In the impression of Chu Shengfeng and his wife, if there was anything in the attic, it would only be a pile of junk that no one cared about.

Mr. and Mrs. Chu Shengfeng vaguely remember that since they took over the villa more than ten or twenty years ago, a lot of messy old sundries have been piled up in the corner of the attic... tables, chairs and benches with a missing corner, sofas that creaked when you sat on them, some messy rubbings of pictures, old-fashioned clocks that were so worn out that they were almost unsightly, and some bottles and jars in the cabinet that had long been covered with dust.

They guessed that the servants hired by Mo Runhua in the villa were lazy and did not clean the villa thoroughly in time, so all these broken things were piled in the attic.

The villa of over a thousand square meters is more than enough for their family. A mere attic is of little significance to them and it is difficult to clean. Therefore, Chu Shengfeng and his wife have been too lazy to take care of it for all these years. They just found a lock that cost a few dollars and hastily sealed the attic.

Jiang Wanqiu showed a suspicious expression and asked Chu Shengfeng in a low voice: "What did she go to the attic for again?"

It would have been better if she didn't say it. As soon as she said it, Chu Shengfeng also remembered that last year when Mo Li held her coming-of-age ceremony - that was the day she officially moved out of the Chu family. They seemed to have heard from the servants at home that on that day, she took advantage of the fact that the three members of the Chu family were not at home and hired a few people to carry out a broken hard bed from the attic.

During that time, they were busy worrying about the black gold card being taken back, and no one took this trivial matter to heart. As time went by, it was forgotten about.

And now, after more than a year, the first thing Mo Li did when he returned to the villa was to bring people into the attic again.

What on earth was in this attic that attracted her so much? Chu Shengfeng and his wife only remembered that this place had been locked for more than ten years. Logically speaking, Mo Li should have never been in there for all these years.

All kinds of speculations came flooding in, and a strong feeling of uneasiness and doubt instantly surged into their hearts.

……

After six or seven people suddenly walked into the small and dark attic, the already tight space became even more cramped.

Mo Li himself stood quietly at the door of the attic, with no intention of going in.

She had stayed there for quite some time in her previous life, so she was very familiar with the furnishings inside.

Chu Shengfeng and his wife stood at the stair railing not too far away and looked over here. They could not see the details, but could vaguely see the old men in ragged clothes investigating everywhere in the attic, picking up an object from time to time to examine it carefully.

Although there were many people in the room, it was not noisy at all, and the people inside rarely even whispered to each other. Soon everyone put on gloves with a serious face and carefully moved the items in the attic to the corridor outside the room one by one.

……

When Mo Li saw this scene, the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

It's not that she didn't notice Chu Shengfeng and his wife acting suspiciously on the other side, but she completely ignored their presence and had no intention of stopping them from continuing to watch.

In fact, she deliberately created an opportunity for them today to go back to the villa to pack up their personal belongings, with the purpose of letting them witness with their own eyes how much treasure they had missed over the years.

Although she admitted that there was indeed an element of gambling involved.

Before, she sold the golden nanmu bed with dragon carvings in the attic and exchanged it for a large villa in Yuehu Bay. She had always suspected that this attic might not be simple, and the pile of junk in it that no one wanted even if it was thrown away might not be vulgar.

That's why she spent a lot of money to invite these senior treasure appraisal experts to come to her house to appraise each item personally.

Now it seems that she made the right bet.

……

Chu Shengfeng and his wife gradually realized that something was not right from the unusual posture of this group of people.

The experts carefully picked up a Western clock that was only a few dozen centimeters wide, and observed it carefully through a magnifying glass, marveling at it.

Speaking of that Western clock, Chu Shengfeng still had a vague impression of it.

The workmanship of that Western clock looked quite exquisite, so he had suspected at the time whether it was something valuable. He even asked Jiang Wanqiu to find a mediocre "antique expert" at the mahjong table to help him take a look.

The other party came to their house in person, looked at it carefully, and then told them with confidence that this thing was a replica of a vintage old watch. Compared with the original, the workmanship was not as exquisite, it was not a famous brand, and most importantly, it was no longer accurate.

Finally, the other party came to the conclusion: this thing can be found everywhere in antique markets everywhere, and it is worth only a few hundred yuan at most.

Chu Shengfeng was extremely angry - he had spent more than a few hundred dollars just to host a banquet for this expert!

So in a fit of anger, they decided to turn a blind eye to it and had the thing thrown back into the attic. They never looked at it again.

……

Now it seems that Mo Li is probably just daydreaming, just like they did back then, thinking that these things are truly extraordinary antiques, which is why he invited so many experts to appraise them.

Chu Shengfeng couldn't help but start to say something sarcastic: "Tsk tsk... It must cost a lot of money to invite so many experts, right? Lili, I know you are extremely rich now, but you can't spend it recklessly, right?"

Jiang Wanqiu also exaggerated and attacked her: "I advise you not to let these people waste their energy. Are you more familiar with every plant and tree in this house than I am? We have already asked someone to identify the things in the attic. That Western clock is just a replica and is not worth much! You want to find a bargain, it's just wishful thinking-"

Before she finished her words, she heard several treasure appraisers surrounding the broken clock worth several hundred yuan and exclaiming:

"That's right! I can be sure that this cloisonné enamel clock must be a treasure from the Victorian era!"

"All the accessories are kept in such good condition. It is extremely rare in the market nowadays! I remember that a similar model was auctioned at the David Auction in the UK about 11 or 12 years ago. The transaction price was about 70,000 pounds. The current valuation will only increase, not decrease!"

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