The Sound of Smashing

"So what if we rob you? I'm even going to beat you up! After that, I'll send you to the police station!"

Yang Bowen glared at Qian Chenghe and grabbed his collar. After hearing the whole story, he was furious.

He finally understood why his boss was so obsessed with finding this construction site old man. This person was obviously a habitual swindler. He even cheated others of their pension, forcing them to suffer from cerebral hemorrhage.

This kind of person should be sent to jail!

"Wait, Old Yang, what are you doing? Let go of him, we are just buying something, what does him swindling others have to do with us?"

Yang Bowen was having indignant thoughts, but Xia Xu suddenly stopped him.

"Boss?"

Yang Bowen was stunned and turned to look at him.

"Let go of this old man. What he said is actually correct. There are real and fake antiques. Isn't it normal to admit that you are unlucky for judging the antiques wrongly? You can't blame him."

Xia Xu glanced at him and stepped forward to pry Yang Bowen's hand away.

"Young man, how can you be unable to distinguish right and wrong! Young people these days are really…"

Lin Zhengping was so angry that he forgot about Qian Chenghe. He pointed at Xia Xu, his raised arm trembling in anger.

"It's you!"

Xia Xue, who had been focused on Qian Chenghe, finally saw Xia Xu.

But because she recognized him, she was even more furious.

After all, she had helped him before, right? How could he speak up for a scammer?

"Boss, I didn't mean to stop you. I just wanted to buy this Guanyin statue for four thousand yuan, that is the price, am I right?"

Xia Xu ignored them for the time being and looked at Qian Chenghe again.

"This…"

Qian Chenghe's eyes flashed. He hesitated for a moment, but his greed instantly defeated his fear. He gritted his teeth and said, "No, at least forty thousand!"

"You just inflated the price by ten times? Boss, this is not proper ethics."

Xia Xu's eyes turned cold.

"Forty thousand yuan, not a cent less. If you don't want to buy it, you can try stealing it from me."

Qian Chenghe suddenly became firm. He straightened his neck and said, "Do you think I'm an idiot? You still want to buy this Guanyin statue in this kind of situation? Either your brain is damaged, or you are very confident in picking up a bargain. Forty thousand yuan and not a cent less."

He was certain that the person in front of him wanted to take advantage of him and was confident that he would succeed.

But if it was truly something good, he would not be stupid enough to sell it to others.

Although he didn't know why this kid felt that the Guanyin statue could be a bargain, he was certain that this thing was definitely not real.

This Guanyin statue was definitely a fake, anyone with a little knowledge could tell.

Moreover, he had personally bought this Guanyin. Back then, he bought it because his d*mn father was a Buddhist, and he was in a good mood because he had just earned some money. It was just an old object with twenty to thirty years of history.

He didn't know what was wrong with him when he went home this time. He spent a lot of effort to take out this stupid Buddha statue from the storage. In the beginning, he was just thinking about it, but after a few days, he began to feel uncomfortable, so he decided to sell it with the other trash.

"Okay, deal."

Xia Xu stared at Qian Chenghe for a moment before finally nodding. At the same time, he warned, "Don't think about changing the price. My patience is limited."

Money was not important, he had to buy the item first. He did not plan to let Qian Chenghe leave today.

"Don't worry, I still have this bit of professional ethics."

Qian Chenghe smiled and ignored the angry Lin Zhengping and the others. He said to Xia Xu, "Do you want to pay by cash or bank transfer? As long as I get this forty thousand yuan, this extremely efficacious Guan Yin Bodhisattva statue will be yours."

"Indeed, I also think this Buddha statue is quite efficacious."

The expression on Xia Xu's face melted like snow. He took down the school bag on his back and took out four bundles of cash, a notebook and a red pen. "Cash. Also, write a receipt, sign it, and stamp with your fingerprint to prevent a dispute."

Planet Aquamarine did not have a large-scale third-party payment platform yet, so bank transfers were quite troublesome. Thus, he had already taken out all of his money on the way here.

"No problem, cash is good."

Qian Chenghe agreed readily. He took the pen and paper, wrote a simple transaction contract, signed his name, and pressed his thumbprint using the red ink.

"Thanks for the deal."

Xia Xu put away the paper and pen, smiled, and handed over four bundles of brand-new red notes.

"Thanks for the deal, I hope you succeed in picking up a bargain and sell it for a good price."

Qian Chenghe also smiled, but there was a hint of ridicule and mockery in his tone.

"No need to sell it, I'm just stupid and rich. I just want to buy it and enjoy the sound of smashing it."

Xia Xu smiled and picked up the Guanyin statue on the blue fiber cloth. He raised his upper body and looked like he was about to smash it, but he stopped and smiled at Qian Chenghe. "Do you mind wasting some time watching a good show together? I think the sound of smashing will be better with an audience."

This Guanyin statue was obviously not solid. Porcelain artifacts were usually not solid, so it was not heavy.

"I would be happy to watch if you really are smashing it right now…"

Crash!

Qian Chenghe thought that Xia Xu was just joking or bragging, so he just entertained him.

But before he could finish speaking, Xia Xu raised the Guanyin statue high and smashed it onto the ground, shattering it into pieces.

Not only Qian Chenghe, but even Lin Zhengping and Xia Xue were stunned.

He really just smashed it like he promised to?

He bought it for tens of thousands of yuan just to smash it into the ground? To hear the sound of smashing?

What a lunatic!

If he was that rich, couldn't he just donate it to needy people!

Gururu~

Just when they were stunned, more than twenty small paper boxes rolled out of the smashed Guanyin statue, and several of them rolled to Lin Zhengping's feet.

"This… this is…"

Lin Zhengping's breathing became heavy and urgent. He picked up a few small paper boxes with a trembling hand. "Angong Niuhuang Pills, all of them are from more than twenty years ago."

"Are these things precious?"

Yang Bowen also picked up a box, but he didn't recognize it. He asked Lin Zhengping doubtfully.

However, Lin Zhengping ignored him.

"Little… little brother, you already knew that there were Angong Niuhuang Pills in here?"

Lin Zhengping's lips and hands were trembling, as if he would pass out in the next second, but his eyes were burning fervently. He quickly said, "Can you sell me a few? I'm willing to pay double the market price…"

"Don't worry, I'm not angry with you. It was my fault just now. I even feel like punching myself for acting that way earlier."

Xia Xu quickly stopped Lin Zhengping, who seemed to want to slap himself. He said comfortingly, "I wanted to exchange these Angong Niuhuang Pills for money in the first place. It doesn't matter who I sell it to, so I'm happy to sell it to you, but I still have to deal with some matters. Let's talk about this later, okay?"

"Okay, okay, okay."

Lin Zhengping nodded excitedly and thanked him repeatedly. He finally felt relieved.

He and his wife had been through a lot in their lives, so the person he couldn't let go of the most was her. In the end, some time ago, his wife had a stroke and was in a coma, but any treatment was useless. He had been asking people to find this medicine, but there was no news. He had almost decided to leave this world together.

He didn't expect a silver lining.