With a "clang" sound, the ancient jade broke into two halves.
Wang Yan, Yang Chao, and the white-haired old man all froze on the spot.
Yang Chao was the first to react. He quickly squatted on the ground, picked up the ancient jade that was broken into two halves, hid it behind the palm of his hand, and roared at Hong Yu:
"You brat, you're done. Do you know how much this ancient jade is worth? How dare you drop it? Just wait to pay for it."
Hong Yu smiled faintly and said, "This ancient jade doesn't seem to be yours. Why are you anxious if it breaks into pieces?"
Yang Chao felt guilty and said: "Mr. Long is my old friend. You broke his ancient jade. Can't I be anxious?"
The white-haired old man echoed: "Boy, if you don't pay the money today, you will go to jail. If you have something worth more than one million, you will have to go to jail for several years."
When Wang Yan saw this, she became anxious. She really couldn't understand why Hong Yu wanted to break the ancient jade.
Could it be that he was so sure and knew that the ancient jade was fake that he dared to throw it away?
Just when she was about to speak and help Hong Yu say a few words, Hong Yu spoke first.
"You two guys, are you still pretending like this? You're such a piece of jade, it's not worth a thousand yuan, why should you pay more than one million yuan?"
Hong Yu sneered.
Yang Chao and the white-haired old man's expressions changed greatly. They didn't expect that Hong Yu was so well-connected.
They all suspected that Hong Yu had been hiding nearby and eavesdropping while they were playing the game, otherwise it would not have been so clear.
Not worth a thousand dollars?
Wang Yan was also stunned and asked Hong Yu: "Hong Yu, are you serious?"
Hong Yu said: "I never tell lies."
"Cousin, don't be deceived by this kid. You just saw this ancient jade. It's an absolute masterpiece. How could it not be worth a thousand yuan?" Yang Chao argued.
But as soon as he finished speaking, the hand holding the ancient jade was pinched by Hong Yu.
"You brat, you...what are you doing?"
Yang Chao became anxious and struggled hard, trying to break free from Hong Yu's control.
But no matter how hard he tried, his wrist felt like it was clamped by a pair of big pliers, and he couldn't move at all.
On the contrary, the harder you exert force, the more painful your wrist becomes.
The pain caused cold sweat to break out on his forehead.
"Don't bother, just take out the ancient jade hidden in your hand."
Hong Yu said calmly.
"Humph, you brat, you want to destroy the evidence and take away the broken ancient jade, right? Don't even think about it.
Yang Chao was still being stubborn.
"You really can't shed tears until you see the coffin."
Hong Yu lost his patience and pressed hard with his big hand.
"ah!"
Yang Chao screamed suddenly, feeling that his hand was about to be pinched off. How could he dare to resist? He quickly released his palm and begged for mercy: "Brother, take the ancient jade, please let go quickly."
"Dog Bones, it would have been better if it had been like this."
Hong Yu cursed, took the ancient jade broken into two pieces from his palm, and let go.
Yang Chao escaped from Hong Yu's control and knew that the conspiracy was about to be revealed, so he prepared to run away.
"Want to run?"
Hong Yu had already expected that Yang Chao would run away and quickly threw out the broken half piece of ancient jade in his hand.
Bang!
This half piece of ancient jade hit Yang Chao's thigh directly.
Yang Chao only felt a sharp pain in his thigh. Then his thigh went soft and he couldn't use any strength at all. He fell to the ground. His front teeth hit the ground and several of them fell out. He screamed in pain.
He wanted to stand up and continue running away, but his thighs were numb and he couldn't use any strength at all.
The white-haired old man Long Lao originally wanted to escape with him, but seeing Yang Chao's miserable state, he immediately stopped thinking about escaping.
He couldn't help but break his old bones.
Maybe if I fall down, I will go back to the west.
Ignoring Yang Chao, Hong Yu turned his head, looked at Wang Yan who had not yet reacted, and handed over the remaining half of the ancient jade in his hand.
"Wang Yan, take a closer look at this piece of jade to see if it is the ancient jade you think it is."
After hearing Hong Yu's words, Wang Yan reacted and reached out to take the broken jade token.
When I saw the cracks, the color of the jade plaque was turbid and dull, and there were many impurities, and I suddenly understood.
It turns out that this ancient jade is really a fake, just a piece of inferior jade.
The surface is coated with a layer of artificial Hetian jade paste.
As Hong Yu said just now, let alone one million, even one thousand is not worth it.
Thinking that she almost spent twelve million to buy ten worthless fake jade pieces, Wang Yanhou felt a chill run down her spine.
Fortunately, Hong Yu kept reminding him, otherwise he would really have been deceived.
This twelve million is enough to close down the jade shop opened by her parents.
