Ma Xiaoqiang's Invitation

Since Jin Pinqing was so famous, his works certainly could not be bad. Moreover, this pair of hat stands selected by Guan Guokang was one of the more outstanding pieces among Jin Pinqing's many works. Judging by their current market value alone, they were worth at least seventy or eighty thousand.

After seeing Chu Chen examine the pair of hat stands, Old Liu asked with a smile, "What do you think? Do you like them?"

Chu Chen nodded. "I do like this pair of hat stands quite a lot, but wasn't Old Guan being too generous?"

Old Liu laughed when he heard that. "Even if you tried to return them, he wouldn't take them back. If you insisted on returning them, he'd feel uncomfortable, thinking you weren't willing to forgive him. Besides, that fellow has plenty of famille-rose porcelain. A pair of Jin Pinqing's hat stands really isn't worth mentioning to him. Just accept them without worry."

Chu Chen felt that returning the items to Guan Guokang would indeed make him think Chu Chen was unwilling to forgive him, just as Old Liu had said. After thinking it over, he decided it would be better to accept the pair of hat stands. "Then I'll give him a call later!"

"That's what you should do."

Old Liu continued, "Speaking of apologies, Old Fei called me this morning and said he wanted to apologize as well. He said his son had actually tried to steal your ancient qin and sell it. You were there at the time, weren't you? Was that what happened?"

"That did happen..." Chu Chen recounted yesterday's events to Old Liu, then said, "But Lin Shengfu mentioned something during dinner today. Fei Yu actually had the money to buy a villa for his mistress. I have no idea where