Outsider: The Fifth Young Master of the Kang Family

Chapter 28 Buddha Statue
After being laid off, the eldest brother went to help the second brother in his shop. The second brother still hadn't decided what to do. In addition to being unfamiliar with several businesses, the biggest problem was that he had no money. The "no money" here doesn't mean that the second brother is poor, it just means that he has no cash. His money was either invested in clothing stores or in hardware stores, so he didn't have much cash to use.

Kang Qirui was not in a hurry. There was no rush for such things. Besides attending classes, he was preparing for his doctoral thesis. He planned to write a book of evidence. Besides that, he was dating Wanling. People in love are the sweetest. Of course, every time he sent Wanling home, Mrs. Zhu would urge her to get married in various ways.

Kang Qirui also wanted to marry his beautiful wife as soon as possible. Zhu Wanling was a traditional woman. She only wanted to kiss and hug, and insisted on waiting until marriage for other things. Therefore, Kang Qirui also made up his mind to settle the house issue as soon as possible.

Kang Qirui went home after class that day. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Erlao carrying a backpack and holding a vase in his hand.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" Kang Qirui pointed at the vase in the second brother's hand and the things behind him.

"Ah? Well, it's like this, I." The second brother stammered.

"You don't think these are antiques and are planning to sell them, do you?" Kang Qirui easily saw through the second brother's thoughts.

"How did you know?" The second brother was shocked. Could these really be antiques?
"Second brother, what else can you do with these things besides selling them? For maintenance?" Kang Xizheng said unhappily.

The truth was revealed, and Er Lao was a little embarrassed, "We are going to open a new store, so we just want to make some money, hahaha."

"These things are worthless." Kang Qirui was very sure that if there were real treasures at home, his father would have hidden them long ago.

"Not valuable? How do you know? Have you taken it to ask before?" The second brother didn't believe it.

"What do I teach?"

"Isn't it Chinese? Can you teach Chinese and look at antiques?"

"Second brother, I teach ancient literary history. Although I don't specialize in antiques, I can still take a look at calligraphy and paintings and porcelain. And think about it, what kind of person is our father? Would he openly display antiques in the living room?"

"But these are all left by our grandfather, right?"

"You are also left by our grandfather. Are you an antique?" Kang Qirui said in a veiled tone.

The second brother had no choice but to put everything back in its place.

"Second brother, why did you suddenly think of selling these things today?" Kang Qirui was quite curious.

After Er Lao put his things away, he came back and sat down. "I ran into that bastard Mingzai this morning. He said that they dug up an antique at home, so I was wondering if we have it."

"Mingzai? Is he out yet?"

"He's out. By the way, he's still looking for you. Be careful."

"Would I be afraid of him? I haven't even contacted him yet. We signed a contract in the beginning, and now he owes us money."

Er Lao thought about it and it was true. They had signed a contract at the beginning. Mingzai would have to hide when he saw Kang Qirui, but he didn't dare to look for Kang Qirui specifically. Er Lao had already given up the idea of ​​looking for antiques, but the next morning, the old lady Wang Yulian told him that the road next door was closed, saying that a large ancient cultural relic building had been discovered.

"Mom, is it true that we discovered an underground ancient city just like we did on Zhongshan 5th Road?" The second brother, who was brushing his teeth, hurried out and asked.

"It's basically impossible. The ancient capitals of Guangfu were all in Panyu and Yuexiu, so how could there be any here?" Kang Qirui didn't think there was any major archaeological discovery this time. Because there were only a few things in Guangfu, the Nanyue King's Tomb, the Nanyue Palace, and the Qin Dynasty Shipbuilding Factory Site, all three of which were in Yuexiu. The Beijing Road Underground Ancient Road was not discovered until 2002, so this time it was probably just some ordinary building ruins, not a big discovery.

"Yeah, maybe, there are a lot of people coming here at once," my mother is not sure, but I don't know what my brother is thinking.

"No matter what it is, it's an antique. Antiques were found on the next street, and we live next to it, so are there antiques in our basement as well?" The second sister-in-law didn't care what was found. She just knew that no matter what it was, it was an antique, and antiques were valuable.

"That's hard to say. We'll know after we dig it up." Old maid Wang Yulian said while eating breakfast.

"Mom, maybe there really is something underground in our house. If we dig it up, we'll be rich." The second brother still didn't give up.

"If we dig it up and find something, that would be great. If not, you won't even have time to cry." Kang Qirui rolled his eyes. If they dug it up and found nothing, wouldn't that mean they would lose all their money?

"What if there is?" The second brother didn't care.

"Stop thinking about it, finish eating and go to the stall." The old lady started to chase people away.

Er Lao and Kang Qirui went out together. Today they were going to the bank to transfer money to Metersbonwe headquarters. The payment for goods from last month was due. As soon as they went out, they saw Ming Zai selling his "antiques" to a man under the banyan tree. A gilded Buddha statue.

In fact, it is just to paint the bronze Buddha statue gold with some paint and then sell it to others as a golden Buddha statue.

