The airport was still just as chaotic in the rain, with taxis parked in front of the door and passengers lining up with suitcases.

Tao Bin stood at the exit of the station, holding a sign, for fear that he would not receive anyone.

After he promised Professor Shi to pick him up, he remembered that he didn't know Professor Shi at all! I don't know what he looks like!

And he guessed that Professor Shi didn't know him either!

And Professor Shi was also resolute, and he booked a plane ticket and flew over while speaking. Tao Bin had to hurriedly pick it out in his memory that it seemed that Qin Qing was with Professor Shi, and sent her a letter asking for a photo of Professor Shi, but unfortunately there was an eight-hour difference between the two sides, and when he arrived at the airport, he had not received a reply.

However, he also sent a photo of himself to Professor Shi, hoping that Professor Shi must remember to read the information!

He waited for half an hour with the name card, the plane landed on time, and the crowd poured out of it all of a sudden, out of the disadvantage of height, Tao Bin had to lift his toes and hold up the high sign, hoping that Professor Shi's eyes would be better, he remembered that his grandfather could not see the billboard outside clearly at his age, and he refused to wear glasses.

At this time, someone patted him, he turned his head to look, and an old gentleman with a good temperament stood next to him and was smiling at him, "Xiao Tao? I am Shi Wuwei. ”

"Hello Professor Shi!" Tao Bin immediately wanted to reach out and take the luggage, but he found that Professor Shi didn't bring a suitcase, so he was carrying a bag.

"No, no, no." Shi Wuwei smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, you came to pick me up." Let's go, let's go straight to your school. ”

Tao Bin specially rented a car and called a driver - Hanks.

Hanks didn't come in, he was smoking in the car outside, he saw Tao Bin coming from a distance, and hurriedly came out to open the trunk, but he didn't see a suitcase, he asked Tao Bin: "You didn't pick up the luggage?" ”

The two spoke English, and Professor Shi answered: "I didn't have a suitcase, so I came for two days and brought a bag." ”

Hanks was stunned, the professor looked old, and his language skills were not weak, and he didn't even hear anything wrong.

Shi Wuwei said with a smile: "I'll have a treat in a while, let's go to Sindy together." ”

Hanks couldn't help but whistle, Tao Bin was still in a daze, and after the three got into the car, he quietly asked Hanks: "What are you happy about?" ”

"Cindy!" "When I was fifty years old, I was satisfied to be able to take my wife to Cindy for dinner. He saw that Tao Bin didn't understand, and whispered: "We have the most expensive hotel here!" Also the best, it is said that the British princes have been visited. He added, "It's not a famous tourist store that will go to the magazine." "Cindy doesn't need travel magazines to rise to the top.

"Which one?" Tao Bin came to know that there were a lot of "princes" in the British royal family.

Hanks: "Prince Charles." ”

Tao Bin nodded, indicating that he understood, if it was this one, it would indeed explain Sindy's status.

But......

He quietly turned his head to look at Professor Shi.

How did this professor know? As if he is familiar with this place?

If he is familiar with it, why do you need him to pick him up?

Tao Bin thought that he was just leading the way, but now he began to feel that it was not simple, he didn't suspect that Professor Shi was planning to violate the law, who called Professor Shi's own temperament is too harmless and temperamental, giving people the feeling that he is a particularly cultivated old gentleman.

Until the car stopped, Tao Bin didn't have a clue, he thought that since he had decided to take the professor on a tour, and deliberately set aside today and tomorrow morning, then don't think about it anymore, just listen to the professor's instructions for a day and a half. Maybe the professor has been here before, but he hasn't been here for decades, so I'm afraid that the surrounding environment is unfamiliar, right?

Shi Wuwei lived in the old hotel before, he was still a young man when he came back, and now he came to find that the original owner had died, and the hotel was bought by another person, fortunately, the name of the hotel had not changed, so he could find it again.

