Chapter 63: Xu Jingkai's Luck

  Wang Ke strolled along the street, only to find that he had underestimated the craziness of the people on Antique Street and the allure of high-end artifacts. At this moment, almost every stall was crowded with people, even those who didn't know or understand anything about artifacts were like headless flies searching for a chance to strike it big amidst the expectations of countless others.

  Wang Ke understood in his heart that this blind search was no different from finding a needle in the ocean. After all, the number of antiques in the entire antique trading market added up to tens of millions, and the probability of finding high-quality artifacts was lower than winning 5 million in the lottery.

  "These people are crazy, it's just a high-grade artifact! Who can find that high-grade artifact is not certain yet. Now one by one is anxious, but I'm afraid in the end, it will be like pouring water into a bamboo basket, all empty dreams!" Li Ruoxi muttered to herself with a smirk.

  Wang Ke's hearing was sharp, and he clearly heard Li Ruoxi's whispering voice. He nudged Li Ruoxi with his shoulder and smiled: "The world is full of people seeking profit, the world is full of people rushing to seek profit. Those who dream of getting rich overnight, I'm afraid there are countless such people in this world, it's just human nature."

  Li Ruoxi looked at Wang Ke with a hint of surprise and nodded silently.

  "Wang Ke, sell this chair and let's go around, shall we? Look at them, they're all full of enthusiasm. Why don't we join in too? Who knows, maybe good luck will really fall on our heads!"

  Wang Ke smiled and shook his head: "Let's not get involved, shall we? I'm already satisfied with getting this chair today. Let's go, first let's sell this chair with me."

  A few minutes later, as the two of them walked through two or three streets and followed the crowd towards Fuxu Hall, Wang Ke suddenly found Xu Jingkai at a roadside stall in the antique district, haggling with the vendor over an item.

  "Is that him? That guy actually has the nerve to come out? His face is really thick." Li Ruoxi followed Wang Ke's line of sight and also saw Xu Jingkai standing in front of the stall.

  Wang Ke turned his head and looked at Li Ruoxi, smiling: "Shall we go over and take a look?"

  Li Ruoxi nodded without hesitation. She was filled with disgust towards Xu Jingkai, so she wanted to see what he was capable of.

  "Ding ding ding......"

  Li Ruoxi's phone rang in her bag.

  With a puzzled expression, she took out her phone. When Li Ruoxi saw the caller ID clearly, her face turned cold.

  "Whose phone?"

  Wang Ke's sharp eyes caught Li Ruoxi's gloomy face and asked curiously.

  Li Ruoxi expressionlessly said: "Company people, I'll take it from here."

  Wang Ke nodded slightly. As long as it wasn't a call from the Li family, and as long as they weren't looking for more trouble, he didn't care.

  After answering the phone, Li Ruoxi said coldly: "It's me, what's up?"

  "Director Wang, after you left the company that day, I resigned. Are you still in Changji City? Can I invite you to have a cup of coffee?"

  Li Ruoxi's indifference on her face slightly melted away, she turned her head to look at Wang Ke, and after a moment of hesitation, she said: "When?"

  "Is it okay now?"

  "Tell me the address, I'll go there now."

  A moment later, Li Ruoxi hung up the phone and turned to Wang Ke saying: "I have something to attend to, I'll be right back. Xing Ke, a member of the management team from my previous company, whom I personally trained, just called me and said he's resigning and wants to meet with me."

  Wang Ke secretly sighed in his heart. Li Ruoxi agreed to meet with the other party, which means that she still can't completely put down the past in her heart.

  "It's okay, you can go."

  Li Ruoxi nodded and walked two steps forward, then suddenly turned back to Wang Ke's face, stretched out her hand and said: "Lend me some money, by the way, when I come back, go to the supermarket to buy some household items. The food outside is not clean, let's eat at home from now on!"

  Wang Ke took out his wallet and handed 2,000 yuan to Li Ruoxi, who curiously asked: "Are you planning to let Song's mother move in? But there aren't enough rooms at home!"

  Li Ruoxi quickly put the money into her purse and said with a bad tone: "Can't we cook at home except for Song's mother? If you can't cook, I'll do it. But the cost of the dishes will be borne by you, I'm poor now."

  Wang Ke was inwardly surprised, looking at Li Ruoxi's back as she finished speaking and turned to leave, shaking his head slightly.

  Can she cook?

  Is her cooking edible?

  It's really hard to imagine that a stunning beauty is busily cooking in the kitchen with an apron on.

  Withdrawing his gaze from that swaying perfect figure, Wang Ke quietly walked towards the stall where Xu Jingkai was.

  "Boss, you're too black-hearted! 30,000 yuan? You'd be better off robbing someone! This thing isn't even worth 3,000 yuan in my opinion. Forget it, I'll give you 5,000 yuan and take this thing, how's that?" Xu Jingkai said loudly.

  The stall owner said discontentedly, "Who says three thousand isn't worth it? Go ask around somewhere else, now the antique market is circulating with high-quality artifacts, and who knows if this thing is really that high-quality artifact! Alright, I won't ask for thirty thousand from you anymore, twenty-eight thousand, can't be any less."

  Xu Jingkai said loudly: "I'll add another 500 to you, 5,000 and 500, this is my bottom line, if not then forget it."

  The stall owner's expression changed slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out two fingers, saying: "Two hundred thousand, take the things worth two hundred thousand yuan away."

