Chapter 50: Ye Chen Takes Action!

Overjoyed, Ye Chen immediately prepared to stuff the "Nine Profound Heaven Scripture" into his chest.

As a result, the book immediately turned into powder and disappeared.

However, every word in the book was clearly imprinted in Ye Chen's brain.

At this moment, his father-in-law, who had been running away, was roughly dragged back by several burly men.

Seeing his face red and swollen on both sides, it seemed he had been caught and beaten!

Ye Chen looked at his miserable appearance and just wanted to laugh.

This old man, causing trouble and still wanting to shift the blame onto him, was truly unreasonable! Letting him suffer a lesson could be considered a punishment.

His father-in-law, Xiao Changkun, was exceptionally miserable at this moment. He had been running for his life just now and was exhausted.

But he didn't have the car keys, and being old and fat, he couldn't run fast. How could he be a match for these young men?

So, before long, he was caught, tied up, and brought back, and even received several slaps. It was truly miserable.

As they dragged Xiao Changkun back, Manager Zhou Liangyun gritted his teeth and said, "Old thing, you want to run after breaking our vase? You should go and find out about the background of our Jiqing Hall!"

His father-in-law said in terror, "I didn't do it on purpose, it's just that this vase was too slippery..."

Zhou Liangyun said coldly, "Stop talking nonsense to me! I'll give you one afternoon to raise the money. If you can't pay, I'll report you to the police for intentional damage to someone else's property. A case value of over five million is enough for you to sit in prison until the bottom rots!"

Xiao Changkun was trembling all over. Looking at Ye Chen, it was as if he saw a life-saving straw: "Ye Chen, my good son-in-law! You can't just stand by and watch me die!"

Ye Chen said helplessly, "Dad, I don't have that much money either!"

Xiao Changkun hurriedly blurted out, "Then you go to prison in my place! The Xiao family has raised you for so long, it's time for you to show some gratitude!"

Ye Chen thought to himself, how can you have the face to say such things?

Just as he was about to refuse, the middle-aged man stepped in first: "Every debt has its debtor. We at Jiqing Hall value credibility the most in business. You broke the vase, so you have to pay for it!"

After saying that, he said to Ye Chen, "You can go, but you'd better help him raise enough money. Otherwise, after this afternoon, I'll send him to the police station!"

Ye Chen nodded lightly.

Xiao Changkun was terrified and cried, "Good son-in-law, you can't leave! What will I do if you leave!"

Seeing him so scared, Ye Chen couldn't help but find it funny.

But of course, he couldn't laugh on the surface.

He was just about to find an excuse to raise money and leave, letting his father-in-law stay here and suffer a bit.

But he suddenly remembered that the "Nine Profound Heaven Scripture" just now contained ancient methods for restoring porcelain artifacts. So, with a thought, he said, "Manager Zhou, if I can restore that Jade Pot Spring Vase, can you let my father-in-law go?"

Zhou Liangyun sneered and said, "Who do you think you are, wanting to restore an antique? To tell you the truth, I've already sent photos to Jin Ling's cultural relic appraisal experts, and they said that since it's broken like this, it's impossible to restore it."

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Your vase is already broken anyway, it's useless to keep it. Trying won't lose you anything..."

Zhou Liangyun gave a disdainful sneer and said, "Fine, you won't give up until you hit the Yellow River, right? Fine! I want to see what kind of ability you have!"

Ye Chen said, "Prepare a piece of rice paper, a calligraphy brush, and five eggs. The eggs must be raw."

Zhou Liangyun waited to see what kind of joke Ye Chen would make, and without hesitation, he quickly found a basket of raw eggs for Ye Chen.

However, he still couldn't help but mock, "Using eggs to restore cultural relics, I've never seen such a method. I warn you, don't play any tricks. Either you pay the compensation, or we sue your father-in-law in court. Five million is enough for your father-in-law to spend his whole life in prison."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "What if I restore it?"

Zhou Liangyun snorted coldly, "If it's appraised by professionals and it's indeed restored, and most of the loss can be recovered, then you can go!"

"Fine!" Ye Chen nodded, "It's a deal!"

After saying that, he stopped talking to him, picked up the brush, and outlined the contour of the Jade Pot Spring Vase on the rice paper.

Then, he cracked a small hole in an egg, dipped his index finger in the egg white, smeared it on a fragment of the vase, and pressed it onto the paper model. Then he picked up another piece and pressed it on. The paper model was gradually covered with the fragments of the antique...

Everyone held their breath, afraid to disturb his restoration process.

Soon, half an hour passed.

When Ye Chen stood up straight again, what appeared before everyone's eyes was a Tang Dynasty Jade Pot Spring Vase that looked as if it had been reborn.

He smiled at Zhou Liangyun and said, "You can take a look and see where there are still flaws."

Zhou Liangyun picked up the vase, looked it up and down a few times, and then said disdainfully, "Are you kidding me? You just smeared it with egg liquid and call it restored? If I break your leg, can I smear it with egg liquid and fix it too?"

"Don't touch that vase!"

Just at this moment, a crisp and urgent voice came from the door.

Following that, a cold and beautiful woman wearing a white casual suit stepped in.

Her face was beautiful, her figure perfect and tall, nearly 1.7 meters, exuding a noble aura. Her beautiful eyes looked into the room, filled with cold arrogance, like an ice queen.

The moment Zhou Liangyun saw this woman, his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly lowered his head respectfully: "Eldest Miss, why are you here?"

The person who came was the actual owner of Jiqing Hall, the eldest miss of the top family in Jin Ling, the Song family, Song Wanting.

Song Wanting snorted coldly, her face full of anger: "I'm afraid if I didn't come, you would have ruined this shop! What is going on?"

Zhou Liangyun gave a sheepish smile and hurriedly replied: "A guest accidentally broke the vase while looking at it. His son-in-law restored it with eggs. I was just about to say that such a restoration has no value and was communicating with them about compensation."

Song Wanting leaned over to the Jade Pot Spring Vase, observed it for a moment, and her expression changed drastically!

Then, she immediately turned back and scolded Zhou Liangyun: "Put it down! Who told you to touch it randomly when you don't understand!"

Zhou Liangyun was stunned: "Eldest Miss, what is this?"

Song Wanting said angrily: "This is a newly restored cultural relic. Except for the restoration expert, no one else can touch it with their hands. Don't you even understand this rule?"

Zhou Liangyun said hesitantly: "This... it was just smeared with egg liquid, it doesn't count as restoration, right?"

Song Wanting's beautiful eyes were filled with anger, and she scolded: "You fool, after this vase is restored, the price will at least double, but because you touched it with your hands, it's a loss of at least two million! Pack your things yourself, don't come tomorrow!"

She had seen a porcelain plate from the same period as the Jade Pot Spring Vase at an auction in Hong Kong before.

The history of that porcelain plate was very interesting. It was Tang Dynasty porcelain, broken by someone in the Song Dynasty, and then restored by skilled craftsmen in the Song Dynasty using the same method.

And because this restoration technique was extremely rare and had long been lost in history, the final transaction price of that porcelain plate was 13 million, far exceeding the actual value of the plate.

Now, this Jade Pot Spring Vase was restored by Ye Chen using the lost technique, and the value of this vase would also rise suddenly!

Zhou Liangyun's face turned pale. He never expected that just by touching the Jade Pot Spring Vase, it would bring such a huge loss and even cost him his job.

Song Wanting then asked: "Where is the master who restored this Jade Pot Spring Vase? Take me to pay my respects." ===== CHAPTER 51 =====