CHAPTER 512 A METAL TABLET

Chen Hao smiled at Zhang Min and greeted her.

“Let me introduce you guys to Chen Hao. We’ve just met yesterday and he is quite a good person, he

even saved my life!” Zhang Min said with a laugh.

“Hehe, so this is him, but why did he come to the exchange convention dressed like this?” one of the

girls asked with her arms crossed, sounding a little disgusted.

The exchange convention was a renowned gathering for the upper class people.

Everyone that was present at that occasion was a reputable figure.

All of them were dressed in suits and wore leather shoes, while Chen Hao was the only person dressed

like he was there on a vacation, which made him look like a person of low status.

In fact, some of the people there were thinking of the same thing.

“It's fine, let's just get along with each other!”

Zhang Min did not notice the looks of disgust on the other people’s faces when they knew they had to

walk around with him.

After that, the few of them entered the villa.

The villa was just too vast.

From Zhang Min’s introduction of the entire event, Chen Hao got to know that the exchange convention

this time was split into the interior section and the exterior section.

The exterior section housed the common antiques and some other less valuable treasures.

If people wanted to see the more precious articles, they had to go to the interior section to see those

items for themselves.

“Jia Ming, is this a newly bought watch? I've just noticed it!”

The few of them were strolling around when one of the girls, Zhu Lili, asked one of the boys.

“Yes, I just bought it!”

“How much is it?” asked Zhu Lili again.

“Around twenty thousand. It's not that expensive. The main reason this model caught my eye was

because it matches this suit!” explained Wang Jiaming.

“Tsk, tsk. You're really rich!” said Zhang Min with an envious tone. She didn’t think much of it and was

just glad that all of them could be together.

“How about the suit? How much is it?”

“The suit costs around fifty thousand. I bought it when I was in Italy previously!” said Wang Jiaming.

“You’re so lucky!” added Zhu Lili.

She then continued discussing their apparel and lifestyle with the other two boys and few of the girls.

Zhu Lili was used to offending people without needing to get physical; she had purposely said all those

to make Chen Hao feel bad.

She thought that a knight in shining armor or someone from a wealthy family had saved Zhang Min, but

she never expected the guy who saved Wang Min was a loser instead.

He was decent looking, but the way he was dressed to attend such an occasion was just too low class.

Furthermore, being around him was a shame to her, so Zhu Lili wanted to make him feel out of place

and make him understand that there was a gap in their status.

“Your item is so lousy and you still have the audacity to set your booth next to us? You’re such an

embarrassment, go away!”

Right at this moment, an old man was setting up his booth to exhibit his treasure.

He had obviously passed the treasure authentication procedures and had the qualifications to

participate in the convention.

Nevertheless, most of the people who had booths there were from prominent families; there was

nobody like him who just set up a simple booth, which was why people discriminated against him.

The old man let out a sigh and could only put away his item that resembled a metal tablet. He then

headed inside and was going to look for another booth.

However, Chen Hao caught a glimpse of the tablet and his eyelids twitched.

“Huh?”

The tablet looked like a clump of melted metal but it gave Chen Hao a sensation that made his

heartbeat quicken, which was a sensation that had rarely surfaced ever since he became an Inner

Energy practitioner.

Something is off! Chen Hao thought to himself.

“What is it, Chen Hao? Lets go! Zhang Min came over and asked Chen Hao.

“Oh, you guys can make a move first. I’d like to walk around on my own.” Chen Hao chuckled; his

gaze, however, was still fixed in the direction which the old man had left.

“No problem, I’ll give you a call when it's almost lunchtime and we’ll look for a place to have lunch!”

replied Zhang Min; she had noticed a few of her friends were pushing Chen Hao away.

After settling everything, Chen Hao went after the old man straight away.

“Hey, Min, why do you hang around with this type of people? It’s so embarrassing.”

“I agree, he looks so low class. I don’t even have the mood to have fun anymore with him around!”

“Can’t we just go for lunch without him? Look at what we’re wearing, and then take a look at what he is

wearing. Moreover, he’s your savior. Are you going to make him feel inferior in front of us?”

The few girls started chattering away.

“Enough, enough. I just want to remind you all that Chen Hao is a kind-hearted person. Although I have

only spent a short amount of time with him, he is quite a decent person. I will still ask him to have lunch

together with us and you have to treat him well, got it?” said Zhang Min, feeling slightly displeased

inside.

“Fine!”

They reluctantly agreed to it.

While they were talking, Chen Hao had dashed toward the old man.

The old man looked dispirited and he kept shaking his head. Finally, he found an isolated place to set

up his booth because nobody would discriminate against a townsfolk like him over there.

“Uncle, is this the only item you’ve got with you? “asked Chen Hao with a smile on his face while

squatting down; he had caught up to the old man at the booth.

“I have this item only. I didn’t want to come initially. It was the organizers who looked for me and

insisted that I should come. They told me that this tablet of mine would fetch a high price here, but

when I arrived, people discriminated against me instead. Do you have a cigarette, young man? Give

me a cigarette and I will just leave right after I finish smoking it. I still have to cook for my grandkids’

lunch later!” The old man sighed.

“I have!”

Chen Hao then handed a cigarette to him. “You mentioned the organizers insisted that you come and

join this convention, so have they seen this tablet of yours?”

Chen Hao took a glance at the tablet and there was nothing unique about it; the only thing that stood

out about it was it’s quaint look, and it looked like an antique.

“They have seen it on the television. There is a television show that sells antiques and this item of

mine, which I have inherited from my ancestors, was featured on the show. However, the experts said

that even though my antique is quite decent, it does not have any artistic or archaeological value! After

that, the organizers found me and told me that I could sell my antique to foreigners, and even sell to

them at a high price. So, I came to try my luck. Moreover, they told me to look for them when I arrived

to pass my antique to them. I didn’t know much about any of these things and I arrived here early in the

morning after knowing I could sell this antique for some cash. Nonetheless, I paced back and forth

outside for a long time, but nobody showed up. So, I came in to sell it off by myself! You can’t trust

these businessmen, young man. They might sell it for a hundred thousand, but they would only give

you fifty thousand. It's better if we come in and sell it on our own!”

While they were talking, the old man had finished smoking his cigarette, so Chen Hao quickly gave him

another.

Chen Hao picked the tablet up and inspected it carefully; he had a rough idea of what it was.

“Uncle, how much are you selling this tablet for? I want to buy it. Go ahead and name me a price, any

price!” Chen Hao chuckled.

“Hey young man, this antique doesn’t have any artistic or archaeological value to it. It’s just a clump of

melted metal to scam the foreigners!”

“It's fine. This item will be of great use to me, don’t worry!”

“Are you serious?”

“Of course I’m being serious!”

“So, I’ll offer you the price for a foreigner then!”

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“Five hundred thousand!” said the old man in embarrassment, because he heard that Westerners were

willing to pay any price as long as it was an antique.

Chen Hao let out an awkward laugh. “Forget about five hundred thousand. I’ll just give you five million.

You can live a comfortable life with that money. Even if you keep this antique, you’re not using it

anyway…”

Chen Hao did not finish his sentence because the second half of the sentence that he finished in his

head was, You may even be afflicted by a calamity that will wipe out your entire family…