There's a Secret Room

The legend of the City God Temple's "Golden Eyes" was still spreading. There were even antique shops in other places that came to Guyun Pavilion to learn. Li Mo was naturally very popular, but his master, Liu Chuanqing, was so depressed that he wanted to close the door. He received his peers all day and exchanged his experience in appraising. He knew his ability best. It was fine once or twice, but he was powerless after a few times.

If word got out that Li Mo had picked up another famous painting worth hundreds of millions, he would not have to open a shop there. It was so annoying.

"Little Mo, I think the security of the property here is not bad. Moreover, there is only one apartment on each floor. You also need to swipe your card to verify it. There's no problem with the security. These paintings don't have to be placed in the bank vault. Just put them in the safe at home. This will save a lot of trouble." Liu Yingying observed carefully along the way. She looked around the study. "There's no safe here. Perhaps there's one in the bedroom. Let's go and take a look."

"There's no need to look for it. I've already seen it. If it's at home, I need to buy a new safe. This works too. It's convenient to take it." Li Mo rolled up the five paintings. "Master, you and Shiniang can take a look around first. I'll tidy up the books on the shelves. They're all finance books that I can't understand. I'll look around later. I might be able to find some real porcelain. When the time comes, it'll be high-end and classy here."

He had this thought because he wanted to imitate the decorations in the Qin Family's courtyard house. That would be grand.

"Yingying, stay with Little Mo."

Li Mo called the property manager first. Then, he scanned the books with his alternate pupils. They were all very ordinary. He stood on the chair and took down the books on the top floor one by one. Yingying took them from below.

"Yingying, what surprise did you say you want to give me?"

"You didn't ask until now. That means you didn't take what I said to heart. I'm angry. The surprise is canceled."

"Don't. I've been looking forward to your surprise." Li Mo looked out of the door. His master and his wife were not in the living room. He hurriedly whispered, "Are you going to give me a kiss?"

Liu Yingying immediately raised her fist and said threateningly, "Don't even think about kissing me. I have my fist. Do you want to try?"

"It's not a surprise if it's not a kiss. In my opinion, your kiss is the biggest surprise in the world."

"Tsk, let me remind you again. That's my first kiss. How can I let you have it?" Liu Yingying pouted.

"In that case, I'll listen to the other surprises you give me."

The smile on Liu Yingying's face relaxed again. "After the college entrance examination, I want to take a vacation. Firstly, I want to celebrate our graduation, and secondly, I want to celebrate your 19th birthday. I used my accumulated pocket money to buy a two-person package. At that time, the travel agency will send me to and fro in a three-star hotel. We can go wherever we want."

Li Mo blinked. This was a huge surprise.

"How's that?"

"Did you book two rooms?"

Liu Yingying looked at him with a faint smile and said meaningfully, "I don't have that much pocket money, so I can only let you take advantage of me. I booked a standard room."

"Yingying, don't worry. I'm a gentleman."

However, it was definitely an unexpected surprise.

"When the time comes, I have a trump card. If you dare to have any bad intentions, hehe…"

Li Mo couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. He had almost forgotten that he had personally taught her several trump cards to deal with bad men. He was really digging his own grave.

"Why are you standing on the chair?"

I was considering giving up on this surprise. Li Mo dared to think about it but did not dare to say it. He could only continue to take down the book.

When he got a slot in the middle of the third row, three books seemed to be stuck to the cabinet and did not come out.

Li Mo did not notice it at first. He only felt that something was wrong after drawing it three times in a row. He craned his neck and realized that the depth of this compartment was clearly shallower than other places. The five books placed here were not real books, but they were wrapped around something with a plastic replica of a book cover.

"Yingying, there's something strange here."

"Anything?"

"Let me take a closer look first." Li Mo focused his gaze and looked through it. He realized that there seemed to be a switch behind this grid. There were several power lines connected behind it, but his X-ray vision was limited, especially the concrete wall. He could not see what was behind the wall.

"There seems to be a control switch here. Yingying, retreat further."

Liu Yingying quickly went to the other side of the desk. Li Mo pressed the invisible button hard. There was a faint sound of gears turning. Then, under the two of them's surprised gazes, an open cabinet 60 centimeters wide in the middle of the bookcase was actually moving towards the back.

Li Mo jumped off the chair and craned his neck to take a look. There was another room hidden behind the bookcase.

"There's a secret room!"

Liu Yingying's interest was piqued. There was also an unknown secret room hidden in such a luxurious mansion. Perhaps there were even more valuable treasures hidden inside.

The secret room was pitch-black, and Li Mo could not see what was inside.

"Little Mo, let's go in and see what treasures there are."

"I'm not sure what's inside. I'll go in and find the light switch. You can go in when there's no problem."

Li Mo took out his cell phone and turned on the lights. He squeezed in from that narrow place and found the switch on the entrance wall with the help of the cell phone's light. With a click, the secret room lit up.

"Move aside. Let me take a look first."

Liu Yingying pushed Li Mo aside and blinked a few times, revealing a hint of disappointment. There were many such porcelains in Guyun Pavilion.

Li Mo looked over. The secret room was not big, about 10 square meters. There was a row of aluminum alloy cabinets to the left. There were a total of four shelves, and some porcelain was placed in an orderly manner.

There was only a long table on the right with a mahogany box on it.

Li Mo's thoughts were the exact opposite of Liu Yingying's. The porcelains that could be placed in the secret chamber were probably not replicas. He looked over with his alternate pupils, and the narrow secret chamber was instantly overflowing with light. What he saw was a recent milky-white halo, a gray halo from the Qing Dynasty, a blue halo from the Ming Dynasty, a green halo that he had never come into contact with before, and an orange halo from the Song Dynasty.

Even though Li Mo was mentally prepared, he was deeply shocked at this moment. This was because there were a total of 12 authentic porcelain pieces in his sight.

The previous Shanghai financial tycoon owner was also a collector. He knew that his son was a prodigal, so he spent a lot of money to invest in antiques. Moreover, he hid it from his son. In the end, he died quickly after having a stroke and did not even say his last words.

Now, Li Mo had taken advantage of these more valuable antiques.

"Yingying, call Master in."

Yingying could hear the seriousness in Li Mo's tone and quickly nodded before walking out.

Li Mo's gaze landed on the mahogany box again. It was new and not locked. He took a deep breath and opened the box. There were two paintings lying quietly inside.

This mahogany house had the characteristic of resisting moths and moisture. It was an ideal choice to store paintings.

"Little Mo, there's actually a secret room in this house. Th-these are… blinding me."

Liu Chuanqing was incoherent. He carefully approached and carefully observed the porcelain on the shelf.

"Master, I have just checked that a few of them are authentic. They were from the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Republic of China. The rest are probably porcelain from before the Ming Dynasty. They still need to be appraised."

"Oh, oh, oh. I'm not moving. I'm just taking a look."

Liu Chuanqing nodded. If his disciple said that it was the real thing, it was definitely the real thing.