Shui Baba closed the door, unable to help but sigh again.
If he had known that Li Yang and Shui Xiang had completely confirmed their relationship while they were away, he would have been greatly surprised.
The next morning, after Li Yang had breakfast at home, he planned to go to the Rich Stone Gambling Market.
He still missed the feeling from last night.
However, just then, Er Dong called him, "Boss, something bad has happened, someone is here to challenge us!"
"Challenge? Who is it, is it still Boss Qin Yuliang?" Li Yang asked suspiciously.
"It's not him." Er Dong shook his head and said, "It's the boss of Han Bao Zhai, Master Xu Zhongding!"
"When did you offend him?"
"He's been blocking the door since early this morning, demanding a challenge. None of us can handle him. Please come quickly."
"It's him?"
Li Yang raised an eyebrow. This Xu Zhongding was truly petty. He had given him chances to save face several times, yet each time Xu Zhongding presented himself to be slapped.
And now he had the nerve to challenge him, he was truly a born scoundrel!
"Don't panic, he's no match for me. I'm coming over now."
"Okay, Boss, I'll try to hold him off first." Er Dong nodded quickly, but then glanced at Xu Zhongding, who had a cold expression on his face. He felt that this matter was very precarious.
Although the Qin family had been in the antique business for generations and were quite well-known among antique dealers in Jiangcheng, antique dealers' main job was business management, procurement, and sales, not appraisal.
Although Qin Yuliang had some skill, compared to Xu Zhongding, who was a genuine appraisal master with the title of antique master, there was no comparison.
Boss Li might be able to deal with Qin Yuliang, but he might not be able to deal with this Xu Zhongding.
Seeing him look over, Xu Zhongding said coldly, "When will that kid surnamed Li arrive!"
"Let me tell you, the rules of the antique circle have been around for a long time. If that kid doesn't dare to accept, hmph, then your antique shop cannot open for business and receive guests!"
"Yes, yes, I understand that, but our boss is really on his way. Could you please wait a bit longer?" Er Dong said bitterly.
This damn rule, who knows who first established it, but in the capital, some people treated it as a sacred decree, unshakeable.
Anyone who dared to defy the rules would be ostracized by the circle, and their fate would not be good.
However, most people didn't worry about it, as it had been more than ten years since someone blocked a shop and challenged it to the point of bankruptcy.
After all, how much hatred and enmity would that take?
They were all in the same trade, who could say they wouldn't face difficulties in the future?
If the reason for doing this to someone wasn't sufficient, what would others think?
You might be mighty when challenging, but later others might not be willing to be true friends with you, and the loss would be considerable.
No one expected that Xu Zhongding, the boss of Han Bao Zhai, who was quite far away, would come to challenge them, and even block their door so early in the morning.
Generally, challenges started around noon. After all, in the early morning, one should open the door auspiciously and leave some face.
"Isn't that Master Xu? Why is he here?"
"Probably here to cause trouble?"
"No way?"
"Why not? Look at what he's holding in his hand, and that frozen poker face. If he's not here to challenge, then my name is Zhang Yizhang written backward."
"I heard that Young Master Li picked up a huge bargain in front of Han Bao Zhai a few years ago and sold it for two or three hundred million. He's probably here for that reason?"
As the saying goes, good deeds don't go out, but bad deeds spread a thousand miles in an instant.
In just a moment, the news of Xu Zhongding challenging Li Hao Antique Shop spread like wildfire, attracting crowds of onlookers, blocking the entire street in front of the shop.
Some internet celebrities in the antique field, upon hearing this good news, did not invite any beautiful women to pose as online customers or show off their black silk benefits to the audience. Instead, they directly moved their live streaming equipment to the entrance, preparing to broadcast in real-time, and came up with many eye-catching live streaming titles.
Such as "Master Xu's Big Eyes vs. Young Master Li," "The Master Blocks the Door in the Morning, Actually for This Reason," "Jiangcheng's Famous Antique Master, Actually Bullying a Child in Public"…
In short, the titles were all made up, and the protagonist hadn't even arrived yet.
"Hey, why hasn't that kid surnamed Li arrived yet!" Xu Zhongding glanced at the crowded scene outside the door, becoming increasingly impatient.
Er Dong Chen chuckled, "He'll be here soon. Master Xu, would you like to have a cup of tea?"
"No!" Xu Zhongding said angrily, "Call him immediately and urge him! Don't tell me you're afraid of me and dare not come."
"Who said I'm afraid of you?"
Suddenly, a voice came.
Everyone looked over and saw a young man with a smiling face, staring at Xu Zhongding for a few moments, then suddenly appearing to realize something, he said, "Oh, it turns out it's my defeated opponent. You scared me; I thought you were saying I was afraid!"
"Hmph, you were just lucky the last few times. Do you really think you have the ability to compete with me?" Xu Zhongding said with a cold, old face. He immediately stood up from his seat, raised his arm, and handed a box to Li Yang, saying, "Kid surnamed Li, if I had known you were a descendant of the Li family before, I wouldn't have been careless, nor would I have let you get away with it and snatch the opportunity that should have been mine."
"I understand the previous part, but what do you mean by 'opportunity that should have been mine'?" Li Yang asked suspiciously.
Xu Zhongding snorted coldly, "Stop pretending to be ignorant! Didn't Boss Lou of Tong Jian Tie Ma Lou send you an invitation yesterday?"
"That was originally for me! For this, I have painstakingly studied appraisal techniques for so many years, all for this one opportunity, but you snatched it away!"
"I will absolutely not let you off!"
"Oh, I see. So that's why you're here." Li Yang suddenly understood. No wonder this guy hadn't gone mad a few days ago and was now coming to block the door in a frenzy. "But you've got one thing wrong. I've never stolen anything from you. The invitation was sent by Boss Lou. Before that, I had never even heard of the Treasure Gathering Basin Conference."
"Of course, you weren't qualified to hear about it!" Xu Zhongding said coldly.
Li Yang smiled, "Yes, yes, yes, I wasn't qualified to hear, but I was qualified to participate. You are very different; you always hear about it but are never qualified to participate."
"You!"
Xu Zhongding almost spat blood from anger, his eyeballs bulging, and he roared, "Enough nonsense! Today, I will make this old antique shop of yours a complete history!"
"Do you accept this challenge or not!"