Chapter 9: Hidden secrets, priceless

Lin Lang replied proudly: "It seems that the goddess of luck favors me. It will be hard for me not to make a fortune!"

"Alang, this pair of old lacquerware wine glasses, are they really valuable?"

"To see whether this pair of shabby-looking lacquerware wine glasses are worth much, let's go to the Treasure Pavilion Antique Pawn Shop to get an estimate of their value, and then you will know, Sister Keqing."

Gu Keqing replied with a smile: "Okay!"

Immediately afterwards, Lin Lang took Gu Keqing with him and walked in the antique city again, and came to the Treasure Pavilion Antique Pawn Shop.

Zhou Mengyao's motorcycle was still parked outside the gate of the Treasure Pavilion, which meant that Lin Lang's high school beauty deskmate was still in the Treasure Pavilion and had not left.

Lin Lang and Gu Keqing walked into the Treasure Pavilion store for the second time.

Treasure appraiser Ah Cheng greeted him warmly, "Hello, Mr. Lin!"

"Mr. Lin just left and came back. Is there something wrong?"

Lin Lang smiled and replied, "Don't worry, I didn't regret pawning the Dade Tongbao copper coins. Instead, I brought a pair of fine antiques to pawn at your bank again."

Treasure appraiser Ah Cheng said with a smile, "Mr. Lin, please come in!"

"We won't neglect our distinguished guests this time. Let's go directly to the VIP room and have a cup of tea while we appraise the treasures."

Lin Lang replied with one word, "Okay!"

"Please!" The treasure appraiser Acheng led the way respectfully.

Lin Lang and Gu Keqing sat in the VIP room. The beautiful female tea artist from Zhenbao Pavilion, wearing Hanfu and a hairpin, began to perform tea art and brewed tea and poured water for Lin Lang and Gu Keqing. The VIP treatment was much higher quality.

Lin Lang picked up the fragrant tea at hand and took a sip. In an instant, the fragrance and sweetness entered his mouth. The aroma of tea filled his mouth and slowly spread, and a refreshing feeling filled his whole body.

“Good tea!”

Gu Keqing took a sip of tea and replied indifferently: "I still prefer coffee. Alang, do you know anything about the tea ceremony?"

Lin Lang shook his hair exaggeratedly and replied, "I am not talented, but I know a little bit about everything."

"Ha ha……"

Gu Keqing raised her eyebrows and smiled, then asked in a testing tone, "Then Alang, tell me, what kind of tea did the female tea artist brew?"

Ding! Universal entry prompt system message: West Lake Longjing tea.

After receiving the system prompt, Lin Lang replied pretentiously: "The best West Lake Longjing tea."

Gu Keqing looked at the female tea artist who was wearing Hanfu.

The female tea artist smiled and replied, "Mr. Lin is right. The tea provided in our Treasure Pavilion VIP Room is indeed the best West Lake Longjing tea."

After hearing this, Gu Keqing shrugged and said, "Okay! Ah Lang has been fooled by you!"

Treasure appraiser Ah Cheng asked tentatively, "Mr. Lin, I wonder what precious antique you want to pawn this time?"

Lin Lang mysteriously placed a pair of worn-out lacquerware wine glasses on the treasure appraisal table.

Appraiser Acheng picked up a lacquer wine glass and first examined it 360 degrees with his naked eyes. Then he used a magnifying glass to carefully examine the details of the lacquer wine glass.

"Uh……"

"Mr. Lin, it seems that your pair of lacquerware wine glasses are not really precious antiques!"

"This pair of lacquerware wine glasses is in very poor condition. They are plain lacquerware cups without any carvings, nor are they carved red lacquerware. They look like old folk items from the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and their value is very low!"

"Our Treasure Pavilion will not accept lacquerware wine cups of such poor quality, even if they are old items from the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China."

After hearing this, Gu Keqing looked at Lin Lang and whispered awkwardly, "Ah Lang, you didn't make a mistake this time, did you?"

Lin Lang smiled proudly and said, "This pair of lacquerware wine glasses of mine are priceless treasures. It doesn't matter if you don't know the value of them. Go and invite your boss over. Uncle Zhou is a treasure appraiser and he must know the value of them better than you do."

Treasure appraiser Ah Cheng said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Lin, I don't think this is necessary?!"

