The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 28 Deal is Deal

“Two million is definitely out of the question! For these three items you have, Jessica, I can only offer two hundred thousand.”

“One million eight hundred thousand!”

“One hundred eighty thousand.”

Nicholas’s counteroffer left Jessica stunned.

“Smiley Nick, what do you mean by this?”

“Jessica, I wasn’t particularly interested in your items to begin with. Since you’re calling out random prices, it’s only fair I can too! I never planned on buying them. However, I can totally accept if you want to sell at the price I offered.”

that even though the items were forgeries, their total value was around five hundred thousand dollars. If he could get them for a mere one hundred eighty thousand, he’d essentially be pocketing a profit of three hundred

not enough for you? You want to keep scamming

right. Since you wanted to buy antiques, there’s always a risk involved! If

– you can’t blame me. And to claim that I’m trying to scam you again, that’s even less correct. You’re aware these forgeries are valued at five hundred thousand in the market, yet you called out a price of two million, clearly aiming to deceive me for my money. I naturally can’t accept that, so my offer of one hundred eighty thousand is purely self- defense. Of course, the choice is yours – you can simply choose not to sell. Auctiq has been operating for over three hundred years,

no one would be willing to buy them. The risk associated with such forgeries was high. Even with a genuine

offer more than one hundred thousand because the sale

Genuine antiques are difficult to match with the

even harder to sell

in Delvin Hub was its vast network of clientele. In the whole of Delvin Hub, only

antiques.

that way, Smiley Nick,

commanded Daniel, “Pack