NOVEL NEXT Chapter 91 This is not from here
Among the leaders of the inspection organizations was a man named Liu Yu. After hearing the middle-aged woman's words, Liu Yu turned his attention to an employee and asked, "Have you seen the pendant she received?"
"I have."
Liu Yu then looked at the other employees of Wanjia Jewelry Store, asking the rest of them, "Have you all seen it?"
The answer he received was uniform: they had all seen it.
"So tell me," Liu Yu pressed on, "is that pendant from your store?"
This question caused the employees of Wanjia Jewelry Store to hesitate for a moment.
After all, they had indeed seen it, and there was seemingly nothing wrong with the pendant. It was from Wanjia Jewelry Store, even the logo was exactly the same.
"It's ours."
In the end, the employees of Wanjia Jewelry Store answered.
Liu Yu turned his attention to Fang Feifei and spoke to her, "Miss Fang, take a look at that pendant and confirm for us, is it from your store?"
Fang Feifei received the pendant from Wang Ye's hands and began inspecting it. Just as Liu Yuntuo had said, the pendant carved by Liu Yuntuo was indistinguishable from those of Fang Family Jewelry Store.
Even Fang Feifei couldn't tell the difference between real and fake.
As Fang Feifei examined the carved pendant, whether it was the pattern or the direction of the carving, it all matched the style of Fang Family Jewelry Store. Could it be...
Had counterfeit pendants truly infiltrated Fang Family Jewelry Store?
For a moment, even Fang Feifei began to doubt herself.
"This pendant is ours..." Fang Feifei was about to confirm, when Wang Ye interrupted, "Hold on!"
This interjection from Wang Ye.
Made everyone focus their attention on Wang Ye.
Upstairs opposite Fang Family Jewelry Store, Fang Junxiang heard what Wang Ye said and couldn't help but worry, fearing that something had gone wrong and Wang Ye had come up with a solution.
Liu Yuntuo saw the concern in Fang Junxiang's eyes and said to him, "Don't worry, you have to trust my carving skills. I guarantee he won't be able to spot anything."
Fang Junxiang felt reassured upon hearing Liu Yuntuo's words.
Inside Fang Family Jewelry Store.
Wang Ye approached Liu Yu and took the bracelet back from Fang Feifei's hands, stating, "This bracelet is not from Fang Family Jewelry Store."
"Pah!"
The middle-aged woman, upon hearing Wang Ye's statement, spat out in his direction, saying, "Young man, don't you dare speak with your conscience clouded. This is clearly an item from Fang Family Jewelry Store. Just now, even Miss Fang was about to admit it. Now you're saying it's not from Fang Family Jewelry Store?"
The onlookers, after hearing Wang Ye's words, also started to berate him:
"You're speaking without conscience now. Aren't you afraid of retribution? I think the appraisal contest was a ruse from the very start, just to make yourself known, and then to swindle and deceive people here."
"Exactly, I used to think you were impressive, but it turns out you're just someone else's puppet, not worth a damn compared to the champion of that so-called treasure appraisal contest!"
Liu Yu also fixed his gaze on Wang Ye, staring at him, trying to exert pressure, to make Wang Ye unable to tell lies in the upcoming moments.
Speaking solemnly, he addressed Wang Ye, "Mr. Wang, if what you're saying is true, then there's no problem, but if it's a lie..."
"You are the champion of Yun City's treasure appraisal contest and somewhat of a public figure. You should be aware of what your words imply."
"I know,"
Wang Ye nodded slightly, "But I still have to say, this pendant is not from our Fang Family Jewelry Store."
Wang Ye spoke with firm conviction.
Which only increased the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the middle-aged woman and the onlookers.
"Wang Ye."
Fang Feifei tugged at Wang Ye's clothes and said to him, "I know this is a fake jade, and it may not be from our Fang Family Jewelry Store, but the other party seems to be very familiar with our store. Whether it's the security markings or anything else."
"The security markings, logo, they all look exactly the same as those of the Fang Family Jewelry Store. From these aspects, we can't find any fault at all, so we can't refute it. To prevent the issue from escalating, we should just compensate and let it go."
Fang Feifei was well aware that the jade was fake and that someone might be trying to frame the Fang Family Jewelry Store.
But the problem was that they were powerless.
The fake was too convincing.
Flawless.
Leaving them no choice but to accept defeat.
"If you know someone is trying to frame the Fang Family Jewelry Store, then how could their aim be just to seek compensation?" Wang Ye questioned.
"Even the regulatory organization of the antique street has arrived. They have been planning this for a long time; it's not for compensation but to make it impossible for the Fang Family to continue doing business in the antique shops."
By the time Wang Ye finished speaking, Fang Feifei's complexion had drastically changed.
The abrupt development caught her off guard, and she hadn't thought it through, but now that Wang Ye had brought it up, Fang Feifei realized this possibility.
"Then... What do we do?"
Fang Feifei became anxious. After all, she had just returned from studying abroad and had only recently taken over management of the Fang Family Jewelry Store. She could handle ordinary matters, but she was at a loss in this situation.
This bracelet, apart from the material being different from that of the Fang Family Jewelry Store's, in other respects, was exactly the same. Even if they said it wasn't from their store, they had no way to prove it.
"I have a way,"
Wang Ye patted Fang Feifei on the shoulder, stepped forward, and scanned the eyes of the middle-aged woman, Liu Yu, and the onlookers. Then he spoke to everyone:
"I can prove that this bracelet is not from our Fang Family Jewelry Store!"
Wang Ye's voice rang out with authority.
"Prove it, then. This pendant was bought at your Fang Family Jewelry Store. If you can prove that it wasn't, I'll swallow this bracelet right here!"
The middle-aged woman was dismissive upon hearing Wang Ye's claim, as she had great faith in Liu Yuntuo.
Before she came, Liu Yuntuo had told her that nobody could detect anything amiss with the bracelet, so she had no fear whatsoever in her heart.
"Let's take a look at some other pendants from the Fang Family."
Wang Ye said this and had a few employees of the Fang Family Jewelry Store bring a basin of water and some of the store's pendants and placed those pendants in the water.
Liu Yu and the others watched Wang Ye, wondering what he was up to with this move.
Not only Liu Yu and the others, but even Su Wanqing and the employees of the Fang Family Jewelry Store were puzzled by Wang Ye's actions, not understanding the reason behind it.