InvincibleConnoisseur

Chapter 59 Appreciating Each Other

Seeing that Wang Ke acted modestly, Bai Ruochen nodded inwardly. Though Bai Ruochen was young, he had met diverse people and could know people's characters through their manners. This young man in front of him was only nearly twenty years old. However, his manners were quite thoughtful, and he inadvertently revealed a unique temperament that everyman did not have, which made him feel that Wang Ke was not an ordinary person.

With somewhat surprise and familiarity, Bai Ruochen smiled, "You're too modest, Mr. Wang. You said that you're studying with a senior, right? Is he a senior in this antique trading market? I've been in this market for several years, and I'm well acquainted with many seniors. May I ask who you're studying with now?"

Wang Ke hesitated for a moment and nodded with a smile, "Mr. Zhao Menfeng of Self House."

Bai Ruochen felt a heart throb. Of course, he knew Zhao Menfeng of Self House. What was more, he even specially got some knowledge about this elderly man because he once discovered that the Fengshui of Self House showed a trend of giving out wealth. However, he had heard that Zhao Menfeng had been operating Self House for many years, and it had not failed until now, which made him feel quite surprised.

"Mr. Wang, I didn't expect that you would be Mr. Zhao's apprentice. I'm so sorry for that. Mr. Zhao's name has long resounded in my ears. I even have wanted to visit him many times, but I was afraid that my behavior would be too offensive. So, I haven't visited him up to now. If having a chance in the future, please introduce me to him, Brother Wang." Bai Ruochen said with a smile.

Wang Ke quickly noticed that Bai Ruochen was showing familiarity through the appellation. He nodded slightly and said, "No problem."

With his smile fading, Bai Ruochen said, "Brother Wang, you come to Fuxuan Hall today, which means that you think highly of our shop. I also felt that we were destined and had a sense of intimacy when I saw you for the first time. Of course, you are here for business this time. As the saying goes, even brothers keep careful accounts. No matter how familiar I feel with you, business is business. This brass bell is indeed a magic weapon, and I'm not going to offer you a nominal price. I just offer you a fixed price, two hundred thousand yuan. Brother Wang, if you think it's OK, I'll pay for it now. If not, I hope that we'll have chances of cooperation in the future."

Wang Ke thought for a moment. Then, he nodded and said readily, "OK. Two hundred thousand yuan is reasonable. Let's make the deal now!"

Bai Ruochen nodded with a smile and said, "Then, Brother Wang, please follow me to the VIP room upstairs! Please wait there for a moment, and I'll go and take the money."

Xu Jingkai who was wandering outside the gate of Fuxuan Hall had already stopped in a daze at this time. He did not hide himself anymore. Instead, standing right outside the gate of Fuxuan Hall, he watched Wang Ke and Bai Ruochen laughing and talking, in shock.

Wang Ke was here to sell a magic weapon?

And the knock-down price was fully two hundred thousand yuan?

As Xu Jingkai had good sight, he saw the rusty brass bell in Bai Ruochen's hand clearly in an instant. He also had a good memory, so he immediately recognized that the rusty brass bell was one of the six items Wang Ke had bought at that stall.

Was that brass bell a magic weapon?

How could that be possible?

He thought, "The antique I bought is the only magic weapon at that stall, isn't it? How could Wang Ke also buy a magic weapon?"

Wang Ke had bought the antique for three thousand yuan and resold it at two hundred thousand yuan?

Suddenly, he got a bad feeling in his heart.

He had felt that there was a magic weapon at that stall through energy-observing before. But since the antique that Wang Ke sold out now was a magic weapon, what about the one he bought?

Was it fake?

Thinking of this, Xu Jingkai had some violent throbs in his heart. Immediately, he forgot his plan to follow Wang Ke and ruin his happy event, and rushed to the shop of his family with his black plastic bag.

He needed to ask his father to identify whether or not this antique which cost him fully one hundred and fifty thousand yuan was a magic weapon.

More than ten minutes later, Xu Jingkai dashed to the shop of his family. He ran up the stairs to the second floor, ignoring several clerks in the shop who greeted him respectfully. Then, he forcibly pushed open the door of one room and directed his gaze at an old man over his sixties. The old man was observing the antiques carefully by using a magnifying glass in his hand. With an anxious look, Xu Jingkai quickly came to the old man and spoke loudly, "Dad, I bought a magic weapon outside just now. Please have a look to see if it's genuine."

That old man's face lit up with surprise. His son had called him just now and said that he wanted to buy a magic weapon, so he had asked a clerk in the shop to send his son one hundred and fifty thousand yuan in cash.

However, he did not expect that his son would be that anxious. Was there something wrong?

Holding that antique in his hand for no more than two minutes, the old man put on a completely angry face. He slowly raised his head, looked at his son and asked him in a deep voice, "Is this the magic weapon you paid for one hundred and fifty thousand yuan?"

Seeing his father's look, Xu Jingkai felt the bad feeling in his heart was increasingly intense.

"Dad, this is the magic weapon I bought. Please tell me. Is it genuine?"

"Genuine? Not at all! It is only a handicraft. It cost those street stall owners no more than one hundred yuan. You... you pissed me off! How could you spend one hundred and fifty thousand yuan buying such a piece of sh*t?" The old man stood up angrily and almost roared out those words.

