232: Find the Jade Ring

Old Sha had no idea what Professor Qin, who had previously bought everything he owned, was thinking at that moment. Now, he had completely become a hot topic on Antique Street.

Antique Street was only so big, and any stir there naturally couldn't be hidden from President Chen, who held a significant position on Antique Street.

He thought about how he had opened such a large antique shop, yet he had never seen Professor Qin buy anything from his store.

And Old Sha, a Homeless person who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, even had the chance to gain Professor Qin's appreciation. Although President Chen wasn't short on money, who in the antique business didn't care about their reputation?

Now, someone's reputation was even greater than his. If he were to let him continue to thrive under the name of being appreciated by Professor Qin, the consequences would be unimaginable!

No matter what, he had to make sure this person couldn't survive on Antique Street!

And President Chen wasn't the only Boss who couldn't stand Old Sha's ideas; it was as if the entire Antique Street's Bosses were startled by the sudden appearance of Old Sha, and everyone had no good feelings towards him.

After all, the cake was only so big. It was already enough to have to scheme against similar peers on a daily basis, but a Homeless person even wanted to touch their cake? How could they tolerate this?

Because of this, at the same time Old Sha's reputation spread, the Bosses of those antique shops secretly came to his stall, ready to cause trouble.

Because everyone wanted to see what kind of good items were included in the haul that Professor Qin had bought all at once, they all gathered around his stall, or they stood not far away, pointing and gesturing at his things.

President Chen listened to the discussions of the people next to him and sneered lightly.

That person was excitedly boasting to others about how Professor Qin had just bought everything from Old Sha's stall in one go.

Suddenly hearing someone scoff, the originally proud him couldn't stand such a provocation and immediately his face sank.

He glared at President Chen, his face full of indignation: "You kid don't believe what I said? Go ask anyone on this street, did I say a single wrong word just now!"

President Chen wasn't angry at all, but rather very disdainful.

"Of course I believe Professor Qin, but I don't believe this stall owner."

The two people next to him heard President Chen say this and immediately cast curious glances at him.

President Chen thoroughly enjoyed being looked at with approval, and his voice also grew a little louder, as if he wished Old Sha and the others could hear him, thereby knowing that he was incompetent and should leave Antique Street as soon as possible.

"Look at the things he's laid out. Useless second-grade light tubes, rusted parts, can these things be considered antiques?"

"True antiques should be fine pieces passed down from ancient times, each possessing its own history."

"Instead of being like him, picking up a few pieces of trash from who knows which garbage heap and claiming to be an antique player, coming out to make a fool of himself!"

Someone who had just witnessed Professor Qin buying Old Sha's things firsthand couldn't help but speak up at this moment.

"Then tell me, why did Professor Qin buy all of this person's things directly just now? His things clearly have collection value!"

Others chimed in: "Exactly, who doesn't know Professor Qin? He is an expert appraiser and has never misjudged. If you question this young man, aren't you questioning Professor Qin?"

These ordinary buyers didn't know President Chen, but the Bosses who were with him did. Seeing that he had already taken the initiative to chase people away, they naturally wouldn't fall behind.

After all, who would truly want to lose to a beggar?

"But didn't Professor Qin just take his good things? He must have taken out those good things all at once, and Professor Qin's sharp eyes just happened to see his good things, which is why he bought all his things at once."

"I think that makes sense, look at what's on his table? Who sells antiques like this? Do they really think we're collecting garbage?"

"These dirty rags, even scrap collectors won't take them, and now they want to trick us into buying them at antique prices? Could he be a swindler?"

President Chen saw the familiar Bosses who were hiding behind the customers just like him, and inwardly sneered at this group of old foxes, but he didn't show any abnormalities on his face.

Seeing the people around him waver, he continued, "You just saw Professor Qin buy the pipe and so on, right? That was much older than what he's displaying now; the earliest can even be traced back to the Qing Dynasty."

"But look at what he's displaying now, is there anything that's 50 years old?"

"Isn't it obvious that he sold the good stuff and is now selling the bad stuff?"

This time, the surrounding customers were truly swayed by President Chen and believed that Old Sha's good things had already been sold out.

The customers who were originally speaking up for him thought about Old Sha's actions and spat in disgust.

"Young man, how can you do business like this? While antiques are all about digging for treasures, you can't just put a pile of garbage in front of us!"

