Chapter 157: Which Goofy Streamer Gets Taken Away While Eating a Starch Sausage?

Gu Shengsheng continued to look through the artifacts, finding figures of horses, mandarin duck ewers, wine cups, camels...

There was a bit of everything. She used her System to appraise them one by one and found they were easily worth several million, or even ten to twenty million.

It wasn’t that these artifacts weren’t precious; in fact, they were quite valuable.

He asked anxiously, "Miss Gu, do you still want these things? I’ll sell them all to you."

"This is the last batch. I can’t dig up any more."

At this, Gu Shengsheng asked, "Dig what? Did you go digging up a grave?"

The viewers in the livestream chat also grew wary.

"Host, he’s not a tomb raider, is he? Are you sure you won’t get implicated in this?"

"You’d better get a clear answer! It would be bad if you got dragged into this."

"Yeah, you don’t want to end up with a fixed-term prison sentence!"

"..."

Gu Shengsheng grew curious as well. ’If these were dug up from a grave, there’s no way he’d be selling them this cheap.’

’More importantly, if he was digging in a cemetery, how could he have artifacts from so many different places? Before, there were items from the Warring States period, the Eastern Han, and even some from high antiquity.’

’But if he was robbing ancient tombs, a commotion that big would have gotten him caught long ago. He wouldn’t be running free out here.’

Gu Shengsheng wasn’t quite sure what to think.

He looked a little nervous now. "Anyway, Miss Gu, don’t worry. These are definitely not illegal items. I’d stake my life on the fact that they’re not against the law."

"Fine. How much do you want?" As long as he wasn’t a tomb raider, Gu Shengsheng was okay with it. ’Besides, I’m livestreaming. If anyone investigates later, it won’t have anything to do with me.’

"These aren’t expensive. There are 8 pieces this time. I’ll sell them to you for... how about 400,000?"

Gu Shengsheng didn’t say anything, just continued to pick through the items, examining them one by one.

He started to nervously lower the price. "If that’s no good, how about 350,000! I’m really broke lately. If you don’t buy them, I’ll be sleeping on the streets."

Gu Shengsheng was curious. "It hasn’t been that long since our last deal. You don’t seem to have spent the money on anything else—you haven’t even bought new clothes. Where did it all go?"

"Hehe, I don’t have many hobbies. I just like to go around winning money, playing cards, mahjong, that sort of thing."

He looked a bit embarrassed as he said this, feeling like it was a little shameful to admit it to someone like Miss Gu.

’She’s so hardworking and ambitious, always busy with something, while I’m basically an unemployed drifter.’ But he figured everyone has their own way of living.

’Once you’ve completely given up, it feels like nothing can defeat you anymore.’

Gu Shengsheng nodded. "Alright. I’ll take the items that look decent."

He was more than happy to help. A sucker like Gu Shengsheng was a rare find.

So he busied himself helping her, running back and forth.

"Let me help you take the stuff to your place!"

"That won’t be necessary. I’ll take them with me in a bit," Gu Shengsheng said. "If anything comes up, contact me on WeChat."

Having sold his things, he happily went off to enjoy himself.

Gu Shengsheng was just about to leave the street and head back to the museum to meet up with Wang Yu and Zhang Zhengyi when she saw a roadside stall selling starch sausages.

She bought one and stood by the road eating it. Just then, three or four police cars drove over from a distance.

Gu Shengsheng watched with the air of someone enjoying a good show. "I wonder who it is and what they did to get arrested."

The starch sausage vendor was also puzzled. "We rarely get police officers over here. Strange. Why are they heading our way?"

The vendor grew worried. "I’m gonna go, Miss. I think they’re coming for my stall."

And with that, he ran off!

Gu Shengsheng laughed. "They’re not the city inspectors. No need to be in such a hurry."

But her laughter soon died on her lips.

Because the three or four police cars were indeed heading in this direction—or to be precise, they were heading for Gu Shengsheng.

Gu Shengsheng: "..." ’Seriously? How can this be happening?’

The first person to get out of the police car was Zhang Lianqing.

Zhang Lianqing routinely showed her his police ID. Gu Shengsheng gave a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. "Familiar. All too familiar."

"I even recognize the faces of the young officers behind you."

’What? Has crime been that slow lately? They’re just singling me out for arrest.’

By now, the viewers in the livestream chat were no longer sweating for Gu Shengsheng!

Instead, they were laughing their heads off. "Host, you’re the unluckiest streamer I’ve ever seen."

"I can’t even imagine how many undercover cybercops are lurking in our chat, LOL. You’re like a marked troublemaker."

"I see other streamers having video calls with pretty girls dancing, and our host gets arrested while eating a starch sausage."

"The main thing is the way she eats, looks like she could devour a whole person, and she still claims to have no appetite..."

"..."

Gu Shengsheng didn’t notice the viewers in her chat roasting her like this.

Right now, she was just really anxious.

"Zhang Lianqing, what... did I do now?" she asked cautiously, a hint of annoyance in her voice.

’I really never noticed this was a problem before. Other girls might be scum magnets, but am I a cop magnet?’

’No wonder that fortune teller told me when I was little that I had good, upright roots and might end up serving the people one day.’

’I guess now I’m sort of related by association to those who serve the people...’

In any case, Gu Shengsheng was about to be put in silver bracelets. She raised her hands with practiced ease, but Zhang Lianqing just shot her a look.

"You haven’t committed a crime."

"We just need you to cooperate with an investigation. The man from today’s transaction is definitely suspicious."

"Miss Gu, please turn off your livestream."

"Oh." She nodded and immediately ended the stream.

Gu Shengsheng said, "There are plenty of suspicious people out there..." She was cut off by a glare from Zhang Lianqing.

"Don’t say things like that in public."

"Oh." She shrank back like a little quail.

The more brazen she usually was, the more docile and law-abiding she became in this situation.

Zhang Lianqing put his hands on his hips. The surrounding officers went to check the stall where the transaction had just taken place, but the young man who sold the items to Gu Shengsheng was already gone.

Zhang Lianqing said, "We have to find him."

"For now, don’t do anything with these artifacts. And the ones you bought from him before, hand those over to me as well."

Gu Shengsheng answered honestly, "I sold them."

It was true, she had sold them off to raise money when she bought the siheyuan. "I was livestreaming the whole time. You can look at the video evidence if you want."

He sighed and said, "Forget it."

"The main thing is to help you secure these items. Their origin is unknown right now, so we need to verify their authenticity and source. It’ll be more convenient for you in the long run, right?"

"If we don’t look into it now, we’ll have to later. You’ve already collected so many, and with all of us watching your stream, we can’t just pretend we didn’t see anything, can we?"

"The guy who sold them to you might not be very bright, but we’re not blind. And there’s a limit to how long one can play blind, isn’t there?"