Chapter 373: Chapter 373
Chapter 373 Who Was Running Wild Here?
"I have a high blood pressure, a coronary heart disease, and a cerebral thrombosis. My whole body is ill." The old man said pitifully.
"Grandpa, you mustn't be angry. This man is just paranoid. Don't be angry. Your health is important." Tina didn't just felt sorry for the old man, she was also worried about making the old man angry and if he got sick here, they would get into trouble.
But, Leon was not fooled by the old man's act.
Respecting the elder was a virtue, but some old people were just disrespectful and there was no need to indulge them.
"Have you had enough pretending? So what if you act pitiful after you were caught? Only an idiot like her will believe you. The previous vase really worth 300,000 dollars, but this fake vase does not even worth a penny!" Leon wasn't shy to blurt it out.
However, before the old man could retort, Tina angrily pointed at Leon Williams. "You are disgusting! You're the one who's stupid! You have no compassion at all!" Then Tina approached Rachel, and shook Rachel's arm with resentment on her face. "Rachel, look, he's such a nuisance!"
In Tina's mind, Leon was like a villain.
Rachel shook off her sister's hands. For the first time in a while, she became angry at Tina. "Tina, you aren't as involved in the outside world as you think you are. There are some things you didn't know about. Moreover, he has more knowledge about antique appraisal than you do. Why would he frame someone for no reason? Please use your head, Tina!"
Rachel, who was seldom angry, was really infuriated by his sister this time.
Tina felt wronged. He was clearly in the wrong, why was her sister blaming her?
As soon as Tina became aggrieved, the vase in her hand slipped and it fell to the ground.
The vase broke into more than ten pieces.
Unexpectedly, it was the old man who reacted first. "Oh no! My 300,000 dollars vase has been broken! You have to pay for it!".
Leon was speechless.
He thought the old man was just playing tricks to cheat money, but he didn't expect that he would bite people back and ask them to pay for the vase.
"What has been broken is fake, which only worth dozens of dollars, and we have just given you a thousand dollar to cover your capital. Don't push your luck and start considering your age, or else I'll break your leg!"
He should be glad that he wasn't young or else Leon wouldn't be polite with him at all.
"Are you in the right for deceiving an old man? It was only then that I learned that this vase was worth hundreds of thousands dollars. No wonder you are willing to spend a thousand dollar to buy it. It turns out that it really is a treasure. How can you cheat me like this? You have no conscience at all!" The old man retorted confidently.
Obviously, the old man was a repeat offender as this was certainly not the first time he had done this kind of thing.
"In the antique business, there's nothing to criticize about picking up antiques. Even if you spend a dollar to buy a treasure, it's in line with the rules of the industry. Besides, if you really didn't know it's a treasure, how can you still sell it? You can hide it from others, but not from me!" Leon casted a cold look towards the old man.
The old man did not completely lose his footing. He could see that Leon was an expert, so he quickly turned to Tina.
"Girl, he's your friend, isn't he? You see, he tricked a frail, sickly old man with a hunchback. Does he have a conscience or not?"
"Grandpa, I..."
Tina was also confused. She really didn't know who to believe, but Grandpa's attitude was really abnormal when the vase broke.
"You can't fool me just because I'm old. You gave me a thousand dollar for a vase worthy of hundreds of thousands dollars. You're deliberately bullying an old man!" The old man began to pretend to be weak again.
When Tina heard what the old man said, she thought it was reasonable. Since Leon knew for a long time that the vase could be sold for 300,000 dollars, why didn't he say anything in advance? He made it clear that he was cheating on the old man.
"I didn't expect you to be so shameless that you even cheated the old man. Where's your conscience?" Tina questioned Leon with righteous indignation.
In the face of such idiocy, Leon became more speechless.
Antique shopping was a game where one dared to sell and one dared to buy. It wasn't as simple as buying a cucumber or eggplant in the supermarket that if the price for a kilo was three dollars, then what you'll get was exactly a kilo for three dollars.
There was no rule in the antique shops in the night market but Tina didn't know that.
"Piss off!"
A light flashed in Leon's eyes as he reprimanded Tina angrily. She took a step back, frightened.
Immediately, Leon stooped to pick up the broken vase under his feet, trying to find evidence that it was a fake after being swapped.
Earlier, he only looked at the quality and colour of the tire and he could already that it was a fake. But it was difficult to convince Tina and her stupidity.
Explaining the quality and colour of the tire to her was tantamount to talking about the book of heaven, so he needed to find the most direct proof.
There was no time to see the registration at the bottom of the vase before, but now that Leon picked it up, he almost laughed to death.
He twisted the fragment at the bottom of the bowl with his thumb and forefinger and shook it in front of Tina.
"Look at it for yourself!"
Mountain Manufacturing products. This factory was located in Texas under the jurisdiction of the state. It was a relatively well-known factory in the state.
As long as they were a people of this state, they should all know about the Mountain Manufacturing.
Obviously, the vase was a modern handicraft.
When Tina saw this, she was shocked! "What?"
Her eyes were wide and uncertain, and there were many question marks in her heart. Shame and exasperation caused her pretty face to flush as red as blood.
This kind of vase produced by Mountain Manufacturing costs as little as 10 dollars. If it is generally sold, it costs up to 30 dollars per day.
Tina felt that her IQ had been insulted. No matter what the truth was, she almost spent 300 dollars for a 30-days-old vase and even paid a thousand dollar for it. It was no doubt taking advantage of her compassion.
And she felt that she was like a clown in front of Leon.
As she was embarrassed and ashamed, she felt that her compassion had been trampled on.
This hunchback turned out to be a big hoax, a big liar!
After the old man was seen through, he panicked completely and hurriedly cleaned up the stall to ran away.
However, how could Tina let him get away? She felt so humiliated, and she had to force the old man to give her thousand dollar back.
So the two quarrelled.
The scene was in complete chaos. More and more onlookers gathered to watch the commotion until it alarmed the owner of the street.
"Who is making such a noise here? How dare you go wild in my territory?"
A middle-aged fat uncle came with a cigar on his mouth came out of the crowd.
This man was Kerwin, the owner of Strong Real Estate. This whole street was owned by him and even this night market was under his name.
And when Kerwin saw Leon's face clearly, he was stupefied for a moment.
He had a cigar in his mouth and he forgot to spit out smoke. He stared solemnly at Leon, as if he were facing an archenemy!