The master and his subordinate shared a strange silence.
Inside the pawn shop, Qin Lily was unaware that her every move was being observed. She spoke enthusiastically, "Boss, look at these three gemstones. Each one is full and smooth, with even and bright colors. These are high-quality gemstones!"
The pawn shop owner looked down and saw three pairs of underwear! And they were men's underwear!
He looked up at Qin Lily, a thin young man in coarse cloth clothes! Clearly, these underwear did not belong to him.
Thinking this, the pawn shop owner looked at Qin Lily with a gaze as if seeing a 'pervert'.
Qin Lily was puzzled. "Boss? What's with that look? Do you think I'm trying to trick you?"
The pawn shop owner said, "These gemstones are certainly high-quality… but…"
Qin Lily was unhappy. "But what? Are you doubting that these are real gemstones? I'll tell you, these three gemstones are a family heirloom passed down through three generations, they can't be fake!"
Pawn Shop Owner: "..."
Jun Mo: "......"
Three generations of inheritance? These underwear?
Qin Lily picked up one of the items. "They're definitely real. If you don't believe me, just smell them. They still have a fragrance!"
She held the clothing up to her nose and took a deep breath. "See, they're definitely real gemstones."
Pawn Shop Owner: "......"
Jun Mo: "............"
Suddenly, he felt a slight… itch in his groin.
The pawn shop owner's expression grew very complex.
It was a mixture of hesitation and difficulty in expressing his thoughts.
Qin Lily was truly puzzled. "Boss? What's the verdict? If you don't want them, I'll just go to another pawn shop."
The pawn shop owner cleared his throat and spoke slowly, "Young man, is this really a family heirloom passed down through three generations?"
Qin Lily replied with righteous confidence, "Of course, do I look like someone who would lie to you?"
The pawn shop owner looked at Qin Lily's coarse cloth clothes. He clearly didn't look like someone who could own such valuable gemstones.
Furthermore, the underwear was made from exceptionally fine fabric he had never seen before. Just the material itself was worth a lot of money, let alone that it was brand new and didn't look like it had been passed down for generations.
So, it was either stolen or… found.
But a normal person wouldn't just casually throw away their personal belongings, would they?
The pawn shop owner looked at Qin Lily's shifty eyes. He seemed a bit clever but didn't look like someone who was involved in petty theft.
He sighed and said with a wry smile, "Young man, these three gemstones don't belong to you, do they?"
Qin Lily was about to refute, but the pawn shop owner waved his hand and said, "Let me explain first. Looking at your simple clothes, you must come from a poor family. Do you know there's a custom in the grand cities outside Tang City?"
Qin Lily sensed something was off. "What custom?"
The pawn shop owner smiled and said, "People out there have a saying called 'waist full of wealth.' The more precious and rare the adornments around one's waist, the more noble and elegant they are considered to be. But nowadays, people know that it's better not to flaunt their wealth, so this 'waist full of wealth' has been 'wrapped' in their personal clothing."
Qin Lily asked, "So…"
The pawn shop owner continued with a grin, "These are someone else's personal belongings—underwear."
Qin Lily: "............"
Seeing that she was stunned into silence, the pawn shop owner couldn't help but laugh and tease, "Young man, would you like to sniff them again? Didn't you say they smelled nice?"
Qin Lily: "............"
Damn you! What the hell!
These are actually underwear?!
Qin Lily was utterly dismayed.
She had just claimed that these were a three-generation family heirloom!!
How ridiculous to claim underwear was a family heirloom!
No wonder the pawn shop owner had such a strange expression when she said that; and she even went to sniff them!
The pawn shop owner said with a chuckle, "From the size of these garments, they must belong to a very tall man. You look too weak and impoverished to be able to wear such fine personal clothing, so I guess these must belong to someone else."
The pawn shop owner was mostly joking and didn't actually suspect where she had stolen them from.
But the more he laughed, the more Qin Lily felt her face burning—after all, it was a man's underwear!
Qin Lily gritted her teeth and almost threw the underwear at the pawn shop owner's face. "How is this even close to underwear? It's so long!!"
The pawn shop owner stopped smiling, his expression growing serious. "The fabric is quite rare, and the style is a custom from outside the city. This garment must belong to someone from elsewhere. It is indeed a type of personal clothing."
So this young man really didn't know what it was.
It made sense—many impoverished children had never seen such things.
Qin Lily's face turned red with anger.