After leaving the first antique shop, Wu An and Gu Anran did not immediately go to look for the next one.
Gu Anran pulled him along and they went to a small supermarket to buy two popsicles.
Eat while walking.
Wu An chuckled and said, "Anran, you were right to retort just now."
Gu Anran said indignantly, "Judging from the boss's expression, it was practically written all over his face that he was playing hard to get."
"What's even more infuriating is that he used me as an example."
Gu Anran is no ordinary woman. Her parents passed away early, and she grew up with her grandmother.
My grandmother is in poor health, and she also has a scoundrel uncle. She has been the head of the household for a long time.
She can't rely on anyone else.
Forced to become independent.
You get used to it after a while.
So even now that she's with Wu An, she doesn't rely on him for everything.
We go out to eat, drink, and buy snacks, and pay for them on the spot.
Even today when I went to the hotel.
It's not that Wu An is showing off.
To be honest.
It was Gu Anran who paid for it.
Wu An found this kind of unintentional splitting the bill quite interesting.
Especially today at the hotel.
When the receptionist saw Gu Anran pay, her shocked expression made Wu An feel incredibly pleased.
Given Gu Anran's personality, the boss's words, which he used to manipulate Wu An, inadvertently touched a nerve.
She least wanted to become Wu An's weakness.
Wu An then understood the real reason why Gu Anran was angry. Although he didn't quite understand, he expressed his respect, saying that everyone has different experiences, different personalities, and naturally different perspectives on issues.
He noticed that Gu Anran's hair was a bit frizzy from the wind, like a few strands of hair sticking up, and reached out to smooth it down.
He laughed and said, "He messed with the wrong person."
"I'm not angry. Didn't you help me vent my anger?" Gu Anran slapped away his mischievous hand and said, "The boss is probably going to be extremely upset."
Wu An smiled: "Were my words that damaging?"
Gu Anran snorted: "Don't play innocent with me, you're the worst."
"No, no, no, you're better. I can't bring myself to turn on you right then and there."
"You're the worst!"
"Okay, we're a perfect match, we work together seamlessly."
"Pah, shameless, who...who's with you..."
"What are you thinking? I'm just saying it literally."
"They don't even care about the literal meaning."
"Tell me what you just thought of."
I won't tell you!
The atmosphere was joyful, filled with the sweet and sour smell of lovers.
Wu An originally wanted to go into another shop to take a look, but Gu Anran stopped him.
They said they'd take a look around first.
We walked and looked around.
Gu Anran's big eyes darted around, looking incredibly bright and intelligent, and Wu An loved making eye contact with her.
Especially during lovemaking, the tender gaze and the silky texture...
Just looking at it is a pleasure.
Wu An gave himself a light slap to clear his head.
Gu Anran was startled: "What are you doing?"
Wu An spoke frankly: "I'm afraid he's thinking about things he shouldn't be thinking about."
Gu Anran asked curiously, "What is it?"
Wu An: "What happened at the hotel."
"Pah." Gu Anran rolled her eyes and strode forward.
Wu An watched with a smile.
Once you start watching, you can't stop.
She has such a great figure, a killer back view, and of course, she's hard to resist from the front either.
He followed slowly behind her, his gaze fixed on Gu Anran's back.
Gu Anran seemed to sense it and suddenly turned around.
Wu An awkwardly raised his head, humming a little tune.
He silently questioned the heavens.
"Am I really that kind of man?"
"Abominable beasts!"
"Damn it!"
Seeing him going crazy, Gu Anran quickly came over to pull him away and said, "Let's try another place. Let me talk to the owner later."
We entered the store.
Gu Anran took out the ambergris, the shopkeeper took it, looked at it, and then threw it on the tray: "Beautiful lady."
"Let me be frank, your ambergris is of average quality, worth at most ten thousand."
Gu Anran turned and left.
Several companies either offered low prices or asked Gu Anran to make the first offer.
Gu Anran was very cautious.
She didn't know the exact value of ambergris, so she didn't dare to make a bid.
If she thinks it's an exorbitant price, but it turns out to be a loss-making sale, and the boss agrees immediately, then she won't be able to back out later.
After all that effort, nothing was gained.
Gu Anran's mouth was dry, so she bought a bottle of water to moisten her throat and said, "Anran, it doesn't seem like it will work."
"You can't get a good price here."
"We need to think of another way."
Wu An took the water Gu Anran handed him, took a big gulp, and said, "I just secretly noticed that after we left the shop, the owner took out his phone and started fiddling with it."
Gu Anran was taken aback: "You mean the owners of these shops colluded to cheat us?"
Wu An nodded.
He was only guessing.
He knew this routine because he had a colleague in his previous life who liked to tinker with shoes.
When selling shoes, a colleague got scammed and complained to him, saying that the city is full of tricks and that she wanted to go back to the countryside.
Is this how you collect antiques?
He didn't know.
Perhaps it was because ambergris was so rare that these business owners joined forces.
Thankfully it was already 2012.
If it were a few years ago, these shop owners might not have been using such tricks, and it's uncertain whether he and Gu Anran would have been able to leave the antique street peacefully.
Gu Anran thought for a moment, then pulled Wu An back. When they passed the first antique shop, she made a point of looking inside.
I just happened to hit it off with the boss.
The other person smiled, not surprised at all, as if they knew they would come back.
Gu Anran said, "It's pretty close."
"We either leave now, or we choose a team that won't team up with that guy to trick us."
Wu An asked, "How do we choose?"
Gu Anran smiled and said, "Weren't you contacting them by phone just now?"
"It shouldn't be a phone call, right?"
Wu An said, "No."
Gu Anran continued, "As for chat software, older people probably won't be able to use it."
At this point, she paused and stopped.
Following the direction Gu Anran was looking, there was a small storefront with its door slightly ajar.
It's called a small storefront because the storefront is only a little over a meter wide.
There's just one door.
It was somewhat dilapidated, with a door knocker on the door. The knocker had an exquisite pattern and looked a bit like an antique.
Wu An noticed this small store just now.
The room was dimly lit, and through the carved wooden window next to it, I could see an old man inside.
The storefront looks so unappealing that you wouldn't want to go inside; it doesn't seem like a legitimate business.
The two went inside.
Upon entering.
It was a hidden world; the entrance wasn't large, but the space inside was quite spacious. Wu An was drawn to the rows of wooden shelves.
The wooden shelves were filled with antiques, a dazzling array that made it feel almost like being in a museum.
Gu Anran also looked at it curiously.
I walked back and forth along the wooden frame, but didn't rush to say anything.
The old man, who was fiddling with a piece of wood, looked up and greeted them, "What are you two doing here?"
Wu An raised an eyebrow: "Old sir, are you from Tianjin?"
"Oh, how did you figure that out?"
"It's not about seeing, it's about hearing. I can hardly miss your accent," Wu An said with a smile. In his previous life, he knew a man from Tianjin, and their conversations were like a comedy routine, with Wu An always forced to play the straight man.
It was through that friend that he learned that the antique trade initially flourished in Tianjin and only gradually expanded thereafter.
The old man came from Tianjin, and Wu An inexplicably felt that he had probably found the right person.
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