Female Novel
Chapter 316
Chapter 316
As the president of the Dragonville Antique Association, Shawn Liang’s arrival immediately attractedthe attention of a lot of people. Many people came over to greet him. Shawn responded to everyone’sgreetings with a smile. He seemed rather polite. However, when his gaze fell on Old Mr Du, hisexpression changed and became serious. "Old Du, you’re here too!"he said. Old Mr Du said in a badmood, "Since you are here, why can’t I come ?" Shawn was not angry and he said, "Of course, Old MrDu, you can come here. But I’m determined to acquire the Buddhist treasure being auctioned off thistime. At that time, I’m afraid that you will return empty-handed." Upon hearing this, Old Mr Duimmediately gave a cold snort and said, "It’s still too early to say who will return empty handed! "Itseems that you are quite confident, Old Mr Du!" Shawn said and he smiled. "I just don’t know howlucky you will be this time, and whether or not you will manage to bid on something worthwhile, Old MrDu,"he continued. "You don’t need to worry about that! You’d better take care of your own matters first,"Old Mr Du replied in a bad mood. Hearing this, Shawn laughed and said, "Oh don’t you worry, I’vetaken good care of my matters. This time, I have hired Master Qi to be my purveying specialist. I wasjust wondering who is your purveying specialist, Old Mr Du?" Upon hearing the name of Master Qi, OldMr Du’s expression started to change. His expression turned gloomy and anxious. Caesar Duexplained to Fade Chen, "This Master Qi was originally a purveying specialist in Capital City. But hewas expelled from the city later on because he had offended a rich man there. He came to Long Cityand was hired by Shawn for a lot of money to be his purveying specialist." The masters from theCapital City, even if they had some flaws, were still people from the Capital City after all. And whenthey came to a place like Long City, they would still inevitably be popular, When Fade nodded, Shawnsaw the solemn look on Old Mr Du’s face and said sarcastically, "Old Du, why are you quiet? Are yougoing to be your own purveying specialist this time round?" "Tsk tsk, to be honest, Old Du, in our circle,your eyesight is considered not bad. But compared with a professional purveying specialist, you are stillfar behind. Not to mention Master Qi as well, but you are not even close to his level at all. You know,the Buddhist treasure this time, I’ve acquired it in advance. Haha!" Shawn said and he laughed proudlynovelbin
Old Mr Du got angry and he immediately shouted, "Who said I didn’t hire a purveying specialist? Thisperson right here, Fade, is my purveying specialist. "This person, a purveying specialist?" Shawn said.He took a glance and observed Fade’s youthful appearance and the way he was dressed. Heimmediately shook his head and said with a smile, "Oh Old Du, if you want to give up on yourself, youdon’t have to do this! If you want to hire this young kid to be your purveying specialist, you might aswell just appraise the items yourself with your reading glasses!" Old Mr Du snorted coldly and said,"You can’t even begin to comprehend how powerful Fade is. You’ll find out when the time comes.""Haha, Old Mr Du! We are all acquaintances in the circle. Don’t be so stubborn," Shawn said. Hepointed to his peers around him and laughed. "Just by looking at your purveying specialist, I think weshould stop talking about his true potential. It would be good enough if he is able to distinguish thedifferences between all the materials of these antiques." Old Mr Du was so angry that he started tobecome flustered. Right then, Caesar couldn’t stand it anymore. He stood out and spoke coldly,"What’s the true potential of Mr. Chen’s purveying skills ? You’ll find out when you ask your grandsonDonny. Don’t be embarrassed when you get slapped in the face then." "Donny, he.." Shawn said. Hewas slightly shocked and then turned to look at his grandson. When Donny Liang saw Fade, he startedfeeling anxious. That was why he had been hiding behind the crowd earlier, hoping that Fade wouldn’tsee him. However, he didn’t expect his grandfather to call him forward, "Master Liang, I haven’t seenyou in a while. I don’t know if you still remember what had happened last time?" Fade asked. Donnytrembled suddenly and his expression changed. Then, he twitched his mouth and forced himself topretend that he didn’t know who Fade was. He said, "What happened last time? I don’t know what youare talking about!" "Really? Then I’ll remind you, Master Liang," Fade said. "90 million. Do youremember now, Master Liang ?"he asked. Donny’s expression changed and his face shook violently.His tone was a little flustered, but he still pretended not to know anything. "What 90 million ? I don’tunderstand what you are saying, and I don’t know what you’re talking about,"he answered. "Haha,looks like Master Liang needs me to explain everything in detail!" Fade said, and he smiled coldly.Hewas prepared to clarify the situation. Right at that moment, a bell rang. The host on the stage stood upand said," Everyone, the auction is about to begin. Please take your seats." As the auction was about
to start, the discussion between Fade and Donny was interrupted, so everyone sat down on their ownseats. Fade and Caesar looked at each other, and they both looked serious. Donny’s attitude just nowwas already very obvious, showing that he didn’t want to admit his debt of ninety million Donny wasfeeling uneasy. He could not calm down at all, as though there were ten million alpacas running wildlyin his heart. After the last scam was exposed, he had promised a compensation of 90 million to protecthimself. But he had regretted his decision as soon as he returned to Long City. Even if the Liang Familywas rich, taking out ninety million at once would definitely be a huge expense, which was not anamount he could move around easily either. Moreover, since returning home, his energy andconfidence had recovered. The more he thought about the matter, the more he felt that Fade was notsomeone to be afraid of. So he made up his mind to deny the debt of ninety million yuan. He had neverbrought up the previous incident in conversation at home at all. When Shawn saw that his grandsonhad reacted just now, he asked," Do you know that purveying specialist? And what’s this matter withthe 90 million?" Donny’s expression changed and he was not willing to speak Shawn knew from hisgrandson’s reaction that he was hiding something from him. He frowned because he could feel faintlythat something was wrong. By then, the host had explained the rules of the auction and asked the staffto bring out the first item. After one round of introductions, the atmosphere in the room suddenlybecame more lively, and a lot of people had started to bid on the items. As the first auction item waslike a warm-up item, the price would not be too high usually. In the end, it was sold at the price of onemillion yuan, and the auction had also officially begun. One by one, the items were brought up, and theatmosphere at the auction became lively. However, Old Mr Du had not made a move yet. Obviously, hewas gathering all his financial resources to bid for the Buddhist treasure. Shawn, on the other hand,invited Master Qi, who was right next to him, to go forward and take a look. He bought a few smallitems at low prices. For a while, he caused Master Qi’s name to become even more popular. Many richbusinessmen cast eager and envious glances at him. Apparently, they also wanted to have a sharp-eyed purveying specialist like him. Seeing this, Shawn became more and more proud, and hedeliberately looked over at Old Mr Du..