135: Give it a try

The intel alert said nine o'clock, but it was only eight-forty-something when Ye Su saw a middle-aged woman pull a cart over, unload a big pile of stuff at the residential complex entrance, say a few words to the security guard, and then head back into the complex with the cart.

The items unloaded in the clutter pile didn't emit the system's prompt light, so Ye Su stayed in the car and didn't go up to talk to the middle-aged woman.

Soon, Ye Su understood why the woman had to say a few words to the security guard before returning to the complex.

Only a few minutes after she left, another woman came over, poking her head around and looking cautiously at the pile of clutter, wanting to rummage through it.

Fortunately, the security guard stepped forward immediately and shouted twice, causing the woman who wanted to scavenge for cardboard to leave resentfully.

"Here it comes!"

When the woman appeared at the entrance with the cart for the second time, Ye Su clearly saw a light shining out from one of the cardboard boxes.

He reversed his car a bit before getting out. Ye Su pretended to be strolling as he arrived in front of the woman and the pile of clutter:

"Ma'am, doing some decluttering?"

Being accosted by a stranger, the woman's eyes showed wariness: "What's decluttering?"

"It just means throwing away things you don't need at home."

"Right, why are you asking about that?"

"Since you don't want these things anyway, how about I pick out what I can use, and you sell them to me cheaply as second-hand goods?"

"Oh, so you want to buy stuff."

Selling to a scrap collector definitely wouldn't fetch as much as selling to someone as second-hand, so the woman was naturally happy: "Sure, go ahead and pick."

"Okay, thank you, ma'am."

After Ye Su finished speaking, he began to rummage through the cardboard boxes.

"This looks like it was for ink. Perfect for practicing calligraphy. Is there a brush inside?"

"The stool is quite sturdy, that works too."

After pretending to pick out two items, Ye Su set his sights on that square, roughly thirty-centimeter-wide, slightly old-looking Huanghuali official document box.

"This wooden box is fine too. It's quite solid; I can use it to store things."

After taking the document box and placing it on the stool he had just selected, Ye Su grabbed a wooden cabinet that was over half a person's height, then said to the woman:

"Ma'am, I'll take these pieces of furniture. How much for all of them?"

Since she was planning to sell them as scrap anyway, and if the scrap collectors didn't want this furniture, she would have to pay someone to dispose of it because she couldn't just throw it in the residential complex's trash area.

Now that Ye Su was taking several large pieces of furniture in one go, the woman's face was beaming:

"Handsome guy, although these are old furniture, they are all made of solid wood. They weren't cheap to have made back then. I'll sell you this whole pile for three hundred yuan."

"Ah!" Ye Su pretended to be shocked: "Weren't you going to dispose of these as junk? Why are they so expensive when selling to me!"

To avoid being too eager to pay and making the woman suspicious, Ye Su haggled back and forth a bit, finally taking the items away for two hundred yuan, a price the woman was extremely satisfied with.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the Host for successfully obtaining the target item [Mid-Qing Dynasty · Huanghuali Official Document Box], and receiving a reward of three points of [physique]!]

After successfully completing the [hidden easter egg], Ye Su borrowed the cart from the woman, pulled the items to his car, returned the cart, and then drove back to his rental apartment.

After parking the car in the underground garage, he first took the Huanghuali official document box and the inkstone upstairs, then went back to get the cart to bring up the two stools and the wooden cabinet.

"Are these three items worth any money?"

Ye Su naturally didn't just buy this junk from the woman and laboriously bring it back to his rental apartment just for the sake of acting.

Since there was already a [Mid-Qing Dynasty · Huanghuali Official Document Box] worth 150,000 yuan in the house, Ye Su reasonably suspected that the deceased old lady probably had other antiques hidden away.

That's why, just now at the entrance of Shengfeng Residential Complex, Ye Su specifically picked out a few wooden stools and a cabinet that looked like they had a better chance of being antiques, along with an inkstone that appeared on its own, without any other Four Treasures of the Study found in the cardboard box.

It wouldn't matter if the items were all worthless junk; it was only two hundred yuan anyway, so he could just consider it as buying only the Huanghuali official document box.

"I can't tell, so I'll just leave them here for now. If all else fails, I'll find an antique appraisal livestream to connect with and see if those streamers can recognize these things."

After putting away the other items, Ye Su called up the system again:

"Claim three points of [physique] attribute."

[Claim successful!]

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Su felt an itch all over his body, as uncomfortable as if ants were crawling over him.

Fortunately, it only lasted for an instant before the itching sensation disappeared; otherwise, it really would have been no different from torture.

Subconsciously scratching the itch, Ye Su looked at his hands, then lifted his shirt to check his abs:

"It seems there's a bit of a change..."

Although Ye Su didn't exercise much usually, his physique was well-proportioned. He was 1.8 meters tall barefoot and weighed only 150 jin, though his abs weren't very prominent.

Now, after claiming three points of [physique] attribute, others might not notice the change.

But ultimately, it was his own body, and Ye Su could keenly notice that his arm muscle definition and abs were indeed a bit more defined compared to before.

"If I keep receiving [physique] attribute rewards, will I end up becoming a muscle-head by the end?"

Ye Su only wanted to be healthy and be able to eat and drink without gaining weight, but he definitely had no interest in becoming a muscular guy like those bodybuilders.

If the [physique] attribute was going to make his muscles bigger and bigger, Ye Su would have to consider saving the [physique] attribute rewards for later, and when he got fat, he would claim the rewards to lose weight painlessly.

[Addressing the Host's concern: The [physique] attribute will only change the physique according to the Host's personal preference, into the shape the Host desires.]

Hearing that the system would change his physique according to his own ideas, Ye Su felt relieved. He could boldly claim [physique] attribute rewards in the future.

"With [physique] and [physique]... if I get [Strength] or [Speed] attribute rewards in the future, wouldn't I eventually become a Super Saiyan one day?"

As long as he lived long enough and kept receiving attribute rewards, one day he might really be able to rely on his physical body to [not eat beef].

Ye Su couldn't help but look up at the ceiling:

"It surely won't end up like in 'Hancock', where I punch holes in the ceiling every time, right?"

Thinking of that scene, Ye Su shuddered, immediately putting away those absurd thoughts. After taking a few photos of the [Huanghuali Official Document Box], he sent them to Wan Yuanliang.

[The shop should be open by now, right?]

[A friend is looking to sell a Mid-Qing Dynasty · Huanghuali Official Document Box. Are you interested in buying it?]

[Wan Yuanliang: What's the price?]

[150,000.]

[Wan Yuanliang: Sure, bring it over.]

In just a few words, the two of them finalized a 150,000 yuan deal.

"It's still more convenient to do business with acquaintances; no hesitation at all."

While saying this, Ye Su picked up the Huanghuali official document box and drove straight to Bowen Antique Shop.