After descending the mountain, the aloof female CEO became attached to me.

Seeing Tang Yurou's distressed expression, Chu Tian couldn't help but laugh.

Although Tang Yurou owns a cosmetics company, she has very little money on her due to years of suppression by Tang Zhenchuan and his daughter.

This 500,000 yuan is probably all her savings.

Now that they've brought everything out, it's clear they want to really get to the bottom of things with Tang Yufei.

"I'll take care of the gift, so you don't need to worry about it."

"You should save this money! After all, you're a poor CEO."

Chu Tian smiled and pushed the bank card back, then turned and walked out.

Tang Yurou was stunned for a moment, and a surge of anger rose on her pretty face.

"You're just bragging, talking like you're so rich."

"Go if you want, I'll go by myself."

……

Chu Tian left the Tang family and took a taxi to the largest antique market in Guicheng.

According to Tang Yurou, the old lady undoubtedly likes antiques such as jade.

This is precisely his forte; he has a keen eye and can tell the difference between genuine and fake goods at a glance.

"Come on in, take a look."

"Jade, porcelain, and all kinds of other items are available, and all are guaranteed to be genuine. We treat everyone, young and old, with honesty and integrity."

"Don't miss this opportunity, or you'll lose a fortune!"

Stepping into the antique market and listening to the vendors' shouts, Chu Tian felt as if he had completely returned to the mundane world, and his mood lightened considerably.

But the vendors' goods did not interest him at all.

They claim everything is genuine, but it's all fake, the kind you can find everywhere for fifty yuan.

There wasn't a single decent thing.

Chu Tian was somewhat disappointed and was thinking of looking at another place.

Snapped!

Suddenly, a crisp sound caught his attention.

Not far ahead, a piece of porcelain fell from the hand of a one-eyed man.

Standing in front of him was a girl dressed in martial arts attire, looking heroic and spirited.

While the girl was receiving the porcelain, the one-eyed man took advantage of her inattention and threw the porcelain on the ground.

Then she cried out in distress, "Ah! My porcelain!"

"This is a chamber pot left by Emperor Qianlong, my family heirloom. Now you've smashed it. You'd better pay me back right now."

The girl was stunned, completely bewildered.

Chu Tian was also stunned, but not because of the one-eyed man's extortionate tactics, but because the girl was none other than Tang Yurou's best friend, Lu Xiaoman.

"Say something! Don't think you can get away with this by pretending to be mute."

"Let me tell you, this chamber pot used by Emperor Qianlong was personally authenticated by the relevant authorities on my own."

"If you dare not compensate me, I will report you to the police department."

Lu Xiaoman came to her senses, her embroidered eyebrows furrowing slightly. "I didn't break this porcelain piece. It fell to the ground before I even picked it up. It was clearly something you did on purpose."

"What did you say?"

The one-eyed man instantly flew into a rage, pointing at Lu Xiaoman and shouting, "It was clearly your own fault for not catching it, what does it have to do with me?"

"Oh! I see, you're trying to renege on your promise because you think my family heirloom is too expensive and you can't afford to pay for it!"

Lu Xiaoman argued, "I'm not one to renege on my promises. If I really broke it, I'll definitely compensate you, but..."

However, before Lu Xiaoman could finish speaking, murmurs arose from the crowd, interrupting her.

"Young lady, there's no 'but,' that's just how things are in the antique market."

"No matter what, if something is broken, you have to pay for it."

The speaker bore a resemblance to the one-eyed man, a playful smile playing on his lips.

A chorus of sighs of regret rose from the crowd, clearly indicating that the one-eyed man was deliberately trying to stage an accident.

But lacking evidence, Lu Xiaoman had no choice but to accept her fate.

Such things are commonplace in the antique market.

"I told you, I didn't break the things."

Lu Xiaoman said angrily, she naturally understood what had happened.

"Ha! You really want to cheat, don't you!"

"Fine, since you're unwilling to pay, then don't blame me."

The one-eyed man's face flushed red, and he reached for the jade bracelet on Lu Xiaoman's wrist.

"If you don't want to pay, then use goods as payment."

Upon seeing this, Lu Xiaoman's expression completely changed.

As a martial artist specializing in internal energy, I cannot tolerate such insults.

However, she held back in the face of the one-eyed man's unreasonable behavior. She only used a little force and with a light flick of her hand, she sent the one-eyed man flying back.

The one-eyed man staggered back several steps, realizing that Lu Xiaoman was different from everyone else.

Sensing that he had met his match, he had a sudden idea and pretended to fall to the ground, groaning in pain.

"Ouch! My hand hurts so much."

"You little girl are simply bullying others by taking advantage of your power. It's one thing to break things and not pay for them, but now you're even committing violence in the street."

As the one-eyed man finished speaking, a man who bore a resemblance to him immediately fanned the flames.

"Everyone, please come and judge this! It's one thing to break things and not pay for them, but to actually hit someone is another."

"This is simply outrageous! It's completely unjust!"

Anyone with eyes could see that he was an accomplice of the one-eyed man, but many people in the crowd had just arrived and didn't know the details, so they joined the one-eyed man's accomplice in accusing Lu Xiaoman.

Lu Xiaoman instantly became a sinner, condemned by thousands and cursed by tens of thousands.

"Okay, I'll compensate you."

"Tell me, how much?"

Left with no other choice, Lu Xiaoman gritted her teeth and agreed to the one-eyed man's attempt to stage an accident.

The one-eyed man immediately cried out miserably, "You not only damaged my family heirloom, but you also injured me."

"You have to pay me at least one million, or I will definitely report you to the police department."

Lu Xiaoman's expression changed. "One million? Why don't you just rob someone?"

The one-eyed man said matter-of-factly, "One million is too little. My family heirloom alone is worth that much. And I haven't even asked you for medical expenses yet!"

Lu Xiaoman laughed in anger. She had seen people stage accidents to extort money, but she had never seen anything like this.

They staged an accident involving both people and belongings.

"One million is too much. I don't have that much money on me right now."

Lu Xiaoman angrily opened her bag and took out 50,000 yuan.

"I only have 50,000 right now, that's all, take it or leave it."

The one-eyed man was overjoyed, but he pretended to be very regretful.

"Fifty thousand it is!"

"Considering that you are a young girl and it's not easy for you, I won't make things difficult for you."

He always used this trick to stage accidents: he would deliberately quote an exorbitant price, which would make the other party immediately hand over all the money they had on them.

But in the past, I could only extort a few thousand yuan at most, but I never expected that this time it would be as much as fifty thousand.

Got rich!

When Lu Xiaoman saw that the one-eyed man had taken the money, she clenched her fists in anger, wishing she could beat him up.

A dignified martial arts master with internal strength was actually extorted by a scumbag.

This is utterly shameful.

"You dare ask for 50,000 yuan for a broken bottle?"

"Your legs are worth the price."

However, before Lu Xiaoman could make a move, Chu Tian suddenly walked over and stepped on the one-eyed man's thigh.