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Chapter 13 [It’s You]

Chapter 13 [It’s You]

Young people of Chen Yan's age usually didn't care much for things like jade. He only remembered that there was an area of antique buildings two streets away near the East University Town, which was a traditional folk tourism area planned by the government.

There is an antique street there, and there seem to be a few jade shops - when he was in college, he occasionally went to that area with his classmates during holidays.

Chen Yan called an online taxi and went to the Antique Street. Sitting in the car on the way, Chen Yan was still thinking in his heart, should he consider buying a car?

The housing problem was solved, living in such a large mansion. It was comfortable, but the location was a bit remote, and the wealthy people in the community all drove private cars.

Money is a person's courage. With a seven-digit deposit in the card and eight-digit gold in the safe in Gangcheng, Chen Yan is ready to make a move.

However... when the online taxi was about to reach two streets outside the folk tourism area, it was stuck in traffic... After all, it was almost the end of the year and there were quite a lot of tourists.

Chen Yan immediately gave up the idea of buying a car.

For example, now, I encountered a traffic jam and was stuck on the road.

If you drive yourself, you will inevitably get anxious and angry.

If you are in a car, just sit in the back seat and play with your phone.

Moreover, you don’t have to worry about parking every time you arrive at a place.

Well, actually Chen Yan is quite lazy.

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The tourist area is bustling with people.

It is almost the end of the year, and there are quite a lot of tourists. In two days it will be Christmas in the West and New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Almost all businesses are launching various holiday promotions, discounts and reward activities.

In the nearby university town, there are also many students who have nothing to do before the winter vacation and like to hang out here.

It was afternoon at this moment. Chen Yan followed the crowd into the tourist area and first bought a string of candied haws - he liked to eat sweet and sour things since he was a child.

Unfortunately, I spit it out after taking one bite.

The unscrupulous merchants in the scenic area use low-quality hawthorns in their candied haws, which are sour and astringent.

However, the bustling atmosphere at the end of the year still makes the whole street look full of fireworks, with all kinds of slogans and signs of merchants vigorously promoting their products, and the noise of tourists...

For a moment, Chen Yan almost forgot what he was here for.

I passed by a popular milk tea shop that I seemed to have seen online. There was a long line at the door.

As Chen Yan walked over, he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling him.

"elder brother!"

Chen Yan stopped and turned around to see a tall and thin boy waving at him, then running out of the queue in two or three steps.

"Brother!" The boy smiled and patted Chen Yan's shoulder: "It's you! I thought I saw the wrong person just now."

"Hey! Mr. Zhao!" Chen Yan greeted with a smile.

"What's the always or not, Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhao!" The boy nodded and bowed.

This Xiao Zhao is an alumnus of the same class as Chen Yan. When they were in school, they were quite familiar with each other.

"Brother, why are you here? Aren't you going to work today?" Xiao Zhao asked enthusiastically.

Chen Yan shook his head. He didn't want to explain in detail why he was leaving before the end of the internship. He just said vaguely, "I'm taking a break today." Then he asked in return, "What about you? Don't you have classes?"

Xiao Zhao chuckled. He was very skinny, with no flesh on his face, and looked a bit wretched when he laughed. "Yes, I don't have classes. I came here to work."

As he spoke, he pointed to the milk tea shop behind him.

Chen Yan smiled: "Come over and queue up for the job?"

"Well, I gathered a group of people and brought a dozen classmates. Each person gets fifty dollars."

Xiao Zhao didn't hide anything, and Chen Yan nodded familiarly.

Many internet-famous stores are actually just hype. They pay people to pretend to queue up to create the illusion that they are "bustling with customers, extremely popular, and very popular," and then hype themselves up.

There is a university town nearby, and the students there are low-priced labor, so it is cheap to recruit them.

Chen Yan had done this kind of work many times when he was in school to earn some pocket money - with Xiao Zhao in front of him.

The difference is that Chen Yan only comes here occasionally to earn some pocket money, while Xiao Zhao is the leader of a small group of odd-job workers on campus.

Xiao Zhao was a clever man. Although he looked a bit shabby, he had a good character and a kind heart. Most importantly, he was a man of many talents—he could always find temporary jobs that others couldn't.

As the leader, he never cheated his classmates. Even if he took a cut, he would take less than others. This made many students willing to follow him.

In fact, Chen Yan was also curious at the beginning about why Xiao Zhao was so good at getting work done and leading people.

Later, when the two became familiar with each other, they found out that Xiao Zhao's parents were group leaders in Hengdian.

No wonder, it comes from a family background of learning.

While still in school, Xiao Zhao had already expanded his business to a level that many on-campus part-time job groups could not reach.

Their business scope ranges from waiting in line for shops to distributing flyers in residential areas.

He even inherited his family's knowledge and led his classmates to expand their business into the entertainment industry.

During a previous summer vacation, he took dozens of classmates to Hengdian. With the help of his parents' connections, he and his classmates worked as extras in Hengdian for more than 20 days. They played government troops in the morning, bandits in the afternoon, Japanese devils during the day, and eunuchs at night.

Two of the female classmates even got two lines in a play because of their fair looks and good temperament.

"Master, this is not good..."

A "Master, no!"

Chen Yan didn't even dare to imagine how chaotic the plot of that play would be!
In short, Xiao Zhao's business scope is diverse. He can always help his classmates get various profitable orders and negotiate the best prices, so he got a nickname: Mr. Zhao.

Logically speaking, with such abilities, Xiao Zhao should be very popular in school, and usually have a group of younger classmates following him around to flatter him.

But he has always been very respectful to Chen Yan and always calls him "Brother".

The two had known each other through odd jobs before, and their relationship was not close. However, one time, they went to Jiangbei as a group to act as shills.

