Chapter 2: Picking Up a Bargain
"Zhou Yang, does it look good?"
Zhou Yang nodded foolishly and said it looked good.
But as soon as he said it, he regretted it.
"Zhou Yang, you son of a bitch, I'll chop you up~"
...
Zhou Yang fled the scene at top speed, his little heart pounding.
Mainly, he was scared by Fang Jie's angry roar.
He turned the electric fan back on, wondering if she would chase him.
Thinking of this, he glanced at the door, and just then, a magical scene appeared: the door had vanished.
Zhou Yang thought he was hallucinating, quickly shook his head, and looked again; the door was still there...
However, after a while, the door was gone again. After several such instances, Zhou Yang jumped up happily; he actually had X-ray vision.
No, it should be said that his left eye had X-ray vision.
After a long while, Zhou Yang gradually calmed down. He wanted to test how far this X-ray ability could see.
So he looked down at his feet. Zhou Yang lived on the second floor, and he remembered a middle-aged couple lived downstairs.
He wondered if he could see through the floorboard beneath his feet.
As Zhou Yang began to concentrate, the floorboard slowly disappeared, becoming transparent.
Then he witnessed a stunning scene: the couple, surprisingly, didn't mind the heat; on such a hot day, they were still doing 'that thing'.
Just as Zhou Yang was watching intently, he felt a sharp pain in his left eye, and then the X-ray vision disappeared.
He had overexerted himself.
But this was not surprising; seeing through a wooden door was relatively easy, but the floor was a concrete structure. He had only watched for about ten seconds before his eyes couldn't take it anymore.
It took several minutes for the soreness to disappear, but he didn't dare to look again. What if he lost this X-ray ability? He would cry without tears.
He checked the time; it was already 9 PM. He still had to continue cleaning that pile of junk tomorrow, so he should take a shower and go to bed!
Zhou Yang had a job; he was an apprentice at an Antique Shop, which was essentially a handyman.
He had been working for almost a year, learning only superficial knowledge, and earning a 'high salary' of 3,000 yuan a month.
It was also a job with no holidays all year round.
Especially these past two days, Li Tuzi, his boss, was acting strangely. The storeroom, which hadn't been tidied in years, suddenly needed to be cleaned these past two days.
The warehouse was full of broken porcelain shards, some fakes, and the rest were just miscellaneous items.
Li Tuzi's full name was Li Dafu, about fifty-seven or fifty-eight years old. Because he had few hairs on his head, people behind his back called him Li Tuzi.
The next day, Zhou Yang, as usual, arrived at Li Tuzi's Antique Shop.
"Uncle Li, morning!"
Zhou Yang politely greeted him. Li Tuzi grunted in response and continued to fiddle with an item in his hand.
Zhou Yang, without being told, went to the storeroom again and started cleaning.
While cleaning the clutter, he was thinking about his plan to get rich, mainly because he didn't have time to think last night, or rather, he was too excited to think at all.
First, he would buy scratch-off tickets; that should bring in money quickly. As for doing other things, he hadn't thought it through yet.
But buying scratch-off tickets also required money, and Zhou Yang was currently penniless; otherwise, he wouldn't be unable to pay his rent.
Just as Zhou Yang was cleaning the clutter and thinking about his grand plan to get rich, an item he picked up caught his attention.
It was a damaged Buddha statue, fully named the Guanyin Seated on Lotus Buddha Statue.
Zhou Yang remembered this Buddha statue. About three months ago, a guy came to sell two items.
One of the items was this Buddha statue. Li Tuzi accepted the other item, but he didn't want this broken Buddha statue.
Firstly, this Buddha statue was a replica from the republican period, and not a very good one at that. Even if it were intact, it would be worth at most a few thousand yuan.
Moreover, this Buddha statue was damaged, so he refused to accept it.
But the other party didn't take it back in the end, just left it in the shop, and it was Zhou Yang who put it in this spot.
The reason Zhou Yang was now interested in this Buddha statue was that he saw something different.
His heart was excited, his hands trembled, and he looked back at Li Laogou.
Zhou Yang's eyes began to dart around.
He first put the Buddha statue aside, then continued cleaning. It took him almost an entire morning to finally clean out the entire storeroom.
"Uncle Li, do you want these rubbish items? If not, I'll throw them away."
Zhou Yang said, pointing to several half-filled bags of trash.
Li Tuzi came over and began to inspect them, even rummaging through the bags. He even picked up the broken Buddha statue and looked at it for a couple of seconds, making Zhou Yang's heart almost leap out of his throat.
"They're all useless. Take them out and throw them away!"
When Zhou Yang heard this, he felt as if he had been granted a great pardon. At this moment, he felt Li Tuzi's voice was incredibly sweet, even better than the voice of a singer performing a night serenade.
So Zhou Yang quickly carried the two half-filled bags of trash and walked towards the shop door. As soon as he left the shop, the items would be his.
"Wait a minute!"
Just as Zhou Yang was about to step out of the shop door, Li Tuzi called out to him.
Zhou Yang's heart skipped a beat. Would something go wrong?
"I'm going to Tongxin Tower for tea this afternoon to discuss a business deal. The shop won't be open this afternoon, so you don't need to come back later."
Hearing Li Tuzi's words, Zhou Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief, even cursing the bald man fiercely in his heart.
He quickly agreed and hurried away.
If he didn't leave soon, his fragile little heart couldn't take it, because he was so scared.
Zhou Yang threw away the trash, then, holding the damaged Buddha statue, walked quickly towards his rented room, not even having time to receive a glare from Fang Jie.
After returning to his room, he quickly picked up a small knife and a screwdriver and began to dismantle it. After about four or five minutes of effort, the base of the Buddha statue came off.
Then a seal appeared before Zhou Yang's eyes.
That's right, the reason Zhou Yang was so excited was this seal.
Not only that, but his left eye also had the ability to appraise treasures.
【"Item Name: Zhu Da Seal"】
【"Item Era: qing dynasty"】
【"Item Price: 1.5 million"】
【"Item Info:..."】
Zhou Yang was no longer in the mood to read the information; he was now stunned by the price.
1.5 million yuan! This was an astronomical figure for him. As long as he sold this seal, he would instantly become a millionaire.
Then he could buy a two-bedroom apartment and wouldn't have to rent anymore. Zhou Yang became more and more excited the more he thought about it.
Mainly, he knew what he should do next.
With this X-ray vision, for example:
Kissing beauties mouth-to-mouth, marrying a rich and beautiful woman with a luxury car, lolis and older sisters playing in the water together, big long legs with prominent curves...
"Zhou Yang, get out here!"
Just as Zhou Yang began to daydream, Fang Jie's voice came from outside.