Chapter 372 The Bad Guys Were Getting Old
Leon was compassionate, but not tonight.
"It doesn't matter whether I'm sympathetic or not, but since you are, you can buy it yourself with ten thousand dollars. I'm sure you can deal with that."
Tina didn't know that the vase was theoretically worth 300,000 dollars, but she just thought it was good for the stall owner to buy it for 10,000 dollars.
She pitied the old man, which showed that she was not too bad. She was still kind-hearted, but she didn't know anything.
"My salary hasn't been paid yet this month. You buy it first, and I'll pay you back as soon as I get paid." Tina said awkwardly.
"You wanted me to pay? Aren't you the one who's compassionate?" Leon asked a rhetorical question.
Tina's request made Leon want laugh and cry at the same time.
She said that he should be compassionate and kind-hearted, but she ended up asking him to pay for her.
"It's not like I won't pay you back." Tina bit her lip. She knew it was too much to ask.
"You already owe me." Leon said.
"Don't make laugh. What do I owe you? I already said I'll pay you back, didn't I? Do you have compassion or not? Just think of it as doing a good deed. Can't you do good deeds for once in your life?"
Tina wanted to borrow money from her sister, but her sister's salary was used to pay the monthly rent, water and electricity bill, as well as the living expenses for the both of them, so it was impossible.
Although Leon was loser, she thought he must have at least brought ten thousand dollars with him.
However, Leon refused directly and decisively.
"No."
Yeah, Leon just didn't want lend her money.
Since she was so compassionate then she should pay for it.
And even if Leon sympathized with the old man, he would never buy it for Tina. Tina did not have any power to control him.
Tina held back her anger.
"How can you be like this? It's not easy for an old man to stay by the stall at night. Please be more kind-hearted. In the future, when you reach his age, your situation may not be as good as his. If the young people at that time were as uncaring as you, what would you think? Why do you have such a cold heart?"
"This is a night market. If you don't sell it at night, will you sell it during the day? I have no objection about being compassionate, but you shouldn't talk about it without applying it to yourself first." Leon responded in a cold voice.
The old man squinted at Tina. "Girl, if you don't have ten thousand dollars, you could just give me three hundred dollars. You can take the vase after that. Anyway, I just traded it for a bag of millet. It doesn't really worth a lot. Although I am nothing but a small business, I also have a conscience."
The old man's words undoubtedly moved Tina once again.
"Grandpa. Please stop. I only have five hundred dollars with me because I didn't take too much cash with me when I go out. I'm guessing I can't pay you with my mobile phone. Take these five hundred dollars. I'll take the vase. " Tina put the five hundred dollars cash into the old man's hand.
However, the old man pushed away the cash handed over by Tina, then took out his mobile phone. "Mobile phone payment is also possible, both bank cards and mobile phones are fine."
Leon and Rachel looked at each other.
There must be something wrong with this old man!
Most of the elders didn't know much about mobile payment and of course, it could not be completely denied that some old people knew how to pay by mobile phone. But this old man's attitude of accepting after refusing the payment was very abnormal.
The old man handed the payment code to Tina, but Tina hesitated for a moment.
She was wondering how much money she should give to him. She wanted to offer her love, but she was not willing to spend thousands of dollar to pay for her love.
"Grandpa, how about a thousand dollar? Thar is all I have left." Tina asked awkwardly.
"A thousand dollar?" The old man raised his eyebrows first, then squinted again. "All right, a thousand dollars is all right, girl. You are so kind, you will be blessed soon."
Tina was delighted to hear the old man's praise.
Leon did not stop it, because he had seen the vase and knew it was authentic. As long as Tina got the vase, she would not lose a lot of money.
"Wait a minute, girl. I'll get a box and wrap the vase for you. Don't bump it on the road." With that, the old man turned and walked towards the tricycle behind him.
He bent over the car, blocking the view from the three, then lifted a quilt and put his hand into a big box.
A minute later, the old man turned around again and walked towards Tina with a smile.
"Girl, it's already wrapped for you. Here, take it."
The old man handed over the box containing the vase.
Tina was taken over with mixed emotions. There was a trace of heartache in her heart, but there was also a sense of achievement in doing a good deed.
She still thought that Leon who was stingy and unsympathetic was beneath her.
Rachel whispered to Leon. "Why don't you take another look? I think there's something strange."
Originally, Leon didn't want to get involved with this. No matter whether the vase was good or bad, Tina should be responsible for it.
But now that Rachel had opened her mouth, he couldn't say no.
"Let me see." Leon walked two steps closer to Tina.
"I won't let you see it! You have no love, so stay away from me!" Tina frowned and said angrily.
"Tina, let him have a look." Although Rachel had a gentle temper, she was still the elder of the two.
"Rachel, he looked so annoying!" Although Tina was a little upset, she listened to her sister and handed him the vase. "Here! Look!" She grumbled.
However, with just a glance, Leon could already tell.
It was fake.
It had been switched!
An expert could tell the difference with just a glance.
"You switched it!" Leon looked straight at the old man with a cold look.
"I don't understand what you're saying, young man." The old man made an incomprehensible expression.
"You replaced it. Now I understand why you have to turn around."
The doubts in Leon's mind could now be explained.
No wonder this old man in the antique business would be willing to sell such a precious vase for hundreds of dollar. He was selling the authentic product in a low price as bait to attract the attention of buyers, and then replace the product while packaging with a fake one.
"Leon, what are you talking about?" Tina demanded.
"The cost of this kind of vase is only 30 dollars. If he sells it for 300, it is ten times the profit. But if you gave him a thousand, it is 30 times the profit." Leon explained.
This kind of routine was relatively new.
Most of the tricks were often selling the fake products with the authentic products. Meanwhile, the old man used psychological tactics.
Unexpectedly, when the old man saw that the matter was exposed, he did not panic, but acted miserably instead. "I am nothing but an old man. I run a small business and have always been honest. I don't understand these deceptive tricks at all. You are such an asshole. Why are framing me for no reason? Why are you so immoral when all I do is earn some hard money to pay for my medical expenses?"
When Tina heard the old man's words, she felt distressed again. "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Are you seriously ill?"