Chapter 97 Family Members

  Seeing the old man was too excited, Qu Wen waited for him to calm down before slowly saying: "Old sir, to be honest I really like this five-colored dragon patterned ewer with a long spout. My home is also lacking in such items. If you really want to sell it, why not give me a price? I'll buy it from you right now."

  "Ah, Master Qu wants to buy it?" The old man looked surprised. He had taken the antique to the market several times before, and people had offered him prices between 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, which had already made his heart flutter with excitement. However, he was also afraid of being cheated, so he had hesitated and not sold it yet. Now that Qu Wen had expressed interest in buying it, the price was up to him, and for a moment, he didn't know what price to quote.

  "Master Qu, you're a good man, why don't you give me a price? As long as it's not too far off, this thing is yours." The old man was hesitant in his heart, even if Master Qu quoted 1 million, he would still make a fortune and could immediately buy a new house for his son to bring his fiancée home.

  "The old man thought for a moment and gestured with his hand: 'If this vase is taken to an auction, it may be able to sell for more. However, applying for an auction requires going through many procedures. I'll give you 22 million, what do you think?'"

  "Two... two hundred and twenty million." Upon hearing this number, the old man's voice began to tremble slightly. With just a nod of his head, he would be considered a wealthy person in Hong Kong.

  "Let's go with what Master Qu said." The old man nodded vigorously.

  Two hundred and twenty thousand is easy to take out, but how can the money be safe when it reaches the old man's hands? Otherwise, as soon as he gets the money, something will happen, and Quwen's conscience won't be at peace.

  "Old man, do you have a bank card?" Qu Wen asked in a low voice.

  "Some do, some don't." In '03 when cash was still the main transaction method domestically, Hong Kong had already popularized the use of bank cards. The old man said, pulling out a local bank card from his bag.

  "Wait, old man, I'll transfer the money to you right away." After Qū Wén finished speaking, he quickly completed the transfer using the computer on the exhibition stand. After the old man confirmed that the amount was correct, both parties completed the transaction. Afterwards, Qū Wén spent extra money to hire two security guards to safely escort the old man back home.

  As soon as Lao Lao left, Qu Wen immediately took out his phone and dialed Xia Junliang's phone number.

  "Second Master, are you free to come to the jewelry exhibition? I just received a piece of five-color dragon patterned vase from the Ming Dynasty."

  Xia Junliang heard over the phone and didn't ask about the price, he hastily said: "Wait for me, I'll drive to pick you up right away, it will take about half an hour, be sure to hold on tight and don't touch anything."

  Hanging up the phone, Qu Wen handed the five-color dragon-patterned vase to Duanyan's hand, feeling more at ease with him holding it than herself.

  Then came to Tao Jingying's side, although she had been helping to identify earlier, Qu Wen would occasionally sneak a peek at Tao Jingying's sales progress, if I didn't remember wrong, she had already sold six items.

  "How's it going? How many have you sold now?" Qu Wen asked lightly as she walked closer.

  It's unclear whether Tao Jingying has a masochistic personality, but after being scolded by Qu Wen, she surprisingly showed a rare smile in the afternoon's work, and her performance also gradually improved with her smile.

  "Six pieces, you can laugh if you want to, I don't mind." Tao Jingying's mouth was nonchalant, but her heart was particularly vexed. The sales volume had finally started to pick up, but the exhibition hall's business hours were only left with half an hour. It seemed impossible to complete the task set by Qu Wen, unless a miracle happened.

  "So that means we're still four pieces short of completing the task?" Qu Wen intentionally emphasized his tone, looking at Tao Jingying with a hint of an unclear smile in his eyes. He then turned around and nodded to Zhao Haifeng and Wei Danchen: "You two come over here."

  Hearing the shout, Zhao Haifeng walked over to the side first and looked at Qu Wen with a puzzled expression.

  "What's wrong, didn't Miss Tao already complete her task?"

  "Finished, finished. What else did I call you for?" Qu Wen smiled mysteriously and said: "You didn't think of bringing something back for your mom this time you came out?"

  "She's an elderly woman who doesn't have to worry about food or clothing. Last time I bought her a piece of clothing, she even scolded me for wasting money."

  "So, it's no wonder you're still single. Women say they don't like something, but actually they do. You can't even get along with your mom, how are you going to pick up chicks?" Qu Wen always thought he was quite stupid when it came to relationships, but unexpectedly Zhao Haifeng was even more clueless.

  Zhao Haifeng was taken aback for a moment, feeling that Qu Wen's words seemed quite reasonable: "Then what do you think we should bring back to her parents?"

  "Hey, with so many things here, can't you just pick one casually?" Qu Wen said and hooked Zhao Haifeng's shoulder, whispering in his ear: "Remember to hang it on Tao Jingying's single."

  Qiu Wen's words shocked Zhao Haifeng, who couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice: "What's going on? Have you fallen for her? Is this a case of 'hate turning into love'?"

