The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family novel Chapter 5585

Therefore, he said with an apologetic smile, “To be honest with you, it’s my first time here in Aurous Hill, so I’m not familiar with this place. I’m already old as well and my eyesight is not very good, so I’m a little confused.”

After saying that, he took out a hundred-dollar bill from his pocket, handed it to Landon, and said, “Please accept this small token from me. If it’s convenient for you, can you tell me which mode of transportation I should choose so it’ll be faster?”

Landon originally did not want to talk to the old man, but his attitude instantly changed as soon as he saw the other person taking out a hundred-dollar bill.

He smiled and took the hundred-dollar bill from Mr. Chardon’s hand, then simply said, “The subway will definitely be the fastest, but it’s already past ten o’clock now and the morning rush hour has passed, so it will be fine even if you take a taxi to the city. It will only take you about half an hour, which will be faster than taking the subway. You might as well take a taxi since you’re not short of money.”

Mr. Chardon clasped one of his hands over the other and said politely, “Okay. Thank you, young man!”

“You’re welcome,” Landon replied and put the hundred-dollar bill directly into his pocket as he felt that the old man might ask him to return the hundred-dollar bill to him if he did not put it into his pocket quickly.

Mr. Chardon then pointed at the jade ring on the man’s right thumb and asked curiously, “Young man, your ring looks pretty good. I wonder how much it’s worth?”

Landon sold antiques as well, and he still had some discernment even though he usually cheated and swindled people. Therefore, he said casually, “This ring is from the Qing Dynasty, so it’s not too valuable nor is it very cheap. The market price for this ring should be in the mid-ten-thousands.”

Mr. Chardon did not do much research on antiques, so he asked Landon curiously, “What does mid-ten-thousands mean?”

Landon said, “Mid-ten-thousands means any figure that fluctuates about ten to twenty thousand dollars above or below fifty thousand dollars.”

What Mr. Chardon did not know was that Landon was merely saying this as a reminder for him to offer him more money if he wanted to continue asking him questions. The quota for the one hundred dollars that Mr. Chardon offered him just now had already been used up.

Therefore, Landon smiled and said, “Old man, it doesn’t matter if you want to chat more, but what’s most important is who you speak to and how you’re going to talk to the person.”

As he spoke, he deliberately made the gesture of counting money with his thumb that had the ring on it and his index finger.

Mr. Chardon instantly came to his senses and cursed in his heart, ‘I’m so foolish. I actually thought so highly of you! In this case, I don’t have to beat around the bush with you and I can just get straight to the point, then!’

Immediately afterward, he took out a few more hundred-dollar bills from his pocket and handed them to Landon as he said with a smile, “To tell you the truth, I’m very interested in antiques as well. I fell in love with your ring as soon as I saw it. I really like it. I wonder if you would be willing to sell it to me? Money is not an issue!”