107: It is difficult to gain weight by eating alone

When Ye Su saw the intelligence in the early hours of the morning, he never thought about hiding this bracelet from Chen Xinyi and keeping it for himself.

It was her apartment, and when he had offered to help share the rent, she had refused. In Ye Su's view, it was only reasonable for the item to belong to Chen Xinyi.

Besides, Ye Su was picking up things worth tens of thousands of yuan like he was scavenging trash; he could basically find one every day. There was no need to ruin his character by fighting Chen Xinyi for this bracelet.

"What is this?"

Seeing Ye Su really pull another drawer out of the wardrobe drawer like magic, with a box inside, Chen Xinyi was dumbfounded.

Ye Su gestured with his chin: "Open it and see for yourself."

Chen Xinyi was already impatient. Hearing Ye Su's instruction, she immediately took the box out and opened it.

"A bracelet?"

The bracelet looked like jade, yet also like some handicraft you could buy for 9.9 yuan on a discount site. Chen Xinyi turned it over and over, examining it, but couldn't figure out what was special about it.

Seeing Ye Su's expression, Chen Xinyi knew that he must understand what this bracelet was all about.

"What kind of bracelet is this?" Chen Xinyi handed the bracelet to Ye Su.

"This is a Qiu Jiao bracelet. If I'm not mistaken, it should be from the Qing Dynasty."

After getting up in the morning, while using the toilet, Ye Su had looked up information about this bracelet.

He learned that the so-called [Qiu Jiao] was actually walrus ivory dyed an emerald green, meticulously carved by craftsmen using special techniques.

The reason [Qiu Jiao] was quite famous in the antique world was because this technique was unique to the Qing Dynasty Imperial Workshop.

After the Qing court declined, some craftsmen from the Imperial Workshop drifted into the public, bringing this skill with them.

Unfortunately, by the mid-Republic of China era, there was a gap in the succession of craftsmen, and this unique skill gradually became lost.

It was only after checking that Ye Su realized those eighteen white beads were all walrus ivory; it was only through the craftsmen's carving that they formed these jade-like beads that looked so real.

Similarly, the large white and green bead was also dyed using imperial techniques, which had caused Ye Su to mistake it for jadeite.

This special technique was also the best anti-counterfeiting standard, proving that this bracelet indeed came from the Qing Dynasty.

"A Qing Dynasty bracelet!" Chen Xinyi stared fixedly at the bracelet: "Isn't that worth a lot of money!"

"The current market price is probably around seventy thousand yuan."

"Seventy thousand yuan, it's worth that much!"

Chen Xinyi now trusted Ye Su's judgment implicitly; if he said seventy thousand yuan, then it was seventy thousand yuan.

"Hey, what's seen should be shared." Chen Xinyi turned to stare straight at Ye Su: "Shouldn't you give me a cut?"

"Oh?" Ye Su looked at Chen Xinyi with interest: "What's seen should be shared, is that it?"

"Of course!"

Fearing her words lacked conviction, Chen Xinyi puffed out her chest and lifted her head, trying to boost her presence:

"Haven't you heard that 'eating alone makes it hard to prosper'? When you encounter such a good thing, you definitely have to share it."

"Have you considered that you rented this apartment?"

"No kidding, of course I know I rented this apartment." Chen Xinyi put her hands on her hips: "Don't try to change the subject; I'm talking about 'sharing what's seen'."

Ye Su realized that Chen Xinyi was sometimes very shrewd, but other times she could be silly, just like now.

"You rented the apartment, so naturally, the things found in it belong to you." Ye Su tossed the bracelet toward Chen Xinyi: "Catch."

"Ah!" Chen Xinyi shrieked in fright, scrambling to catch the bracelet:

"This is seventy thousand yuan! How can you just throw it around like that!"

After carefully checking to make sure the bracelet wasn't damaged, Chen Xinyi patted her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

Immediately after, she realized the meaning of Ye Su's previous words:

"Are you saying this bracelet belongs to me?"

"What, you don't want it?"

"I want it! Of course I want it!" Chen Xinyi asked again, unsure: "It really belongs to me?"

"It really belongs to you..."

"Yay!"

Chen Xinyi jumped up in excitement, causing Ye Su's gaze to involuntarily follow her up and down.

"Let me enjoy this first!"

Chen Xinyi excitedly put the bracelet on her wrist, then went back to the living room to take out her phone and snapped several selfies in a row:

"I never thought I'd be able to wear a seventy-thousand-yuan bracelet one day!"

Ye Su leaned against the doorframe, watching Chen Xinyi's smug expression, and asked: "What, do you plan to keep this bracelet for yourself to wear?"

"Of course not." Chen Xinyi was still admiring the bracelet: "Seventy thousand yuan, just wearing it on my wrist like this—if it broke one day, I'd cry to death. I definitely have to sell it and turn it into money; that's the practical thing to do."

"Then do you still remember what you said just now about 'sharing what's seen'?"

"I remember..."

Chen Xinyi wailed in mock sorrow, then tentatively asked: "How about we split it fifty-fifty?"

"Fifty-fifty?" This time, it was Ye Su's turn to be a little surprised.

Originally, he had thought that Chen Xinyi would be like him and offer a twenty percent cut, but he hadn't expected Chen Xinyi to generously choose to split it equally, and it seemed like she was afraid he wouldn't be satisfied.

This actually made Ye Su feel a little embarrassed.

He felt that last time, when he only gave Chen Xinyi a twenty percent cut, he might have been a bit too stingy.

From Chen Xinyi's perspective, she believed that renting this apartment was for the two of them to live together, so if they found something good in the apartment, splitting it equally was only reasonable.

Counting the factor that the item was found by Ye Su, it seemed like a fifty-fifty split actually left Ye Su at a slight disadvantage.

"It can't be sixty-forty, right?" Chen Xinyi pouted coquettishly: "It's not easy for me to earn money either, so don't calculate it so clearly with me."

"Fine, fifty-fifty it is." Ye Su finally couldn't hold it in and laughed out loud:

"I originally thought I'd just give you ten or twenty percent as a little bonus, but since you insist on fifty-fifty, I'll have to reluctantly accept."

"Twenty percent! Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Chen Xinyi bared her fangs and brandished her claws, about to pounce on Ye Su, but mindful that she was still wearing the bracelet, she worried it might get damaged during a scuffle, so she had to stop.

"Can I take back what I just said and just give you twenty percent?" Chen Xinyi looked at Ye Su pitifully.

"Of course you can."

Ye Su's words made Chen Xinyi's eyes light up, but the next sentence was like a basin of cold water poured over her head, instantly sobering her up:

"The old rule, repayment in flesh. If you agree, I'll collect some interest right now."

"I'm a woman of my word. If I say fifty-fifty, it's fifty-fifty. Why would I go back on it!"

When Chen Xinyi said this, her tone was as firm as if she were joining the Party.

Of course, she was just putting on an act; she wasn't actually reluctant to give Ye Su the extra thirty percent.

They had only known each other for two months, but from gambling on stones to the Transformers a few days ago, and now to this bracelet, the money Ye Su had helped her earn had long since exceeded six figures.

After working for a few years with no future in sight, Chen Xinyi had even thought about leveraging her own strengths by making short videos or something, to see if she could get some benefits from those men.

But when Ye Su really took her along and they earned so much money one after another, Chen Xinyi felt a bit at a loss.

Now that there was an opportunity to turn around and share some benefits with Ye Su, Chen Xinyi was actually very willing.