After coming back to her senses, she looked coldly at Yang Chao who was lying on the ground.
"Cousin, I have always regarded you as a relative, but you actually teamed up with an outsider to deceive me. Your conscience has been eaten by a dog?"
Wang Yan said coldly: "I will call the police now, and you can wait for legal sanctions."
If she didn't trust Yang Chao very much, she wouldn't be so anxious to buy these ten ancient jades today.
When he heard that the police were about to be called, Yang Chao panicked and quickly argued: "Yan'er, don't get me wrong. How could my cousin harm you? I didn't know that this ancient jade was fake. It must have been a trick by Mr. Long.
"
As he said that, he pointed at the white-haired old man and said, "Mr. Long knows that cousin, you are in the jade business, so he approached me and asked me to introduce you to him and lower your vigilance."
"Young Master Yang, please don't accuse me wrongly. It was obviously you who came to me and asked me to cooperate with you in acting."
The white-haired old man did not want to take the blame, so he quickly explained to Wang Yan: "Miss Wang, I am just a third-rate actor. To put it harshly, I am just an extra. Yesterday at the film studio, Mr. Yang suddenly came to me.
He asked me to pretend to be an old gentleman who collects jade and come to your store to deceive you. After the deal was completed, he gave me a reward of 100,000 yuan. Even if I filmed the movie for a year, I couldn't make that much money, so I agreed."
"Ms. Wang, look, this is my actor's work permit."
The white-haired old man quickly took out the actor's card issued by the Actors Guild from his pocket and handed it to Wang Yan.
Wang Yan took it and glanced at it. The certificate was quite old and probably not fake.
Hong Yu also looked slightly startled. He did not expect that the white-haired old man was just an actor. It seemed that this scam was led by Yang Chao alone.
"Cousin, what else do you have to say now?"
Wang Yan threw her actor certificate in front of Yang Chao and stared at him sideways, disappointed.
Yang Chao was stubborn and still defended, "Yan'er, I really didn't know Mr. Long was a third-rate actor. I was also deceived by him. I always thought he was a big collector of ancient jade."
"Young Master Yang, please stop making excuses. When you negotiated terms with me yesterday, I kept an eye out and recorded our chat."
The white-haired old man said.
When Yang Chao heard the word "recording", he was dumbfounded.
He widened his eyes and stared at the white-haired old man.
"Young Master Yang, don't look at me like that. I have to have a backup plan when I come out to mess around. Otherwise, like today, I won't be able to defend myself after being betrayed by you."
The white-haired old man took out his mobile phone from his pocket, turned on the recording, and turned the volume to the maximum.
"Mr. Long, if all ten of my ancient jades are sold tomorrow, I guarantee that the reward of 100,000 yuan will be credited to your card immediately."
"Thank you, Mr. Yang. I will try my best to perform this scene for you."
"Mr. Long, if you perform well, maybe I will give you tens of thousands more yuan in bonus."
"..."
Listening to the recording on the phone, Wang Yan's face gradually darkened.
After the recording ended, she looked at Yang Chao coldly and called him by his name: "Yang Chao, what else do you have to say? Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust. I will call the police now."
"No, Yan'er, no, I was wrong, it's my cousin and I was wrong."
Yang Chao cried and begged for mercy, "Cousin, can't I kowtow to you to make amends for your crime?"
He climbed up to Wang Yan and kowtowed heavily to Wang Yan several times.
If this matter was reported to the police, he would inevitably go to jail for several years.
Wang Yan said coldly: "Don't think that I will forgive you. Even if my uncle comes to plead for mercy today, it will be useless."
Yang Chao panicked, "Cousin, don't do it. My cousin also has his own reasons, so he did this as a last resort."
"Humph, do you still have troubles?" Wang Yan sneered.
Yang Chao burst into tears, "Cousin, I really have a problem. Last month, you know that I traveled to Aocheng. In Aocheng, I got obsessed for a while and played a few games in the casino.
After losing all the money I had, I borrowed more than 10 million, and ended up losing it all."
"I borrowed this money from the evil forces in Jiangzhou who specialize in making illegal loans. Next week is the repayment day. If I don't pay back the money, my hands and feet will be cut off by them. I came here as a last resort.
I lied to you."
"Cousin, cousin knows that he is wrong. Cousin deserves to die, deserves to die."
Yang Chao slapped his face hard, and the five finger prints on his face were clearly visible, "Please, considering that we are blood relatives, please forgive my cousin this time and don't call the police, okay?"
Wang Yan saw that Yang Chao did have difficulties. Those evil forces in Jiangzhou who made illegal loans were indeed not good people. They had more or less lives on their hands. Yang Chao was afraid of having his hands and feet amputated, so he came here to cheat.
I can be forgiven for it.
