154: Ten more years of hard work

"How is it? I think I've done all I can, right?"

Ye Su appeared calm and collected, but he was still a little nervous inside, afraid that Qin Manyun wouldn't take the bait.

"Only 120,000? Doesn't that still leave a 10,000 shortfall?"

Regaining her composure, Qin Manyun immediately expressed her dissatisfaction with this price.

She had no intention of paying a single cent, let alone 10,000.

"Only 120,000? Do you think 120,000 is a small amount?"

"That's not what I meant!" Fearing she would anger Ye Su, Qin Manyun could only feign weakness: "But Jia Zhiqiang insists I help him pay back 20,000. With 10,000 still left, I can't afford to pay that off either!"

"That's a matter for the two of you; I can only help you this much." Ye Su watched with a cold gaze, completely ignoring the weakness Qin Manyun was deliberately putting on.

"I suppose you can't make the final call on selling the jade pendant. If you can accept 120,000, go back and ask Jia Zhiqiang. If you don't want that 10,000, then there's nothing I can do to help."

Ye Su knew that the final decision on this matter still rested with Jia Zhiqiang.

Qin Manyun only served the purpose of conveying to Jia Zhiqiang that she knew nothing about the price of the jade pendant, and that he was only willing to pay an extra 10,000 to buy the jade pendant for Qin Manyun's sake.

"But!"

Qin Manyun was anxious and wanted to keep him there, but Ye Su waved his hand to interrupt: "I'm going back to class. You consider it yourself; send me a message if you want to sell."

After saying this, Ye Su didn't linger any longer and turned to walk back to the classroom, leaving Qin Manyun behind, gnashing her teeth as she watched his back.

In Qin Manyun's view, the fact that Ye Su was willing to pay 10,000 more than the jade shop without even looking at the jade pendant, all for her sake, meant he must still have feelings for her.

Refusing to help her pay off the 20,000 directly, and then turning around and leaving immediately, was definitely just posturing. He wanted to manipulate her, and at the same time, take revenge on her for initiating the breakup and turning to be with Jia Zhiqiang.

She was a girl, after all.

As a guy, how could he be so petty, making things difficult for her over the remaining 10,000?

"Hmph!"

After figuring this out, Qin Manyun stomped her feet in anger, yet she felt helpless against Ye Su.

"I'll go back and find Jia Zhiqiang first, have him sell the jade pendant to Ye Su, and then I'll get Ye Su to help out and pay the last 10,000 too."

Convinced that Ye Su still had feelings for her, Qin Manyun was very confident, feeling that she could definitely manipulate Ye Su into paying the 10,000 for her.

...

"Given Qin Manyun's behavior, she probably won't give up on that 10,000. She'll do her best to urge Jia Zhiqiang to sell the jade pendant to me, right?"

An extra 10,000 is still 10,000.

The intelligence mentioned that Jia Zhiqiang was still anxious about the high repair costs, and was now having a falling out with Qin Manyun over 20,000.

As long as Qin Manyun puts in some effort, there is a high probability that Jia Zhiqiang will sell the jade pendant to him.

"I should make some preparations in advance to avoid any disputes later."

the jade pendant is worth 250,000. I hope Jia Zhiqiang's family doesn't know the actual value of the jade pendant; otherwise, once they find out he sold it for 120,000, they might come looking to force me to return it to them.

Ye Su thought for a moment, then picked up his phone and sent a message to Wan Yuanliang.

[Brother Liang, if it's convenient, could you send me an electronic copy of the sales contract you guys usually use?]

The two of them had done business so many times that the contract terms were no secret to Ye Su.

He could take an old contract to a printer and scan it to get a digital copy; it would just be a bit more troublesome.

Wan Yuanliang understood this, so he didn't waste any words and sent Ye Su an electronic file shortly after.

Ye Su opened the file to check and found that Wan Yuanliang had thoughtfully deleted all the Party A information, making it easy for Ye Su to fill it in himself.

[Thanks, Brother Liang.]

[Wan Yuanliang: Don't stand on ceremony with me over such a small matter.]

[Wan Yuanliang: Have another deal?]

[Looking to acquire something from someone, and I'm afraid of future disputes, so I asked you for a contract.]

[Wan Yuanliang: You kid, you really have a constant stream of business.]

[Wan Yuanliang: If you have good stuff, don't forget your brother.]

[You got it.]

[But this time it's not an antique. I'll have to bring something over next time I see something I like.]

[Wan Yuanliang: OK.]

Not long after receiving the contract file from Wan Yuanliang, Qin Manyun also sent Ye Su a message saying that Jia Zhiqiang was willing to sell the jade pendant to him and would come to find him after class.

"She actually pulled it off."

Although Ye Su had anticipated this result, he couldn't help but feel a little smug when he received Qin Manyun's message.

It really was a case of "searching high and low, only to find it without any effort."

Immediately after, Ye Su began to feel sorry for Jia Zhiqiang.

Just now, Qin Manyun had pushed all the blame onto Jia Zhiqiang, but based on his understanding of her, if she weren't involved, she certainly wouldn't have been willing to help Jia Zhiqiang shoulder the 20,000 in car repair fees.

Counting what Qin Manyun usually used and wore, Jia Zhiqiang had easily spent over 100,000, if not 200,000, on this relationship.

By comparison, the few thousand he had spent on Qin Manyun last semester was practically pocket change.

"In the future, when looking for a girlfriend, I really have to find one who isn't high-maintenance; otherwise, I'll be working ten years harder in a heartbeat."

Class ended at 11:30. As soon as Ye Su and Lin Jingjie walked out of the classroom, they saw Qin Manyun and a guy waiting for him at the door.

"They're looking for me about something. You go back to the dorm first."

Lin Jingjie also knew Ye Su's ex-girlfriend. Seeing her with a man, blocking Ye Su at the classroom door after school, his expression immediately turned sour, and he shot Ye Su an inquiring look.

Ye Su understood the meaning in his dude's eyes and explained in a low voice: "They're just looking to ask me about something, nothing else."

Seeing that the two weren't there to cause trouble for Ye Su, Lin Jingjie felt relieved.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to remind Ye Su to send a message in the group chat if anything happened.

"Got it."

After Lin Jingjie left, Ye Su nodded at Jia Zhiqiang, who was waiting to the side, as a greeting.

Seeing this, Jia Zhiqiang hurriedly asked: "Manyun said you intend to pay..."

Before he could finish, Ye Su interrupted: "There are too many people here. Let's go to the pavilion outside the teaching area."

"Okay."

Jia Zhiqiang also knew he was too anxious. After agreeing, he followed Ye Su to the pavilion outside.

It was already past 11:30, and students were starting to head to the cafeteria one after another. No one came to the pavilion to disturb Ye Su's business.

"I heard from Qin Manyun that you have a jade pendant to sell. You asked a few jade shops yesterday, and the highest offer they gave was 110,000. Is that true?"

"It's true!"

Jia Zhiqiang hurriedly took out a jade pendant wrapped in cloth from his pocket and handed it to Ye Su.

Ye Su always kept the principle of [never handing jade directly] in mind: "Just put it on the table; I'll pick it up myself."

"Oh."

Jia Zhiqiang also remembered that when he went to the shop to sell the jade yesterday, the boss had made the same request, so he placed the jade pendant on the table.

Ye Su picked up the jade pendant and pretended to inspect it, then nodded: "It does look like real jade; it's not a fake."

"Of course it's real!" Jia Zhiqiang explained anxiously: "This was left to me by my grandmother; how could it be fake!"