Chapter 237: We’ve been tricked by that guy’s cunning plan_1

“Shh!”

Seeing Jiang Zi approaching, Tang Feng hastily gestured to her to keep quiet and not make a scene.

If the people from the antique street found out she was his… friend, then all his efforts would’ve been for nothing.

The two of them left the antique street one after the other, coming to a secluded corner.

“What’s with all the secrecy, what are you planning to do?” Jiang Zi felt he was being overly mysterious, almost as if he were up to no good.

“Relax, I won’t make you do anything bad, I just need your help buying a few antiques,” Tang Feng said upon seeing her skeptical look, immediately feeling somewhat speechless.

“Buy antiques? Why don’t you buy them yourself?” Jiang Zi was puzzled.

“Because the moment they see me, they’ll jack up the prices,” Tang Feng replied, feeling helpless.

“Why?” Now Jiang Zi was even more perplexed.

“Perhaps because I’m too famous,” he said.

“…”

Jiang Zi was at a loss for words. What kind of answer was that?

Tang Feng had no choice but to give her a brief explanation.

Jiang Zi was stunned speechless upon hearing it; it was the first time she heard that being too famous could cause so much trouble.

It must be what they always refer to as ‘Versailles,’ right?

“Later when you go to the antique street with me, let’s pretend we don’t know each other. I’ll point out every piece I need to buy from each stall, and you’ll help me buy them,” he said.

“Oh.”

Jiang Zi felt a bit skeptical but agreed nonetheless.

Without saying more, Tang Feng walked ahead towards the antique street, and Jiang Zi, pretending not to know him, followed at a distance.

“Hey, beautiful, are you here to buy something? Have you taken a fancy to any item? For someone as pretty as you, I can give you a discount,” said a stallholder when Jiang Zi appeared at his booth.

The moment she showed up, the stallholder’s attention was instantly captivated by her.

Tang Feng, on the other hand, was thoroughly ignored.

Could this qualify as using beauty as a strategy?

While Tang Feng’s mind wandered, he pretended to casually squat down, picked up a Northern Song Dynasty Yaozhou Kiln imprint bowl from the stall, and examined it for a moment.

He pretended to knock on it a couple of times before putting it back in place.

Then he stood up and walked to another stall.

Jiang Zi immediately understood what he meant, took another look at the bowl to remember its appearance, and then followed him to the next destination.

After arriving at another stall, Tang Feng repeated the process, picking up a Kangxi Blue and White Twining Lotus Phoenix Tail Vase, pretending to look it over for a long while before getting up again.

It took about half an hour to go through all the items marked by the system.

There were eight items in total, the cheapest one was two hundred thousand, and the most expensive one was worth over seven hundred thousand.

The total value was roughly around five million.

The remaining work was all up to Jiang Zi.

Tang Feng found a cool corner to relax, waiting for her good news.

This was the first time Jiang Zi was doing something like this, and she felt a bit unsure of herself.

At the first stall, she stammered, “Boss… how much for this… this pot?”

Luckily, the stallholder was so mesmerized by her beauty that he didn’t notice her nervousness and explained patiently, “Beauty, this isn’t a pot, it’s a bowl. If you like it, ten thousand will do.”

“Ten thousand? Can it be… cheaper?” Jiang Zi was not very familiar with antiques. After asking, she blinked her large eyes at the stallholder.

The stallholder immediately felt weak in the knees, chuckled foolishly, and said, “Sure, sure, take it for five thousand.”

Jiang Zi was delighted, paid the money, and ran back to Tang Feng holding the big bowl.

“I’ve bought it, take a look.” She was like a child who had scored full marks on a test, holding the big bowl that was almost as big as her head for him to see.

“Hmm, not bad, keep up the good work,” Tang Feng subconsciously rubbed her head.

Jiang Zi wrinkled her little nose, her cute face flushing with shyness, but she felt sweet inside.

After handing the big bowl over to Tang Feng, she ran off to the next stall.

With the successful experience of the first purchase, the rest of the process became more and more smooth.

It took her just over twenty minutes to buy all the antiques Tang Feng had entrusted her with.

And the money spent was less than half of what Tang Feng had estimated.

Every time she batted her big eyes, the stall owners would immediately soften up, slashing their prices in half.

Tang Feng couldn’t help but sigh; beauties indeed receive special treatment.

Handsome men, on the contrary, only face envy.

It seems that the next time something like this happens, he’d have to enlist Jiang Zi’s help again.

“Are these things really that valuable?”

Jiang Zi looked at the antiques she had bought, full of skepticism.

They were all covered in marks of age, either looking worn or dilapidated.

She really couldn’t see where the value was.

“Of course. If they weren’t valuable, why would I go to all this trouble to buy them?” Tang Feng gazed greedily at the pile of antiques as if he was looking at incomparable beauties.

He had upgraded his system the night before, and now there was hardly anything left in his bank account.

Now that he had these treasures, he could finally be a millionaire again.

“Hold these for me,” he said.

Tang Feng handed her some of the lighter calligraphy and paintings while he took the heavier ones.

Just as they had walked not far, they heard people shouting behind them.

“Oh no, we’ve all been duped, those antiques were bought by Mr. Tang.”

“What? That Mr. Tang is just too cunning, isn’t he? Playing that sort of deceitful trick on us?”

“I’m furious, those items must be very valuable, otherwise, he wouldn’t have gone to so much trouble.”

“Ah, we’ve fallen for that kid’s trick…”

As Tang Feng listened to the curses of the crowd behind him, he couldn’t help but laugh heartily.

Jiang Zi, following behind him, became increasingly puzzled.

She rarely saw Tang Feng show such a genuinely happy smile.

Could it be that antiques are that enchanting?

It seems she should study them more in the future; that way, she’ll also have more common ground with him.

Hmm? Why do I want to have common ground with him?

The more she thought about it, the hotter her cheeks felt, and she didn’t dare to keep thinking about it.

This matter, she had to keep to herself.