Gu Qiaoqiao was quite surprised, because yesterday, Great Grandfather and Zhang Yi had indeed given her a day off. After all, Qin Yize had returned, and the two of them seldom got together. Every ti Qin Yize ca back, the Old Patriarch would not let Gu Qiaoqiao be occupied with work. This ti was no different.
So, Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t know what the Old Patriarch was looking for her for.
Gu Qiaoqiao quickly walked to the phone and picked it up, "Great Grandfather, is there sothing you need from ?"
On the other end of the line, Gu Qingfeng’s voice was extrely hoarse, as if he had caught a cold, "Qiaoqiao, co to Yubao Square, I’m waiting for you here."
"Great Grandfather, has sothing happened?"
Gu Qiaoqiao asked anxiously, and the Old Patriarch hesitated for a mont before speaking, "Qiaoqiao, you’ll know when you get here. It’s hard to explain over the phone."
Then he hung up the phone.
Gu Qiaoqiao paused for a mont and turned to look at Qin Yize standing in the doorway, frowning, "I need to go to Yubao Square, Great Grandfather needs sothing from ."
Grandma Qin quickly asked, "Qiaoqiao, has sothing happened at Yubao Square?"
At this ti, Gu Qiaoqiao couldn’t say there was nothing, but she indeed didn’t know what was going on. The matter was serious enough that Great Grandfather didn’t even tell her over the phone.
Gu Qiaoqiao glanced at Grandma Qin and shook her head, "I don’t know either, but it should be nothing too serious."
Standing in the doorway, Qin Yize felt sothing was amiss. He knew the Old Patriarch’s character and knew that today he and Gu Qiaoqiao were going out to have fun. The call wouldn’t have been made unless sothing significant happened.
So, Qin Yize grabbed the travel bag and turned back into their room, putting everything in the bedroom, saying to Gu Qiaoqiao, who was following him, "I’ll take you to Yubao Square."
Gu Qiaoqiao didn’t refuse. At this mont, she indeed had a bad premonition but didn’t know why. Then, the two got into the car, and Qin Yize started the car, speeding towards Yubao Square.
It was morning, and there were many people commuting to work and school. Gu Qiaoqiao was anxious but could only move with the traffic. Since when did the Imperial Capital have so many cars?
They finally arrived at Yubao Square. By this ti, it was already past nine o’clock. The doors of Yubao Square were tightly closed. After getting out of the car, Gu Qiaoqiao rushed towards the door. Just as she was about to knock, the door was pushed open from inside. It turned out to be Zhang Yi with a pale face, who said to the two, "Hurry up and co in."
This was the first ti Gu Qiaoqiao had seen Zhang Yi with such an expression. After the two entered, Zhang Yi quickly closed the door and even locked it from inside.
Then Zhang Yi pointed at the hall and said to Gu Qiaoqiao, "Qiaoqiao, take a look."
At this ti, Gu Qingfeng was standing in the center of the hall with a cane, his face also not looking good at all.
Gu Qiaoqiao turned to look and was imdiately shocked. Qin Yize had the sa reaction. They rushed to the counter, taking a look at everything, standing there dumbfounded...
The antiques on Duobao Pavilion, the calligraphy and paintings on the walls, had all turned into fragnts scattered on the floor, and the jade bracelets in the counters had also turned into piles of pieces.
Everything in the entire hall was shattered: jade sculptures, calligraphy, including the "Hundred Miles of Mountains Map," wasn’t hanging on the wall but had turned into a pile of scraps on the ground. Other porcelains and so ancient bronze wares were the sa; they weren’t fragile but had broken into countless pieces, silently resting in place.
Everything before their eyes confird one thing: everything in Yubao Square was destroyed.
Gu Qiaoqiao’s face turned pale too. She didn’t expect such a thing to happen. At this ti, Gu Qingfeng also looked defeated. Yubao Square was the effort of several generations of the Gu Family, but in his hands, it had turned into this. While there were still so valuable items in the secret room, the pieces in the hall of Yubao Square weren’t inferior either.
Especially since a large quantity of jade had been newly acquired after recent purchases, now it was all shattered. No matter how good the jade, once shattered, its value is reduced to zero.
Gu Qiaoqiao stood blankly on the spot, her mind a bit blank, as if in a dream. At this ti, Qin Yize reached out and patted Gu Qiaoqiao’s shoulder, the warmth of his palm making her feel sowhat better. She turned to Zhang Yi, who looked equally pale, and murmured, "Uncle Zhang, what on earth happened here?"
"When I opened the door this morning, it was like this, sa as last ti. The front door was intact, see, even the glass isn’t broken, and there was no earthquake in the Imperial Capital..." Zhang Yi muttered as if in a daze.
He knew in his heart that this was not sothing done by ordinary people.
Zhang Yi’s voice was also hoarse, the incident was a considerable blow to him, unlike what Nie Luan did last ti. This ti, everything was destroyed in a large area, not a single thing was spared.
This was a deadly blow to Yubao Square.
Qin Yize frowned tightly as he had not expected such a thing either, and it was indeed very surprising and inexplicable. How could everything suddenly beco like this? Jadeite turned into fragnts, porcelains broke into pieces; this was definitely not sothing that could be done by people, so what was it?
Moreover, he also knew that this incident seed unable to be reported to the police.
It definitely wasn’t Nie Luan because he was still in confinent, in a deep sleep.
He looked at the ti. It was almost ti to open. He asked in a deep voice, "We can’t open the business for sure; is there a notice at the entrance?"
Zhang Yi shook his head sowhat blankly, "I haven’t had ti for that yet."
Qin Yize glanced around and walked accurately to a spot behind the counter, taking out a sign. Then he strode to the outside and placed the sign at the front door.
It was a notice for temporarily halting business.
Then, Qin Yize quickly closed the door again, locking it just like Zhang Yi did earlier.
The two staff mbers standing in the corner were also pale. Gu Qingfeng seed to finally co back to his senses and said to them, "You two go back for now. Do not tell anyone about today’s events."
The two staff working the early shift nodded quickly, with their hearts pounding wildly, and left Yubao Square.
Now, only Gu Qiaoqiao and the other three were left in Yubao Square.
Qin Yize, frowning, began to inspect carefully.
He moved quickly and then stopped at the doorway. After pausing for a mont, he turned back and said to Gu Qingfeng, "Great Grandfather, soone was here around midnight."
Gu Qiaoqiao quickly walked to Qin Yize’s side, checking carefully, seeming to sense a faint trace of sothing unusual too.
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