I have ten trillion licking dog gold

"Miss Pei."

Judging from the voice, the person on the other end of the phone is Xu Lun, the biggest winner of this year's Tiangong Exhibition and a master sculptor.

Without any pleasantries, Pei Yunxi went straight to the point, "Where's the Nine Carp Painting?"

Nine Carp Painting?
Xu Lun was naturally baffled, so much so that he let out a confused "Ah".

"Where is the Nine Carp Painting?"

Xu Lun should understand this time, but he's probably still confused.

"The Nine Carp Painting... is on display at the Tiangong Exhibition."

"What does Miss Pei mean?"

He asked tentatively.

It's not their fault.

Not to mention this master sculptor, even Pei Yunxi's mind was in a mess.

My gaze fell on the "delivery" placed on the soft sofa.

If the Nine Carp Painting were still on display at the Tiangong Exhibition.

So what is this piece that appeared in her house?
Are you sure the Nine Carp Painting is still at the Tiangong Exhibition Hall?

"Of course! Where else could it be if not in the Heavenly Palace?"

Pei Yunxi remained silent.

With a normal person's thought process, they would never have thought of such a sci-fi or even magical thing. Xu Lun certainly couldn't have imagined that the most representative work of his career would "disappear without a trace," and thought that the other party was just calling out of concern.

“Miss Pei, the Tiangong Exhibition ends tomorrow. I will send someone to deliver the Nine Carp Painting to you intact, or I can do it myself.”

Whether the Nine Carp Painting is still at the Tiangong Exhibition is another matter, but based on her experience as a professional actress, Pei Yunxi can at least be certain that the other party is "convinced" that the Nine Carp Painting is still at the Tiangong Exhibition.

—So here's the question.

This is the situation.

There are only two possibilities.

A.

Someone had gone too far and delivered a fake item to her home.

B.

The painting of nine carp, which should have been exhibited at the Tiangong Exhibition, was replaced with another painting and returned to its rightful owner "ahead of schedule" without the knowledge of the person who submitted it or the owner.

If it is A.

What's the motive?
A silly prank?

The assumption is B.

That would be even more absurd.

The priceless treasure that won the gold medal was taken out of the top jewelry and jade design exhibition without anyone noticing, without the permission of the maker and owner or even notification.

Does this mean physics no longer exists, or that procedures and rules no longer exist?
"Miss Pei?"

"never mind."

Pei Yunxi hung up the phone and slowly put it down.

Whether it's A or B.

Regardless of the possibility.

Both actually share a common premise.

That is--

The person who started this knew that she was the true owner behind the gold medal-winning work at this year's Tiangong Exhibition.

"Daughter, what's wrong?"

Even Li Wanrong was infected, and unconsciously became a little nervous.

Pei Yunxi didn't rush to explain, and picked up the jade disc, which was larger than an adult's palm, once again.

She hadn't seen the finished carving in person before today, but the raw material, the dragon stone, which served as the basis for her creation, had been kept in her possession ever since it was unearthed.

Jade identification requires sophisticated instruments; even professionals find it difficult to determine authenticity and grade with the naked eye alone.

However, in addition to the five senses, humans also have a sixth sense.

Stroking the delicate patterns of the Nine Carp Jadeite and gazing at its deep, warm color, Pei Yunxi seemed to hear an invisible voice in her heart telling her—this was the piece of jadeite that someone had won by sheer luck in Myanmar.

thing.

It seems to be getting interesting.

"What on earth is going on...?"

Pei Linhan took off his rarely used reading glasses and, noticing his daughter's unusual reactions, realized something was wrong. He put aside the slow and meticulous textile work and stood up.

Goddess Pei is a woman who has seen it all. She is a national pride and an international superstar, a perfect work of art in human genetics. Even after witnessing such an unbelievable event, she quickly regained her composure, at least on the surface.

With a graceful, bent back, she placed the seemingly real but actually fake nine-carp painting upright on the coffee table.

"A gift prepared for you."

"Gift?"

The couple were surprised.

"A gift for our 30th wedding anniversary."

"No."

Li Wanrong also stood up involuntarily.

"Didn't you just say it wasn't yours?"

Yes.

That's not the problem.

She had asked her daughter when she came downstairs, and her daughter had firmly said it wasn't hers. Why is she changing her mind now?

"forgotten."

Pei Yunxi casually acknowledged the validity of scenario B and asked her parents, "What courier service delivered it?"

“Speedy Express, only Speedy Express can get into our community,” Li Wanrong replied.

