155: If I don't cheat you, who else will I cheat?

"Fine, I'll trust you this once, let's just assume this is a piece of real jade."

After nodding, Ye Su placed the jade pendant back on the table and pushed it back to Jia Zhiqiang.

"What do you mean!"

Seeing this, Jia Zhiqiang was dumbfounded: "Aren't you buying it?"

Seeing Jia Zhiqiang's reaction, even Ye Su, who was prepared to scam him, felt speechless inside.

No wonder that for a jade pendant worth 250,000, after visiting several jade shops, the highest price the owners offered him was only 110,000.

With his panicked reaction, if I don't scam him, who should I scam?

"I said I'd buy your jade pendant for 120,000, and I'm not the type to go back on my word. But since it is a 120,000 item, we should still be careful. Let me ask, are you certain you want to sell this jade pendant to me?"

Just before walking into the pavilion, Ye Su had already turned on the recording to secretly keep a record of this transaction.

Jia Zhiqiang was impatient: "Of course."

"Alright then, you keep the jade pendant for now. I'll go to the print shop to print two copies of the sales contract. After we sign the contract, I'll transfer the money to you, and we'll be square."

"Is it that much trouble?"

Before Ye Su could speak, Qin Manyun whispered advice to Jia Zhiqiang from the side: "This jade pendant is worth 120,000. It's safer for us to sign a contract, in case he changes his mind later and demands we return the money after taking the jade pendant."

"Hmm." Jia Zhiqiang felt that what Qin Manyun said also made sense.

But then he looked at Ye Su suspiciously: "You even have the contract prepared in advance. Could it be that you knew my jade pendant is worth more than 120,000 and planned to scam me beforehand?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Su frowned and said coldly: "When Qin Manyun came to ask for my help, I didn't even know what your jade pendant looked like. How could I have planned to scam you in advance? Do you think I can predict the future? This contract is also one I use when doing business with others. If you think I'm scamming you, feel free to take the jade pendant back. I have nothing to lose anyway."

How could two college students possibly outplay Ye Su, who had been training in the outside world for nearly three months?

As expected, seeing that Ye Su was really planning to get up and leave, Qin Manyun panicked immediately, waving her hands to stop Ye Su: "It's not that we don't trust you, it's just that we've never sold anything before, so we asked out of caution."

Before coming, Qin Manyun had already agreed with Jia Zhiqiang that the extra 10,000 earned from selling the jade pendant would be counted towards her share.

If Ye Su refused to buy the jade pendant now, wouldn't all her efforts be in vain?

With Qin Manyun assisting from the other side, Jia Zhiqiang was also swayed and hurriedly explained to Ye Su: "Manyun is right, I really didn't mean to doubt you!"

Seeing the two admit their mistake, Ye Su feigned calming down: "Then I'll go print the contract. Do you want to wait here, or come with me?"

"Let's go together."

"Hmm."

Ye Su didn't refuse and took the two to the print shop in the dormitory building. After printing two copies of the contract, he went to buy a box of ink paste.

After signing the contract, both sides pressed their fingerprints, and the transaction was finally completed.

[Ding!]

As he transferred the 120,000 to Jia Zhiqiang, a system notification sounded in Ye Su's mind.

[Congratulations to the Host for successfully purchasing the [the jade pendant] from Jia Zhiqiang, you have received a reward of four points of [Physique]. Do you wish to claim it?]

"Yes."

After a warm current surged through his body, Ye Su felt vigorous and full of energy again, as if he had endless energy waiting to be unleashed.

Taking the jade pendant handed over by Jia Zhiqiang, he casually stuffed it into his pocket and waved at the two: "I've finished helping you, goodbye."

"Wait!"

Seeing Ye Su really about to leave, Qin Manyun anxiously called out to him.

Ye Su frowned: "What else is there?"

"What about the remaining 10,000?"

"What 10,000?"

"Didn't I say that I needed to help Jia Zhiqiang pay 20,000 for car repairs? But now that you've bought the jade pendant, you only helped me pay 10,000, and I'm still short 10,000."

