Charming Avalokitesvara

Chapter 8

Lin Tao is very suspicious.

There is no doubt about this matter for Shao Kuancheng, but it is not known how suspicious he is - for example, if he is only related to the Yuanyuan case, or directly involved.

Another thing that is certain is that the charming Avalokitesvara that has appeared frequently in T City recently—whether it is purple dragon jade or wooden ones, they are all made by the same person. , or rather far away.

This incident made Shao Kuancheng feel a little weird. He wasn't sure Yuan Yuan was dead, so he just frightened Lin Tao and told him another unrelated thing when he was most excited and defenseless. The reaction was not a sudden change of topic, but a kind of surprise and fear. Such a reaction made Shao Kuancheng feel that Yuan Yuan was indeed dead, and Lin Tao clearly understood the whole process.

Of course, this is just Shao Kuancheng's conjecture. After all, Yuanyuan has no one alive or dead, and it has been four years. It is estimated that even if Yuanyuan's body is dug up for them now, it will be difficult to restore the truth of his death. It takes a long time.

Shao Kuancheng felt that he couldn't use such an unsubstantiated inference to apply for a colleague from the police station to search for corpses all over the city, right?

What he cares more about than this is that if the Purple Dragon Jade Guanyin and the Wooden Guanyin were made by the same person, the Purple Dragon Jade Guanyin undoubtedly belonged to Yuan Yuan four years ago, but Yuan Yuan is already dead!Is the owner of the wooden Guanyin a distant soul?

Thinking of this, the people of Shao Kuancheng couldn't help laughing at themselves, since when did they believe in such strange things?

The two conclusions of "Avalokitesvara from the same hand" and "Yuanyuan is dead" are a paradox, either A or B, and I have to find a way to overthrow one of them.This is Shao Kuancheng's character.

He is not a rigid person who insists on digging into the horns of a dead end and seeks truth from facts in everything. He always assumes boldly, verifies carefully, and overthrows himself when necessary and starts over.

The inference of "Yuanyuan is dead" is temporarily untestable, so Shao Kuancheng can only continue to start with the flattering Guanyin.His goal this time is the Purple Dragon Jade Avalokitesvara that Lin Tao handed over to Professor Wan.

Professor Wan is different from Lin Tao. He is a rare old professor who is highly respected and has gained both fame and fortune. He had seen Shao Kuancheng on TV when he was an ignorant kid.In order to show his utmost respect, Shao Kuancheng rarely gave him a call before the visit, instead of giving him no time to prepare like he did when he visited Lin Tao.

When Professor Wan heard that such a young man was coming to visit, he accepted it happily.

Shao Kuancheng's visit to Professor Wan seemed a lot straight-forward. He felt that such an old man had already seen all kinds of situations in the world, and everyone was saying that Professor Wan was a person with a peaceful nature, an open mind, and great wisdom, so there was absolutely no need for Shao Kuancheng to engage in So many flower heads.

"I heard that Mr. Lin Tao gave you the Avalokitesvara carved from purple dragon jade that was photographed some time ago, is that true?"

"Yes." Professor Wan said, "Purple Dragon Jade Avalokitesvara was the last piece of work before his disappearance, and along with his disappearance, this Avalokitesvara statue also disappeared, and it was not on the market until a year after his disappearance Heard about it again."

The "it" in Professor Wan's mouth refers to Zilongyu Guanyin, which Shao Kuancheng has also heard more or less.And I heard that all the people who had collected this Guanyin statue died in the end, so many people regard it as unknown, thinking that there is a distant curse on it.

"It's just that some people were involved in it, and I couldn't find out one by one, so the clue was cut off later." Professor Wan continued to recall. "Until this time when I heard that it was going to be auctioned publicly, I specifically asked Lin Tao to take it back."

"What do you mean by 'take it back'?" Shao Kuancheng keenly grasped the doubts in Professor Wan's words: "Isn't this Guanyin statue far away?"

