Chapter 486: Walking into a Trap

Chapter 486: Walking into a Trap

Chapter 486: Walking into a Trap (Happy New Year!)
Bai Xiuwen pedaled his tricycle and finally caught up with Ding Qiang after all the haste he could muster, and quickly grabbed him.

"Brother Qiang, listen to me, the things that person is selling might be fake." Bai Xiuwen advised, panting.

"Fake? Impossible. I've seen the thing and it's real. It can't be fake." Ding Qiang denied Bai Xiuwen's words without even thinking.

"I have a keen eye. I can tell the real from the fake. How can a fake be so new? If it is fake, I can tell it at a glance."

Ding Qiang has lived for more than thirty years and has been addicted to antiques for several years. He feels that his vision has been honed to an extraordinary level and he has already reached the level of a master.

How could he be worse than Bai Xiuwen, who is only in his twenties? How could he be allowed to have any say?

"Xiao Bai, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're really not good enough today."

"It's just those two cups, the total is 40 yuan, each is only 20 yuan, how can you not afford it? If you can't afford it, don't stop me from buying it. You are not a decent person."

Bai Xiuwen looked at Ding Qiang with that stubborn expression. Was he absolutely certain that those antiques were real?
I gave good advice but ended up in this situation.

Although he really didn't want to persuade him, he was in the same station after all, so he had to patiently persuade him: "Brother Qiang, trust me, those two things must be fake, I won't lie to you."

"His words are exactly the same as what Uncle Lin said. No, you should go back and ask Uncle Lin."

Hearing Bai Xiuwen say it was fake again, Ding Qiang immediately became unhappy: "Okay, stop talking. If it's really fake, then I'll admit it. Don't persuade me anymore."

After saying that, Ding Qiang got on his tricycle and left.

"Ah~"

Seeing this, Bai Xiuwen stopped trying to persuade him. He just sighed and went back to his own territory to collect waste.

I have done my best. If I really get cheated, it has nothing to do with him, and I can't throw mud at him even if he wants to.

Ding Qiang first returned home and took out all the savings at home, which left him with about 10 or 20 yuan. Although he had said before that it was only enough for food, no one could tell the truth.

"This amount of money is not enough. I have to borrow some more."

Then, Ding Qiang went back to the scrap station and asked people there to borrow money. He borrowed from here and there, and only borrowed three or four yuan from each person.

After a while, enough money was collected.

People didn't really care about these three or four dollars. Besides, they were just acquaintances who were borrowing money, so they didn't bother to ask the reason.

"Finally it's enough." Ding Qiang took the 40 yuan and immediately went to find the man.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Who?"

"it's me."

"coming."

Hearing the familiar voice, the man immediately opened the door, revealing his handsome face with pointed lips and red cheeks.

"It's Brother Qiang. He collected the money so quickly."

"It's all ready, I've brought the money, hurry up and take out your antique." Ding Qiang said excitedly.

"Okay, please wait a moment." The man's attitude instantly became flattering, and he quickly took out the box.

"Brother Qiang, do you want to check again?"

"No, let me check it again." Ding Qiang wanted to refuse, but since he had to take out so much money at once, he decided to check it again.

"Okay." The man smiled even more happily, thinking to himself, 'This deal is done.'

He originally thought that the deal was going to fall through, but he didn't expect Ding Qiang to come and open it for inspection just in case, so the deal was done.

If he doesn't check, he's worried that it won't work.

The man immediately opened the box, lifted up layer of cloth, and revealed the two clear and transparent cups.

The clear blue color coming into view made Ding Qiang's heart feel as happy as if he had eaten honey.

"It's so beautiful! It's mine now."

Ding Qiang smiled with delight from the bottom of his heart, carefully put it into the cloth, and wrapped it layer by layer.

Seeing that Ding Qiang didn't notice anything about the antique, the man smiled brightly.

Ding Qiang generously took out the money and said, "I like the things very much. Can you count them to see if they are enough?"

