Supreme Hidden Dragon in the City
Chapter 218 Because I Have a Brain

Chapter 218: Chapter 218 Because I Have a Brain

Fang Chen was instantly dumbstruck.

Next to him, Chen Yao’s eyes widened, her expression becoming utterly bizarre.

Chen Fan, on the other hand, started to laugh.

The vendor was so scared that he quickly glanced at Fang Chen before saying to the middle-aged man, "I have customers here. Keep it down!"

Fang Chen’s face turned red with pent-up anger, and he clenched his fists as he returned to the vendor’s stall and burst out, "You’re selling these lousy bracelets, five for two thousand, and you charged me eighteen thousand for one? Is this how you scam people!"

The vendor’s face hardened. "What are you babbling about? The one I sold you is a treasure. Those five for two thousand are inferior goods. Are they the same?"

Fang Chen knew the vendor was obviously lying and said through gritted teeth, "I don’t want this bracelet. Give me my money back!"

The vendor pointed to a sign beside him. "Can’t you read?"

Fang Chen looked over and saw the words "No refunds once sold" and felt even more aggrieved. "This is simply hooliganism!"

The vendor’s face turned cold, his eyes revealing a trace of ferocity. "Young man, you’d better watch your language. You were the one insisting on buying it, I didn’t force you. If you’re looking for trouble, I’m not afraid of you outsiders!"

Fang Chen stared at the vendor, whose attitude was now completely the opposite, and was furious, grinding his teeth.

However, he didn’t dare to confront the vendor directly and, in the end, had to swallow the bitter pill of his own making.

"Let’s go!" Fang Chen, holding the pearl bracelet, turned around angrily.

Chen Fan and Chen Yao exchanged glances, both unable to hold back a snigger.

Chen Fan whispered, "You really need to improve your taste in boyfriends."

Chen Yao playfully poked Chen Fan, and coquettishly whispered her retort.

The three continued walking forward, all somewhat silent.

After a while, Fang Chen handed the box containing the pearl bracelet to Chen Yao, "Although I suffered a loss on this, it still represents my sentiments. Please accept it."

Chen Yao quickly waved her hands. "Sorry, I told you not to buy it. Keep it for yourself."

Fang Chen became even more embarrassed.

Chen Fan couldn’t help but laugh.

Seeing this, Fang Chen’s heart filled with an inexplicable anger. "What do you have to laugh about? Even though I got scammed, I spent that eighteen thousand without blinking an eye. As for you, you probably haggle half a day for something worth only eighteen hundred."

At this moment, someone nearby exclaimed, "Someone found a rare gemstone in the sea!"

Many people started crowding around that area.

Seeing this, Chen Fan walked over as well.

Chen Yao and Fang Chen followed suit.

There, a young man with dark skin, wearing only swim trunks and dripping wet, was proudly showing off the gemstone in his hand to everyone.

It was a deep blue stone, crystal clear like a rare sapphire, emitting a faint blue glow.

Upon seeing the stone, Chen Fan’s eyes immediately lit up. It was suffused with a rich Spiritual Energy, indeed a rare gemstone.

After showing it off to the crowd, the young man shouted, "This stone is quite extraordinary. Those with discerning eyes can see it. I’ve decided to sell it. One price, a hundred thousand yuan. Whoever wants it can take it with the money!"

The crowd instantly buzzed with debate.

Some felt the stone was worth the price, while others believed it was a scam.

Burned by his recent experience, Fang Chen said disdainfully, "This is obviously a scam. Let’s just go, there’s nothing to see here."

But then Chen Fan stepped forward and said, "I’ll take the stone."

Fang Chen and Chen Yao both widened their eyes.

Chen Yao hurriedly asked, "Cousin, what do you want with this stone?"

Chen Fan, with a smile, replied, "It’s been years since we last saw each other, and I am very happy to see you’ve grown up. I should give you a gift. This stone is truly extraordinary, it has the effect of nourishing the body when worn for a long time. I bought it to give to you."

Fang Chen said with disdain, "But did you not hear them say that the stone is worth a hundred thousand? You couldn’t even afford eighteen thousand just now, how can you afford this hundred thousand?"

Chen Fan turned around and said, "Who says I can’t afford it?"

Fang Chen scoffed, "If you could afford it, why were you haggling earlier?"

Chen Fan revealed a smile, "Because I have brains, you see."

Fang Chen was stunned, then his face quickly filled with annoyance, that bastard actually dared to say he had no brains!

At this moment, a middle-aged man stood up, "Young man, I’ll pay a hundred and fifty thousand, you give me that stone."

Fang Chen suddenly realized and sneered, "So you knew someone would bid higher, and that’s why you put on an act. You’re really hypocritical!"

Chen Fan ignored him and said to the young man, "I bid two hundred thousand."

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "I bid three hundred thousand, that’s the highest price I can accept. If this brother can offer a higher price, I’ll give up."

Chen Fan, without hesitation, said, "Five hundred thousand."

The middle-aged man was visibly disappointed and backed off.

The young man, by this time, was already dumbfounded; he originally thought that a hundred thousand was already a lot, but he had not expected someone would be willing to pay five hundred thousand for his stone.

Chen Yao looked at Chen Fan with her eyes wide and her mouth agape, "Cousin, five hundred thousand for a stone, this..."

Chen Fan said with a smile, "It’s worth it."

Fang Chen scoffed, "I think you’re purely causing trouble for others. I don’t believe you really can take out five hundred thousand!"

This good-for-nothing from Pingyun County was infamous for his utter failure to achieve anything; he couldn’t even manage to be a decent live-in son-in-law and was thrown out on his ear—how could he possibly have that much money.

Chen Fan asked the young man to tell him his bank card number and transferred five hundred thousand on the spot.

When the young man saw the five hundred thousand credited to his account, he jumped up cheering and whooping.

"Five hundred thousand! It’s really five hundred thousand! I’m rich!"

The surrounding crowd was green with envy.

"Such a tycoon, to transfer five hundred thousand just like that, his net worth must be at least in the hundreds of millions."

"Damn, it makes me want to dive into the gem business too, one stone is worth so much money, how many years would I have to work to earn that much!"

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Fang Chen was stunned, looking at Chen Fan in disbelief, "He really transferred five hundred thousand... is this guy not the known loser? How does he have so much money?"

Chen Yao also wore a shocked expression. All the negative news she had heard about Chen Fan from her family depicted him as someone worse off than a stray dog outside but judging by the current situation, Chen Fan seemed to be doing better than the vast majority of people.

She approached Chen Fan and said, "Cousin, even if you really wanted to buy it, you should’ve been more cautious. Maybe you could’ve gotten it for three hundred and fifty thousand, who knows, blowing an extra two hundred thousand like that seems like quite a loss."

Chen Fan simply said, "It doesn’t make much of a difference."

He then said to the young man, "Give me the stone."

The young man hurriedly handed the stone over.

But as Chen Fan reached out to take it, a hand suddenly stretched out and snatched the gemstone away.

Chen Fan turned his head and saw a twenty-three or twenty-four-year-old girl, wearing a denim jacket that made her look a bit like a gangster girl.

The girl looked over the gemstone briefly and showed a satisfied expression, "This gemstone is not bad, it’s mine now."