The old man smiled mysteriously at him without saying a word, looking utterly unfathomable.
To be honest, there has always been an unwritten rule in the antique world that almost everyone who comes to hunt for antiques knows, and very few people are unaware of: it's like Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai – one is willing to hit and the other is willing to be hit.
If you think the price is too high, you don't have to take it. That's my price anyway. Take it or leave it; nobody's holding a knife to your throat forcing you to buy it.
Su Linxi felt like she had punched cotton. Soft and fluffy.
After all, spending 50,000 yuan on a broken stone is a terrible deal, even though the Su family doesn't care about the money. Su Linxi wanted to say something more, but Su Ya stopped her.
"make a deal."
"Young friend, you're so straightforward. Do you need me to wrap it up for you?"
"No need, I'll take it myself."
Suya paid the money readily, bent down, and picked up the stone she had chosen from the stall. Only when she held the stone in her hand did she notice a faint white pattern on the black surface. The pattern was extremely faint; it would probably be invisible unless she held it in her hand and looked at it up close.
Suya held the stone up to the sunlight and examined it again. She noticed that the faint white pattern she had seen before was becoming increasingly clear under the sunlight. Moreover, it wasn't just one pattern; under the sunlight, the smooth black stone was almost entirely covered with such patterns, as if the stone had cracked open.
Su Linxi saw it too. It was a cracked stone, and she complained.
"No way, you spent so much money just to buy a cracked, rotten rock."
"This is not a rotten rock."
"Then, little sister, do you know what this is?"
"I don't know him."
"Then why did you spend so much money to buy him? I thought you knew what he was."
As Su Ya looked at the stone, she felt an increasing sense of familiarity.
At this moment, Ye Qinchuan was also staring at the stone. Suddenly, something seemed to happen to him. His brows furrowed quickly, and then he spoke to Su Ya.
"Miss Su, would you mind letting me take a look at this stone?"
Although Su Ya did not answer, she placed the stone in Ye Qinchuan's hand.
Ye Qinchuan took it in his hand and examined it carefully. This stone was very similar to the one being studied at the Chinese research institute, except that it was not as large. However, the two stones looked identical from the outside, both having patterns inside, which became even clearer in the sunlight. Overall, it resembled a cracked stone.
I just don't know if these two stones are the same.
"If I'm not mistaken, this rock should be a meteorite from outer space."
Then the stone was returned to Suya. Meteorites usually contain radioactive materials, but this stone was too small, so the amount of radioactive material was extremely low.
"A meteorite from outer space. Young Master Ye, you must be joking. How did this thing end up in an old man's hands?"
Meteorites are mysterious objects that fall from outside the atmosphere, streaking across the sky with light, inspiring the imagination. Almost all ancient civilizations have left records of meteorites, and some ethnic groups and religions regard them as sacred objects. Today, with the popularization of scientific knowledge and the continuous rise of collecting, meteorites are no longer objects of mythology, but have become "new darlings" in the collecting market, winning the attention of many collectors with their unparalleled charm.
Ye Chunchuan also wanted to find out the reason, so he turned around and went back to ask the old man for an explanation. However, when he returned, the old man's stall was no longer there.
Ye Qinchuan asked several people who had stalls next to the old man. They all said the old man left after buying stones from them, and they didn't know when he would return. This old man was elusive; his stall hours were always unpredictable. Moreover, no one knew where he lived. The people looked at him like he'd been ripped off. Everyone in the market knew that the old man's stones were just picked up from the ground, and initially, he'd priced them at 500, but no one had bought them. It was like he'd just been fooled. They all decided to go to the river to collect stones themselves later.
Ye Qinchuan had no choice but to return empty-handed.
When he returned, Suya and the others were still waiting there, so he asked, "How did it go?"
"I wanted to go back and ask that old man a few questions, but they all said he had already closed up shop."
"Is there something wrong with this stone?"
Ye Qinchuan knew this was currently a top secret in China, so he didn't say anything. The reason Ye Qinchuan knew was because the small white pills containing an S-grade drug manufactured by the Chinese research institute, which many people in China were taking, were actually related to this.
"It's not convenient to say."
Ye Qinchuan nodded.
So Suya stopped asking.
Ye Qinchuan hesitated for a moment before saying to Su Ya, "Miss Su, I wonder if this stone can be sold?"
Su Ya bought the stone because it felt familiar, like something from the era before her rebirth. It shouldn't belong to this stone, but since Ye Qinchuan claimed it was a meteorite from outer space, it meant the stone wasn't as simple as she thought.
"Can."
After saying that, he placed the stone in Ye Qinchuan's hand.
That episode is over.
Suya and her group continued their stroll.
But after that, nothing else could inspire Suya's desire to buy.
When it comes to antiques, it's all about first impressions.
"How about we come to the ghost market tomorrow morning?"
"What time is it."
Su Linxi asked.
"It's usually around 3 to 4 in the morning."
"Forget it, I'm going to get my beauty sleep. What about you, little sister?"
Suya thought about it and realized there was nothing else she could buy. If she really wanted to buy something, she would let them check out overseas auction houses for any good items.
Therefore, she declined Ye Qinchuan's offer.
They wandered around for a while longer, but didn't find anything they liked.
One by one, they lost the desire to continue browsing.
We're getting ready to head home.
Ye Qinchuan glanced at his watch; it was almost 6 o'clock, time for dinner. He suggested they go eat together, and then he would take them back to the restaurant afterward.
Su Linxi thought to herself: "Didn't he reject my sister? What does this mean now?"
He was somewhat confused as to what Ye Qinchuan was really up to.
"No matter what he means, we must not let him get close to my sister again or have any more chances to hurt her. Now that the engagement has been called off, we should stay as far away from my sister as possible."
Just as Su Linxi was about to refuse.
Just then, Suya heard her phone ring.
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