"Hey, we are so close now, why do we need to count the money? I trust you."

The man said this, but he was not slow in counting the bills one by one.

After counting it twice and confirming that there was no difference, he said happily: "It's exactly 40 yuan, not a cent off. Brother Qiang, this heirloom of mine is yours, you must protect it well."

"Haha, don't worry, I will definitely protect it like a family heirloom." Ding Qiang carefully picked up the cloth bag and left.

"Hey, Brother Qiang, it's not safe for you to hold it. You can take my box. Without my heirloom, this box is useless."

"How bad is that."

"What's wrong with it? Take it. It's not worth much. Don't damage your treasure."

"Thank you very much."

Look, there is a free service here, which makes Ding Qiang feel warm inside. It really can’t be fake.

Ding Qiang carefully put the cloth bag into the box, closed the lid, and got on the tricycle. "Okay, I'm leaving now."

"Hey, Brother Qiang, take care." The man waved happily and watched Ding Qiang's back gradually walking away until it disappeared.

The man immediately slipped into the house and closed the door tightly.

Ding Qiang was riding a tricycle, turning his head to look at the box from time to time. He felt as if he had eaten a popsicle on a hot summer day, and his heart was cool and happy.

He kept muttering: "I'm rich, I'm rich, I'm rich, I'm rich"

After getting the things, Ding Qiang didn't want to collect the waste anymore. He just wanted to go back to the scrap station to show off to everyone.

At this time, it was gradually approaching noon, and everyone returned to the scrap station to count the collected scrap and put it into the warehouse.

Someone saw that there was only one box in Ding Qiang's truck bed and said: "Brother Qiang, your business is not good today, so you only accepted a broken box."

"It seems that Brother Qiang has bad luck today. He must not forget today's mission."

Ding Qiang said angrily, "Go away, this is not a broken box, it's my heirloom, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."

"Family heirloom? Brother Qiang, why are you going to sell it? It's not worth much if you bring it to our scrap yard."

"Brother Qiang, is there something wrong at home? If you need help, tell us and we will never refuse."

"That's right, Brother Qiang, we will definitely help you through this difficult time."

Hearing everyone's caring words, Ding Qiang felt warm inside, but he was fine and nothing happened.

"Go away, I'm fine, my family is fine too. This is a family heirloom I found outside, and I came here to show it to you."

Ding Qiang's words immediately aroused everyone's curiosity: "Oh? Open it quickly and take a look. We want to see what treasure is inside?"

"Just watch, I'm going to blind your eyes!" Ding Qiang grinned, opened the box, and uncovered the layers of cloth.

Everyone watched Ding Qiang peel off the layers of cloth, and they were extremely curious. It was wrapped so tightly, it must be real.

Until Ding Qiang lifted the cloth, revealing two blue, clear and transparent cups inside.

"Wow, this cup is really pretty."

Hearing the compliment, Ding Qiang seemed even more proud: "That's right, it's not just based on appearance, it's extremely valuable, it's an antique, someone's heirloom, bought for me."

"Heirloom? Antique?" Everyone was surprised when they heard it.

But the more he looked at it, the more something seemed wrong. "Brother Qiang, have you been cheated? How come this heirloom looks like new?"

"Yes, this new one looks just like it was just made. It's not yellow at all."

"Brother Qiang, have you been deceived?"

"Pah, pah, pah!" Ding Qiang was immediately angry and said, "Do you know the goods? They are well protected and cleaned from time to time, so they look new. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense."

"Besides, who am I? I'm an expert in antiques. How could I cheat you and let you get cheated? You guys really don't know what's good."

"Don't look at it, don't look at it. If you look at it, it will really dirty my heirloom."

Ding Qiang's words immediately aroused everyone's anger.

"Hey, Brother Qiang, what you said is not very authentic. We were just talking casually and we just didn't want you to be fooled. Why are you still blaming us?"

"Your kindness is taken for granted. I think this thing is fake. If it was really a family heirloom, they would never sell it. How could such a good thing happen to you?"

