522: King of the Stars

After delivering the items and sitting at Zhang Fengmao's house for half an hour, drinking his fill of tea, Ye Su got up to say goodbye to Zhang Fengmao and his family.

"I won't keep going on about it, but whenever you have time, come over to the house for a meal."

"Understood, Godmother."

After waving to his foster younger sister Zhang Xuantong as well, Ye Su left Zhang Fengmao's villa and drove back home.

The four people at home were busy packing clothes and items to move to the new house, so Ye Su retreated to his room alone. After closing the door, he couldn't wait to open the system: "Claim mission reward!"

[Claim successful, distributing reward to the Host now!]

With a flash of light, a watch identical to Zhang Fengmao's appeared in Ye Su's hand.

It had an 18K white gold case, with the bezel set with a circle of top-grade baguette-cut diamonds, and a starry blue dial utilizing groundbreaking triple-layer sapphire crystal overlay technology.

The bottom layer was a blue sapphire crystal disc that simulated the lunar orbit while simultaneously driving a small window to display the moon phase.

The middle layer used a transparent sapphire crystal disc, with the northern hemisphere star map presented on the front and the Milky Way depicted on the back.

The top layer was an ultra-thin sapphire crystal, with an oval [Horizon] etched on the inner surface, indicating the range of the starry sky visible from Geneva and the same latitude.

The triple-layer sapphire crystal overlay technology precisely replicated the trajectory of the starry sky, giving the dial a three-dimensional, profound appearance at a glance, which also led to this watch being hailed as the [star king].

Holding the authentic [star king] in his hand, Ye Su fell in love with the watch at first sight.

"I wonder how much this watch is worth right now?"

With the Patek Philippe brand and the watch being crafted as a work of art, Ye Su felt it had to be more expensive than the 5270G that Li Shanhai had given him.

Filled with curiosity and anticipation, Ye Su used the [Item Appraisal] function on the watch.

[Item Name: Patek Philippe 6104G-001 White Gold Starry Sky Edition]

[Official Price: Approximately 4.5 million]

[Second-hand Price: 5.2 million - 5.5 million (referencing recent watch exhibition transaction records)]

[Value Retention Rate: 115% - 122% (Significant premium, worthy of investment)]

[Design Concept: Condensing the brilliant starry sky of the Northern Hemisphere onto the wrist...]

Ye Su didn't have the patience to read the long string of introductions following the appraisal results; by this point, he was deeply captivated by the watch's price.

"An official price of 4.5 million, and the second-hand market value is over 5 million!"

Ye Su realized that poverty still limited his imagination.

Just a moment ago at Zhang Fengmao's house, he had been thinking that if this watch were worth 2 million, he would already be satisfied.

He hadn't expected the watch's second-hand price to more than double his expectations; it could sell for at least over 5 million, and with the premium continuing to rise, it possessed investment value!

"Godfather is truly generous; he gives away a 5 million watch just like that."

After learning the price of the [star king], the extra million or so that Zhang Fengmao had given him from buying the lottery tickets seemed insignificant to Ye Su.

"Counting the watch at its minimum estimated value of 5.2 million, plus the 1.2 million extra from the lottery tickets, this trip netted me nearly 7 million!"

The seven intelligence pieces for this week had already been used up, and Ye Su had originally had no further expectations for this week's income.

Unexpectedly, a single trip to Zhang Fengmao's house had brought him such a huge, pleasant surprise.

"I've only been there twice; the first time he gave me a house, and the second time he helped me earn seven million. It seems that while I'm back in my hometown, I should drop by whenever I have free time to see if there are any more pleasant surprises!"

If he could earn a few million every time he visited, Ye Su would be dying to just stay at Zhang Fengmao's house and never leave.

Wanting to try it out, Ye Su put on the [star king] before taking the Lucky Dice out of the system space.

[Host's total intelligence earnings for today: 4,392,718 yuan!]

"As expected!"

Seeing that today's intelligence earnings showed over four million, Ye Su's eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at the check lying beside his pillow: "So this four million really was counted towards the intelligence earnings!"

Tonight's dice game was a gamble involving over four million, so Ye Su was significantly more cautious than he had been in recent days.

"What number should I choose?"

Holding the dice in both hands, shaking them continuously like a gambler, Ye Su finally decided to choose [8], the last digit of his earnings, and subtract six, guessing [2] points.

"Here goes!"

After choosing the number, Ye Su released his hands, and the dice, like a marble, landed on the mattress and bounced away to the side.

Thump— Thump—

Every time the dice bounced on the bed, Ye Su's eyelids twitched, and his hands clenched involuntarily.

But his nervousness did not affect the result of the dice roll in the slightest.

Bouncing all the way to the quilt at the foot of the bed, the dice missed by a hair and landed on the [1] next to the [2].

"Ah!" Ye Su clutched his chest in pain.

Knock, knock, knock—

Just then, several urgent knocks suddenly sounded on the bedroom door, followed immediately by Su Wan's slightly worried voice: "What's wrong with you?"

Hearing her voice, Ye Su guessed that Su Wan must have just been passing by and had been startled by his wail, so he hurriedly explained: "It's nothing, I'm playing a game and just got ambushed."

"Geez..." Su Wan shouted, speechless: "Why are you yelling while playing a game? I thought something happened to you."

"Got it, I'll be careful next time."

"We're moving to Splendid Mansion this weekend; remember to pack your things yourself."

"Okay."

Hearing that there was no more movement outside the door, Ye Su hunched his shoulders and stuck out his tongue, not daring to howl anymore.

With a sweep of his right hand, the [Lucky Dice] was returned to the system space. Ye Su sighed and leaned against the headboard: "Luck really doesn't stay this good forever..."

Immediately after, Ye Su raised his left hand and glanced at the [star king] on his wrist, his mood improving again: "So what if I didn't guess it right? I snagged a five-million-worth watch; today's haul is still pretty good."

After admiring the watch some more, Ye Su took it off and placed it alongside the Patek Philippe given by Li Shanhai and the Richard Mille given by Yan Ran.

"These three watches alone are worth eight million."

After sighing about how many people couldn't afford these three watches even if they went without food or drink for a lifetime, Ye Su started tidying up his room to see what he needed to bring to the new house for the weekend.

...

A night passed, and the next morning, taking advantage of the fact that it was Friday and the bank was still open, Ye Su took the check given by Zhang Fengmao and went to the designated bank to cash it.

After verifying that there were no issues, the clerk told Ye Su that the money would arrive in his account within two hours.

"Four million, easily obtained."

Ye Su hummed a little tune in a happy mood and drove away from the bank.

Just as Ye Su was cashing the check, following his reminder from last night, Zhang Fengmao grew increasingly suspicious that the watch Wu Xingbang had bought for him was problematic.

So, early in the morning, Zhang Fengmao summoned a trusted subordinate and handed him the counterfeit [star king]: "Help me take this watch to a professional appraisal agency in the city for testing, and bring back the report."

"Understood." The subordinate took the watch: "I'll get it done right away."

"Remember, don't tell anyone else about this."

"Understood."

Watching his subordinate's departing figure, Zhang Fengmao frowned deeply.

A single watch being swapped was a small matter.

But if it wasn't just this watch that had been swapped, the situation could be a big deal...