After returning to the hotel, everyone thanked the guy from Gu Qi Zhai, and then went back to their rooms and slept until noon the next day.

The first thing Pei Pei did when she woke up and washed up was to take out the "picture-in-picture" she had picked up at Gu Qi Zhai last night.

This "picture-in-picture" wants to unravel the secrets hidden in it, and vinegar immersion is an indispensable process.

And the refrigerator in the corner of the living room of the hotel suite where they lived, Pei Pei remembered that there should be a fruit vinegar type drink in it, which just made Pei Pei have an idea, and thought of an excuse that could be used to unlock the hidden secret of "picture in picture" in a bright way.

So, while Austin went to the bathroom alone to wash, Pei Pei took out a bottle of apple cider vinegar from the refrigerator, and then deliberately turned the bottle over, so that the whole bottle of fruit vinegar was spilled on the edge of the corner of the frame.

After a while, a wrinkle finally appeared at the edge of this corner of the drawing.

After seeing this layer of wrinkles, Pei Pei showed a satisfied smile, and then she deliberately screamed in panic: "Oh no! Austin, come on~~~ Come on! ”

When Austin heard his wife's loud shouts in the bathroom, he hurriedly wrapped a bath towel in it, then rushed out and asked, "Honey, what's wrong?" ”

Pei Pei was squatting in front of the coffee table where the sketch was placed at this time, and when she heard her husband's footsteps, she immediately looked back at her husband with a bitter face and said, "My dear, I didn't carelessly get into trouble!" ”

"What's going on?" When Austin heard this, he strode over to his wife's side.

I saw the overturned bottle of fruit vinegar on the coffee table, and the drawing of a corner soaked with a drink. After Austin chuckled and pulled his wife up, he hugged his wife's waist and comforted, "I thought something was wrong?" It turned out that the drink in the bottle had spilled over the drawing. ”

As he spoke, Austin took off the bath towel wrapped around his waist, wiped the wet marks on the sketch with the bath towel, and continued to comfort his wife: "I'll help you wipe it first, and then see if it's a big problem after it dries for a while!" If it's really damaged, it's ruined, and the painting isn't worth much anyway! ”

Pei Pei pouted, snatched the bath towel from Austin's hand and said, "You said it lightly!" I really like this painting, so I didn't hesitate to buy it back! I'm getting wet now, and if it's really damaged, what a pity! ”

As he spoke. Pei Peibian carefully wiped the wet marks on the edge of the sketch

Under her deliberate intention. The wrinkles at the edge of the sketch that had been soaked up were even more obvious.

So, Pei Pei deliberately let out a "Huh~~~", and then pointed to the folded and upturned edge, and said in surprise: "Austin." Come and see - how can this turn upside down? ”

Austin glanced at the crease his wife was pointing to. And he didn't notice the cattiness at a glance.

"Maybe it's too wet. You wipe slowly, I'm going to get dressed! Austin shrugged and patted his wife's shoulder, then walked naked in the direction of the bedroom.

"It's not! No! Take a closer look! "When Pei Pei is here. Finally, he couldn't help but pinch his nails and gently turned up the wrinkle, so that the traces of the second layer of drawings under him could be more clearly exposed to the human eye.

Austin was stopped by his wife, then turned around and glanced at the drawing on the coffee table again.

At this glance, under Peipei's special guidance, he finally discovered the peculiarity of the edge layer of the painting.

"Huh? What's going on? Austin walked back to his wife's side with a curious look on his face, and then crouched down in front of the sketch to take a closer look

"Looks like there's another layer of sketches hidden underneath?" Pei Pei deliberately solves the mystery.

"It seems like there really is!" Austin looked surprised and said, "Honey, don't move your hands here, wait for me!" ”

When Austin had said this, he stood up and began to look around the room

Soon, Austin found a pack of toothpicks and walked back.

Then, he took out a toothpick and carefully embedded it in the crevice of the layer of folds that Pei Pei had been pinching—

After the chemical reaction of fruit vinegar just now, the layer of rice milk film covering the surface of the sketch has softened a little, and under Peipei's special guidance, Austin easily lifted a small layer of rice slurry film at the very edge of the sketch with a toothpick in his hand.

"There's really another sketch down there!" Pei Pei couldn't wait to blurt out and debut.

Austin turned his head and nodded excitedly at his wife, then turned back to hold his breath as he continued to carefully try to peel off a larger area with a toothpick in his hand

However, Austin is not a professional after all, and the soaking part of the fruit vinegar is only a small marginal position, so after trying for a long time, he has never made an inch.