  Xu Jingkai glanced around and found that at this time, there were already many people busy browsing the antiques in front of his stall, and not many people noticed him and the stall owner's price negotiation. Later, his line of sight fell on the antique in his hand, he had just discovered this antique, feeling that it was a bit unusual, and at that time, this object was placed in a hidden corner, making it difficult for people to notice.

  He had just quietly used his spiritual energy detection technique and discovered that there were spiritual energy fluctuations around him, but those fluctuations seemed to be there and yet not there. If he hadn't spent a good two or three minutes focusing on it, he really wouldn't have noticed.

  After a brief hesitation, Xu Jingkai said: "Eight thousand yuan, I finally found something I like today, and I'll buy it for eight thousand yuan. Alas, it's really unlucky, just when I heard that there is a high-quality artifact, otherwise this thing would not be worth even eight hundred yuan."

  The stall owner was actually very satisfied with Xu Jingkai's offer, he said it wasn't bad, if it were an ordinary time, this thing could sell for 800 yuan, which would be a pretty good price.

  But now, because of the rumors about high-quality magic artifacts, every single antique item has been crazily overpriced by the stall owners. The price increase is not just a few times, but tens or even hundreds of times. Moreover, almost every owner has secretly hidden away items from their stalls or shops that they think might be high-quality magic artifacts, leaving only unwanted items on display.

  "Since you're so pleased, brother, I won't bother anymore. 15,000 yuan, this thing needs at least 15,000 yuan. If you don't buy it, I'll sell it to someone else. Look around and see the situation, am I worried that it won't sell?" The stall owner said loudly, although he was a bit guilty in his heart, but his face didn't show it at all.

  Xu Jingkai remained silent for a while before stretching out one finger and saying firmly, "Round it off to an integer, 10,000 yuan. If you're not willing to sell for 10,000 yuan, I won't negotiate the price with you anymore. I'll turn around and leave, and you don't need to call me back. If you agree, I'll give you the money now, and we can consider the transaction settled."

  Ten thousand?

  The stall owner hesitated for a moment, looked at the antique in Xu Jingkai's hand, and then looked at his face before nodding and saying: "Alright, you said one hundred thousand yuan, so it's one hundred thousand yuan."

  "Deal."

  Xu Jingkai's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, he quickly took out his wallet and handed it to the boss without even counting the money.

  "This is ten thousand yuan, I just withdrew it from the bank not long ago, count it."

  At this time, Wang Ke had already quietly squeezed to Xu Jingkai's side. Although there were still two people between them, he keenly caught the flash of sly joy in Xu Jingkai's eyes.

  At this moment, Wang Ke was slightly stunned. Could it be that Xu Jingkai was so confident? Was the antique in his hand a good thing?

  "Hey little brother, would you mind making some space for an old man?" The aged voice came from behind Wang Ke.

  Wang Ke turned his head, took a glance at the old man behind him who was over sixty years old and had wrinkles all over his face, smiled and nodded, pulling himself and Xu Jingkai further apart, also making room for the old man.

  The old man looked at Wang Ke with gratitude, glanced at the stall a few times, then looked at the stall owner who was counting money, and Xu Jingkai who was holding the antique he had just bought.

  Suddenly, the old man's expression changed, and a look of excitement flashed in his eyes.

  As Xu Jingkai was watching the stall owner count the money and preparing to leave, the old man squeezed over to Xu Jingkai's side with great effort, reached out and tugged on Xu Jingkai's clothes, saying: "Young brother, can you let this old man take a look at that antique in your hand?"

  Xu Jingkai furrowed his brow, waved his arm to shake off the old man's hand, and was about to scold him when he suddenly stiffened, hastily erasing the anger that had flashed onto his face and replacing it with a flattering smile.

  The old man was familiar, the other party was a Feng Shui master. At that time when he didn't know anything about Feng Shui, this old man already had the level of a Yin Yang Master among Feng Shui masters. Now what realm has he reached, Xu Jingkai had no idea. With a respectful expression on his face, he hastily handed over the antique he had just bought and said: "Old He, I didn't expect it to be you! Since it's you who wants to take a look, then please take it and have a good look."

  The old man nodded, and he had seen all of Xu Jingkai's reactions just now.

  After holding the antique and watching it for a few minutes, the old man suddenly spoke up: "Young brother, how about selling this antique to me? I think it's a good thing, don't worry, you just spent 10,000 yuan on it, I won't let you lose out, I'll give you 50,000, what do you say?"

  Xu Jingkai was stunned for a moment, and his heart suddenly surged with excitement.

  This old man is a yin-yang master! And he's also an old-timer in the antique world, he probably recognizes that this item is a magical artifact.

  Did you dig up your own treasure?

  With a strong sense of joy on his face, Xu Jingkai gave the old man an apologetic smile and said: "Mr. He, I also quite like this thing, so I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it to you. You should have noticed, right? It's a magical artifact, and a very unusual one at that."

  The old man looked at Xu Jingkai in surprise, he didn't expect that this young man could actually recognize that this was a magical artifact. To know that this artifact had a Feng Shui array inside, but if one couldn't reach the realm of a Yin Yang Master, they wouldn't be able to detect it at all. This item was absolutely a mid-grade magical artifact.

  I see many book friends asking for a burst, this little step is really embarrassed, if it bursts, it means that the word count will quickly exceed the new book list limit, the new book list will bring good results to a new book, so Xiao Bu wants to stay in the new book list for a few more days, during which there is no way to burst, but 10,000 words per day will not be less, please forgive everyone!