The owner of the hotel heard that it was a former guest and wanted to arrange a previous room for him, "Everything here has not changed, I just renovated the bathroom." Have a nice day, sir. The boss took off his hat and saluted and went out.

Hanks left first, he wanted to meet his girlfriend, but he said that he would come on time for dinner, and even his girlfriend couldn't stop him.

Tao Bin sat on the sofa, half curious, half a little nervous looking at Professor Shi.

Professor Shi smiled and said, "Xiao Tao, you sit down, I'll wash my face and change my clothes." "After an overnight flight, he was a little tired.

Tao Bin watched Professor Shi enter the bathroom, and after a while, he heard the sound of water and electric shavers inside, and then an elegant old gentleman walked out, and Tao Bin's jaw was about to fall.

I saw Professor Shi change into a playful brown plaid shirt, a horse jacket outlining a tall posture and elegant posture, and a simple brown suit pants with bright brown leather shoes, revealing a bit of lively temperament.

Is this still the old professor in the school?!

He watched with his mouth open as Professor Shi walked to the suitcase, first took out a bow tie and put it on (Tao Bin's eyes widened), and then took out a handkerchief (bright yellow!). Fold it up, put it in your jacket pocket, put on a pair of black-rimmed glasses, a bucket hat, and then, grab an umbrella, "Let's go." ”

Tao Bin was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and quickly stood up, for the first time, he began to feel that the clothes on his body were a little too ugly! It's a thought he didn't even get up to when he saw Hanks getting a girlfriend! As a result, seeing that Professor Shi could dress up like this at this age, he seriously thought "Have I ever made a fool of myself without knowing it?"

He followed Professor Shi downstairs at a loss, the first floor of the hotel happened to be a restaurant, some people were drinking afternoon tea, some people were resting and drinking coffee, these people saw Professor Shi come out, they couldn't help but look at him, their eyes were full of appreciation.

Tao Bin felt that he had become transparent. He was obviously sixty years older than Professor Shi, but he was not as attractive as Professor Shi, and he also saw several young girls looking at Professor Shi and ignoring him.

Shi Wuwei identified the direction and said to Tao Bin, "Let's go." ”

He hasn't been here in a long time.

Even if he has something in his heart, Shi Wuwei also admires the scenery on the roadside with nostalgia.

He asked Tao Bin with a smile, "Can you keep up with the learning in school?" ”

Tao Bin walked beside Professor Shi, bathed in the amazed eyes of passers-by, conscious and honored! He unconsciously raised his head and chest, walked straight on his legs, listened to Professor Shi's question, and hurriedly said, "I can keep up." ”

Shi Wuwei smiled and asked, "Have you passed the language?" ”

Tao Bin touched his head and smiled, "It's basically over." It's just that the knowledge is not broad enough in class, and I usually chat with everyone, and I can't pick up some words. "It's an environmental issue, so he's now "catching up on it."

Shi Wuwei said: "Then I'll talk to you." Then he switched to English, and started from this road, "The road in front of us was built in 1885......

Tao Bin immediately pricked up his ears and sounded hungry! This is a small stove! It's still a professor who can speak Chinese! It's so rare! He couldn't wait to conjure up a recording pen!

From the hotel to the school, they walked for an hour and a half, and Tao Bin didn't feel it at all! When he saw the school gate, he thought to himself, "Why does time pass so quickly?!" ”

The donations received were stored in the school treasury by the teachers, and the jury has not yet been made as to where they will be placed. Tao Bin felt that it was his responsibility to let Professor Shi see the stone lotus platform, and he asked Professor Shi to wait on the lawn of the school for a while, and he went to find the professor.

