The Real Heiress Has an Appraisal System

Hearing Lin Kai’s assessment, Gu Shengsheng couldn’t help but laugh.

Lu Shijing could be full of contradictions sometimes.

Anyway, Lin Kai had already thought it through, so he just came right out and said it. “Young Madam, as long as you’re willing to let me take a photo of you messaging the boss, my promotion and raise will be more than just a dream.”

“I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to depend on you for the rest of my life. My boss has me wrapped around his little finger, and you’ve got him wrapped around yours. You two are a match made in heaven. I will forever be the security guard of your love,” Lin Kai declared with great pride.

Gu Shengsheng chuckled. “And how do you plan to do that?”

“I’ll report your status to my boss at all times. Of course, I’ll also tell you about my boss’s affairs. It’s true that he’s scrupulous and keeps to himself. People have even mistaken him for not liking women before.”

“Anyway, he’s not a fun person, and he’s pretty ruthless. A truly evil capitalist, the kind of person I want to overthrow. But he’s different with you. He’s head over heels for you. Young Madam, the good days are ahead. Just you wait.”

Gu Shengsheng listened to Lin Kai rattle on.

It was quite funny. she said, “An interesting person like you would actually be a good match for someone with Sister Yang Jiao’s personality. You’d complement each other! Do you have a girlfriend?”

The moment he heard this, Lin Kai knew Gu Shengsheng was trying to play matchmaker.

Lin Kai immediately replied, “Don’t, Young Madam. Why didn’t you notice me sooner? If you had played matchmaker for me earlier, would I still have never been in a relationship?”

He added regretfully, “As someone as gossipy and dedicated as I am, while I’m keeping an eye on you two every day, I’m also watching all your friends.”

“Miss Yang Jiao and that young guy who delivered food in a Lamborghini have had sparks flying for a long time now. They just haven’t made it official.”

‘Delivering food in a Lamborghini… Isn’t that Zhao Han, the guy who said Linnin was his goddess?’

‘They’re actually together? That’s quite a surprise.’ Gu Shengsheng wasn’t one for guessing, so she immediately sent a message to Zhao Han: “Are you together with my friend?”

Zhao Han replied in a second: ?

Then he sent a photo of the two of them eating: Sister Gu, did you put a tracker on us?

Soon after, Yang Jiao called. She talked for a bit, saying they had just gotten together not long ago. Since he was younger, she needed to think it over carefully.

By the time Gu Shengsheng hung up, they were about to arrive at the village.

She looked at Lin Kai and said, “I’m surprised your intel is so up-to-date.”

“Of course! This is what our boss assigned me to do.” Lin Kai blurted out before he could stop himself.

Gu Shengsheng: ?

“What does this have to do with your boss?”

“Can’t say,” Lin Kai said, a futile attempt to deceive himself.

“A business trip to Africa?” she continued.

Lin Kai immediately spilled the beans. “Back when you were at the appraisal event, the boss’s relationship with you wasn’t that good yet, and you didn’t know each other well. Our boss found out you left in a car with a guy who drives a Lamborghini, so he had me investigate.”

“And in the course of the investigation, our boss came up with the idea of setting those two up so he wouldn’t have to worry about you anymore.”

Gu Shengsheng let out a cold laugh. ‘Great, I’ll add this to his tab.’

‘Lu Shijing really runs deep. He’s had designs on me since way back then?’

Still, with Lin Kai around, all those past incidents could be brought to light. Gu Shengsheng felt she had a very clear grasp of his personality now.

As they spoke, the car parked and they got out. Gu Shengsheng took out a large pile of things, but they weren’t gifts or anything of the sort. It was a pile of tools.

Those who knew the situation understood she was here to hire someone. Those who didn’t would have thought she was here to work as a laborer.

Gu Shengsheng walked into the village. Zhao Dehai had already given them a heads-up, so the village chief came over to welcome her.

“Miss Gu, you must be exhausted, right?”

“You can stay at our house during this time, for as long as you want. The older generation here has all heard about the things you’ve done. You’re a good person!”

In any case, with Gu Shengsheng here for the cultural relics, she was indeed everyone’s hope.

Gu Shengsheng shook her head. “Not at all, not at all.”

“Let’s go back first. Everyone is tired.”

Then Gu Shengsheng looked at the village chief and asked, “The person I’m looking for, is he in the village right now?”

“He is. Spends all day drunk.” The village chief sighed. “Miss Gu, everyone in the village knows what he’s capable of, but that was all in the past.”

“Ever since he got back from prison, he’s just been in a slump. Anyway, whether or not he can help you, I really have no idea.”

“I’ll go with you tomorrow to try and persuade him.”

Gu Shengsheng glanced at the time. “We can’t wait until tomorrow. Since this will be difficult, let’s go over and see him tonight. It’ll be better to figure out a strategy.”

“Alright.” So, after a quick dinner at the village chief’s house, Gu Shengsheng headed toward the place where the drunkard lived.

This place truly lived up to its name as the home of forgeries. Half-finished products were laid out all around, and most people worked by hand, which contributed to the realistic effect.

You could say that any random villager here was perhaps a hundred, even ten thousand times more skilled than a ceramicist on the outside.

They might not be good at other things, but when it came to making forgeries, they were professionals. Gu Shengsheng couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration as she looked around.

The village chief led her to the gate of a house.

Just as they arrived, a large yellow dog lunged out, snapping at Gu Shengsheng’s legs.

The village chief was so frightened he ran far away.

Gu Shengsheng pulled a large, ring-shaped bread from her pocket and tossed it. The dog immediately went after it.

Gu Shengsheng seized the opportunity to run inside and shut the bamboo gate.

Only then did the dog realize what had happened, and it stood at the gate with a look of dejection.

‘Wait… a guest goes in, but the owner’s dog is locked out?!’

Gu Shengsheng looked at the old man sitting in the courtyard, eating peanuts and drinking. “Sorry about that, the dog scares me a little. It was also really hostile toward me. So I came in, and it can come back in after I leave.”

“That’s not a problem, is it?”

The old man shot her a glare and cursed, “Psycho. Get lost.”

“If I weren’t a psycho, would I be here looking for you?” Gu Shengsheng retorted, looking at him with disdain. “If I hadn’t heard of your reputation, I wouldn’t have come.”

He still showed no intention of communicating. “You should leave. I’ll let it slide since you’re young.”

“There aren’t many self-righteous little girls like you around anymore.”

Gu Shengsheng said, “Give me three minutes, and then I’ll leave. I won’t waste your time. Hear me out, then you can decide.”

“My name is Gu Shengsheng. I’m a cultural relic appraiser, and right now, I need your help to make a batch of forgeries.”

“Under my personal name. How about it? They’ll be used abroad. If something goes wrong, we go to prison together. If nothing goes wrong, we come back to the country together. Are you in?”

The old man was so angry he laughed. “You’re coming to me with these terms? Only a madman would agree to that.”

“I just got out of prison. Why would I do something with you that’s a hundred percent guaranteed to land me back in prison? What’s in it for me?”

“Get lost. Go play somewhere else.”

“You don’t even have a concrete plan, and you want to tempt me out of retirement. I was making forgeries before you were even born!”

The moment she heard that, Gu Shengsheng knew he was interested.

Sure enough, in a news report about this person from a parallel timeline, it was written: He loves going to prison.

At the time, she had thought it was absurd, that he was just talking nonsense.

But now, Gu Shengsheng had used the “prison” condition as bait, and sure enough, he was hooked.

That’s… a take.