The stall owner seemed to be reluctant and he considered for a while. By rights, it only cost him fifty yuan to purchase this dark-red enameled teapot. If he could sell it at five hundred yuan, the profit would be tenfold.
However, greed had no limits.
The stall owner was a little hesitant. He thought that this young man in front of him would also agree even if he offered a little higher price. However, the young man had said that he would like to buy several goods, which, made him unsure whether he should increase the price.
Having hesitated for a long time and seeing that Wang Ke turned around and was about to leave, he said through gritted teeth, "OK. I'll give it to you for five hundred yuan. But we need to make it clear that you must pick at least three items on my stall. Otherwise, I will not sell the dark-red enameled teapot."
Wang Ke turned away and glanced at the stall owner. He sneered in his heart while kept his cold face. He said, "No problem. As long as the prices are reasonable, I'll buy more. But if the price is still absurdly high like you offered just now, I won't buy anything including this dark-red enameled teapot. After all, there are more than tens of thousands of goods in this antique trading market, so I don't have to buy your things."
Then, he strode up to the stall and cast a few glances at the goods. He selected three of them optionally, including that black inkstone.
"Sir, you don't have to make me the offers one by one. Just give me an accurate price of these three. If it's OK, then I pay you the money, and you give me the goods. If not, I'll just leave, and you don't need to stop me." Wang Ke said indifferently.
Looking at the three items Wang Ke picked up, the stall owner hesitated for a moment. Then, he stretched out his fingers and said seriously, "One thousand five hundred yuan. The three items in total cost one thousand five hundred yuan. The price of each is the same as that of the dark-red enameled teapot. If you buy them, the four in total cost two thousand yuan. If not, then just as you said, you can go to other stalls and have a look. I won't keep you here."
Hesitating for a moment and looking at the goods in his hand, Wang Ke finally nodded and said, "That's all right, then. I'll buy them. But if you have something good in the future, you need to reserve it for me. I'll come to this antique trading market very often in the future so that we will deal with each other frequently."
The stall owner felt happy in his heart and nodded with a smile. "Good. Give me two thousand yuan, and you can take away the goods."
Those four items only cost him less than four hundred yuan when he stocked. Only one of those goods cost a little more when he purchased it. Therefore, he was satisfied with the deal.
The purchase cost was less than four hundred yuan while the selling price was two thousand yuan. He earned fully one thousand six hundred yuan in this deal!
That was worth it!
Seeing the stall owner beaming again, Wang Ke also laughed silently to himself. He thought, "This stall owner is thinking that he earns a handsome profit, isn't he? But he doesn't know that among those items he sells me, there is a magic weapon that is worth no less than two hundred thousand yuan according to my valuation."
"If the stall owner knew that, he would be extremely regretful, wouldn't he?"
Wang Ke quickly pulled out his wallet, counted out two thousand yuan in cash, and gave it to the stall owner. Then, with the owner's help, he put the four items into four sturdy black plastic bags respectively.
Having finished this deal, Wang Ke was in no hurry to leave. That was because he felt that there were other magic weapons at other stalls nearby by using the method of observing the energy just now. Otherwise, the concentration of the spiritual energy here could not be that high.
Xu Jingkai was wandering boringly on the busy street that led straight to the east gate in the antique trading market. A young man around twenty-three or twenty-four years old followed him, smiling flatteringly. The young man said brightly, "Brother Xu, In the past few years when you've been outside, your father's antique business has grown bigger and bigger. It is all down to the location of the shop chosen by you which enjoys excellent Fengshui! Many friends of your father said that our shop is a big cash cow. Are you going to take over your father's business this time? Are you going to make a great fortune?"
Xu Jingkai was the conceited young man who once visited Zhao Menfeng together with his uncle Qin Changfeng. The man on his side who said those words just now was a clerk in Xu Jingkai's father's shop. He was a shrewd guy.
These days, this clerk had known Xu Jingkai's temper thoroughly. Thus, he was good at flattering Xu Jingkai and had won his favor. Therefore, Xu Jingkai took this clerk in the shop of his own family with him when he came out to stroll down the street in the antique trading market.
"My father's small business is far too little for me. I'll stay in Changji for a few months. After all, I've been outside for so many years. So, I'm going to get rest at home for some time. Tell me. Is there anything novel in the antique trading market? Or do you know where good items and genuine items are?" Presently, Xu Jingkai had reached the stage of energy-observing, nearly equal to the geomancerof Qi Master. So he had an impulse to try his luck to see if he could get some treasures by his ability.
That clever clerk laughed, "Brother Xu, there are new things every day. If you want to know them, I can tell you for days and nights. As for the place with the most frequent occurrences of genuine antiques or magic weapons, I'm not sure about that. Goods come and go, and people could find treasures at some stalls or shops from time to time."
Xu Jingkai nodded slowly. He was strolling on the busy street and was about to walk to a stall. Suddenly, his expression froze, and his eyes immediately locked on a beautiful figure in front of him.
