Gun control in the Philippines is relatively lax, and shootings are not uncommon, Mu Qingcheng didn't care, threw the newspaper aside, and fell into her dazed and melancholy personal emotions.

The day after returning to Xilin, Mu Qingcheng learned from domestic newspapers that the shootout was actually related to the "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" stolen from the British Museum last year. According to the report, two days before the shootout, Mr. Zhang Delin, a Filipino-Chinese cultural relics collector, met a rare guest from Liverpool, England, at his apartment in Manila. The stranger was an American, a self-proclaimed antiquities lover, named Pines. He said that he had long admired Mr. Tehrin Chang's name and specially took the opportunity of visiting the Philippines for sightseeing.

After some inquiry, Mr. Piernes asked Cheung if he had been informed of the theft of Han Xizai's Night Banquet, a famous Chinese painting from the British Museum, and asked him if he was interested in the stolen painting. When Zhang Delin heard these words, he suddenly became suspicious. He thought to himself: This gentleman and I have never met before, and he came uninvited. After I came, I talked a lot about the theft of famous Chinese paintings, maybe I used famous paintings as bait to secretly investigate whether I was the buyer behind the stolen famous paintings in Britain, right?

One of the Americans who died in the shootout was Pines, and after seeing the death list released by the Manila police in the newspaper, Zhang Delin took the initiative to tell the police that Pines had visited the door.

Strangely, Singaporean Chinese collector Tang Enshi also reported to the police the same experience as Teo. Dunn was in Manila to attend a friend's son's wedding reception, and he stayed at a friend's house in Manila for the past few days. On the same day that Pines came to visit Cheung, a strange, blue-eyed blonde European girl took the initiative to clink glasses with him, saying that it was a great honor to meet Mr. Deng at this happy moment. Deng Enshi didn't care about the girl's toast, but what she cared about was that before the banquet was over, she invited him into the guest room arm in arm to chat, and asked him if he wanted to buy a hot cultural relics and famous painting from England. When Deng Enshi asked about the name of the famous painting, the price code and other specific contents, the lady actually said: "As long as my husband is interested, I will build a bridge." ”

At first, Dunn thought that the girl was a dealer in smuggling antiquities, but after the banquet, he was full of doubts, wondering why the girl had whetted his appetite, but avoided talking about the actual situation. The observant eyes seemed to be examining his collection of cultural relics. And when he thought of the "from England" that the girl specially mentioned, and it was a "hot cultural relic", he couldn't help but suddenly realize: it was not so much that this unknown woman came to build a bridge to secretly buy British cultural relics, but to explore the mystery of the theft of famous Chinese paintings from the British Museum in London, England!

And the blonde girl was also one of the three Americans who died in the shootout.

The Manila police did not reveal the true identities of several of the deceased, but the media speculated that Interpol was a cross-border investigation into the theft of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", followed the clues to Manila, and met the members of the antiquities theft gang at the hotel. Because after the painting was stolen last year, the British police and people in the cultural relics collection circle have analyzed according to the preferences of collectors, and the future flow of famous paintings may be to some Asian countries, and the reason is that this famous painting is a Chinese treasure, and the flow into Asia is really "the thing belongs to its owner". The police also suspected that there might be a private collector behind the scenes, and launched an investigation.

In addition, reporters from the country's domestic newspaper called the London Police Department again to learn about the latest developments in the theft of "Han Hee-jae's Night Banquet". Police say the lost Chinese painting has not been found, and a suspect who was caught is currently on bail and has not yet been charged. In the past few years, several famous museums around the world have been stolen from Chinese cultural relics, the stolen cultural relics are mainly rare calligraphy and painting, deceived the sophisticated security protection system, stolen cultural relics under the nose of the security guard, and has not been able to detect so far, the thief has even been rendered by public opinion as a "hero like Indiana Jones".

It is likely that the same gang committed the crime, organized theft, and it cannot be ruled out that a buyer with a special habit of ancient Chinese calligraphy and painting was behind the scenes, but this time the means of committing the crime in the British Museum were more sophisticated. The police apologize for not being able to solve the theft of famous Chinese paintings in a timely manner, but promise that they will do their best to continue to search for evidence, actively find other suspects, or strive to have enough evidence to prosecute the existing suspects, and strive to bring this case to an end as soon as possible, and also give an explanation to all those who are concerned about the progress of the case.

Mu Qingcheng remembered that Gu Hengyu had speculated that the stolen "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" might eventually reach the hands of buyers who know how to paint. Most likely to flow into Asian countries, but not necessarily China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries have a lot of buyer collectors of Chinese paintings and calligraphy. Now it seems that it is indeed the most likely to flow into Southeast Asian countries, otherwise such a tragedy would not have happened in the Philippines. Thinking of Gu Hengyu, she was a little sad for no reason, he was still like a brother, he took great care of her, and he was not alienated and cold because she was married to a wife.