Her tone softened a bit, and she said: "Why didn't you tell me earlier about your black interest loan? If your relatives can help raise money together, it's not impossible to help you pay off your debt. Why did you come to lie to me?"
Yang Chao said: "Cousin, it's my cousin who wants to save face. He thinks this is embarrassing, so he doesn't dare to say anything. Besides, you also know your uncle's temper. If he knows that I borrowed more than 10 million yuan in loan sharks, he won't be able to get rid of it.
I have only one skin."
Wang Yan said: "You shouldn't gamble, let alone borrow money to gamble. I can choose not to hold you responsible for what you lied to me about today, and not to call the police. But I will also help you. You will do it yourself in the future."
Just take care of yourself."
"Thank you, cousin." Yang Chaoda breathed a sigh of relief, with cold sweat covering his back.
"Go away quickly, I don't want to see you again."
Wang Yan said ruthlessly.
Just because she didn't hold Yang Chao accountable doesn't mean that he has forgiven Yang Chao.
What happened today left a scar in her heart that would never heal.
"Hey, I'm leaving now."
Yang Chao struggled to get up and limped out of the store.
"What are you still doing here, waiting for me to call the police to arrest you?"
Wang Yan glared at the white-haired old man and said, "Get out of here."
The white-haired old man realized that he didn't dare to stay any longer and ran away, not even throwing his actor's work permit on the ground.
"Hong Yu, thank you. If you hadn't reminded me today, I would have been miserable."
Wang Yan turned around and looked at Hong Yu with an apologetic look.
Hong Yu reminded her several times before, but she didn't listen and even got angry with Hong Yu.
Now that I think about it, I feel really ashamed.
Hong Yu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be so polite. We are old classmates. How can we just watch you being deceived? Just don't ask me to pay for your store."
Phew!
Wang Yan was amused by Hong Yu, "Don't worry, I won't let you pay for my store, and I will also give you a few ancient jade pieces for free as a thank you gift."
"Tell me, what kind of ancient jade do you like in my store?"
Wang Yan asked.
Hong Yu said: "There is no need to give it away, just don't cheat me."
Wang Yan smiled and said: "I'll give it away as I said. Don't be polite to me. If you insist on buying it, I won't sell it."
Seeing Wang Yan's enthusiasm, Hong Yu smiled helplessly.
"Okay, I'm not welcome."
As he spoke, he pointed to a few pieces of ancient jade on the counter. Although they were not in very good condition, they were valuable because of their age. They were very suitable for building a defensive array and said, "Just these three pieces."
"Okay, I'll wrap it up for you."
After Wang Yan packed the three ancient jades in boxes for Hong Yu, she handed them to Hong Yu, "Hong Yu, you have helped me so much today, I have to treat you to dinner, and it happens to be almost dinner time."
"No, I have something else to do and I have to go home in a hurry." Hong Yu declined politely.
"Is there really something wrong with you, or are you just perfunctory and deliberately don't want to go to dinner with me?" Wang Yan spoke very bluntly.
Hong Yu smiled and said: "It's really something, I won't lie to you."
"Okay, if you really have something to do, I won't force you. However, I must treat you to this meal. Next time you come to Jiangzhou, you must contact me. If you haven't contacted me after a month,
I, I will take the initiative to go to Qingxi Town to find you, I know where you live." Wang Yan said.
Hong Yu shook his head helplessly, "Okay, next time I come to Jiangzhou, I will definitely contact you and ask you to treat me to dinner."
"That's pretty much it."
Wang Yan smiled happily and waved her hand: "Since you have something to do, I won't keep you here. Let's go first. I have to call someone to repair the store."
Looking at the store door that he had kicked down, Hong Yu smiled awkwardly, then turned and left.
Arriving at the parking lot of the antique market, Hong Yu walked to his car and was about to open the door when several gangsters came over aggressively.
They held iron bars in their hands and without saying a word, they hit Hong Yu on the head.
"court death!"
Hong Yu's face darkened and he punched a few times with his backhand.
Several gangsters were directly knocked away.
He fell to the ground, clutching his chest and screaming.
Not far away, a pair of eyes hiding in the car saw what was happening and were immediately horrified.
"Tell me, who sent you here?"
Hong Yu stepped on the face of one of the gangsters and asked coldly.
"Brother, show mercy. Young Master Yang asked us to do it."
This bastard was in so much pain that he attacked him directly without any hesitation.
Hong Yu guessed that it was Yang Chao. It seemed that he had acted lightly in the antique shop and actually dared to take revenge on himself.
Hong Yu asked: "Where are they now?"
This bastard raised his hand and pointed toward the east.
Hong Yu looked in the direction of his finger and happened to see a black car.
Isn't it Yang Chao or who is sitting in the driver's seat of the car?