Chapter 012: Playing the Pig to Eat the Tiger
After leaving Zhenbao Pavilion,
Gu Keqing blinked her butterfly-like big eyes, looking at the charming Lin Lang, and meekly said, "Darling, how do I feel like you're playing the pig to eat the tiger when you're with me?"
Lin Lang looked at the beautiful and mature Gu Keqing and replied, "Sister, why do you say that?"
"A Lang, your acting skills are quite good!"
"Sister, I studied finance in college, not acting, so how could I have any acting skills?!"
Gu Keqing belatedly said, "You have the ability to appraise antiques and find overlooked treasures, yet you cried poverty about not having money for rent. Isn't that playing the pig to eat the tiger?"
Lin Lang scratched his head guiltily and chuckled.
Gu Keqing narrowed her big eyes, seductively scrutinizing Lin Lang with great ambiguity.
"In one day, you found two major overlooked treasures in the antique market and made a profit of 11 million chinese yuan. You really made this sister look at you differently!"
"A Lang, you're a millionaire now. How does it feel?"
Lin Lang replied, "It feels pretty good. It's one step closer to my small goal of 100 million."
"Sister, next to Jing'an Temple Antique City, there's a Shanghai Bank Jing'an Branch. I'll go and exchange the 11 million transfer check into my bank account first."
"Alright!"
"I'll go with you," Gu Keqing smiled beautifully.
At the Shanghai Bank Jing'an Branch, Lin Lang presented his ID to open a bank card and successfully exchanged the 11 million chinese yuan transfer check from Zhenbao Pavilion, which he earned from finding overlooked treasures, into his own bank account.
Seeing the 11 million chinese yuan arrive in his account, a triumphant smile spread across Lin Lang's face.
After transmigrating back to the millennium, Lin Lang, relying on the All-Purpose Entry Prompt System, earned his first pot of gold, tens of millions of chinese yuan, by finding overlooked treasures, truly becoming rich overnight.
After walking out of Shanghai Bank,
Lin Lang said, "Let's go, Keqing Sister!"
"Go?"
"Where are we going?"
"A Lang, did you forget why you came with me to the antique city?"
Lin Lang suddenly realized and replied, "I remember!"
"Keqing Sister's mother's birthday is next week, and her elderly mother is a devout Buddhist, so you want to buy an antique Guanyin statue as a birthday gift for your aunt, right?"
Gu Keqing smiled charmingly, "You've got a good memory, kid!"
"Just because you found an overlooked treasure and earned 11 million chinese yuan, you can't forget about my important matter!"
"I'll accompany Keqing Sister now and continue to browse the antique city to get your aunt's birthday gift sorted out, alright?"
"Hmph~ That's more like it!" Gu Keqing smiled sweetly.
The two strolled through the antique stalls.
The mature Gu Keqing was very well-maintained and looked incredibly young and beautiful. Walking intimately with her lover, Lin Lang, they gave off the impression of a perfect match, looking no different from a young couple.
AI generated Gu Keqing browsing antique stalls
"A Lang, you found two major overlooked treasures in the antique city and earned 11 million chinese yuan in one go, but why don't I see you looking excited?"
Lin Lang replied, "Who said I'm not excited?!"
"I just don't show my joy or anger, don't express my likes or dislikes; my sorrow or joy doesn't show on my face, and my life or death isn't up to heaven."
"As the saying goes, a hidden dragon waits for its moment to strike. Those who are good at concealing succeed, those who are good at showing off fail. Those who achieve great things must hide their intentions, act decisively, and not plan among the masses! Half gentleman, half rogue, seemingly gentle, but actually firm as steel."
"Flowing water doesn't compete to be first; it competes to be endless."
"If merely finding an overlooked treasure of 11 million chinese yuan could make me, Lin Lang, lose myself and become uncontrollably excited, then it means I wouldn't be able to accomplish anything significant in the future, wouldn't it?"
Gu Keqing listened and looked at Lin Lang with new respect, but couldn't help but laugh and say, "A Lang, are you showing off? Isn't this when you can't afford rent anymore?"
"Hehe... Keqing Sister, you're making me show off and have some fun!"
"A Lang, why do you look harmless but are actually playing the pig to eat the tiger?" Gu Keqing smiled sweetly and charmingly.
"Keqing Sister, you look so beautiful when you smile!" Lin Lang embraced Gu Keqing's soft, slender waist and couldn't help but kiss her on the street. Her lips were so soft and sweet.
After a passionate kiss, Gu Keqing, afraid of being seen by acquaintances who might realize she had a kept man, nervously glanced at the surrounding crowd.
Immediately after, Gu Keqing said somewhat infatuatedly, "A Lang, you fulfill all my fantasies about men!"
"Good physique and tall."
"Both gentle and unrestrained."
"Especially sweet-mouthed, and capable of 'eating soft rice hard'."
"Eyes that are clear, bright, and charming."
"Although he might be a little bit of a playboy, he has a handsome face that exudes righteousness."
Lin Lang listened and laughed, "Sister, if you praise me any more, I'll float away!"
"A Lang, you already saw that I had fallen for you, didn't you?"
Lin Lang replied, "Renting usually requires a deposit plus three months' rent. How could a tenant possibly owe three months' rent?"
"Keqing Sister, you allowed me to owe you three months' rent and always used collecting rent as an excuse to contact me. I'm not a fool, of course I could see it."
"Uh..."
"So, Sister, I was already caught by you, kid, when I owed the first month's rent."
"Sister, I am the fated love tribulation you cannot avoid in your life. Falling in love with me is your destiny."
Gu Keqing giggled sweetly as she held Lin Lang's arm.
AI generated Gu Keqing beauty shot
Following that, Lin Lang accompanied the mature Gu Keqing, like a couple deeply in love, intimately browsing the antique stalls.
About twenty minutes later,
Among the dazzling array of antique stalls, Lin Lang finally discovered a genuine antique Guanyin statue in relatively good condition.
Ding! 【Green Appraisal Prompt Entry】 Genuine Antique Found Prompt: Ming Dynasty small-leaf red sandalwood inlaid with ivory and lacquered gold carved Guanyin statue, current market collection value eighty thousand chinese yuan.
Lin Lang stopped and squatted in front of the miscellaneous goods stall, picked up the red sandalwood Guanyin statue, and inquired, "Madam, how much is this Guanyin statue?"
The stall owner replied, "Sixty-nine thousand eight hundred chinese yuan."
Gu Keqing looked at it and complained, "Is a wooden Guanyin statue really that expensive?"
The stall owner smiled and said, "Beautiful lady, you clearly don't know the trade!"
"This wooden Guanyin statue isn't made of ordinary wood. It's made of excellent small-leaf red sandalwood, and it's inlaid with ivory and lacquered gold. It's clearly an old piece from the late Ming or early Qing dynasty."
Gu Keqing listened, then looked at Lin Lang and asked, "A Lang, is what the madam said correct?"
Lin Lang first nodded affirmatively, then haggled, "Madam, give us a real price, and we'll take this antique Guanyin statue home."