please don't believe me

[Mission reminder: There are still 16 hours before the mission deadline. 】

[TOTM system number 00X customer service reminds you that the execution day of the 'Shocking Thief' task has arrived!Please take "The Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea" out of the Selavi Theater before 24:[-] today!If the time limit is exceeded, the task will be judged as failed!Check your task board in time if needed. 】

The young man came down from upstairs and greeted the people downstairs while wearing ceremonial gloves: "Good morning, Rachel."

"Good morning, master." Rachel was carrying milk to the restaurant, "I prepared breakfast, would you like to have some with me?"

The young man went down the last step, took out his pocket watch and looked at it: "Okay."

He took off the gloves he had just put on, stuffed them into his jacket pocket, and followed the girl into the restaurant.After putting down the milk, Rachel wiped her hands in a gesture, and came to help the young man take off his coat and hang it up, and praised: "This tuxedo of yours is so beautiful! Oh, I mean, although you are originally glamorous, it Still can add a lot to you."

The young man sat down and said with a smile: "The gallery makes your mouth feel like honey, my girl."

The girl chuckled: "For today's success, I have to keep saying good things."

The young man cut a small sandwich and chatted with the girl while eating: "Did they go out early in the morning?"

"Hmm. Didn't Fela say last night that today's cleaning work will be done early in the morning and late at night? You'll be out at 06:30." The girl poured a glass of milk and drank it slowly, "Brian, isn't it the same as last time? "

The young man estimated the time, hurriedly finished his breakfast, stood up and said, "I have to go."

The girl quickly stood up and helped him get the coat and put it on: "I wish you all the best."

"I wish you all the best." The young man and Rachel kissed each other twice, and said with a smile, "I will trouble you later, so let's watch at home today."

The girl responded with a smile, and took out another box of unopened mint throat lozenges: "Maybe it will be useful to you?"

The young man raised his eyebrows.I've spent the past few days in Selawi, but I forgot to use this to make fun of the boss.Since Rachel helped him remember it, he accepted it.

The young man put on his top hat at the door: "See you tonight."

The girl tugged at the hem of her skirt and saluted playfully: "See you tonight."

At a quarter past nine in the morning, at the entrance of the Serawi Theater.

The secretary jumped out of the carriage, and while adjusting the height of the brim of his hat, he said to the young man who came up to him, "Good morning, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"Good morning, I just arrived too." The young David responded with a smile, "Is the hat uncomfortable?"

The secretary leaned closer to him and whispered, "My wife bought a new hat. I don't dare to complain why she doesn't remember my size." After speaking, the secretary returned to the carriage and handed the cane to Chris who just got out of the carriage, "You Do you want to go directly to the sealed warehouse? Shall I ask someone to buy you breakfast?"

"No need." Chris took the cane and tapped it on the ground, and the serious dress was put on him, making him even colder and less approachable. "Go directly to the storage warehouse, check it, and prepare to open it."

"Why don't you have some breakfast? I'll go buy it. The auction will start in the afternoon, and I'm afraid you won't even be able to take care of your lunch when you get busy." The young man interjected, and took out the box of mint throat lozenges, "You don't have to. Worried about bad breath after eating."

Chris raised an eyebrow at him, obviously not going to pay attention to the nonsense.

"This is my suggestion today." Even though Chris didn't accept the candy he held out, the young man didn't show any embarrassment, he grabbed the secretary's hand and stuffed the candy box in, and continued, "Then I'll go? It's not far from here, and I'll be back in a quarter of an hour."

Faced with the young man's self-talk, Chris didn't even look at it this time, and walked straight into the theater.Seeing this reaction, the secretary stuffed the candy into his pocket and waved his hand to signal the young man to go back early.

The young man looked at the backs of Chris and the secretary at the door for a while, chuckled lowly, turned around and went out to find breakfast for Chris.

At 35:[-] in the morning, in the backstage storage room of the Serawi Theater.

The secretary glanced at the young man who came in a hurry, and said in a low voice, "I checked my watch at 09:30, I think I will punish you for being late."

