Chapter 17 Buying the Casket and Returning the Pearl

Xiaomei couldn't figure it out: Where did she get those good things? !
The doubts in her heart made Xiaomei stop and think about leaving. After thinking about it, she went to a milk tea shop diagonally opposite the pawnshop, ordered a cup of milk tea, and waited.

When Xiao Yingchun knocked on the door and went in, Dai Hengxin was boiling water to make tea.

The moment he saw Xiao Yingchun coming in, he immediately stood up and greeted her: "Are you here?"

Xiao Yingchun smiled and nodded: "You're welcome."

After all, they were connected by a meal, and they are much closer than before.

Xiao Yingchun sat down, and Dai Hengxin went to lock the door of the pawnshop, explaining: "You are the only distinguished guest this morning. I will lock the door first to avoid disturbing you."

Xiao Yingchun glanced at the transparent glass door and nodded to show her understanding.

By the time Dai Hengxin sat down, Xiao Yingchun had already taken out the jewelry box inlaid with gold and silver threads and shells.

As soon as Dai Hengxin saw the box, his eyes widened!

He first pulled the screens on the glass windows facing the street, and then turned on all the lights.

After Dai Hengxin finished his work, he sat down again, pursed his lips, carefully put on his gloves, and reached out to hold the box.

Xiao Yingchun was frightened by his serious attitude: "What's the matter? Is this box valuable?"

The moment Dai Hengxin picked up the box, he immediately realized, "Is there something in this box?"

Xiao Yingchun nodded: "Yes..."

Dai Hengxin became excited: "How can this box hold anything? If the box is scratched, its value will be greatly reduced..."

As he spoke, Dai Hengxin put the box down again, opened it carefully, and prepared to take out the contents.

When he opened the box, he was stunned: it was full of jewellery!

Dai Hengxin's heart was so excited that it felt like it had a motor installed, and it almost jumped out of his throat.

“You…”

Xiao Yingchun nodded: "I just want you to help me see if these are valuable and how much they are worth..."

Who knew you'd go crazy looking at that jewelry box?

Dai Hengxin sat there for a while, shook his head, and took out a large tray with a velvet bottom from under the table.

He first carefully took out the jewelry from the box one by one and placed them on the tray.

When the tray was full, he silently went to get a second tray.

After a moment, looking at the empty jewelry box and two plates of jewelry, Dai Hengxin was hesitant to speak.

After holding back for a while, Dai Hengxin couldn't help but said, "Ms. Xiao, can I make a suggestion?"

"You go." Xiao Yingchun raised her hand.

"In the future, can you please cherish things like this and put them in boxes according to their categories? It's not good for these treasures if you put them all together like this..."

It's not just bad, it's a waste!

When he saw a fresh scratch on one of the gold hairpins just now, his heart was bleeding!

Xiao Yingchun nodded belatedly: "I will pay attention next time."

Dai Hengxin looked at her, then looked at her again: Forget it, I guess she didn’t take it to heart.

Dai Hengxin first pushed the two trays aside, picked up the jewelry box, and began to smell, touch, and look at it with a magnifying glass. After examining it for a long time, Dai Hengxin looked serious.

"Do you know what this thing is?"

Xiao Yingchun asked cautiously: "Jewelry box?"

Dai Hengxin nodded solemnly: "It is a jewelry box, yes, but the workmanship and materials used are top-notch!"

"It's made of agarwood, with mother-of-pearl craftsmanship, and inlaid with gold and silver threads. The mother-of-pearl jewelry box auctioned by Christie's before was not as exquisite as this one, nor as big as this one, but it was sold for 20 million."

Xiao Yingchun opened her mouth slowly and couldn't close it for a long time: 20 million for a box?

If I sell this thing myself, will I be sentenced? !

The fear in his heart showed on his face. Dai Hengxin saw it and quickly stopped talking.

"Ms. Xiao? What's wrong with you?"

"I...I just asked you to help me take a look. I don't plan to sell it. Is this illegal?" Xiao Yingchun asked cautiously.

Dai Hengxin reacted and laughed: "Of course it's not illegal. But don't show this thing to others." "Ordinary people will inevitably have bad thoughts when they see such precious things."

Xiao Yingchun heaved a sigh of relief and almost promised: "Okay! I will definitely not show it to others!"

Dai Hengxin nodded: "Do you still need me to explain it to you?"

Xiao Yingchun nodded: "Well, go ahead."

Dai Hengxin then gave another long professional explanation, describing this thing to the point of being unparalleled, and finally came to a conclusion.

"If your thing can be auctioned, I'm afraid it won't be cheaper than that."

Xiao Yingchun nodded and pointed at the jewelry: "What about these?"

Dai Hengxin brought over two plates and pointed at a few items on one of them.

"These pieces...are a set. You see, the patterns are all the same, and they are inlaid with pearls and gemstones. Although the craftsmanship is very good, the price is actually not too high."

“This one is less than a million.”

"The remaining few items only add up to more than one million."

Xiao Yingchun was stunned: a modern version of buying the casket and returning the pearl?!
Is this box more valuable than the treasure inside?

She swallowed with some difficulty: "Well, I'd better take it back."

Dai Hengxin regained his senses at this time and took out several velvet jewelry boxes from the cabinet.

"Don't put these jewels in that box anymore. I'll give you a few boxes so you can pack them separately."

Xiao Yingchun nodded weakly: "Okay."

Dai Hengxin originally wanted to let Xiao Yingchun put it in by herself, but when he saw her confused look, he knew that she definitely didn't know how to protect these antique-level jewelry.

He simply helped her pack all the jewelry into a box and then handed it to Xiao Yingchun.

Xiao Yingchun foolishly stuffed the box into her backpack.

Dai Hengxin looked at the jewelry box inlaid with gold and silver threads, mother-of-pearl and agarwood, but he couldn't bear it anymore. He took out a big box and put the box in it.

But in this case, it wouldn’t fit into Xiao Yingchun’s backpack.

Dai Hengxin took out a sports bag and put the box into it: "I'll take you back later, you put it away."

"it is good."

After packing up everything in front of him, Dai Hengxin looked at Xiao Yingchun's backpack and asked casually, "Is there anything else you want to see?"

Xiao Yingchun thought for a moment and asked, "Do you still accept gold ingots? The kind you received last time?"

Dai Hengxin swallowed his saliva and said, "Collect it."

Xiao Yingchun took out four pieces of toilet paper from her backpack and carefully placed them on the table, and emphasized in a low voice: "I didn't smash them, nor did I use any force."

Dai Hengxin: “…”

He opened one of them and, sure enough, it was a ten-liang gold ingot.

Dai Hengxin resisted the urge to say "What the hell" and opened the other three rolls of toilet paper.

Four ten-liang gold ingots, the same as last time.

Dai Hengxin didn't even start: "Do you mind if I ask my uncle to come over?"

Xiao Yingchun nodded: "Whatever you want. I'm fine with it."

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