And the ultimate goal of Peipei's performance of this scene is just to expose the secret of "picture-in-picture" in a bright and bright way, now that the goal has been achieved, it is logical how to operate later.

I saw her smile and comfort her husband: "Forget it, don't do it!" Let's put this painting away first. When I return to the United States, I will take it to X-ray and test it, and the bottom of this painting will be naturally clear! ”

After Austin heard this, he nodded, threw the toothpick in his hand casually, then stretched his stiff arm, got up and said, "Then I'll go get dressed first, you spread out this painting a little, and put it away when it dries a little." ”

While Pei Pei nodded, she picked up the fruit vinegar bottle on the coffee table with a curious expression, and continued to act: "I'm very curious about what secrets are hidden under this painting!" My dear, why is it that no one has ever been able to discover the secret under this painting, but today the two of us have discovered it? I guess it could be because I accidentally knocked over this bottle of fruit vinegar just now? ”

"Fruit vinegar?" After Austin took out the whole set of casual clothes that he was going to wear out of the house today, he wore a T-shirt while pulling over his head and analyzed: "It is very likely that it is the cause of fruit vinegar!" I just checked it very closely, and I found that there is a film underneath the sketch that I don't know what composition is made of. Under normal circumstances, it should be difficult for us to find this film, but it just so happens that your bottle of fruit vinegar has been knocked over on top of the drawing, because the vinegar contains acetic acid, and after the acetic acid has some special chemical reactions with the film, we will be able to discover the secret! ”

Pei Pei secretly hid the joy in her heart, nodded and agreed: "My dear, I think your analysis is so reasonable!" By what you said, I didn't carelessly overturn the fruit vinegar drink this time, but I should feel lucky! If it weren't for this accident, the secret of this painting would have been hidden forever, and I don't know how many years it would have been before it was discovered! ”

Austin had just put on his pants at this time, and he looked up at his wife while wearing a belt, and smiled, "Okay, lucky Pell, remember the rock you had to buy last night?" I hope you keep this luck alive! When we go to Mr. Guan (Wanshan) in a few days to solve the stone, we can unravel a piece of superb jadeite from there! ”

Pei Pei said triumphantly: "Of course! I've always had a lot of luck! Not to mention that dirty jade material, I think the other rough stones I chose will definitely solve a lot of excellent jadeite! ”

Austin was finally fully dressed by this time.

After hearing this, he walked up to his wife with a smile, reached out and pinched the tip of her nose and said, "Okay, lucky lady Pell, I'm going to blow my hair now, and we'll leave the room together in five minutes, and my stomach is now drumming with hunger!" ”

Pei Pei looked at the time, and now there were already two o'clock.

She stood on tiptoe, gave her husband a kiss, turned around and walked back to the coffee table where the sketch was placed, and then reached out and pressed the wet marks on the sketch—

In such a short period of time, it is impossible to completely dry it out! But time waits for no one, so Pei Pei picked up the bath towel on the side and hurried to continue to absorb the moisture on it

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Five minutes later, Austin cleaned up and walked out of the bathroom.

"Honey, are you alright? If you delay any longer, your father and they may come and knock on the door!" Austin grabbed the handbag his wife had thrown on the couch last night and walked over to remind him.

Pei Pei took away the bath towel, reached out and pressed the wet marks of the sketch, "It should be almost!" ”

She nodded to herself, then rolled up the sketch in her hand and put it back into the tube.

They were staying in the hotel's most exclusive suite, except for the presidential suite, so there was a hidden safe in the bedroom of this suite.

After carefully putting the paintbox into the safe, Pei Pei walked out of the bedroom, came to Austin's side, hooked her husband's arm, looked up and smiled, "Okay, we can go now!" ”

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After getting out of the elevator, Pei Pei and Austin saw the tour guide and her family waiting in the lounge area of the hotel lobby at a glance.

The group got out of the hotel, got into the courtesy car in batches, and went straight to the direction of Dashilar-

Last night, because I temporarily participated in a gambling stone fair that was not open to the public, the originally arranged plan to eat belly supper could only be stranded at that time.

Therefore, the first stop on today's itinerary is to eat belly. (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the commuter pass support of "Flying Ruri", "Onizuka", "sai23TL", and "sesamee"! Thanks to the tips of "Onizuka" and "Drifting Gourd"!