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Chapter 791 How valuable is she? I've seen this meteorite before.

Jiang Hanying was browsing through Xu Can's pile of junk that he treated like treasures, hanging on the wall, displayed in custom cabinets, and some of which were even covered with glass.

That's right, in her eyes, no matter how well these things are maintained, they are all junk!

It's only slightly better than the weapon props used by actors during filming.

Then a loud shout came from the direction of the stairwell.

After hearing the person's last plea clearly, she almost retorted: "You're dreaming!"

How could I even dare to dream of having a goose-feather saber just like hers!

As soon as Xu Can descended to basement level, he looked up and met a pair of somewhat unfriendly eyes.

He paused for two seconds before reacting, then gave a dry laugh, "Miss Jiang, what do you think of my collection? As long as..."

"Rubbish metal."

"Wh-what? What did you just say?"

Xu Can raised his hand and picked at his ear, wondering if he had just hallucinated.

Jiang Hanying pointed to a longsword with a scabbard inlaid with gemstones and jade, and an extravagantly inlaid hilt, which was placed in front of her. "It's all show and no substance."

"I went through a lot of trouble to buy this sword at auction, and I won't allow you to talk about it like that!"

Why would you need an auction?
Jiang Hanying asked curiously, "How much did you pay to take these pictures?"

More than three hundred.

Jiang Hanying, who had just checked her savings and found she didn't even have a hundred thousand: "..."

This time, it was her turn to not want to talk.

This broken sword is worth over three hundred!
She couldn't help but reach back and touch her lower back.

How much is she worth?

Li Chengxiao came out of the raw material warehouse next door, interrupting the two's conversation, and looked at Xu Can: "You have a pretty complete supply of materials here."

That saved him a lot of trouble.

“That’s right,” Xu Can said, feeling he had won back a bit, and proudly raised his head. “I spend most of my salary on filling the warehouse. When I was temporarily transferred to a neighboring city to handle a case a while ago, I also found a meteorite this big by chance. I just haven’t figured out what to do with it yet.”

Li Chengxiao agreed, saying, "Let me see."

"follow me."

The more valuable forging materials were stored separately in a small room partitioned off from the warehouse, and Xu Can could only enter it by entering a password.

Jiang Hanying and Li Chengxiao, who went in with him, immediately spotted the pitch-black stone on the shelf in front of them. It was an irregularly shaped circle about twenty centimeters in diameter. Only when they got closer and shone a light on it could they see the fine, dense specks of gold dust inside.

"How about it? Don't underestimate this small stone. It weighs over a hundred pounds, its density is greater than gold, and its hardness is extraordinary."

Jiang Hanying felt the stone looked familiar at first glance, but after glancing at Xu Can, who was giving a long and detailed introduction, she decided to keep quiet for now.

Li Chengxiao glanced at Jiang Hanying, whose expression had become somewhat subtle and strange, but didn't ask anything. He reached out and touched the stone. "It's indeed a good thing. What do you plan to do with it?"

"I haven't decided yet. I'm just afraid of ruining something good. I know my own family's skills, and I was thinking that if it really didn't work out..."

"The goose feather sword won't do. I signed a contract with Han Ying and her production team regarding the design, and it can't be leaked before the TV series airs. It's either practical or aesthetically pleasing; you have to choose one."

Xu Can: "This is such a difficult choice!"

Practical means that someone of his status could certainly use it.

However, if you want to pursue aesthetics, you can only keep it for private collection or show it off to some fellow enthusiasts. Taking it out in public won't attract enough attention.

"Well, let's keep it aesthetically pleasing."

That's just how shallow he is!
"One month."

"Fine!" Xu Can gritted his teeth and nodded, patting the meteorite. "Take it and do whatever you want with it."

Going out of the warehouse through another door leads to the forging room. Once inside, Jiang Hanying understands why her cheap master chose to borrow this place.

It features both high-tech equipment, such as ultra-high temperature gold melting furnaces, rapid cooling pools, and robotic arms forging with adjustable force and frequency, as well as more traditional furnaces and various tools.

High-tech forging and traditional forging methods can both be achieved in this spacious forging room.

"What's this?"

After walking around the forging workshop, Jiang Hanying pointed to a large steel barrel about half a person's height and peered inside.

Xu Can: "These, these are all past failures." Jiang Hanying couldn't help but glance at him.

Aren't there a lot of these scrapped?

Although she looked down on these pieces of junk, she couldn't bear to see them being wasted like this.

"People are addicted to food."

Xu Can quietly slipped over to his good friend who was checking the equipment, reached out and tugged at his friend's sleeve, but only dared to whisper, "My good friend, isn't your girlfriend a bit sharp-tongued?"

Listen to his evaluation of this place, his precious collection, and himself.

Broken copper and scrap iron.

Flashy.

People are addicted to food.

To launch such personal attacks on someone else's turf, aren't you afraid of getting beaten up?

"Isn't that a fair assessment?"

Xu Can: "!!!"

Two against one!
"Old Xiao, you've changed!"

"Ah."

Xu Can suffered a complete defeat.

Watching Xu Can leave to heal his battered body and soul, Li Chengxiao walked to Jiang Hanying's side and asked in a low voice, "Were you trying to say something in the small warehouse just now?"

Jiang Hanying wasn't surprised that he had noticed, and nodded in reply, "I've seen the precious meteorite that Xu Can found before; it's much bigger than his."

She can walk around inside; it must be quite big.

Where did you see it?

“We were filming a show before, and we went to a cave in the mountains. The cave was full of these rocks. Mom knows about it, you know…”

"Stop!"

Li Chengxiao knew exactly what she was trying to say. "Don't even think about making money from it."

"why?"

"First, its origin is hard to explain. Second, there's the issue of the target audience. Ordinary people won't spend a lot of money to buy a stone. Buyers like Xu Can are rare and hard to find. It's very likely that the stone will just sit in your hands."

"Okay." The grand money-making plan was aborted before it even got a chance to be uttered. "I'll just stick to making movies. Come on, let's get to work!"

These are all the props she needs!

Fortunately, a phone call in the evening brought Jiang Hanying back to her senses.

"Have my parents prepared the betrothal gifts for me as well?"

“Okay,” Li Chengxiao put down his phone and nodded, “I’ll take you to collect the betrothal gifts tomorrow.”

"What dowry?" Xu Can asked instinctively as she carried in takeout, having overheard a bit of the conversation. A couple of seconds later, she realized what she'd said and her voice immediately rose, "You're planning to get married already? What happened to the agreement…?"

His words abruptly stopped when Li Chengxiao looked over.

"What was agreed upon?"

Xu Can touched his nose. "No, nothing. The takeout's here, let's eat. So when are you having your wedding?"

He has to prepare the money for the gift in advance, otherwise he'll spend it all on materials or his favorite collectibles.

"Let's get the marriage certificate first, and postpone the wedding for now."

"Oh," Xu Can didn't ask why the wedding wasn't being held yet. Since his good friend chose to do this, there must be many reasons. "Then I'll give you the money next month when I get my salary."

As for why he doesn't pay now, the answer is that his salary often runs out before the end of the month!

After eating the takeout dinner, Li Chengxiao went into the forging workshop and worked for a while.

Jiang Hanying has never been very patient, but she can stay still quite well when it comes to forging cold weapons, happily becoming an assistant.

And perhaps because she is somewhat similar to others in the same field, she has an exceptionally keen sense of subtle changes in materials during the casting process.

Looking at the busy yet harmonious scene in the forging workshop, Xu Can thought: "Birds of a feather flock together!"
This was the first time he had ever seen a girl enjoy staying in the forging room, where dangers could arise at any moment.