"Could it be that your package wasn't delivered via express delivery?"

Pei Linhan remains as humorous and comedic as ever.

Pei Yunxi didn't explain, nor did she know how to explain.

"Why don't you have your mom call that delivery guy back and ask him?"

Pei Linhan made the suggestion.

"That young man seemed to be new, not the deliveryman who used to be responsible for our neighborhood. He wasn't wearing a uniform, but he was quite young and had a very decent appearance. He didn't look like a deliveryman at all, so when I saw him, I thought someone had wandered into the wrong apartment..."

For some reason, even though the information her mother provided was quite rudimentary, a familiar face involuntarily appeared before Pei Yunxi's eyes.

—And he was smiling at her.

Even though such a reality is quite absurd, how could that man be a law-abiding person?

"Approximately how old?"

Pei Yunxi asked abruptly.

The couple were both taken aback, feeling a bit strange.

Why would my daughter be interested in a deliveryman?
“Well… around twenty-six or twenty-seven? Definitely not thirty.” Li Wanrong tried to recall. “Fair-skinned and very refined, not like someone who does rough work on the streets.”

Did he just deliver the package and leave?

Pei Yunxi asked again.

It's getting more and more bizarre.

"yes……"

Li Wanrong, puzzled, asked, "Girl, why are you asking these questions? Is there something wrong with this thing? Did it get bumped or bruised somewhere?"

Pei Linhan unconditionally trusted his daughter, knowing that she wouldn't speak without reason; if she asked such a question, there must be a reason.

"Just call the express delivery company and ask the deliveryman to come over."

He was straightforward and acted immediately, pulling out his phone and dialing.

"Hello, I am a resident of Biluo Yunjian No. 6-6. I just received a package. Could you please ask the deliveryman to come back?"

"Okay. I'll contact the courier right away. Please wait a moment."

That's what customer service should be like.

Without a single wasted word, customer requests were handled quickly.

"Thank you."

Pei Linhan put down his phone. "Done."

Pei Yunxi, who was making absurd deductions in her mind, didn't know whether she forgot to stop it, didn't have time to stop it, or didn't want to stop it.

Or perhaps, like that deliveryman who wasn't wearing a uniform and was standing outside the mansion ringing the doorbell, he was waiting for his fate to take its course?
"Dad, take a look."

Pei Linhan leaned closer and reached for the nine carp painting on the coffee table with one hand. "Wow... it's quite heavy."

Knowing its weight, Pei Linhan switched from using one hand to both, picked it up and examined it closely, holding it up to the light. "What's this called again? Nine Carp Pattern, right? This shouldn't be ordinary jade, right? The color is really lustrous."

"Be careful, don't fall."

Li Wanrong reminded her while looking around, already thinking about where to put it.

The gift from my daughter was certainly not an ordinary item; of course, the sentiment behind it was even more precious than its monetary value.

"This is a Dragon Stone."

Pei Yunxi answers her father's questions.

"Dragon Stone Seed?" The Pei family was better off than the Wu family, but they were equally unfamiliar with this name.

"It can be understood as imperial green."

Pei Yunxi sat down on the sofa.

Imperial Green?
Pei Linhan's eyes widened, and he almost shuddered. He quickly clutched the treasure in his hands and blurted out, "Really? Such a big imperial green jade? How much is that worth?"

Would your daughter really give you counterfeit goods?

Li Wanrong criticized that she knew this thing was extraordinary the moment she opened the box and took a look.

"That's too extravagant. Why send such an expensive gift? What if it gets bumped or broken at home...?"

Pei Linhan quickly and slowly put down the Nine Carp Painting.

Imperial Green.

It's not like I haven't seen it before.

You can occasionally see them in jewelry stores.

But it's basically just the size of a pendant. Compared to this, it's the grandest of grandchildren!

no doubt.

This gift is probably more valuable than this house!

Including renovations!
"Pah! You jinx. Can't you say something nice?"

"It doesn't matter if it falls, it was a gift from someone else anyway."

The air suddenly became silent.

"Someone gave it to me?"

The couple exchanged a quick, knowing glance. Encouraged by his wife's words—no, her encouraging look—Pei Linhan, the head of the household, stepped forward and asked, seemingly naturally, "Who sent it?"

Li Wanrong, disregarding the auspicious location for the display, followed closely behind the group, saying, "Imperial green is top-grade jadeite, and such a large piece is priceless. Who would be so wealthy?"

"A person who is foolish and has too much money."

concise.

It's clear.

Li Wanrong: "..."

Pei Linhan: "..."

