122: Chapter 122: Ming Dynasty White Tiger Bracelet 122: Chapter 122: Ming Dynasty White Tiger Bracelet “Two thousand.”
Ning Fan said indifferently.
“Four thousand five hundred!”
The stallholder was excited, intending to fleece Ning Fan regardless of how low his offer was.
“Make it five hundred cheaper.”
Ning Fan couldn’t be bothered to haggle any further and directly addressed the stallholder.
The stallholder’s eyes lit up, twinkling incessantly with excitement.
With a pout that feigned grievance, he was secretly overjoyed.
“Ah, that’s too low, but since you love it so much, let’s make it four thousand.”
The stallholder pretended to be at a loss as he said.
Just then, a couple who had overheard Ning Fan agreeing to buy the stone bracelet for four thousand could not help but scoff repeatedly.
“Kid, you don’t look like you’re loaded.
This thing is just a piece of junk stone, not worth the price, make sure you’re not getting conned.”
The man sneered, intending to dissuade him, but his words were dripping with mockery.
The man was named Cheng Guangming, and the woman was named Li Xiaona.
The two berated Ning Fan, aiming to elevate themselves by being able to see the stone bracelet was a fake.
Li Xiaona boasted, “Poor guy, don’t be fooled.
You’re about to spend a month’s salary on a fake bracelet.”
Ning Fan observed the young couple, both dressed opulently, clearly second-generation rich.
“Boss, let’s make it four thousand and wrap it up for me.”
Ning Fan ignored them and said with a smile.
“Alrighty.”
The stallholder, having heard the young people pointing out the fake, was wiping off his cold sweat, thinking the deal was lost.
But now that this man was still buying it, well, such a sucker was too good not to fleece.
The stallholder, grinning from ear to ear, wrapped up the bracelet and handed it to Ning Fan, his face beaming with delight.
“Hehe, you really know your stuff.
Please take good care of it.”
Ning Fan handed over the money to the stallholder and held the bracelet, feeling its coolness, and smiled faintly.
“Idiot!”
“Such fools are rare to see, a man in his twenties, not only clueless but also won’t take advice.”
“Just can’t put down his pride.”
Cheng Guangming and Li Xiaona mocked Ning Fan, then scoffed at the stallholder.
The stallholder was utterly smug, asserting his freedom in business with a demeanor that challenged anyone to do anything about it.
The bracelet had cost him just a few hundred dollars, and flipping it for four thousand was a massive profit.
“This stone bracelet is extraordinary.”
Ning Fan responded to the onlookers, saying indifferently.
“Yeah right, as if!” Cheng Guangming mocked.
“No kidding though, little hustler, by you buying it for that much, it really isn’t ordinary anymore.
A stone sold for four thousand bucks can’t possibly be just a regular stone.”
Li Xiaona laughed mockingly.
The pair went back and forth like this, quickly bestowing the title of fool on Ning Fan.
Ning Fan just sneered coldly, saying nothing.
“Money to burn,” people around Ning Fan said.
“This kind of person is doomed to poverty for life, can never get rich.
Any spare change they get is quickly squandered.”
The antique stall attracted many spectators, with numerous people pointing fingers at Ning Fan.
“This thing is obviously not worth the price, we’re kindly warning you, why did you buy it anyway?” an old man asked, puzzled.
“It’s worth it,” Ning Fan said indifferently.
“Worth it my ass, goddamn, do you seriously think this stone bracelet is a treasure?”
Cheng Guangming was nearly laughed breathless by Ning Fan’s ignorance.
“He’s just silly, thinking it’s like in the novels where you casually find a treasure and suddenly get rich and marry a CEO,”
“…What an idiot!”
Cheng Guangming and Li Xiaona mockingly said to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan picked up the stone bracelet, smiled, and without a word, placed it in his palm and gently exerted pressure.
The bracelet shattered instantly.
“Hey, are you brain-damaged?
Spending four thousand just to fiddle around with it?
How rich are you exactly?”
But the next moment, everyone fell silent.
The bracelet didn’t shatter; instead, a layer of green stone on the surface cracked and fell off.
Ning Fan blew a breath into his palm.
Immediately, the fragments of the green stone that had fallen off swept away, revealing a lustrous, flawless jade bracelet underneath, extremely beautiful.
Everyone was stunned.
Cheng Guangming and Li Xiaona were both taken aback, finding it very strange.
Cheng Guangming exclaimed, “How…
How is this possible?
Is there really such a bizarre technique?”
An elderly man saw Ning Fan’s move and immediately stepped out from the crowd, exclaiming as he approached Ning Fan.
“This is a jade bracelet!
Top-quality jadeite, young man, let me take a good look.”
He closely inspected the jade bracelet in Ning Fan’s hand, the lively carvings and the bright patterns all indicating that it was a very valuable item.
The elderly man trembled, his mouth twitching with excitement, “This is a Ming Dynasty White Tiger Jade Bracelet!”
The elderly man was Tang Sanqiu, a somewhat famous antique appraiser in the antique world, known for his discerning eye for the majority of antiques.
Hearing Tang Sanqiu praise it so highly, everyone was curious and crowded around to see the excitement.
After a good look, it was indeed evident that this jade bracelet was of a much higher quality compared to other jade bracelets; it was extraordinary.
Tang Sanqiu’s high reputation, coupled with his praise, naturally made this jade bracelet appear even more exceptional.
“It really is a Ming Dynasty White Tiger Jade Bracelet!” someone exclaimed.
“A jade bracelet hidden inside a stone bracelet, and it’s such a precious one too, young man, you’re very lucky,” others envied.
People threw envious and jealous glances at Ning Fan, wondering why they hadn’t been the ones to find it first.
But even if they had found it, what would it have mattered?
Some thought that even if they had found it, they wouldn’t have uncovered its secrets and would have just considered it a fake,
just like Cheng Guangming and his ignorant companion.
Tang Sanqiu, with trembling hands, excitedly said to Ning Fan, “Young friend, might I take a closer look at the jade bracelet in your hand?”
“Please, sir.”
Ning Fan helplessly nodded and handed over the jade bracelet.
“Tsk tsk, truly a fine piece!”
After receiving the jade bracelet, Tang Sanqiu gently stroked it as if it were a lover.
While marveling in surprise, he kept admiring it, unable to let go, growing fonder of it the more he looked.
Cheng Guangming was rather morose, and Li Xiaona felt even more frustrated as they realized they had misjudged what initially seemed like useless rock.
This jade bracelet was definitely genuine.
Tang Sanqiu smiled and asked, “Would you be willing to part with it, young friend?
I’ll offer five hundred thousand to buy this jade bracelet from you.”
Five hundred thousand!
Everyone was stunned.
Upon hearing this, the stall owner directly jumped up, wondering—how did it become five hundred thousand just like that?
This young man paid only four thousand for my bracelet, and in a blink, it skyrocketed to five hundred thousand, more than a hundred-fold increase.
This business deal was too good to be true.
The stall owner wore a bitter smile; the bracelet was already sold, could he even take it back?
Even if it was a bit pricey, it didn’t matter.
But that didn’t seem feasible, did it?
But it was originally mine anyway; that young man played me, and I must get it back…
Tang Sanqiu thought the five hundred thousand did not reflect the real value of the Ming Dynasty White Tiger Jade Bracelet since he too was an expert in reselling antiques.
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