Chapter 684: Severing Ties
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“How much did you say it costs?!” Brian asked in disbelief, his voice about to crack.
“2.8 million dollars, Sir,” Jane repeated, deliberately slowing down her speech to quote the price carefully.
“How is that possible?! It… it’s just a vase. How can it be so expensive?!” Brian yelled hysterically, almost on the verge of breaking down.
If the vase was sold at a less prestigious place, he might have thought it was only worth a couple dozen dollars. But since it was placed in a store like the Heavenly Pavilion, where cheap goods didn’t exist, Brian had braced himself and raised his expected price to about $150,000.
Thus, he gritted his teeth and took out his bank card with a balance of one million, thinking that it should be more than enough.
But to his surprise, the vase had a staggering price tag of $2.8 million! The money he had was less than half of the vase’s price!
How could he afford to compensate for it?
He didn’t have that much money.
With shock written all over her face, Vanessa questioned aggressively, “Are you people trying to extort us? It’s just a stupid vase. How can it be so expensive? Are you deliberately raising the price because you saw that we agreed to compensate for it? I’m telling you. I won’t tolerate such behavior! I’m going to sue you! Don’t think that we’re pushovers!”
Facing her harsh voice and threats, Jane kept a straight face and said calmly, “Miss, the prices of the items in our store are all marked very clearly. The price of this Ming Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain vase is also clearly indicated on the display stand. You may take a look at it yourself.
“In addition, the price of an antique is not determined by its actual use but by its age, craftsmans.h.i.+p, and collection value. This Ming Dynasty vase has been in our store for some time, and no one has ever said that it’s not worth the price. We also have an appraisal certificate issued by the authorities, and you may also bring the broken pieces away for authentication later. This should prove that what you just broke is indeed a precious Ming Dynasty blue-and-white porcelain vase.
“The Heavenly Pavilion has always marked our prices very clearly, and we would never cheat anyone. We are definitely trustworthy, and we will absolutely never commit deliberate exhortation.”
Jane was neither servile nor overbearing during her speech, and she also managed to refute Vannessa’s accusatory remarks about the Heavenly Pavilion extorting them.
Some guests gathered around them also spoke up in agreement. “Indeed, the porcelain vase has been here for about half a month. My father used to come here every day to look at it, and he really wanted to buy it. But unfortunately, it was too expensive, so my father was hesitant about it. If he hears that this vase was broken, he’ll probably be so upset that he won’t be able to eat…”
“It’s a precious porcelain vase from the Ming Dynasty and extremely valuable, so it’s reasonable for it to be priced at 2.8 million dollars. I can also vouch that the vase has always been sold at this price. The Heavenly Pavilion didn’t deliberately increase the price to extort you!”
“If a vase from the Ming Dynasty were sold for only a few hundred thousand dollars, it would definitely be a crazy sale. Anyone selling it at this price, please give me a dozen of them. I’ll take everything!”
People spoke up one after another.
Vanessa’s face suddenly flushed red. She really didn’t know the value of these antiques.
She only knew that the luxury goods such as jewelry and gemstones were expensive. She hadn’t expected that an una.s.suming vase she didn’t even take a liking to was worth so much money.
“Hmph, isn’t it just a few million? My boyfriend is worth hundreds of millions. He can easily afford to pay for it.” Vanessa rolled her eyes at the people around her with disdain.
She turned her head and said to Brian, “Honey, you must have taken the wrong card just now. The one million in this card should be the spending money for me, right? Give me this card and quickly take out your other card with a large balance! Hmph, it’s merely a few million. It’s peanuts to you!”
Then Vanessa hurriedly s.n.a.t.c.hed that bank card from Jane’s hand and held it tightly with sweet bliss written all over her face.
A few days ago, she had coquettishly asked Brian for some spending money after they were intimate with each other. He had agreed to give her a card with a million for her to spend as she pleased. She thought that he was trying to give her a surprise by hiding it from her even though he had already prepared it.
Vanessa indulged in her thoughts happily.
Charlotte couldn’t contain her amus.e.m.e.nt any longer and burst into laughter.
She wasn’t trying to be rude, but rather, Brian’s current expression was just too hilarious. It was almost as if he was full of resentment as he stared at Vanessa gripping the card tightly in her hand, wis.h.i.+ng he could s.n.a.t.c.h it from her right away.
But Vanessa was still obliviously showing off Brian’s wealth. It was really funny!
Hearing Charlotte’s laughter, Vanessa immediately rebuked in anger, “Charlotte Carter, why are you laughing? My boyfriend can casually give me a million as spending money. Can yours do the same? I’m afraid your penniless boyfriend won’t even give you a thousand, huh?”
Charlotte had a hard time holding in her laughter before saying, “Haha, you… should ask your boyfriend if the money in this card is for your spending money or not. I’m afraid it’s all the money your boyfriend has. You’d better hurry up and return it to him. Otherwise, he’ll eat you up immediately. Haha!”
Vanessa was further enraged. She turned to complain to Brian, “Honey, look at her! She even said that the money in this card is everything you have. How can she insult you like that? You obviously have at least a few hundred million in your card. How can you possibly only have a million?!”
Brian gritted his teeth and ordered, “Give me the card!”
His eyes were menacing, and he wished he could kill the stupid Vanessa on the spot.
“Huh? Honey, what… what’s wrong with you?” Vanessa finally discovered something amiss with Brian’s expression. He was glaring at her like she was an enemy, making her frightened.
“Honey… what… what’s gotten into you? I… I’m your precious sweetheart!” Vanessa said carefully.
“My sweet bulls.h.i.+t! Return the card to me immediately!” Brian could no longer contain his anger. He cursed at her and grabbed the card back from her by force.
Vanessa was still stunned and bewildered.
Brian said, “This woman is the one who broke the vase. If you want compensation, get her to pay for it! I have nothing to do with this woman from now on. You don’t have to let me know regardless of what happens to her!”
With that, Brian glowered at Vanessa before turning around to leave.
He actually broke up with Vanessa and severed ties with her at this juncture!
Everyone was stunned.
Meanwhile, Vanessa’s jaw dropped, and she was completely dumbstruck, unable to process what was going on!