get up, I immediately surrendered and hastily called out: "No, no, no! I hate leaving things half done the most, take it from me..."

  ……

  After 'battle' victory, she got up shyly and changed a new sheet...

  I held Zhou Huan lying on the bed resting, no one said much, Zhou Huan leaned against my shoulder and soon fell asleep.

  I looked at her face, still with a slight smile in her sleep, and my heart was both excited and amazed. What kind of environment did this woman live in? She was so cold-blooded when executing tasks, but now she seemed so innocent.

  I also don't know how to proceed in the future, I completely understand that coming back alive this time does not mean it's over, my identity has not been cleared yet, and the treasure hunt road has just begun, what will fate be like?

  I slept very well that night and didn't have any dreams. When I woke up the next day, it was already 10 o'clock in the morning.

  I thought Zhou Huan had gone to the bathroom, but after waiting for a while, she still hadn't come back. I called out twice, but no one responded. I thought to myself: This woman wouldn't have snuck away quietly, would she? That's too irresponsible.

  I got dressed and opened the door, only to bump into someone. It was Liangzi. I was about to scold him for being in such a hurry when he said, "Where have you been? Zhou Huan and the others are leaving."

  What? I wanted to run away after playing, but there was no door.

  I didn't have time to ask more questions, and followed Liangzi down the stairs, out of the hotel, where several off-road vehicles were parked in front of the door, Zhou Huan was talking to a team member under one of the cars.

  I went up and pulled her hand saying: "What are you doing? Why do you want to leave without telling me?"

  Zhou Huan was startled by me and quickly went to push away my hand, while the teammate who was talking to her also cleverly got on the bus.

  I feel I'm indeed a bit excited, took a deep breath and calmly said: "You guys are leaving just like that?"

  Zhou Huan didn't look at me either, lowering his head and saying, "Mm, I need to hurry back to hand in my report, and the captain's condition also needs urgent treatment, so we left in a rush and didn't say goodbye to you."

  "What does it mean? So what's going on with us?"

  "We... " Zhou Huan raised his head and looked at me, his eyes filled with a sense of helplessness as he said: "I'm the kind of person who has never understood how to deal with emotional things. I know you have feelings for me, but after all, our identities are different. If one day my mission is complete, and you're still alone, I think I will definitely stay by your side."

  I felt a little sad when I heard her finish speaking. We had just developed some feelings for each other and things had happened between us, but now we were suddenly going to be apart, which was really hard for me to accept at that moment.

  "So, when can we meet again?"

  "I don't know, the next task may not necessarily be me who will carry it out, and you probably won't be too calm either. From now on, when something happens, you must be careful, your identity is very special, when something happens, think thrice before acting."

  Zhou Huan finished speaking, didn't linger any longer, and directly got on the car. I just wanted to chase after him, but was pulled back by Liang Zi behind me. He said: "Alright alright, you're not even as good as a woman, it's just temporary separation, what's with all this fuss?"

  I was also made to feel a bit awkward by Liangzi, as the car slowly started moving, I watched Zhou Huan leave, but Liangzi waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Little sister-in-law, have a safe trip! I'll find time to visit you in America..."

  After the convoy had completely gone away, Liangzi asked me: "What should we do next?"

  "What's wrong? Go home!"

  "Alright, but do you have money?"

  "Ah!" I turned around and stared at Liangzi, asking: "Don't tell me you don't have any money on you?!"

  "When we went out, the money was all given to Liu Bao and Lao Lu. I thought this time we wouldn't need to spend our own money, so I only brought 100 yuan. Now there are only a few dozen left."

  Liangzi finished speaking and reached into his pocket to pull out some loose change. I took it and looked, it was only over 40 yuan, not enough for a bus ride, let alone a meal.

  Now neither of us has a mobile phone nor a card, what can we do?

  I immediately got a bit angry and scolded: "You damn well know we don't have any money, why didn't you ask Zhou Huan for some? Are you stupid?"

  "I'm telling you..." Liangzi heard me say that and immediately got angry, scolding: "You're the real idiot! Didn't you sleep with Zhou Huan last night? Didn't she give you money?"

