Chapter 17: The Little Devil Chufi

  Please, please,

  Su Wen had intermediate-level appraisal skills, although he couldn't compare to those master appraisers, but he believed himself to be much stronger than Cui Da Pao.

  A spark can set off a prairie fire.

  Su Wen is now only worried that the two people in front of him will play tricks on him when the time comes, after all, he is alone and there isn't even a notary here.

  "Brother Fang, rest assured, I won't let you down." Cui Dapao guaranteed, and he was indeed full of confidence.

  "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but one glance from me and you'll be finished." Zhang Bufan said in a low voice.

  Chui Dapao was taken aback for a moment, then immediately understood.

  The person in charge of the Zhu Bao Zhai is Zhang Bu Fan. Among those antiques, Zhang Bu Fan knows which ones are real and which ones are fake. At that time, as long as he gives a slight hint, distinguishing between true and false will be easy.

  Su Wen looked at the two of them whispering there and had a bad premonition.

  "This is going to be a disaster! It seems like someone here wants to play dirty before we've even started."

  At this time.

  A stern shout came: "Stop this nonsense!"

  Three people looked towards the door at the same time, and saw an old man and a beautiful woman walking in.

  Su Wen was taken aback, this world is really small, the one who came in was not someone else, but Chu Lao and his granddaughter Chu Fei whom Su Wen met on the train. The two stood at the door, they must have arrived for a while.

  "Boss!" Zhang Bufan hastily shouted, he had a guilty conscience.

  Many times, Chu Lao wouldn't come to Ju Bao Lou at all, but today he suddenly arrived, what a coincidence?

  Su Wen was also surprised, Chu Lao turned out to be the boss of Jibao Pavilion, this was indeed a coincidence that couldn't be more coincidental. He wanted to give Chu Fei a signal, but that girl kept making eyes at him, meaning to let him not speak for now.

  "I heard everything you said." Chu Lao looked at Zhang Bu Fan, his voice slightly cold. "Since you have an opinion about the people I arranged to come over, then let's do it your way and have them compete against each other."

  "Boss, this..." Zhang Bufan actually had some regrets already.

  "There's nothing good to say, it just so happens that I'm here today, and their contest will have me as the host. However, the rules of the contest need to be changed a bit. Right away, I'll get Fei'er to bring out ten items from each side, and they'll take turns judging what's real or fake. Whoever gets the most correct wins. How about it?" Chu Lao was straightforward in his dealings.

  It's like this.

  Zhu Lao watched as Zhang Bu Fan thought it was impossible to secretly help Cui Da Pao.

  "I have no opinion." Su Wen said first.

  Chui Dapao hesitated.

  "If you're unwilling, you can leave." Chu Lao looked at Cui Dapao.

  "I, I don't have any opinion either." Cui Dapao could only grit his teeth and go along with it, he really didn't believe that Su Wen would be better than him in this aspect. Although he hadn't professionally studied antiquities appraisal, after all, having mixed around in society for so many years, he still had some discerning eye.

  "Fei'er, begin." Chu Lao said, then sat down to one side.

  Chu Fei nodded and walked to the door frame, casually picking up an item.

  "Who's first?"

  Chui Dapao glanced at Su Wen and found that Su Wen was smiling at him, which made him very annoyed. He said, "I'll go first."

  Chu Fei nodded: "Thirty seconds later, give me a direct answer."

  Cui Dapao hastily took over the object, which was a Guanyin statue.

  "1, 2, 3......" Chu Fei counted up.

  Chui Dapao looked at it for less than ten seconds and was sweating all over his face. He found that his own standards couldn't tell what was real or fake.

  "Time's up." Chufei counted to thirty.

  "Really." Chui Da Pao could only muddle along.

  "Fake!" Chufei shouted loudly, "A modern imitation, not even worth thirty bucks."

  "Good-for-nothing! The entrance is specially designed for people to gawk, where are there so many real things?" Zhang Bu Fan cursed silently.

  Chu Fei didn't speak and went to fetch another object. It was a small incense burner, which she handed over to Su Wen: "You try it, is it real or fake?"

  This...

  Chufei drew a cross on his palm when she handed over the Shanta.

  Su Wen looked at Chu Fei, who was smiling brightly, and suddenly found it quite interesting. He didn't expect this little girl to help him like that. However, Chu Fei's small hands were really tender, and when they slid across his palm, he felt a slight numbness all over his body.

  "It's fake." Su Wen said.

  "Alright." Chu Fei smiled and took the thing back.

  Chu Lao couldn't help but smile wryly at his granddaughter's antics.

  Choi Dapao and Zhang Bufan were stunned. "This is too fake, are you kidding me? Less than 10 seconds, did you really see it? You don't even know what's in your hand, do you?"

  "It's your turn again!" Chu Fei looked at Cui Da Pao, and in her hand was a piece of Qinghua porcelain.

  "Fake." Choi Dae-paon gritted his teeth and said.

  "It's wrong, it's really genuine. The Qing dynasty's blue and white porcelain is indeed genuine, although a bit rough." Chu Fei announced the result without mercy.

  "Th...". Choi Dae-pa was stunned.

  Next is Su Wen.

  In less than three seconds, Su Wen gave the result, without a doubt, and it was correct again.

  "It's a scam, definitely a scam." Zhang Bufan was very indignant. If things continued like this, Cui Dapao would absolutely lose without a doubt.

  "What about this one?" Chu Fei continued to ask Cui Da Pao.

