Chapter 1405: Mu Lao

"you sure?"

Old Zhou paid no attention to the man's outburst, his eyes were sharp as a knife, "That's not what your grandfather Mu heard."

"what?"

The young man was stunned.

Then my heart started beating wildly.

What do you mean?
Why is Grandpa Mu involved again?
"Where is the wood carving your grandfather gave you?"

Zhou Lai changed the question, "It's the wooden sculpture I gave you on your birthday."

The young man swallowed hard.

I tried to suppress the heart that was about to jump out of my throat.

“Wood carving.”

Mr. Zhou looked at him quietly.

The young man's hands couldn't help but clenched together tightly, as if he got some support from it, and he opened his mouth.

".at home."

The Zhou family does not live in the antique shop, but has another residence.

The antique shop is only ten minutes away.

"bring here."

Mr. Zhou's tone relaxed a little.

If the wood carving is really as the child said, at home
Well, what Lao Mu heard were just rumors. His child did not do anything so outrageous.
"What are you still standing for?"

Seeing his son not moving, Mr. Zhou urged him, "Go home and get the wood carving."

".Why?"

The young man's nails dug into the back of his hand. "What a hassle."

"Take it when I tell you to."

"Why so many whys?"

Mr. Zhou's face darkened, "Hurry up."

"."

The young man lowered his head and remained silent.

In this situation, he didn't know what to do.

"You're not going, are you?"

Mr. Zhou was about to stand up, "I'll go."

"Where do you put it?"

"Is it in your room?"

"dad!"

"Old Zhou."

The young man and Mu Lao spoke almost at the same time.

The young man glanced at Mu Lao.

Mu Lao also looked at the young man.

For some reason, the young man subconsciously looked away.

"Old Zhou, don't waste your time."

Mu Lao sighed inwardly at Mr. Zhou's reluctance to give up.

He had remained silent before, allowing the father and son to communicate.

But, Lao Zhou is really too slow.

Xiao Zhou's performance was obviously very obvious.

It's not that he doesn't understand Lao Zhou's feelings.

But the other party also needs to understand his eagerness to verify the truth, and most importantly, the wood carving must be returned quickly.

The longer the time goes on, the more uncontrollable factors there will be.

And he doesn't like surprises.

"That wood sculpture isn't in the house at all, is it?"

Mu Lao waved his hand to interrupt the young man's answer, "Listen to me first."

"Do you know why I'm here?"

“Because someone told me”

"That's just the way it is."

"Now let me ask you, is everything he said true?"

"You really sold my wood carving, and lied that it was a wood carving by a master from the Qing Dynasty, and charged a sky-high price for it?"

The price of wood carvings in Gumuxuan is not low.

After all, they were all carved by the old man himself, which took a lot of time and energy.

However, the price varies from a few hundred to a few thousand yuan, depending on the size and the value of the material.

There are also tens of thousands.

Those are large parts, or they are carved from more precious wood materials.

After all, his shop is not famous enough, and no customers would come to him with precious wooden materials.

No matter which one it is, it is a rare order to receive.

Xiao Zhou sold his wood carving for half a million yuan, which was really a sky-high price for him.

"I-" The young man subconsciously wanted to explain.

"to be honest."

Mr. Zhou interrupted his young son and said seriously, "Don't make the mistake even worse."

"I don't!"

How could the young man admit it?

He didn't know what Mu Lao's purpose was.

If he were asked to take out the money from selling the wood carvings, he would have spent almost all of it.

Where can I get so much money to give him?
Besides, this wood carving has been given to him, so it is his freedom to do what he wants with it.

"Ah~"

Mu Lao sighed.

"Xiao Zhou."

He looked at the young man in front of him and said, "If you just sold the wood carving I gave you, I would be angry, but after all, it was my birthday gift to you, but I wouldn't say anything more."

"I won't come here today."

"After all, it's like you said. I also know that the things are given to you. It's your freedom to do with them as you wish."

"You can either keep it well or sell it to someone else."

"It's up to you."

"but-"

The old man paused, clenched his fists, and said, "You shouldn't have lied to people and said this was the work of a Qing Dynasty woodcarver."

"You are destroying my reputation and the reputation of Gumuxuan!"

The old man became emotional.

"Old man."

The old lady gently patted Mu Lao's hand.

"Others don't know-"

The young man closed his mouth.

He was really just arguing subconsciously just now.

But, it's too late.

"People don't know that the wood carving was made by me, right?"

Mu Lao took up the unfinished words of the young man. He seemed to want to laugh, but he couldn't, which made his facial expression a little distorted.

"Zhou Zhou, you."

Mr. Zhou felt mixed emotions.

It's actually true? !

This kid actually did such a thing?

How could he? !
"No."

The young man tried to argue, "I am just thinking from the perspective of an ordinary person."

“Not that I did this.”

"If you tell him this to someone else, his reaction will be similar to mine."

"If you don't believe me, you can try it."

Mu Lao shook his head and didn't care about the man's explanation.

Instead, he went on talking.

"There is no airtight wall in the world."

"Nothing can be kept secret forever."

"Why am I here today?"

"Someone found the wood carving you sold to someone else, took a photo and told me about it."

"Tell that person that the wood carving is the work of a Qing Dynasty master."

"How do you know there's no one around him who really knows what's good?"

"How do you know that he will never realize that the wood carving he bought at such a high price is not the work of a Qing Dynasty master?"

"Five hundred thousand."

"I don't know how rich your buyer is."

"But even if they don't care about the money, most people don't like being cheated."

"When the time comes, he will find you."

"He will also vent his anger on Gumuxuan."

"The wood carving was done by me, from Gumuxuan."

"Even if you explain to him that this is just your own behavior, will he believe it? And how will he view Gu Muxuan?"

"He will think Gu Muxuan is an accomplice."

"He would think that Gumuxuan is not a legitimate store."

"He would think that Gu Muxuan might be doing these deceptive things in private."

"Once your reputation is tarnished, it's very difficult to repair it."

“Whether it’s a person or a store.”

　ps: Thank you Xiao Tou Ming and -Wang Chuan- for the reward (*︶*)!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)