"After all, I've been an appraiser for eight years. I don't think I'd miss such an ordinary pair of lacquerware wine glasses. There's no need to bother our boss."

Lin Lang said: "It seems that you have been studying treasure appraisal for eight years, but your skills are still not sophisticated enough!"

"Uh... why do you say that, Mr. Lin?" Appraiser Acheng laughed awkwardly.

"My next move will not be to slap you in the face, but to help you gain some knowledge." While Lin Lang was speaking, he picked up the tea knife on the tea table with his right hand.

Treasure appraiser Ah Cheng wiped his sweat off his forehead and said weakly, "Mr. Lin, your method of helping me broaden my horizons is really special. Why did you suddenly pick up the tea knife? What's the meaning of that?"

Lin Lang smiled and replied: "I'm not going to hurt you, what are you afraid of?"

Treasure appraiser Ah Cheng was sweating profusely and said, "Mr. Lin is joking."

Gu Keqing secretly pulled at the corner of Lin Lang's clothes and whispered, "Ah Lang, you picked up the tea knife, what are you trying to do?"

Lin Lang pretended to be mysterious and replied: "The time to witness a miracle has come!"

Lin Lang was holding a tea knife and carefully scraping off the old red paint on the lacquerware wine glass with the blade until the oil paper layer inside was exposed. Lin Lang used the tea knife to pierce the oil paper very carefully, just like peeling off silk from a cocoon.

Then, Lin Lang peeled off the layer of oil paper that perfectly wrapped the rhino horn cup bit by bit, and took out a precious and rare Tang Dynasty rhino horn cup, which stunned everyone in the VIP room.

The female tea artist in Hanfu was stunned and exclaimed: "I have worked in the Treasure Pavilion for so long, and I have never seen such a strange thing as a rhino horn cup hidden in a lacquer wine cup."

Gu Keqing blinked her big butterfly-like eyes and stood up from the sofa in shock, saying in amazement: "This is simply unbelievable!"

"I never thought that a cheap, worn-out lacquerware wine glass could contain a valuable rhino horn cup."

"Alang, you really made me look at you differently this time!"

Under the light, Lin Lang looked at the Tang Dynasty rhino horn cup in his hand and praised it highly: "This rhino horn cup has a hard, yellow and smooth bone, and its color is slightly translucent amber. It is carved in the round, and its luster is bright and smooth, like solidified fat. It is in perfect condition. It is so beautiful!"

The treasure appraiser Ah Cheng, who was slapped in the face, was shocked and said, "It's amazing!"

"Mr. Lin, you have a really good eye!"

"Mr. Lin was able to spot the rhino horn cup that was hidden inside the lacquerware wine cup. I admire Mr. Lin so much!"

"Clothes!"

“I’m really convinced!”

"I have been an apprentice appraiser for eight years. Today, thanks to Mr. Lin, I have broadened my horizons twice. I have really learned a lot."

Lin Lang said calmly: "Okay, stop flattering me."

Treasure appraiser Ah Cheng bowed and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lin!"

"I was so rude just now. I hope Mr. Lin will be magnanimous and forgive my lack of skills and my neglect of the distinguished guests, considering that I have never seen the world."

"I will go and invite the boss over now to personally appraise the treasure for Mr. Lin!"

"Go ahead!" Lin Lang crossed his legs and drank tea comfortably.

"Mr. Lin, please wait a moment. I'll be right back!"

After exiting the VIP room, treasure appraiser Ah Cheng wiped off his sweat and thought, "It seems that the young lady's high school classmate is definitely not an ordinary person!"

After reading it, the treasure appraiser Acheng hurried up to the third floor and knocked on the door of the boss's office.

"Dong dong dong..."

Zhou Zhongdang, who was writing calligraphy in the office, was writing with a brush, splashing ink, and writing calligraphy in an elegant manner, with the artistic sentiment of a master of treasure appraisal and collector.

Zhou Mengyao, the sweet and cool motorcycle goddess, was standing by and grinding ink for her father. When she heard the knock on the door, she replied, "Come in!"

"squeak……"

The shop assistant pushed the door and walked into the boss' office, saying respectfully, "I'm sorry to disturb Mr. Zhou. Miss's high school classmate, Mr. Lin, has come to our Treasure Pavilion again."

Zhou Zhongdang stopped writing after hearing this and frowned, "Could it be that Lin Lang regrets pawning the Dade Tongbao copper coins?"