After Yan Han finished reading Zhu Qianying's text message, which was filled with disdain, he did indeed quiet down for a while.
To be honest, although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that he really was a country bumpkin!
Take that gemstone necklace that was supposedly worn by a European nobleman in the 19th century, for example. In his eyes, those gemstones were no different from plastic beads, but the starting bid for that necklace was five million!
Of course, five million was a small amount for him, so even though he didn't know how to appreciate it or what its value was, when he saw the light in Zhu Qianying's eyes, his first instinct was to get closer to her and ask.
Do you like it?
As he expected, Zhu Qianying nodded excitedly.
So he generously said, "Take a picture if you like it!"
His hand was already halfway outstretched when Zhu Qianying suddenly turned around and looked at him as if he were a monster!
Ultimately, the gemstone necklace sold for a high price of fifteen million.
Of course, the winner was not Young Master Yan.
It wasn't that he didn't want to take pictures, but his wife wouldn't let him. He was afraid of his wife, so he kept his hands obediently flat!
He had never been interested in or understood anything about the antiques and jewelry in front of him.
He was never the kind of person who would force himself to study something he didn't like just to conform to popular tastes.
If you like something, you like it; if you don't like something, you don't like it. If you understand something, you understand it; if you don't understand something, you don't understand it. Why pretend?
In Young Master Yan's opinion, with his status and position, how could he possibly live like a commoner, pretending to like things he didn't like just to get a false compliment like "You're really amazing" and force himself to learn and get to know things he wasn't interested in? That would be exhausting!
However, things that he usually didn't care about suddenly made Yan Han feel extremely uneasy.
If others say he doesn't understand or that he's a bumpkin, he has his own way of slapping that person in the face!
But the person next to him was his wife, a jewelry designer, and he, as her husband, didn't even have basic jewelry knowledge!
This realization made him feel as if he and Zhu Qianying were from two different worlds.
This feeling made him uneasy and fearful!
In Yan Han's life so far, aside from the ignorance and naivety of his childhood, there haven't been many things that have made him feel uneasy and fearful to the core since he became an adult.
He was at a loss as to what to do about the sudden and inexplicable unease and fear that surged up within him.
He has always been an extremely confident person.
He possesses a brilliant mind, handsome appearance, exceptional abilities, immeasurable wealth, and a distinguished family background.
Each of these items, taken out one by one, represents the pinnacle of a man's qualities.
But when all of these things were placed in front of Zhu Qianying, they seemed to mean nothing!
These things he had always been so proud of, bundled together and placed in front of Zhu Qianying, were not even as attractive or valuable as the broken necklace he had just seen, which he considered nothing more than a piece of plastic beads!
If you like it, it's priceless!
If you don't like it, then it has a price!
Two sentences suddenly popped into Yan Han's mind.
Therefore, in Zhu Qianying's eyes, everything on the stage became priceless treasures because she liked it, and just looking at it brought her great joy.
He, because she disliked him, became a vulgar object with a price. In her eyes, he was nothing more than an item in a supermarket, which she could buy anytime she had money.
This kind of buying is simply out of necessity, and has nothing to do with liking.
The more Yanhan thought about it, the colder he felt; the more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became.
Only when he saw a familiar-looking brocade box on the stage did he break free from his negative and self-loathing emotions.
"Ying'er, that brocade box looks so much like the one you gave to my mother."
Yan Han had forgotten to hide his abilities, because he saw a light in Zhu Qianying's eyes that was stronger than ever before.
Zhu Qianying turned her head and looked at him incredulously, "That brocade box, you remember it?"
The high-pitched tone revealed the owner's surprise and excitement.
Yan Han nodded, "Of course I remember! My mom treasures that brocade box like it's a precious gem. She takes it out to show it off every few days. The one on the stage looks like it's from the same series."
Zhu Qianying seemed to have found a kindred spirit and began to chatter on and on with Yan Han.
“That’s right. The brocade box on the stage and the one I gave to my aunt were made by the same embroiderer. Her embroidery style is very unique, and it’s no exaggeration to say that she has her own school. Very few of the brocade boxes she embroidered have survived. Currently, only two are known to exist: one is the peony box I gave to my aunt, and the other is the orchid box on the stage!”
Yan Han didn't know much about embroidery, but after hearing what Zhu Qianying said and seeing the enlarged image of the box on the big screen, he immediately felt that the brocade box was indeed quite nice.
So when he heard the emcee shout, "One million, once, one million, twice...", he immediately raised the sign in his hand.
"One million and one hundred thousand, once..."
"One million two hundred thousand, once..."
Yan Han had made up his mind that no matter how much the brocade box cost, he was determined to get his hands on it today.
But the people at the next table seemed to be working against him. The two of them kept raising the price by tens of thousands. Finally, when Yan Han raised the price to 1.8 million, Zhu Qianying couldn't help but tug at his arm and lean over to whisper something to him.
"Young Master Yan, are you crazy? This brocade box is already worth at least 1.5 million!"
In other words, this 1.8 million is now beyond the market price of the brocade box.
Yan Han smiled at her, "What you like is priceless! Isn't it?"
Zhu Qianying was stunned. She thought he didn't understand!
It turns out, he knew everything!
In the end, Young Master Yan won the brocade box for 2.8 million.
When he handed her the brocade box that the hostess had brought on a tray, Zhu Qianying was stunned!
"Ying'er, this is for you!"
Young Master Yan presented the brocade box with great care and respect. It wasn't that he thought the 2.8 million was particularly valuable, but rather that it was something Zhu Qianying liked, which made it especially precious!
Zhu Qianying stood there, stunned, staring at Yan Han with disbelief.
She had always thought that Young Master Yan was so persistent because Old Madam Yan liked this brocade box, which was why he was willing to pay more than a million yuan above the market price to buy it.
But unexpectedly, he actually took the picture for her sake?
"Young Master Yan, this..."
To be honest, she really liked the brocade box, but she couldn't afford to accept such an expensive gift!
Yan Han took in the complex emotions of both liking and resisting in her eyes, then held the brocade box closer to her eyes and whispered it in her ear.
"Two million eight hundred thousand, deduct it from Zizai's one hundred million!"
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