Chapter 198: A dog is still your dog

After watching these people panic,

the corners of Ye Qiu's lips curved into a smile as he quietly put his hands in his pockets.

Tang Yu, who was behind watching the scene, observed everything attentively.

Just now, the middle-aged man had taken the box and dropped it on the floor. All of this was Ye Qiu's doing.

The man had a grain of rice in his hand.

After throwing it, the rice hit a pressure point on the middle-aged man's hand, causing his arm to briefly numb, and he couldn't hold the box.

With his cultivation at the early [Heaven] stage, he was already capable of injuring others with just a flower or a leaf.

Doing something as simple as this was incredibly easy.

Soon, an old man in a traditional white robe came down the stairs.

"Old Gu, please, see how you can repair the young lady's figure."

After Old Gu arrived, Mr. Liu quickly handed him the box, still upset with himself.

He really wanted to slap himself right now—how could he suddenly feel numb in his arm?

"Let me take a look."

Gu Yunqing observed the box carefully for a few moments, furrowing his brows before speaking.

"This is quite damaged."

"Old Gu, can you repair it? As long as it's repaired, money doesn't matter."

Liu Ruyan asked with red eyes.

"This kind of damage is hard to repair, but it's not a big problem for me. I'll do my best."

"As for the money, there's no need to mention it, the young lady has always favored me, this small favor is nothing."

Gu Yunqing waved his hand and smiled.

At moments like this, the most important thing wasn't money but that the young lady owed him a favor.

In case he needed help in the future, she would help him without hesitation.

"Then I'm really grateful."

Liu Ruyan bit her lip with a sad and vulnerable expression.

Several employees nearby couldn't take their eyes off her.

They almost wanted to step forward and hug her to comfort her.

In Ye Qiu's eyes, a spark of desire gleamed.

The reason he chose to attack the Liu family first was mainly because of this woman's beauty.

She was truly a rare gem, stirring up a desire in his heart.

In the Lin family, as a son-in-law, he had never touched his wife's hand.

The nights were a true torture, surviving only with his own hand.

There was even one time when he became too absorbed in his addiction and was caught by his mother-in-law, Hou Chuncai.

She hit him with a mop and yelled that he was a disgusting piece of trash.

Now that his cultivation had been restored, and he was gradually beginning to control his power,

Ye Qiu felt it was finally time to find a woman worthy of his status to vent his desires.

But in reality, more than seducing Liu Ruyan,

he longed for a woman who was far away, in Mingzhu city.

"It's been so many years, I wonder how she's doing."

Ye Qiu thought to himself, suddenly feeling a little complicated.

A few minutes passed, and the store employees brought the materials Gu Yunqing needed.

After mixing over ten materials, Gu Yunqing created a light yellow liquid.

This was a restorative liquid made from an ancestral recipe from his family, particularly effective for restoring antiques.

Seeing Gu Yunqing about to repair the antique,

several customers in the store began to gather to see what was happening.

"Oh, isn't that Old Gu? Is he going to repair something again today?"

"It's rare to see Old Gu in action, I'm going to take the opportunity to learn a bit."

"Learn? Do you think you can learn what Old Gu knows? If it were that easy, why would the Forbidden City have hired him as an expert?"

The store customers began to comment among themselves.

Hearing these familiar phrases, Tang Yu chuckled to himself.

This kind of narrative was very common in novels like this.

First, a bunch of people praises an expert, making them seem grand and respectable.

Then, Ye Qiu steps in, starting a mockery, showing false kindness while actually seeking conflict.

In the end, he is the one who gets ridiculed by everyone.

That way, all the characters except for him end up looking down on others with contempt.

The readers also feel frustrated and look forward to the moment when he defends himself.

After the expert fails, Ye Qiu steps in and easily solves the problem.

Thus, Ye Qiu's image is greatly elevated.

In the end, he is praised and gains recognition from everyone, women start paying attention to him and falling in love with him.

Then, he acts like an expert, turns around, and leaves.

But he leaves his mark in the world of women, making it easier for him to seduce them later.

[Now it's your turn, Ye Qiu, to make everyone hate you.]

[Your next line is: "Old man, I advise you not to do it. If you can't repair the antique properly, not only will you not repair it, but you'll also miss the best moment to do so."]

Tang Yu chuckled silently to himself.

At that moment, Liu Ruyan, who was in a bad mood, heard a voice speaking.

Confused, she looked around.

Who's speaking? What does it mean by making everyone hate you with your next words? Is he looking for trouble?

"Old man, I advise you not to do it. If you can't repair the antique properly, not only will you not repair it, but you'll also miss the best moment to do so."

As expected, at that moment, Ye Qiu approached Gu Yunqing and said with a deep voice.

After hearing Ye Qiu repeat those words,

Liu Ruyan stared at Ye Qiu with some surprise.

Didn't his voice sound different from Ye Qiu's?

What's going on here?

Gu Yunqing, who had a brush in his hand and was dipping it into the restorative liquid to fix the figure, stopped his movement and looked up at Ye Qiu.

Only then did he realize it was a young man who was old enough to be his grandson.

Everyone's attention shifted to Ye Qiu.

After seeing him, someone recognized him and began insulting him.

"Isn't this the useless kept man of Yanjing? What is he doing here?"

"This useless man can afford to play with antiques? A piece of trash who depends on his wife."

"What are you talking about? A useless man living off his wife, better get out of here, don't you know who Old Gu is?"

A group of people began to insult him.

Every word was full of mockery towards Ye Qiu.

The protagonist, born to make others hate and despise him.

And Ye Qiu's son-in-law status was even worse.

He was a useless man but had married one of the most beautiful women in Yanjing.

This was no different than hating Wu Dalang for being like Ximen Qing.

Hearing these people, Ye Qiu frowned and looked at them with cold eyes.

Inside, he laughed contemptuously and cursed them as a gang of useless people who looked down on others.

Gu Yunqing had also heard of the man nicknamed the "kept man of Yanjing."

However, he thought that a man so shameless, living off free food, must have some skill, so he didn't mock Ye Qiu.

Gu Yunqing continued stirring the brush in the restorative liquid and said:

"This young man seems to be an expert, so let me ask you, why do you think I can't do it properly?"

He had started learning about antiques as a child, under the guidance of his father.

He had been in the industry for nearly 60 years.

In the sector, he was a renowned master.

Otherwise, the Forbidden City wouldn't have appointed him as a special expert.

"The effect of your restorative liquid is really very good, but its acidity is too strong. It may work for restoring porcelain, but it's not suitable for repairing jade."

"Also, this figure is made of Dushan jade, and this type of jade requires a specific restorative liquid..."

Ye Qiu explained calmly, and he really seemed like an expert.

As he spoke, his finger moved slightly.

A drop of liquid was shot quickly and added to the restorative liquid bottle.

Except for Tang Yu, who was watching from the back,

none of the people present noticed Ye Qiu's movement.

[Your dog is still a dog, how dare you deliberately draw everyone's attention and then play dirty?]

[The restorative liquid was perfectly fine, and you added a drop of vinegar. How the hell is it supposed to work like that?!]

Tang Yu murmured silently to himself, really unable to stand the situation.

This guy's methods were exactly the same as Ye Chen's.

Truly, as they say, like father, like son. Both were taught by the same master, and if they met, neither could break the other's techniques.

However, Ye Qiu managed to become a son-in-law.

If Ye Chen really met him, he could only say: "My master didn't teach me that technique.

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