Chapter 96

Subsequently, Yang Kang ran around selling his properties and treasures, but he was constantly humiliated and mocked...

Of course, Jiang Shanghua was also one of those who kicked him when he was down. Therefore, no matter what, he did not want to live such a life; he yearned for the luxurious life of the rich...

Not living in such a rented apartment, working hard every day, and then paying off the old man's debts.

He looked forward to the day when he could be like Yang Kang, wearing designer clothes, surrounded and flattered by a group of people...

"Go and beg Yang Kang this afternoon!" Jiang Shanghua pushed him forcefully.

Jiang Yan, caught off guard, stumbled back three or four steps before regaining his footing. Then he said, "Do you think Yang Kang is stupid enough to lend us money?"

"Hey!" Wei Yan cautiously came out from the inner room, sidling up to Jiang Yan. She was still very afraid of him and whispered, "Old man..."

"Shut up, what do you want to say?" Jiang Yan, seeing Wei Yan, instantly flew into a rage and slapped her across the face.

"Ouch..." Wei Yan was immediately reduced to tears by the slap.

"What do you want to say?" Jiang Shanghua pulled Wei Yan over and asked.

"Last time, we asked Yang Kang for that 800,000... didn't he give it to us?" Wei Yan, extremely frightened by Jiang Yan's slap, hurriedly said, "This time, we can say—"

"Say what?" Jiang Shanghua asked.

"Say that Yang Chongxuan borrowed 3 million from us..." Wei Yan said through gritted teeth, "As long as it's money Yang Chongxuan borrowed, that little brat will definitely pay it back."

"Mom!" Jiang Xiaoyue was on the verge of tears. How did she end up with such stupid parents? When Yang Kang moved out of their house, he printed a contract. Could they have forgotten it so quickly?

Jiang Shanghua, who had attended university, couldn't help but yank Wei Yan's hair and scolded her, "How can you still be so stupid? Do you think he's as stupid as you?"

"Dad!" Jiang Xiaoyue suddenly said softly, "Where did Yang Kang get the money? He didn't have any money before... otherwise, why would he go out to find a job?"

"Xiaoyue, what are you saying?" Jiang Shanghua was stunned by Jiang Xiaoyue's words. Yes, where did Yang Kang get the money? Without stealing or robbing, how could he suddenly make so much money?

"I think, Dad, you mentioned earlier—someone provided him with antiques, and he sold them to make a lot of money." Jiang Xiaoyue said this with real envy and jealousy. Why? Why did her father always buy fake bronze artifacts, while his goods were all real?

"Right, right, that must be recent." Jiang Yan hurriedly said, "Who has Yang Kang met recently?"

"The fat man, that big fat man..." Wei Yan suddenly screamed, "That fat man..."

"This afternoon, you continue to go!" Jiang Shanghua looked at Jiang Yan and said, "Whether you find Yang Kang or that fat man, you must ask clearly."

Jiang Yan took out a cigarette, lit it, and started smoking.

After lunch, Jiang Shanghua directly kicked him out, regardless of whether he was willing or not, sending him to Ruyi Workshop.

After lunch, Yang Kang idly flipped through a book. In the summer, it's easy to feel drowsy in the afternoon, so he went upstairs to take a nap. Guo Fatso and Feng Xiuzai sat on the sofa, chatting for a while. However, these two didn't get along well. After mutual disdain, Feng Xiuzai started looking at his stocks, and after eating, Hou Zhi continued to direct the renovation at Yuzhenzhai.

So, when Jiang Yan arrived, he saw a large, robust fat man sitting at the desk, playing a computer game.

"Hey, why are you here again?" Guo Fatso, seeing Jiang Yan, immediately said irritably, "You're not buying anything, why do you keep coming? It affects our business."

"This—" Jiang Yan looked around, seeing that Yang Kang wasn't there, and immediately smiled, "I came to talk business with you."

"Talk business?" Guo Fatso was really taken aback and couldn't help but look at Feng Xiuzai, who was sitting on the sofa looking at stocks. Wasn't Jiang Yan here to borrow money from Yang Kang? Why was he here to talk business?

"Yes, talk business!" Jiang Yan hurriedly said.

"Do you want to buy a vase?" Guo Fatso frowned and asked, "Didn't you say this morning that you weren't buying a vase?"

"No, no, I don't want to buy a vase..." Jiang Yan thought for a moment and decided to ask directly, "Mr. Guo—did you provide Yang Kang with antiques?"

"Eh?" Guo Fatso was stunned.

"What's wrong?" Scholar Feng stood up and walked over.

"Who is this?" Jiang Yan hurriedly asked.

"I'm a friend of the young prince." Feng Xiuzai frowned slightly and asked, "Mr. Jiang, do you want to buy antiques?"

"Yes... yes!" Jiang Yan hurriedly said.

"Hmm... buying antiques isn't difficult. After all, we're all in business, but I wonder what kind of antiques Mr. Jiang is interested in?" Feng Xiuzai asked.

"This..." Jiang Yan was delighted to hear this. It seemed their judgment was correct; this person and Guo Fatso were the ones providing goods to Yang Kang. But what should he buy?

Over the years, following Yang Chongshan, he had learned a bit about antiques. For example, there were paintings, gold and silver artifacts, jade, porcelain, and miscellaneous items...

He immediately ruled out paintings. He hadn't received much education; he could recognize a few characters, but ancient paintings were in traditional Chinese characters, which he couldn't fully recognize. Even if he could, so what? Yang Chongxuan had always been good at deceiving with paintings.

Gold and silver artifacts? Bronze artifacts also fell into this category. Mentioning this made him feel sad. No, he couldn't fall into the same trap twice, so gold and silver artifacts were also ruled out.

Miscellaneous items were too broad, and he didn't understand them. That left jade and porcelain...

He had heard that the jade pendant Yang Kang wore was worth 20 million. Old Wang had played with jade all his life and had never been deceived. If he said something was good, it was definitely good.

Last time, Old Wang even said that if Yang Kang's jade pendant was for sale, he would pay 25 million for it...

"Is jade good?" Jiang Yan asked.

"Jade?" Feng Xiuzai nodded and said, "High-ancient jade has been very popular in recent years. However, if Mr. Jiang is sincere, it's not impossible." As he spoke, he took off a square white jade from his waist and placed it on the desk, saying, "Mr. Jiang, take a look at this?"

Jiang Yan, seeing it was his personal jade pendant, was overjoyed and carefully took it, examining it closely, and asked, "This jade pendant..."

"30 million!" Feng Xiuzai said.

"30 million?" Jiang Yan's hand trembled.

"Be careful, don't break my jade pendant." Feng Xiuzai, as he spoke, snatched the jade pendant from his hand and said, "30 million. If Mr. Jiang wants it, pay me the money, and the jade pendant is yours."

"This..." Jiang Yan thought for a moment and said, "Can you lend it to me first?"

"Lend it to you?" Feng Xiuzai said, "Why? Do you think I'm stupid? Even if I were, I wouldn't lend such an expensive item to you."