140: We didn't notice it either!

"Right, right, right. Brother Chen Kai, we won't stand on ceremony either. Let me see if my eyes are sharp enough to spot a fake!"

In an instant, the crowd swarmed into the shop. Pulling various tools out from who knows where, they grabbed magnifying glasses and began scouring the place for fakes.

Seeing this scene, Liu Yunshang covered her mouth and chuckled.

She secretly rose on the tips of her red-soled black high heels and rested her delicate hand on Chen Kai's shoulder.

"Little Brother, I don't think they'll be able to find the fake, so... let them look first. We can just steal the spotlight later."

Liu Yunshang's beautiful eyes darted around. She was certain that if Zhou Haoyu couldn't spot the fake, these Pawnshop owners wouldn't be able to either!

So there was no need for Chen Kai to rush straight to the target and expose the item so quickly.

Chen Kai raised an eyebrow and muttered quietly in Liu Yunshang's ear, "So Sister Liu means... we should let Zhou Haoyu enjoy himself for a while? The more smug he is now, the harder his face will be slapped later?"

Liu Yunshang immediately gave him a look that said 'you understand me' and chuckled.

Chen Kai also smiled mysteriously. She was so naughty!

He liked it! Because he was thinking the same thing!

He looked up at Zhou Haoyu, who was sitting with his legs crossed, hands behind his head, looking like an Old Man basking in the sun, staring with a mocking smile at the crowd swarming around looking for fakes.

That expression seemed to be saying, 'If I can't spot the fake, how could you bunch of noobs see it? You think you can find it? What a joke!'

Chen Kai turned his head slightly and glanced at four or five antique buyers who were ready to watch the show.

A few of them were whispering to each other.

"What do you think? I've always collected items at Da Sanjiang. I heard Tong Sihai had a pretty good reputation, and just when I was about to come to their shop, this happened."

"Do you think there are really fakes in their shop? I feel like their reputation is usually quite good."

Another man with a receding hairline shook his head. "I don't really believe it, but I always buy things at Sishui Pawnshop, so I came to watch the show to give him face. If they can't find any fakes... this is just business, right?"

"Anyway, if they can't find any fakes, I'll definitely come to Tong Sihai to play. If even so many professionals can't find any faults, then buying here is safe."

"Yeah... I think so too. It feels like these people won't be able to find any fakes in their shop. I have a friend who has spent millions in their shop, and it's said he has never bought a fake."

"Hiss! Really? Millions worth of items and not a single fake? Did he go for an Appraisal?"

"No, he said if it's guaranteed to be real, why go for an Appraisal? Wouldn't that be a waste of money?"

"Sigh, who can say for sure? Your friend is a bit careless. If a fake is really found today, then your friend needs to send his items for an Appraisal. Who knows how many fakes are in that million-dollar haul."

"Yeah... let's see the result first! What if they are all real?"

Listening to the crowd's chatter, Chen Kai gave a disdainful smile.

How could there be anything absolutely real in the Antique Trade? Maybe Zhou Haoyu was secretly pulling some tricks behind the scenes.

He turned his gaze back to the group of Pawnshop owners who were using magnifying glasses for Appraisal.

Each of their faces wore a look of disappointment, yet they still weren't willing to give up.

Furthermore, Chen Kai watched with his own eyes as someone picked up a Republic-era famille rose porcelain, took a few looks with a magnifying glass, shook their head, and put it back.

"Hiss..."

"I don't seem to see any fakes... Even the copper coins and the yuan shikai silver dollar that were most suspicious are one hundred percent real."

"This is a bit tricky... Old Wang, did you see anything suspicious?"

The owner of Sishui Pawnshop shook his head, looking helpless, as if his confidence had been dealt a heavy blow.

"I've looked at over a dozen items and haven't found even one that's suspicious... I'm starting to suspect that kid Chen Kai is playing us. Among the antiques I've looked at, any one of them could be taken directly into our shop without needing a second look."

The other Pawnshop owners nearby chimed in, their faces full of worry.

Some were even starting to suspect that since Chen Kai hadn't started looking for the artificially aged fake antiques for so long, maybe he hadn't spotted them at all and was just using them as the vanguard.

"You haven't found any? If you haven't, just admit you were wrong. I won't hold it against you. Just say sorry in the Antique Trade group chat, and we can still be friends."

Zhou Haoyu curled his lips, though his eyes suddenly turned cold.

"However, the initiator of this shop-crashing needs to say 'I'm sorry, my eye for Appraisal is not as good as Tong Sihai Pawnshop' in the group chat for ten days. No problem, right?"

Everyone was stunned, and the owners who followed Chen Kai to crash the shop turned their gazes toward Chen Kai.

Some were hesitating, struggling for a long time, but seeing that Chen Kai still didn't react.

They pulled out their phones and sent "Sorry, Tong Sihai Pawnshop" in the group chat.

The other owners hesitated for a long time, and half of them took out their phones and sent apology messages in the group chat.

The other half, either because of pride or simply because they believed in Chen Kai, chose not to send any messages.

The consumer customers brought by the owners also felt it was pointless.

They thought they would get to see some excitement, but this was it? This was it??

What kind of excitement is this? Did we come here to watch you apologize and admit defeat?

"Forget it, let's go. From now on, we'll buy things at Tong Sihai's shop."

"Yeah, my friend bought millions worth of items, and he really didn't step on any landmines. I didn't really believe in their shop before, but now I do. These people, look at how grand they were when they arrived, and now they are so dejected."

"Yeah! After being tested by so many peers, their shop might really be authentic."

Listening to everyone's chatter, Chen Kai gave two dry coughs.

He took out the magnifying glass he carried with him, stopped pretending, and walked straight to the Republic-era famille rose porcelain.

He grabbed the famille rose porcelain in one go.

"This is a fake. The market price should be around 5,000. If one fake equals ten times the compensation, paying over 50,000 should be no problem, right?"

Everyone present was stunned, the corners of their mouths twitching involuntarily.

Hey Brother, is that how you do an Appraisal?

If you say it's fake, it has to be fake?

If you had said earlier that this was how you do an Appraisal, I wouldn't have joined the group!

"Brother Chen Kai, none of us could see that this was a fake... If you say it's a fake, you have to at least tell us where it's fake, right?"

"Yeah... you... you have to say where it's fake. This thing is very easy to fake, but everyone present has checked it once, and no one saw that it was a fake."

Chen Kai chuckled. The people speaking up for Zhou Haoyu were basically fence-sitters who had defected to the enemy.

He didn't need to hold back when roasting these people.

"Open your eyes and look at this glaze and this style."