  "Really... really." Choi Daepo hesitated, he was now completely at a loss.

  "Really?" Chu Fei revealed two small tiger teeth, a little devil through and through. That look was simply inducing Cui Dapao to make a mistake!

  "Fake... completely fake." Cui Dapao hesitated, now he was completely off beat.

  "Are you sure it's fake?"

  "No, it's true."

  "Is it true or false?"

  "Really... fake."

  "Mistake, it's true."

  Damn it!

  Su Wen and Cui Dapao each identified five items, but Cui Dapao got all of them wrong, while Su Wen got all of them correct without a doubt. This scene caused Chu Fei to burst out laughing: "Sir, you've already gotten it wrong for the fifth time in a row, do we still need to continue?"

  "I... I give up." Cui Dapao really couldn't take it anymore! He felt like he had guessed something wrong, and his past experience seemed to have been thrown away.

  "If you don't compare, then you're admitting defeat." Chu Fei deliberately emphasized two words.

  I give up!

  "Alright, I give up!" Choi Daepo gritted his teeth and said.

  The key is that he has already lost five games in a row, and the next one will be winning five games in a row. At most, it's just equal to Su Wen, but if Su Wen wins another game, then he'll definitely win him.

  The outcome is already quite clear.

  "Now that Cui Dapao has admitted defeat, Zhang Zong can also be considered defeated. I think Zhang Zong should also write a resignation report." Su Wen spoke up at this time, he wouldn't let Zhang Bu Fan off easily. Not to mention anything else, in the future he still had to work here, so no matter what, he couldn't leave behind a superior who held grudges against him.

  "Th...". Zhang Bu Fan was taken aback, he looked towards Chu Lao.

  "You're no longer needed after the Treasure Pavilion." Chu Lao stood up, feeling helpless in his heart.

  Actually, he used to think highly of Zhang Bufan, but over the past two years, he gave more power to Zhang Bufan, which made him too arrogant. This time, he personally issued an order, and Zhang Bufan even dared to disobey it in secret. Doesn't he want to think about why he would issue such an order? The position at Jibaozhai didn't come out of nowhere; the fact that it was created can only mean it was prepared for a specific person. He really thinks that anyone can fill the position, but that's not true.

  "Boss, don't! I've followed you for so many years, you can't..."

  Zhang Bufan hadn't finished speaking, when Chu Lao suddenly became angry and said: "Fortunately I came today, otherwise where would you put my face? Do you know who arranged work for Su Wen? You don't know anything, yet you dare to act on your own accord. One day you might not even know how to die. Now I think letting you leave Jibaozhai was the right decision, or else sooner or later I would also be implicated by you."

  Zhang Bufan's face changed greatly.

  Su Wen fell into deep thought, as if the person who had arranged his work was not simple at all.

  According to Father's words, Father was arranged by a comrade-in-arms to work for himself. Could it be that the comrade-in-arms is Father?

  "Go, with your skills you won't starve to death." Chu Lao looked at Zhang Bu Fan, "Thank you for everything you've done for Ju Bao Shop over the past two years. I know you've also made a lot of money from it, but I'm not going to hold that against you. Let's part ways amicably. I had high hopes for you back then, but now you're really disappointing me. That's all!"

  Zhang Bufan heard this and knew that Chu Lao had made up his mind.

  Cui Dapao didn't dare say anything, Chu Lao was also a man of status and position in Jiangning, if he spoke up, he would definitely be finished.

  Finally.

  Zhang Bufan and Cui Dapao left together.

  For Zhang Bufan, today was absolutely an unlucky day. He originally wanted to take away Su Wen's work, but in the end, he lost his own work as well. On the contrary, Cui Dapao became spirited and refreshed.

  "You can still get up happily, it's all your fault." Zhang Bufan shouted at Cui Dapao.

  "Van Ge, leaving the Treasure Inn, you won't starve to death, will you?" Cui Da Pao smiled mysteriously, "There's a good deal going on right now, I don't know if Van Ge is interested or not."

  "What business?" Zhang Bu Fan asked in a low voice.

  "That Su Wen ruined my antique coin business back in our hometown, but later he went solo and now he has at least a few million yuan worth of antique coins on him. If we can get our hands on them, wouldn't that be both revenge and a small fortune? What do you think?" said Cui Dapao with a smile.

  "This......" Zhang Bu Fan was indeed somewhat moved, he now really hated Su Wen.

  "Don't worry, it's just a country bumpkin, as long as we find a few thugs to threaten him, he'll hand himself over voluntarily." Cui Dapao said with a familiar tone.

  "Alright, you go and arrange it." Zhang Bu Fan revealed a hint of cold smile.

  "I'll take care of it, you can rest assured." Cui Dapao took out his phone and dialed a number, he indeed knew some thugs.

  Inside the Treasure Pavilion.

  "Haha! I'm dying of laughter!" Chu Fei laughed unattractively and at the same time hugged Su Wen while laughing.

  "Thanks again last time, Su Wen." Chu Lao surprisingly stood up and gave a bow to Su Wen, which made Su Wen feel somewhat honored.

  "Wait..." Su Wen hastily pulled back Old Chu.

  "That jade pendant has a different meaning to me, although I don't know what means you used to retrieve it for me. But the kindness you've shown me, I will definitely remember in my heart. Now that you're at Jibaozhai, from now on you'll be by my side, if there's anything difficult, just tell me directly." Chu Lao seemed to be reminiscing about something.