"I think this person deliberately used good items to attract Professor Qin's attention, wanting to climb the social ladder, and also wanting to trick us. His good items are probably still hidden away!"

"You are too dishonest! Aren't you afraid of divine retribution for doing this?"

Facing the accusations of the crowd, Huang Mao's smile, which had been happily discussing the contract with the customer, instantly disappeared.

Their voices did not abate at all because of his presence, and some even became more enthusiastic, wanting to step forward and directly flip the cloth they had laid out.

It was only because although Old Sha and Huang Mao were Homeless people, they were not thin and weak.

When they wanted to make a move, the look in Old Sha's eyes was also very terrifying, and the onlookers only dared to stay in place and point, not daring to make any moves.

Huang Mao glared fiercely at the surrounding onlookers, feeling extremely angry in his heart.

Buying and selling was originally a matter of free will. If they liked Old Sha's things, they would buy them; if they didn't, they wouldn't.

They hadn't forced them to buy, nor had they deliberately quoted high prices, and now they were saying how bad their things were, and what was the deal with saying they deliberately tried to please Professor Qin.

Clearly, the fact that Professor Qin suddenly came and bought all of Old Sha's things also surprised them. It was also the first time they knew that Professor Qin was very famous in the antique world.

But now they were baseless saying that they deliberately wanted to attract Professor Qin, wasn't this directly slandering them without any basis?

Huang Mao's temper was originally not good, and now being falsely accused for no reason, how could he stand such provocation? He was instantly furious and wanted to step forward to argue.

However, he was stopped in time by Old Sha, who shook his head slightly at him.

Huang Mao was suddenly stopped, still feeling resentful in his heart. He looked at Old Sha with dissatisfaction, angry.

"Old Sha, they are saying this about us, how can we be convinced?"

Old Sha's peripheral vision glanced again at the Boss who had first spoken ill of them, who had shifty eyes, was secretly hiding behind the crowd, and was looking at them being accused with a sinister expression.

Although he had tried his best to hide himself, Old Sha always kept his mission in mind, so his gaze was always on the hands of the onlookers.

Originally, he hadn't noticed this person. It was only when he said too many bad things about them that he noticed him, and also noticed that he was wearing a Yu Banzhi on his hand.

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Although Old Sha was a Homeless person, he was also aware of the things in the business world where people would harm each other for money.

Now this person was acting so obviously and was also wearing a Yu Banzhi on his hand.

Clearly, this person was the one Su Yue was looking for!

However, he still didn't show it on his face. He secretly leaned into Huang Mao's ear and said to Huang Mao in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"I found that the person who first spoke ill of us is the person the Director is looking for. You secretly go and tell the Director, I will continue to pretend here."

Huang Mao's eyes lit up when he heard this. Just as he was about to look at that person, he was stopped by Old Sha again.

Old Sha was much more steady than Huang Mao. Seeing Huang Mao about to alert the enemy, he quickly stopped him.

"Did you forget that the Director said not to act rashly? We need to be careful not to let him find out that we are looking for him."

Huang Mao then remembered the request Su Yue had made to them and immediately smiled sheepishly.

However, he was still a little worried about Old Sha handling so many people by himself: "Can you handle it alone? Do you want me to help you deal with it first?"

Old Sha shook his head and urged: "Now the most important thing is to report to the Director that we have found that person."

Seeing Old Sha say this, Huang Mao couldn't stay here any longer, so he claimed he had to go to the restroom and left.

Huang Mao's anti-reconnaissance skills were now very good, and he quickly shook off everyone's sight, secretly hiding in a corner to contact Su Yue.

Huang Mao knew that this matter was of great importance, and his voice was still trembling when he contacted Su Yue: "Director! We found that Yu Banzhi!"

Su Yue had been observing them from the second floor, and naturally he also noticed President Chen, and he also noticed the Yu Banzhi on his hand.

"Yes, I know. Go back and continue to pretend with Old Sha, I'll handle him."

When Huang Mao heard the affirmative answer, he instantly felt motivated, and he said excitedly: "Okay, Director! Old Sha and I will definitely guarantee the completion of the mission!"

Huang Mao quickly returned to the stall. As soon as Old Sha saw that Huang Mao had changed from his previous anger, he knew that Su Yue knew they had found him, and his heart settled down.