"Don't worry, can I just tell him?" Shi Wuwei smiled, "However, I may need you to introduce me to it." ”

Tao Bin didn't say a word, patted his chest and said, "Then I'll lead you over directly, our professor is still very easy to talk to." ”

Tao Bin's professor is a Swede, in his forties and looks like he is sixty years old, he usually doesn't talk much in class, and rarely jokes with students, but he is very tolerant of Tao Bin and other international students (in terms of homework), and when he learned that Tao Bin is the first year, he stuffed him into a group with the most complex ethnicity and the most changeable language environment, the purpose is to let him integrate into it as much as possible. Tao Bin didn't think that this was the professor who couldn't get along with him, on the contrary, the professor looked back at his childish homework and corrected it carefully, where could he find such a responsible professor? So Tao Bin was very grateful to the professor, and after meeting the professor, he also told the truth, including the possible problems of the stone lotus platform, as well as the strange paper.

The Swedish professor listened in silence, and then went out with him to see Professor Shi, and on the lawn, after the two professors connected their heads, Tao Bin found that he was useless. The two professors had a good conversation, and he also saw that the Swedish professor smiled happily after saying a few words to Professor Shi!

He'd never seen a Swedish professor laugh!

Then, the Swedish professor said to Tao Bin, "You go back, I'll take Alex over." ”

Tao Bin found that he was not surprised that Professor Shi had an English name.

Then he watched the two professors talk and walk away.

He suddenly discovered...... I don't think I'm useful......

"This is it." The Swedish professor, Martin, said to Shi Wuwei, "Alec, do you really think this is a fake? ”

Shi Wuwei put on his gloves, raised them up and looked at them, put them down and said: "I can be sure, because the real thing is in China, and this one is a high-end imitation, which was used by a professor I knew at the time as a reference for students' homework, of course, students didn't know that it was a fake, so they stole it." ”

Martin shook his head, "God......"

Shi Wuwei said with a smile, "This is a very high-grade imitation, it is carved with real ancient bricks using ancient methods, so the existing detection tools can indeed identify it as a product of BC, but ......" He smiled and bared his teeth, as if this qiē in front of him was so interesting that he had to laugh.

"As a professor, after I learned about this from my former students, I thought, in good conscience, that I should come and inform you, after all, you are also a school." Shi Wuwei said with a smile, "If this fake is still in the hands of that auction house, or sold to someone, I won't care, but you are a school." ”

After speaking, he walked out, Martin continued to stand in place and looked at Shi Liantai for a while, and finally he shook his head and followed Shi Wuwei, "Anyway, I want to thank you." ”

He stretched out his hand, Shi Wuwei shook it, and said: "Also, if you exhibit it as a genuine product, we will refute the rumors in China, after all, it is a global village now, and we can't let students hold wrong ideas." ”

"I know, I understand." Martin shook Shi Wuwei's hand again, "Are you here to work?" Want to stay here for a few days? ”

Shi Wuwei said, "I'll be on the plane tomorrow morning." ”

Martin, "Tomorrow morning?" Is it so urgent? Can you stay one more day. "You can't say what Shi Wuwei believes, but Shi Wuwei has no reason to lie to him, he needs time to confirm his words, but if Shi Wuwei just leaves......

Shi Wuwei shook his head: "No, I still have classes." ”

Martin continued, "...... tonight," he looked at his watch, "eight o'clock...... Are you available after nine? ”

Shi Wuwei also looked at his watch and said, "I'm going to have dinner with someone tonight, and I have to pack my luggage when I go back to the hotel." ”

"Just a coffee." Martin said that tomorrow morning's plane ...... He had to buy a little more time.

"Well, if it's just a cup of coffee, drink it at the café attached to the hotel." Shi Wuwei sighed helplessly, looked at his watch again, and left.

After Martin sent Shi Wuwei away, he immediately went to see the principal, and they needed to do their best to test the donated items!

