Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade by Mr. Adeel

Chapter 206 Choosing Antiques On Portabello Street

He knew if Jessica revealed his identity as the chairman of Four Seas Corporation, the whole birthday dinner would be ruined as everyone’s attention would be on him.

He didn’t want to steal the old lady’s thunder at her own birthday dinner.

“Then how should I address you?” Jessica asked after a brief pause..

“My name. What else?” Alex was amused.

“Okay,” Jessica responded.

“Let’s go find your gift,” Alex urged.

“Alright,” Jessica nodded her head and followed Alex around to look at the street stalls.

“That stall has a lot of stuff. Why don’t we go there?” Suddenly, Jessica pointed at a stall and suggested. That particular stall wasn’t even a stall. It was just antiques spread all over a plastic sheet on the ground. There were silverware, jewelry, paintings, ceramics, and pottery on that plastic sheet.

Alex glanced over the stuff and immediately determined that they were all fakes.

The stall owner was a tanned and skinny man dressed in dirty denim jeans. His hair was disheveled and greasy, as if he hadn’t washed it in days. At first glance, he looked like a man trying to make an honest living.

knew that was all just appearances. The

stall, so he was

headed

the stall owner as

for me, and it

A hundred grand?

glanced at the gold bracelet in Alex’s hand and started talking

hundred grand? That expensive?” Jessica gasped in shock.

Of course it’s expensive,” the owner responded

grinned and put the bracelet back. He picked up a horse ornament and inquired, “What

looked at it and said, “This is a treasure my great–grandfather found in an ancient

your ancestors are rich, huh? If you have so many family heirlooms, why Would you sell

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and mass–produced. The total cost was only around a few hundred, so Alex couldn’t

that most of the items

words made sense. The owner wouldn’t dare to sell expensive antiques

at a cheaper price.” The owner hurriedly offered when he saw Alex stand up to