Liu Ruyan was about to explode with rage.
She simply couldn't stand seeing Lu Chengwen so pleased with himself, couldn't stand watching him take advantage of people.
Why was he so infuriating!?
Liu Ruyan looked at Huo Wendong. "That lousy rock isn't worth a penny! It's a bladder stone Xu Xuejiao removed from a patient during surgery yesterday!"
Huo Wendong stared at Liu Ruyan. "Are you sick? Are you saying that I, Huo Wendong! Master Collector! A professional antiquities appraiser! An expert in the antiques trade! Spent a hundred million collecting a bladder stone?"
"That doesn't count as collecting!" Liu Ruyan said. "You got scammed!"
Lu Chengwen smiled. "Wendong, seriously, why don't you take another look? Really, don't let something go wrong later and then say I scammed you or something. We're classmates, after all. Don't let this little matter..."
Xu Xuejiao hurriedly opened her purse and pushed the check back. "Yeah, yeah. It might really be a stone. Why don't you give it back to me first, and we can discuss it properly later?"
Liu Ruyan gritted her teeth. "Take the check back and return that lousy rock to them! Hurry! They're scamming you!"
Huo Wendong clutched the box tightly. He looked at Liu Ruyan's expression, then at Lu Chengwen's eyes, then at Xu Xuejiao's impatient little hands pushing the check toward him... and laughed.
"Hehehe, you're putting on a show for me?"
Huo Wendong looked at Liu Ruyan. "Oh my, this little girl can act! But there's no need. Really, no need."
Liu Ruyan's eyes widened. "I'm acting for you!? I'm acting for you!? I... you..."
Huo Wendong said, "Xuejiao, put the check away."
Lu Chengwen said, "No, what if later..."
"Even if it's a lump of shit, I'll accept it."
Liu Ruyan held her forehead. *Heh, the