"No, of course it's far away." Professor Wan laughed, as if laughing at Shao Kuancheng's sensitivity. "Yuan Yuan was also one of my students back then, but few people know about it. He disappeared. I feel that I have an obligation to take back his work and return it to him one day in the future."

"But Yuanyuan has never said in any public place that he is your student." Shao Kuancheng believed that everyone was like him, thinking Yuanyuan was self-taught.

"It was I who told him not to call him my student after leaving the school." Professor Wan continued, "Actually Yuan Yuan is not a gifted child. On the contrary, he is quite slow in this respect. The most important thing is Yes, he doesn't seem to have much interest in this aspect."

Shao Kuancheng couldn't help frowning. The Yuan Yuan mentioned by Professor Wan and the Yuan Yuan he knew seemed to be two people.

But he didn't immediately question Professor Wan's words, but continued to ask: "But everyone says he is a genius."

"I never cared whether he was a genius or an idiot. The reason why I decided not to teach him was just because his attitude was not correct. He was obsessed with the pursuit of utilitarianism and impetuous. Such a personality is not suitable for our industry. Yes." Professor Wan said slowly, "But I am also very confused. The things he made are so exquisite that even I have to admire them."

At Shao Kuancheng's request, Professor Wan took him to see the Purple Dragon Jade Guanyin.

As Shi Lang and Jiang Minghao said, this Avalokitesvara statue and the other two wooden Avalokitesvara statues were indeed made by the same person.

This did not solve the mystery in Shao Kuancheng's heart, but made the mystery even bigger.

Shao Kuancheng did not immediately deny the inference that "far away is dead" in his heart. During the conversation with Professor Wan, he suddenly had another idea, an idea that allowed A and B to be established at the same time.

However, this idea made the matter even more unbelievable.

When he was about to leave Professor Wan's house, Shao Kuancheng saw a woman.

This woman is called Lin Baiyu, and she is Professor Wan's wife. She is eight years younger than Professor Wan, but the age difference between the two is far more than eight years from the outside.

Lin Baiyu is beautiful and fashionable, with the elegance, calmness and style of a mature woman.She saw that Shao Kuancheng didn't show any unnecessary expressions, but nodded to him very politely, and treated Professor Wan with the same demeanor, which showed the indifference of the relationship between husband and wife.

No wonder there have been rumors in the circle that Professor Wan married Lin Baiyu only out of repayment to her father, and the reason why Lin Tao has today's power is in the final analysis because he and Lin Baiyu are from the same hometown, and the two of them come and go. , Secret love.

Shao Kuancheng didn't intend to gossip about other people's privacy, so he quickly left Professor Wan's house and rode to Zhenwan Street by bicycle.

Du Huaian didn't inform him of the opening today, let alone include him in the invitation list, but he really underestimated Shao Kuancheng's popularity in Zhenwan Street. As early as three days ago, Widow Chen had already told him about it. him.And Shao Kuancheng decided to ignore the fact that he was "uninvited" and be an uninvited guest.

If the other party is a woman and happens to be a young girl, Shao Kuancheng believes that there must be rumors flying in Zhenwan Street. He believes that those people will make up countless romantic and thrilling love stories to arrange him, but the other party is a man. But Shao Kuancheng intuitively knew that there was a secret in Du Huai'an.

Mysterious people are not necessarily suspicious, but people like Du Huai'an who open a shop in the downtown area, do the business of welcome and send, but want to keep a distance from everyone. If you use Shao Kuancheng's judgment standard, this It's just that there are ghosts in my heart.

It's like the hawkers on the Curiosity Street are full of people who pretend to be mysterious to attract customers, but their starting point is to do business, so they greet each other with smiles and tongues.To put it bluntly, they are all laymen.

In such an environment, the appearance of Du Huai'an seemed very abrupt.

When Shao Kuancheng arrived outside the door of "Tianyi Pavilion", he heard Widow Li's bold laughter coming from inside. Maybe even she herself thought that she had said something very funny, so she laughed exaggeratedly.

Shao Kuancheng pushed the door open and went in, and saw a group of people gathered around the shop, eating hot pot at a table.