  "Go to your grandma's..." I directly made him laugh out loud, and Liangzi also followed me bursting into laughter.

  It is said that a single penny can defeat a hero. Now, the two of us have empty hands, with nothing but the clothes on our backs. After thinking for a while, Liangzi said: "Why not find a place to sell that belt of ours?"

  Right! I was so confused by Zhou Huan's departure that I even forgot about the jade waistband still tied around my waist.

  I lifted up my shirt and took a look, and that waistband was extremely crystal clear under the sunlight.

  Liang Zi hastily pulled me down and said, "Be careful, this place is unfamiliar, don't get caught by someone."

  I thought so too, this jade stone belt, no matter how you look at it, is extremely valuable. Now it's our lifesaver, we can't afford to have any mishaps.

  But in this small town, we were also passing by for the second time, and neither of us knew where there was a place to collect antiques. Thinking that if there's selling then there's buying, so we hailed a taxi and told the driver to take us to the largest antique market here.

  The driver, a Han Chinese man, seeing that we were two outsiders, said with great enthusiasm: "You two brothers are here to play, right? This antique market is worth taking a look at. If you don't understand the business, be sure not to buy anything randomly. There's too much fake stuff now, and you might get cheated."

  I and Liang Zi repeatedly nodded in agreement, but I also had some misgivings in my heart. Although this waistband looks like a treasure to us, after all, neither of us knows anything about it. Now is not the time for discussion, it seems that after getting off the car, we really need to study it carefully.

  The taxi drove for about half an hour and then pulled over to the side of the road. The driver pointed to a large shed-like structure nearby and said, "We've arrived, this is Hunchun's antique market. This big shed has ordinary things, if you want to see better ones, there are antique shops behind it."

  Taking a taxi in this city is not expensive, and the fare for such a long distance was only ten yuan. After thanking the driver, Liangzi and I got out of the car and walked towards that dilapidated-looking large shed.

  As soon as we reached the entrance, a group of people rushed out and pulled us along, shouting: "Boss, buy something! I'll take you there, everything here is genuine and authentic!"

  "Boss, come with me, we have top-grade good tea there, whatever era you want is available."

  "Boss..."

  Liang Zi and I exchanged a wry smile, thinking that even this antique market has become like this sales model now. It seems that counterfeit goods are indeed the majority!

  After spending half a day's effort, I finally drove these people away, and then we two walked into this greenhouse.

  Taking a look around, this big shed is really large, inside it's just like a vegetable market, there isn't a single regular stall, they're all just placed directly on the ground, people standing and sitting everywhere, what a prosperous scene.

  Liangzi saw that no one was paying attention to us, and whispered to me: "I reckon this thing of ours, if we sell it, must be illegal, we have to be careful, grave robbing is a serious crime."

  I also understand this truth, and asked in return: "Then what should we do? You're also a street vendor, think of a solution quickly."

  "My god, can selling mobile phones and babies be the same? If you ask me, other things are fine, but first of all, we need to find a bigger store, otherwise people around here probably can't afford it."

  I think it makes sense, so we didn't waste any more time and didn't even look at the things in this greenhouse, directly walking towards an exit on the opposite side.

  Once out of the greenhouse, what's in front of me is completely two different worlds. Here, two rows of ancient-style buildings stand upright in an orderly manner. Although they are not real ancient houses, at first glance, it seems like going back to the past.

  I roughly counted, and there are probably over 30 shops in the store. This area is also deserted, it seems that this good thing can still be opened for three years!

  I and Liangzi started strolling along one side of the shops, each shop had its own unique decoration style, and I didn't know which one to enter.

  Finally, we casually found a store that looked quite dignified and walked in. A fellow who appeared to be the shop assistant hastily came over to greet us and treated us with courtesy.

  I and Liangzi put on a pretentious air, nodded at that group of people, and began to casually scan the items displayed in this store.

  At first glance, I felt like I had walked into the wrong place. The interior of this antique shop was filled with rows and rows of ceramic vases in various colors and sizes, nothing else. It seemed to be a specialty store!