"Ah, this is exactly what I want, I like a table with a lot of drawers!" In a store that specializes in second-hand goods, Professor Ji Baitao became interested in an old table, and he checked the quality of the table, muttering to himself.

He is a professor of mathematics at Dongzhou Normal College, and when he was buying an old-fashioned scale specifically for teaching, he stumbled upon this ancient table made of mahogany.

"The material is good, it is mahogany, the workmanship is also exquisite, the handles, the copper engraving are very exquisite, and it is good to buy it as a birthday gift, but I don't know what the price is." The old professor watched as he thought. He is not a wealthy person, but for the sake of his daughter's liking, he can buy it. In the end, the price was 650 yuan, which was a lot for the professor.

"Boss, can you inquire about the price of this table?"

Just as the professor was writing down his home address to the guy in the store and asking him to deliver it to his door, a young gentleman walked in outside the store, took a look at the old table, and asked the boss for the price.

"I'm sorry, sir, someone just bought this table."

"Ah, is that the gentleman?" The young man looked at the professor with pity. The professor couldn't help but be secretly proud of his wise choice: it was indeed a good table, but fortunately it was one step ahead. He nodded to the young man and walked out of the shop.

The air was cold, and the professor shivered, and had just put up the collar of his coat to prepare for his journey, when a polite greeting came from behind him. When I turned around, I saw that it was the young gentleman I had just met in the store. He asked politely:

"I'm sorry, but did you come specifically to buy this old table?"

"No, I just stumbled upon it and liked it for a while, so I bought it."

"So, you don't have to buy it?"

"It's possible, but I've already bought it."

"Is it because it's an old and sophisticated style?"

"No, it's just because it has a lot of drawers, and it's convenient for me to use."

"That's great, I can exchange it with you with a more elaborate and convenient table, I wonder if you would like it?"

"No, I think this table is good, so I don't want to swap it."

"Can you help me think about it again?"

The young man begged again and again, and the stubborn professor became angry: "Please get out of the way, I don't want to say anything more." ”

"Don't be angry, I don't know how much you paid for that table, but I'm willing to pay double the price for you to transfer it."

"Nope."

"So, what about triple? Five times is also fine. ”

"You're so troublesome, no matter how much money you give, I won't sell it, I'm not in business."

The old professor was about to have a seizure when he glanced at the young gentleman who was staring at him quietly, when suddenly, he was startled by the nameless courage that shot out of the young gentleman's eyes, and his anger could not help but disappear.

The young gentleman suddenly changed his attitude, smiled lightly at the old professor, bent over, and turned away.

"Hell, is that really that valuable? He pestered me for a long time, and it seemed that it was worth more than 650 yuan. The old professor was secretly amazed as he walked towards his home in Dongzhou Normal in the southwest of Dongzhou.

An hour later, the table was delivered to the house.

"Ji Jie, look, this is for you, if you like it, I'll give it to you as a birthday gift."

"Ah, great, Dad, thank you!" Ji Jie pounced on the old professor and gave the old professor a kiss, jumping with joy. This is a girl with a pair of bright black eyes, as beautiful as a blooming rose. At this moment, she was very happy as if she had obtained a treasure.

Ji Jie asked the maid Ah Xiu to help and moved the table to her room. She rubbed it with a cloth over and over again until it was shiny everywhere, and then she put her beloved little things, such as ornaments, student memorabilia, and letters, into each drawer, especially a stack of letters from her cousin, which she carefully tied with red ribbons and hid them in the drawer like a treasure.

"I finally have my own table!" She also put a small mailbox in a drawer.

At 10 o'clock in the morning the next day, the old professor finished the lecture and walked out of the school gate, where Ji Jie was already waiting. The professor waved his hand to his daughter with a smile on his face, and every day, they made an appointment to meet here, and then went home together, talking and laughing.

"How's that table?"

"It's so good, I've rubbed it as bright as a mirror, and even the copper engraving on it has sparkled like gold."

"I'm glad you liked it so much."

"yes, I'm so happy that I almost forgot the road, and all I had left was the table."

"Oh, then I'm going to take another look at your precious table, can I get back to it?" The old professor had an indescribable taste in his heart, Ji Jie had lost her mother since she was a child, and her income was not very good, so Ji Jie was very happy when she got an old table.

Back at home, Ji Jie immediately pulled her father straight to her room, just opened the door, I heard Ji Jie scream, the professor hurried over, Ji Jie stood at the door with a pale face, the door was open, and the table in the room was gone.

The table was inexplicably stolen and moved out of the gate in broad daylight. Neighbors confirmed that a man wearing a goods run sign on his chest had gone to the professor's house and rang the doorbell twice. However, the neighbors did not know that the maid Ah Xiu had gone to the street to buy something at that time, so they did not suspect the slightest suspicion when they watched the man carry the table out of the house, carry it into a carriage and pull it away.

The same is true for the security investigation, the time of the crime is the short time when Ji Jie went to the school to pick up the professor, and the maid happened to go to the street to buy things.

What is puzzling is that only the table is missing in the room, and the other items are still in place, and even the gold coins that Ji Jie put on the table have not been taken, but put them in other places.

What was lost were only the items in the ancient table and drawers, which were all cheap decorations and letters, which were very meaningful to Ji Jie, but not valuable. It seems that the thief's purpose was not to clean up the contents of the table, but he didn't have time to clean it up, so he even carried the table away. That table is the target!

Just for the sake of a table, thieves dare to openly attack in the daytime, and the risk is so great that even the security guards can't understand it.

"I can give you some clues, if the thieves just want the table." The professor recounted all that had happened yesterday when he bought the table, and gave a detailed account of the young gentleman's physiognomy and features.

"He looked disappointed when I rejected him, and glared at me viciously as he was about to leave, a look I can't forget now. However, based on this alone, it cannot be concluded that it was the table he stole from. ”