Chapter 1283: The Mermaid in the Mansion
Shi Li's words shocked everyone.
Only Wenren Ding remained calm, and even pinched a strand of her hair under the cover of his cloak.
This action seemed to encourage Shi Li. Her eyes brightened a little and she looked at Heizhi who stood up with sarcasm.
"You used fake coral to fool people, you should be reported to the police and arrested!"
Heizhi took a few steps forward and took a closer look at Shili's face. Seeing that it was just a young girl, he immediately snorted like a cow.
"What does a young girl who is still wet behind the ears know..."
"Shut up."
Wen Rending looked over coldly, causing him to swallow half of his words, and then he patted Shi Li's head soothingly, "Go on."
"I can prove that this coral is fake."
Shi Li looked at Wen Ren Ding with curved eyebrows. She loved this feeling of being fearless.
Then he raised his delicate chin and looked at the mole provocatively.
"If your coral is fake, you can also go out and make an apology to us with drums and gongs, and pay us ten times the money we paid for the coral yesterday. Do you dare?"
Black Mole's eyes flickered slightly, but then he sneered, "Okay! I want to see how you can prove that my real coral is fake!"
He had been in this business for many years and had never been discovered. He simply did not believe that a little girl who was not even as old as his daughter could see through the truth.
In this world, people still rely on experience and eyesight to distinguish the authenticity of corals. In an era of backward science, there is no effective means of detection.
But corals come from the bottom of the sea, which is the world of mermaids.
How could you not know whether the things in your own home are real or fake?
But words alone are not enough, Shi Li still needs to provide strong evidence.
She blinked and tilted her head to look at Fang Jianzhang, "Excuse me, are there any other real corals here?"
"Naturally there is."
Fang Jianzhang answered subconsciously, but his face was very solemn. He didn't know whether he should trust a mermaid, but since he had invited Wen Ren Ding to come, and Wen Ren Ding didn't stop the mermaid from speaking, he could only cooperate with him.
After saying that, he asked someone to go to the warehouse and carry out another coral tree that he had collected earlier.
This coral tree was much smaller than Black Mole's fake coral, but as soon as it was lifted up, Shi Li could tell that it was a real coral from the deep sea, and the other party nodded.
With her nod, Fang Jianzhang actually developed blind confidence.
He was about to take a few more glances when Wen Ren Ding turned sideways, completely blocking his view.
Fang Jianzhang: ...
After placing the two corals side by side, Shi Li looked around, reached out to touch the smaller one, and then touched the fake coral.
With a general idea in mind, he continued to say to Fang Jianzhang: "Are there any smaller corals? For example, bracelets or something like that."
"Yes, yes, yes." Fang Jianzhang answered even faster, lowering his voice and asking people to take out all the coral items in the line.
While waiting, more and more people gathered outside the jewelry store, all coming to watch the fun.
Fang Jianzhang originally wanted to make a small matter out of a big deal and drive the people away, but after hearing Shi Li's confident voice, he gave up the idea and let people watch.
"Do you think this little girl can be trusted?"
"What's so reliable about that? She may not even be as big as other people's corals, hahaha!"
Passersby didn't know that Shi Li was a mermaid, and they all looked down on her, shaking their heads in ridicule and sighing.
"I think the Fang family is going to lose face this time!"
"That's right! If a coral plant that big is fake, how dare you come to a jewelry store to cheat people? Aren't you afraid of being arrested?"
"Tsk tsk, this Young Master Fang will have to apologize with drums and gongs in a while, it will be really embarrassing."
"I wonder what the identity of this lame little girl is, that Young Master Wenren can hold her in his arms all the time?"
There were also people gossiping, but no one was optimistic about Shi Li.
Before the jewellery shop assistants had put out all the coral items, an old man with a white beard and wearing a silk robe walked out from the crowd.
"What a nice coral! Let me take a look at it!"
When Fang Jianzhang saw him, his face instantly turned ugly.
This old man was the owner of another jewelry store across the street.
Peers are enemies.