"Whose carriage was that just now?" Wanwan couldn't help but ask, her doubts still lingering.
Although it was only a glance, how could there be such similar people in the world?
The embroiderer glanced over there and said, "It's the newly promoted Vice Minister of Revenue."
A surge of inexplicable emotion welled up in Wanwan's heart, and she didn't even realize her voice had become more hurried, "What's his name? Is his surname Xiao?"
The embroiderer shook her head. "No, his surname isn't Xiao, it's Chen, and his name is Chen Yuheng."
"Oh..." Wanwan felt a lump in her throat; she had indeed admitted her mistake.
Wanwan adjusted her mindset and arrived at the troublesome shop calmly.
Because a crowd had gathered to watch the disturbance, the shop assistants and girls all lowered their heads and hunched their shoulders, looking shorter than usual. The accountant, holding paper and pen, stood aside and tried to reason with the troublemakers, sweating profusely with anxiety.
Upon seeing Wanwan, the accountant felt as if he had seen the light at the end of the tunnel, and hurriedly waved to her, "Miss, Miss, you've finally arrived! Please take a look at the bracelets and handkerchiefs the guests brought..."
The troublemakers were a man and a woman. The man had a protruding belly, was fat, broad-shouldered and burly, and his face was flushed. His bulbous nose was covered with a thin layer of sweat due to excitement, which mixed with the oil on his nose and clumped up. He was dressed in fine silk and satin, looking like a nouveau riche.
The woman was slender and adorned with a multitude of jewelry, her head sparkling with jewels, the gold and silver hairpins reflecting a dazzling light in the sunlight.
Seeing the accountant speaking to someone behind them, the two turned around.
Seeing that the girl was only a teenager, the two became even more arrogant. The man pointed at Wanwan with his fan and said arrogantly, "You're the one in charge, right? Come and take a look at the jade bracelet I bought from you yesterday. You said it was made of top-quality jade, but when I took it home yesterday, I found that the color was strange. Did you sell me a fake?"
After saying that, he angrily pointed at the jade bracelets on the table with his fan.
The woman, hands on her hips, was furious and her jewelry jingled as she shouted, "If you don't give us an explanation today, I'll smash your signboard!"
This wasn't the first time Wanwan had encountered trouble, so she smiled gently and said, "Please don't be anxious, gentlemen. Sit down and have some tea. I will definitely take care of your matters."
"Proper?" The man, taking advantage of the situation, roared again, "You sold me counterfeit goods, how can it be proper?"
After saying that, he turned to the crowd watching the commotion outside and shouted, "Everyone, never buy anything from Wanjiapu again! Look at the kind of goods they sell!"
The shop assistants in the nearby shops were already red-faced with anxiety, but Wanwan remained calm and even instructed a few maids who were about to cry to make tea.
“Indeed, this is low-grade stuff,” Wanwan suddenly said, her expression still calm.
Upon hearing this, the woman immediately pointed excitedly at Wanwan as if she had heard some great news, "Did everyone hear that? She admitted it! She admitted it! She said her family sells counterfeit goods!"
Her excited state made Wanwan afraid that her thin body might not be able to withstand it and she would faint.
The onlookers stirred and whispered among themselves. The two men looked on with smug satisfaction, practically drooling over Wanwan. The man slammed the bracelet on the table.
The woman's facial features were contorted, and her hands on her hips made her look just like a long-necked teapot.
“I said the two of you brought counterfeit goods today, but I didn’t say that they were counterfeit when you took them out,” Wanwan continued.
The two men were startled by this. The man rolled up his sleeves, revealing his greasy arms, and looked ready to fight. "What do you mean, you little brat? Are you saying we deliberately tried to cheat you with counterfeit goods?"
With a smile playing on her lips, she said, "That's exactly what I meant."
"You!" The man raised his fist, about to bring it down, but then suddenly remembered that he had called a group of people. He had no choice but to suppress his anger, lower his hand, and his face turned ashen.
With her delicate hand, she picked up a bracelet and showed it to everyone. "Ladies and gentlemen, although this bracelet is similar in color to the new jewelry that our Wanjia Shop has recently released, it is not one of them. Those of you who have recently purchased jewelry from Wanjia can take a look and see if it is clear and green."
Several girls began to examine their bracelets or earrings, and then a few affirmative responses rang out from the crowd.
"The reason why the color is consistent is that all the jewelry we've been wearing recently has been carved from the same piece of high-quality jade. This piece of jade is a clear, bright green color without any impurities. If you bought your pieces from Wan Jia, they will have the same color, and you won't see any impurities when you put them in the sunlight."
Several girls put it into practice, and then gave another round of affirmative answers.
A beautiful smile curved her lips. The two troublemakers behind her had quieted down at some point. They looked at each other, both with a sense of foreboding.
The man took a deep breath, stepped forward, and shamelessly said, "What about this one? This one is clearly a black blob under the sun! Isn't it a fake?"
Wanwan remained calm and composed. "Everyone knows that the water quality of Wanjiapu is like this. What about the water quality of the Pearl and Treasure Pavilion across the street? I heard that the Pearl and Treasure Pavilion recently acquired a piece of jade of poor quality. They bought it at a high price but only later discovered that it was of poor quality. Although it can't be seen from the outside, it will be obvious if you look at it in the sunlight. Although they have released the news that they have dealt with it properly, how properly? Could it be that they have carefully processed it and still sold it?"
The crowd began to whisper again. Zhuguang Baoqige was a competitor of Wanjiapuzi, and there had been some bad rumors about it recently. After hearing what Wanwan said, those who had bought jewelry from Wanjiapuzi looked at their items through the sunlight, and then a few exclamations rang out from the crowd.
"Oh dear! There really is a black thing inside my bracelet!"
"My earrings are too!"
The man's forehead was also covered in a fine sweat. He knew he had given himself away, so he quickly grabbed the woman behind him and tried to push through the crowd to run away.
Wanwan shouted, "Stop!"
The man froze, then turned back, still acting like a thug, utterly unreasonable. "So what? I lied about taking the things from across the street, so what?"
Wanwan chuckled and tossed the bracelet in her hand at him. "You think you can fool me by pretending to be a customer? Your silks and satins are fake too. You're clearly a sabotage operative sent by the Pearl and Treasure Pavilion!"
"You're talking nonsense!" The woman panicked, her lips trembling as she spoke.
“You won’t admit it? Fine, I’ll report it to the authorities and let them investigate. You can explain yourselves in jail then.” Wanwan finished speaking and gave her waiter a wink. The waiter understood and immediately ran out.
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