Chapter 40: Because You Are My Uncle

The two older ones appeared to be a married couple. They were followed by three young people who shared a striking family resemblance, the youngest a boy of seventeen or eighteen, at most a high school student.

As the five of them stepped out of the car, ten eyes darted back and forth: first checking out Lin Sicheng, then the dog, and finally, the basin.

Just imagine: you’re out for a casual stroll, and you inexplicably encounter a dog—a dog with a basin smeared in dog feces dangling from its jaws. Then, upon closer inspection, you realize the basin is actually an antique, a piece of imperial ware worth nearly a million? Just ask yourself: would any TV screenwriter dare to script something so absurd?

The man stared at the mud-splattered Lin Sicheng for a long moment before offering a faint smile. "May I take a look?"

"Of course!" Hao Jun handed the basin over.

The man accepted it, but immediately turned and passed it to the slightly younger girl among the three youths. She looked to be about twenty-three or twenty-four, tall and slender, her moon-white long dress accentuating a perfect