LIGHTNOVELWORLD 80. Genuine or Counterfeit
Bai Miao was happily playing with the jade seal Su Qi had placed on the coffee table.
Looking at the majestic font on it, she felt it was very solemn. Bai Miao came from an eminent family and naturally knew a thing or two about jade objects. It was obvious this was carved from a complete piece of jade. And the broken handle on one side, the dragon head also seemed quite imposing and lifelike.
How could such a nice item appear in Su Qi’s room? Who knows which family made this counterfeit that could be mistaken for the real thing, making it hard for even her to distinguish true from false.
As for why she didn’t suspect if it was genuine?
Bai Miao thought if it was real, would Su Qi still be renting a place to live?
Just as she was stroking the patterns on the jade seal imprint, a pair of slender jade-like hands took the jade seal away.
It was Wang Zijin. She also overlooked this important-looking item like Bai Miao.
“What do you think this is for?” Wang Zijin said to Bai Miao. As for why she didn’t ask An Ning.
It was because An Ning was currently examining every corner of the room trying to find some traces Su Qi left behind and had no time to pay attention to them.
“I don’t know, but it’s not bad as a paperweight. Looks like it’s real.” After Bai Miao said that, the room became quiet again for a while. Only the sound of An Ning’s search could be heard.
Accompanied by a “click”, Su Qi finally came out of the restroom.
Her little face was full of the smile of a victor after successfully haggling with the system.
The three of them looked at each other. How did this girl come out with a sense of superiority after going to the restroom?
Su Qi looked at the untouched fruit on the table, a bit puzzled. She said hoarsely, “Why aren’t you eating? It’s really sweet.”
As she spoke, she picked up a pear and took a bite. The juice exploded in her mouth, the sweetness permeating the corners of her mouth. Su Qi enjoyed it with her eyes narrowed.
Seeing Su Qi’s silly cute look at this moment, An Ning just wanted to tie her up in her little den. This expression should only be appreciated by her.
As Su Qi was eating, she found something was off. Where was the jade seal she placed on the table? Could it have been stolen by a thief? Then slowly searching, she quickly found it on a pair of fair smooth long legs.
Cutely and obediently standing on those smooth legs.
Sigh~ A bit envious.
Ah, no, how should she explain? Tell the truth? Or say it’s fake? With so many rich second generation families, they all seemed to be able to tell fakes!
Just as Su Qi was racking her brains, the system spoke, “Host, just tell the truth. Say it’s the lost founding jade seal of Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng.”
“Will that work?” Su Qi felt the steps were a bit too simple. Shouldn’t there be more embellishment?
Like a heavy snow falling, an old man lying in front of her door, she saved his life with two buns, afterwards..
The system was still immersed in the sadness of losing a bit of money. Where did the energy it had just now to deal with her go? How come it turned into that little cutie again after leaving the restroom?
“Host, a college student like you simply has no channels to obtain a jade seal. After all, this item was not easy for us systems to get our hands on!” Hearing the system’s answer, Su Qi felt much more at ease.
She looked at the jade seal in Wang Zijin’s arms even more eagerly.
Seeing Su Qi’s eager little eyes, as if saying why aren’t you asking me about this jade seal? I can’t wait anymore.
It made Wang Zijin startled for a moment. What’s going on? But meeting Su Qi’s gaze, she felt if she didn’t ask, it would be a pity for those puppy eyes. So she asked, “Where did this jade seal come from?”
Su Qi felt Wang Zijin wasn’t following the script. Normally shouldn’t she ask if this was real? Then she would say it was Ying Zheng’s founding jade seal and show off in front of everyone.
If they were rich, she would sell it to them and become a little rich woman. Buy several houses, watch shows and play games every day, collect rent at the end of each month, and live a happy otaku life from then on.
“This jade seal is the one lost by Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng back then. Look, there are even words carved by Li Si. Don’t you think it’s domineering?”
Su Qi held the jade seal in her right hand, wanting to point with her left, but because her strength was too little, she almost dropped the jade seal on the ground, scaring Wang Zijin into quickly grabbing Su Qi’s hand.
Seeing this, everyone’s hearts trembled. It would be fine if the jade seal fell on the ground. But if it hit Su Qi’s little feet, they didn’t dare imagine.
Wang Zijin put the jade seal on the table and then asked, “I didn’t ask you what this was just now, but where you got it from.”
Su Qi just felt a black line on her face. Eh, how did it circle back again after going around? Then she looked at An Ning and Bai Miao who was silently smiling on the side.
Shouldn’t they be curious that this jade seal of hers was actually from the Qin dynasty? Why were they questioning where it came from?
Su Qi didn’t know that if she had hemmed and hawed to cover up the origin of the jade seal just now, perhaps the three of them might have really thought it was genuine.
But she just now showed a straightforward look of I bought this and it’s real, hurry and praise me. Ask yourself, could a treasure buried for many years suddenly appear in the hands of a poor girl?
Anyone with independent thinking probably wouldn’t think so. And although the jade was good, it had no dust at all. You should know the most important thing about antiques is that heavy sense of age.
So the three of them didn’t believe her words at all, because this was definitely a fake. Now the three of them were more concerned about how much money Su Qi was scammed.
Su Qi definitely couldn’t reveal that she had a system. Such unscientific things, if spoken, she was afraid she would be taken into a black room for research.
Since that was the case, the antique could only go to the antique market. No, that’s not right. Why would she suddenly go to the antique market for no reason? That was quite suspicious. Let’s just say she bought it from an old man she met on the road!
“Just bought it from an old man I met on the road.” After saying that, she felt the eyes of the three looking at her were all wrong.
What she didn’t know was that the three of them now had a thought. An old man waved at you on the road and you went over and even bought his things.
If that old man had any improper thoughts, just thinking about it made them feel lingering fear. This girl was too unguarded.
Could it be she really thought she was a boy?
“Then how much did you spend?” Bai Miao asked at this time.
Su Qi wanted to say it was free, but felt it was impossible. This was an extremely precious jade seal. How could it be given away for free on the street? Later thinking of the lucky roulette costing 100,000 per spin, she held out one finger.
“One thousand?” Wang Zijin asked.
Su Qi was a bit puzzled. Such a big jade stone sold in a jade store would cost more than this amount, right? It’s just that Su Qi didn’t know, in Wang Zijin and the others’ view, this was just a counterfeit, the man-made synthetic kind.
Su Qi shook her head, as if it was a matter of course, “How could such a nice jade seal only be worth one thousand?”
Then she continued, “Guess boldly.”
“Then 10,000?” An Ning asked.
“Wrong. It’s 100,000. For just 100,000 yuan, you can buy a dynasty’s jade seal. It’s really a steal!”
Su Qi hugged the jade seal, thinking that the jade seal in her arms was genuine and even obtained for free from a lottery. She had a blissful look.
But in the eyes of the three, this was a fool who was scammed and would even help count money for others.
An Ning, who had also investigated Su Qi’s game income, finally understood why this girl was so poor.
It turned out she bought such a fake.
Really a silly cutie. Wait until the day after tomorrow. She had to give her a good lesson.
(Recently I revised the previous chapters to make the system less evil. Dear readers can flip back and take a look. The bunny girl incident was also rewritten. This jade seal will definitely be turned over to the country in the end, after all it’s a national treasure—finally thank you all for the support!)