Chapter 121: Li Yang Also Falls into the Trap

  Letting the old boss Hu look for two minutes, Li Yang immediately put away the small bowl.

  "It's getting late, we should head back. This time, no matter who set the trap, with this pair of small bowls, all my previous losses are written off, farewell!"

  Li Yang stood up, patted himself on the body, and smiled with satisfaction.

  "Wait!" Seeing Li Yang was about to leave again, Old Hu called out once more, his face filled with anxiety.

  "What else can I help you with, boss?"

  Li Yang turned his head to look at Hu Boss, then pulled Liu Gang and Li Can to his side. Looking at the three people in front of him, Hu Boss's face changed several times, finally revealing that harmless smile again. It was this expression that had deceived Li Can.

  "Mr. Li, that's how it is, you see, the auction company won't give you cash directly. From what I know, if you put it up for auction and want to get the money quickly, it'll take at least three months, and slowly it might even take over a year. Why don't you just sell this pair of small bowls to me instead?"

  Mr. Hu smiled and said, Li Can's face suddenly changed, wanting to say something but was pulled back by Li Yang.

  Li Yang smiled faintly and raised a small bowl, saying: "What Old Hu said is not wrong, selling it to you is not impossible. The minimum bid is 3 million, so you should give me at least 2 million. Do you have that much money?"

  "Two million I don't have, I have three hundred thousand!" Old Hu immediately shook his head.

  "Three hundred thousand? Boss Hu, is your brain filled with paste!" Li Yang snorted a laugh, looking at Boss Hu as if he was an idiot.

  Mr. Hu saw Li Yang's expression and felt even more at ease in his heart, and secretly gave a look to the two people beside him.

  "Mr. Li, you're joking, aren't you? Apart from these 300,000, I have another 300,000 in cash, that's all I have, it's my entire fortune. I'm sincere about buying this pair of small bowls. Besides, you're selling them for 20,000 each, and now you want to sell them for 600,000? You've already made a lot of profit, haven't you?"

  Old Hu said, took out a paper package and a bag from beside him. The paper package contained two thick stacks of red tickets, the bag was also filled with 100-yuan bills, dozens and dozens, just not as neat as the money in the paper package.

  Seeing the package, Li Can's face suddenly changed, gritting his teeth and saying: "Indeed it was your trap, boss. The 200,000 yuan also belongs to me. I saw something good here and went back to borrow and make up for the 200,000 yuan. I even borrowed another 300,000 yuan from him, but all the money was cheated away by him!"

  Li Yang sighed and patted Li Can, indicating that he didn't want to talk anymore.

  "Mr. Hu, since our principles are different, we can't work together. Let's not mention two million, even if you give me three million, I won't sell it. Goodbye!"

  After finishing speaking, Li Yang pulled Liu Gang and Li Can to walk outwards. Suddenly, the two men with ferocious faces jumped out, each holding a large knife, staring viciously at Li Yang and his companions.

  Liu Gang's face sank, his feet moved slightly, and his body was already ahead of Li Yang.

  Li Yang's face showed a look of horror, his two hands each holding a small bowl, and he shouted loudly: "Old Hu, what do you mean by this? You're not satisfied with the first set, now you want to rob me openly! I'm telling you, as long as I smash these bowls fiercely, you won't get anything!"

  Mr. Hu's eyes rolled quickly, and a smile appeared on his face again. He said: "Mr. Li, don't be like that. Harmony brings wealth. Since this thing was discovered by everyone together, it should be shared among those who see it. I'll give you 600,000 yuan, and the bowl will belong to me. This way is good for everyone!"

  Old Hu said, then suddenly turned into a fierce look: "Anyway, letting you take away this pair of small bowls today is no different from killing me."

  Take the money and leave, or we'll both end up dead, you choose!

  "Alright, you win this time! We admit defeat. Don't think about coming back to Henan and doing business with us again!"

  Li Yang seemed to be very afraid, and after thinking for several minutes, he threw out a cruel remark. Li Yang told Liu Gang to go get the money, while he carefully placed the bowl on the ground. After Liu Gang got the money, he quickly left the yard with Li Can.

  As soon as they went out, Li Yang took Liu Gang and Li Can to walk outside until they ran far away, and the three of them stopped to catch their breath.

  "Brother Li, why didn't you let me move just now? I didn't see those two kids in my eyes. If you hadn't held me back, I would have taken them down in one minute!"

  After stopping, Liu Gang asked Li Yang with great doubt. Both Li Yang and Li Can were panting, while Liu Gang only took two light breaths.

  "I know you're tough, but we don't have to fight them head-on. I finally managed to get them into our trap, and if we really fight, all my previous efforts will be wasted!"

  Li Yang waved his hand and turned back to take a look, but Old Hu and the others didn't chase after them this time.

  "What's going on? Boss, what do you mean?"

  Li Can jumped up in surprise, just now he was still regretful, and had just discovered a good thing that was robbed by this group of robbers.

  "Nothing, I don't know if there are any unmarked Jiajing imperial kilns, but if there were, they would definitely be national treasures of the first order. Let's go, before those fools discover them, let's hurry up and leave!"

  Li Can was taken aback, staring blankly at Li Yang. Li Yang had already walked a few steps before turning back to pull him along.