That girl, with an attractive body shape and an angelic face, emitted the aroma of the cold plum blossoms and a fascinating charm. Previously, he did not believe that there was an unmatched beauty in the world whose beauty could have the power to let everyone in a country fall for her. He used to think that those descriptions were all illusions made by the adjectives. He had been outside for many years but had never seen any beautiful girl whose beauty deserved to be described as unmatched.
However, at that moment, his eyeballs could not turn, and his mind he used to regard as brilliant was slow-witted. What was more, he turned to be short of breath and could not help but grab his clothes when that unmatched beauty was still more than twenty meters away from him.
He was shocked by that exceedingly beautiful face and perfect figure.
At that moment, he suddenly had an impulse to possess that woman himself at any risk.
"Brother Xu, why do you..." That clerk standing beside Xu Jingkai was very puzzled. He followed Xu Jingkai's gaze and then stopped his words suddenly. He, who had never seen many beauties, was also fascinated.
Li Ruoxi watched the comings and goings of people helplessly with a dead phone in her hand. As her phone had run out of power, she could not dial Wang Ke's phone number. The antique trading market was quite big, so she was thinking hard about how to find Wang Ke.
The gaze of those men around her made her frown slightly. Even though she had been accustomed to those disgusting expressions which showed those men's good appetites for her, she still felt a little uncomfortable at that moment.
Xu Jingkai with a dull look finally came back to earth and took a deep breath when Li Ruoxi approached him. He quickly calmed down his palpitating heart and strode toward Li Ruoxi, getting in her way. With a smile that he thought the most handsome and attractive on his somewhat handsome face, he said courteously, "Miss, let me introduce myself. My family name is Xu, and my first name is Jingkai. My family runs a business of antique. Though my family is not as rich as a billionaire, it's not hard for us to take out millions or even tens of millions. Miss, may I have your surname? By the way, I forget to say that I'm a geomancer, and I thought we were destined when I saw you just now."
Li Ruoxi was shocked by the words of the young man who had run up to her. She gawked at Xu Jingkai's beaming face and almost reached out her hand to touch his forehead.
Whose child was this?
Was his brain damaged by the kick of an a*s when he was born?
Having frozen for a moment, Li Ruoxi put on a half-smile, hiding the flash of disgust in her eyes very well. She ran her fingers through her hair on her forehead and chose to ignore this man accosting her.
Li Ruoxi bypassed Xu Jingkai and walked forward.
She did not know whether she could find Wang Ke. However, she remembered that Wang Ke once said that the place where he had lessons with that senior of the antique was called Self House. So, she thought that if she could find Self House, she would be able to find Wang Ke. She believed that even if Wang Ke was not there, that senior must have Wang Ke's phone number, and it would be all right if she borrowed his phone and gave Wang Ke a call.
Xu Jingkai turned around and caught up with Li Ruoxi quickly. He said fast by her side, "Hey, beauty, why not take your time? We are all people having traditional virtues, so I believe that you, such a beautiful girl, won't be that impolite, will you?"
Li Ruoxi frowned and said faintly, "I don't know who you are and I don't want to know that. So, please stop talking by my side. If you want to chase after me, I can tell you frankly that I'm out of your league, and you're not my taste. Wish you'd stop bothering me. Now, I have something else to do."
Xu Jingkai's face turned black. He did not expect that this woman in front of him with otherworldly beauty should be so relentless that she spoke out his idea directly and refused him ruthlessly.
Seeing Li Ruoxi walking away again, Xu Jingkai who felt frustrated followed her again. He thought himself fairly outstanding. He was a big bug when he was studying in university and had managed to pursue several famous beauties of his university by his appearance and skills. And among those beauties, he once managed to be a couple with an icy beauty by sticking to her and using a variety of tactics.
To him, no fortress was impenetrable enough to take the brunt of his attack. This time would be no exception.
"Miss, you are right. I'm going to pursue you. After all, all men like beauty, so do I, as an ordinary person. If you do dislike the type of man like me, that's all right. The appearance cannot prove everything, and the relationship should be fostered gradually. I'm confident that I can touch your heart. Did you say that you have something to do? Though I'm not very familiar with this antique trading market, the clerk of my family shop knew this market inside out. If necessary, I can ask him to help you. If there's anything I can do for you, even undergoing the most severe trials like climbing a mountain of swords or plunging into a sea of flames, I'll be bound to do it." Xu Jingkai pledged with a determined look, clapping his chest.
Li Ruoxi's face became completely cold. She did not expect that this man in front of her would be that tactless. Previously, she just ignored the people who pursued her shamelessly. She did know how to deal with this kind of person.
Li Ruoxi did not respond to him. Instead, she looked at the passing people while observing the circumstances in the antique trading market.
As she had lost her job, anything was likely to become her new business. She thought that the antique industry might also be a good choice.
However, presently she lacked the knowledge of antiques, so she had to learn more.