Chapter Twelve Who Loses and Who Gains

  After leaving the Treasure Pavilion, Zhao Rui's anger dissipated, and he felt refreshed. The sky seemed to have brightened a few shades, and Xiaolan's pretty face looked even more radiant and charming. Having spent only 2,000 yuan, he had acquired an artifact that greatly enhanced his abilities, making him feel elated.

  "That shop owner probably still thinks he's getting a good deal!" Zhao Rui couldn't help but smile to himself, feeling utterly relieved from every pore.

  "Xiao Rui, let me see what you bought." Sun Xiaolan stretched out her small white hand at this time.

  "Ah, okay, but be careful, Little Orchid, don't lose it!" Zhao Rui handed the Earth Heart Jade to her, reminding her with a serious tone that this was an extremely precious item and he didn't want anything to go wrong.

  Sun Xiaolan responded with a sound, carefully holding the jade plaque, turning it over and looking at it for half a day. She was ignorant of antiques and didn't know what made this dull jade plaque valuable.

  "Is this thing worth two thousand yuan? I hope we're not buying a fake." She said with some concern.

  "Of course it's fake, thinking of buying a treasure from the antique shop for 2,000 yuan? Dream on!" A nearby street vendor heard Sun Xiaolan's words and walked over, took a glance at the Earth Heart Jade in her hand, and immediately sneered, "You two are still helping others count their money after being cheated! This broken thing isn't even worth 100 yuan. It's been displayed at the antique shop for a year, but no one bought it. You guys actually spent 2,000!"

  His voice was loud and unobstructed, and a burst of laughter erupted from all around.

  "Haha, what kind of person is Old Wu from Jibaozhai? His nickname is 'swindling swan', trying to take advantage of him is impossible!"

  "It's all, it's all, the things he sells in his store, below 30,000, basically no genuine goods, thinking of buying a treasure for 2,000, that's simply a dream!"

  "Haha, it's not like I haven't lost to him before either. And we're just two rookies after all. Two thousand is a small price to pay, let's just consider it tuition!"

  “……”

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  Sun Xiaolan was initially skeptical, but as more and more people around her started to shout, she couldn't help but believe it too.

  As soon as she thought of Zhao Rui's family being not very well-off, often having to work part-time jobs to make ends meet, yet so easily swindled out of two thousand yuan, Sun Xiaolan couldn't help but feel anxious and angry, her pretty face flushing bright red: "That scoundrel! He actually sold us fake goods, I...I'm going to go find him and settle the score!"

  After finishing speaking, she turned around with a "whoosh" and prepared to return to Jibaozhai to find Wu Liang for a refund.

  Just as she took one step forward, Zhao Rui reached out and grabbed her hand.

  "I didn't even get angry, why are you getting angry?" Zhao Rui smiled nonchalantly, "Forget it, forget it. The money has been paid and the goods have been taken. What else can be done? That shop owner is cunning and won't spit out the money he's already gotten his hands on. Let's go, let's go!"

  "But... but that's 2,000 yuan! That's not a small amount of money for you!" Sun Xiaolan glared, biting her lip in distress, and complained, "Just now when you were taking out the money, I should have stopped you. But seeing how confident you looked, I thought it was really something valuable! Who knew, you don't even know what's good or not. Two thousand yuan thrown into water would make a bigger splash! We've been cheated by that swindler, and he'll probably curse us for being fools behind our backs. This time we've really lost big!"

  Zhao Rui smiled carelessly, "It's still unclear who will benefit and who will lose!"

  After finishing speaking, he pulled away Sun Xiaolan who was still indignant.

  Zhao Rui and Sun Xiaolan strolled around the entrance of the academy again, using his sense of antique aura to help Sun Xiaolan pick out two leaks for a small price, as a birthday gift for her mother, before leaving the academy entrance.

  Not long after the two left, a BMW drove into the academy gate and stopped in front of Jibaozhai. A young man wearing an Armani suit with extraordinary demeanor got out of the car and walked into Jibaozhai.

  As soon as the young man entered the store, the staff of Jibaozhai immediately swarmed up, with a warm smile on their faces, which was vastly different from when they received Zhao Rui.

  "Hello, Mr. Yun!"

  "Mr. Yun, you've arrived!"

  "Mr. Yun, may I ask what you would like to purchase this time?"

  The young man with the surname Yun seemed to be accustomed to this kind of attention, and merely nodded slightly before asking: "Is Old Wu around?"

  "Wu Liang responded in a flurry, rushing down from upstairs with a smile full of flattery on his face. "Ah, Young Master Yun, what wind has blown you here?"

  The young man smiled and said: "Mr. Wu, please don't call me 'Young Master Yun' again, I'm just a small employee, you can just call me Yunfeng."

  "You're too modest, you're a member of the Dong'an Yun family, and you're the most trusted assistant to Old Master Yun. Apart from Old Master Yun himself, Miss Yun, and the old steward, no one is more important than you. What's wrong with being called 'Young Master Yun'?" Wu Liang said with a flattering tone.

  Yun Feng gave Wu Liang a flattering praise that made him feel extremely comfortable from head to toe, and the smile on his face deepened.

  He was certainly not the fourth in command of the Yun family, but Mr. Yun had been staying in the Yun's mansion for several years and rarely appeared in front of people. The eldest sister was young and didn't take care of family affairs, so the old steward had become the most powerful person in the Yun family.

  He was a trusted subordinate of the old steward, and his future prospects were boundless. He naturally felt that he should be superior to others, and Wu Liang's flattery happened to hit his soft spot.

  "Alright, alright, let's not talk about that." Yunfeng smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Boss Wu, I came here because Old Man Yun had something to entrust me with."

  "What's up? Go ahead and say it." Wu Liang leaned forward, stretching his neck to listen.

  "You seemed to have received a strange jade pendant last year, which has been placed on the counter and hasn't sold out. Recently, Cloud Old Housekeeper heard about this matter and is very interested in that pendant, so he specially asked me to come and take a look. Is that pendant still here? If it is, the Cloud family is willing to buy it at a high price."

  "Ah!"

  Wu Liang was like he had been kicked in the crotch, almost jumping up, "The old steward has taken a fancy to that broken thing!"

  "Tattered?" Yunfeng smiled and said, "The old steward has eyes like a hawk, the things he chooses are always top-notch."

  "Then... Yun Shao, do you know the origin of that plaque?"

  "This probably only the old steward himself knows!" Yunfeng said, "However, it should be extremely precious."

  "How... how much is that sign worth?" Wu Liang swallowed his saliva and asked in a trembling voice.

  "How much it's worth, the old steward didn't say, but he did authorize me with a maximum purchase quota. Well, I can tell you anyway." Yunfeng said this and paused for a moment, holding up two fingers.

  "Two hundred million!"

  "What! 200 million!"

  Wu Liang let out a sharp cry and fell to the ground with a thud, his face ashen and his mind a complete blank.

  A treasure worth 20 million was actually sold by him for just 2,000 yuan! He thought he had gotten a good deal and kept mocking others for being stupid, but after messing around for half the day, it turned out that the biggest fool was actually himself!

  Wu Liang's mouth was wide open, his face twisted, and his muscles twitched non-stop, it was unclear whether he was crying or laughing.

  It took him a good half day to come back to his senses, and he slapped himself twice, regardless of his identity, and let out a loud roar: "I'm really blind! A treasure worth 200 million, I thought it was junk and sold it for 20,000! What a loss! It's really a huge loss!"