Chapter 922: Xiao He: Where’s my dog? Where’s my big black dog?!
To be honest, Xiao He is now somewhat grateful that it was the lucky Xiao Chen who discovered this basement.
After all, it's not like someone who falls into a basement and there's a special rag basket to catch them.
If it were just anyone, they would probably have broken an arm or a leg by now.
Are you sure you're okay?
Xiao He confirmed with Xiao Chen once again.
"I'm really fine."
Xiao Chen scratched his head: "After I fell, the table and cabinet also fell. They might have been in relatively good condition before, but now it's not so certain."
Xiao He's vision went black again: "How big was that table and cabinet?! It actually fell down too? Did it hit you?"
"No, no!"
Xiao Chen quickly explained, "Luckily, Brother Qi caught it, and the table and cabinet didn't fall on me."
Old Qi nodded in agreement: "Yes, luckily the floor didn't completely break. After I saw Xiao Chen fall, I immediately helped him up and prevented the table and cabinet from hitting him."
After hearing their descriptions, Xiao He couldn't help but facepalm: "Xiao Chen, you really are—"
A single misstep could lead to disaster.
As a result, the person is perfectly fine now.
Even Lady Luck wouldn't be so kind to you!
"Hehe, I'm glad you don't blame us for breaking the table, Brother Xiao."
Xiao Chen chuckled sheepishly, completely oblivious to the fact that he had just escaped death, and didn't forget to praise Weifeng: "Now that I think about it, Weifeng probably noticed the anomaly here a long time ago. It kept reminding us, but neither Qi Ge nor I noticed it at all. This is all thanks to Weifeng!"
Upon hearing his name, Wei Feng, who had been sitting upright to the side, called out.
"Good boy!"
Xiao He patted Wei Feng's head, only to get a handful of dust in return.
Upon closer inspection, Xiao He discovered that his big black dog had somehow turned into a dusty gray dog.
Even the dog leash was filthy beyond measure.
His lips twitched immediately: "Weifeng, how did you turn into a big gray dog?"
There's so much dust that it could be used to change the color of the garment.
Xiao Chen said guiltily, "Wei Feng wanted to dig in the dirt to remind us, so this is what happened—"
Seemingly sensing Xiao He's disdain, Wei Feng blew his nose again, clearly not satisfied with his "new skin." He simply got up from the ground and shook his fur in front of everyone's horrified eyes.
Instantly, dust enveloped everyone once again.
"Cough cough cough—"
"So majestic! So majestic! Stop! Stop!"
Everyone immediately covered their mouths and noses, squinting their eyes again. Xiao He also quickly stopped Wei Feng from doing this.
This finally stopped a new "storm".
Weifeng obediently sat back down on the ground.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao He couldn't help but sneeze several times: "Achoo, achoo—looks like I'll have to send Weifeng back to wash up—"
Don't be fooled by its current imposing appearance and black color; there's actually a lot of dust under its fur...
Xiao He dared not let Weifeng stay in the house any longer, lest it shake its fur a few times and they would suffer again, so he "ruthlessly" kicked Weifeng out.
Wei Feng realized he had made a mistake, so he immediately whimpered and slunk outside.
Finally, we can breathe again inside the house.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief without it even being noticed.
"By the way, is Manager Liu coming too?"
Old Qi asked.
“I didn’t let her come over. If we can handle things here, we’ll just do it directly. There’s no need to go through all that trouble.”
Xiao He waved his hand and continued to ask the two, "So what exactly is going on down there?"
He actually felt a little regretful.
After the incident, he should have gone to the scene first, and after seeing the situation below, called the police and asked for help, instead of rushing things and having Caranson call the police directly.
Now, he can't even get inside; he's already been stopped by the police on the outskirts.
This makes Xiao He feel like the situation is out of his control, which is very uncomfortable.
He wasn't actually greedy for what was down there, but the system was ultimately a trap, and he was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he might find some strange things inside—that wouldn't be good!
Moreover, he never expected that after he had Carlanson renovate every part of the garden inch by inch, the things would end up in a storage room-like place, not outside at all.
It seems that all of Xiao He's previous requests were in vain.
The land was dug up for nothing, but luckily it was paid for by the system, so it doesn't hurt.
"Actually, it was pitch black inside, and I didn't see many things very clearly."
Xiao Chen, unaware of Xiao He's thoughts, began to explain what she had witnessed.
"After I got up, I turned on my phone's flashlight and looked inside. I found that it wasn't very big, maybe only fifty or sixty square meters. There were rows and rows of shelves, some of which were broken and the things on them were scattered all over the ground. They looked like books or something."
"Then, at the very back, there were boxes and boxes of metal crates, about twenty in total. One of the crates was open, so I peeked inside and found that it contained several old-fashioned pistols."
Xiao Chen scratched his head as he said this: "I don't know the name of this gun, but I remember its appearance. I saw a ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) modified version of a real gun when I was helping the props team pack things up during the filming of a period drama. So I recognized the things in there as real ones right away."
Therefore, after carefully checking the other boxes, Xiao Chen immediately went out to call Lao Qi and asked them to notify Brother Xiao as soon as possible.
Based on Caransen's previous introduction, they could guess that the items inside likely belonged to a previous homeowner or the original owner of the house.
If you look closely, could it be considered an antique?
Xiao Chen doesn't understand these things, but he can call someone who does.
So everyone came over.
After hearing Xiao Chen's thrilling experience, Xiao He breathed a sigh of relief, patted him on the shoulder, and said encouragingly, "Not bad, Xiao Chen! You did a great job this time! You saved me a lot of trouble."
"But construction probably can't continue for the time being. What should we do about the police?"
Carlanson asked very cautiously from the side.
Xiao He wasn't quite sure what to do next either. After thinking for a moment, he gave this answer: "Well—let everyone rest today. I'll talk to the person in charge here in a bit and see what their plans are."
Actually, the police are quite efficient. There seem to be a lot of things in the basement. Once the police have checked and confirmed the safety situation, experts should come to inspect them and immediately move these items.
Once the stuff is moved, they shouldn't have anything to do with it anymore... right?
After all, they weren't the ones who buried the things.
If you want to find the previous owners, you'll probably have to go through the auction first.
Since he was upright and had nothing to hide, Xiao He instructed Carlanson, "Reorganize the document you showed me before and give a copy to the police so they can confirm the ownership of this place and the issues with the auction."
Carlansen immediately replied, "Okay."
Just then, loud footsteps were heard outside again.
It sounds like another group of people has arrived at the scene.
—The experts must have arrived.