Chapter 2185: Chapter 2035: I Am Your Elder_5

"Ah hahaha let go!"

"Hey let me ask you, why did you scam Zhang Yanran?" Chu Xianling asked Song Xiaodong.

"Because she took my parking spot." Song Xiaodong answered.

The next day, Song Xiaodong returned to the Chinese medicine wholesale auction market.

Zhang Yanran was still there.

Zhang Yanran’s involvement in medicinal herb auctions and collections was just incidental. Knowing that Old Master Chu was weak and often ill, she thought of gifting some precious herbs on his birthday to improve relations with her leader Chu Huaiping. As a result, she stuck around and suddenly realized that this business was quite profitable, hence it became a habit. Although Song Xiaodong scammed her, spending two hundred thousand to gift Old Master Chu a Chinese rose, overall, she still made a slight profit.

So Zhang Yanran was still there, and Li Guofu and Mr Fang were present too.

"Mr. Song." Zhang Yanran saw Song Xiaodong and respectfully greeted him.

"Hmm." Song Xiaodong waved her away.

"Mr. Song, I am really sorry about yesterday." Zhang Yanran wanted to apologize to Song Xiaodong.

"Enough, let me take a look myself." Song Xiaodong gestured to Zhang Yanran to leave.

Zhang Yanran obediently left.

Song Xiaodong walked around, browsing, and bought some good stuff.

After a round, Zhang Yanran and Song Xiaodong bumped into each other again.

Zhang Yanran was looking at a piece of polygonum multiflorum.

Polygonum multiflorum is a perennial climbing vine, with thick tuberous roots, generally black-brown and oval-shaped, a revered traditional Chinese medicine ingredient.

The piece of polygonum multiflorum in the glass cabinet was over 20 centimeters long, entirely black-brown, resembling a human figure with a head, limbs, and even man’s privates.

Zhang Yanran looked at it with curiosity.

Mr Fang spoke to Zhang Yanran: "Polygonum multiflorum with roots as big as fists, red and white types, one male and one female, usually spindle-shaped or lumpy, curvy and rugged with irregular patterns, hard and difficult to break, the cut surface is generally pink or brownish-yellow, special cloud-patterns on the skin, bitter, sweet, and astringent taste."

"The older the polygonum multiflorum, the higher its medicinal value. Hence, the valuation is mainly based on its age, which is judged by the width of growth rings similar to tree rings. Fast growth indicates a short age, while dense rings suggest slow growth, long age, stronger efficacy, and higher value." Mr Fang explained.

"This one, judging by its size and growth ring patterns, I estimate it to be at least three hundred years old." Mr Fang concluded.

"What do you think, Elder Mr. Li?" Zhang Yanran asked Li Guofu.

Li Guofu examined it and told Zhang Yanran: "Miss Zhang, this piece of polygonum multiflorum is indeed quite old as you can see the pattern and the color and texture. Mr Fang is right, at least three hundred years!"

Zhang Yanran was tempted again, but seeing Mr. Song, she respectfully approached and asked Song Xiaodong: "Mr. Song, what do you think of this polygonum multiflorum?"

Song Xiaodong glanced briefly and disdainfully said, "Trash."

Zhang Yanran nodded, saying: "Since Mr. Song says so, I won’t buy it."

Mr Fang and Li Guofu felt slapped in the face.

Mr Fang, unconvinced, coldly retorted to Song Xiaodong: "Mr. Song, this is clearly a three-hundred-year-old polygonum multiflorum, yet you call it trash—is it intentional sabotage?"

"Exactly, I’ve practiced medicine my whole life, never met such an arrogant youth."

Song Xiaodong smiled at Zhang Yanran and said: "Scammed you two hundred thousand, today consider it compensation."

"Huh?" Zhang Yanran didn’t understand.

"Let me ask you, you can suspect I’m a shill, but did it never occur to you that there might be other shills?" Song Xiaodong asked Zhang Yanran.

"What? What are you talking about?" Mr Fang became anxious.

"The Qi Nan Agarwood is real, but Mr Fang rated it a grade too high. The Lingzhi is surely cultivated, made to look wild exactly, but you can’t fool me as I know the whole Lingzhi fraud industry chain. As for the last piece of ginseng, only the root hairs are genuine wild mountain ginseng; the main body is definitely farmed, and not faked as radish is considerate enough. Am I right, Mr Fang? Elder Mr. Li?" Song Xiaodong questioned Mr Fang and Li Guofu.

Their faces alternated between red and white.

"You all?" Zhang Yanran suddenly realized.

Song Xiaodong fooled Zhang Yanran the first time he met her, let alone with seasoned players like Mr Fang and Li Guofu?

"You two joined forces to cheat me?" Zhang Yanran asked Mr Fang and Li Guofu.

"Even the auction organizers are involved." Song Xiaodong added.

"Miss Zhang, why would we deceive you? We’ve been with you for so long; you mustn’t believe a stranger over us!" Mr Fang hurriedly explained to Zhang Yanran.

"Hmph, cheaters never confess." Song Xiaodong mocked from the side.

Actually, even the ginseng from that day was fake, and Song Xiaodong saw through it, but he didn’t say anything as he was waiting for Zhang Yanran to fall into the trap.

"Don’t falsely accuse me, you are slandering me, liable for imprisonment, aren’t you afraid of me taking you to court!" Li Guofu pointed at Song Xiaodong.

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"Please do!" Song Xiaodong expressed, "Feel free to perform."

"Hmph, I’ll go to the court right now to sue you for defamation!" Li Guofu stood up to leave.

Mr Fang followed him, both went downstairs together.

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