52: How did you know there was a Yuan Shikai silver dollar in the air conditioner?

Chen Kai was stunned, subconsciously shielding the air conditioner behind him. Fortunately, the lady selling the air conditioner was focused on chatting with someone on the phone and didn't notice him.

"Hey honey, I have good news for you. I asked a master yesterday, and the master said that the air conditioner has yin energy. If we replace it, you'll be able to get another promotion!"

"So, I bought a new air conditioner online and took the old one from home to sell. Hehe... I even sold it for 1,800! Aren't I a virtuous wife?"

Chen Kai held back his laughter, feeling a bit curious about the reaction of the unlucky fellow on the other end of the line.

He pricked up his ears and carried the air conditioner back to the doorway. Although curious about how the unlucky man would react, he was genuinely afraid that the man might just give up and tell the woman that a yuan shikai silver dollar was hidden inside the air conditioner.

Chen Kai specifically pricked up his ears to listen. The man on the other end of the phone was clearly a bit agitated; even as he retreated behind the door, he could hear the content of the call clearly.

"What? You sold my air conditioner? You! Are you sick or something? Why are you selling the air conditioner for no reason?!"

The lady selling the air conditioner was clearly stunned. "Why aren't you happy that I'm getting new furniture for the house?"

"You! Sigh... That air conditioner was clearly still working, why did you sell it!"

"The master said it would help your career progress. It's sold, so what? It's not like it was anything valuable."

"..."

There was a noticeable silence on the other end of the line, followed by a heavy sigh, and then the call ended without another word.

The lady selling the air conditioner looked at her phone, pulling it from her ear to her chest in confusion. "Is he sick? He's not even happy about buying a new air conditioner."

Seeing the lady get into a ride-hailing car, Chen Kai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the end, the man didn't dare to mention the hidden private money.

He might have even crawled under the covers to cry after hanging up.

Why must men make things hard for other men? But honestly, brother, your yuan shikai silver dollar smells so good.

After waiting a short while, an iveco jinbei slowly drove up in front of him.

Zheng Liu Chang slammed the driver's side door shut with a bang and spotted Chen Kai holding the air conditioner at a glance.

"What kind of look is this? It's quite unique, holding an air conditioner. Are you trying to be the Haier Brothers?"

Zheng Liu Chang joked with a smile, reaching out to help lift the air conditioner. He carried it to the trunk and placed it inside vertically.

"Screw you, I managed to Score a Bargain."

Chen Kai smiled mysteriously, sat in the passenger seat, crossed his legs, and fastened his seatbelt.

"What the heck? You Scored a Bargain? We don't take air conditioners there."

Zheng Liu Chang climbed into the driver's seat. He paused while fastening his seatbelt and quipped.

"The 'Score a Bargain' you mentioned yesterday couldn't be this, right? How cheap could an air conditioner be? Did you do a zero-dollar purchase?"

"Not exactly. It's not about the air conditioner," Chen Kai said calmly.

This piqued Zheng Liu Chang's curiosity. While turning the key to start the ignition, he looked at him curiously. "Man, you've caught my attention!"

"What kind of bargain is it, being so mysterious?"

Chen Kai curled the corner of his mouth. "There was a yuan shikai silver dollar hidden in the air conditioner, and I intercepted it."

"What the heck? A yuan shikai silver dollar? I don't believe it. Let's go back to the shop and open it up to see."

Zheng Liu Chang muttered, then stepped on the gas and headed straight for Yunshang Pavilion.

In less than half an hour, the iveco jinbei pulled up in front of Yunshang Pavilion. Zheng Liu Chang got out to help move the air conditioner into the room.

Placing it vertically on the floor, he stared at the standing air conditioner and muttered, "Can this thing really hide a yuan shikai silver dollar?"

"Then I'm going to start dismantling it. Recently, yuan shikai silver dollars have been quite valuable; if it's a good year, it could sell for a few thousand."

"But I have to say this first: don't break the air conditioner while dismantling it, or it won't be a bargain. If it's a yuan shikai silver dollar from a bad year, it's only worth eight or nine hundred."

Chen Kai nodded confidently, grabbed a screwdriver, and began the "dismantling" work.

First, he unscrewed the bottom of the air conditioner, took out the filter, and then removed the air outlet.

"Huh? Why isn't it here? It should be in the air outlet."

After searching for a long time without finding the yuan shikai silver dollar, Chen Kai incredulously picked up the air conditioner and shook it again; the clanking sound was still there.

Keep dismantling!

"Wait! Stop dismantling for a second! You determined it was a yuan shikai silver dollar just by this sound?"

Zheng Liu Chang stared at Chen Kai with a strange expression, as if looking at a monster.

"Let's dismantle it first, I'll tell you later."

Chen Kai didn't even lift his head, crouching on the floor to continue dismantling the standing air conditioner.

The entire standing air conditioner was basically divided into two parts: the air outlet and the fan wheel.

He had almost finished dismantling the air outlet section, but still hadn't seen any money.

Could it be... in the fan wheel?

He used a screwdriver to remove the screws fixing the fan wheel. As soon as he removed the outer protective shell, "Got it!"

"It's right here!"

What came into view was a cylindrical fan wheel, and tied to the back of it was a palm-sized red cloth bag.

Once he opened the mouth of the red cloth bag, what came into view was a string of silver yuan shikai silver dollars tied together with a red rope! And over a dozen red bills, green bills, brown bills, and even two yellow fifty-cent coins.

"This is truly emptying out the whole nest."

Chen Kai muttered softly, taking the string of yuan shikai silver dollars out of the bag with a bit of excitement.

"Holy crap! You're for real? There really is a yuan shikai silver dollar?"

Zheng Liu Chang was completely stunned on the spot, with question marks appearing over his head.

"Why else would I buy this air conditioner? Hurry up and see if you'll buy them."

Chen Kai handed the string of yuan shikai silver dollars to Zheng Liu Chang and started counting the money.

"One hundred, two hundred... three hundred..."

Besides the yuan shikai silver dollars, there was 2,053.60 in cash in the bag.

It was equivalent to getting an air conditioner and the yuan shikai silver dollars for free; it was so damn worth it.

He could already imagine the sense of helplessness of the bag's owner.

Zheng Liu Chang took the yuan shikai silver dollars, blew on them, held them to his ear to listen, and then casually picked up a magnifying glass and crouched on the floor to take a few looks.

"It's real!"

"And it's the eighth-year edition of the yuan shikai silver dollar, the most expensive version! It's preserved so well, and it's a string of ten. Holy crap, you've really struck it rich."

Zheng Liu Chang was full of shock. He immediately held them firmly in his arms as if he had found a treasure. "Foster father, I really like this. Sell it to me."

"Fine, fine, fine. I brought it here to sell to you in the first place. How much?"

Chen Kai said helplessly, though it was the first time he had seen Zheng Liu Chang like something so much.

"Normally, an eighth-year edition is 2,100 each, but I think it has room to appreciate in value. I'll give you 2,300 each, and for a set of ten, I can add an extra 2,000. How about 25,000?"

Zheng Liu Chang carefully placed the yuan shikai silver dollars in his palm, his eyes filled with fervor.

"Fine. Transfer it to me later. Help me send the air conditioner to my house in a few days. I'm off."

Chen Kai waved his hand and prepared to take his little electric donkey out of the iveco jinbei trunk, but was stopped by Zheng Liu Chang.

"Wait! How did you know there was a yuan shikai silver dollar in the air conditioner?"