Chapter 34

Lin Ruxue actually hoped very much that Li Yi's antiques were genuine, but thinking about it, she felt it was impossible.

If there were really such valuable antiques at home, they wouldn't have been left for Li Yi to take out; they would have been smashed and burned during the ten years of turmoil.

"Xiao Yi, if you keep playing with fake antiques, not only will the items be confiscated, but you might also be taken to the police station," Lin Ruxue said worriedly.

"Don't worry, Auntie, they are really genuine. Just come with me!" Li Yi shook Lin Ruxue's hand.

After listening to Li Yi's pleading for a long time, Lin Ruxue finally softened her heart and went with Li Yi, holding the antiques, and got back into the BMW.

"Xiao Ting wouldn't even go with you, and you always make Auntie go with you and lose face!" Lin Ruxue pouted.

"I knew Auntie would be good to me. But we're not going to lose face, just trust me!"

"If your junk gets confiscated and we get kicked out, we'll go to Huixiu's place right away to apologize, got it?" Lin Ruxue clearly didn't believe Li Yi.

"It won't happen, don't worry." Li Yi smiled.

The BMW sped along and soon arrived at the exhibition venue, the Chenxing Hall.

The formal exhibition and sale was to start at 6 PM, but collectors with valuable items would definitely need to enter early to set up their booths. Since this was a grand exhibition with priceless antiques, the Tangshui City police were very cautious, and the venue was already under strict security, with all vehicles being thoroughly checked.

"Hello, please stop. You can't enter any further," a young police officer stopped Li Yi's car at the entrance of the Chenxing Hall.

"I'm here to attend the exhibition," Li Yi said.

"The exhibition starts at 6 PM. You are welcome to come then. Right now, it's the preparation time, and non-participants are not allowed to enter," the young police officer said politely.

Li Yi had to explain, "Oh, I'm a collector who will be exhibiting antiques at this exhibition. I need to enter early to set up."

"You are a collector exhibiting antiques?" The young police officer was slightly surprised. "May I ask your name? I have a list and photos of all the collectors attending the exhibition, and I don't see anyone as young as you."

"My name is Li Yi. Is it not on the list?" Li Yi asked.

The young police officer checked and then shook his head. "No, I can't find you. Do you have a special invitation? If you do, please show it."

"Special invitation? I don't have one." Li Yi shook his head. He had only mentioned it to Yun Haiyong in the morning, and Yun Haiyong had said it was fine, but he hadn't received an invitation.

The young police officer smiled. "In that case, we cannot let you enter the venue. If you want to come in, please come after 6 PM when the exhibition officially starts. You are welcome then."

Lin Ruxue looked at Li Yi with a resentful expression. "Let's go, we can't even get in the door here!"

"Wait a moment, I'll make a call," Li Yi said.

He called Yun Haiyong, who was surprised. "What, they won't let you in? That's strange, I already talked to Old Tan! I'll check right away, don't worry, it's definitely fine!"

"Thanks, Brother Yong!" Li Yi replied.

After hanging up, Li Yi gave Lin Ruxue a reassuring look and waited for Yun Haiyong's response. Suddenly, a horn sounded from behind the car.

"Beep! Beep!"

"Why isn't the car in front moving? Hurry up!" the driver behind shouted.

The young police officer immediately went to the car behind, looked at the person in the back seat, quickly checked the list, and then smiled humbly. "Mr. Lai, please wait a moment, I'll have the car in front move right away!"

Lai Yingbo was a famous domestic collector who had brought several priceless exhibits for this exhibition and was one of the few people with a booth at the central exhibition area.

"Okay." Lai Yingbo nodded without saying much, but his driver said, "Hurry up, the things in the car are very valuable. We can't just stop here on the road."

"Rest assured, it will be done right away!" The young police officer nodded and ran to Li Yi's car, shouting, "Please move your car, don't block our way!"

"I need to enter the venue, just wait a moment!" Li Yi said calmly.

The young police officer's face immediately turned serious. This person wasn't on the list and didn't have a special invitation. Blocking Mr. Lai's car and refusing to move, what was his intention?

"I'm telling you to leave right now, or I'll arrest you for disturbing the peace!"

"I'll just wait a moment, for a call to come through!" Li Yi said slowly.

At this moment, the car behind honked again, the beeping was chaotic. The young police officer frowned and shouted, "You're not moving? Get out of the car, right now!"

Seeing the police officer's attitude, Li Yi smiled slightly and ignored him. Lin Ruxue, however, said nervously, "Let's go quickly!"

"Auntie, don't worry, I've already talked to Brother Yong," Li Yi reassured her softly.

At this moment, a few other police officers were attracted by the commotion. A middle-aged officer, who seemed to be in a high position, frowned and asked, "Min, what's going on here?"

The young police officer immediately said, "Captain Lu, there's an irrelevant person trying to enter the venue, blocking Mr. Lai's car. I'm trying to get him to leave!"

Saying this, he pounded on Li Yi's car door, shouting, "Move now!"

Captain Lu's face darkened, and he said unhappily, "Who dares to cause trouble here? If necessary, have the police car tow it away!"

"Yes, yes!" The young police officer responded and then saw two people coming out of the entrance.

The first was a plump old man, the organizer of the exhibition, the provincial cultural department director, Mr. Tan. Beside Mr. Tan was a police officer in uniform with two bars and three stars, the vice secretary of the Tangshui City Political and Legal Affairs Committee and the police chief, Hu Wanshan.

Seeing the police chief come out and Li Yi's car still blocking the way, the young police officer panicked. He kicked Li Yi's car door hard and shouted, "Move now!"

Li Yi smiled. "I have valuable antiques in my car. Kicking my car is fine, but if you damage the antiques inside, you can't afford to pay for them!"

"Damn, you're causing trouble and you think you have a reason?" The young police officer, feeling indignant, kicked Li Yi's car door hard again.

"Bang! Bang!" The two kicks were very heavy, and Hu Wanshan, who had just come out, noticed. He asked the officer in charge of the entrance security, Lu Yangcheng, "Captain Lu, what's going on over there?"

Lu Yangcheng hurriedly said, "Chief, it's a troublemaker, Officer Min is handling it!"

"How are you handling it? There's a troublemaker and you don't deal with it quickly. Do you know how important this exhibition is?" Hu Wanshan scolded sternly.

"Yes, yes, I'll handle it right away!" Lu Yangcheng didn't dare to argue and ran to Li Yi's car, pointing at Li Yi and shouting, "Get out of here now!"

"Let's go quickly!" Lin Ruxue, seeing the situation getting worse, was very anxious.

Li Yi didn't move, just watching Hu Wanshan walking over and honked the horn.