The two of them tacitly acted as if nothing had happened, continuing to sell their things to passersby, not taking the accusations of others to heart.

Some of the onlookers who had just been cursing Old Sha couldn't stand it anymore and continued to curse them for being dishonest in business.

However, their accusations did not affect Old Sha and Huang Mao at all. Everyone talked until their mouths were dry, but Old Sha and the others did not react, and gradually they were too lazy to speak.

President Chen was a little anxious when he saw that the onlookers were no longer accusing them.

He said anxiously from behind: "You won't be thinking of continuing to use the garbage picked up from the junkyard here to trick people, will you? Brothers, we cannot be deceived by them!"

The onlookers immediately became agitated again because of President Chen's words.

Old Sha knew that the next task Su Yue gave them was to continue to pretend, and offending customers was the most foolish behavior, so he, who was not good with words, still explained a sentence.

"Isn't the value of antiques what's being sold? I think the things I sell are very valuable, so what's wrong with selling them? Those you don't like can naturally go to other places to buy."

Perhaps seeing that they were constantly surrounding them and affecting their performance, Old Sha pretended to be angry and directly packed up the cloth on the ground.

As he packed, he cursed: "Since you don't like my things, then don't buy them, why are you surrounding me and interfering with my business? I'm going to change places, if you don't want to be cursed, don't follow me!"

Huang Mao also bared his teeth and waved a fist on the side. The onlookers now knew that they were not to be messed with, and they also actively made way for them, not daring to step forward and follow them.

After all, just as Old Sha said, buying and selling has always been a matter of mutual consent. Since they don't like his things, they shouldn't buy them, and they have no reason to criticize others for not being allowed to sell.

President Chen didn't expect that after saying so much, he didn't drive them away, but instead made the people around them think the other party was genuine.

This really angered President Chen.

What he wanted was for these two people to be scorned and leave by their spittle, not for them to be praised by others again.

Just then, the Bosses of other shops walked up to President Chen, their tone also very indignant.

"President Chen, this person seems to be a tough nut to crack!"

President Chen looked up at the person who came, and seeing the ruthlessness in the other person's eyes, he knew that the other person, like himself, would absolutely not tolerate Old Sha continuing to operate on this street.

However, he had also been in the business for many years and was best at disguising himself. He also showed an angry expression and echoed: "Yes! It seems we have trouble!"

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in the other person's eyes, and he said softly: "This person must not be allowed to stay."

President Chen exchanged a meaningful look with the other person, and the two of them inexplicably reached an agreement.

Old Sha and the others left, but Su Yue kept watching President Chen from the second floor. Seeing him smile sinisterly and leave after reaching an agreement with others, he quickly went downstairs and followed him.

President Chen vaguely sensed someone behind him, but when he turned around, he didn't find any movement, thinking it was his imagination and didn't think much of it.

What he didn't know was that Su Yue had been following him not far behind.

After seeing President Chen enter a luxuriously decorated antique shop, Su Yue turned around and left.

Su Yue found where Old Sha and Huang Mao had relocated, told them about President Chen's antique shop, and instructed them to keep an eye on him at all times to see if he had any abnormal behavior.

If he contacted that group of tomb raiders, they were to contact him immediately.

Huang Mao quickly nodded: "Director, don't worry! We will keep an eye on them!"

Old Sha also nodded heavily.

Su Yue had great confidence in the abilities of the two, but he still added a little more.

"Old Sha's things just now attracted Professor Qin's attention. The Yu Banzhi and the Bosses of other shops will probably be watching you, so you must be careful in everything you do."

Huang Mao was a little proud: "Director, don't worry, the Homeless people here are all familiar with us. We can keep an eye on that Yu Banzhi even without showing up. He won't escape our grasp."

Old Sha also said confidently: "Director, don't worry, we can protect ourselves."

Hearing them say that, Su Yue had nothing more to say and left Antique Street when no one was paying attention.

He was going to tell Liang Yuzhu that he had found the Yu Banzhi.

Although Old Sha and Huang Mao spoke confidently on the surface, they also knew the methods of those businessmen. As soon as they were in sync, they picked up the cloth rug they had just laid out again and finished for the day.

As for President Chen, Huang Mao gave some money to a few Homeless people to keep an eye on him at all times, and they also stayed not far from President Chen's place.

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