92: Chapter 92 A Trick in Everyday Life

Zuo Hemei realized that the locksmith must have misunderstood, so she deliberately straightened her face and said seriously, "We are here to receive criminal evidence."

Zhu Xiaoming pulled a long face; it was true that good things never happen, but bad things always do. This gang of robbers was too bold. The police had arrived, and they were still standing there without running away.

Liu Haorui found the locksmith amusing and wanted to tease him, so he pointed at Zhu Xiaoming and shouted, "Captain Zuo, he is the main culprit; he planned the theft of the national treasure all by himself. We were just keeping watch. If anyone needs to be shot, it should be him alone."

Zhang Wei was speechless. You already called her Officer Zuo; are you afraid others don't know you two are acquainted?

But Zhu Xiaoming was already terrified at this point and automatically ignored that detail. He was so scared he was about to cry, waving his hands repeatedly, "Officer, you have to stand up for me. These people are framing me!"

"Haha, comrade, don't worry, they are just teasing you." Zuo Hemei saw that the fun had gone on long enough, and fearing she might really scare the locksmith, she finally spoke up to explain clearly.

Zhu Xiaoming confirmed it repeatedly before finally relaxing. He collapsed into a chair, still shaken, and said, "You almost scared me to death. I was wondering how a big internet celebrity and an Eldest Young Master could be so short of money that they had to rob antiques. This joke went too far."

Zhang Wei stepped forward and patted the other man on the shoulder, smiling, "Master, your lock-picking skills are impressive. Let's add each other on WeChat; I'll call you again if I have work in the future, and I'll double the price."

At this moment, Yu Hongtao finally arrived with Dr. Zhao and a group of Museum staff. They were carrying three wooden boxes.

Zuo Hemei stepped forward to shake hands with Yu Hongtao and smiled, "Director Yu, sorry to trouble you to come over late at night for the appraisal. Thank you for your hard work."

"It's my duty, it's my duty." Yu Hongtao rubbed his hands together, "Being able to appraise such a fine item is beneficial for our work and helps us gain experience; it's a win-win situation."

Dr. Zhao, who was standing to the side, couldn't hold back any longer and began directing the staff to carefully open the glass box.

While they were conducting the appraisal, Yu Hongtao pointed to the three wooden boxes he had brought and said to Zhang Wei, "These are plaster replicas of three buddha heads from the Museum. Number 2 is modeled after a buddha head from the Western Jin Dynasty and is the closest to the genuine one in front of us. You can take it, but it costs ten thousand; remember to go to the Museum to pay when you have time."

The exhibits in a Museum are not necessarily all genuine. Because some cultural relics are quite precious or to facilitate public education, the Museum will also produce 1:1 replicas to enrich the collection. Of course, this excludes historic cities like X City Name and the Capital Museum. Too many cultural relics are unearthed there.

Zhang Wei was speechless after hearing this, "Uncle Yu, you are too stingy. This makes our Shenghai Museum look petty; people online are already saying that people from the City Name are stingy. Can't you change that?"

Yu Hongtao slapped Zhang Wei on the head, "You brat, you took ten million from our Museum just for the rental fee of the imperial seal of china. And you say we aren't generous enough? Now you won't even pay ten thousand; I think the really stingy one is you!"

Zhang Wei had no choice but to turn and look at Zuo Hemei. The other party simply turned her face away, "I only handle the case; I don't know about anything else."

Zhang Wei was on the verge of tears; this bunch of people was discarding him after using him. However, in order to annoy the little japanese, he paid the ten thousand.

Opening the wooden box, there was another buddha head inside. You have to admit, although it was a replica, the craftsmanship was at a Museum level and was no joke. Whether it was the shape or the artificial aging, it was incredibly lifelike. When the two buddha heads were placed together, a layman could not tell which was real and which was fake.

Calling Liu Haorui and the others to help put the replica buddha head back into the glass box, Zhang Wei winked at everyone, "Everyone, act naturally. It wouldn't be good for that little japanese to have lost something, so we'll return it to him."

The group closed the safe and carried it back to the car. Zhu Pengfei asked Zhang Wei, "Earlier, we played a short movie to lure away the little japanese left on guard. What do we do now? Using that trick again won't work, right?"

Zhang Wei laughed out loud, "Besides my good looks, what I am best at is coming up with ideas. Just watch and see when we get there."

Ten minutes later, at Mitsui Company.

The middle-aged little japanese had just experienced that, and now he was playing on his computer, listless and dispirited. Then, he saw a food delivery guy arrive at the main entrance.

The little japanese got up and opened the glass door, asking strangely, "You, what is the matter?"

The delivery guy handed the takeout bag to the other party and pointed to the Japanese note on the receipt.

The little japanese leaned over to take a look; it was written in Japanese, "Thank you for your hard work with the overtime. This is a small token of concern from the Department Head."

The little japanese was immediately flattered. He hadn't expected that the Department Head, who was usually so high and mighty, would care about him so much in private. Could it be that his efforts had been seen by the Department Head, and was he about to be promoted?

The little japanese the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and he even bowed to the delivery guy.

Returning to the office and opening the takeout, he saw it was Oden, which he loved to eat. The Department Head was truly thoughtful. The little japanese thought it was too late now to disturb the Department Head's rest, so he must express his gratitude in person first thing tomorrow morning.

With tears in his eyes, the little japanese ate the entire bowl of Oden clean, even drinking all the soup.

Zhang Wei was watching the surveillance footage in the car and chuckling. He turned to Liu Haorui and said, "Old Liu, did you add the laxative you bought?"

"Don't worry, I poured in three times the dose. I guarantee this little japanese will have a rough time in a while."

Zhang Wei nodded with satisfaction, "Haha, that's good. We are ready to act."

Sure enough, not long after the little japanese finished eating, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, followed by a strong urge to defecate that almost made him soil his pants on the spot. He hurriedly ran toward the restroom.

Zhang Wei and the others took the opportunity to restore the safe to its original position. Returning to the car, An Xiaoxi finished the cleanup work, and with that, the entire buddha head mission was successfully completed.

"I guess when that bunch of little japanese discover the buddha head has been swapped, and they don't even know who did it, they will be so furious their lungs will explode." Zhu Pengfei had participated in such an exciting mission tonight; just thinking about the little japanese flying into a rage made him extremely excited.

"Alright, everyone go back, wash up, and sleep. Leave the rest to Officer Zuo." Zhang Wei was exhausted by now; no matter how well young people can stay up late, this day had been filled with outsmarting the Alligator Gar and breaking into Mitsui Company three times to swap the buddha head. It was already past three in the morning, and his body really couldn't take it anymore.

Everyone returned to their homes, and Zhang Wei took An Xiaoxi back to Jiangnan Garden.

At this time, Dr. Zhao's appraisal was coming to an end, and an officer was recording the evidence on the side.

Zhang Wei waved his hand to signal them to do as they pleased. He was going back to his room to wash up and sleep. But just then, Dr. Zhao put down the magnifying glass in his hand, grabbed him, and said excitedly, "The preliminary appraisal is done; it can be confirmed that this is a stone-carved buddha head from the Western Jin Dynasty. It's an incredible treasure."

Zhang Wei didn't have much of a concept regarding antiques. He asked casually, "Dr. Zhao, what is so incredible about this buddha head?"

Then he saw Dr. Zhao say with an excited face, "It is the only one in the world, and it is right here; do you think that is incredible?"

It wasn't just Zhang Wei; everyone present was dumbfounded. It seemed like this was another major discovery on the level of the imperial seal of china?