When Captain Qi Baolin saw that the stairway exit led into an alley with roads branching in every direction, he couldn't help sighing. "This Ma XiongLin is indeed cunning. If Young Master Chu hadn't acted so quickly, he very likely would have escaped again this time!"
Chu Chen shook his head. "The main thing is that his luck was bad. If Ma XiongLin had happened to be in the little room when that person rushed in to report, he might already have gotten away."
Captain Qi nodded, feeling that it was indeed possible, but to curry favor with Chu Chen, he still offered several flattering remarks.
Chu Chen chuckled to himself. He really hadn't expected that someone who often looked so serious, like Captain Qi, could also be so smooth with his flattery. But when he thought about it, it was perfectly normal. After all, that was simply the way things were in this country!
Captain Qi smiled ingratiatingly. "Young Master Chu, I wonder whether you plan to choose the antiques now or wait until they've arrived in the capital?"
"This one! This one! And that one..." Chu Chen selected most of the antiques in the little room, with the Bronze Eagle Ding being the most important of all. Then he said, "These few must definitely be kept. As for the rest, we'll talk about it after everything returns to the capital."
Seeing that Chu Chen had selected most of the things in the little room, Captain Qi gave a bitter smile inwardly. Fortunately, Chu Chen had left a few pieces behind; otherwise, he really wouldn't have known how to explain himself. But he had been in the wrong today to begin with, and given Chu Chen's status, he could only readily agree on the surface...
When Chu Chen and