144: It's stuck in the anti-slip buckle!
Chen Kai immediately adjusted his gloves again, reached his hand into one of the Snow Boots, and felt around by touch.
"Little brother, are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
Liu Yunshang watched this scene, asking curiously; who goes skiing and manages to Score a Bargain?
At least she had never seen it, and besides, how could something fall into a shoe while skiing?
"It's highly likely I didn't see it wrong."
Chen Kai muttered, gradually exerting force as he explored inside the cotton boot.
"Hiss... how is there nothing here?"
Chen Kai muttered, his eyes filled with confusion.
This wasn't right; it was clearly emitting a faint glimmer, so why was there nothing when he reached his hand in?
Forget about the Gold-Thread Anklet; there wasn't even a single hair.
Moreover, he had reached his hand all the way to the toe of the shoe, and apart from the metal plate at the toe, he hadn't touched anything; only that part was hard.
According to the information provided by the system, there should have been a piece of hard jade.
How come he hadn't touched anything?
And... as long as it was emitting a faint glimmer, it shouldn't be a false alarm.
He incredulously reached his hand back into the shoe, fumbled for a long time without finding anything, and then helplessly took off his ski gloves.
His biggest suspicion was that the intelligence was wrong, and it had already been taken by staff and returned to the owner.
Chen Kai sighed helplessly and casually flipped the sole over, preparing to check the anti-slip buckle on the sole; if this thing was loose, it would be very easy to slip and lose footing on the snow.
Since he had mentioned the anti-slip buckle, if there was no Gold-Thread Anklet to Score a Bargain, he would just swap the shoes for Liu Yunshang to wear.
It wouldn't be worth it if she fell later.
Just as he flipped the sole over, he suddenly discovered something stuck in the closed anti-slip buckle—it was golden!
Chen Kai was stunned!
The Snow Boots' anti-slip buckles were usually kept closed and only pried out from the device when reaching the snow.
In their usual closed state, two serrated metal plates were pressed together. It looked like something was stuck in the gap of the hollowed-out serrated plates!!
He immediately pried open the serrated metal plates, and what was stuck in the gap was exactly a Gold-Thread Anklet!
The Gold-Thread Anklet had been slightly deformed from being pinched! An Ice Yang Green jade bead, a transparent jade bead about the size of a thumb pad, was caught in the middle of the metal plates.
Chen Kai was overjoyed. "This is it! I knew something was reflecting light into my eyes."
Liu Yunshang, standing to the side, was dumbfounded. "Little brother... is... is this Ice Yang Green? It's too transparent, pure Ice Variety jade; this one bead is probably worth thirty to forty thousand yuan."
Chen Kai also deliberately put on a look of surprise.
"Hiss! Sister Liu's luck is just great; we can even Score a Bargain this big while out skiing!"
"Hehe~ It's little brother's good luck, which just goes to show that we two are very compatible~ We're so good for each other's fortune when we're together."
Liu Yunshang narrowed her eyes, her expression showing a hint of shock.
She never expected that they could Score a Bargain of some gold just by going skiing!
She didn't know if it was because their luck was especially good when she and Chen Kai were together, or if Chen Kai's luck was just particularly good.
"Shall we go then? Go skiing for a bit?"
"Okay!"
The two immediately got dressed properly. After this experience of Scoring a Bargain, Liu Yunshang specifically took off all her accessories and put them in the locker before feeling at ease to change into her cotton jacket and Snow Boots, then she picked up her snowboard and stepped into the ski resort.
The first feeling upon walking into the indoor ski resort was cold!
A blast of cold wind hit her face! It felt like there was a temperature difference of tens of degrees between indoors and outdoors instantly.
Liu Yunshang's little face was immediately frozen red, and she sniffled.
Seeing this, Chen Kai immediately rubbed her frozen red cheeks.
They played in the ski resort for over an hour, and Chen Kai, fearing that Liu Yunshang couldn't handle the cold temperature, quickly took her and left.
They went to the Counter to return the shoes and clothes, then went back to the locker to get their own clothes and jewelry. Just as they were about to leave, they saw a heavily made-up woman and a middle-aged man with a big belly rushing back to the ski resort, leaning over the Counter to ask questions.
"Hello! I had a Gold-Thread Anklet stuck in a shoe; I initially left it at this Counter, but I don't remember which shoe rack I put it on!"
"Could you please help me look for it?"
The woman in charge of registration at the Counter was stunned and gave an apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry, miss, you left more than two hours ago. Our equipment is used on a rotating basis. I'm very sorry, but it might have already been rented out."
"The surveillance also doesn't show which shoe locker the shoes were placed in. Why don't you go look at the ski resort outside? Maybe it was dropped in the ski resort."
The Counter staff said helplessly; even if it had been rented out, if someone found the Gold-Thread Anklet, would they return it to her? How could that be!
How lucky would one have to be to return something found to the Counter and wait for the owner to claim it?
Moreover, they only provided one month of storage here; once the storage time passed, the owner might have forgotten about it, and by then, any lost items would just be split among the Counter staff.
"Alright... Honey, let's go look outside!"
The heavily made-up woman's face was full of disappointment; this was something the wealthy man she was attached to had just bought for her; it cost sixty or seventy thousand yuan!
Do you know how much of a price he paid for this sixty or seventy thousand!
She didn't expect to lose it! A huge loss.
...
Seeing this, Chen Kai exchanged a look with Liu Yunshang and quickly packed up their things to leave.
By the time they ran to the mercedes-benz car, Chen Kai was still smiling smugly.
"Since this person is attached to a wealthy man, I can feel at ease about Scoring a Bargain."
"Hehe~ It looks like it, you can feel at ease about Scoring a Bargain~~"
Liu Yunshang also chimed in from the side.
Chen Kai smiled, stuffed the Gold-Thread Anklet into his pocket, and first took Liu Yunshang to the event she was going to attend next.
Only then did he stop on the side of the road to pluck the jade off the Gold-Thread Anklet, then slowly drove the car to the old man who bought gold at a high price.
He slowly stopped the car on the side of the road and looked up at the sign hanging at the entrance of the old man's shop that displayed the daily gold price.
"Not bad, nine hundred per gram; it's gone up a bit again."
Chen Kai weighed the Gold-Thread Anklet in his hand; it was probably over ten grams, and the material was quite solid.
Moreover, this gold thread was very well made; unlike ordinary gold necklaces, it felt like an artistic necklace to the touch.
If it wasn't something worn on the foot, and something that had been worn on someone else's foot, he definitely would have kept it for himself.
But something that had been worn on someone else's foot made him feel a bit disgusted, and he felt uncomfortable with it, so it was more worth it to sell it.
He glanced at the old man sitting in a rocking chair in the room, waving a fan, and slowly walked through the door.
When the old man saw it was Chen Kai, he immediately stood up with a grin.
This was a big client.