Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 24 Meeting
After Hu Ming returned Big Gold Tooth, he received over 700,000 yuan in cash from Big Gold Tooth.

Hu Ming hadn't expected that Big Gold Tooth's family had so much cash. So Hu Ming took the bag that was originally for porcelain and put it in the money. Then, he, Hu Bayi, and Fatty went to the bank and deposited the money, leaving only 50,000 yuan.

That night, in the fat man's rented room...

Hu Ming took out 20,000 yuan and gave 10,000 yuan each to Hu Bayi and Fatty. Then he took out another 10,000 yuan for himself. Lin Xuan wrapped the remaining 20,000 yuan in a paper bag and handed it to Hu Bayi.

Hu Bayi was taken aback and said, "Mingzi, about this matter..."

Hu Ming lit a cigarette and said, "Give this money to the brothers' families. After we get rid of this stuff, let's start a security company, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi asked, "A security company?"

Hu Ming nodded and said, "We have a lot of brothers who have retired from the army, so we want to gather them together to start a security company. Nowadays, big bosses are all people who value their lives. For soldiers like us who have come from the battlefield, being a security guard would be quite popular."

Hu Bayi nodded upon hearing this. At this moment, the fat man said, "Mingzi, didn't you plan to open an antique shop? Why are we doing this again?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Ming said, "Doing more business is not a bad thing. I'm even thinking of opening a weaving factory to find some jobs for the widows of our fallen brothers."

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi nodded and said, "After we sell all those things, we probably won't have enough money to do this kind of business."

Hu Ming nodded and said, "Indeed, that's why I agreed to go to Jingjue Ancient City. But with our skills, finding another large tomb shouldn't be difficult. So let's go check out Professor Chen's team tomorrow. If we're not satisfied, we'll spend some time finding one ourselves."

Hu Bayi and Fatty both nodded. They were no longer as short of money as they used to be, so they didn't have a strong desire to go to Jingjue Ancient City.

A night without words...

The next day, the sun shines brightly.

"Is this the place?"

Inside and outside a courtyard house, looking at the lacquered red iron gate, Huba glanced at the piece of paper in his hand, on which was written the address. He seemed to be asking himself a question, or perhaps asking Hu Ming beside him.

The fat man, holding the note, said, "It's number seventeen, but there's not even a sign. This is way too remote!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Bayi laughed and said, "This is the true meaning of 'a great hermit living in the city.'"

Hu Ming rolled his eyes and said, "Knock on the door. The address says this place, it can't be wrong."

However, before the three could even knock on the door, they saw Hao Aiguo kick the two people out.

"Alright, you can leave now. This isn't a place where you can get in through connections; we won't give face to anyone!"

"No, Professor Hao, please be lenient with me. I've read so many books on feng shui."

"It's no use, let's go, let's go, I'm only keeping you two here," Professor Hao urged.

At that moment, as Professor Hao saw the two men off, he happened to see Hu Ming and snorted.

"Well, another one who got in through connections." These past few days, there have been plenty of people here trying to get in through connections or pretending to be knowledgeable. Now, with Hu Ming in the mix, Professor Hao is even more annoyed.

"You lot, there's no need to talk anymore. Go, all of you, go," Hao Aiguo waved his hand.

"What?!" The fat man exclaimed, realizing he and his group hadn't even entered the house yet and they'd been kicked out? What kind of logic was that? Instantly, the fat man was furious. "You're Professor Chen?"

"No, I'm his student Hao Aiguo, and also a professor, so what?" Hao Aiguo said, looking at the fat man.

"Hey, what's wrong with you? You're just Professor Chen's student, and you dare to chase people away here? Are you looking down on people? What do you mean by that?"

"Besides, someone like you, a professor?" the fat man said, rolling up his sleeves, ready to show Hao Aiguo what he was capable of.

Hu Ming and Hu Bayi watched the show. In Hu Ming's eyes, Hao Aiguo was just a clown. If it weren't for Professor Chen, Professor Hao might have disappeared from this world one day. It was said that he had offended a lot of people.

At that moment, the commotion outside caught Professor Chen's attention, and he came out of the house.

When Hu Ming saw the old man come out, he knew that he was Professor Chen. Then he walked up to him slowly with his arms crossed and said, "You must be Professor Chen. We were introduced by Big Gold Tooth."

"Big Gold Tooth?" Professor Chen was taken aback for a moment, then exclaimed with delight, "You must be Hu Ming, oh no, Comrade Hu Ming!"

Hu Ming nodded upon hearing this.

Seeing Hu Ming nod, Professor Chen said to Hao Aiguo, "Aiguo, don't be so rude, let them in quickly."

At this moment, Hao Aiguo, though somewhat dissatisfied with Hu Ming and the others, dared not disobey the teacher.

"Aiguo, go and pour some tea for Comrade Hu Ming and the others."

Professor Chen said, then turned to look at Hu Ming and the others, and said, "Please don't be offended, my student is just a bookworm and doesn't understand human relationships, please don't take offense."

Lately, there have been too many scammers and swindlers, which has made Aiguo somewhat irritable and caused him to have some thoughts.

After Professor Chen explained it that way, everyone understood.

Seeing that Professor Chen didn't mention the incident from back then, Hu Ming pretended it had never happened. He also saw Professor Chen ordering Hao Aiguo to pour tea for them. So Hu Ming let the matter drop.

Inside the room, the group had a brief exchange and learned about each other's understanding of archaeology.

"After all that talk, you haven't said anything."

"Teacher, this kind of person doesn't meet our criteria at all. There's no point in continuing the conversation."

At this moment, Hao Aiguo couldn't hold back any longer and immediately spoke up, indicating that he didn't want to waste any time.

Seeing Hao Aiguo's irritating look, the fat man, not one to be easily appeased, instantly lost his temper.

"Hey, you bastard, time and time again, you've never even asked us if we knew how to do it, what the hell are you doing?"
Besides, with that messy, unkempt hairstyle, do you think you have golden eggs in your head?

"you!"

At this moment, the fat man's words left Hao Aiguo speechless. After all, he couldn't bring himself to say such uncivilized things.

Hu Ming calmly drank his tea, while Hu Bayi glanced at Hao Aiguo, smiled, and remained silent.

(End of this chapter)