frightfiction Chapter 66 Pretending to Know What You Don't
Chapter 66 Pretending to Know What You Don't
Xia Yuanzhi walked towards Xiao Chen and Chen Shuyi, with Xia Ruyue and Hu Yaosheng following behind him.
"Kid, we meet again." Xia Yuanzhi said with a gloomy face.
"Are we that close?" Xiao Chen asked casually.
This action immediately darkened Xia Yuanzhi's expression, and he became displeased.
How could he possibly save face to be looked down upon in public by a discarded son of the Xiao family?
The son of the chairman of Baohe Company in the provincial capital was watching from the side.
"Xiao Chen, you even dared to try and make a move on Xia Liuli! When her father spoke to you, you didn't even glance at him. Have you lost all your manners?" Xia Ruyue glared at Xiao Chen and coldly rebuked him.
Xiao Chen smiled faintly.
The way these three people approached clearly indicated ill intent; how could they possibly have good intentions?
"Respect is mutual. If others respect me, I will naturally respect them. If others don't respect me, then I won't pay any attention to them."
These flippant words caused Xia Ruyue's expression to change, Xia Yuanzhi's face to turn angry, and Hu Yaosheng to frown slightly.
"You, Xiao Chen, you've really grown some guts..." Xia Yuanzhi said with a gloomy look, "Don't even think about getting me to agree to your relationship with Liuli. You're just a toad trying to eat swan meat!"
"Hmph! Xiao Yichen has returned to the Xiao family, and the Xiao family's strength has increased many times over. You'll soon find out how powerful they are!"
"What exactly do you want?" Chen Shuyi asked. "If there's nothing else, we won't keep you company."
"You have no manners! Even your father wouldn't dare speak to me like that! Get out of my way!" Xia Yuanzhi roared, reaching out to pull Chen Shuyi away.
But Xiao Chen grabbed his hand.
"You'd better not make a move, or I'm afraid someone will beat you to death," Xiao Chen said indifferently.
Xia Yuanzhi's face turned ugly. He struggled to pull his hand away, but as soon as Xiao Chen let go, he staggered and fell to the ground.
This fall made Xia Yuanzhi feel ashamed and angry.
"Yaosheng!" Xia Ruyue called out with a stern face.
"You want to fight? Who's afraid of who? Uncle, I'll avenge you!" Hu Yaosheng sneered and swung his fist at Xiao Chen.
He looked much stronger than Xiao Chen, with some muscles, clearly showing a good fitness background, so he didn't take Xiao Chen seriously at all.
When this punch came, Xiao Chen remained calm and composed.
With a flick of his wrist, he slapped Hu Yaosheng's fist away, the momentum of which made it impossible for the other man to stop.
"boom!"
Hu Yaosheng was hit by his own fist and fell backward.
His nose was bleeding profusely, he saw stars, and his face turned blue.
"Yaosheng!" Xia Ruyue cried out anxiously, her face pale.
"How dare you hit the young master of the chairman of Baohe Group! Who gave you the guts!" She looked up and angrily rebuked Xiao Chen.
"Everyone saw it clearly; he hit himself," Xiao Chen said sarcastically.
Xia Ruyue was furious, but as a weak woman, she couldn't do anything to Xiao Chen.
Fortunately, Hu Yaosheng was only dizzy for a short while and was not seriously injured.
After regaining his senses, he glared at Xiao Chen resentfully, but dared not make a move again.
The difference in strength is obvious; taking further action would only lead to trouble.
"If I had brought men with me today, I would have taught him a lesson!" he could only say fiercely.
Xia Yuanzhi tidied his clothes and looked at the others.
"You've come here to buy antiques, haven't you?" Xia Yuanzhi asked, glancing sideways with a disdainful expression.
"Do you even know anything about antiques? How dare you come here?"
"I know a little," Xiao Chen said.
"Know a little?" Xia Yuanzhi laughed, looking as if he knew Xiao Chen inside and out.
"The antique trade is vast and profound, with countless twists and turns. Those who don't understand it are better to leave as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late to cry and beg for help."
"Thanks for the reminder," Chen Shuyi replied coldly, pulling Xiao Chen away from them, not wanting to stay with them.
Xia Yuanzhi and the other two looked cold.
"Uncle, should we devise a plan to teach that kid a lesson later?" Hu Yaosheng suggested with a sneer.
“That suits me perfectly.” Xia Yuanzhi smiled.
Chen Shuyi pulled Xiao Chen aside, looked around, and her expression was somewhat worried.
“What they said makes sense. We don’t know much about this industry, and it’s easy for us to fall for their scams. I only have 70,000 yuan. How can I afford to lose that much?”
"It's alright, I know a little bit about it." Xiao Chen didn't seem to care.
After the four of them watched for a while, the trading hall suddenly became lively.
The event organizers displayed many antiques of various shapes and sizes, and the event was about to begin.
"Ladies and gentlemen, everyone knows the rules, so I won't go into detail," the host said loudly. "Among these exhibits, there are genuine and fake items. The fakes are so realistic they could be mistaken for the real thing, and the genuine ones are quite valuable... As usual, everyone pays a registration fee of 50,000 yuan and can choose their own items..."
The rules of this trading hall event are that you pay a registration fee to select antiques; if you pick a fake, you lose money, but if you pick a real one, you make a fortune.
In addition, the 50,000 yuan is only the registration fee. After the selection is completed, it is not the end. Another fee must be paid according to the proportion. The organizer will then announce the results.
As soon as the host finished speaking, people in the trading hall immediately signed up enthusiastically.
“The registration fee is 50,000 yuan, and we have to distinguish between real and fake. How are we supposed to tell?” Chen Shuyi looked distressed and at a loss.
"Don't worry, I'm here for you." Xiao Chen smiled and reassured her, then squeezed into the crowd and registered as well.
"If you lose, it's all gone, Brother Xiao Chen, you have to keep trying!" Chen Shuyi couldn't stop him, so she had no choice but to obediently go over and pay the money.
"If I lose money, you have to pay me back," she said with a grin.
Xiao Chen laughed heartily.
After registering, they were led to the exhibits.
Naturally, Xia Yuanzhi and the other two were among them.
"Hmph, just wait until you lose everything..." Xia Yuanzhi gave them a cold look.
"How...how do I choose?" Chen Shuyi was completely overwhelmed. Every single one of the exhibits looked real.
"Xiao Chen, didn't you say you knew?" Xia Yuanzhi walked over with Xia Ruyue and Hu Yaosheng. "Take a look at these things in front of you, and see which one is real and which one is fake."
Xiao Chen looked at the table in front of him.
There are five exhibits on the platform.
Xiao Chen stared at it for a moment, then his gaze settled on an exquisite porcelain vase.
"This looks real to me, and it's very well made."
As soon as Xiao Chen finished speaking, it immediately triggered a small burst of laughter.
The laughter came from several onlookers nearby.
"You dare to say you understand?" Xia Yuanzhi's face was full of contempt, and he couldn't help but laugh.
Do you know why people laugh at you? Because you are ridiculous.
"Antiques, of course, should be antique and elegant. The bottle you've taken a liking to is so new, almost as if it just came out of the kiln and was shaped. Even a layman wouldn't think it's real. You actually took a liking to it at first glance? Just because it looks good doesn't mean it's real. Isn't that ridiculous?"