Ten o'clock in the morning. After Ray left, Su Lan was blasted out by Zhang Xuan to buy breakfast, and when she came back with breakfast, Zhang Xuan had already changed her clothes and was on the phone, when she saw Su Lan come in, she pressed her mobile phone and said, "Subway?" I forgot to tell you I hate adding onions. ”

"I didn't add it." Su Lan said in her heart, you don't want me to hear the content of your phone call and forcibly change the topic, it's a bit too fake, and it didn't break it, "What's the arrangement today?" ”

"You're coming to the U.S. for the first time."

"yes."

"Let's go have fun. The Metropolitan Museum of New York, Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, many places to visit. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xuan's reply was completely unexpected by Su Lan, "Didn't you say that you wanted to see Ray's father sell the stolen goods?" ”

"What kind of stolen goods, it's so ugly." Zhang Xuan showed a disgusted expression at Su Lan, and then continued to drink latte, "I have contacted Sun Junming, and we will go to Professor Disroll, Ray's father, later." ”

"Wait, you mean, you and your brother went to the buyer to negotiate the price, leaving me alone in New York?"

"Anyway, your English is not bad, when we were in Inner Mongolia together, I heard those foreigners and Mr. Ji speak more clearly than me, and I can't do anything by myself."

"That's why you won't let me go?"

"You, you don't have much experience, let's go and experience the New York style first, and I'll call you when I need to." At this time, Zhang Xuan's mobile phone vibrate, "Okay, I see that the car that picked me up has arrived, I'll go first." The credit card is on the table, you can go out and swipe it casually, if you don't want to go out for a day in the hotel, it's no problem. I'll go first. Zhang Xuan said and picked up her handbag and went out, leaving Su Lan alone looking at the credit card on the table in a daze.

So, since I didn't have anything to do from beginning to end, why should I come along!

Wait, in this way, Xiao Ji said let me mess up the business or something, wouldn't it be no fun? There's no place for me to be involved at all. You can't go together in a hurry, it's too obvious to arouse suspicion, and it's bad. Why don't you go out for a walk? It is estimated that the purchase and sale will not be negotiated in one day, and there will be opportunities to contact in the future. Anyway, it's not my money, so why save it for Sun Yue? Go out and play.

Because of his father's edification when he was a child, Su Lan now has a special affection for cultural relics. He looked up the Metropolitan location on Google Maps, bought a metro card, and sat there. He planned to take a look at the Egyptian Pavilion on the first floor during the day, come out for a meal at noon, and buy a ticket to go in and see the European oil paintings on the second floor in the afternoon. Just as he was queuing up to buy a ticket, a hand was on his shoulder, and at the same time, a familiar voice sounded behind him: "What a coincidence, Xiao Su, let's meet again." ”

"Mr. Zhao?" When she turned around and saw Mr. Zhao in casual clothes, Su Lan was first taken aback, and then couldn't help but doubt the "coincidence" of this encounter: "I said, you can't have something to find me, so you came all the way to the museum to block me, right?" ”

"Don't think too much, I just give myself a vacation to go abroad. But why did you come to visit the metropolis alone? Miss Zhang is not with you? ”

"I don't like museums, so I came by myself." Su Lan complained in her heart, didn't you ask Xiao Ji to come to me specifically to let me come to New York, and now I don't know what medicine is sold in the gourd? "Your men weren't with you?"

"He's something." Mr. Zhao said lightly, "Xiao Su, don't look around, it's your turn." ”

"Huh?" Su Lan turned around suddenly, only to find that the people in line in front of her were gone, and the conductor looked at them impatiently, and hurriedly bought a ticket with Mr. Zhao and walked to the Egyptian Pavilion.

It seemed too deliberate to bring up such a topic again after it was interrupted, and Su Lan believed that if she insisted on asking Mr. Zhao, she would use some other reason to prevaricate. Su Lan and Mr. Zhao walked into the exhibition hall one after another, and felt that Mr. Zhao had changed his taste and was indescribably depressed after his originally relaxed and comfortable visit. Su Lan looked sullenly at the brown pharaoh's coffin inside the glass, Mr. Zhao was quite interested, and from time to time beckoned Su Lan to come over and say some anecdotes about Egypt that he thought of because he saw the exhibits, and he didn't know whether it was true or false. When looking at a faded Egyptian mural, Su Lan couldn't help it: "I said, are you really here to visit?" ”

"Or what do you think?" Mr. Zhao took out a single-lens reflex camera and took pictures of the exhibits, looking like an ordinary tourist who is keen on cultural relics.

"I thought that when we went out, there would be a few fewer items in the collection." Su Lan said half-jokingly.

"It's a big brain." Mr. Zhao was completely unimpressed and continued to take pictures. Su Lan took a closer look at the exhibits taken by Mr. Zhao and didn't find anything deliberate, maybe it was just pretending to be a tourist to take pictures or there was really nothing worth studying, at this time Su Lan's mobile phone vibrated in his pocket. Su Lan and Mr. Zhao said that they were in a hurry to solve it first, and then one rushed to the bathroom and dialed back: "Zhang Xuan? ”

"Where are you now?" Zhang Xuan's anxious voice gave Su Lan a feeling that something was wrong.

"The Met, didn't you tell me to hang out casually." Su Lan looked around again, and after confirming that no one was there, she covered her mouth and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

"Just now, the custodian informed me that one of the goods shipped over was missing." Zhang Xuan said.

"Missing?" Su Lan's first feeling was that Mr. Zhao was making trouble, and she put her phone closer to her ear, "Which one is missing?" ”

"Do you remember the ornament on the chest of the female corpse?"

"The jewel carved into the shape of a snake?" This treasure Su Lan had seen in both his father's illusion and reality, so he was very impressed, "What is missing is this?" ”

"Not only that," Zhang Xuan's voice trembled, "I noticed that I had a serpentine mark on my wrist since this morning, exactly the same shape as that gemstone......"

"You can't be that you lost something, afraid of being punished by Sun Yue and hallucinating."

"The illusion of a fart!"

"Okay, it's not an illusion, then I'm going to look for you now? Where are you. Oh good. After Su Lan hurriedly wrote down the address, she ran out of the bathroom and said to Mr. Zhao, who was still taking pictures, "I'm sorry, suddenly something happened, and you may have to be left alone to visit." ”

"Go ahead, be careful. I said, that's not something that ordinary people can have. ”

On the premise that Xiao Ji had relayed similar words, Su Lan couldn't calm down anymore when she heard this sentence again: "You must know the purpose of me and Zhang Xuan's visit to New York this time, have you participated in it?" ”

"Nope."

"You-" Su Lan looked at Mr. Zhao with a look of indifference, and couldn't figure out the truth of his words, "Anyway, I'll go first." ”

"Then I'll have to visit alone, hey, Xiao Su will see you next time." Mr. Zhao waved his hand with regret, and then walked to the next exhibition hall alone.