Invisible Security Guard-Chapter 68 Taobao

68: Chapter 68: Taobao

68 -68: Taobao

“What?

A plant?” Upon hearing Yusuf Zuck’s words, Ruth Wilcox, with an anxious face, was taken aback.

Although she had heard of various ‘plants’ before, she had never actually encountered one.

And now, Yusuf Zuck was telling her that the buyer was a plant.

She hesitated, unable to make up her mind.

Meanwhile, the person Yusuf Zuck had accused of being a plant promptly handed thirty thousand yuan to the old scholar and reached out to claim the Jade Pendant from Ruth Wilcox’s hands.

“Miss, the item is theirs now, after all, antiques must be snapped up quickly, so I’m sorry, really sorry!” While speaking, the old scholar was meticulously counting the three bundles of hundred-yuan notes.

At that moment, Ruth Wilcox bit her lip and said, “Old gentleman, I’ll offer thirty-one thousand, would that work?”

“Miss, the Jade Pendant is mine now,” the buyer of the Jade Pendant said with a smile, “so it is no use talking to him about it.

I’ve already paid, and this Jade Pendant is not for sale at any price, please give it back to me!”

“Thirty-five thousand, will thirty-five thousand do?

You’ll make an immediate profit of five thousand!” Ruth Wilcox was truly smitten with that piece of jade, she always trusted her own intuition, believing the jade to be a treasure.

“Not selling.” The plant continued to shake his head.

“Fine, if it’s not for sale then let’s go, Ms.

Wilcox,” Yusuf Zuck also trusted his own instincts, believing the man to be a plant because the man didn’t even look at the Jade Pendant before offering the money, which was highly unusual.

Anyone into collecting, when treasure-hunting, wouldn’t each of them look and choose repeatedly?

Yet that person didn’t even look, so Yusuf was convinced he was a plant!

He grabbed Ruth Wilcox’s arm, snatched the Jade Pendant from her hands, and threw it to the plant, saying, “Congratulations on your new treasure, goodbye!” With that, he pulled Ruth Wilcox along and they left the stall.

“Why do you say he’s a plant?” Having left the stall, Ruth Wilcox was visibly disgruntled.

For just thirty thousand yuan, she didn’t care if it was authentic or not as long as it made her happy.

Yet in the end, Yusuf Zuck spoiled it all.

“Even you, as Ms.

Wilcox, have to inspect items closely before purchasing, but did you see that man inspect the item?

He didn’t even look before paying directly, obviously he’s a plant, don’t be upset.

The market is vast, let’s pick another, I’ll help you buy.”

“You don’t understand, what can you help me buy?” Ruth Wilcox gave Yusuf Zuck a glance.

At the same time, she felt his reasoning made sense; indeed, that man had offered the money without even looking, which was really like what a plant would do.

Therefore, her sense of disappointment began to fade.

“I’ll pick a better one for you, come on, let’s go,” Yusuf Zuck, no longer caring for propriety of men and women, took Ruth Wilcox by the hand and continued forward.

Ruth Wilcox’s face flushed slightly, but she didn’t pull her arm away, mainly because the street was too crowded.

If Yusuf Zuck strode ahead, she truly wouldn’t be able to keep up.

“This, all Jade Artifacts, look, there are so many more here than what the old scholar had!” After walking for a while, Yusuf Zuck squatted down in front of a stall piled with Jade Artifacts.

This stall had nothing but Jade Artifacts.

There were all sorts of items, like Jade Pendants, Jade bracelets, jade rings, jade liquor bottles, jade boxes, jade earrings and even a jade mortar, the kind used for crushing garlic.

“This jade ring isn’t bad, it looks like an antique, and the jade box is nice too!” Ruth Wilcox seemed to like everything she saw, touching this and that.

And at that moment, Yusuf Zuck reached out with his telekinesis towards these Jade Artifacts.

To be honest, with his eyes alone, he felt all the items were antiques and seemed quite valuable.

After all, as an outsider, how could he understand antiques?

Therefore, he wanted to try and use his telekinesis to see if he could discern anything different within these Jade Artifacts.

“Huh?” As soon as Yusuf Zuck swept his telekinesis through all the Jade Artifacts on the stall, he immediately noticed something different.

Among the items on the stall, the garlic mortar and one of the earrings stood out from the rest, as they had a distinctive…

aura.

Yes, aura — his telekinesis clearly sensed an unusual presence coming from the mortar and that earring.

The other Jade Artifacts all seemed uniformly lifeless, with indistinguishable patterns and no special features to speak of.