A fake?

A piece of sh*t?

Xu Jingkai felt a chill crept over his body, but his face was burning, like being soundly slapped by Wang Ke. This burning feeling made him almost crazy with anger.

"So, I just fell into that j*rk's trap, didn't I?"

He was not a fool. On the contrary, he had many petty tricks. He did not realize clearly until that moment that Wang Ke had put on an act before. It was all a fraud. Wang Ke had set a trap for him and was waiting for him to jump in stupidly!

The antique he bought was a fake magic weapon, and the genuine one was that rusty brass bell Wang Ke seemed to buy inadvertently.

"What a j*rk!"

With his eyes full of anger, Xu Jingkai punched on the table in front of him.

The old man with an angry look was shocked. The anger on his son's face and the curse his son had uttered stunned him.

He thought, "Did my son, the one I have always doted on so much, call me j*rk?"

Having failed to hold back his anger, the old man slapped Xu Jingkai's face soundly across the table. He growled at him, "D*mn you! How dare you scold me? I, your father, have fed you for more than twenty years, haven't I? You pissed me off! D*mn it."

Xu Jingkai staggered because of the slap from his father and almost fell to the ground. Finally, he struggled to regain his footing. Resisting the burning feeling on his face, Xu Jingkai covered his face with his hand and shouted hurriedly, "Dad, you took me wrong. I'm not scolding you! I'm scolding that j*rk who cheated me. His name is Wang Ke. Well, it was he who beat me yesterday."

Hearing that, the old man was surprised for a moment, and the anger on his face diminished. With a flash of confusion in his eyes, he asked in a deep voice, "What happened? Why do you provoke him again? Tell me in detail."

Xu Jingkai gave a full account of what happened today and finally shouted angrily, "Dad, you know, I have reached the stage of energy-observing and I was able to feel the wave of the spiritual energy around me. Therefore, I turned to think that this antique is a magic weapon. But I didn't expect that he would set a trap for me! Indeed, the genuine magic weapon was that brass bell he sold to Fuxuan Hall just now."

The old man dropped into the chair behind him. He was full of anger as his son had jumped into a trap set by someone. What was more, the person who trapped his son was the one who beat his son yesterday, which made the old man absolutely furious.

He took a deep breath and struggled to hold back his anger, saying sullenly, "I got it, and as a lesson you learnt, you need to know that the world of antiques and magic weapons are like deep water pools, so that you may come a cropper at any time. This property will sooner or later belong to you in the future. If you are still like this, it won't take long to ruin all the fortune I've accumulated through lifetime hark work. Well, I won't interfere in your learning of Fengshui. But you have to follow me to learn the knowledge of antiques and magic weapons so as not to make big mistakes in the future."

Xu Jingkai looked at his father's sullen face. He wanted to refuse his father because he did not care about antiques and magic weapons at all. From his perspective, as long as he could become a top geomancer, he would definitely enjoy a high position and great wealth in the future.

However, he did not dare to say those words at that time. That was because if he said that, his father would give him a hard beating.

Suppressing the unwillingness in his heart, Xu Jingkai finally nodded.

Xu Jingkai did not open his clenched fists and vowed to himself that he would avenge himself on Wang Ke, making Wang Ke have a miserable end.

In the VIP room on the second floor of Fuxuan Hall, Wang Ke and Bai Ruochen were having some tea while chatting.

The deal had been down. Large stores like Fuxuan Hall did have two hundred thousand yuan in cash, so at that time, Wang Ke had had the amount in cash in the black leather bag next to him.

"Brother Wang, have you dabbled in Fengshui? I've been learning Fengshui from the elders of my family since I was a child. Although I dare not say that I'm proficient in it, I've known some basic knowledge!" Bai Ruochen asked Wang Ke with a smile, holding the blue-and-white porcelain cup in his hand.

Wang Ke shook his head and said with a smile, "I don't dabble in this field. It's just that when learning the knowledge of antiques and magic weapons from Mr. Zhao, he sometimes talks about some knowledge about Fengshui. In my mind, Fengshui is so mysterious that it cannot be easy to learn it!"

There was a flash of disappointment in Bai Ruochen's eyes. Wang Ke had not learned any knowledge of Fengshui, which made Bai Ruochen feel that they lost a common hobby and a common topic to talk about.

It should be mentioned that although the world of magic weapons had separated from that of Fengshui for a long time, they were complementary to each other. How could a person who learns only the knowledge of magic weapons but nothing about Fengshui make some remarkable achievements in the future?

Bai Ruochen hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Wang, I think you'd better learn some knowledge of Fengshui in the future. After all, most magic weapons have Fengshui layouts, so learning it could help you find the magic weapons. Though Fengshui Theory is mysterious, we as humans have infinite wisdom. As long as you are willing to learn, you'll make some achievements in the future."

Wang Ke nodded with a smile, "I know that. I'll learn the knowledge of Fengshui later."

Time went by, but Wang Ke was in no hurry to leave, and Bai Ruochen did not show any intention of wanting Wang Ke to leave. They just tasted the delicious tea and chatted leisurely.

This was the first time that they met with each other, but they all had a feeling of appreciating each other.