"Really?" Gu Mei heard and didn't even care about the turtle dish in front of her, looking at Guan Tong who was excited: "How did you suddenly make this decision, when did it start?"

  "This proposal was already reported before we came back, possibly because too few things were recovered and it was heard that many cultural relics were sold at low prices, so this method was thought of. As mentioned earlier, no matter who uses what method to obtain those cultural relics, as long as they are handed over voluntarily, confirmed to be genuine, not only will there be no investigation into responsibility, but a certain reward will also be given." said Guan Tong with a smile.

  She nodded, she did know that sometimes in order to protect cultural relics from being damaged, such measures would be taken. Compared to punishing those who steal and privately buy and sell cultural relics, protecting and retrieving the relics is a more important matter.

  She had heard that someone had accidentally discovered an ancient tomb in the countryside, and a child who didn't know better followed others into it and took away a very valuable cultural relic. Later, when people came to investigate, the child's mother was afraid of being punished, so in her anxiety she destroyed the relic, which was truly heartbreaking.

  Such incidents are not uncommon, so relevant departments handle such matters with great care, striving to maximize the protection of cultural relics' safety.

  "This is a good thing, this morning when Professor Wang saw that not many of the retrieved artifacts were returned, his face was not just any ordinary ugly. Gu Mian learned from Professor Wang's expression this morning and also made a similar face."

  Guan Tong was amused by Gu Mei's appearance and couldn't help but stretch out her hand to gently pinch Gu Mei's face: "Later, someone will spread the news, and we'll go outside this afternoon. Who knows, maybe someone will come today. From what Professor said, it seems like we have to keep doing this until we return to school. Fu Wen has already gone to inform others, I'm here specifically to let you prepare."

  Gu Mei glanced at the exhibits placed beside her that had not yet been fully documented, rubbed her face and said to Guan Tong: "Alright then, it just so happens I'm almost done here. You go ahead and attend to your business first, I'll come find you once I've finished dealing with this matter."

  "Then hurry up." Guan Tong didn't say much either. Seeing that there was nothing else to do on Gu's side, he hastily left.

  Thinking that she could touch the artifacts in the afternoon, Gu Meng was very excited. This morning, she didn't get to qualify to appraise the artifacts with the professors and she was a bit disappointed, but unexpectedly, within just half a day's time, she got such a good opportunity.

  Excitement subsided, the tasks at hand still had to be completed seriously. Gu Mei got excited for a while, then suppressed her restless heart and carefully made various written records of the artifacts until lunchtime before finally completing the task.

  This time, the number of people who were named to participate was not small. In addition to Gu Mian, Guan Tong and Fu Wen, there were also some other professors who brought their students, and Xia Jun was even appointed as the temporary captain, becoming the leader of these students.

  As before, these people brought out by the professors to exercise still undergo the first screening, which can gain practical experience and help professors reduce their burden, it's a win-win situation.

  Before the start, everyone gathered together and had a simple meeting. Professor Tong, the host of the meeting, made a few simple declarations and reminded students to seize the opportunity well and not be careless.

  A temporary appraisal point was set up not far from the ancient tomb camp, with only a simple shed built and several tables, chairs, and benches placed inside.

  Gu Meng and others sat in front of a small table, waiting patiently.

  At first, everyone was very enthusiastic and sat properly in their seats, occasionally discussing the possible situations they might encounter with familiar people in a low voice. However, after waiting for an entire afternoon, until the people in the camp told them to pack up and go back to eat dinner, they still didn't see even one person.

  The cruel fact hit everyone's positivity hard, when we went out with high morale, but came back in a daze.

  Gu Meng and others, although they didn't show it on their faces, were still very disappointed in their hearts, and during meals, they didn't even want to talk.

  Seeing the students' dispirited appearance, Professor Wang, who had been keeping a straight face since he knew that only a few artifacts were recovered, finally cracked a smile and comforted everyone: "Don't be discouraged, it's always like this at first. As long as there is a first visitor, more will follow. Today's notice was urgent, some people may not know yet, but tomorrow will be better."

  "Yes." The crowd responded in unison.

  Although the mood was still a bit off, after hearing Professor Wang say that, everyone's spirits slightly recovered.

  The next day after getting up, almost everyone had recovered and went to the temporary identification point with renewed energy, waiting for someone to come.

  Around 10 am, the temporary identification point welcomed its first batch of people. At the same time, Gu Qing also saw a person who made her mood suddenly worse.

  That person was none other than Du Hao, who had just gotten married recently.

  She knew that the Dushi Group was also involved in the construction of the resort, and the excavation of ancient tombs at the site had led to the theft of cultural relics by the contractor and local thugs. The Dushi Group would definitely send someone over to investigate, regardless of their motives.

  She had guessed that Du Hao might come in person, after all, she was very clear about how much he valued this project, but when she really saw the person, her mood was still a bit turbulent.

  Du Hao is still the same as before, even though he came from a dusty construction site, but he seemed to be unaffected, his clothes were still very particular, from his hair to his toes, all showing off his unique aura.

  Perhaps because of some annoying things, Du Hao's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his whole person looked a bit serious.

  Duhao, who came with a group of people and looked quite sharp, didn't seem like the type to participate in a paid redemption activity for cultural relics. As the leader, Xia Jun immediately walked up to understand the situation.

  Du Hao was busy talking to Xia Jun and didn't notice Gu Mian standing beside him.

  "Gu Mian, that person..." Guan Tong had been looking at Gu Mian with a worried face since Du Hao appeared.

  Gu Mian and Du Hao's affair was not a secret in school, and Guan Tong had also heard about it.

  "It's okay." Gu Meiyan smiled reassuringly at Guan Tong.

  Guan Tong opened his mouth, but in the end didn't say anything. He just let out a sigh and gently patted Guan Mian's hand, with unspoken sympathy in his eyes.

  Looking at Guan Tong's sympathetic expression, Gu Mei almost couldn't help but laugh out loud, and even the mood that was somewhat ruined by Du Hao's appearance improved a lot.

  She was indeed very angry with Du Hao's actions, and there was also sadness, but she had long since come to terms with it. Now, she and Du Hao have no relationship whatsoever, so why would seeing him stir up past sorrows? At most, she just felt a surge of anger this time.

  But since Guan Tong thought so, she didn't bother to explain, lest it get worse.

  Xia Jun led the group of people towards the ancient tomb campsite after a brief conversation with Du Hao, while instructing others to continue guarding here and waiting for someone to come and appraise.

  "I don't know what they're trying to do." Guan Tong muttered in confusion.

  "The people from the construction team made a scene, maybe they came to apologize on purpose." Gu Mian sat back on the stool, idly fiddling with the magnifying glass in her hand.

  She had just noticed that there was a woman who looked very frightened following Du Hao, the woman's face was pale, tightly hugging a large package in her arms, as if she was holding onto her own life.

  (Tears streaming down, the electricity that stopped for a day yesterday, how sorrowful is my kitty~~~ This chapter was completed using the last remaining battery life of my laptop. My kitty doesn't know if the power will be back on today, I can only try to get this chapter up first~~~~ I promised three updates, waaahhhh, Buddha bless my kitty! PS: I hate power outages, 555555~~~)