Chapter 99

Feng Xiucai thought for a moment and asked, "How did you get to know Zhang Dashan?"

For this question, Jiang Yan had nothing to hide, and immediately replied, "That day I had nothing to do, so I went to Fenglai Teahouse for some tea. I happened to meet Zhang Dashan there. I heard him talking about wanting to find a fine ancient painting. I thought Yang Chongxuan deals in antiques, so I introduced this person to Zhang Dashan."

This matter was known to many people, so he had nothing to hide.

Then Feng Xiucai asked about how he and Tong Yao met, and it turned out to be the same. It seemed that they had been keeping an eye on Jiang Yan from the beginning, and he indeed did not know the inside story.

Feng Xiucai asked a few more questions, but Jiang Yan clearly did not know the answers.

"Alright, you can get lost!" Feng Xiucai pointed to the door and said.

"You... you didn't say you'd give me money?" Jiang Yan stammered.

"Damn, are you crazy for money?" Guo Fatzi pulled him over and scolded, "Giving you money, I'd be doing well not to beat you up."

"Get lost quickly!" Feng Xiucai said with disgust.

"Wait!" At that moment, Yang Kang's voice came from inside.

As he spoke, Yang Kang had already walked out from behind the carved screen.

Guo Fatzi, seeing Yang Kang, looked a bit awkward and said, "Weren't you sleeping?"

"Could I sleep with him shouting so loudly?" Yang Kang glanced at Guo Fatzi and said, "If you want to beat him, couldn't you have covered his mouth? This kind of howling will make people think we're bullying him. If it gets out, how will my Ruyi Workshop continue to do business?"

"Huh?" Guo Fatzi was completely baffled.

"Ah Kang, lend me some money. Your father's matter really has nothing to do with me... really nothing..." Jiang Yan, seeing Yang Kang, felt like he had found a savior and hurriedly said, "I didn't harm your father!"

"Mr. Jiang, when will you repay the 1.6 million you borrowed from me last time?" Yang Kang squinted his big eyes and said with a smile, "Why are you asking me for money again? That's not right, as the saying goes, 'Borrow and return, a rule to be kept.'"

"I... when did I ever borrow 1.6 million from you?" Jiang Yan was confused. He had come to borrow money, not to be chased for a debt. Besides, when had he ever borrowed 1.6 million from Yang Kang?

"Mr. Jiang, that's not right of you!" Yang Kang said as he pulled out a laminated printout and placed it on the desk, saying, "Look carefully. You said you needed some funds for your business, so I lent you the money. Considering our long-term friendship, I even sold my pots and pans to help you. How can you say such things now?"

As he spoke, he deliberately looked at Jiang Yan with a resentful expression.

Jiang Yan was stunned, his eyes fixed on the printout. The content was simple: on a certain year and month, Jiang Yan, due to financial difficulties in his business, borrowed 1.6 million Chinese yuan from Yang Kang, to be repaid interest-free within three months.

Of course, that wasn't the key point. The key was that it had Jiang Yan's signature and a red fingerprint, proving the authenticity of the loan.

"Mr. Jiang, I have the loan as proof. Look, I'm a bit tight on cash lately. When will you repay me?" Yang Kang said with a smile.

"You're lying—this is fake... fake..." Jiang Yan was dumbfounded. This was absolutely impossible. He had never borrowed money from Yang Kang. No, he had wanted to, but since Yang Kang bought Yuzhenzhai, he didn't need to borrow money.

But where did this IOU come from? Oh no, with this IOU as proof, they could sue him.

In a flash, he lunged forward to tear up the IOU, but Yang Kang was prepared. He quickly grabbed the IOU and handed it to Guo Fatzi, then smiled at Jiang Yan.

"Mr. Jiang, are you trying to destroy the IOU? That's not very nice of you," Yang Kang shook his head and sighed lightly.

"This is impossible, it's fake!" Jiang Yan's face changed.

Yang Kang leaned in, grabbed the front of Jiang Yan's shirt, and whispered, "Yes, it's fake, but even top-notch appraisers can make mistakes with paintings. Ordinary appraisers, do you think they can spot my forgery? This thing, I say it's real, and it's real. Hey, with this, I can spend a little money to send you to jail for two years, no problem. But I hear the conditions in jail are pretty good, much better than your storage room. I'll give you three days to repay the money, or I'll sue you and send you to jail! Get lost—"

Jiang Yan, as if he had seen a ghost, fled from Ruyi Workshop.

Once he was gone, Guo Fatzi examined the IOU from all angles but couldn't find any flaws. He asked, "Young Master, I can't tell if this is a forgery. The handwriting is one thing, you can imitate it, but what about the fingerprint?"

"Ha!" Yang Kang couldn't help but laugh, "Both the handwriting and the fingerprint are real. It's just a basic cut-and-paste job in the world of forgeries! He once extorted 800,000 from me, then signed and fingerprinted it. I had the idea right then. Even if I couldn't get him to pay back the principal and interest, I could use this to make him tell the truth. But clearly, your method was more effective."

He had prepared this forgery for some time. When Wei Yan said his father had borrowed 800,000 from them, he agreed to repay the money and had them sign and fingerprint it. He had planned to use the "real" IOU to make Jiang Yan tell the truth, which was more valuable than anything else at that time, as he only had Jiang Yan as a lead.

As for Langyuan, he had thought about it, but the threshold was too high. He couldn't even get in the door. Fatzi told him that their secretary had investigated and found that someone was interfering with his job search. He was almost certain that this person was the big boss of Langyuan.

Ordinary people couldn't do this. He wasn't just looking for a job at one company. The only person who could do this was the big boss, Ou, who had connections everywhere.

"Sweat... I thought you were sleeping!" Guo Fatzi scratched his head and smiled foolishly.

"Young Master, I can't tell you can do this?" Feng Xiucai was also amazed by the IOU.

"I've been learning this since I was young!" Yang Kang shrugged and sighed, "I just didn't expect that my first forgery would not be a painting but a trick to get someone."

"Good trick!" Guo Fatzi clapped his hands.

"If I had your skills, I would have beaten him up myself!" Yang Kang sighed, "From childhood to now, I've never been able to beat Jiang Shanghua in a fight, and I can't even out-talk Wei Yan."

"You should find someone to compare with. That woman's mouth..." Guo Fatzi shook his head, speechless, "Young Master, you don't mind me beating people?"

Really, Guo Fatzi had always thought he was against violence. He had wanted to beat up Jiang Yan several times, but he didn't act because he was worried Yang Kang would oppose such violent behavior.

"It depends on who's doing the beating!" Yang Kang said with a cold laugh, "A person who hopes I die so he can get a million, I really hope he gets beaten up."

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