Liu Xiangnan was amused again by Cheng Jie's words: "Ten million cheaper? I just said, this painting is not worth a penny to me."
She took a step forward and warned Cheng Jie: "If you dare to stop me again, I will really call the police."
Lu Xiangbei also called a few bodyguards over and blocked Cheng Jie's way.
So, Cheng Jie could only watch Lu Xiangbei and Liu Xiangnan leave calmly.
“Ahhhhhh—”
Cheng Jie was so angry that she could only rage helplessly.
After getting in the car, Lu Xiangbei asked the driver to drive out of the underground parking lot and come to a nearby cafe.
They are waiting for someone.
While waiting, Liu Xiangnan called Zhizhen Taoist.
"Uncle Master."
After Liu Xiangnan dialed the phone, there was some hesitation in his tone.
Taoist Zhizhen seemed to understand what she was hesitating about and asked, "Have you seen Cheng Jie?"
"yes."
Liu Xiangnan adjusted his breathing and asked, "Uncle Master, is the little ghost in Cheng Jie difficult to deal with?"
"She's not difficult to deal with. The reason I didn't take action against her is because I discovered that she was working with the scoundrel under the Jin family. Moreover, the ghost in her also had some knowledge of the Yuanshi Tianzun statue left by your master. I thought that when she and the scoundrel finished their work, we would capture them together."
So this is how it is.
Liu Xiangnan breathed a sigh of relief. She thought that the little ghost in Cheng Jie was too powerful.
"Does Master Uncle need our help?"
"No, I'm keeping an eye on Cheng Jie. Someone is buying her paintings now. Come over here when I catch her and the snake."
Seeing that Taoist Zhizhen did not need their help, Liu Xiangnan told Taoist Zhizhen to be careful and hung up the phone.
She turned her head and looked at Lu Xiangbei, "Master uncle didn't ignore Cheng Jie, but has been secretly watching Cheng Jie. He also said that the little ghost in Cheng Jie knows something about Master's painting."
Lu Xiangbei tapped the table with his slender fingers, his eyes slightly narrowed, and there was a hint of amusement in his words.
"That's interesting."
After they talked for a while, someone knocked on the door from outside.
When Liu Xiangnan opened the door, he saw a strange man holding a painting in his hand.
"Mr. Lu, this is the painting you wanted."
Lu Xiangbei hummed, walked over, and took the painting: "How much did it cost?"
The man said a little embarrassedly: "I spent ten thousand yuan, which is more than your limit, Mr. Lu. I know. But I also have my reasons."
He scratched his head. "Mr. Lu gave me a digital image of the Yuanshi Tianzun statue, and I photoshopped it into eight pictures to hang on the wall, saying I wanted to collect all nine to summon the dragon. She was so pissed she threw the painting at me. But out of respect for Mr. Mai Ting, and considering it was his last work, I chased her and gave her ten thousand yuan."
This means that the money is not for Cheng Jie, but for Mai Ting.
Lu Xiangbei nodded: "Well done, go back."
"yes."
The man left.
Liu Xiangnan and Lu Xiangbei opened the painting together and looked at the contents on it.
“It’s indeed fake.”
Lu Xiangbei felt the thickness of the drawing paper, smelled the scent of the paper, and the paint on it: "These are some new types of paints that have only come out in the last two years."
After confirming that it was fake, Liu Xiangnan did not get angry, but laughed.
"I wonder what the consequences will be if Cheng Jie brings back a fake wooden fish."
They already knew that the painting was fake.
The other party took away the statue of Yuanshi Tianzun and asked someone to paint a fake one. It is impossible for them to give back the real one.
So, after knowing from the beginning that the painting was fake, the couple set up a trap.
First, she inquired about the statue of Yuanshi Tianzun, creating the illusion that she urgently needed it and was willing to pay a sky-high price for it.
In order to convince the other party of her and Lu Xiangbei's sincerity, she was willing to exchange the wooden fish that Jiang Yueming used during his lifetime.
Although this action would directly expose her and she might be in danger for accepting Jiang Yueming's relics, she had to take this risk as there was no gain without risk.
The other party was fooled and arranged a charity auction. Someone specifically told Lu Xiangbei that the portrait they wanted would also appear.
But after all, they are people who plan in secret, so it is not convenient for them to do it openly.
So Lu Xiangbei, as the boss of City A, strongly demanded that the auction products be sorted by capital letter.
At the auction, three people who bid to buy the painting were hired by Lu Xiangbei.
One of them was a collector who spread some true and false news among the crowd, causing some people to become agitated. He used this to raise the price, forcing the other party to spend more money to buy the wooden fish.
If the other party really bought it, it would mean that the magical tools left to her by her master were indeed related to the secret in the portrait.
However, they did not have the real portrait and could not figure out the secret behind it, but the fake portrait was not necessarily useless, so Lu Xiangbei arranged for someone to "pick up the bargain" and buy the painting.
Since it is an imitation painting, it can still be hung in a gallery, which means that this painting, no matter in size or technique, can be mistaken for the real thing.
"I made 55 million for nothing. I'm in a good mood."
Liu Xiangnan smiled.
Seeing that she looked like a money-grubber, Lu Xiangbei raised his hand and couldn't help but scratch the tip of her nose.
"You're getting smarter and smarter. I'm worried that one day, I'll be played around by you."
It was Liu Xiangnan who came up with the idea of exchanging fake goods for fake ones and making money for free.
However, Liu Xiangnan's initial plan was to earn no more than 20 million.
After all, she considered that the other party might guess that her wooden fish was fake, so she didn't dare to ask for too high a price.
But she didn't expect that the other party would send out Cheng Jie, a sucker, to make her earn so much money for nothing.
"If you hadn't arranged it, I wouldn't have had any plans."
Liu Xiangnan stood up and hugged Lu Xiangbei: "My success is inseparable from your help, my husband!"
Feeling the fragrance of the woman in his arms and the softness of her body, Lu Xiangbei felt a little hot.
"I have already..."
Lu Xiangbei said in a hoarse voice, "I've been eating vegetarian food for three or four days."
When Liu Xiangnan first heard these words, she didn't quite understand what Lu Xiangbei meant, but when she felt Lu Xiangbei's hand slowly moving down from her waist to pull her skirt, she understood what he meant.
"You...this is outside! Don't mess around!"
Liu Xiangnan had her period a few days ago, and Lu Xiangbei was very considerate. He didn't pester her, nor did he ask her to do anything weird to meet his needs.
Lu Xiangbei didn't pay much attention to her "warning".
"Wife, just this once, okay?"
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