Chris was also cold on weekdays, but he was no more irritable than today.The young man thought to himself, could it be that the notice letter put too much pressure on him, so he was actually nervous?

Judging the reaction of human beings, the young man is really handy, but as soon as his eyes stopped on Chris, Chris turned his face: "35:[-] to [-]:[-], where are you?"

This kind of tone like a prisoner is no wonder that everyone in the Serawi Theater looked at each other like a strange thief.The young man smiled slightly, and held breakfast in one hand and a clean rag in one hand to show Chris: "Now even the cleaning staff are not allowed to approach this area, so I have to find cleaning tools first. Of course, this does not mean that you will get dirty if you eat breakfast here." ..."

The secretary poked his lower back with his index finger from behind.

"The packaging is disassembled again, so I'm afraid of dusting these precious items, aren't you?" The young man said with a flattering smile, "Just in case, just in case."

In order to facilitate display on stage, the auction items after unpacking and counting will not be packaged back, and only a layer of cloth or cover will be left to prevent dust and scratches.When the young man came to the scene, he had already unpacked two pieces of porcelain from the East, and the unpacking personnel were carefully stacking the packages outside the door.

The secretary also picked up the breakfast—bread and water—and came over to persuade his low-pressure boss: "You eat breakfast first? Just take two steps back, it won't interrupt the counting process."

Just as he was talking, the unpacking staff held up a painting and showed it to Chris, and the counting recorder next to him immediately read the name of the exhibit.

After asking these professionals, the young man wiped the picture frame as the unpacking personnel did.

To say that Chris is indeed more redundant than the young man who came to wipe the dust, the things that were originally disassembled and counted have to be passed in front of him.But even if he watched while eating bread, his aura would not be reduced by half, and no one dared to laugh at the secretary who was helping him with water and coat.

The unpacking work is progressing steadily, and the young man helps out from time to time, and finally "The Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea" is unpacked

The lights in the packaging warehouse are not bright, but the girl wearing a top hat and a long blue dress is holding a teacup in the painting, and it seems to be shining in the eyes of everyone.Although everyone pretended to be ordinary and relaxed on the surface, who didn't know that this painting was the highlight of today?

"Oh...our heroine." The young man took out his pocket watch to check the time, "The show is about to start, how can we miss her?"

He stepped forward, deliberately turned over the rag again, and slowly wiped its border.Compared with other auction items, "Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea" obviously received preferential treatment.

Chris suddenly said, "I heard you made a bet."

The gamble that the boss will mention is naturally the biggest gamble theme in the entire city today-"Whether the art thief can steal "The Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea"".Of course the staff enjoyed gossip about this, but they dared not talk about it face to face because of Chris' low pressure.Now the ruthless boss actually brought it up by himself, causing people who counted, moved and unpacked to pretend to be serious about their work, but actually listened.

The young man also seemed quite surprised by this question, and looked back at the boss: "It's a bet."

Chris asked, "Which side are you betting on?"

"Of course there is no other answer." The young man answered while carelessly rubbing the lower border of the painting, "I am very confident in the 'Birdcage Project' that I am supervising."

Chris sneered: "Low-risk low-return investment."

Almost at the same time as Chris's voice fell, the system customer service alert rang.The explanation of the electronic sound sounded in the young man's mind. He listened carefully, and gradually tasted it. With Chris's "low risk", he was almost amused to laugh out loud.The young man took some effort to make himself only raise his eyebrows happily, and the rest of the changes were insignificant.His "work" has also been completed, he glanced under the frame calmly, then turned around.

"Then I do something high-risk?" The young man smiled at the cold-faced boss, "Let me make a bet with you, just bet..."

He pointed to the painting: "Girls Drinking Tea" will be stolen from the Selawi Theater today."

Chris squinted his eyes and stared at him: "Gambling money?"

Hearing the other party's haughty tone, the young man finally couldn't help laughing out loud: "Then a silver coin."

Chris mocked: "A silver coin, yes."

