The Hidden Dragon In-Law

After lunch, Christopher Xiao was already dressed up and urged James Ye, "James, hurry up and get ready. Take our new car and drive me to the antique street. A shop there just got a Tang Dynasty official kiln vase, and I want to go appreciate it."

James couldn't help but advise, "Dad, are you getting into antiques again? We don't have much money. Isn't buying antiques a bit too extravagant?"

Christopher Xiao didn't have much talent for making money, but he had plenty of dreams of getting rich. He loved wandering around the antique street, always dreaming of finding a hidden treasure.

However, over the past few years, he had mostly been swindled.

He had stopped for a while, but now it seemed he was back at it again.

Seeing James dare to question him, Christopher snorted coldly and said, "Stop talking nonsense and drive me there."

James had no choice but to comply and drove his father-in-law to the antique street.

On the way, Christopher sat in the back seat of their new BMW, feeling very pleased with himself.

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He didn't sit in the passenger seat but rather in the spacious back seat, crossing his legs and directing James on how to drive while also having him play his favorite treasure-hunting audiobooks.

According to him, reading strained his eyes at his age, so he preferred listening to audiobooks every day.

James listened to a few segments with him and realized that the protagonist in the stories could spend ten bucks and end up with a jade stone worth billions.

Hearing this, James understood why his father-in-law was always dreaming of striking it rich.

Christopher listened with great interest, sighing, "Oh, when will I get such luck? Spending ten bucks on a stone and making a billion... Even a hundred million would satisfy me..."

James coughed awkwardly and said, "Dad, stop thinking about gambling on stones. It's all a scam."

Christopher sneered, "What do you know?"

As they approached the antique street, Christopher hurriedly instructed, "Find a parking spot quickly. Don't make me late for my appointment!"

Jinling was a historic city, and the antique street outside the scenic area was quite famous nationally, attracting antique dealers and treasure hunters from all over the country.

The local tourism department had invested heavily in renovating the antique street, turning it into a tourist attraction.

Upon arriving at the antique street, Christopher confidently walked to the entrance of an antique shop and informed the staff about his appointment. They then invited both of them to the VIP room in the back to view the items.

James was about to follow when Christopher turned and said, "You don't need to come in. You won't understand anything anyway. Wait for me at the VIP room entrance!"

James nodded, "Got it, Dad!"

With his hands behind his back, Christopher followed the staff into the VIP room, while James sat down in the waiting area.

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A few minutes later, James suddenly heard a loud crash from inside the VIP room.

He then saw his father-in-law, Christopher, rushing out with a panicked expression.

He was muttering, "It's over, it's over! This is bad!"

James quickly approached and looked behind his father-in-law, seeing a tall, slender ceramic vase broken into two pieces on the floor, with many small ceramic fragments scattered around.

From the fragments, it was clear that the broken item was a Tang Dynasty Yuhuchun vase.

Having grown up in the Ye Family, James was well-versed in antiques and could tell at a glance that the vase was genuine, worth several million in the market.

It seemed his father-in-law was in big trouble this time.

Inside the VIP room, a middle-aged man with a dark expression said, "Mr. Xiao, this Yuhuchun vase cost us over five million. Now that you've broken it, you must compensate us!"

This man was Zhou Liangyun, the manager of Jiqingtang.

Christopher pulled James over, unable to hide his panic, and said, "This is my precious son-in-law. Do you know how much money he has? Five million is nothing to him, even fifty million is no problem! You two discuss the compensation. I have something to do, so I'll leave first!"

With that, Christopher pushed James inside and ran out.

James was dumbfounded. His father-in-law was shameless, clearly trying to make him take the fall!

Zhou Liangyun looked at James and asked coldly, "Sir, the total is five million three hundred eighty thousand. Will you pay by card or transfer?"@@novelbin@@

James spread his hands, "I have no money."

He could afford to pay, but he wanted his father-in-law to learn a lesson and stop dragging him to the antique street every day.

"No money?" Zhou Liangyun gritted his teeth, "You think you can get away with just saying you have no money after breaking something in Jiqingtang?"

James sighed, "I'm not trying to get away, but I really don't have money. Besides, I didn't break the vase. Why should I pay?"

Zhou Liangyun was furious, "Isn't he your father-in-law?"

James nodded, "You said it yourself, he's my father-in-law, not me. Whoever broke it should pay. There's a saying, 'The debt has a debtor; don't involve the innocent.' Don't you understand that?"

Zhou Liangyun was enraged but realized James had a point.

If he forced James to pay, it would ruin Jiqingtang's reputation.

So he quickly instructed his staff, "You guys, go catch that old man!"

James watched them scramble to chase his father-in-law, smiling silently.

He could have paid the money directly, but that would let his shameless father-in-law off too easily.

It was better to let the old man suffer a bit.

Otherwise, if something like this happened again, he would still try to drag James into it.

With everyone from Jiqingtang chasing his father-in-law, James had nothing to do and looked at the broken vase on the floor.

The vase was about half a meter tall, now broken into two halves and a pile of fragments. It was quite a pity.

However, he suddenly noticed something hidden at the bottom of the lower half of the vase.

He quickly reached in and pulled out a small wooden box!

Unexpectedly, there was a hidden mechanism inside the vase!

The Yuhuchun vase had a small mouth and a large belly. The wooden box was clearly two or three times larger than the vase's mouth, indicating it wasn't placed inside later but was made into the vase during its creation!

This meant the wooden box was also from the Tang Dynasty!

James held the wooden box and examined it carefully before using some force to open it with a snap.

As the box opened, a burst of exquisite fragrance filled the air, making James feel refreshed.

Inside the box lay a tiny ancient book, no larger than his palm!

James picked up the miniature book and saw four ancient characters on the title page: "Nine Mysterious Heavenly Scriptures."

"The name is interesting. I wonder what it's about." James flipped through the book.

The first chapter was "Medical Techniques," containing numerous cases and treatment methods.

James frowned slightly. He had some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, but the content in this book was far more advanced than current medical practices.

Some of the treatment methods were unheard of, and towards the end of the medical chapter, James even found alchemy techniques, with some elixirs having effects that seemed beyond reality.

Intrigued, James sat down and continued reading.

Unexpectedly, the "Nine Mysterious Heavenly Scriptures" also contained sections on Feng Shui, divination, treasure appraisal, and restoration, as well as many other strange and mysterious topics.

James read for a long time, feeling as if every word in the book was drilling into his mind, his heart boiling with excitement.

He had struck gold!

This was a priceless treasure!