Er Lao thought it was true and ran over to ask him where it came from. He said he dug it from the basement of their utility room. Their utility room was next to the bathroom. When Er Lao heard this, he made an excuse that he suddenly had a stomachache and asked Kang Qirui to go to the bank alone, and then went home.

After the second brother left, only Mingzi and Kang Qirui were left. Mingzi said awkwardly, "Mr. Rui, I'm leaving first."

"Wait a moment." Kang Qirui stopped him.

Mingzi turned around helplessly and smiled at each other, "Mr. Rui, I'm really sorry about what happened last time."

Kang Qirui waved his hand and pointed at the Buddha statue in Mingzi's hand: "Forget about what happened last time, but this time you have a chance to finish the business that was not completed last time."

Mingzi was startled and asked tentatively: "Mr. Rui, do you want to buy a Buddha statue too?"

"You know I'm studying history, right? My teacher likes antiques the most. You know about the ways of the world." Literary history can barely be considered history, and Shezaiming only knows that Kang Qirui is a teacher, but he doesn't know what he teaches.

"Hahaha, I understand. Students give gifts to teachers to show their gratitude." Mingzi laughed. He still felt that Kang Qirui was not a serious person and was following these unspoken rules.

"Then name a price, Mr. Wang."

"Mr. Rui, did you see that guy just now? He offered 10." Snake Ming lion opened his mouth with a big offer.

But Kang Qirui didn't care, and was afraid that he wouldn't ask for a high price. "We are neighbors, plus what happened last time, 12, fixed price."

"Since Master Rui said so, then I'll take 12. I'll count it as what I owe you last time, haha." Snake smiled.

"Okay, I'm going to the bank, let's go together, I'll withdraw money for you, we'll exchange the money and the goods." Kang Qirui pulled Shezaiming to the bank. Shezaiming agreed of course. Kang Qirui smiled helplessly, this guy really only cared about money.

When they went to the bank, Kang Qirui took out 12 yuan and gave it to Shezaiming. He also asked for banknotes in the VIP room and wrote a contract for Shezaiming. Shezaiming didn't want to sign at first, but Kang Qirui said that if he didn't sign, he wouldn't buy it. Shezaiming looked at the 12 yuan in cash and signed it. At worst, he could just take the money and run away.

As soon as Shezaiming left the bank, Kang Qirui called Director Wang of the Xiguan Police Station and claimed that he had been defrauded. In this day and age, 12 yuan is a serious fraud case. The police quickly arrested Shezaiming at his home, where he was packing up his things and trying to run away.

Kang Qirui met Shezaiming at the police station, "Kang Qirui, how did I offend you? Why do you want to hurt me like this?" Shezaiming was very excited, and it took several policemen to hold him down.

"Mingzi, you have to understand that you are lying to me now. I really want to buy antiques." Kang Qirui shrugged.

Police Station Chief Wang was also an old acquaintance. He didn't want this matter to become too serious, so he pulled Kang Qirui and Shezaiming into his office and said, "Arui, what do you want to do about this? You came to me directly instead of calling the police. Obviously you have some ideas, right?"

"Hahaha, I can't hide it from Chief Wang. I was also very surprised. I didn't expect Wang Xiaoming to lie to me. You know, we are neighbors. He and my second brother grew up together." Kang Qirui first talked about his relationship with Shezaiming.

Then he said, "For the sake of our old neighbors, if Wang Xiaoming is willing to compensate, I can pretend that nothing happened."

After all, this wasn't murder, arson, or fraud. Both parties had agreed on compensation, and Director Wang didn't want to make a big fuss. Besides, Wang Xiaoming was still his relative. Although the relationship was distant, he was willing to give Wang Xiaoming a chance. So he asked, "What do you think?"

"It's very simple. Wang Xiaoming and I have a contract. If it's fake, you have to pay ten times the price. Just pay me 120 million and forget it."

Kang Qirui's words shocked Director Wang and Wang Xiaoming. My God, 120 million. "Kang Qirui, you are dreaming, 120 million, I have 120 million, and I cheated you of 12?" Wang Xiaoming was very angry, thinking that the other party would not let him go.

"You don't have 120 million, but you have a house." Kang Qirui's true intentions were revealed.

Wang Xiaoming was even more unwilling when he heard about the house. "Mingzi, let me remind you that if the amount of fraud is huge, you can be sentenced to 3-10 years in prison. For someone like you, I'm afraid you can't escape 10 years." Kang Qirui threatened Mingzi.

Wang Xiaoming looked at Director Wang, who nodded. Wang Xiaoming panicked, 10 years, but he didn't want to sell the Xiguan mansion.

"Look, Mingzi, the Xiguan mansion is worth about 150 million. I'll give you two options. First, I'll give you another 30 and you sell it to me. Second, you'll be in jail for 10 years. Think about it. I'm going back."

The reason why Mingzi was given two choices was that he didn't want to do anything extreme. After all, if you pushed Mingzi to the extreme, he might do anything. Kang Qirui was naturally not afraid of him, but what about the Kang family?

(End of this chapter)