As Guan Tongs soft voice sounded, the basket quickly slid towards the edge of the pit, and it was about to fall in completely.

  Gu Meng was stunned at the time, her mind went blank, and she only reflexively pounced forward, hooking the edge of the basket in the instant it was suspended in mid-air, barely preventing the basket containing porcelain plates from falling into the pit.

  "Gu Mian, are you okay?" Guan Tong rushed to Gu Mians side and asked anxiously.

  "Its okay." Gu Mei saw that the ceramic plate was intact and unharmed, rubbed her slightly numb elbow, and couldnt help but let out a sigh of relief.

  Professor Wang also quickly walked to Gu Qings side and saw that Gu Qing and the porcelain plate were fine, then asked others: "What just happened?"

  Others shook their heads in confusion, apparently also having no idea what was going on.

  At this time, Professor Hong, with a grey head and a dirty face, ran out of the ancient tomb and shouted to the people outside: "Hurry up and find someone to help, theres been a bit of a problem inside."

  Professor Wang immediately went forward to inquire, while Gu Ming and others were busy numbering and packing the artifacts, and moved the porcelain plates and other artifacts to a flat area far away from the pit to prevent another situation like before.

  Gu Meng didnt quite understand what had just happened with the noise and shaking, but judging from Professor Wangs face, which was as dark as coal, it certainly wasnt anything good.

  As more and more artifacts were unearthed from the ancient tomb, Gu Mei didnt have time to think about those unnecessary things. She carefully put the numbered artifacts she was responsible for into specially made wooden boxes, taking the opportunity to savor the joy of touching them with her left hand.

  She once again confirmed that Professor Wangs heart was indeed biased, but she liked this kind of bias so much!

  Just after lunch, Gu Mei had no time to rest after a busy morning when she was informed to go to Professor Wangs tent together.

  "Whats wrong?" Gu Mian asked in a low voice, looking at Fu Wens serious face while Professor Wang had not arrived yet.

  Guān Tóng also looked at Fù Wén with the same confusion.

  "What exactly happened this morning, do you two know?" Fu Wen asked in a low voice.

  Gu Mian and Guan Tong both shook their heads simultaneously.

  "Its said that Professor Hong led the team into the ancient tomb when they encountered grave robbers. Someone accidentally triggered an explosion, almost collapsing the entire tomb. To avoid causing a commotion, the professors suppressed the news." Fu Wen let out a sigh of dismay.

  "Grave robbers?" Guan Tong exclaimed.

  "How can there be tomb raiders? Isnt the surrounding area already sealed off? How did those thieves get in?" Gu Mei slightly furrowed her brow, not expecting something like this to happen in the morning.

  "Who knows." Fu Wen said with a hint of sarcasm.

  As soon as Fu Wens voice fell, Professor Wang, who was still covered in mud and looked exhausted, walked into the tent from outside.

  "This afternoon well go for a stroll around the neighborhood, you guys get ready." Professor Wang took a bottle of mineral water from Gu Mians hand, twisted it open and drank several big gulps.

  "Isnt this place deserted? Whats there to be afraid of?" Gu Mian asked, seeing that Fu Wen and Guan Tong hadnt spoken up.

  "In the ancient tomb this morning, something was lost and there are already people specifically searching for it. Isnt it true that almost no one has moved yet? We might as well go around nearby to understand the situation and see if we can gain anything." Professor Wang let out a long sigh.

  Gu Mei looked at Professor Wang for a moment without saying anything.

  After excavating the ancient tomb, someone must have gone to the nearby people to investigate, and she didnt think there was anything left for them to discover.

  Professor Wangs experience is far richer than that of his students, the wisest thing to do is to follow him humbly and listen, observe and learn more.

  At two oclock in the afternoon, when the sun was scorching, Professor Wang took Gu Qing and others out.

  Just as Gu Ming thought, the few families living nearby did not bring them any new news, and what they said was basically what they had previously told the investigators.

  This village is really remote, if it werent for the developer buying this place to build a leisure resort, Im afraid no one would come here all year round. On the way, not to mention cars, we didnt even see any dogs, and after walking for half a day, we could only see one household with nails on the door. The four of us came down in the afternoon and didnt get any news at all, and were exhausted to death.

  Finally exhausted, still went to a nail household to beg for some water to drink.

  "This water is really sweet." After drinking a bowl of freshly drawn well water, Gu Ming felt much more comfortable, and his legs didnt seem to ache as much.

  "Drink some more, drink some more." The thin old man from the village, who had just drawn water from his own well, happily poured another bowl for Gu Mian.

  "Thank you, sir." Gu Mei didnt decline and smiled as she thanked him.

  "Theres nothing to thank, its just a bowl of water, not worth any money. Besides, were in a poor and remote place, its rare to have outsiders come, Im so happy I havent had time to react yet!" The old mans face, full of wrinkles, suddenly smiled like a chrysanthemum.

  Gu Mian looked at the smiling old man as if she had seen her own grandfather, not only did she not find his chrysanthemum face scary, but it also added a touch of closeness.

  "Old man, almost everyone in the village has moved out, why are you still here?" Gu Mian saw Professor Wang and also Guan Tong and Fu Wen chatting on one side, so he started chatting with the old man.

  "The old mans ancestors have lived here for generations, Im living well here, and those people think that little money can make me move away? Its not that easy!" The old mans face is full of resentment whenever he mentions this, clearly having a bad impression of the construction team.

  "Youre such a stubborn old man, everyone says that not only will they give us a new house to live in, but also an additional sum of money. Our eldest grandson is about to go to college and its just when we need the money, youre still clinging to this place!" The old mans wife came out of the house with a tray, scolding as she walked, and placed the tray in front of Gu Xiang: "We dont have anything good here, these wild fruits from the mountain are okay, if youre not picky, little girl, try some."

  "Thank you, grandma." Gu Mei obediently nodded and reached out to grab the fruit on the plate.

  Those fruits are green, and each one is no bigger than an egg. Gu Mei had never seen them before and didnt know what kind of fruit they were, but since the host dared to serve them to guests, they should be safe to eat.

  "Hmph!" The old man turned his head and ignored his wife.

  "Little girl, are you that knowledgeable one who took some kind of exam?" The old lady smiled at Gu Mian.

  Gu Meng stared blankly at the plate filled with green fruit, completely ignoring Grandmas question.

  "Little girl, little girl?" The old lady saw that Gu Mian had no reaction for a long time, so she stretched out her hand and gently pushed Gu Mian.

  Gu Mei was pushed like this, and finally came back to her senses. With a swoosh, she withdrew her hand and said to the old lady: "This fruit plate is quite pretty."

  (Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival ~~ Continue to stretch out your little paws, call for mooncakes, recommend tickets, collect~~~~ Thank you zergtzg, Xueyixue, Nanxixue, Hagridas, and Masasa for the mooncakes, thank you all for your support~~~~~~~~~)