Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 87 Acting, Stealing Gold Coins
The fat man looked disappointed. Well, now that Professor Chen was gone, what chance did he have to gain any benefits from this?

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Hu Ming tied Professor Chen with a rope and slowly lowered him down. When he landed, he stepped on a pile of gold coins with a clatter, which stunned him.

These treasures belong to the country, a belief he held firmly to.

Soon, everyone was lowered down, leaving only Hu Ming. He used a hook to grab the stone slab, pulled on the rope, and slid down. As soon as he came down, he stepped on the gold coins, and he felt a strong urge to jump.

Holy crap, it's such a waste to just leave so many treasures here.

Countless eyes were fixed on Hu Ming, and his every move was under their watchful eyes. He was helpless; were they worried that he would take the treasure? He flicked the rope with one hand, and the hook at the other end came off. Hu Ming carefully put the rope and hook into his bag and carried it on his back.

"Professor Chen, how about we give these treasures to..." The fat man actually meant to say, how about we divide these treasures equally?

Before he could finish speaking, Hu Ming glared at him fiercely. The guy was smart enough to stop quickly and changed his tone, saying, "Hand them over to the country so that these national treasures can find their rightful owner."

These words, coming from the fat man, sounded insincere, but Professor Chen chuckled and said, "Comrade Xiao Wang, you have a high level of awareness. However, we can't take these things with us right now. I'll write a report myself when we get back to uncover the treasures here."

After saying that, he turned to look at Sadipeng and said, "Little Sa, put that stone ball here."

"Okay, Professor."

Sadipeng deftly took off his backpack, opened it, took out the jade ball, and gently placed it next to a pile of gold coins. He didn't seem to care about it at all; it was as if these treasures were nothing but dirt in his eyes.

This mindset suggests that he is not interested in money.

Hu Ming watched indifferently, thinking that this kind of person was hopeless. Damn it, these treasures could be exchanged for money.

"Xiao Sa, take good photos, don't miss a single one," Professor Chen instructed.

Sadipeng took out his camera and started snapping pictures of the gold and silver treasures. These were precious materials, and once they appeared in the outside world, they would cause a sensation.

The fat man squinted, his mind racing, and suddenly an idea struck him.

"Hey Sa, can you take a picture of me? We three brothers have taken good care of you guys along the way, so it's okay to take a picture, right?" The fat man pretended to lean on the gold coins, trying to use this posture to secretly grab a gold necklace.

"What?" Sa Dipeng hesitated. "Brother Pang, there are company rules that prohibit taking personal photos with the company camera." Although it sounded a bit unreasonable, he was very rigid and only believed in his own principles.

Professor Chen looked at the fat man and thought that taking a picture wasn't a bad idea, so he said to Sa Dipeng, "Little Sa, let's take a picture of Comrade Fatty. We've been through thick and thin together, and we can help each other as long as it's within the law."

Professor Chen is a tactful person who knows that sometimes you can't be too rigid, or you'll offend people.

“Okay,” Sadipeng nodded in agreement. The fat man was overjoyed, but he didn’t notice that Professor Chen’s eyes were fixed on him.

Hu Ming took in all of this, speechless. He took a few steps forward, grabbed the fat man's shoulder and shoved him, "What the hell are you doing? What are you taking pictures of? You're just making things difficult for me."

The fat man dared not speak, and could only give an awkward smile, knowing that Hu Ming had seen through his thoughts.

"Take a picture, take a picture, take a picture of your ass."

As Hu Ming cursed, he winked at the fat man, who immediately understood that a fight was about to break out.

"So what if I want to take a picture? Is that not allowed? Why did you push me?" The fat man acted defiantly, shoving Hu Ming hard and then pulling him, causing the two of them to fall onto the gold coins. Hu Ming reversed his right hand, pinching a few gold coins between his fingers.

He shoved the fat man hard, making him stand up, then got up himself, pointed at the fat man's head, and said with a gloomy face, "Fatty, I've put up with you for a long time. You're useless at everything, but you just love to cause trouble."

This move left Professor Chen, Sa Dipeng, and Ye Yixin somewhat bewildered. Judging from this, Wang Yang was genuinely angry, and the two of them had immediately gotten up after falling onto the gold coins. They could clearly see that the two of them hadn't taken anything.

Professor Chen wasn't just putting on an act; he quickly tried to mediate, fearing the two might start a fight, but he was also a little puzzled—how did the fight suddenly break out?
Even Hu Bayi was a little confused. What were these two kids up to?
Yang Xueli narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly. Just now, she had indeed seen clearly that neither of the two people were holding gold coins or anything like that. After they stood up, the five fingers of both of their hands were outstretched, so it was impossible for them to have been holding anything.

"Fatty, the more I look at you, the less I like you. Seriously, after this, we'll go our separate ways." Hu Ming snorted and spread his hands at everyone. "I really hate Fatty."

The fat man shrugged at everyone, "I'm annoyed with Hu Ming too. Damn it, he's always yelling about danger and telling us to go back..."

The unintentional gesture of the two spreading their hands made Professor Chen and the others realize that it was subconscious and not intentional. They immediately gave them another round of persuasion, and the two finally looked at each other briefly.

The fat man was a little frustrated; had Hu Ming actually obtained the treasure?
He glanced at Hu Ming's hands several times, but saw nothing except a pair of black gloves he had never seen before. But that didn't seem strange, as black ultra-thin gloves could be bought everywhere.

"There's light ahead, let's hurry over there."

At this moment, Yang Shirley looked ahead and said that a faint light was shining. Everyone immediately perked up and followed Shirley Yang in that direction. It wasn't far, and they arrived in a short while.

Chu Jian and Sa Dipeng brought up the rear, actually because they were worried that someone might steal something.

But they were overthinking it; no one even glanced back at the gold and silver treasures there.

The faint light shone through a passage. The group entered the passage and walked only about ten meters before stopping. Before them lay a bottomless abyss.

The abyss below was pitch black, and there was a height of two or three hundred meters above it, with the top sealed off.

Looking to the right, about two hundred meters away, there's a hole about ten meters wide at the top, and sunlight shines in, making the abyss somewhat bright.

Everyone stood on the edge of the abyss, looking down. The fat man's legs trembled, and he quickly shrank back. He took a deep breath. This was too high! Then, he saw Wang Yang retreat and quietly gave him a hint.

Hu Ming smiled and flicked his fingers, and as if by magic, a gold coin appeared between his fingers. The fat man was overjoyed and quickly took the gold coin and put it in his pocket.

He felt uneasy with the two gold coins in his pocket, afraid he might lose them.

He simply zipped up the pocket, which greatly improved security. His pants had zippered pockets, which was why Hu Ming trusted the fat man to keep the gold coins safe.

Of course, it was also to put the fat man's mind at ease; otherwise, if he didn't get any treasures in such a large tomb, he would be driven crazy by the fat man when they got back.

However, what the fat man didn't know was that Hu Ming had six gold coins lying in his space.

“It’s so deep down here, Professor.” Ye Yixin took a step back in fear. This was the first time anyone had ever seen such a deep abyss. But Yang Xueli showed no fear at all. She looked at Hu Ming and said, “I sense something up there. Hold my hand and I’ll look up.”

A stone wall above blocked her view, and she wanted to lean towards the abyss so she could see what was above.
Hu Ming shook his head and said, "If you fall down accidentally, you'll be dead. If you want to see what's up there, why don't you just go over here?"

On the right, a half-meter-wide passage has been carved out of the cliff face.

(End of this chapter)