On the other hand, looking at her current newlywed life, she can only shake her head and smile bitterly, Zhu Manru has no choice but to go back to Australia for his son, and Xu Youran's follow-up treatment still requires her to be responsible for communicating with the doctor. Now in the huge villa, only she and a nanny live, lonely, long nights, lonely sleepless, just married, not even a honeymoon period, became a resentful woman in the boudoir. The nanny acted on Zhu Manru's orders, took care of Mu Qingcheng for three meals a day, strictly followed the nutritional recipes, and if she couldn't go home for dinner, she would make a special trip to the unit. Mu Qingcheng didn't like this very much, it felt like being watched every day, but her mother-in-law was out of kindness, and she had no choice but to passively accept it.

Two months later, Cheng Yijie and He Muxuan returned to Xilin together. As soon as he came back, Cheng Yijie was so busy that he didn't even return home, he stayed in a high-end hotel in Qikun Cultural and Creative City, and it is said that the physical and digital products of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" have entered the final sprint stage, to ensure that they will be fully listed and launched before the 60th anniversary of the Xilin City Museum on December 1.

In order to cooperate with the official launch of the digital product "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", so that more ordinary audiences can have an in-depth understanding of traditional culture through high-definition digital images, apps and other digital carriers, Xilin City Museum cooperated with Xilin City South Orchestra and Xilin City Song and Dance Theater to rehearse a large-scale southern music and dance "Han Xizai's Night Banquet". Zhang Lizhen and Yang Xirou are both backbone members of the Song and Dance Theater, one is the choreographer and instructor, and the other is the main actor, and they are also very busy with this.

The rehearsal of Nan Music and Dance has been going on for a long time, and Mu Qingcheng originally did not participate in the performance, but was only responsible for explaining the historical and cultural background and related stories of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet" to the members of the performance team. But coincidentally, an actor suddenly found out that she was pregnant a few days ago and could not continue to participate in rehearsals and performances. At the critical moment, Mu Qingcheng once again played the role of "fire brigade" as he went to Bosnia-Herzegovina to participate in the International Youth Music Festival, and became a member of the performance troupe after Zhang Lizhen's strong recommendation and the recognition of the leaders of several cooperative units.

Due to the urgency of time, she started much later than other actors, so she could only work overtime, and Zhang Lizhen appointed a young choreographer to open a small stove for her, in order to facilitate learning and rehearsal, she simply lived in the temporary dormitory provided by the song and dance theater, anyway, Cheng Yijie did not go home, rather than continue to face the empty room alone, self-pity, it is better to be out of sight and live a full and rich life.

In the blink of an eye, in November, Cheng Lang came back from Australia with Xu Youran. Xu Youran has undergone purgatory-like surgery again and again, and his appearance has basically recovered, and there are no obvious scars, but the scars on his body are still shocking. She underwent several skin grafts, gained five kilograms, and was slightly bloated. Now I still need to wear tights for half a year to prevent the scar from rising, and the hands, waist, and legs are all severely burned.

Mu Qingcheng took the time to visit Xu Youran at home, and saw that her hair was cut very short, like a tomboy, although her face was still the same face, but it was no longer the vivid aura of the past, and she was a little stiff and sluggish. She suffered burns on her hands and wore black gloves, while her leg injuries were more severe, especially in her right leg, and she had to rely on a single cane to walk. It was obvious that her injuries were serious and her body was still weak.

Xu Youran's parents are still working, and Cheng Lang simply moved to her villa in order to better accompany her, and there is also a nanny and a family nurse to take care of her daily life. After experiencing such a major change and tragic encounter, Xu Youran's temperament changed greatly, she no longer likes to talk and laugh, she is lively and cheerful, she has become silent, melancholy and silent. Mu Qingcheng sat opposite her for an hour or two, but he couldn't say a few words, and there was a kind of bitter pain of "relatively speechless, only a thousand tears".

In the end, Mu Qingcheng had to get up and say goodbye, Xu Youran didn't send him off, still sitting on the sofa, stunned and didn't know what to think.

Cheng Lang sent Mu Qingcheng outside the door, his expression was also very gloomy, and the sunshine on his face in the past was obscured by dark clouds.

"Leisurely her, has it been like this all this time?" Mu Qingcheng asked sadly.

Cheng Lang nodded heavily and let out a long sigh. "Sometimes, I don't even know what to do. I've never disliked her, but she's ...... Alas, the fire seemed to have burned all her self-confidence, and she became so inferior that no matter how much I tried to enlighten and comfort her, it had no effect. ”