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Chapter 164: Luring the Fish onto the Hook

  "Who are you again?" Hu Biao stared at Gu Mian who suddenly appeared in front of him, his eyes widening involuntarily.

  He quickly sized up Gu Miao from head to toe, Hu Biao secretly curled his lips, and thought that she looked okay, but not the type he appreciated. He preferred cold beauties.

  "I'm also the one who appraises things in your mouth." Gu Mian glanced at Hu Biao, who was still holding onto Cheng Yu's hand and said: "Sir, I don't know if you can let go first before we talk?"

  Hu Biao didn't want to let go, but seeing Gu Mian follow Qin Sheng in and the staff who had already rushed over to help, he moved his lips and finally released his hand.

  After he let go of his hand, Gu Ming immediately pulled Cheng Yu back a step, while Qin Sheng consciously blocked the two women behind him.

  Qin Sheng looked at Hu Biao in front of him and always felt like he had seen him somewhere before. At this time, Hu Biao was also puzzled and felt that Qin Sheng seemed familiar.

  "Gu Mian, how did you end up here?" Cheng Yu saw Gu Mian and Qin Sheng coming over together, and was both surprised and a little embarrassed.

  After all, she's now in trouble and has been seen by people who know her, so she'll feel a bit uncomfortable, but after a brief moment of discomfort, she seems to be moved. She's not very familiar with Gu Mian and Qin Sheng, but the two of them have appeared here, clearly to help her out.

  "It just so happens that I have something to do here today, we were just playing tennis next door and heard your voice, so we came over to take a look." Gu Mian pulled on Cheng Yu's hand, still feeling the slight tremble of Cheng Yu's body, not knowing if it was from anger or fear.

  Gu Shuang just thought it was more likely that Cheng Yu was shaking with anger.

  "Thank you." Cheng Yu wasn't very good at expressing his emotions, and after hearing Gu Mian's words, he could only say a simple "thank you".

  "You're welcome." Gu Mian smiled slightly at Cheng Yu: "I'm also not used to listening to that person's words. Could it be that without him, we would really go hungry?"

  Cheng Yu and Gu Mian spoke in a quiet moment, Qin Sheng had already chatted with Hu Biao for a few sentences, roughly understanding the situation.

  Knowing that Cheng Yu only spoke out his own appraisal results after the appraisal was over, Hu Biao started to lose his temper, and Qin Sheng couldn't help but frown slightly.

  Hu Biao is a person who doesn't believe the truth, he has seen many of them. Even experienced collectors will encounter fakes, let alone those who don't understand anything.

  This Hu Biao doesn't look like someone who knows the trade, he probably just wanted to show off that he has an appreciation for it, so he spent a high price to buy this piece of jade back, but unfortunately Cheng Yu took one look and said it was fake.

  "Mr. Hu, Miss Cheng has a reputation for being discerning in this field. Since she says there's something wrong with your jade, then there must be some reason to doubt it. Why make such a big fuss?" Qin Sheng glanced around and saw a pretty young woman standing not far behind Hu Biao.

  That young woman noticed Qin Sheng's gaze and slightly dodged. Then she walked to Hu Biao's side, coquettishly saying: "Boss Hu, your treasured jade is absolutely fine. These people can't see it, but they still gang up on each other, talking nonsense, really making one speechless."

  Hú Biāo listened to the young woman's words, and suddenly his body went limp on one side. Stretching out his own fat paws to hold onto her hand, he smiled slyly and said: "You're right. My precious jade is flawless, what a reputation it has, I think it's just self-praise that's not quite enough, these tricks I'm all too familiar with."

  Qin Sheng kept glancing at the young woman, and she thought Qin Sheng was attracted to her, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow in satisfaction.

  "Is his jade fake?" Gu Mian slightly furrowed her brow and leaned in close to Cheng Yu's ear, asking softly.

  Cheng Yu nodded: "I'm sure that piece of jade is fake, but Old Hu didn't listen to me at all. The woman next to him kept stirring up trouble."

  At this point, Cheng Yu couldn't help but sigh. As a professional appraiser, people paid her to appraise things, she couldn't just close her eyes and talk nonsense. Moreover, it was related to her reputation, how could she retreat like this?

  If I had known earlier that Hu Biao was such an unreasonable person, she would never have come no matter what. It's really annoying.

  Cheng Yu's annoyance was somewhat understandable to Gu Miao, also an appraiser. Since Cheng Yu sounded so certain, it meant that Hu Biao's jade wasn't difficult to authenticate as genuine or fake.

  "Is it Mr. Hu? I don't know what kind of jade your treasure is, if you don't mind, can I take a look?" Gu Ming patted Cheng Yu's hand and gave him a reassuring glance, saying to Hu Biao.

  Hu Biao seemed to have heard some joke, tilted his head and looked at Gu Mian, the expression on his face was very obvious, not believing Gu Mian at all.

  The young woman standing beside Hu Biao couldn't help but laugh softly, as if Gu Mian had just told a joke.

  Gu Mei saw this and slightly raised her eyebrows, too lazy to say more to Hu Biao, directly sizing him up.

