Bucong Jiye and Ling Su Liu's faces were red. Bucong Jiye did not expect that someone would embarrass her like this in front of Yu Qi and Long Hui.
"How dare you embarrass me like this? Do you know whose daughter I am?" Bucong Jiye said to the old man.
"I don't care whose daughter you are. If you want to buy from me, then, pay the amount that I stated." The old man said.
"If you don't give me that box, I will make sure you will not be able to open your stall again here." Bucong Jiye threatened the old man.
Because of the commotion, everyone came over to watch it. Ling Su Liu felt that it was not good for Bucong Jiye's reputation. She persuaded Bucong Jiye to stop. However, Bucong Jiye was feeling angry toward the old man and was feeling oblivious to everything. She ignored Ling Su Liu's persuasion.
"You are so malicious at such a young age." The old man commented.
Bucong Jiye thought that the old man would give up and give the box for free but the old man acted differently.
"Until you can physically chase me out here, I will stay here. Shoo... Shoo... Don't disturb my business. What bad luck." The old man was firm in his decision.
"You stupid old bastard!" Bucong Jiye cursed out loudly.
Ling Su Liu was surprised. She pulled Bucong Jiye.
"Jiye-er, you can not curse someone like that." Ling Su Liu maintained her gentle appearance advising Bucong Jiye.
This made her look like a good person stepping down on Bucong Jiye's reputation.
Yu Qi smiled as she watched Ling Su Liu's action. Feeling someone stare at her, Ling Su Liu looked over and saw Yu Qi staring at him. She immediately turned around avoiding Yu Qi's eyes.
Bucong Jiye turned to look at Yu Qi. She felt that Yu Qi's smile was to mock her. Since Yu Qi wanted the box, she would not let Yu Qi have it. So, she rushed to grab the box and threw it on the ground.
Before she managed to do so, the old man swiftly blocked her hands. He was pushing her gently. However, Bucong Jiye was sent flying 10 meters away before falling to the ground. She even coughed some blood.
"Jiye-er!" Ling Su Liu shouted.
She was shocked that the old man dared to attack a daughter from Bucong's Family. She rushed to help Bucong Jiye to stand up.
"You! Old Man, you are dead." Bucong Jiye said while wiping the blood at the corner of her lips. "I will have my Father take care of you."
Bucong Jiye and Ling Su Liu left the place. Seeing Bucong Jiye and Ling Su Liu left, others also walked away from the area.
Yu Qi and Long Hui approached the stall again.
"Those women are targeting you because of me. I am sorry for getting you involved in such a drama." Yu Qi apologized to the old man.
It was indeed the truth. Bucong Jiye just came over to make things difficult for Yu Qi. However, no one expected that Bucong Jiye would get hurt in the end.
"No need for you to worry about me. I will be fine." The old man said. "Are you still interested in this box?"
"Yes." Yu Qi nodded.
"1,000 taels." The old man said.
Yu Qi took out the money and paid the old man. The old man handed over the box to Yu Qi. Yu Qi rubbed the box and smiled gently. The reason why Yu Qi wanted to buy the ugly box was because it belonged to one of her senior brothers, which was Senior Brother Rui, the one who always brought her to sneak out from the peak of the mountain.
He once showed this ugly box to her. He told her that this box was crafted by him for him as a jewellery box. The other senior brother mocked him for it because it was an ugly box. Senior Brother Rui told them that it was designed like this to make sure that the people did not think to steal the box because it was ugly.
He told her that he would give the box to him when the box was full of the jewellery that he collected for her. However, his wish could not be fulfilled because those bad people forced her to explode herself.
She did not know how this box managed to exist for such a long time. Each of her senior brothers was very good at crafting. He probably used a good technique.
The old man watched this scene with interest. This ugly box had been in his possession since he inherited it from her family. As far as he knew this box had been in his family for generations. No one knew what it was for. No one could open the box even though they tried many possible ways to open it. His father tried to sell it but the next day the box would still end up on his father's table.
Not only that, the old man tried to burn the box but still had no success. Then, after trying so many times, he gave up. He was thinking of making use of this loop. He sold the box a few times and got some money from it. The box would return to him in the next day.
***Thank you, from, your shameless author, ZerahNeko***