"Young Master Xia, weren’t you kidnapped last night?" Yue Zhongren’s face was filled with astonishnt, "I even made a special call to inform the Xia family..."
"Haha, isn’t this just the thief crying ’Stop thief’?" Xia Qing sneered, "You’re the one who’s dying for to be kidnapped so that no one could expose you for selling fakes today, right?"
Yue Zhongren was not stupid, from Yang Yu’s reaction last night and Xia Qing’s actions now, he quickly understood one thing, "Young Master Xia, you staged your own kidnapping, even involving my daughter, and then forced to hand over the Tear of the Sea God. So, you wanted to hog it all for yourself!"
"The Xia family has been kind to , and I promised to auction the Tear of the Sea God for you. I never imagined that, in order to monopolize the Tear of the Sea God, you would completely disregard my life, even attempting to put to death."
"Mr. Xia Sr. is renowned for his righteousness. How could he have a grandson like you, heartless as a wolf, lungless as a dog, and forgetting favors for profit!"
No one expected the auction to turn out like this, Tong Lizhou vaguely felt that sothing was amiss but couldn’t quite put his finger on it, involuntarily furrowing his brows.
The others were also utterly confused, not understanding what they were arguing about.
Worried that stretching the night would bring more dreams, Xia Qing took the initiative to speak, "Ladies and gentlen, this is the situation. Yue Zhongren used to be a servant of my family. Because he took good care of my grandfather, my grandfather was very grateful to him. So before passing away, he gave him a large sum of money to start his own business, which led to the establishnt of Yuxiu Auction House."
"I always thought he was reliable, so I brought the Tear of the Sea God I bought from a friend a few days ago to Tianhai City for him to auction off at a good price."
"But unexpectedly, this guy, blinded by greed, wanted to forge the Tear of the Sea God and swap the real one in my possession with a fake."
"I did not agree, so I hid the real one. He then kidnapped , forcing to sign a consignnt contract. Once soone discovered that the Tear of the Sea God he was selling was fake, I would have to take the bla for it."
"If it wasn’t because I offered the kidnappers a better deal, which led them to release , this heartless wretch’s sches would have succeeded!"
"If anyone here doesn’t believe , you are welco to compare the fingerprints on this docunt to see if they are really mine!"
Upon hearing Xia Qing’s accusation, the people around began to murmur and discuss.
"So, this Tear of the Sea God is a fake."
"Lucky I didn’t win it."
"Does that an the real one is still with Young Master Xia?"
Listening to the people’s discussions, Tong Lizhou finally realized where the problem lay.
If Xia Qing has the real one, then what about the one in his own possession?
Xia Qing has one, he has one, and there’s another one at the auction house; which one is real?
Tong Lizhou wiped off a cold sweat in secret, relieved he hadn’t shown the Tear of the Sea God in his possession, which was most likely a fake. Tang Kuo had been tricked!
Tong Lizhou wanted to back out, but considering he was the one who stirred up the situation today, retreating now would be a clear sign of a guilty conscience.
So, he decided to play it by ear!
Seeing that people had finally begun to think the real Tear of the Sea God was still with him, Xia Qing secretly reveled in the success of his plan.
He didn’t feel at all that he had fallen for Yang Yu’s trap; he simply believed that Yue Zhongren didn’t want to taint the reputation of the auction house, and that was why he dared to auction a fake and then try to shift the bla onto him.
Xia Qing was even proud that when he signed the consignnt contract, he used a fingerprint mold of soone else, not his own fingerprints.
In doing so, even if Yue Zhongren wanted to set him up, it would be impossible.
"Young Master Xia Qing, are you sure you didn’t sign this power of attorney?" Yue Zhongren stared at Xia Qing with an icy face, making Xia Qing feel sowhat guilty.
Nonetheless, Xia Qing steeled himself and nodded, then took out the real Tear of the Sea God from his possession: "The real Tear of the Sea God is in my hands, so it’s impossible for to have signed a power of attorney to sell a fake."
Seeing the Tear of the Sea God in Xia Qing’s hands exactly matched the one at the auction, the crowd beca even more convinced by what Xia Qing was saying.
Yue Zhongren, being the owner of an auction house, couldn’t possibly proceed with an auction without verifying the authenticity of the item.
A single mistake could either destroy his reputation or bankrupt him; Yue Zhongren was not one to make such a mistake.
Therefore, in this situation, what Xia Qing was saying was likely true.
"Okay, since you claim this power of attorney is fake, tear it up," Yue Zhongren said. "With so many witnesses here, it’s clear I’ve agreed to let you tear it."
"After you tear up this power of attorney, the Tear of the Sea God I auctioned will have nothing to do with you."
"Fine." Xia Qing casually tore the power of attorney, a look of triumph on his face, "You can take away your fake. As for Mr. Sun, the one who bid for the Tear of the Sea God, I’ll give you this real one, and you can just transfer the twenty billion to ."
"Sorry, but that Tear of the Sea God of yours is fake," Yang Yu walked to the front of the auction stage and chuckled at Xia Qing, "The one you have was carved by last night on a whim. If you don’t believe , take a magnifying glass and see if the two ends of the tip of the Tear of the Sea God are carved with the small characters ’Yang Yu’."
"What?" Xia Qing’s face twisted wildly, "That’s impossible!"
Yang Yu smiled, "Here, there’s a projector over there. Just project it and see for yourself."
Xia Qing imdiately placed the Tear of the Sea God from his hand onto the projector’s display area, and sure enough, two very small but clearly carved characters ca into view for everyone to see.
Yang. Yu.
Xia Qing collapsed on the spot: "Yue Zhongren, you actually disregarded your own daughter’s life, deceiving with a fake! The one auctioned is the genuine one; the real one is mine!"
"So you admit that last night you had soone kidnap yourself and my daughter, forcing to hand over the Tear of the Sea God in exchange for my daughter’s life?" Yue Zhongren said coldly, "I’m sorry, but you’ve already torn up the power of attorney, so this Tear of the Sea God has nothing to do with you. If you must know where it ca from, just like you, I bought it from a friend a few days ago."
It was then that the crowd understood what was happening, and they broke into curse-filled outcries: "This is the Young Master of the Yanjing Xia Family? Utterly despicable and shaless, filthy and low!"
"More than that, forgetful of favors and vile to the core, heartless and ungrateful!"
"Such a person, clearly not short on money, yet commits such acts for the sake of money, truly disgusting!"
"Heh, twenty billion, I’d be tempted too."
Shortly thereafter, a video was shown on the big screen of the auction house.
"If it’s just helping that guy with the auction, Young Master Xia might only get ten billion or so. But if he swallowed the Tear of the Sea God whole, that would be over a hundred billion!"
"Heh, as long as I make money, who cares if he lives or dies!"
"Since he owes our Xia Family a favor, consider this money as repaying our family’s favor. It’s not like he’s taking a loss."
Although the video was shot from a rather sneaky angle, the audio and image were crystal clear.
Moreover, Xia Qing’s lip movents were perfectly aligned with what was being said, leaving no possibility of altered voiceovers.
This video turned out to be a conversation between Gou Dazhuang and Xia Qing!
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