The secretary stood behind Chris with a blank expression, thinking that you are really a high risk of "losing your job" and a low return of "one silver coin".

At noon, the person in charge of the theater took people to the storage place to handover with the counting personnel, and personally took care of the auction items until they appeared on the stage.The young man had a simple lunch with Chris and the secretary, and then went to the VIP area to welcome guests.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the auction participants began to enter the venue, and the Serrawi Theater was under full martial law, and everyone only had to enter and not leave.

At a quarter past one, the secretary left the VIP area and went to the first floor to meet and communicate with the media present.

At [-]:[-], all the media were seated, and most of the seats on the first floor were full.Those who were really willing to spend money in the VIP area suspended their social activities and took their seats one after another.

At [-]:[-], the secretary returned to the VIP area, and together with the youth, confirmed to the receptionist in the VIP area that all the VIPs had entered the boxes.

At 55:[-], Chris, the secretary and the young man entered the middle box and sat down. The three doors of the VIP box were closed and the VIP passage was closed.Admission to the Serawi Theater is closed, and all people going out must go through inspections before they can be released.Except for the staff, once out of the theater, they are not allowed to re-enter during the auction period.

At two o'clock, the lights in the auditorium were turned off, and the auction day of the Serrawi Theater kicked off——

In the darkness, only the clear and loud sound of a mallet was heard, and a beam of light was cast in the center of the stage.An empty shelf stands under that beam of light, and the simplest things seem to be covered with mysterious colors.

"Then, the auction of the Serawi Theater will officially begin."

The voice only rose slightly in the dark, and was not particularly excited, which made people hesitate for a moment whether to applaud.In this momentary blankness, the sound of the violin sounded, and it slowly flowed in the theater, with a gentle and elegant tone.

A blond female dancer in a blue dress held a painting in front of her and walked onto the stage step by step to the music of the violin.The picture was facing outwards, and the girl in the painting was wearing a blue dress that was exactly the same as that of the dancer. She was bathing in the sun and enjoying the afternoon with a teacup.

There was a buzz of discussion among the audience, because they all recognized it. This is the famous painting that aroused the attention of the whole city - "Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea".

The dancer put it on the shelf in the center of the stage, took off his cape, gave the audience a playful smile, and covered the black "cloak" on the painting.

The sound of the pipe organ suddenly sounded, and the ethereal and thrilling sound seemed to startle the dancers too.She looked around in a panic, and a high-pitched voice came from somewhere in the darkness——

"Today, I will come to pick up "The Girl Drinking Afternoon Tea"! Hope you all have a good time!"

The dancer stared nervously at the void, with a tense and firm expression, she raised her hands suddenly as if asking for help, and the grand symphony responded immediately!

In the interweaving and fusion of the pipe organ and other instruments of the symphony orchestra, a birdcage-shaped steel cover that is so huge that it can easily accommodate an adult slowly descends from above with the music.

The dancers knelt down slowly as the big birdcage was lowered, until the end of the song, the birdcage had firmly covered the easel.The dancer put away the appearance of praying, walked to the side of the cage and walked around, shaking the railing of the cage from time to time-obviously, it is difficult for an adult to shake this thing.

The dancers saluted the audience and left.

The tune in the orchestra pit has changed into a melodious female solo repertoire.

"No, I don't regret it.

Nothing, I don't regret it at all.

It doesn't matter if people treat me well or treat me badly, it's all the same to me..."

A female lead singer in a long dress with slanted shoulders came out from the side curtain and stood at the front right of the stage singing.As the song progressed, the cage moved back gradually along with the easel inside, and the light projected above it also moved.

"Because my life and my joy are about to be different.

Starting today, I want to start again with you! "

At the end of the song by the famous actress, the audience applauded enthusiastically, and some even threw a few flowers on the stage.The solo female singer opened her hands to the crowd: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Selawi Theater!"

She saluted, then waved her hands aside, making everyone look to the other side of the stage.

The auctioneer was standing on the newly moved auction platform, and he knocked his gavel: "Now the auction begins!"