Ding Qiang said, "Oh, don't disbelieve me, this is what I bought. This is a good thing that happened to me."

Seeing his smug look aroused everyone's displeasure even more, "It's not certain whether it's true or not, maybe it's really fake."

Ding Qiang pointed angrily and said, "You kid, if you have the guts, say it again, this thing is real!"

"If you say it's true, then it's true? Who would believe it? Just ask someone to take a look and you'll know."

Ding Qiang said: "Okay, I'll ask Uncle Lin to come over and take a look." "Then we'll see!"

A group of people went to look for Uncle Lin.

At this moment, he was lying leisurely in the sun.

Seeing so many people coming, he stood up slowly and said, "So many people are coming to see me, are you trying to rebel?"

"My old bones can't stand being beaten, why don't you find someone else to rebel against?"

Everyone got used to listening to Uncle Lin's nonsense.

Ding Qiang said: "Uncle Lin, we have something to ask you. Can you help me check whether these two antiques are real?"

After saying that, Ding Qiang immediately took out his two cups.

Uncle Lin didn't look at the cup, but stared at Ding Qiang: "Xiao Qiang, you are not here to borrow money from us, are you here to buy this antique?"

"Yes." Ding Qiang smiled awkwardly.

"How many times have I told you not to think about getting rich overnight by studying antiques? These things are not good. I have a lot of fakes at home, and you still haven't given up."

Ding Qiang raised his thumb and said, "This is the last time. I promise I won't buy it next time."

"I always say next time, next time, but you never hear that. Come on, I won't persuade you from now on. Just buy it if you want."

After saying that, Uncle Lin looked at the two cups again, glanced at them casually, and then put them back.

"Okay, take it."

"Uncle Lin, you haven't told me whether this is true or false?" Ding Qiang said.

In fact, even if Uncle Lin didn't say it, everyone could more or less guess it, but there must be a conclusion.

"Do I need to say it clearly? This thing is fake at first glance. It's not real at all. Don't you claim to have several years of experience? How come you can't see it at first glance?"

Uncle Lin was speechless about Ding Qiang. He had suffered so many losses but he had never learned anything. He told everyone he had several years of experience, but he was always fooled and made no progress.

Hearing this, Ding Qiang instantly revealed an expression of disbelief, staring at the two cups with wide eyes.

"Impossible! I've seen your stuff, it's real. It looks so new, it must be well protected."

"It seems you still refuse to give up." Uncle Lin shook his head helplessly, "If this cup is really an antique, it must have a history of five or six hundred years."

"No matter how well you protect it, it will turn yellow. Look at your cup. It looks so new. There is no yellow at all."

"Look at the paint again. Touch it. It's been hundreds of years. How can it be so smooth? There are no bumps at all."

"You have been deceived by someone, and you still don't believe it. Would I deceive you again?"

Uncle Lin pointed at Ding Qiang, not knowing what to say, and in the end he was too lazy to say anything more.

"I don't believe it." Ding Qiang said stubbornly.

It's no wonder that he didn't believe it. In order to buy these two cups, he borrowed twenty or thirty dollars from everyone and emptied out his family savings, making a lot of effort.

How could I believe that in the end, all my efforts would be in vain.

"I don't believe it. I don't believe it." Ding Qiang shook his head and denied it like a madman.

When the people around saw this, they immediately dispersed, fearing that innocent people would be harmed by the crazy Ding Qiang.

"Let's go, let's go." No one dared to watch the fun anymore. Those who had quarreled with him were satisfied with the result, and it was not a good idea to add insult to injury at this time.

"If you don't believe me, take it to the trust store and ask for it yourself."

"Yes, yes, go there and ask, they will definitely be able to tell it's real."

Ding Qiang immediately took the cup, got on his tricycle and headed straight for the trust store.

On the way, Ding Qiang regretted from time to time that he had not listened to Bai Xiuwen's advice before.

But he didn’t regret it for long, so he went to the trust store.