  It wasn't until he got on the car that Li Yang's heart calmed down. The earlier one was indeed his trick, the light yellow four-layer glaze indicating that the small bowl was indeed from the Qianlong period, and mentioning Jiajing official kiln was just because Li Yang thought of the stone tablet before.

  It was also because of this that Boss Hu believed Li Yang and eventually fell into his trap step by step.

  "Xiao Can, tell me what's going on this time?"

  Liu Gang was driving, Li Yang sat in the passenger seat and turned back to ask Li Can a question.

  Li Can immediately lowered his head again and slowly started talking about this matter.

  This Old Hu was someone he met at the Zhengzhou Antique City, Old Hu was a person who traveled all over the country collecting antiques and would often bring out some good stuff, gradually Li Can also became familiar with him, in the small shop that Li Can took care of there were many good items that were collected from Old Hu.

  Not long after, Mr. Hu suddenly told Li Cang that there was something good in a small village in Shaanxi, but he had something to do and couldn't go for the time being, so he asked Li Cang to go first, and when he got the good things, Li Cang would have to give him some benefits.

  Thinking of the good stuff that Old Hu had brought over in the past year or so, Li Can agreed. The first time he came to this small village, Li Yang didn't bring much money, just to take a look, but he actually found some pretty good things, including those two small bowls.

  Apart from the small bowl, Li Can unexpectedly discovered a Jiaqing imperial kiln double-eared pot. After studying it carefully for half a day and taking photos to send to his uncle, they finally determined that it was a fine piece that could be sold for two million.

  After confirming, Li Can's heart moved, but the seller quoted a high price of 600,000 yuan. After much negotiation, they finally agreed on 500,000 yuan. Li Can quickly gathered more than 200,000 yuan, and just as he was facing a huge shortfall of 300,000 yuan, Old Hu arrived at the scene.

  Mr. Hu wanted to buy the ear cups himself as soon as he saw them, but was told that someone had already booked them and didn't end up buying them. Li Can saw that Mr. Hu had money and pestered him for a loan, promising to give him 50,000 yuan in commission after selling the pot. In the end, Mr. Hu raised the commission to 100,000 yuan before agreeing to lend Li Can the 300,000 yuan.

  What happened later, Li Yang knew without Li Cang saying it. It was definitely after getting the thing that Li Cang discovered it was fake. Probably he had been switched and when looking for the seller again, couldn't find anyone. Li Cang who owed Old Man Hu 300,000 yuan couldn't even think of leaving.

  Li Can asked his uncle to think of a way to raise the money, but because he had already spent all his money on buying those ear cups, Li Can's uncle couldn't even scrape together 300,000 yuan after selling his shop. Two days passed and Li Can was really in a predicament, so he lied that he still had an older brother and asked Old Hu to call Li Yang.

  The rest of the things are all what happened today.

  After finishing speaking, Li Can fell silent for a while, then suddenly said: "Thank you, boss!"

  "We're family, no need for formalities. Take this 300,000 yuan and hurry up to call your uncle so he won't worry anymore!"

  Li Yang smiled lightly and shook his head. Li Can brought a total of about 250,000 yuan in cash, and he took 300,000 yuan himself, which was 50,000 more than expected. It didn't take guessing to know that it was from Old Hu. He simply gave all the extra money to Li Can. This time, Old Hu lost both his wife and his soldiers.

  "Big brother, this money was retrieved from Hu's cheating hands by you, I don't want it!"

  Li Can shook his head, now he understood everything. Li Yang was also acting just now, but Li Yang's acting skills were more superb, even the experienced and cunning Hu Che was deceived.

  "What nonsense are you talking about? This money was yours to begin with, I'm letting you have it so just take it!"

  Li Yang immediately stuffed the 300,000 cash into Li Can's arms, and Li Can lowered his head, his eyes quickly becoming abnormally moist.

  Li Can called Li Yang as a last resort, he knew how difficult it was for his uncle to come up with another 300,000 in cash. Among the people Li Can knew, only Li Yang had money on hand. Li Can knew that Li Yang had made several million from gambling on stones and could even give away an 800,000 RMB chicken blood stone as a gift, so 300,000 should be no problem, so he gave him a call to try his luck.

  The phone call was made by Old Hu, and according to Li Can's intention, he wanted to ask Li Yang to lend money to his uncle, so that his uncle could come and redeem him, but unfortunately, these words were not spoken before being hung up by Old Hu.

  Later, Li Cang didn't expect that Li Yang would come over so quickly in person. The two had a good relationship during their university days, but after being apart for two years, Li Cang wasn't sure if Li Yang would lend him money, let alone come to his rescue in person.

  So after Li Yang returned the money he had been cheated out of to himself, Li Can no longer hold back the emotion in his heart and bowed his head, shedding tears.

  Li Yang didn't ask Li Can, after today's ordeal, the sky gradually darkened, it was impossible to rush back to Nanyang tonight, and they had to find a place to stay overnight and make plans for tomorrow.

  At a little past six, Liu Gang drove into Lingbao City and found a four-star hotel to stay in. After dinner, Li Can went back to his room to rest. He had suffered a lot over the past few days, both physically and mentally, and was very tired. He fell asleep soon after entering the room.

  Li Yang felt at ease here, and after a day of running around, Li Yang was also very tired, but because he was excited, he couldn't sleep, so he took Liu Gang to walk on the streets of Lingbao.