The principal thought that the test was also useless, "We only need to ask the auction house to provide proof of this thing, what channel he started from, and the test report at that time." ”

"The Chinese university professor said that it was a student who stole it from the school's collection, and I don't think they had any test reports, and they forged them," Martin said. ”

The principal said, "If it's fake, then it won't stand up to inspection!" ”

"Headmaster, I don't understand." Martin frowned and said, "You mean, what are we going to do with this thing?" ”

The principal spread his hands, "How to deal with it?" If the guy at the auction house can produce a credible proof that it is an antique obtained by proper means, then we will collect it; If he can't prove it, we'll go back! ”

"What if he argues that it's a fake?" It's like the mass-produced Hercules Cup. ”

"Then we'll treat it as an ornament." The headmaster shrugged, "It's not bad in my room either." ”

Martin knew what the principal meant was that instead of wasting time trying to re-test, it would be better to work on the process. In this way, they do not need to investigate the authenticity, they only need to transfer the responsibility to the auction house.

He immediately called the auction house, but got the news that the boss Wei Xingxing was resting at home, and the secretary said that he could relay it for him. "No, no, can you call me?" Martin said.

Wei Xingxing has a cold, but it may be that he has been too tired and mentally stressed recently, and he has been tortured a lot. He received a phone call and heard that it was from the university, and it turned out to be to ask if the entry procedures for the stone lotus platform were complete.

Martin played a trick, he didn't ask about the authenticity of Shiliantai or the test report, but directly asked about the entry.

Wei Xingxing was stunned for a moment, and said slowly: "...... No, no, I'm ...... A ...... in Madrid, he thought it would be easier to look it up if it was in Europe...... I can't remember it a bit......"

Martin asked, "You just said Madrid." ”

"No, it's not Madrid, it's in China, a place in Jiangxi, China." Still have to be pushed to the country, strange, how can these people target Shiliantai?

Martin said, "Oh, could you please fax me the entry documents at that time?" ”

Wei Xingxing opened his mouth, he brought Shiliantai back on the grounds of handicrafts, and of course he didn't have the courage to re-forge an entry document, after all, this can be checked directly!

"No...... I'm not feeling well right now...... And I don't remember either......" Wei Xingxing asked instead, "Why do you ask this?" ”

"We need the perfect archive, and even though it's a donation, we don't want to get in trouble. ”

What trouble can there be? Could it be that the university that lost something will still find it across the ocean? Wei Xingxing snorted, he said in his heart that this is the most troublesome place for these foreigners, there is always so much paperwork.

"Wait until I look for it, can I call you back tomorrow?" Wei Xingxing said.

"Of course, sir, excuse me, then tomorrow, I'll wait for your call." Martin hung up the phone and called the principal, "I see, he really can't tell where this thing came from." ”

The principal sighed, "Then I will leave this donation first, and then I will consult a lawyer...... "It's troublesome, but the school is not a place for some people to get away with the law."

Throwing away the phone, Wei Xingxing was out of breath and annoyed, he called his lawyer and asked a question: "If I want to get my donation back, is that okay?" ”

The lawyer said, "Oh, it's possible." What do you need me to do for you? ”

In Sindiri, Hanks and Tao Bin came in as much as they could, but the imaginary stay did not happen, because Professor Shi, who was sitting next to them, was more polite to them since he came to the restaurant.

"Professor, how many days are you going to be here?" Tao Bin asked.

"I'm going back tomorrow morning." Shi Wuwei said with a smile.

"Tomorrow morning?" Hanks shouted first, "I want to take you out to play!" ”

"Next time, next time there's a chance." Shi Wuwei laughed.

Tao Bin hesitated again and again and didn't ask the sentence, "Are you here just to take a look at the stone lotus platform?"

Shi Wuwei tasted a bite of roast pork sausage, even if it was just for this delicacy, it was worth the trip.

As for that side, that person must have had to take back Shilian Terrace again, right? It is better to remain in the hands of the wicked than to remain in the hands of the innocent. Because no matter what, that stone lotus platform stayed with him for the longest time.

Longer than all the people he has ever had.

Or did he think that as long as he put it in his house for two days and then put it in another place, he would be fine? It's not an instant zeroing calculator.

Shi Wuwei shook his head, still blinded by ambition and desire. As long as he is reluctant to smash the stone lotus platform for a day, he will not be able to get real relief for a day.