When Du Huai'an saw him, his brows tightened sharply. Although it was only for a moment, Shao Kuancheng still clearly felt that he was not welcome.

The others, on the other hand, were very warm to him, and kept calling him to come over quickly, and closed the door quickly, so that the heat escaped.

Shao Kuancheng comforted himself, it doesn't matter, he is still popular with most people, so he sat down spontaneously, and put the wine in his hand on the table, expressing that he did not eat free food with empty hands.

Du Huai'an couldn't bear to push people away, so he could only let him sit down at the table.

"It's so lively here!" Shao Kuancheng said with a smile, "I heard your laughter outside the door. Why are you so happy!"

"What can make the little widow so happy!" Uncle He said loudly: "Apart from thinking about introducing a little girlfriend to you all day long, she is also thinking about introducing a little girlfriend to Huai'an! Little widow is not ashamed Shame, I don't want to see if Huai An can bear it!"

"I'll fuck you!" Widow Li glared at Uncle He: "Huai'an is not underage! You think everyone is like you, so you will be prudish!"

Shao Kuancheng didn't speak. He was really hungry, so he lowered his head to eat, but from the corners of his mouth, it could be seen that he was very happy.

When the two of them were almost quarreling, Shao Kuancheng opened his mouth and said with a smile, "That's right! So what's the result!"

"Isn't this still unresolved! You just came in!" Widow Li seemed to be angry at him for not coming at the right time, and then said, "Huai'an, what about your sister-in-law's proposal? You should say something!"

"Sister-in-law, I don't know how long I can stay in T city without relatives or reasons! Just don't harm other people's good girls!"

"Seeing what you say, sister-in-law, I don't like to listen to it!" Widow Li said, "I think back when I met that dead ghost in our family, he didn't even have a serious job! He knew cheating and abducting all day long. But no A way! I just like his unscrupulous appearance! I want to follow him so hard that I can’t even push him away!" He even felt embarrassed when he said that, and laughed.

While eating the meatball with his head down, Shao Kuancheng calmly rubbed his foot against Uncle He who was sitting beside him.The latter glanced at him suspiciously, seeing that his expression was normal, he seemed to understand something again.

This Shao Kuancheng!On the surface, they are not very serious, and they often make fun of these hawkers, because Shao Kuancheng knows that they are just trying to make money, and that they have not done anything evil.In the past few years, he has also noticed that Shao Kuancheng has figured out the background of these people.

"That's enough! You don't have to be ashamed to talk about your past shit all day long!" Uncle He scolded Widow Li jokingly, and then asked, "Huai'an, where is your home? Look at you. Not too old, what did you do before?"

"I grew up in T City, but I was an orphan." Du Huai'an said truthfully without doubting him. "I have just graduated for more than a year. Before I went to college, I studied psychology. I am also new to the antique industry, so if there is anything I don't understand in the future, please give me more advice."

"Ah! A college student!" Widow Li showed a look of yearning: "It's the first time I see a college student on our street! I'll have to talk to my son when I go back! If I can cultivate a A college student is worthy of his dead ghost father!"

Du Huai'an felt that such Widow Li was very simple and sincere, so he couldn't help but said, "Sister-in-law, if you encounter any problems in schoolwork, just come to me."

Widow Li also said cheerfully: "That's good! Thank you, sister-in-law, for being here now!"

"Huai'an, why are you messing around with all these stuffs like a psychology student!" Xiao Liu said suspiciously, "Wouldn't it be great to go out and find a job with a professional counterpart!"

"It's hard to find a job after graduating from a psychology university." Du Huai'an said: "The psychologists outside are all masters and doctors, and this discipline is also quite expensive, and it takes a long time to accumulate experience. I have nothing Money, you can’t just blindly pursue high education. It happens that some students in the school have contacted this industry, and everything is clearly marked with a price, and you can still owe the bill first. "

lie.

Shao Kuancheng thought of seeing Du Huai'an's hand by accident when he met him for the first time.

That is definitely a long-term production, or the traces that will be left on the hands of counterfeiters.

Du Huai'an, who are you?Why lie?