Chapter 46 I'll try

Mary's look became unnatural. “Why do I care about his relationship with Rui Liu?" Mary thought. Seeing Mary was silent, Kris said, "Rui and I are classmates before. I didn't know about it until I called her and asked her." Mary nodded. Originally they still had this kind of relationship, but she still had some doubts, "you are just classmates, why is she so polite to you?" "It might have something to do with the fact that I used to be a monitor." Kris paused and made up an excuse. “Really?” said Mary. Just then, Kris's cell phone suddenly rang. "It must be my boss. He must have known that I have sneaked out. I have to get back to work." This phone call solved Kris's crisis. Mary also did not think too much, said hurriedly, "Ok, just go back quickly." Kris nodded, waved goodbye to her, and strode out of the manor. He took out his phone and saw that it was a call from Xiaorou Xu. "Kris, where are you? Can you come over now? There's an urgent matter that needs your help." Xiaorou said anxiously. "Okay, I'll be right there soon." Kris didn't ask her what it was about. But she was so anxious and lost her usual calmness, Kris guessed that she must have run into something important. Hanging up the phone, Kris drove to antique shop. Twenty minutes later, Kris parked his car at the door of antique shop. As soon as he got out of the car, he saw many people standing outside the shop. "What are these people doing?" Kris said to himself. Kris squeezed through the crowd and saw the owner of a couple of antique shops talking about a middle-aged man. "This stuff is a fake." "Yeah, it looks like it was made in an assembly line." Kris saw the middle-aged man holding a blue-and-white porcelain vase in his hand. He looked a bit unnatural as he was surrounded by so many people. Apparently, he was not used to being surrounded by so many people. In front of this middle-aged man stood not only Xiaorou and Jun Yang, but also a hale old man with white hair. This old man was Xiaorou's grandfather, Qianshan Xu. The Xu Family's great reputation was also the result of his hard work. By the generation of Xiaorou's father, Jianguo Xu, the Xu Family's reputation was known throughout the country. Kris didn't know him but felt that this old man wasn't ordinary. What surprised him was that there was a familiar figure among this group of people. “Yu Su is here too. Why is she here?” Kris said to himself. After thinking a while, Kris found it was normal that Yu Su would be here, the Su Family and the Xu family had a good relationship. Yu Su might be here to help Xiaorou. Yu also spotted Kris and she froze for a moment. "Why is he here too? Did he come over for fun?" Although Yu was a little curious why Kris would be here, she didn't greet him and talked to him. "Last time we celebrated grandmother’s 70th birthday, I had a conversation with him, but we haven't talked with each other since then. If I greet him now, will he think that I'm approaching him on purpose?" Yu couldn't help but think. While everyone was arguing, Qianshan Xu waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. He placed the blue-white porcelain vase in the middle-aged man's hand on the table and carefully examined it. Qianshan was a true master of antique appreciation. After he finished speaking, everyone around him quieted down and held their breath. They were afraid of disturbing his appreciation of the vase. Several antique shop owners also stopped arguing. They all held their breath, not daring to make a sound. Qianshan, the true antique master, was here. These antique dealers certainly didn't dare to express their opinions casually. "The blue-white porcelain vase is indeed exquisite, and the glaze is very pure, but I can't determine which dynasty it is from." After looking at the blue-white porcelain for a while, Qianshan shook his head and said to the middle-aged man. The middle-aged man scratched his head, "You're an expert in the antique world, how hard could it be to learn the age of a blue-white porcelain vase?" "Antique connoisseurship is profound and extensive. The more I know, the more ignorant I feel. I've only lived a few decades, and it's normal to have some antiques that I can't know the ages.” Qianshan put his hands behind his back and said Qianshan's words were frank. He told people directly that he didn't know. He didn't pretend to understand what he didn’t know. He also didn’t say some nonsense about antique appreciation. Because the people present with antiques could write down these things even if their eyes were closed. As soon as Qianshan finished speaking, the people present nodded their heads in recognition. In the antique industry people really couldn't pretend to know the expertise of antique appreciation. A few antique shop owners also admired Qianshan’s courage of admitting his ignorance as an expert in this field. "Grandpa, did you really not see which dynasty it came from?" Xiaorou was confused. There was no antique that her grandfather couldn't identify in her impression Qianshan thought about it and said, "If I had to say which dynasty it came from. I would identify this vase as a modern artifact." As soon as he finished speaking, the middle-aged man said, "This porcelain is a modern artifact? What I want to ask is which kiln can produce such beautiful porcelain?" "This..." Qianshan was so stunned that he didn't know how to reply. Just as the situation became awkwardness, Kris stepped forward and said, "May I see it?" After he finished speaking, everyone present froze, discussing. "Where did this young man come from?" "What qualifications do you have to authenticate something that even Master Qianshan can't authenticate?" Several antique shop owners were also stunned. Wasn't he the Su Family's live-in son-in-law? Last time, if he hadn't uncovered the fraudster, they would have lost their face. But now the old man standing in front of him was a master expert in the antique world. When he became famous in antiques world, Kris’s father hadn't even been born yet, let alone Kris. "Who are you? Why don't you get out of here?" "That's right, didn't you hear that Master Qianshan has already given an appraisal. This is a modern artifact." "Just leave quickly, don't embarrass yourself here." A group of onlookers stared at Kris and made sarcastic comments. A few antique shop owners didn't join them, but their expressions were a bit odd as well. This Su Family’s son-in-law was still too young. The Master Qianshan had already given the results but he still wanted to authenticate the antiques, wasn't he going to embarrass the Master Qianshan? Yu Su who was standing at the side also frowned. Although this Kris was just not considered a son-in-law by the Su Family, he was still a member of the Su Family. He wanted to authenticate the antiques, wasn't he afraid of offending Master Qianshan? Although Master Qianshan had now handed over the power of the family to his son, his was still in a very high position in the Xu Family. How could Kris offend him? "Young man, you are?" Qianshan frowned "Grandpa, let me introduce him to you." At that moment, Xiaorou stepped forward and said, "His name is Kris. He’s the honorary treasure hunter I hired two days ago." "What? He's an honorary treasure hunter?" "Even a brat like him can be an honorary treasure hunter, so wouldn't I be able to be the chief treasure hunter?" Everyone present was surprised. There was a discussion in the crowd at this point. Some people even started to mock Kris. Qianshan sighed, looked at Kris and said, "Then you come over and take a look." Ever since He handed over the property to his son a decade ago, Qianshan had done little to manage the family's business. Jianguo Xu was good at doing business, but he didn’t have talent in authenticating the antiques. If a person wanted to start an antique business, how can he do it without an eye for quality? Fortunately, his granddaughter has talent in both doing business and authenticating the antiques, so he began to cultivate Xiaorou wholeheartedly. "Since Xiaorou hired him, he must have talent. I just don't know how capable he is. I should see how he identifies it next." Qianshan pondered. With Qianshan's permission, Kris went up and looked at the porcelain carefully.