After saying that, Tang Ling's face turned slightly red.
She wanted to help Lin Xiao, and finally discovered that Lin Xiao was so interested in one thing. Of course she wanted to help Lin Xiao find such a thing to gain his favor.
But to come forward to help like this is really inappropriate for a girl's family.
Because it is easy to think of the word "chasing backwards".
If he were an ordinary man, he might be very happy about this.
But Tang Ling knew that Lin Xiao was not that kind of man. If he were, Lin Xiao wouldn't be so angry with her when she climbed into Lin Xiao's bed that night.
In order to prevent Lin Xiao from misunderstanding, Tang Ling hurriedly explained.
"Um...don't get me wrong. I just want to help you because my father has a cooperative relationship with your Dorado City Defense Force. I don't have any other purpose or ulterior motives.
The intention..."
Tang Ling's somewhat hasty words gave people a feeling of trying to cover up the truth.
Fortunately, Zhou Guangzhong and Li Dong were not here, otherwise, Lin Xiao might have been slightly embarrassed in front of them.
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"No need to explain, where are the fragments of the ancient bronze sword?"
Lin Xiao asked straight to the point. He didn't want Tang Ling to continue explaining, because the more this woman explained, the more confused she became.
After hearing Lin Xiao talk about business, Tang Ling gradually calmed down.
"My father gave the second fragment to an antique friend of his. I call him Uncle Dong."
"Just a regular antique lover?"
Lin Xiao asked again.
"No, he is an antique collector. He opened an antique shop in Dorado's antique market."
Hearing Tang Ling's words, Lin Xiao nodded slightly.
If he were an ordinary antique lover, he planned to buy the fragments of the ancient bronze sword directly with money, just like he did at the Tang family yesterday.
But if the other party is an antique collector, it's hard to tell.
This kind of person is usually rich or noble, and is not short of money. It may not be easy to get the fragment of the ancient bronze sword from the other person's hand.
But even so, you still have to go.
After all, if you go, you may get the fragments of the ancient bronze sword. If you don't go, there will be no hope at all.
So Lin Xiao stood up and said, "Okay, I'll go to the antique market with you now to meet your Uncle Dong."
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Dorado antique market is huge.
It is evening now, but the antique market is very noisy and lively.
Especially some stalls selling antiques are crowded with people.
In all likelihood, antique stalls like this are fakes, but occasionally you can come across genuine items.
Often a genuine item is mixed in with hundreds or even more fake items, and the people gathered around these stalls are all here to try their luck.
If you want to find an authentic product among so many fakes, you not only need to have extremely good eyesight, but also have very good luck. Only then is it possible.
After entering the antique market, Tang Ling couldn't control her eyes anymore and kept looking around.
As for Lin Xiao, he was also watching while walking.
In fact, Lin Xiao had no interest in antiques, but it was his first time to visit the antique market in Dorado, and he was still somewhat curious about it.
"The antiques here are basically all fake, right?"
Lin Xiao said casually.
"Yes, it would be good if one out of a hundred antiques on these small stalls is genuine. The one percent chance is too high here. But the ones in the store are different.
Among the antiques, four or five out of ten will be genuine, and of course the price will be very expensive."
Tang Ling nodded vigorously and said.
Realizing that she was the host, Tang Ling spared no effort to introduce Lin Xiao.
"This antique market has been established for many years. It was so lively when I was a child, and it is still so lively now. I often come here with my father, and my father occasionally buys something of interest, but my father's luck is not that good.
In this way, until now, all the antiques he bought personally are fakes, but the few antiques given to him by his friends are genuine."
After saying that, Tang Ling laughed.
Lin Xiao looked back at Tang Ling, and then said: "According to you, the ancient bronze sword your father bought is also fake?"
Lin Xiao's words immediately made Tang Ling's pretty face pale.
Tang Ling hurriedly explained: "No...that's not what I meant. Mr. Lin, you would be interested in this ancient bronze sword. It should be real. Your vision is definitely not bad. Maybe I
My father’s character has exploded and he finally bought a real thing. Did you like it?”
"No need to explain, I just said it casually."
Lin Xiao waved his hands and said.
Although Lin Xiao said this, Tang Ling still felt a little uneasy.
It can't go on like this.
If this continues, Mr. Lin will be disappointed in me!
Thinking of this, Tang Ling quickly changed the subject: "Mr. Lin, the antiques in Uncle Dong's store are basically genuine. At least so far, people who go to his store to buy antiques are very satisfied and have not found out after inspection.
A fake. Uncle Dong is very shrewd and has a very good eye. Every year he goes out to collect a batch of antiques and comes back. They are of various prices, but no matter whether they are valuable or not, they are all genuine."
"How old is your Uncle Dong this year?"
Lin Xiao took advantage of the situation and asked.
Tang Ling said without hesitation: "He is seventy-three. Uncle Dong's full name is Dong Qingfeng. He was very prestigious in Dorado when he was young."
"You respect him that much?"
Lin Xiao said with a smile.
Tang Ling nodded, and then said: "Well, Uncle Dong has no children, so he treats me as his child. Of course I respect him. On the contrary, my father always treats me as a commodity.
She is anxious to marry me off."
"Didn't your father marry you to Wu Lianyun?"
Lin Xiao turned around and glanced at Tang Ling. He did not expect that Tang Ling would have such strong resentment towards his father.
"This is probably because his conscience discovered it. Of course, it is also possible that he does not want to reconcile with his competitors. After all, Wu Houfei has competed with him for so many years, and the hatred between them is deep... Except for Wu Lianyun,
Several times before someone proposed marriage, my father wanted to agree. If I hadn't insisted on not getting married and my two mothers didn't agree, I might have been married off by him."
Hearing this, Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh out loud.
It seems that Tang Guorong still has some patriarchal thoughts.
However, in the city-state alliance, boys are indeed valued more than girls. After all, the order here is chaotic, and men have stronger fighting power and naturally have a higher status.
This situation will not happen in the relatively stable Dragon Kingdom now.