Chapter 152 Jade Wrapped in Jade
The room fell silent.
Charles trembled with anger upon hearing this. "Bastard, why are you interfering?"
Abigail also shouted, "James, if you don't understand, don't speak."
"This porcelain is crafted very finely. Although it's not as famous as other porcelains, it's still worth five million."
He shared the knowledge he had deduced.
Ellie crossed her arms and spoke, "That's right, we spent thirty million to buy this from abroad. Now asking for five million is not high at all."
"Mr. Smith, your son-in-law said it's worth this price, so just pay up." She looked at Charles sarcastically. "Don't ruin your lifelong reputation in the antique world."
"Bastard." Charles wished he could slap James. "You really disappoint me."
Although James didn't say Charles knocked it over, saying it's worth five million was tantamount to siding with Ellie.
"James, will you die if you don't speak?" Abigail was also very angry. The family was divided. Not only would they have to pay five million, but they would also be laughed at.
She was also surprised in her heart. 'How did this useless person become so knowledgeable about antiques?'
"Dad, you don't have to pay for this porcelain, I'll buy it." James held the porcelain base in one hand and took out a bank card with the other. "Five million, I'll pay."
Charles' face changed dramatically. "Where did you get the money? Did Mary give it to you?"
Abigail also looked tense. "Did you steal Mary's money?"
"I'm telling you, I don't agree with you using Mary's card," Charles said angrily. "If you dare to touch my daughter's money, I'll report you to the police for theft."
James said calmly, "When did Mary ever have five million?"
Charles and Abigail instantly fell silent. That was true; Mary's salary card was controlled by Addison. How could she give James five million?
"This money is borrowed from Olivia for business." James casually made up an excuse, then looked at Ellie and said, "Swipe the card quickly, if there's no problem, hurry up and sign the transaction contract."
Charles shouted sternly, "I'm telling you, the money you borrowed is your personal debt, don't involve my daughter, or I'll fight you to the death. And this pile of porcelain shards, you bought it yourself, it has nothing to do with me."
He decisively distanced himself from the matter.
James nodded. "Fine, I'll take responsibility."
Ellie quickly swiped the card, then had someone bring the contract to sign, and stuffed the shards into a cloth bag for James.
The transaction was complete.
"What a useless person." Seeing James holding a bag of shards, Charles almost had a stroke. Although it wasn't his money and it got him out of trouble, he still felt aggrieved.
'Moreover, James borrowed five million from someone. How could he repay it? In the end, wouldn't Mary have to solve it?'
'What a burden.'
Charles became extremely disdainful of James.
Abigail, although feeling that James helped, thought he was reckless and impulsive.
'Taking full responsibility for a matter involving five million isn't being responsible, it is having a problem with his brain,' Abigail thought.
The surrounding people also shook their heads, mocking James for not understanding the rules. Even if compensation was needed, negotiating could have reduced the amount by thirty percent.
Now, directly paying the money was simply a loss.
"Alright, the transaction is complete, you can leave now," Ellie said smugly. "Just be careful when walking in the future, things here are very expensive, breaking one can cost millions."
"Useless! Idiot! Fool!"
Charles, with his hands behind his back, vented his anger on James.
Abigail also sneered, "Dad, stop it, it's James' own money, he can decide what to do with it, let's go back."
At the last banquet, James directly denied the Clark family of four, including her husband, causing a blow that Abigail still held a grudge against.
"Don't be in a hurry to leave." James smiled. "Let Dad see the priceless treasure before we go."
'Priceless treasure?'
Charles and the others were stunned and instinctively stopped.
Ellie squinted her eyes, then sneered, "Attention-seeker."
James didn't waste words. He directly grabbed the base, and with a crisp sound, the base split into two rings.
James looked up and down and saw a piece of jade inside.
Seeing that the base indeed contained something, everyone's eyes turned toward it.
It was a palm-sized blood jade, looking unremarkable, with poor quality and dull luster.
Charles also widened his eyes, but after looking for a couple of seconds, he lost interest. The jade was too rough and clearly of poor quality.
Ellie laughed even more. "I thought you got lucky and found something worth three to five million. Unfortunately, although it contains something, it's still worthless."
Ellie continued, "Don't understand, do you? Let me tell you, this jade looks like blood jade that can sell for a high price, but it's actually a dead jade. Roughly made, no luster, not smooth, whether it's a year, ten years, or a hundred years, it will always look like this, with no vitality."
"I don't know who was bored enough to hide it in the base mechanism, probably just to prank people," Ellie added.
Several pretty shop assistants laughed along.
Abigail originally thought James had good luck but didn't expect there to be any twist.
Charles snorted again, "See, you suffered a loss? Arrogant! I'm telling you, five million, you pay it back yourself, don't drag Mary into this."
James didn't speak but just turned the Life Gem, feeling the aura of the blood jade.
With this turn, the jade suddenly tightened, as if it wanted to suck him in, making James almost throw it away, but he managed to hold on in time.
Through the rough surface, James vaguely saw a hint of red light.
"Stop embarrassing yourself." Charles waved impatiently. "Abigail, let's go, I can't watch this anymore."
"Does anyone have a carving knife I can borrow?" James didn't care about the crowd's comments and borrowed a carving knife to scrape the jade.
"You think there's something inside?" Ellie sneered. "Watched too much TV?"
"Really?" James smiled lightly. The Life Gem had a strong reaction to this jade, he had to take a gamble.
Then, under everyone's gaze, he carefully scraped the surface of the jade with the carving knife.
He scraped very carefully, very slowly; each stroke was very focused.
Just as James scraped off a large amount of rough jade shavings, a hoarse voice sounded from the crowd.
"This is blood jade!"
An old man with one eye excitedly squeezed in with a few people.
"This is jade within jade."
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