Chapter 1284: The Mermaid in the Mansion
"Mr. Qiao is here!"
"There's something good to watch this time!"
The onlookers obviously all knew the white-bearded old man, and they discussed the matter more enthusiastically.
The white-bearded old man, that is, Old Qiao, came over like a smiling tiger, "Master Fang, such a good coral, don't you suggest that I open my eyes to it?"
Fang Jianzhang knew that the other party was here to cause trouble, but he couldn't say no in front of so many people. He forced a smile and said, "Mr. Qiao, it's a rare visit. Please feel free to come."
Boss Qiao nodded generously, took out an ancient magnifying glass from his sleeve, and moved close to the fake coral to observe it carefully.
During this time, Shi Li asked the clerk in the jewelry store to fetch another full basin of water.
"What's wrong?" Hearing her request, Wen Ren Ding thought of something else. He frowned and asked with his head down, looking at the black mole opposite him with an unfriendly look.
He thought Shili was short of water again, and the people and things here were really wasting time.
"The fake coral will be exposed in a moment." Shi Li raised her head and smiled at him again, which made him relax his brows.
At this time, Mr. Qiao put away the magnifying glass and raised his head with a serious face.
"You, you, you..."
He looked at Fang Jianzhang with a kind-hearted elder, and said, "How can you say such a good coral is fake? If you don't want it, I will buy it back and make it the treasure of the store!"
The voice of this sentence was not loud, but it was loud enough for the people waiting at the door to hear it clearly, and the discussion became louder for a moment.
Everyone felt that this time Fang Jianzhang was going to bring disgrace to the Fang family.
Fang Jianzhang's face was extremely ugly. He opened his mouth but didn't say a word. His mind was full of thoughts about how to restore his damaged reputation. He even blamed Wen Rending and Shi Li in his heart. If it weren't for them, the matter might not have become so serious.
Shi Li has never been so sensitive to other people's thoughts, but Fang Jianzhang's reaction was seen by Wen Rending, which made him frown again.
"Li..." He wanted Shi Li to stay out of this matter. He didn't bring her out to solve any trouble for anyone.
"Here it comes, here it comes, I'm going to start proving it."
At this time, Shi Li saw the waiters coming over with a box of coral objects and a basin of clean water, and she exclaimed excitedly.
Wen Ren Ding looked at her and closed his mouth.
To be on the safe side, Shi Li first asked the clerk to hand the box to Mr. Qiao and asked him to first identify whether the corals in the box were real or fake.
"Okay, okay, you're such a persistent girl."
Old Qiao felt that he was definitely right. With a magnanimous look, he picked up the corals in the box and examined them one by one. In the end, he only took out a pair of earrings inlaid with corals.
"Except for this pair of earrings, all the other corals in the box are real."
"You were right this time. How come you didn't see that the coral tree was fake?"
Shi Li just took a quick glance and confirmed whether the coral in the box was real or not. She didn't expect that Mr. Qiao was so capable.
Old Qiao put away his smile and frowned unhappily, "Girl, you can't afford the consequences of talking nonsense."
Shi Li was certainly not afraid, and even glanced at Hei Zheng, who felt more confident because he had Old Qiao's support.
The next second, he grabbed the real coral in the box and threw it into a basin filled with clean water.
There were crisp sounds mixed with the screams of people around, and all the coral objects sank into the water without any struggle.
"Please take this fake coral off the earrings and throw it in." Shi Li pointed at the coral earrings that Mr. Qiao was holding and said to Fang Jianzhang.
Fang Jianzhang came to his senses from his shock and looked at Shi Li with complicated eyes.
"Someone, come and take the coral off the earrings." At this point, he could only take a gamble.
There was a craftsman in the jewelry store who specialized in repairing jewelry. He removed the coral from the earrings in no time.
As soon as she handed it to Shi Li, she threw it into the same basin of water.
At first, the fake coral was also sinking slowly, but it stopped halfway and floated in the middle of the water instead of sinking directly like the real coral.
"Corals grow on the seafloor. If they could float up, wouldn't it be easy to get? How could they be considered rare treasures?"
Shi Li looked around at the wide-eyed people around her and spoke in a clear voice.
Then, she looked at the black mole whose expression was a little frozen, "Now let's see what happens when your fake coral is put into the water!"