As soon as Tao Yuzhe arrived, he immediately greeted Zhang Yuehong and Tang Dapeng, saying, "Uncle, Auntie, don't panic! I'll help you!" Tang Dapeng recognized the two and asked, "How did you two come?" Jiang Li tidied her hair and replied, "Yanran received Auntie's call in a hurry, but couldn't leave the hospital, so she asked me to come and take a look. Fortunately, Tao Yuzhe and I were together and also very anxious, so we came together!" Zhang Yuehong knew that Tao Yuzhe's grandfather had served as the former mayor, although retired, the Tao family still wielded influence. She immediately grabbed Tao Yuzhe's hand and said, "Yuzhe, you must help Auntie. These people are extorting us!" After briefly describing the situation to Tao Yuzhe, she nodded confidently and said, "Don't worry, Auntie! I'm here, I'll see who dares to mess around!" "Listening to what you said, they must be framing us with fake goods! They've picked the wrong target. I happen to have studied antique appraisal. Even if it's broken, I can still appraise it. Let me take a look first!" He stepped forward, pushing aside Chen Wanli, saying, "You step aside, don't block the way. What do you understand just standing here looking around?" Jiang Li echoed, "Since Chen Wanli can't handle it, he should step aside and let Tao Yuzhe deal with it!" Zhang Yuehong nodded in agreement. Since Chen Wanli would only talk about nonsense like checking the surveillance, she said, "Wanli, you don't need to busy yourself. Let Yuzhe handle it!" Chen Wanli raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "I'm afraid he can't handle it today!" Zhang Yuehong said impatiently, "Yuzhe is a professional who has studied appraisal and is also the grandson of the former mayor. He's definitely better than you!" Just as Tang Dapeng was about to speak, Tao Yuzhe had already walked to the shattered listening bottle. Although the body of the bottle was shattered, the bottom of the bottle was intact. Tao Yuzhe picked up the bottom of the bottle, carefully examined it, and then said with a slightly unpleasant expression, "This listening bottle is genuine!" "Are you sure?" Zhang Yuehong thought they had found a breakthrough. If the item was fake, even if they couldn't explain it clearly, they wouldn't have to pay much. "Hmm!" Tao Yuzhe nodded helplessly. Manager Shi Xu had been watching coldly all along, and only now did he smirk and say, "This is an authentic Chai Kiln listening bottle that we brought back from an overseas auction. The purchase price was eight million!" "What is the concept of such a Song Dynasty porcelain in the collecting world, those who understand it know very well! Why would we need to frame you?" These words made Tao Yuzhe uneasy. He had originally believed Tang Dapeng's words without a doubt, but now he began to suspect that Tang Dapeng just didn't want to pay up. "Uncle, are you sure you didn't touch it?" Tao Yuzhe couldn't help asking. Tang Dapeng angrily said, "If it was me, I'd rather be hit by a car when I go out! We must call the police!" "In the end, it's just that you don't want to pay, right? Then let the police handle it!" Manager Shi Xu took out his phone and made a call, then ordered the security guards to block the door: "Keep an eye on the door, don't let these old guys escape!" Shi Xu took the initiative to call the police, and Tao Yuzhe had a vague bad feeling. Sure enough, within ten minutes, two policemen in uniform hurried over. After hearing the whole story and pretending to question several so-called witnesses, one of the policemen said impatiently, "Three clerks and six customers have all testified! You damaged the property of others! You have to pay compensation! Otherwise, with such a large amount, you will have to be temporarily detained! Otherwise, if you run away, it will be troublesome!" As soon as detention was mentioned, Zhang Yuehong's face turned pale with fright. She knew what a detention center was like, and she didn't want to go in. The policeman shook the handcuffs directly, causing Zhang Yuehong to step back even further. Zhang Zhili watched with a smile on his face. He could see through Zhang Yuehong's true colors, a cowardly and deceitful person. Obviously, these two policemen were in cahoots with Guobao Pavilion, skilled at playing a double act. Presumably, they had often done such things in this store. Tao Yuzhe, a young man from a wealthyProtected and sheltered since childhood, gentlemen like Tao Yuzhe had no idea about the dangers of society. But since Zhang Yuehong had just trusted Tao Yuzhe, Zhang Zhili remained silent, merely observing from the sidelines.
With furrowed brows, Tao Yuzhe now even suspected that Tang Dapeng simply didn't want to compensate, hence causing so much trouble.