"Then you'll have to find a way yourself. Our relationship ends here."

With the jade pendant in hand, Ye Su didn't even bother to act anymore. He turned around and walked away quickly, leaving Qin Manyun standing there in a daze.

She had always been full of confidence, firmly believing that Ye Su still had lingering feelings for her. She thought that once the jade pendant transaction was done, if she asked in a low voice, Ye Su would definitely pay for her.

Unexpectedly, after the transaction ended, Ye Su simply turned and left, his attitude toward her as cold as if she were a stranger, which left Qin Manyun dumbfounded instantly.

Originally, after hearing from Qin Manyun that Ye Su was willing to take out 120,000 for her to buy a jade pendant he had never seen before, Jia Zhiqiang was still suspicious about whether there was some special relationship between the two.

Now, seeing Ye Su's cold reaction to Qin Manyun, Jia Zhiqiang also dismissed his doubts.

"Zhiqiang, you saw it too. Ye Su refuses to help anymore, and I can't come up with 10,000. For the sake of our past relationship, please don't make me pay anymore."

"So in the end, you're still not paying a single cent?"

"It's not that I won't pay, it's that I really don't have any money!"

After some back-and-forth, the two parties finally reached an agreement: let Qin Manyun help scrape together 5,000, and for the remaining 35,000, Jia Zhiqiang would have to find a way himself.

This also caused Qin Manyun to harbor some resentment toward Ye Su, in addition to Jia Zhiqiang.

Since he was already buying the jade pendant from Jia Zhiqiang for 120,000 for her sake, why couldn't he just pay another 10,000 to help her resolve the matter completely?

Did he really have to treat her like this!

"Manyun, shall we go spend the night out again tonight?"

Qin Manyun looked at Jia Zhiqiang, a flash of disgust crossing her eyes.

This guy is really an animal driven by his lower body.

What time is it, and he's still in the mood to think about this?

And has he forgotten that an hour ago, he was forcing her to come up with 20,000 for car repairs?

"I'm not in the mood right now, let's wait until next time."

Knowing that Jia Zhiqiang had no money left in his pocket, Qin Manyun didn't immediately tear off the mask.

She first found an excuse to keep him hanging, then made an excuse to leave, leaving Jia Zhiqiang alone to figure out how to deal with the remaining 35,000.

...

After buying the jade pendant, Ye Su didn't immediately return to the dormitory. Instead, he took the jade pendant and the contract and returned to his car first.

"The intel didn't say this jade pendant has any added historical value, which means it's only worth 250,000 purely because of the jade material itself."

Since there is no added historical value, selling it to Li Mengyao is definitely better than selling it to Wan Yuanliang.

"I'll find a time in the next few days to ask Li Mengyao if she's buying. If she isn't, then I'll take it to Bowen Antique Shop to ask."

After making a simple decision, Ye Su used a rag in the car to wrap the jade pendant, which was already wrapped in cloth, with another layer, then stuffed it directly into the armrest box, before finding the trio waiting for him to eat in the cafeteria.

"Nothing happened, right?"

Lin Jingjie couldn't help but ask again.

"What could happen?"

"That's good."

Jiang Zhibin asked gossipingly: "Out of the blue, suddenly coming to find you, could it be that she wants to get back together with you?"

Qin Manyun did have that intention, but Ye Su would certainly not admit it: "Bringing her boyfriend to get back together with an ex, I can't believe you actually thought of that."

Fang Zewei also joined the roasting squad, tapping his temple with his finger: "You were born with a brain, at least use it a little bit."

Jiang Zhibin went for a mutual destruction approach: "Right, right, right, my brain has problems, then how did you manage to get into the same university as me in the college entrance exam?"

"Hey, you dark-skinned guy!"

The two foster sons still wanted to continue hurting each other.

As the foster father, Ye Su had to speak up to mediate: "Alright, let's eat first."

Saying this, Ye Su took the lead, picked up a tray, and joined the army of people queuing for food.