  Since Hu Biao said it was a treasure, it was likely to be carried on his body. Gu Mei's gaze circled around Hu Biao and finally locked onto the other person's neck.

  Hu Biao's neck was tied with a gold chain, and under the chain hung a small jade Guanyin.

  Men wear Guanyin, women wear Buddha, and on Hu Biao's neck hangs a fairly large jade Guanyin.

  "It seems that Old Hu's treasured jade is the Jade Guanyin pendant around your neck." Gu Mian's eyesight was quite good, and from a distance that wasn't too far away, he could make out the general appearance of Hu Biao's jade pendant.

  "What's the big deal." Hu Biao subconsciously reached out to touch his jade pendant, looking at Gu Mian with a hint of pride: "This precious jade is someone else's heirloom, not easily obtained!"

  "Is that so?" Gu Mei's mouth slightly curved, took a step forward towards Hu Biao, stared at the jade pendant on his neck and nodded then shook her head.

  Hu Biao was originally not paying much attention, but after being moved by Gu Mian's actions, he felt a little strange in his heart. He touched the Jade Guanyin on his neck: "What do you mean?"

  "It doesn't mean anything, I'm just sighing." Gu Mian stood up straight and said casually.

  "What's wrong?" Hu Biao asked with some curiosity.

  "Old Hu didn't let me appraise it, never mind, just pretend I didn't say anything." Gu Mian turned around and headed back.

  She turned around and confused Hu Biao. Looking at Gu Mei's previous nodding and shaking her head, he couldn't believe that there was nothing.

  It is said that three people can make a tiger, when Cheng Yu said his Jade Guanyin was fake, he was first angry, after all, the Jade Guanyin was bought back at a high price, if it's fake, wouldn't that be a big loss!

  Plus the beautiful woman beside him kept guaranteeing that this Jade Guanyin was genuine, he had a few less parts believing in Cheng Yu's words, but now Gu Xiang came up with this, and he wavered.

  "You're also an appraiser, and you look quite young." Old Hu couldn't bring himself to ask Gu Mian to appraise it for him, so he just made some small talk.

  "Mr. Hu, although I'm quite young, I do have some experience in identifying jade stones. Identifying this thing isn't something just anyone can do, and people in the industry all know about Sister Cheng's level of expertise. That's why Mr. Hu came to find her, after all. She was just stating her identification results, if you don't accept it then you can go find someone else to identify it, no need to say that Sister Cheng made a mistake. In my opinion, Mr. Hu should quickly go find someone else to take a look, or else he won't be at ease in his heart." Gu Mian walked back over to Cheng Yu's side, smiling brightly as she looked at Hu Biao.

  Hu Biao heard the name Gu Mei, and was taken aback for a moment. His mind immediately recalled that he had heard the name Gu Mei a few days ago when drinking with others, and it seemed that she had some skills. The fake wrapped plum vase of Wu Yong was also spotted by Gu Mei.

  He Hu Biao is really ignorant about antiques, he used to be just a small boss, but in recent years he has risen to prominence, seeing other big bosses having several treasures on their hands, he also moved his heart and spent a lot of money buying an ancient jade to follow the trend, giving himself some face, so that when going out with others there is something to talk about.

  "Do you know Mr. Wu Yongwu?" Hu Biao asked just in case.

  "Acquaintance." Gu Mei looked at Hu Biao with a glance, unexpectedly finding that Hu Biao also knew Mr. Wu.

  Hu Biao saw Gu Ming knew Mr. Wu, and his doubts in his heart were put down by half.

  "Boss Hu, what's the point of saying so much to them? I think it's better to find a trustworthy acquaintance for appraisal. I'll make a call right away and we can go take a look later." The young woman beside Hu Biao noticed that he seemed to be wavering, so she grabbed his plump hand and shook it, subtly rubbing her soft chest against his arm.

  This Hu Biao is somewhat good-looking, but after all, he's not that kind of person who loses his head over women. This Yu Guanyin was just obtained by him, and Cheng Yu was the first person to appraise it for him aside from the seller. Now, Gu Mei is acting like this...

  "Since you also know Mr. Wu, I'll give him some face and let you take a look at this Jade Guanyin." Hu Biao's mental arithmetic was clicking away rapidly, but his mouth still refused to yield.

  Gu Mei didn't mind these small details, she said so many words just to lure Hu Biao into taking the bait and help Cheng Yu clear things up. Now that Hu Biao was willing to let her take a look at the Jade Guanyin, she naturally wouldn't object.

  Hu Biao kept a watchful eye and didn't take down the jade Guanyin from his neck, instead wanting to see for himself as he approached.

  Gu Mei shot a glance at the stout and chubby Hu Biao, secretly snorting in disdain. The wicked-hearted Gu Mei stepped forward, grasped Hu Biao's gold chain, and intentionally pulled it tight, directly digging into the fatty flesh on Hu Biao's neck.

  I'm really too tired today, so I'll just post one update, and tomorrow Miao will write a bit more to make up for it. My eyes are really having trouble staying open~~ Thanks to Qingqingziyun160, Manbuxiyunyue, Mytiankongmeiyouyun0, Shuiyang, Ningdieer, Huohuotou for the pink votes, thanks everyone for your support~~~~

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