"What, ten million?"
"You want ten million for such a broken wine jug? Are you trying to scam me?"
Zhang Ailan's face turned pale, and she immediately started shouting.
Li Xianren snorted, "Asking you for ten million is already being generous! This wine pot of mine also has the calligraphy of Yunxi Shanren, which can't be bought for a hundred million!"
"Oh my, oh my, a hundred million? You think you can just fly to the moon? Trying to scam us? Let me tell you, no way!" Zhang Ailan shouted defiantly.
"I'm trying to extort money?" Li Xianren was genuinely amused. He had already done more than enough by not pursuing the value of the calligraphy, but he never expected the other party to act like a scoundrel!
Zhang Ailan immediately pushed Pang Zhengming forward, saying, "Let me tell you, my son-in-law is a top lawyer. If you dare to extort money from me, believe me, I'll have him sue you in court and make you regret it!"
Pang Zhengming pushed up his glasses, stepped forward, and said, "That's right! Legally speaking, you've already committed extortion! If you insist that this thing is worth ten million, then produce the evidence. Since it's an antique, there should be an appraisal certificate or something, right?"
"You know what, there really is one!" Li Xianren sneered, then quickly turned around and ordered a foreman to go to his study to get the authentication certificate.
Before long, the certificate arrived. He had gone to the appraisal agency a few days ago to get it, and he never expected it to come in handy.
Pang Zhengming's face immediately turned ugly when he saw the appraisal report.
I never expected this to actually be an antique!
He had handled similar cases before, and the compensation for antiques was generally 80% of the market transaction price.
He quickly went online to check the price of Yuan blue and white porcelain, and his face immediately turned even uglier.
Yuan blue and white porcelain! It starts at least in the tens of millions!
Just as they said, asking them for ten million is already considered generous!
Li Xianren couldn't help but sneer, "What do you have to say now? You're a lawyer, you should know how to compensate! If you want to deny it, I have surveillance footage, I'll call the police right now and have you all arrested!"
"Hey, no, no, no!"
Wang Xiuzhen immediately panicked and stepped forward, saying, "My son is a top lawyer; he can't have a criminal record. We'll compensate him, okay?"
After Wang Xiuzhen finished speaking, she quickly looked at Zhang Ailan and said, "Ailan, you broke this thing, so why don't you pay for it yourselves?"
She's not stupid; even if her son has money, she can't let him squander it!
If Lu Xueqing and her son were truly in love, then spending the money wouldn't be a problem. But things are still far from settled, so who would want to be the one to suffer this terrible fate?
Zhang Ailan was immediately furious. "It's just ten million! Why are you being so stingy? You have the nerve to pursue my daughter with that? Besides, isn't your son supposed to earn over a hundred million a year? If you're not even willing to spend this little bit of money, how can I entrust my daughter to you!"
"I'm making this clear today: I don't want ten million; I just want your attitude. If Zhengming is willing to pay that money, Xueqing will immediately divorce that good-for-nothing and get married to Zhengming tomorrow!"
Zhang Ailan spoke confidently, though this was actually a ploy to provoke Pang Zhengming into paying for it on her behalf.
Lu Xueqing frowned deeply. "Mom, what are you saying..."
"Shut up!" Zhang Ailan immediately stopped her, looking calmly at Wang Xiuzhen and her daughter, this was exactly the attitude she wanted.
Wang Xiuzhen's face was very unpleasant, but she still walked over to her son and muttered, "Son, your Aunt Zhang means that this ten million is the bride price, or else..."
Pang Zhengming looked extremely embarrassed. "Mom, that's ten million! Where would your son get that much money right now!"
"What? You don't even have ten million?" Zhang Ailan was stunned.
What did Wang Xiuzhen say to her before?
Her own son earns over 100 million yuan a year and even bought her a big villa!
These assets must be worth at least several hundred million, right?
Now you can't even come up with ten million?
Zhang Ailan gritted her teeth and said, "If you can't come up with ten million, surely you can have five million? You give us five million, we'll give us five million, how about we split it?"
Pang Zhengming's face grew increasingly embarrassed, and he remained silent, looking rather sullen.
Zhang Ailan was stunned for a moment.
Damn it!
Can't even come up with five million?
This guy is so useless, even more useless than Lin Yu!
Lin Yu can also deal in antiques and such, although it's considered low-class, it's enough to barely make a living.
This Pang Zhengming, what a great lawyer, he's all show and no substance!
Zhang Ailan said irritably, "What a great lawyer! He's just a penniless pauper! If I had known this, I would never have let you pursue my daughter. It's such a waste of time!"
"Hey! Zhang Ailan, who are you calling a pauper! You're the one who's broke!" Wang Xiuzhen immediately became displeased.
Zhang Ailan couldn't help but sneer: "Isn't it obvious who I'm calling a 'monkey king'? I thought your son was some kind of Monkey King, but he's actually Pigsy! He immediately shows his true colors when trouble comes! Earning over 100 million a year? Oh my god, that's hilarious! It seems you two are both swindlers!"
"You're the one who's a fraudster! Your whole family is a fraudster! Believe me or not, I'll tear your mouth apart!" Wang Xiuzhen was furious. Originally, she wanted to maintain a good mother-in-law image in front of her future daughter-in-law, Lu Xueqing, but now that things had come to a head, she had no point in pretending anymore.
They immediately started hurling insults at each other, and even threatened to fight.
"Enough!" Li Xianren shouted suddenly.
The two old women immediately shuddered and stopped.
Li Xianren said coldly, "I don't have time to waste with your nonsense! Whoever broke this wine pot has to pay for it, or I'll call the police right now and we'll settle this with the police station!"
"No, no, no!" Zhang Ailan immediately panicked. With her old arms and legs, how could she possibly endure the strain at the police station?
She quickly grabbed Lu Xueqing's arm and said, "Daughter! Haven't you taken on quite a few big projects lately? Taking out ten million shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Lu Xueqing looked helpless. "Mom, no matter how many projects I take on, they all belong to the company! Besides, the projects are all in their early stages and haven't reached the profit-generating stage yet. The company's funds are also quite tight! And even if we need to move funds, I have to go back to the company to go through the procedures!"
Li Xianren said coldly, "Don't try to fool me! I want cash. If you don't have cash, I'll take you to the police station first, so you can't run away!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of security guards suddenly rushed into the corridor, staring menacingly at the mother and daughter.
Zhang Ailan was startled and quickly hid behind her daughter.
Pang Zhengming and his mother stood aside, watching coldly.
Since they can't be in-laws anymore, they're naturally happy to watch the show!
However, at this moment, Zhang Ailan suddenly remembered something and quickly pulled her daughter and said, "That's right, Xueqing, you should call Lin Yu right away and ask her to bring the jade bracelet from my drawer. Isn't that jade bracelet worth ten million? We can use it to pay off the debt first!"
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