The Young Matriarch
Chapter 845: Everything Bai Chuwei Said Is True!

Chapter 845: Chapter 845: Everything Bai Chuwei Said Is True!

Winter mornings dawned late, and when the gentle winter sun touched the old man’s cheeks, Professor Sun was awakened by the glaring light and sat up with a start.

A few interns beside him were yawning like mad. Seeing Professor Sun awake, they immediately greeted him, "Good morning, Professor Sun."

What good morning!

Professor Sun glanced at the sun outside and cursed under his breath. He hurriedly put on the reading glasses that lay beside him and chided with a hint of reprimand in his voice, "Didn’t I say I was just going to take a quick nap? Why didn’t you wake me up?"

Before the interns could explain, Professor Sun suddenly remembered something, slapped his forehead and said, "We were supposed to open the tomb door this morning!"

He had fallen asleep!

The intern explained quickly as they saw Professor Sun about to rush off, "Professor Ge told us it was enough to clean the relics. They’ve been in the tomb chamber for a while now."

Archaeological work had a strict division of labor, and since it was arranged, Professor Sun didn’t chase after them. His face showing disappointment, he then remembered something and said, "Oh right, how’s the reading of the county annals going?"

An intern massaged their shoulder and said with a mouth twist, "Professor Sun, did you really believe what Bai Chuwei said? Staying up all night to read the state and county annals? We’ve scanned through them all just now, and there’s really no record of the sea."

What did that imply?

It meant Bai Chuwei was spinning tales!

A single sentence from Bai Chuwei made them waste an entire night, staying up until they were dizzy and bleary-eyed.

Another intern spoke up from the side, "Professor Sun, however, we did see records of a dried-up lake in the state annals."

Lake...

A spark of clarity flashed through Professor Sun’s mind, and he quickly took the state annals to flip through, his eyes burning with intensity.

"The dried-up lake, Saline Lake," Professor Sun muttered to himself.

All of a sudden, as if understanding something, he slapped his hand on the table with such force that everyone jerked in reaction!

Professor Sun spoke rapidly, "I’ve got it! The ancients didn’t understand what an inland sea was, they just thought of it as a lake!"

Therefore, there was no mention of "sea" on any of the state and county annals.

What Bai Chuwei had said could very well be true!

Bai Chuwei might know something.

The interns around him stared agape, speechless as they watched Professor Sun grab the state annals and dash out, their minds still muddled.

Bai Chuwei... was she telling the truth?

As soon as Professor Sun reached the tomb’s entrance, he was stopped by the staff. Professor Sun immediately explained, "I need to speak with my student Bai Chuwei for a moment, please let her come out from the tomb chamber."

The staff member looked at him oddly, "Professor Sun, Student Bai was disrespectful just now, and Professor Ge asked her to clean the unearthed relics with you up here, she isn’t down below."

Disrespectful?

A chill went down Professor Sun’s spine as he urgently inquired, "What kind of disrespect?"

The staff member remembered, "She said that Professor Ge and the others didn’t want to live past this Spring Festival."

Professor Sun’s face turned ashen, and he slapped his thigh forcefully, his voice filled with urgency, "Damn!"

*

Inside the tomb chamber

Xu Xingchen stuffed the notebook into his waist bag and brushed at a layer of mud. Gradually, the items buried within began to appear, and he instinctively swallowed.

Damn it!

It was conches, broken fish bones, various shapes of seashells!

All of them... were marine products.

Xu Xingchen immediately recalled what Bai Chuwei had said in the meeting room the day before, that this place was once a sea...

Shit!

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