Chapter 20 Overthrow Justice
"I've already paid you the money. How can you say that you can't sell it to me now? Are you toying with me?" Lu Chen's expression darkened as his hand slightly gave way, avoiding the shop
owner's snatch.
Everyone also looked at the shop owner one after another. They felt that the shop owner had crossed the line. He has already sold the item, but now that he finds that it was sold for too cheap, he wants it back. This is so unreasonable!
Nevertheless, they also understood why the store owner did so. After all, Professor Yu had offered 100,000 right after he sold it for 2,000. If they were the store owner, they would definitely be very frustrated too.
"You haven't left my shop yet, so it's up to me whether to sell it to you or not." The shopkeeper's expression turned
grim, ready to threaten Lu Chen.
"We have already paid for the item so how can you refuse to sell it to us? How can you be so unreasonable?" Lin Yijun was dissatisfied.
In the beginning, she certainly hoped that the store owner would not sell it to Lu Chen, but now, she thought otherwise.
Even Professor Yu, the big shot in the antiques industry, offered 100,000 for this clay cup. This clay cup was definitely an ancient cultural relic, so of course they would not return it to the store owner.
"Fine, then I will reason with you now.
You just stole my ancient relics, so how can I just let you off the hook?" The store owner looked at Lin Yijun mockingly.
When Lu Chen looked around in the store and realized that there weren't any
security cameras installed, he immediately understood that the store owner was going to rough them up.
"Lu Chen, let's go. I don't think that he would rob us in broad daylight." Lin
Yijun snorted coldly, dragging Lu Chen out of the shop.
"Go? Do you think that I'll just let you go without getting my cup back?" the shop owner sneered and clapped his hands mockingly.
At the same time, several muscular men slowly walked over from the corner and surrounded them.
These men were all strong and tall, and they obviously came with malicious intentions.
Silently, they surrounded Lu Chen and the two others.
Lin Yijun was immediately frightened by the big men. She held Qiqi to her tightly as she hid behind Lu Chen.
"Young man, if you sell the cup to me now, I can help to put in a word for you." Yu Zhengtao looked at Lu Chen and smiled at him, obviously not taking the few muscular men seriously.
The store owner's expression changed slightly. He only dared to treat Lu Chen this way because he was sure that Lu Chen was just an ordinary man.
But Yu Zhengtao was different.
He was the big shot in the antique world, and he had a wide network of contacts. Although the shop owner had some influence, he dared not provoke Yu Zhengtao.
"Young man, Professor Yu just stood up for you. You should be grateful and sell the cup to him."
"Yeah, otherwise you will be sued for stealing someone else's ancient cultural relic."
The others had also started to persuade Lu Chen as if they were worried for him.
"We have clearly bought the item. How can you say that we stole it? We even paid him for it!" Lin Yijun exclaimed angrily.
What is wrong with these people? Everyone here is a customer as well. It's so obvious that the store owner is Intentionally falsely accusing us. How could they just blindly jump to conclusions?
If this happened to you guys, wouldn't you be angry too?
"Young man, there's a saying 'only the capable deserves the best'. Even if you really bought this cup, you must be capable enough to keep it. Otherwise, you'll only bring trouble to yourself," an old man shook his head and said.
"What do you mean by 'even if we bought it? We had already bought this Item. How can you say that it's not ours when we've already paid? This is a nomocratic society. I don't believe that the police will falsely accuse us too!" Lin Yijun bellowed. She took out the phone in a fit of rage and prepared to call the police.
"Call the police all you want. We'll see which party the police would believe in,"
the shop owner sneered when he saw Lin Yijun taking out her phone.
As a matter of fact, he actually hoped for Lin Yijun to call the police. In that case, at least Lu Chen would be intimidated into selling the cup to Yu Zhengtao.
Meanwhile, Lin Yijun was shocked. She was no idiot herself. The store owner's attitude clearly showed that he had connections with the police. She and her husband were done for.
"Young man, I will give you another 50,000. Please reconsider," Yu Zhengtao said again.
When Lin Yijun heard that Yu Zhengtao added another 50,000 to the initial offer, she was even more certain that the cup in Lu Chen's hand was a treasure.
But considering the situation now, she pulled on Lu Chen's sleeves and pleaded, "Let's just sell it to Professor Yu."
Lu Chen smiled indifferently and said, "This is a gift for dad. I won't sell it no matter how much he offers."
Lin Yijun sighed in her heart, not knowing what else to say.
The store owner was more than relieved. If Lu Chen really sold it to Yu Zhengtao, he would be in a tough spot.
Since Lu Chen refused to sell, he could just snatch it back from Lu Chen.
"Hand over the cup, otherwise I will call the police. By then, it won't be a simple matter of theft anymore," the store owner threatened.
As soon as he said that, a few big men immediately prepared to grab it from Lu Chen.
Lu Chen took a step forward and hid Lin Yijun and Qiqi behind him. These big men were nothing in his eyes.
When everyone saw that the store
owner was going to forcefully snatch the cup away, they just shook their
heads and watched in amusement. None of them bothered to think about how frustrating it was to not receive any help in this kind of situation.
"Young man, I'll give you one last
chance. Are you going to hand over the cup?" the shop owner asked in a low
voice.
A glint flashed in Lu Cher's eyes. Then, he suddenly said, "I will hand over the cup, but you have to let my wife and child leave first."
He was not afraid of these big men, but he did not want to fight with them before his daughter.
"Fine, I will let them leave now." The shop owner laughed coldly and waved at his men. He was not afraid of Lu Chen running away anyway.
"Isn't it better if you just sell the wine glass to Professor Yu and leave together with us?" Lin Yijun asked,
confused. She felt that Lu Chen might go to the extremes.
"I asked you to leave so stop blabbering and do what I say. Go to your father's house first and wait for me there," Lu Chen commanded, unassailable.
Lin Yijun was a little worried as she was certain that Lu Chen was going to start a fight with the other party.
Even so, she knew that Lu Chen was a good fighter. Hence, she was not afraid of Lu Chen injuring himself.
When she thought about it again, she realized that Lu Chen asked her and her daughter to leave first because he did not want to fight in front of their daughter, fearing that he would negatively affect her.
Deep down, she also hoped that Lu Chen would teach this unfair store owner a lesson, so she said, "Then please be careful."
Upon saying that, she went out with Qiqi in her arms.
"Young man, hand over the cup now," after Lin Yijun left with Qiqi, the shopkeeper said impatiently.
Lu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "What if I don't give it to you?"
"Don't give it to me?" The shop owner smiled. "Don't you know who I am? Let me be honest with you. If you hand over the cup now, I will refund your 2,000. Otherwise, not only will I break your arm, I will also send you to prison."
"Break my arm? Well, since you're rushing to your deathbed, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Lu Chen smiled mockingly, then he took out his phone and made a call.
Zhang Sanyuan smiled when he saw Lu Chen calling for backup.
Yu Zhengtao and the others also shook their heads.
Although Zhang Sanyuan was not very influential, he had connections in both the legal and the underground scene.
Apart from big shots like Yu Zhengtao, even the rich dared not offend him, let alone ordinary citizens.
Seeing how stubborn Lu Chen was, he certainly had to teach him a lesson. today.