The trust store always had an appraiser to testify, and Ding Qiang walked in holding the box.

"Master Qian, Master Qian."

Master Qian saw someone calling him, and he looked in the direction of the voice and saw Ding Qiang holding a box. "Hey, isn't this Brother Qiang? How did you find another treasure?"

Master Qian was very familiar with Ding Qiang. After all, he had bought a lot of antiques under the guise of collecting scrap, and he would come to appraise some things that he was not sure about.

After a few interactions, the two became much more familiar with each other.

"Master Qian, can you help me check if this thing is real?" Ding Qiang took out two cups.

Seeing Ding Qiang's serious face, Master Qian guessed that he must have spent a lot of money to buy these two things.

"Row."

Master Qian took it, looked at it carefully, and then his face became serious.

"Master Qian, how is it? Is this thing real?" Ding Qiang asked cautiously. He spent 40 yuan to buy it.

If you buy something with money you owe to a bunch of people, it must be real.

Master Qian looked up at Ding Qiang and shook his head helplessly: "Brother Qiang, these two things are fake at first glance, how can you not see it?"

Master Qian was also speechless. It was just short of writing a fake character. With his understanding of Ding Qiang, how could he not see it? It was really hard to understand.

"How is that possible?" Hearing Master Qian's words, Ding Qiang was struck by lightning and his body went limp and he sat on the ground.

Master Qian is no longer surprised by this.

"Brother Qiang, I think you've been cheated. Go find someone to get your money back while there's still time."

"To be honest, I've seen these two cups at least three times. They must be deliberately trying to trick you. Go quickly, or it will be too late."

"Yes, yes, I'm going now."

Suddenly, Ding Qiang felt like he was listening to the sound of nature, and his originally confused mind instantly became focused.

He quickly got up, put away the cup, got on the tricycle, and headed straight to his destination.

Along the way, Ding Qiang regretted his decision so much that he slapped himself several times.

"I'm really to blame. Xiaobai clearly reminded me, why didn't I listen?"

He regretted that he had been so foolish as to not listen to Bai Xiuwen's advice and insist on buying these two broken cups. Now he was cheated.

At this time, Ding Qiang hated the man with a pointed chin and monkey face very much.

The tricycle pedaled at a very fast speed and soon arrived at the destination.

"Open the door for me! You dare to cheat me, pay me back!"

Ding Qiang cursed loudly at the gate of the yard and knocked hard on the door, but it still didn't open.

Suddenly, Ding Qiang felt something was wrong.

He immediately climbed over the wall into the yard, only to find that the house was already empty, all the belongings had been packed up and taken away, not even any food left.

"Damn it, the monk can run away but the temple cannot. I don't believe you can really run away."

Ding Qiang immediately visited people around and asked where the residents of the yard were going.

But I got some shocking news.

"The guy from that yard you're talking about got into a fight with someone a few days ago and was detained at the police station. He hasn't come out yet."

"By the way, you are his relative, right? What do you want from him?"

"No, isn't there someone living in that yard? I saw someone coming out of this house this morning."

"Is there anyone living there? I haven't seen him, and I haven't heard that he has any relatives. How could there be someone living there?"

The neighbors were talking about the situation in the yard, and the topic suddenly went off track.

At this point, Ding Qiang was disheartened. He had to admit that he had been cheated, and had been cheated from the very beginning.

Someone secretly occupied this person's house and used it to set a trap to lure him into it.

He himself was completely unaware of it, and if he really got into it, he deserved to be cheated.

It's ridiculous. Bai Xiuwen had clearly reminded him, but he just didn't believe it and even blamed Bai Xiuwen instead. It's really ridiculous.

"Hahahahahahaha." Ding Qiang held the box and smiled foolishly.

"Now, the things are fake, the money has been cheated, and I still owe everyone money. I have nothing left."

"I will never touch it again!"

This time, Ding Qiang finally made up his mind to never touch antiques again, but only he knew how long he could hold on.

(End of this chapter)