Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1015: Chapter 1011: Overthinking Too Much?

The country was in high spirits, even more bustling than the New Year. Huo Sining was scrolling through Weibo excitedly, especially when she saw a group of netizens acting like detectives à la Sherlock Holmes, commenting and analyzing who was behind this incident. It filled her with a secret thrill.

After some thought, Huo Sining wrote this on her Weibo.

”What goes around comes around, karma is real. Look up, who’s the sky going to spare?”

That wasn’t all; she also attached a GIF from ”The Rainy Night of Rivers and Lakes for a Decade,” in which Yang Zi, playing Bai Yutang, says this line.

As soon as this post went up, it immediately sparked a strong reaction from netizens. It didn’t even need explaining; everyone seemed to understand what Huo Sining was implying. Netizens laughed heartily as they shared the post with just a click.

”Goddess, you’re in Dongyang, right near ground zero of the explosion. What’s your take on this event?”

”Right, Goddess, you’re an exchange student at Waseda University. At such a critical moment, shouldn’t you say a few more words?”

”Goddess, look here, how are the Dongyang people reacting to this incident? So many national treasures were stolen, and not a single thief has been caught. Are they crying or crying or crying?”

Huo Sining curled up on the sofa, delighting in the Weibo comments, when she suddenly came across a comment that left her feeling amazed.

”Suddenly remembered, didn’t the Goddess perform a grand magic trick at S University’s welcome party last year? I have reason to believe that the incident at the Dongdu National Museum was done by the Goddess, using the magic trick to make the National Museum Warehouse’s artifacts disappear!”

Seeing this comment, Huo Sining was taken aback, a sparkle in her eyes, thinking, young man, you’re really perceptive; you’ve uncovered the truth.

But clearly, this person was just talking nonsense and making wild guesses. A bunch of people laughed collectively and commented:

”→_→ Farther right, your imagination is too wild!”

”Farther right, you’re really smart; you’ve guessed it right, but don’t blurt out the truth, we all know, let’s keep it low-key, don’t let anyone hear it, shh!”

”Haha, you guys are too much fun. How can you say something so important? What if the Goddess gets targeted by the Dongyang people?”

”I really wish my Goddess did this, so those national treasures could return home. Goddess, please tell me you did it!”

”Do we need to be like this? You’re making me want to watch the Goddess’ magic video again; that video’s addictive, I’ve watched it dozens of times!”

”Haha, me too, I really hope my Goddess did this. I hope the Goddess can perform her magic at the Spring Festival Gala this year.”

”Push the topic up so that the Spring Festival Gala director can see it, maybe they’ll actually invite the Goddess to perform on stage!”

As the conversation continued, it turned into #HelpMissMagicTakeTheSpringFestivalGalaStage#, leaving Huo Sining speechless, her mouth twitched, wanting to tell these enthusiastic netizens: Hey, you’ve gone off-topic, aren’t we discussing the National Museum theft? This topic is so good, I was enjoying it; why did you suddenly switch to talking about the Spring Festival Gala, hey?

On second thought, though, Huo Sining really couldn’t say that. Otherwise, it would seem like she was really concerned about such matters, and preventing the fans might make some people with an agenda claim she looks down on the Spring Festival Gala. To avoid such troubles, Huo Sining decided to keep silent and pretend not to see anything.

After playing on Weibo for a while and feeling good, Gu Xu had already landed back in the country and called her to report his safe arrival. They chit-chatted for a bit before hanging up.

Gu Xu had been in Dongdu for nearly half a month. He only returned once during that time to prepare those replica antiques rented from other museums to replace National Museum pieces. During this half month, Gu Xu handled Shengtang’s affairs remotely. Approaching the year’s end, there was a lot to manage for a large group like Shengtang. Huo Sining didn’t want to delay Gu Xu’s matters, so she urged him to return.

Though Gu Xu was reluctant to part from his wife, he couldn’t refuse Huo Sining’s insistence and had to return home.

Luckily, this international exchange event was nearing its end, with only half a month left. Gu Xu left, looking back every few steps, thinking he’d do... hahaha when his wife returned to the country.

Just after Huo Sining hung up with Gu Xu, within less than half a minute, another call came in. Seeing the caller ID, Huo Sining was momentarily stunned but obediently answered the phone: ”Master?”

Zhou Shitao’s voice came from the other side, brimming with energy: ”Little Huo, you’re in Dongdu, so you must know about the National Museum incident, right?”

Huo Sining nodded: ”I know.”

Zhou Shitao chuckled: ”Haha, this is really satisfying. Keep a close eye on this event from Dongyang. We’re already planning to send people over. If we can find out who’s holding those national treasures, the Forbidden City intends to try purchasing that batch of items.”

Stunned, Huo Sining exclaimed: ”What did you say? The Forbidden City wants to buy those items?!”

Zhou Shitao laughed: ”Why are you so surprised? Is this something to get worked up about? With this much uproar, the whole world must be watching. Those items someone’s holding can’t be moved anywhere; they’ll be stuck in their hands. If we’re willing to buy, those people would jump at the chance to sell. Prices will definitely drop significantly now. It’s the best time! If we wait until Dongyang police catch someone, it’ll be much harder for us to buy those things!”

Huo Sining’s breath was a bit uneasy: ”But what about the origin of these items? Doesn’t the Forbidden City care? If they surface, how will the Forbidden City explain things to Dongyang?”

”Explain?” Zhou Shitao snorted dismissively, ”What’s there to explain? Those things were originally ours. How could they accuse us of theft then? When we asked them for stuff in previous years, their attitude was either ambiguous or outright denial. Since it’s like that, if they play tricks, we won’t be polite in return. The most Dongyang can do is protest and condemn us a bit, nothing too serious. We won’t lose anything. Let them protest all they want. Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs has plenty of cunning and sharp-tongued diplomats. Why should we fear a few Dongyang tricksters?”

Hearing Zhou Shitao’s straightforward words left Huo Sining a bit speechless. She instinctively swallowed, hesitating for a moment before saying with difficulty, ”Master, there’s something I need to be honest with you about.”