Chapter 164 - Chapter 164: Chapter 142 Who Would Believe Your Nonsense? (Subscribe please)_2 (2/2)

There was also a slogan written on the floor.

——”Your family is waiting for you to come home.”

At this moment,

the two police officers sitting opposite Old Bai had organized their materials and were ready to begin the interrogation.

The one leading the examination was the officer who had summoned Old Bai, named Chen Hui, who was about the same age as Old Bai, Lin Chuan, with a handsome face and a hint of sharpness between his brows.

Chen Hui looked at Old Bai and after the routine inquiries about Old Bai’s age, profession, and other information, he started to ask, “How did you come by this ‘Taotie Pattern Wine Vessel’ bronze ware?”

“I forged it.”

Old Bai took a deep breath, curled his lips, and answered truthfully.

He had already learned a lot of ways to avoid pitfalls during interrogation in the reader’s group.

If he hadn’t committed a crime, he should answer truthfully, without any concealment; otherwise, the more he tried to explain, the deeper he would dig his hole. Of course, he also had to stick to the facts and choose his words carefully.

Chen Hui was slightly taken aback, “Several experts have identified that ‘Taotie Pattern Wine Vessel’ as authentic. Are you sure it’s a forgery?”

Old Bai frowned, thinking, “Officer Chen, even experts can make mistakes sometimes.”

“Comrade Bai Yang, perhaps the persuasive power of one expert is somewhat lacking, but for this ‘Taotie Pattern Wine Vessel’, the leading appraisers were the chief experts of the Modu Museum, as well as several other renowned and authoritative experts, including your mentor. Isn’t that convincing enough?”

The questioning Officer Chen, with a slight frown, retorted.

“Uh, officer, I’m not questioning the level of these experts, but this bronze ware is a bit special. It was forged using a secret technique that can deceive by appearing very authentic, so the experts might have been mistaken when they encountered it for the first time,” Old Bai said sullenly.

Chen Hui’s frown deepened, puzzled, “Comrade Bai Yang, do you have some secret technique that even your mentor has never seen?”

Huff——

Old Bai puffed up his cheeks and let out a heavy breath, saying earnestly, “Officer Chen, this secret technique actually starts with a novel.”

“A novel?”

Chen Hui and the police officer doing the transcription looked at each other.

He had heard some bizarre answers before.

But this answer, wasn’t it a bit too bizarre?

A secret technique for forging antiques linked to a novel?

“Right.”

Old Bai nodded earnestly.

“So you mean to say, you learned this secret technique from a novel, then forged a bronze ware, i.e., the ‘Taotie Pattern Wine Vessel’, participated in a live appraisal stream, and deceived not only the Ting Quan live stream appraiser but also several well-known experts?”

At that moment, Chen Hui leaned back slightly and smiled.

It was evident.

He might as well have said — would anyone believe such a tall tale?

Real cunning! Now they’re even using novels as shields!

“Yes, that’s exactly how it happened,” Old Bai admitted with a nod.

Chen Hui let out a laugh.

The police officer making the transcription also tightly pursed his lips, barely holding back his laughter as he recalled all the recent sad events in his mind.

We are professionally trained. No matter how funny the situation, we won’t laugh.

Unless… we can’t help it.

“Officers, please don’t laugh, that’s really how it happened!” Old Bai saw the laughter on the faces of the two officers and immediately defended himself with a twitch at the corner of his mouth.

“Cough!”

Chen Hui cleared his throat lightly, “Sorry, I was just reminded of something amusing. Let’s continue.”

“Sure.”

Old Bai curled his lip.

“Just now, you said you learned the… secret technique to create fake antiques from a novel. What’s the name of this novel?” Chen Hui continued, his smile tempered.

“‘Last Week’s Antique’, Sailing Novel, by Mr. Lin.”

Old Bai revealed Lin Chuan and his novel.

Now that the wine vessels had been identified as genuine by several experts, and the items were in his possession, he had no choice but to confess the truth.

Otherwise, he’d really end up in a police station.