But that mortar for crushing garlic, not only had finely detailed textures but also radiated a thread of ‘Spiritual Energy.’ Indeed, ‘Spiritual Energy’ — there’s an old saying that jade is spiritual, and that jade could nourish people, but why can jade nourish people?

It’s because some jades contain a kind of ‘Spiritual Energy.’

The garlic jar was definitely made of high-quality jade.

As for the ear pendants, they also had a distinct aura, completely different from the garlic jar—not spiritual energy, but rather…

an ancient kind of energy.

The texture of the ear pendants was second only to the garlic jar; they too were made of high-quality jade.

Yusuf Zuck did not show a surprised expression, nor did he deliberately focus on the garlic jar and ear pendants. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Instead, he followed Ruth Wilcox, picking out bracelets and thumb rings.

“Boss, how much for this bracelet and thumb ring?” After much deliberation, Ruth Wilcox chose a dark green bracelet and a mutton-fat jade thumb ring.

“The bracelet is forty thousand, and the thumb ring is eighteen thousand, no bargaining!” The vendor was a young man, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

All the stallholders here had an eye for detail, and he instantly recognized Ruth Wilcox as a big spender because of her distinct aura.

Beautiful and young, with an impeccable presence—it was clear she was the rich and beautiful type, the kind who did not fret over money.

Therefore, the vendor kicked off with a high price.

“Oh…” Ruth Wilcox just looked up at Yusuf Zuck, her gaze indicating that she wanted him to haggle, as she genuinely did not know how to bargain.

At that moment, Yusuf Zuck squatted down, placing the garlic jar and the pair of ear pendants alongside the bracelet and thumb ring, and also raised a finger, saying, “Four items, I’ll give you four thousand for them all.

If you want to sell them, I’ll pay you directly.

If not, we’ll keep looking!”

“Four thousand?

Young man, let’s not even discuss what kind of material these jades are.

Even if they were made from scraps, they’d still be worth at least eight to ten thousand, right?

Look, I haven’t had any business all day today.

You take these four items for thirty thousand, and that’s it.

Honestly, I’m only earning enough for travel expenses.

I’ve acquired these things, and I’m only making enough for a round-trip train ticket for you guys!”

Yusuf Zuck shook his head: “I can only raise it to five thousand, five thousand for the four items.

If you won’t sell, let’s forget it.”

“I certainly can’t sell them for five thousand, that’s for sure.

You can’t expect me to take a loss, right?” the vendor immediately shook his head.

“Then forget it.” Yusuf Zuck pretended to stand up, as if to leave.

“Alright, alright, alright, consider this my unlucky day.

Take them for six thousand, my family really needs the money.” Seeing Yusuf Zuck about to walk away, the young vendor immediately lowered his price again, from thirty thousand to six thousand, essentially taking a loss even on the train fare.

“Alright, let’s do that.” Yusuf Zuck took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills, counted out four thousand to keep, and handed the remaining six thousand to the young vendor.

“Young man, here’s my business card.

If you need anything in the future, give me a call.” The young vendor handed over his business card.

“Okay.” Yusuf Zuck collected the bracelet, thumb ring, garlic jar, and ear pendants, packed them into a paper bag from the side of the stall, and with an excited yet perplexed Ruth Wilcox, headed back into the crowd.

“Four items, and he actually sold them to us for just six thousand.

He wanted fifty-eight thousand for just two items earlier…

Their profit margins must be colossal!” After walking some distance, Ruth Wilcox couldn’t help but exclaim.

If Yusuf Zuck hadn’t bargained, the young vendor probably would have made tens of thousands off her, right?

“He probably spent less than five hundred getting these four items.

Didn’t you hear what he said?

No matter the ‘material’, that means there’s nothing valuable on his stall, it’s all deception!”

“Then why did you buy it?” Ruth Wilcox glanced at Yusuf Zuck with a frown: “Also, what do you want with that breast mortar?”

“Breast mortar?

What breast mortar?” Yusuf Zuck was puzzled.

“That jar, don’t you know?

That’s what’s used for crushing herbs in traditional Chinese medicine, scientifically known as a breast mortar.

I’ve seen one before, at Jerome Hart’s place.”

“Ah…

it’s not a garlic jar, but for pounding medicine?” Yusuf Zuck suddenly realized.

Indeed, a jar for crushing garlic wouldn’t be made of such fine jade—it made sense now that it was for medicine.

“Garlic jar…

I can’t believe you thought of that…” Ruth Wilcox couldn’t help but laugh.

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PS: Thank you, thank you to all the classmates for your strong support, thank you