"Old Liu, are you saying that Li Dahai just forced you to hand over the Qiankun Fan?"
Lin Yu couldn't help but frown.
The antique fan was in his hotel room at the moment. He felt it was no ordinary object as soon as he got his hands on it, but he hadn't had time to study it carefully.
Lin Yu's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked, "Old Liu, what is the origin of this fan? Can you tell me?"
Liu Zhongyi immediately showed a look of recollection and said, "I also heard that this fan originally came from a pawnshop. Later, the pawnshop went bankrupt due to poor management, and the fan ended up in the hands of a collector. After several changes of ownership, it came into the possession of an old friend of mine. At that time, my old friend owed me a huge sum of money and was unable to repay it, so he came to me with this fan to settle the debt!"
"A huge sum of money?" Lin Yu was slightly taken aback and asked, "If you call it a huge sum of money, how huge is it?"
Liu Zhongyi said directly, "Two hundred million!"
Two hundred million?
Upon hearing this number, not only Lin Yu, but also the people around him, all wore expressions of surprise!
How could an antique fan be worth so much money? Has Liu Zhongyi lost his mind?
Even Liu Siyun's expression was slightly blank, because she had never heard her grandfather mention this before.
“Grandpa, this must have happened ten years ago. Two hundred million back then would probably be worth five hundred million now! Didn’t you suffer a huge loss?” Liu Siyun couldn’t help but ask.
Liu Zhongyi shook his head and laughed, "Your grandfather has been dealing in antiques for so many years, when has he ever made a losing deal! Actually, the value of this fan isn't in the fan itself, but in..."
At this point, Liu Zhongyi suddenly paused and glanced to his left and right.
Ma Jianguo and the others looked embarrassed, knowing that what Liu Zhongyi was about to say must be a secret.
Lin Yu, however, said, "It's alright, Elder Liu. Everyone here is on our side. Please speak freely!"
Liu Zhongyi nodded and said to Lin Yu, "The reason I agreed to let my old friend use this fan to pay off his 200 million debt is because of the jade fan clasp on that fan!"
"A jade fan clasp?" Lin Yu was even more puzzled. "Even if it's jade, it probably wouldn't be worth two hundred million, right?"
Liu Zhongyi shook his head. "To be honest, Mr. Lin, that's not ordinary jadeite, but an extremely rare glass-type violet jadeite!"
"Purple jade?" Lin Yu's eyes widened slightly in surprise.
Liu Siyun's pretty face was also shocked. She said, "Purple jadeite is extremely rare, with very few existing pieces. Not to mention glass-type jadeite, even a 9,000-gram piece of raw material has fetched a price of 600 million in recent years! Grandpa, how come I've never heard you mention this before?"
Liu Zhongyi shook his head and said with a serious expression, "Grandpa isn't telling you for your own good! You don't know, but shortly after my old friend gave me this fan, his family suffered a tragedy. All five members of his family had an accident on the same day. I suspect it's related to this fan!"
"This..." Liu Siyun's face paled slightly. So, this fan is practically a death warrant!
Liu Zhongyi sighed, "I've kept this a secret all this time, and I've been living in constant fear of being caught by bad guys. I never expected that someone would still find out about it. I'm afraid Li Dahai came here today because he got wind of it!"
Lin Yu frowned and said, "Old Liu, do you still have that violet fan clasp? May I take a look?"
He felt that the button was unusual and wanted to take a closer look.
"Of course!" Liu Zhongyi replied without hesitation. "The door knocker is in my study. Please come to my study, Mr. Lin!"
Lin Yu nodded and followed Liu Zhongyi and his grandson into a study in the villa.
Liu Zhongyi activated a mechanism, and the bookshelf slowly moved aside, revealing a treasure room behind it!
Liu Zhongyi led Lin Yu and Liu Siyun inside and discovered that the shelves were filled with rare items, each one priceless!
Lin Yu was slightly surprised, not expecting that the old man had actually set up such a hidden place in his home.
Liu Siyun retorted irritably, "Grandpa, you actually hid so many treasures without my knowledge!"
Liu Zhongyi looked embarrassed and explained, "Our Liu family has been in the antique business for generations, so it's inevitable that we'll be coveted by others. Grandpa set up this place so that we could save our lives in an emergency! You're my only granddaughter, and everything here is for you. How could I possibly give it to someone else?"
Liu Siyun blushed, "Alright, Grandpa, I forgive you!"
Liu Zhongyi chuckled twice, then led the two men into the secret room. He walked alone to the shelf, picked up a box, and placed it on the square table in the middle.
He then pulled a key from his waist and opened the box. Instantly, a square, crystal-clear purple jade fan clasp appeared before Lin Yu's eyes.
"Mr. Lin, this is the fan clasp. Please take a look!"
Lin Yu nodded, picked up the purple jade fan clasp, and examined it carefully.
Liu Zhongyi sighed from the side, "I thought back then that if such an expensive violet could be used to make a fan clasp, this fan must be hiding some great secret. However, I am not good at studying it. After so many years of research, I have finally come up with nothing, so I simply gave up!"
Lin Yu nodded. In fact, he had thought of this as well; otherwise, he wouldn't have asked Liu Zhongyi to bring him to see this fan clasp. He mainly wanted to see if there were any other discoveries from this clasp.
He first carefully examined the front of the fan clasp, finding nothing unusual. Then he turned it over to the back, where two elegant characters were engraved and came into view.
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