Chapter 182: 【182】Who allowed you two to catch your breath? _1
 

Zhang Jicheng couldn’t help but give a wry smile upon hearing his disciple’s response, “But Shengdingxuan Antique Shop’s business is doing much better than ours, and the treatment they offer you must be better than Ya Garden, with more prospects for development.”

“Master, are you playing the spokesman for Mr. Pei now? Watch out, or I’ll go and tell the boss.” Tang Feng revealed a face full of mischievous grin.

“You little rascal, thinking about telling on your master?”

Zhang Jicheng couldn’t help but scold him with a smile, but he quickly became serious again, “Speaking seriously, your performance today truly surprised me as your teacher. It’s no exaggeration to say that your appraisal skills have now surpassed mine.”

“Master, I don’t like hearing you say that,” Tang Feng immediately looked at him with displeasure, “What do you mean ‘now’? Haven’t I surpassed you before?”

“Get out of here, saying you’re fat when you’re about to start panting.” Zhang Jicheng immediately scolded him with a laugh, “But seriously, I am truly relieved now. Once you pass the antiques appraiser qualification exam in a while, I can retire and go home with peace of mind.”

“What? An exam? No one ever told me that.” Tang Feng was taken aback.

“Don’t worry, the certificate might be difficult for others to get, but for you, it should be a piece of cake.” Zhang Jicheng had great confidence in his disciple.

“When is the exam then?”

“Probably next week.”

“That soon? I am not prepared at all.”

“You don’t need to prepare.”

“So, Master, what do you want to do after you retire?”

“I haven’t thought about it yet.”

“I did find you a nice little job, though.”

“What job?”

“How about becoming my assistant?”

“You little brat, asking for a beating…”

When Tang Feng and Zhang Jicheng returned to Ya Garden with the six antique pieces, Qin Yanan, who was dealing with accounts, jumped in fright.

“I just asked you to go for a casual stroll, and you guys brought back so many antiques?”

“Aren’t you pleasantly surprised?” Tang Feng said with a smile, looking for praise.

“Pleasantly surprised, my foot! With so many antiques brought back, I don’t have the funds to acquire them now.” Qin Yanan was instantly at a loss for words.

She never thought she would one day be worried about having too many antiques.

She still hadn’t repaid the three million she owed Tang Feng from the last time, and now he had brought back antiques worth over ten million. How could she have such a big appetite?

“If you don’t want them, forget it. I’ll go ask Shengdingxuan.” As Tang Feng spoke, he was about to take the six antiques away.

“Wait a second,” Qin Yanan immediately panicked and hurriedly held him back, stumbling over her words, “Can I negotiate something with you?”

“No. Cash on delivery.” Tang Feng knew what she was going to say and immediately refused.

“Can’t I just write you an IOU?” Qin Yanan was a bit embarrassed.

Especially seeing a group of employees around, looking at her with strange expressions, made her even more embarrassed.

“An IOU? You still haven’t paid me back the three million you owe me. What if you default on the debt?” Tang Feng remained unmoved.

Qin Yanan clenched her fists. If it weren’t for the vast disparity in strength between them, she really wanted to go up and punch him.

Tang Feng glanced at her and, seeing that she was on the verge of being angry out of embarrassment, suddenly changed his tone, “Writing an IOU is fine, but you have to add a sentence to it.”

“What sentence?” Qin Yanan was somewhat curious.

Tang Feng slowly leaned into her ear, “Just add the sentence ‘If I can’t repay the debt within the deadline, I will repay it with my body’.”

Qin Yanan was stunned for a moment. Was she being teased?

“Tang Feng, you…”

“I have other things to do, I’ll be leaving first.”

Tang Feng dropped the antiques on the table and made a quick getaway.

Furious, Qin Yanan was gritting her teeth.

The employees in the shop hurriedly cleaned the tables and mopped the floor, afraid of getting caught in the crossfire.

There were also two who reacted too slowly and hadn’t realized what was happening.

Mr. Qin immediately found her scapegoats, “Who allowed you two to breathe? Your breathing scared me.”

“Punish you both to inventory all the antiques in the warehouse and then clean the shop again. There can’t be a speck of dust.”

After saying that, she left with the sound of her heels clicking away rapidly.

The two unluckies looked as if they had lost all will to live. Who did they provoke?

…

In the evening, Tang Feng drove his Ferrari F8 to meet at the restaurant Jiang Zi had booked.

The restaurant she chose was called “Maya,” a Western restaurant in Zhonghai that definitely counted as high-end.

It seemed Jiang Zi was prepared to go all out to thank him.

When he arrived, he could see from afar that Jiang Zi was waiting at the entrance of the restaurant.

She must have rushed over straight after work, not even changing clothes, wearing a gray business OL suit.

Her slender legs were wrapped in black stockings, and she wore a pair of black high heels.

She seemed less like the girl-next-door and more like a mature, career woman with an air of elite charm.

“Beautiful lady, waiting for someone?”

He parked his car in front of Jiang Zi and whistled at her.

Jiang Zi was still looking around, probably waiting for that boy who rode the bicycle, not connecting the sports car with him at all.

At the sound of that flirtatious whistle, her eyebrows furrowed slightly and she waved her hand in irritation.

Seeing her reaction, Tang Feng couldn’t help but want to laugh, “Are you waiting for your boyfriend?”

“What if I am? What’s it to you…”

While responding curtly, Jiang Zi turned to look at him.

Upon recognizing Tang Feng in the driver’s seat, she was startled, “Why is it you?”

“Why can’t it be me?” Tang Feng asked back with a smile.

“This car… did you rent it?” Jiang Zi glanced at the sports car, which clearly didn’t come cheap.

“Look down on someone? Can’t I afford to buy it?” Tang Feng felt somewhat displeased, feeling a bit looked down upon.

“You can afford a sports car?” Her tone was even more surprised.

From their few interactions, although she had come to realize that Tang Feng was no ordinary man, she didn’t think he had anything to do with the wealthy elite.

To see him now appearing in front of her in a sports car was truly unexpected.