After hesitating for a moment, Tao Yuzhe stepped forward and lowered his voice to the police officers, saying, "My name is Tao Yuzhe, I'm the grandson of Tao Zhenhong. Can you give us some face? Let's not talk about detention for now! These two are my elders, it wouldn't look good if they were detained, right?"
The two police officers were stunned for a moment, then they realized who Tao Zhenhong was! The former mayor!
With that said, Zhang Yuehong couldn't help but find Tao Yuzhe very considerate! It's a pity that such a good young man is not her son-in-law!
Looking at Zhang Zhili, he was simply useless! Well, Young Master Tao! Even if it's an eight-million antique, it's a huge sum of money! Even if it's us, we can't act recklessly."
The police officers looked embarrassed and glanced at Tao Yuzhe.
Tao Yuzhe pondered for a moment, "Are you sure the testimonies of the witnesses are credible?"
"Of course. With so many people, how could they all collude to commit perjury?" one of the police officers replied.
"Alright, I'll cover the money!" Tao Yuzhe suddenly exclaimed.
"What?!" Zhang Yuehong was dumbfounded, the twist was too big, she couldn't react for a moment.
Tao Yuzhe said solemnly, "Auntie, it wouldn't be dignified to be detained. Besides, it's just a small amount of money, I definitely can't let you be detained!"
Upon hearing the word "detention" again, Zhang Yuehong became anxious. She looked at Tang Dapeng.
"Dapeng? How about..."
Tang Dapeng had a stubborn side to his character, otherwise he wouldn't have married his daughter to Zhang Zhili under pressure.
He angrily exclaimed, "It wasn't me, I would never admit it."
"Don't talk about detention, even if it's a prison sentence, I will fight it to the end!" Zhang Zhili gave a thumbs-up. "Father-in-law's words are right! We shouldn't admit to crimes we didn't commit, not even for eight million, not even for eight dollars!"
Jiang Li sneered, "You're so eager for money? Your in-laws are so old, can they handle a trip to the detention center?"
Tao Yuzhe, who was already unhappy with Zhang Zhili's showing off at the teahouse, finally managed to suppress Zhang Zhili. There was pride in his eyes: "It's nothing, not a large sum. RAN and I are good friends, I'll cover the money, no need for you guys to repay!"
As he spoke, he took out his bank card,
Spending eight million, just to buy Tang Yanran's mother's gratitude.
In the future, I'll have to help him out, promote the divorce between Zhang Zhili and Tang Yanran, and actively marry my daughter to him again? This deal is too profitable!
It's just right to do this early!" Manager Shi Xuyu smiled and reached out to take the bank card.
Zhang Zhili couldn't bear to watch, and directly stopped Shi Xuyu, saying, "I disagree with this solution!
Tang Dapeng would never take money for no reason. If Tao Yuzhe really covers the money, Tang Dapeng will definitely find a way to repay it.
Zhang Zhili couldn't bear to see Tang Dapeng being implicated.
But Zhang Yuehong's mind was full of not going to the detention center, and she said impatiently, "You're not stupid. Letting your father-in-law and me get detained, saving eight million for you to enjoy!
"Thanks to your dad for spending two million just to protect you without a fuss!
Jiang Li even sneered at Zhang Zhili, with a disdainful hum in her voice.
Tao Yuzhe narrowed his eyes and taunted Zhang Zhili, "The things you can't solve, I'll handle them. The people you can't protect, I'll protect them. Do you still have the face to block me everywhere?"
Zhang Zhili responded lightly, "If you really have the ability, then I won't bother to talk. Unfortunately, you're as stupid as a pig, falling into the pit and still trying to hog the limelight!"
Tao Yuzhe was furious, "You couldn't even let out a fart just now, now you're pretending?!"
"I just wanted to see how stupid you really are!" Zhang Zhili smiled, pointing at the bottom of the listening bottle. "First of all, this is a fake! Except for the bottom, the entire bottle is fake!"
This kind of half-truth, half-false trickery had long been overplayed in the antique industry. But using it to set up scams wasn't bad!
After all, the bottle was smashed to pieces. With just the bottom to authenticate, who wouldn't have to pay up?
When he said the last sentence, Zhang Zhili's gaze was sharp as a knife, looking at Shi Xuyu, the manager of the Guobao Pavilion, asking him to help me.