Chapter 1993: Chapter 1953: Famous Painting Stolen

Ye Qiu and Cao Ling, along with Young Master Zhou and his friends, were chatting over there and watching those acrobatic performances. The most talked-about topic among Young Master Zhou and his companions was the illness of the Ye Family eldest son, Ye Feng.

To Young Master Zhou and his friends, it seemed odd that Ye Feng suddenly acquired so many illnesses, and they feared this time he was definitely doomed.

If the eldest son of the Ye Family dies, it would certainly be big news in the Capital City.

After being called over, Cao Long learned that Ye Qiu actually gifted three priceless national paintings to his third great-grandfather, which undoubtedly made the Cao Family show even more respect and enthusiasm toward Ye Qiu.

When dinner time arrived, the dinner was even more lavish compared to the morning meal.

Abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and bird’s nest, all kinds of delicacies were present.

The lavish dinner continued until after eight in the evening, followed by an outdoor cinema.

In the past, without the internet, DVDs, or multimedia disc players, outdoor movies were the most interesting in small cities, towns, and villages.

Nowadays, you can only find such outdoor movies in very remote places; elsewhere, they’ve probably become antiques.

This time, the Cao Family arranged for this kind of small outdoor movie for the sake of excitement, screening the funniest films from the seventies and eighties.

Ye Qiu actually hadn’t watched such movies, and even if it was in a cinema, Ye Qiu hadn’t visited one either.

As for Lin Xiang and Xiaomai, they were very curious about it, while Liu Lingxiu had seen them with her parents during childhood, and even in elementary school, the academy would show one or two films each semester, which might have been the busiest time of the entire school.

However, back then, Liu Lingxiu was a mute girl; although she could hear and see, she was still different from normal people.

And needless to say about Xiaomai, she was a blind girl and couldn’t see anything at all.

Now, these guests found a place to sit and drink tea, taste snacks, with hundreds of guests sitting here and watching the movie, which was quite interesting.

After the ending of the first movie at around nine in the evening, they continued with the second movie.

It was still a funny film from the seventies and eighties, and Cao Ling and the other girls watched it with great interest.

Finally, after eleven o’clock when it ended, it was time for the evening rest. Ye Qiu and Cao Ling were preparing to return to their hotel to rest.

The banquet of the Cao Family was considered concluded.

Originally, there was cake and other things, but Ye Qiu and Cao Ling were not interested in eating anymore.

Driving back to that five-star hotel, Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu returned to their room.

Today has been full of eating and playing, it felt pretty good.

"Ye Qiu, are we going back to Jinling tomorrow?"

Now that the Cao Family’s banquet was over and they had stayed in the Capital City for some time, they should be preparing to return to Jinling.

After all, school’s starting in over a week.

"No rush, let’s play for a few more days before going back."

Liu Lingxiu, upon hearing they could stay for a few more days, agreed to play a bit longer since she listened to Ye Qiu.

Liu Lingxiu went to shower, and when she came out, Ye Qiu was sitting on a wicker chair. Liu Lingxiu directly sat in his lap, she loved the feeling of being in Ye Qiu’s arms.

Now, Liu Lingxiu was like that too, simply staring at the night scene outside.

Around twelve, Liu Lingxiu felt sleepy. After Ye Qiu let her rest, he went to shower and came out ready to continue his cultivation.

By the looks of things, Ye Qiu knew he was on the brink of a breakthrough.

Since the last breakthrough to the First Layer Early Stage of Foundation Establishment in France, if he breaks through again, he would enter the First Layer Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

Ye Qiu certainly wouldn’t forget about his cultivation.

After showering, when his hair dried, Ye Qiu sat outside, absorbing the continuous flow of Moonlight Essence.

Unsure of how much time had passed, Ye Qiu’s phone rang with a call from someone.

"Cao Ling, what’s up?"

"Come over," said Cao Ling.

Ye Qiu noticed that women do interfere with his cultivation, and right now Cao Ling was just doing that.

However, after hanging up the phone, Ye Qiu glanced at Liu Lingxiu in the room, found her sleeping peacefully, and took his room card to go over to Cao Ling’s room.

Cao Ling had intentionally called Ye Qiu over at this hour, fearing there wouldn’t be such an opportunity once they returned to Jinling.

"Cao Ling, you’re really interrupting my cultivation."

"Cultivation? Is that more important than me?"

Cao Ling seemed a bit unhappy, saying.

Ye Qiu hugged Cao Ling, kissing her fragrant lips, and Cao Ling suddenly became speechless, feeling weak all over.

After a while, Cao Ling’s phone rang suddenly.

Cao Ling was curious, wondering why someone was calling her this late.

Taking a look, she found out it was her cousin Cao Long calling.

Did something happen in the Cao Family?

"Brother Cao Long, why are you calling so late?"

"Cao Ling, it’s like this, the painting Ye Qiu gave to the third great-grandfather is gone."

Gone?

Cao Ling knew Ye Qiu had given three paintings yesterday afternoon, but she didn’t know how Ye Qiu got those three paintings.

"How could it be gone?"

"It’s just missing, and I heard the painting is worth over ten million."

Worth over ten million?

After hearing this, Cao Ling looked incredulously at Ye Qiu; why would Ye Qiu gift such precious paintings to her third great-grandfather, wasn’t it said they were bought from a street vendor?

Did Ye Qiu trick her?

"Brother Cao Long, is that painting really this valuable?"

"Yes, Professor Han and the others came to appraise it in the afternoon; it’s worth over ten million, but they couldn’t understand which famous artist created those three paintings."

"Aren’t we reporting this to the police?"

"It’s already reported, the police are investigating."

After hanging up, Cao Ling, still somewhat skeptical, looked at Ye Qiu.

"Ye Qiu, why did you gift such an expensive painting to my third great-grandfather? Look, it’s drawn thieves, gone in a blink, such a huge loss. The whole Cao Family must be frantic."

"Of course, it’s because of you; the gift was given as your third great-grandfather is involved."

"Me?" Cao Ling immediately felt a bit shy.

She had genuinely not expected that Ye Qiu would gift such an expensive painting merely because of her.

However, possessing such a precious item without protection is indeed a curse.

The appearance of such valuable paintings naturally attracted attention, and in the afternoon, many from the Cao Family and even guests were aware of it.

No one expected it would go missing tonight.

As for how it disappeared?

The Cao Family has already reported it to the police.

"What do we do now that it’s missing?" Cao Ling asked. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Of course, let the police investigate, what else can we do?"

Cao Ling agreed.

Although crime rates in the Capital City are very low, and security is good due to being under the emperor’s rule, thieves, and burglars exist everywhere. Unexpectedly, they stole from the Cao Family, and this time the Capital City’s police will probably launch another operation to capture the thief.