Chapter 20 You're a bit bad today

When Qiao Xi and Huo Sijiao returned to their seats, the auction was almost over.

Next to Huo Xingzhou's hand was a long red velvet box, which looked like it had just been photographed.

Huo Beiting from next door arrogantly showed off the "Pine and Crane Longevity Picture" everywhere, and joined a few people to appreciate it.

Those people are all flattering and fawning.

The heir of the Huo family is of extraordinary value, and is a top-level person in Haicheng. Huo Beiting is really lucky.

"Mr. Huo must be very happy that the young master got the original."

"I heard that you will be announced as the heir on your 70th birthday. Please take good care of us then."

Huo Beiting was inflated, waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's not decided yet."

"Who else can compete with you? That lame bastard? Haha, he can't even be a real man."

Huo Beiting was very pleased with the flattery. His narrow, cold red phoenix eyes looked at Huo Xingzhou with arrogance and contempt.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the auction hall.

"Master Qi is here!"

"Why is Qi Sanshi here? I heard that he also participated in the appraisal of the "Pine and Crane Longevity Picture", but I don't know why there is no appraisal certificate."

Qi Sanshi, a master of Chinese cultural relics appraisal, has a family heritage and is known as "living history". The value of antiques that pass through his hands will increase by half.

Huo Xingzhou picked up the sky-blue ceramic teacup, lowered his head and took a sip of the bitter tea in the cup. Under the cover of the cup, his thin lips curled up in an imperceptible arc.

The good show is on stage.

He pushed another cup of tea in front of Qiao Xi, "Your lips are chapped, drink some tea to moisten them."

Qiao Xi was attracted by his beautiful and slender hands and took the teacup.

"Mr. Qi!"

"It is a great honor for our humble home to have Mr. Qi here."

A large group of people gathered around him, and even Huo Beiting wanted to make friends with him, and would have liked to invite him to his grandfather's birthday party.

Qi Sanshi looked serious, "I came here for the Pine and Crane Longevity Painting. Is it included in the auction?"

“Filming is finished!”

"It was our Mr. Huo who took the photo. He didn't even blink an eye at the 35 million. He wanted to give it to Mr. Huo! Such filial piety is beyond our reach."

Huo Beiting straightened his chest, and Su Weiwei took his arm and helped him out, "We Beiting are filial. We are not like the second wife who was so stingy. We only spent 100,000 yuan on the auction and bought a piece of junk."

"Where is the painting 'Pine and Crane Longevity'?" Qi Sanshi asked anxiously.

"Here." Huo Beiting handed the luxurious brocade box to Qi Sanshi, "Please enjoy it. I'm not in a hurry to take it back."

Qi Sanshi slowly spread out the scroll, and the pine cranes were lifelike and interesting. Many people exclaimed in amazement again.

"Tsk, showing off." Huo Sijiao was as sour as a lemon spirit.

Qiao Xi turned her head and stared at Huo Xingzhou. She always felt that he was in a good mood.

Why?

In the crowd.

Old Qi took a magnifying glass and tweezers and repeatedly examined the painting "Pine Crane Longevity". Finally, he covered his chest and cried out loudly.

"It's wrong! It's wrong!"

Qi Sanshi slapped his thigh and said in frustration, "It's all my fault for not noticing it last time."

"Mr. Qi, what went wrong?" everyone asked curiously.

Huo Beiting became even more nervous and had a bad feeling in his heart.

"This painting is a fake!"

Qi Sanshi's hair turned white and he sighed with regret.

"Impossible! How could it be a fake?" Huo Beiting was stunned, as if struck by lightning!

"Master Qi, are you seeing things? How could this... be a fake? We are not amateurs."

"Mr. Qi, are you seeing things? This... this paper, the color and the year are all correct."

"You old man have been bribed by someone, how can you talk like that? There have never been any counterfeits in China Guardian Auction House!" Su Weiwei's face changed drastically and she shouted angrily.

Qi Sanshi said with regret: "The age of the paper is indeed correct, and the ink and ink are also real! But the painting is a fake! The forger's painting skills are superb, even I was fooled. As long as you get close to the painting and smell it carefully, you can smell the faint scent of ink hidden under the old smell."

Ancient paintings that have been stored for a long time will lose the scent of ink.

"Really!"

"Who dares to get so close to smell it? No wonder."

"It's actually fake. I said that the "Pine and Crane Longevity Picture" has already disappeared from history!"

Who would have thought that the forgers were so clever. They used Xuan paper from the Tang Dynasty, directly misleading the experts.

Huo Beiting simply couldn't believe his ears. A basin of cold water was poured over his head and his whole body stiffened.

“No… Impossible!”

Su Weiwei gritted her teeth and blushed: "Beiting, don't listen to him. This old man..."

Huo Beiting pushed her away, veins popping out of his neck: "Shut up, you nosy woman."

Qi Sanshi sighed repeatedly, "Mr. Huo, what a pity. If I could have gotten there earlier... But this is a fake, a fake can't be real. We also understand the rules of China Guardian Auction House."

Authenticity not guaranteed.

The transaction is completed and the buyer is responsible for the purchase.

Huo Beiting's 35 million was wasted, and he was also laughed at behind his back for being ignorant of value.

How proud you were just now, how ruthless you are now.

Huo Xingzhou put down his teacup and said with a look of fear: "Cousin, thank you for paying a high price for it. The painting is fake, but this thirty-five million is a filial piety that no one can compare to."

Huo Beiting was so angry that his heart was filled with heat and his throat was filled with the taste of rust and blood.

He rolled his eyes and fell down.

"Master Huo!"

"Beiting, don't scare me! Call an ambulance!"

Huo Sijiao covered her lips and laughed: "Haha, he was so angry that he fainted. What goes around comes around."

"Let's go."

Huo Xingzhou said calmly. He looked cold and indifferent, and his understatement revealed a sense of abstinence.

Qiao Xi's eyes curled up slightly as she pushed his wheelchair out. He was in a good mood, and she couldn't help but feel happy too.

Huo Sijiao followed beside him, chattering incessantly.

"He really can't stand losing. If he openly admitted that the product was fake, people would say he was a gentleman. But he got so angry that he fainted. He is really petty."

Huo Sijiao said proudly: "Sister-in-law, my brother is different."

"Um."

Qiao Xi agrees.

"I've asked a driver to take you home." Huo Xingzhou said after leaving the auction house.

"Ah? Am I going to separate from my sister-in-law now?" Huo Sijiao pouted. "Okay, I'll leave first. Don't disturb your world of two. Goodbye, sister-in-law."

"Goodbye, be careful on your way."

Qiao Xi waved her hand and watched her get into the car.

Afterwards, the driver helped Huo Xingzhou into the black Rolls-Royce, and Qiao Xi sat beside him. She couldn't calm down for a long time, as everything that happened today was too complicated.

As night fell, the street lights dimmed, shrouding Qiao Xi in a warm orange-yellow hue. Her eyes were clear and gentle, and her black hair vertically covered her swan neck, which was so white that it was glowing.

"Mr. Huo."

"Hmm?" Huo Xingzhou turned his head casually, with a sexy ending.

She looked at him for a long while before speaking softly to the man.

"I think you're a little bit bad today."