  "Damn it, I was just joking yesterday to scare her off, not that I'm being petty and wouldn't let her become my second senior brother's apprentice. Didn't expect her to actually persist. Looks like this girl really does have some interest in antique appraisal. And I promised Yaxin to bring back a gift for her, might as well get one for my mom too, plus the ones for your mom and Ah Shan, just enough for four pieces, consider it a meeting gift from me, your junior uncle, and you, my senior brother."

  "That's not taking a liking to her, otherwise why be so good to her?" Zhao Haifeng listened and looked at Qu Wen with a sly smile on his face.

  Qu Wen's face changed color, and she slightly tightened her grip on Zhao Haifeng's hand: "Are you going to buy it or not? Why do things like asking an old lady for favors?"

  "I'm buying, I'm still not satisfied, do you treat your brother like this? For a woman, you can stab your brother in the back twice. Be careful, having two boats under your feet can easily get you drowned to death." Zhao Haifeng said and didn't wait for Qu Wen to react, quickly ran to Tao Jingying's side, pointed at a diamond bracelet: "Help me open the bill, I want this bracelet."

  Tao Jingying was taken aback, Zhao Haifeng had no ill intentions towards her, but he had always been on Qu Wen's side. Now that he came to buy a bracelet from her, what did he want? However, she still opened up a sales slip and handed it over to Zhao Haifeng for him to pay at the front desk.

  Zhao Haifeng had just left when Qu Wen called over Duanyan: "Duanyan, what kind of jewelry does your sister like?"

  He didn't understand what the poem meant, but after thinking about it, he realized that he had lived with his sister for so many years and yet hadn't noticed what kind of accessories she liked. He couldn't help but mock himself in his heart, thinking that he was really an incompetent brother, otherwise he wouldn't have let his sister suffer so much.

  In fact, the two siblings had always lived a very frugal life, and it was already good if they could eat their fill and wear warm clothes. Who would have time to think about those luxury goods that only the rich can afford? After being stunned for a while, he sighed: "I really don't know about this."

  It's normal for many people not to understand what their loved ones like, just like Qu Wen doesn't know what kind of jewelry his mother likes.

  "Oh, so when was your sister born?"

  "In July, what's wrong with Wen Ge?" Yu Dan couldn't understand why Qu Wen suddenly cared about his sister's affairs and could only look at him with a puzzled expression.

  Who knew that Qu Wen listened and suddenly turned around to ask Tao Jingying, "Do you know what the lucky stones are for April, July, and November?"

  Others may not understand, but rich girls like Tao Jingying like to study these things. After a pause, she replied in an extremely calm tone: "April is diamond, orange stone, shadow stone, July is ruby, cherry blossom stone, November is topaz, chrysanthemum crystal and red bamboo stone."

  "There are so many, help me press diamond, ruby and topaz as the main ones, each buy one necklace." Qu Wen thought for a moment and said loudly, adding to the bracelet that Zhao Haifeng had bought earlier, just enough to complete Tao Jingying's sales task today.

  Tao Jingying is not a fool, when Zhao Haifeng bought the bracelet earlier, it was a bit strange, now Qu Wen also wants to buy a necklace, and just happens to be three shares, isn't this secretly helping oneself complete the task?

  But what's the point of suddenly being nice to himself? Is he trying to make amends or is there another ulterior motive?

  Unable to guess the true meaning of the poem, Tao Jingying widened her eyes and stared blankly, without any movement for a long time.

  "What's wrong, hurry up and open the bill." Guessed Tao Jingying's thoughts, Qu Wen urged: "Don't think too much, I'm not trying to please you or play any tricks. It's just that you've taken my second brother as your master, so from now on we're family. I don't like it when there are conflicts within the family. Besides, I really need to buy some gifts to give to people back home, and it's not just for helping you."

  When Tao Jingying heard Qu Wen's words, her heart calmed down a lot. While opening the bill, she secretly took another look at Qu Wen. Did he really regard himself as one of their family members?

  Because Qu Wen helped a lot at the jewelry exhibition, when he wanted to buy jewelry, Shen Jianhai gave him a big discount, and three pieces of jewelry saved tens of thousands of yuan at once.

  Taking the jewelry, Qu Wen handed over the ruby necklace representing July's lucky stone to Jie Dan: "I heard that rubies are the lucky stones for those born in July, so this necklace will be my gift to your sister."

  The bond between him and his sister was extremely deep, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to kill someone for her sake back then. Looking at the necklace handed over by Qu Wen, his usually resolute face slightly softened, and a faint mist appeared in the corners of his eyes. He never expected that while buying gifts for his family, Qu Wen would also think of his sister.

  Without hesitation, Duantian tightly pursed his lips and took the ruby necklace from Quwen's hand, saying with unusual solemnity: "Thank you, Brother Wen."

  "Thanks for nothing." Qu Wen patted Duanyan's shoulder lightly and a bright smile appeared on his face: "You are also my family."

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