Chapter 137: Of the Zhao Family Collection
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Just as the two women stood up, Lan Jian stood up as well. "Bring me along too. Although I've been here many times, I've never gone for a proper stroll before."
Hearing that he was going too, Zhao Lili said unhappily, "Cousin, didn't you say at the dinner table that there's something you need to take care of at the company? Will you be free now?"
Lan Jian tilted his head. "It's a big festive holiday today. If there's anything, I can take care of it tomorrow."
Zhao Lili in silence,".
Su Yan smiled and glanced at Lan Jian. Lan Jían quickly turmed his head and pretended not to see her eyes. He does not dare to look into Su Yan's eyes, her gaze was filled with tenderness. When she looked at him, he felt he was in a whirlpool of love.
Feeling a sense of helplessness, Zhao Lili could only bring the two of them to walk around the manor. As she walked around, she thought about how to deal with Su Yan. However, after thinking for a long time, she did not come up with any good ideas. Finally, they went to the collection room in the manor. There were many famous Chinese and foreign paintings, and very unique antiques.
As Zhao Lili introduced her collection, she looked at Su Yan arrogantly. Su Yan's face remained calm and composed, without any display of inferiority.
Zhao Lili felt stifled. With Lan Jian following by her side, she could do nothing about Su Yan. She could only say fiercely, "Oh, I almost forgot. Su Yan used to be a rich lady of the Wei family. I'm sure she has seen many such collections."
Su Yan said without any change in her emotions, "I'm not interested in these things so I rarely pay attention to them, and I don't know whether they are real or fake."
When she said this, she deliberately emphasized the word "real". As long as one was not stupid, they would be able to understand the hidden meaning in her words.
Zhao Lili said angrily, "I guess you don't understand. Every item here is worth at least 100,000 yuan, and our Zhao family doesn't need to use fake items to show off."
The corners of Su Yan's lips twitched. "I didn't say that your family's items are fake. You said it yourself.
Zhao Lili felt like she was about to explode with anger hearing Su Yan's words.
It was as if she was certain that the things in her family's collection were fake.
Zhao Lili's face turned red with anger. She looked at Lan Jian beside her and asked for his help. However, when she saw how good-natured he was, she couldn't help but get even angrier.
Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something. "Oh right, on the third floor of our villa, there is a Hollow Rotating Heart Vase that has been kept for more than two hundred years. According to my father, that rotating heart vase cost more than ten million yuan to buy."
Then, she looked straight at Su Yan with a smug look on her face. She wanted to see Su Yan's shocked expression when she saw a ten million yuan vase.
However, what disappointed her was that Su Yan still said indifferently, "In that case, let's take a look".
She didn't care about that Rotating Heart Vase or how much it was worth. She just wanted to see what Zhao Lili could do.
Under Zhao Lili's lead, the three of them returned to the villa and went straight to the third floor. In the temple on the third floor, there was indeed a Hollow Rotating Heart Vase.
Su Yan looked at it for a while and took out her phone to take a few photos
This was the first time she had seen such a unique vase and she felt intrigued.
Zhao Lili said, "If you want to post on WeChat Moments, I hope you won't mention our Zhao family because our family members are more low-key and don't like to show off like others."
Su Yan put away her phone and nodded slightly. "Don't worry, I won't post on WeChat Moments"
She had shown the collection room and introduced the collections to everyone.
If this was not showing oft, she did not know what it meant.
Seeing that Su Yan had stopped filming, her expression changed. When she was not allowed to take pictures, she took pictures. Now that she was allowed to take pictures, she stopped. It was infuriating "Why don't you take a few more pictures? The angle, lighting, and background here are the best. They will look better than the ones you took just now," Zhao Lili said as she pointed at her feet.
Chapter 138: The Villain Complains First
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After thinking for a while, Su Yan still walked over and started taking photos of the spot where Zhao Lili had just stood. Su Yan raised her eyebrows. Just as Zhao Lili had said, the effect of the photos taken from this spot was indeed very good, it was somewhat like an artistic blockbuster.