The atmosphere became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Li Wanrong secretly winked at her husband again.

Pei Linhan, feigning reluctance, coughed lightly and continued his attack, "Even the richest fool wouldn't give away such a rare treasure. There must be only a limited number of imperial jade pieces of this size in the world. Girl, was it... a gift from one of your suitors?"

Li Wanrong immediately gave her a look of praise!

This is right.

It's much better than knitting those sloppy and ugly things.

But the real surprise is yet to come.

The daughter sat there, without making a sound.

That's right!

She didn't deny it!
After their eyes met, Li Wanrong quickly signaled to strike while the iron was hot!

"Who is this person? What do they do for a living? How long have you known each other? Where are they from?"

A series of soul-searching questions.

Luo Li'er is not talking nonsense.

So what if she's an international superstar and a top-tier goddess?
As people reach a certain age, they experience the same pressures as ordinary people, no less.

Pei Yunxi glanced at her parents, whose eyes were burning with anticipation.

"You really want to know?"

Li Wanrong was so excited that she couldn't wait for her husband and nodded eagerly first.

"Deliver a courier."

"What--?"

The two sounds are combined into one.

The couple opened their mouths unconsciously, their blank expressions mirroring each other.

"Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong..."

The doorbell rings.

"you go first."

Pei Linhan remained calm.

Li Wanrong clenched her teeth, grunted in agreement, and had no choice but to temporarily stop the interrogation and walk out.

Pei Linhan glanced at his daughter and sighed inwardly. He had been too happy; he had thought his daughter had finally given up resisting.

This girl.

Even if you don't want to say it, you can't just make things up!
Deliveryman?

Frustrated and helpless, Li Wanrong walked out of the mansion and saw a real deliveryman standing in the same spot outside the gate. However, he was no longer the young man in plain clothes from before, but had become Xiao Zhao, who was in charge of their community.

When Li Wanrong opened the door, the father and daughter came to the privacy floor-to-ceiling window inside the villa.

Oops.

What should she ask?

"You're looking for me?"

Deliveryman Zhao Fan has a sunny and enthusiastic smile.

Li Wanrong forced a smile and could only improvise, "I was looking for the young man who just delivered my package, why isn't he here?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, the company may have misunderstood. They didn't know that I wasn't the one delivering your package today."

"It's alright. Just call him over."

Zhao Fan, who had been delivering packages in the Azure Clouds for half a year, must have seen the exquisite woman in front of him before, but he didn't know whose mother she was, nor could he see that his goddess, or rather, the goddess of all Chinese men, was watching him from behind the privacy glass of the villa.

"I'm sorry, I don't have his contact information."

"How could that be? Isn't he your colleague?"

"That's it."

The deliveryman, Zhao Fan, patiently explained, "The package you just received wasn't handled by our area. It's delivered by a dedicated person directly from the sending area, without any transfers. This is to ensure the safety of your items. So this is the first time I've met him, and I don't have his contact information."

Li Wanrong was surprised, "Is that so..."

"Ah."

The deliveryman, Zhao Fan, nodded and asked, "Is there a problem with the package?"

Li Wanrong didn't answer, "Then how can I find him?"

"Then you'll probably need to communicate with the company, explain the situation clearly, and ask them to get in touch."

"What's his name? I'll call Speedata Company."

"Call……"

what do you say that is?

He forgot for a moment, "I think his surname is Jiang."

"River?"

"Correct."

"Okay. Thank you."

"It's okay."

Li Wanrong closed the door, turned around, and went into the room, where she saw the father and daughter standing in front of the French windows.

"It's not this person, is it?"

Pei Linhan said that he could still tell the difference between one in plainclothes and the other in work clothes.

"No. He's Xiao Zhao, who's in charge of this area."

Li Wanrong relayed, "He said that the young man who delivered the package just now was not from their station, nor was he from Huicheng. He delivered the package to our door all by himself."

Pei Linhan nodded. "That would be even better. Call him over."

"Xiao Zhao doesn't recognize it, so we'll have to contact Suda Express."

"do not know?"

"Well, all he knows is that the young man's surname is Jiang. You should call Suda customer service."

"Last name?"

The couple turned to look at their daughter who had suddenly spoken.

Li Wanrong opened her mouth.

"...Jiang."

Any questions?

Pei Yunxi fell silent, then suddenly said:
"nerve!"

The couple were stunned. They looked at each other, their eyes questioning.

Are you being insulted, or am I being insulted?
Or maybe.

Who are they insulting? (End of Chapter)