Chapter 50

Overjoyed, Ye Chen immediately prepared to stuff the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" into his bosom.

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

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

At this time, the fleeing father-in-law was roughly escorted back by several burly men.

Looking at his red and swollen cheeks on both sides, it seemed he had been caught and beaten up!

Ye Chen looked at his disheveled appearance, only wanting to laugh in his heart.

This old guy, after causing trouble, still wanted to shift the blame to him; it was simply unreasonable! Letting him suffer a little lesson could be considered a punishment for him.

His father-in-law, Xiao Changkun, was exceptionally disheveled at this time; he had run for his life just now and was exhausted.

But he didn't have the car keys, and he was old and fat, so he couldn't run fast; how could he be a match for these young people?

So, in no time, he was caught and tied back, and even received several slaps; he was truly miserable.

Several people caught Xiao Changkun back, and manager Zhou Liangyun gritted his teeth and said, "Old thing, you want to run after breaking our vase? You don't even bother to ask about the background of our Jiqing Hall!"

The father-in-law said in terror, "I didn't mean to, it's just that this vase was too slippery..."

Zhou Liangyun said coldly, "Spare me the nonsense! I'll give you an afternoon to raise the money. If you can't afford to pay, I'll call the police and report you for intentionally damaging others' property. A case value of over five million is enough for you to sit in prison until the bottom rots!"

Xiao Changkun shivered all over, looking at Ye Chen as if he had seen 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 jail for me! My Xiao family has raised you for so long, it's time for you to know how to repay kindness!"

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 took a step forward: "Every grievance has its head, every debt has its master. We at Jiqing Hall value credit 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 it's best to help him raise enough money. Otherwise, after this afternoon, I will 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 scared like this, Ye Chen couldn't help but find it funny.

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

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

But he suddenly thought in his brain that there was an ancient method for porcelain cultural relic restoration in the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" just now, so his heart moved and he said, "Manager Zhou, if I can restore that jade pot spring vase, can you let my father-in-law leave?"

Zhou Liangyun sneered and said, "Who do you think you are, wanting to restore antiques? To tell you the truth, I have already sent photos to Jin Ling cultural relic appraisal experts, and the other party said that it is broken like this, it is already impossible to restore."

Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Your vase is broken anyway, it's useless to keep it, it won't hurt to let me try..."

Zhou Liangyun sneered disdainfully and said, "Alright, you won't give up until you reach 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 writing brush, and five eggs for me. The eggs must be raw."

Zhou Liangyun waited to see what kind of joke Ye Chen would make, and didn't hesitate, quickly finding a basket of raw eggs for Ye Chen.

However, he still couldn't help but mock, "Using eggs to restore cultural relics, I have never seen this method. I warn you, don't play any tricks. Either you pay the compensation, or we will sue your father-in-law in court. Five million is enough for your father-in-law to sit in jail for a lifetime."

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

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

"Good!" Ye Chen nodded: "It's a deal!"

After speaking, he immediately stopped talking to him, picked up the writing brush, and outlined the contour of the jade pot spring vase on the rice paper.

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

Everyone held their breath, afraid of disturbing his restoration process.

Soon, half an hour passed.

When Ye Chen straightened up again, what was presented before everyone's eyes was a Tang Dynasty jade pot spring vase that looked as if it were 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 damn well smeared it with egg liquid and called it restored? If I break your leg and smear it with egg liquid, will that work?"

"Don't touch that vase!"

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

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

Her face was beautiful, her figure was perfect and tall, nearly 1.7 meters, exuding a luxurious aura. Those beautiful eyes looked into the room, filled with cold arrogance, just 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 Song family, one of the top families in Jin Ling, Song Wanting.

Song Wanting snorted coldly, her face filled with anger, "I'm afraid that if I don't come, you'll ruin this shop for me! What is going on here?"

Zhou Liangyun smiled awkwardly and hurriedly replied, "A customer accidentally broke it while looking at the vase, and 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 matters."

Song Wanting leaned over to the jade pot spring vase, observed it for a moment, and her face changed suddenly!

Then, she immediately turned back and scolded Zhou Liangyun angrily, "Put it down quickly! 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 cultural relic that has just been restored. Except for the restoration expert, others cannot touch it with their hands for the time being. 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 contained anger, and she scolded, "You fool, after this vase is restored, the price will at least double, but just 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 porcelain 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 accordingly!

Zhou Liangyun's face was pale; he never expected that just touching the jade pot spring vase would bring such a huge loss and even lose his job.

Song Wanting then asked, "Where is the master who restored this jade pot spring vase? Take me to pay my respects quickly."