Suddenly, just as she was looking at the photos that she had just taken, a huge force struck her from behind. She had quick instinct and knew that it was Zhao Lili who harmed her, but she did not avoid it. Instead, she went with the flow and rammed into the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase.
"Crash!" A shattering sound rang out. The Hollow Rotating Heart Vase fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.
Although she had done it on purpose, her arm still hurt a little when she rammed into the table where the vase was placed. Lan Jian was completely dumbfounded. He had witnessed the entire process with his own eyes and felt that Zhao Lili had gone crazy. If he remembered correctly, this Rotating Heart Vase was bought by his uncle-in-law after sourcing it overseas for a long time.
He had always treated it as a treasure and even deliberately placed it in the temple hall. It could be seen how much he liked and respected this antique.
"Oh my God! Su Yan, what's wrong with you? You can even smash things into pieces by taking a photo!" , Zhao Lili shouted and pointed at Su Yan with an aggrieved expression. That's right, she was deliberately framing Su Yan. There were only three of them here, and Lan Jian was her cousin. Needless to say, he was on her side.
Seeing that Zhao Lili was the first to complain, the corners of Su Yan's lips curled up. In fact, she had long known about Zhao Lili's scheme. This kind of old -fashioned framing method had been played in all kinds of movies and TV shows.
Su Yan ignored her and looked around. She found a surveillance camera in a corner of the room, but her eyebrows soon furrowed. Because of the angle of the camera, it did not seem to be able to capture the scene of Zhao Lili pushing her. All it could capture was the scene of her stumbling into the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase. It seemed that Zhao Lili had put in a lot of effort to even take this aspect into account.
"Hey, I'm talking to you. Stop pretending to be deaf and dumb."
"Don't think that you'll be fine just because you don't speak. This Hollow Rotating Heart Vase is my father's favorite. Let's see how you'll explain it to my father later.
"Hmph! Beauty is the bane of women. You're a vixen. Previously, you tried to climb up to Wei Zhou and became his wife for three years. In the end, you were still kicked aside. Now, you're trymg to climb up to Brother Hao. You're simply shameless. "
Zhao Lili stomped her feet and scolded her. The more she scolded her, the more she went overboard, just like a shrew. Lan Jian couldn't stand it anymore and pulled her to the side.
"Cousin, what did you do that? She broke the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase. Can't I even scold her a little? That's my dad's favorite antique collection." Zhao Lili looked at Lan Jian unwillingly.
Without waiting for Lan Jian to speak, the sound of footsteps approached from afar. Fan Yumei appeared at the entrance of the temple hall. She said with a blank look, "Lili, what are you arguing about? What happened?"
Seeing that her mother had come, Zhao Lili pointed at Su Yan and said, 'Mom, quickly take a look. It was Su Yan who broke dad's Hollow Rotating Heart Vase."
Fan Yumei glanced at the ground and saw that the originally exquisite Hollow Rotating Heart Vase was broken all over the ground. In an instant, her expression became solemn.
"What are the three of you doing inside? Why did you bump into the Rotating Heart Vase?", Fan Yumei questioned.
Seeing that Fan Yumei was about to lose her temper, Zhao Lili quickly add fuel to the fire and said, "Mom, I brought Su Yan in to see the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase. It's all her fault for taking photos and showing them off on Wechat Moments, I couldn't stop her. In the end, while she was taking photos, she lost her footing and knocked over the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase."
Then, Zhao Lili sneered, "I think she did it on purpose!" Regardless of whether the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase was real or not, it was Zhao Yuan Shan's favorite. Although he was usually busy with work, whenever he had time, he would come to the temple hall to clean the vase. In the entire Zhao family, no one other than him, even Zhao Lili, dare to touch the vase. It could be seen that this vase held a high position in Zhao Yuan Shan's heart.
Fan Yumei sighed. She didn't expect this to happen. If it was something else that was broken, she could just let it go. However, she couldn't make the decision for this vase.
Chapter 139: Fakes
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"Miss Su, the item you broke is worth at least 10 million yuan, and it's my husband's favorite item, so this matter is really....." said Fan Yumei as she glanced at Su Yan.
