The Chosen System: Counterattack with Husband

Mu Jiulan closed the wooden box, apologized to Xu Yiyu and Lu Sanshi, and then made a phone call on the office landline.

So ten minutes later, Xu Yiyu and the others saw three faces that they had only seen in news reports before.

When Shan Yunxiang, wearing his old cloth shoes that he probably didn't change once a week, walked into the office with the two vice presidents behind him, the first thing he saw was not the huge wooden box, but Xu Yiyu and Lu Sanshi standing opposite Mu Jiulan.

At first glance, it was obvious that the two of them were in a relationship. Although they both looked very eye-catching, they were dressed very casually, as if they had just picked up two pieces of clothes from the closet and put them on. There was no sign of any elaborate dressing at all.

But their overall temperament...is completely different from the casual attire they wear today.

The two vice presidents behind Shan Yunxiang were one man and one woman. The woman was wearing a dark formal suit and square-framed glasses, while the man had gray hair and was dressed more casually and everyday.

Although they also noticed the two young men in the office, they paid more attention to the big wooden box placed in front of Mu Jiulan.

Shan Yunxiang pushed the reading glasses on the bridge of his nose and finally shifted his attention from Xu Yiyu to the wooden box. After his eyes fixed on it, he immediately walked towards where the wooden box was placed.

The female vice president had long been extremely curious about the objects in the wooden box. When Mu Jiulan called and asked the three of them to come here for a simple identification, she became a little excited. She was curious about how the dragon head that was originally in Bay Province could appear in the imperial capital. This was the cultural relic that they had tried to get back for many years but failed.

As there was not much space for people to step in the office piled with files, Xu Yiyu and Lu Sanshi deliberately pulled Lu Sanshi to move their seats so as not to block the way of the three cultural relics appraisers.

Shan Yunxiang took out three masks and three pairs of gloves that he had prepared long ago from his pocket. Only after the three deans were fully equipped did he dare to take action, holding his breath and carefully opening the wooden box.

When Dan Yunxiang took out the dragon head, which was already stained with traces of time, from the wooden box, the two vice presidents behind him immediately took the time to carefully observe the details of the dragon head.

Because they are afraid that prolonged contact between oxygen and the dragon head will cause irreversible damage to the cultural relic, the museum staff will try their best to place the cultural relic in a low-oxygen environment for inspection every time they conduct a private cultural relic appraisal. And if the cultural relic has varying degrees of damage and scars, the specialized cultural relic restorers will also wear special masks when performing the repair to prevent too much of the oxygen they exhale from coming into contact with the surface of the cultural relic.

The more carefully the female vice president looked, the more shocked she was.

The other male vice-president was much calmer, but his eyes were fixed on the dragon head and he refused to look away.

Shan Yunxiang held up the dragon head with both hands, closed the lid of the wooden box again, and placed the dragon head lightly and steadily on the top of the wooden box. He walked around it and carefully looked at the details.

The three deans looked the dragon head up and down, left and right, almost completely. Xu Yiyu and the other two did not make a sound to disturb them. Tian Lin behind them also tried to reduce his presence as much as possible, trying not to let others notice his presence in this space.

About half an hour later, the three deans finally straightened up, exchanged glances tacitly in mid-air, and then put the dragon head back into the wooden box as it was.

"I'm sorry, Miss Xu. This cultural relic is so important to the country that we can't afford to be careless. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Shan Yunxiang, a man of noble demeanor, did not put on airs towards the two younger generations, Xu Yiyu and Lu Sanshi. Instead, he apologized to them without hesitation.

"It's okay, Dean Shan. We understand the significance of the return of the Dragon Head to the country. We can understand that you are being cautious. You don't need to apologize."

When Xu Yiyu saw Shan Yunxiang, the director of the Old Palace Museum who rarely appears in public, in news reports, he always left the impression of being a calm, introverted, down-to-earth and confident cultural relic worker.

When she met him today, she found that Shan Yunxiang's feelings for the museum and the cultural relics might be even deeper than she had previously imagined.

"I heard Director Mu say on the phone earlier that you contacted her early this morning to say that you wanted to donate cultural relics. So, may I ask where you got this dragon head that you donated?"

Shan Yunxiang never dared to be careless when it came to the issue of national key protected cultural relics, so he wanted to find out how the dragon head was transferred from the wealthy businessman in Wan Province to the hands of Xu Yiyu in front of him, and also to ensure that the dragon head was not transferred to Xu Yiyu through illegal reselling means.

"Dean Shan, do you know about the large treasure auction held by the four major families in the imperial capital at Longteng Residence these days?"

Xu Yiyu calmly answered Shan Yunxiang's questions, and the eyes of the four museum staff members, including Mu Jiulan, were all on her.

"I bought this dragon head at the auction the day before yesterday. The four family heads must have spent a long time convincing the wealthy businessman from the Bay Province to move it to the imperial capital. Of course, if you are worried about its origin, you can ask someone you trust to confirm it with the family heads. I can totally understand."

Xu Yiyu did not exaggerate or exaggerate her donation, nor did she take the opportunity to show off to Shan Yunxiang. She just explained in a very calm tone how the dragon head came into her hands. She even took the initiative to suggest to Shan Yunxiang and others that they go to the four family heads to verify the authenticity of her statement.

The two vice presidents looked at each other again, but Shan Yunxiang kept staring at Xu Yiyu's calm and gentle eyes without blinking, and did not respond to her words for a while.

Shan Yunxiang did not find even a trace of evasion or escape in the light in Xu Yiyu's eyes. There was nothing but sincerity and frankness in her eyes, without a single dark emotion.

"President Jiang, please take the trouble to call Patriarch Wu to confirm this."

Shan Yunxiang turned around and said something to the female vice president, and Vice President Jiang did not delay. He immediately nodded and walked out of the office with his mobile phone.

"Miss Xu, please wait a moment. As I said just now, we must be extremely cautious when it comes to the return of cultural relics. Please don't be offended. It's not that we don't trust your sincerity."

Shan Yunxiang also received an invitation to this year's treasure auction, but due to his busy schedule at the museum, he did not attend.

There was no trace of pretense in the tone of Miss Xu's voice in front of him. In fact, Shan Yunxiang had already believed most of what she said. He just had to take another step to confirm the legitimacy of the source of the dragon head.

"It's okay. Since I chose to donate the dragon head, it is of course out of my trust in your professionalism and the museum. No matter what the authenticity verification process is, I will do my best to cooperate."

Xu Yiyu's calm words won the approving look of Mu Jiulan, who had been silent for a long time. Then she walked to Shan Yunxiang's side and whispered a few words to him in a low voice.

After hearing Mu Jiulan's words, Shan Yunxiang nodded slightly, as if to express his agreement.

With a creaky sound, the office door was pushed open again by Vice President Jiang.

She nodded at Shan Yunxiang with a firm look in her eyes, giving him an answer that he had expected.