This unreasonable situation immediately made Cai Xiangming suspect that something fishy was going on. He carefully sized up Chu Chen and the others, discovering that all three were unfamiliar faces. At least, he had never seen them before today. In fact, in all of Porcelain Capital, he had never seen or heard of any of them.
Could these people be fierce dragons crossing the river?
Cai Xiangming muttered to himself, but then he thought of how Chu Chen and the others had remained completely silent from beginning to end, without saying a word. If they really were fierce dragons crossing the river, could they have such good tempers?
Besides, Cai Xiangming felt that even if these three strangers were formidable figures, with his uncle backing him, they probably could not do anything to him. And if he could get Cai Xiangming's notebook, he would surely have money pouring in from all directions in the future.
As he imagined stacks of banknotes flying into his pocket, Cai Xiangming's breathing quickened. Coupled with his considerable confidence in his own abilities, he stopped worrying about anything fishy and chuckled. "Gu Gongyi, what do I have to worry about? Someone will appraise whether the item is genuine. Shi Bo, isn't that right?"
As he spoke, he patted the young man who had just walked over to him.
"Yes, yes, yes! Young Master Cai, rest assured. Although I'm not as skilled as Gu Gongyi, I can still tell whether a notebook is genuine."
Seeing the man he had regarded as his disciple now bowing and scraping beside Cai Xiangming, Gu Gongyi was indescribably heartbroken. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Fine. You wait here. I'll go get it now..."
Not long after Gu Gongyi went inside, he emerged from the kiln factory holding a rather old-looking