Chapter 58: Thanks to You!

“Of course! Just say it!”

Old Qi sneered and said, “I also want to see how you con artists usually deceive people.”

Ye Chen shrugged and replied, “I didn’t really want to expose your scam, but since you keep insisting, I can’t refuse.”

“A scam? Kid, are you saying we’ve all been fooled?”

Guo Ming, who had been calm and composed, suddenly scoffed.

Ye Chen glanced at him and coldly said, “You’re especially the most foolish here…”

“Kid, you’re asking for death!” Guo Ming immediately became furious.

Ye Chen ignored him and continued, “The jade is indeed real jade; I’ll give you con artists some credit for that.”

He added, “However, this jade isn’t some blood-vein jade from the Zhou Dynasty, nor has it been nurtured by any enlightened monk. It’s just a piece of high-quality yellow jade from Hetian, decent in quality, but its market price is at most five hundred thousand.”

“Bullshit. Can’t you see that jade is red?” Old Qi interjected angrily.

Ye Chen continued, “The red color is due to the erosion from manganese ore containing high manganese acid. You can’t really think it’s soaked in the blood of some monk’s corpse, can you?”

“What about the warm atmosphere we felt?” Qin Gang frowned and asked eagerly.

Ye Chen shook his head and said, “This thing has even less technical content. It’s made from the roots of grass from Africa, ground into powder and dissolved in water. Soaking this piece of jade in water for about half a year will naturally produce this effect. It’s not a warm atmosphere; it’s just a hallucinogenic effect… It’s easy to dispel; just burn the jade with fire.”

“Kid! How dare you speak so arrogantly!” The fat man slammed the table and stood up.

Li Tailai’s face darkened as he looked at the fat man and said, “Why don’t you take the jade and burn it a bit?”

The fat man was sweating profusely and said, “What burning or not burning? This kid is clearly just showing off and deceiving people; don’t listen to his nonsense!”

Qin Gang tapped the table with his fingers and said, “If it still has the effect after burning, I’ll buy it, but if the effect is gone, you know the consequences… Although our Qin family has encountered some issues recently, we’re not a family that can be trampled on!”

Song Wanting also nodded and said, “If what Mr. Ye said is wrong, then burning it doesn’t matter; jade can’t be burned. But if Mr. Ye is right, you must give us an explanation today!”

The fat man was suddenly in a cold sweat.

None of these three families were ones he could afford to offend.

The reason he set up this scheme was entirely because of Old Qi’s inside help, wanting to swindle some money from Song Wanting and then split the profits with Old Qi.

He never expected that Ye Chen would suddenly appear and expose all the secrets!

In fact, Ye Chen didn’t understand jade before.

The reason he could see through the jade’s issues at a glance was entirely due to that book, “Nine Mysterious Heavenly Scriptures.”

He didn’t know why, but when he saw this piece of jade, the answers just appeared in his mind.

It seemed that identifying antique jade was one of the skills in the “Nine Mysterious Heavenly Scriptures.”

Seeing the fat man silent, Ye Chen suddenly sneered, “What’s wrong? Feeling guilty? Not daring to speak?”

The fat man’s face turned from green to white, but he wouldn’t say whether he was willing to burn it or not.

Ye Chen, at this moment, angrily said, “Fat man, do you think staying silent will help? You should know this is Jinling! The people you’ve deceived here are all either rich or noble. Just a little finger gesture could make you die without a burial place in Jinling! I advise you to be sensible and quickly tell the truth; otherwise, no one can save you!”

Song Wanting knew Ye Chen was launching a psychological attack and immediately cooperated, saying with a stern face, “Our Song family has some standing in Jinling. If anyone dares to deceive a member of the Song family, we must give them a profound lesson. If we go easy on them and it gets out, our family’s reputation will be affected!”

The fat man was instantly scared silly!

He knew how high the Song family’s status was. If he truly angered Song Wanting, he might die in Jinling!

So he panicked and desperately shouted to Old Qi, “Old Qi, save me! This isn’t just my problem!”

Old Qi’s face changed drastically, and he roared, “You… what nonsense are you spouting? You actually deceived our Song family and framed me; I’ll take your life!”

After saying that, Old Qi pulled out a dagger from his pocket, a glint of cold light flashing in his eyes as he lunged at the fat man.

The fat man’s eyes widened in horror, cursing, “Damn it, you turn on me faster than flipping a page! You clearly told me that the Song family relies entirely on your mouth for appraising treasures, and as long as you say it’s good, this thing will definitely sell. You’ve set me up!”

Song Wanting coldly glanced at the two of them, then said to Ye Chen, “Mr. Ye, I apologize. Today, thanks to you, let’s leave here first. Our family will send someone to deal with these people.”

Ye Chen nodded slightly and said, “Alright, let’s go back.”

After saying that, the two stood up and prepared to leave.

Seeing Song Wanting about to leave, Old Qi was suddenly alarmed, forgetting about killing the fat man to silence him, and quickly knelt on the ground, saying, “Miss, spare me! Considering my diligent service in the Song family for so many years, just let me go this once…”

Before Song Wanting could speak, Li Tailai stood up and sneered, “You old fool are truly seeking death. You wanted to set a trap to swindle me and your own master, and you aimed for two or three billion. Do you think the Song family will let you off?”

Old Qi’s face turned pale, collapsing to the ground.

Li Tailai continued, “Even if the Song family spares you, I, Li Tailai, will never spare you!”

Old Qi immediately broke down and cried, completely collapsing.

Seeing this, Song Wanting shook her head slightly and said to Ye Chen, “I’m really sorry, Mr. Ye. Our Song family has made a mistake in hiring people, and you’ve seen the joke.”

Ye Chen replied indifferently, “There are treacherous people everywhere; Miss Song doesn’t need to say that.”

At this moment, Li Tailai from Haicheng, along with Guo Ming and Qin Gang from the Jinling Qin family, all came out.

Seeing Ye Chen, Li Tailai immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying, “Master Ye, today I owe you a great debt; otherwise, I would have been deceived by this dog thief!”

Guo Ming beside him also said somewhat shamefully, “Master Ye is indeed a hero of the youth; I didn’t see through their tricks with the jade just now. I’m ashamed!”

Qin Gang also cupped his hands and said, “Mr. Ye, thanks to you today, otherwise our three families would have fought over a fake item, suffering heavy losses, and it would have been a laughingstock!”

Ye Chen smiled slightly and said, “You all don’t need to be polite. I came here at Miss Song’s invitation to identify the authenticity of the item, so this is part of my duty.”

After some polite exchanges, Ye Chen and Song Wanting got into the car together.

At this moment, the courtyard behind them was silent.

But Ye Chen could see that as soon as they left, several men in black suits quickly entered.

It seemed that Old Qi and that fat man were doomed!