"Do you want me to compensate you?" Su Yan went straight to the point.
Hearing this, Zhao Lili seemed to have heard a joke. She pointed at the broken Hollow Rotating Heart Vase on the ground and said with a disdainful look, "You dare to talk about compensation? Can you fork out 10 million? Moreover, 10 million was the price at that time. Have you heard people collect antiques for their appreciation in value? Now, the price of this Hollow Rotating Heart Vase has increased by don't know how much. How much it is worth is secondary, the important thing is its collection value. In the entire Antiques Street, there is only one in the world with this style and pattern. You dare to boast that you want compensation. How do you want to pay for it?"
After saying that, she didn't seem to be satisfied, she then attacked her personally, "Look at how inexperienced you are. You want to take a photo of an antique and post it on your WeChat Moments. I can't believe that after being Mrs. Wei for three years, you haven't increase in your stature at all."
Lan Jian muttered, "Cousin, watch your words."
Zhao Lili glared at him and said with a mean look, "What do you mean by 'watch my words'? If she knows her place, then don't break the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase. If she knows her place, is she not embarrassed to take photo at someone else's house?"
Seeing that she was not going to stop, Lan Jian's expression became solemn. Seeing the change in his expression, Zhao Lili's voice also became softer. She was not afraid of Lan Jian, but she remembered that he was the only witness at the scene, the matter would be very serious if Lan Jian sided with Su Yan.
Looking at Zhao Lili, Su Yan said with a playful expression, "Miss Zhao is right. I don't have much of an eye for things. But today at the Zhao family, Miss Zhao has helped me to broaden my horizons!"
Hearing these words, Fan Yumei's face tuned green. She could no longer suppress her anger. It was no longer a question of whether she liked Su Yan or not. Su Yan made her feel disgusted. What kind of family could bring up such an uneducated person? After breaking someone's things, not only did she not feel any sense of guilt, but even mocked and ridiculed back.
"Miss Su, although you are a guest brought by Feng Hao, you were the one who broke this antique. You have to take responsibility. As for the compensation, my husband will let you know," Fan Yumei said coldly.
Su Yan was about to say something when the phone in her pocket suddenly rang, She took out her phone and took a look. Then she smiled and said, "Sorry, I have to take a call. You guys talk first."
Hearing this, Fan Yumei and Zhao Lili were fuming. What did she mean by 'they can talk first'? She was the one who broke the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase, what did they have to talk about? If they wanted to talk, they should talk to her, the person involved.
Fan Yumei took a deep breath and said with an awkward expression, "You can answer your call if you wish to, there is no need to tell us."
The corners of Su Yan's lips twitched. She took the phone and walked out of the temple. "How is it?"
On the other end of the phone, Wang Xiaoxue's voice came through. "President Su, after checking, the pink-colored Hollow Rotating Heart Vase that you took a photo of is fake. According to the appraisal experts, this vase was originally a pair. Later, to sell it at a high price, the owner split it up and sold it.
One of them is bought by our company, and the other one is in the hands of Jin Shang's current Chairman. He has never sold it before, so we can't find any transaction records."
Su Yan nodded and said, "I see. Fortunately, I asked you to check. Is that all?"
'Wang Xiao Xue said respectfully, "In addition, the original owner of the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase said that this bottle has a place where the authenticity can be verified. On the surface of the Hollow Rotating Heart Vase, there are two golden dragons. On the surface of the real Hollow Rotating Heart Vase, the golden dragon eye on the right side is concave, while the dragon eye of the fake Hollow Rotating Heart Vase is protruding. The real Hollow Rotating Heart Vase is priceless, and the fake can at most be considered a high-quality imitation. According to the current market price, it is no more than half a million yuan."
Su Yan nodded. "I understand. Thank you for your hard work."
After understanding the situation, Su Yan hung up the phone. Before she could retum to the temple, she heard footsteps coming up from the second floor. It was Feng Hao and Zhao Yuan Shan.