On the way back, in order to save money, he chose to take a ferry instead of a car. When the ferry was about to dock, Xiao Zhao was lying on the side of the boat to look at the scenery. He was squeezed and fell into the river.

He was a landlubber, so after falling into the water he could only struggle around. Although the people on the boat screamed and cried, no one dared to jump in to rescue him.

At that time, Chen Yan dived into the water directly, lifted Xiao Zhao out of the water in a few seconds, and then almost grabbed his hair and pulled him to the shore.

Most children who grew up in the countryside in the south of the Yangtze River are good at swimming.

After this incident, Xiao Zhao showed great respect to Chen Yan. He never called Chen Yan by his full name again, but always called him "brother".

Later, their relationship gradually improved.

Xiao Zhao became friends with Chen Yan because he saved his life.

Chen Yan valued the other person because he felt that this person knew how to be grateful.

The old lady taught Chen Yan since he was a child: A person who knows how to be grateful can't be that bad.

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Xiao Zhao exchanged a few words with Chen Yan, then pulled over a student next to him who had just "bought" milk tea in the milk tea shop, took the cup of milk tea from the other person and stuffed it into Chen Yan's hand.

"Brother, let me treat you to this. It tastes pretty good. I've had several cups in the past two days."

Chen Yan didn't like milk tea, but since it was given by Xiao Zhao, he took it with a smile and said, "Let's have dinner together this weekend."

"Okay! But not this week. I got a job this weekend. I'm taking people to the airport to pretend to be fans and pick up a celebrity."

Well, Mr. Zhao does have a lot of business.

Chen Yan and Xiao Zhao chatted for a few minutes on the roadside. Before leaving, he opened his third eye and used the qi-observing technique to scan Xiao Zhao's fortune.

Seeing that Xiao Zhao had good luck recently and didn't seem to have any bad luck or anything like that, he left with peace of mind.

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After saying goodbye to Xiao Zhao, Chen Yan strolled a few hundred meters and entered the antique street.

After visiting several shops, Chen Yan was actually a little disappointed.

What real things can be found in the antique street in the scenic area?

Most jade shops sell handicrafts.

Not to mention genuine high-quality materials, more than 8% of the so-called ordinary jade materials are fake.

Chen Yan used the skills he learned in the article on identifying jade to casually scan the counter and found that many of the jades on the counter were actually quartzite - a common material used to make fake jade.

Some genuine jade materials are extremely expensive. Even the most ordinary low-grade white jade, a jade plaque the size of a matchbox, starts at at least several thousand yuan.

This is it.

Although Chen Yan knew that he was being ripped off, he still had no choice but to buy two jade tokens, one white jade and one green jade.

I put the money in my pocket and walked out of the jade shop. When I passed by the milk tea shop, I suddenly saw a group of people gathered there, and some of them were shouting something.

Chen Yan's heart moved. He saw that among the people gathered, there were a few who looked like students from his school. They should be Xiao Zhao's shills.

Chen Yan walked over quickly, pushed through the crowd, and saw Xiao Zhao sitting on the ground with his hands covering his forehead.

"what happened?"

Chen Yan immediately went over and squatted, reaching out to hold Xiao Zhao's hand.

"It shouldn't be a big deal..." Xiao Zhao waved his hand and released his palm. Then Chen Yan saw a small crack on the guy's skin at the corner of his eye, with a little blood flowing out.

The injury wasn't serious, but Chen Yan frowned as soon as he saw it and asked, "Who hit him?"

"No, I wasn't beaten." Xiao Zhao shook his head helplessly.

Chen Yan became suspicious - just a moment ago, when he and Xiao Zhao parted ways, he had specially opened his third eye and used the Qi-observing technique to look at him. He should be doing well and without any illness or disaster recently.

At this moment, Chen Yan once again secretly used the Qi-gazing technique to look at Xiao Zhao, but he couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh".

At this moment, under the Heavenly Eye, there was a faint black air on Xiao Zhao's forehead.

However, perhaps because the blood calamity was resolved, the black gas was dissipating rapidly. After just a few breaths, the black gas had turned invisible and disappeared completely.

Chen Yan was stunned: According to "Qiyun Zhoushu", people's luck generally will not change suddenly for no reason.

Unless you suddenly do something unscrupulous and against the will of heaven, there is a small probability that a person's fortune will suddenly change.

But in just a dozen minutes, it was impossible for Xiao Zhao to run out and bully men and women, or dig up anyone's ancestral grave, right?

Or...did he just come into contact with something evil?
Chen Yan's face turned serious.

"I was standing there peacefully when something suddenly flew down from the upstairs window and hit me."

Xiao Zhao had already climbed up from the ground: "It should be fine. I was sitting on the ground just now. When I was hit, my eyes went dark. I thought I was blinded. I was so scared that my legs went weak."

As he spoke, Xiao Zhao touched the wound at the corner of his eye, grimacing in pain and gasping for air.

The students who came with Xiao Zhao pointed at the window upstairs and shouted at him.

It should be the second floor of a street-side restaurant.

The "murder weapon" that hit Xiao Zhao was also found: a broken mobile phone that had fallen to the ground and was broken into pieces.

At this moment, a figure ran down quickly from the steps along the street of the hotel.

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A thin little girl, looking hurried, with anxiety and shame on her face.

The girl ran over quickly, her innocent face full of annoyance and nervousness. Before she could even stand still, she hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it..."

Before the girl could finish her words, she saw Chen Yan standing next to Xiao Zhao. Suddenly, her mouth froze and an expression of surprise appeared on her face - besides surprise, there seemed to be a hint of fear.

Chen Yan looked at the other person carefully for a few seconds, then smiled: "Oh, it's you."

Upon hearing this, the girl's first reaction was to raise her hands and cover her nose.

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[Today's two updates are completed.]

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