Chapter 1285: The Mermaid in the Mansion
The man with a black mole on his face looked at Shi Li's bright and lively eyes, and cold sweat visibly appeared on his forehead.
He forced himself to walk in front of the fake coral and shouted in a bluffing manner: "Such a large coral is worth a fortune. Which river are you going to throw it into? If it is damaged, what will you use to compensate!"
In fact, this is just nonsense. Regardless of whether this coral is real or fake, it now belongs to Fang's Jewelry Store. Even if he is the seller, he has no right to interfere.
Fang Jianzhang was about to speak, but was interrupted by Wen Rending's sneer.
"No need to be so troublesome." Wen Ren Ding took a step forward, brushed past the black mole, freed one hand, and forcibly broke off a piece from the fake coral tree and threw it into the basin.
No one present had expected that he would move so quickly. Blackie's face turned purple in an instant as he watched a piece of coral sway in the water and finally float in the middle.
"Even if my coral didn't sink to the bottom, it doesn't mean anything!" The man tried to argue.
But the truth was already in front of them. Not only the people in the jewelry store, but even the onlookers at the door could see clearly that his coral was fake.
Fang Jianzhang saw Mr. Qiao quietly retreating from the corner of his eye. Thinking of the ridicule he had just suffered, he immediately laughed out loud and raised his voice to ask, "Mr. Qiao, you just said you wanted to buy this rare coral. I am willing to sell it to you!"
Everyone then remembered that Mr. Qiao was very optimistic about this fake coral.
He had been the owner of a jewelry store his entire life, but he couldn't even tell whether the coral was real or fake. If this matter got out, he would be finished, and so would his jewelry store.
Old Qiao's face turned pale, secretly regretting that he had spoken out so quickly. Now he could only force a smile and said, "Although the coral didn't sink, it doesn't mean it's fake..."
This is simply being a rogue. Fang Jianzhang felt angry and was about to open his mouth to press him a few more times when he heard Shi Li chuckle.
"Isn't this proof?"
Shi Li looked at Heizhi and Old Qiao jokingly. These two people would not cry until they saw the coffin. This rarely aroused her competitive spirit. She stretched out her hands and quickly touched the real and fake coral trees respectively.
Then she raised both her hands for everyone to see clearly.
The fingers that touched the real coral were slender and soft, without any change; on the other hand, the other hand that touched the fake coral had blood beads oozing out of the fingertips.
Because of the silk, the mermaid's fingers are ten thousand times softer than humans'. No matter how realistic the fake coral was, it was still not as bright and smooth as the real thing, and it directly scratched her fingers.
The crowd watching the excitement fell silent for a moment, and then started to discuss louder things. On one hand, they were talking about the fake coral incident today, and on the other hand, they were talking about Shi Li's shocking actions.
Only one person at the scene had a different reaction.
Wen Ren Ding stared closely at the blood beads oozing from Shi Li's fingertips, and his body emanated an unprecedented coldness. His eyes swept over the people around him one by one, as sharp as a sword.
Fang Jianzhang lowered his head in shame, and quickly told the shopkeeper to take Wen Rending to the back to rest, and he would take care of the rest of the matters in the front.
At the same time, he lowered his voice and said to Wen Ren Ding: "I will make amends later!"
"Master Wenren, please come in." The shopkeeper was also in awe of Wenren Ding, but the boss had already spoken, so he could only bite the bullet and walk up to Wenren Ding to invite him.
Wen Rending said nothing and followed him to the rest hall at the back.
The owner of the jewelry store was indeed an experienced man. He could see that Wen Ren Ding cared a lot about Shi Li, so he almost had someone bring some medicine at the same time and presented it to Wen Ren Ding respectfully.
Shi Li blinked her eyes, looked at the shopkeeper's face, and then looked at Wen Ren Ding, muttering softly, "At most, I was pricked by a needle, it's not necessary to apply medicine..."
Before she could finish her words, Wen Ren Ding grabbed her wrist and sprinkled medicine on her fingertips as if it were free.
Shi Li: ...
If you sprinkle it for a while longer, the wound will heal directly.
She doesn't seem to be that squeamish.
She opened her mouth to speak, but when she saw Wen Ren Ding's frighteningly sullen face, she swallowed the words back.
After delivering the medicine, the shopkeeper tactfully left, leaving them alone in the hall.
Shi Li was thinking about how to break the deadlock, but Wen Ren Ding just stood up, hugged her and prepared to leave.
When I reached the door, Fang Jianzhang hurried in from outside.
Seeing the two of them, he was slightly stunned, then gave a bitter smile and bowed deeply to Wen Ren Ding and Shi Li.
"A Ding, I was wrong just now. I have implicated you and... this girl."
He took a look at Shi Li and guessed that she was the mermaid that Wen Ren Ding had just bought, but since Wen Ren Ding didn't say it, he couldn't reveal it rashly.
"Give me a chance to apologize." Fang Jianzhang looked guilty and ordered the waiters behind him to stand in a row, each holding a tray in his hand.
The tray was filled with colorful jewels.