Chapter 140: The Unlucky Witness
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From Zhao Yuan Shan's expression, it could be seen that this Hollow Rotating Heart Vase was indeed his favorite. He looked as though he had just lost a daughter.
Su Yan chuckled, She did not know if Zhao Lili would be beaten up. She put her phone away and returned to the temple.
Feng Hao walked to her side and whispered, "How are you? Did you hurt yourself?"
Hearing this, Su Yan secretly nodded in her heart. Even at this time, he was still concerned about her. He was indeed very reliable, knowing how to show concern for her. This guy could handle well.
"CEO Zhao, I'm really sorry. Although I didn't stand properly is due to being pushed from behind by Miss Zhao, ultimately it's me who accidentally knocked over this Hollow Rotating Heart Vase. I will take responsibility for this matter," Su Yan said to Zhao Yuan Shan with a smile.
Before she finished her sentence, Zhao Lili felt as if someone had stepped on her tail, she jumped up and said, "What are you talking about? Who pushed you from behind? It's you who took the photo and didn't stand properly. What does that have to do with me? If you can't afford it, just say it. There's no need to malign me."
Fan Yumei, who was at the side, frowned. Her gaze moved back and forth between Zhao Lili and Su Yan. She was observing their expressions, wanting to see who wasn't telling the truth. If it was really as Su Yan said, the nature of this matter would completely change. Whatever they said that was right would now become unreasonable.
Most importantly, after all Feng Hao addressed her as his godmother. Regardless of whether it was true or not, at least Su Yan was Feng Hao's girlfriend tonight. Even if she didn't give Su Yan face, she had to give Feng Hao face and give him an explanation. Otherwise, their relationship might go downhill because of this matter. This was the last thing she wanted to see.
"Lili is right. If you can't afford it, just say it. Since you're Feng Hao's girlfriend, just apologize to us and it'll be over. We'll be a family in the future. There's no need to slander my daughter like this," Fan Yumei quickly helped her daughter.
Seeing the mother and daughter arguing with Su Yan, Zhao Yuan Shan stood on the spot with a livid face. His eyes would occasionally glance at the pieces on the ground. He had not said a word since he came in.
Feng Hao had never believed that Su Yan was such a person, he could not help but chime in, "Godmother, I believe what Su Yan said. Based on my understanding of her, she will definitely not lie about such a matter. Godfather, how much is this antique? We can just admit to paying for it."
After saying that, he looked at Su Yan and said, "It's getting late. Let's go back first. Don't worry, I will take care of this matter for you."
However, Su Yan shook her head and said, "We're not leaving yet. We have to put an end to this matter. It's best to resolve misunderstandings, or else it will revolve into something bigger."
After saying that, she looked at Lan Jian who was standing at the side and said, "Auntie, Uncle, besides me and Zhao Lili, Lan Jian was also there. He saw clearly whether I fell or was pushed down by someone."
As soon as she said this, Zhao Lili, who was proud of herself became dumbfounded. She froze and subconsciously looked at her cousin, trying her best to signal him with her eyes.
Now, the pressure was on Lan Jian. He looked at Su Yan and then looked at Zhao Lili. In his heart, he thought how unlucky he was on the first day of the New Year. He had nothing better to do and insisted on following them out. Now, he was caught in the situation like a fool.
Looking at the corner of Su Yan's lips and the half-smile in her eyes, Lan Jian was hesitant. If it was in the past, he would definitely speak up for his cousin. After all, they were family. However, looking at Su Yan's current expression and her indifferent attitude, he felt that he had to tell the truth. Otherwise, he might have to pay an unbearable price for it.
After struggling for a while, Lan Jian finally said, "I have to tell the truth. It was my cousin who pushed Su Yan from behind. I saw it clearly from the side."
Shocked!
Lan Jian stood on Su Yan's side. This made Fan Yumei, his aunt, extremely shocked. She even wondered if Lan Jian was crazy?
"Nephew, do you know what you're saying? You can't joke around like this," Fan Yumei said.
"Cousin, you didn't drink at dinner, right? Why are you talking nonsense? I'm your cousin, we're relatives. Why are you helping others?" Zhao Lili said in disbelief.