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Shen Xingsui was a little confused about that Instructor Li question.
Fu Jinxiao looked at the dazed youth, his round eyes, his tilted face, his fair face was slightly red under the sun. His posture was completely defenseless, like a white, tender rabbit that he can clean up directly. Simple and cute.
Well, if Shen Xingsui didn’t understand what he meant, then he would just let it be.
The unhappiness in Fu Jinxiao’s heart dissipated when he saw the youth’s naïve appearance. He curled his lips, picked up the paper and said, “I’ll be at the farmer’s market later, no matter what I say, don’t make a sound.”
Shen Xingsui nodded.
Fu Jinxiao was a little surprised, “Are you not curious with my reason?”
Shen Xingsui turned his head to look at him directly. With a light smile in his warm eyes, bright and brilliant, he said softly, “I didn’t ask, because I believe in you.”
Fu Jinxiao’s pupils widened.
He has achieved many things in his life – becoming the pillar of a company, the heir of his famous family, and the idol of his fans. He has felt the highs of life, and yet, the excitement he felt inside his heart never reached this level of intensity. It beat erratically, filling his chest cavity with loud heart thumps.
Fu Jinxiao’s grin widened, showing a row of teeth. He half-jokingly said, “What if I take you and sell you off?
Shen Xingsui seemed to be caught off-guard, “I’m not worth much, am I?”
Fu Jinxiao couldn’t hold back a muffled laugh.
The audience in the live broadcast room were also chuckling along:
[What kind of fairy boy is this?]
[My Suisui, so cute.]
[lmao1the original is xswl or çŹ‘æ­»æˆ‘äș† “xiĂ o sǐ wǒ le”; I’m laughing to death., it seems to move Actor Fu too!]
[Ah, so this is how Fu-ge looks when he’s laughing whole-heartedly.]
“Just kidding,” Seeing his flustered appearance, Fu Jinxiao softened his heart a little. Finally, the car they’ve been waiting for just arrived at the market. As he walked towards the car, he said “I’m reluctant to sell you off.”
As he climbed into the car, Shen Xingsui almost slipped because he was startled.
The autumn sun was warm and comforting. As it traveled through Shen Xingsui’s body, it also warmed up his heart.
Fu Jinxiao, who had trailed behind him, said, “Why are you so absent-minded? Be careful.”
Shen Xingsui came back to his senses and  nodded in response. He was still smiling brightly, despite being tired thanks to the task, despite there were many unknown difficulties ahead.
Many times in the past, facing the established tragic fate, he felt like falling into darkness. He was very unreconciled, and did not want to give up. But fate had other things to say and he had to give up struggling directly.
But he knew that it’s different now. A flimsy candle lit up inside his heart, swaying in the wind, yet still burning brightly.
Waiting ahead for him was Fu Jinxiao.
His light.
The farmer’s market was full of fish and dragons2a mix of powerful people and commoners, and you can’t easily tell which is which., and there were all kinds of businesses. To find a good stall to sell fruits, the location was one of the cornerstones. In the end, Fu Jinxiao chose a place with convenient transportation and dense traffic. There was one empty booth left, but it was owned by the antique shop next door and was very expensive to rent.
Fu Jinxiao and Shen Xingsui looked at each other and walked into the store.
After briefly expressing his interest, the boss didn’t recognize Fu Jinxiao because he was wearing sunglasses, so he directly refused: “No, what do you mean 200 yuan for a day? Absolutely not.”
“Then how much do you propose?”
“At least 1,000.” The boss made the offer, “Otherwise, I’ll be reaping a loss. Take it or leave it.”
Fu Jinxiao nodded slightly, and said slowly to himself, “I see, this is going to be difficult
”
Shen Xingsui felt very uncomfortable beside him. He was doubtful if they still have 1,000 yuan after buying the fruits. Fu-ge himself was a ruthless person to lower the prince directly to 200 yuan, as they both know after asking around that the booth renting price was around 700 yuan. The boss was also black-hearted to hike the price up to 1,000 yuan.
The boss was real stubborn though.
Coincidentally, at this time, some customers came to the store. They were two female tourists. They came to look at the antiques in the store, and they were very interested when they saw a delicate and beautiful peach blossom bowl.
The boss said with an earnest tone, “Ahaha! These two young ladies really have good eyesight. As for this bowl, this was made during the early Western Zhou Dynasty
”
Just as the two tourists were about to pay for it, they noticed Fu Jinxiao and Shen Xingsui standing beside them, and they were a little curious, “Are you also here to buy things?”
These two men might wear sunglasses to hide their face, but they couldn’t hide their noble bearing. Especially the taller one – with broad shoulders, narrow waist, slender and long legs
 he was really attractive. It’s the kind of charm that would subconsciously attract people no matter what.
Fu Jinxiao’s voice was equally deep and magnetic, “We’re here to just look around.”
The two young ladies nodded as they took a few more sneaky glances at the eye-candy,  “Then do you like this Western Zhou bowl too?”
Fu Jinxiao said slowly, “It’s.. ah
 quite interesting, I would say.”
“And
” The man paused, hooked his lips, lowered his head a little, and said slowly, “According to my visual observation, this should not be from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but from last week.”
The store was quiet for a moment.
The boss, of course, was furious, “You don’t understand what you are talking about, my shop is full of authentic works!”
Fu Jinxiao raised his eyebrows as if to challenge him, “Really?”
The boss flinched, clearly feeling his guilty conscience. Fu Jinxiao’s sharp eyes noticed this, and took this opportunity to point at a vase. Then, he said, “This.. is the Yongle blue and white porcelain vase of the Ming Dynasty. It’s characterized by a round lid, with brocade patterns all over its body. It’s famous for its exquisite workmanship and natural and beautiful printing.”
The boss was confused, but he didn’t forget to boast his wares, “You are quite knowledgeable, this porcelain vase is the treasure of the shop.”
Fu Jinxiao raised his eyebrows. He walked to the vase, glanced roughly, and opened his lips, “It’s a pity that it’s a fake. The blue-and-white porcelain vases of the Ming Dynasty have always had a common feature, because of the technical limitations at that time, so when firing porcelain
”
A series of professional terminologies that people couldn’t understand at all came out of Actor Fu’s mouth. It made people in the shop stunned for a second.
The two tourists seemed to realize that something was wrong, and immediately refused to buy the peach blossom bowl.
The boss was also stunned stupid. He wanted to refute, but he felt faintly that he might have met an expert so he didn’t dare say anything at all. He could only angrily say, “Why would you want to ruin my business? Didn’t you just want to rent a stall? 200 is still too low, you know! Fine! 600 for a day is okay. Don’t make any more trouble!”
Fu Jinxiao had this rogue smile on him, “300 yuan.”
The boss was anxious, “300?? Do you want to steal my money?!”
Fu Jinxiao walked out, and said slowly, “Since we can’t talk about it
 well, isn’t the stall outside also yours? I’ll go and have a look, then.”
“
For you to be cruel, 500.”
Fu Jinxiao raised his eyebrows, “250.”
The boss was stunned by this man’s sheer audacity. “Why did you lower the price by 50? No, no, at least 500.”
Fu Jinxiao was as steady as an old dog, “200.”
The boss was furious, but he could only gritted his teeth, “Okay, okay, 300 is 300.”
Fu Jinxiao curled his lips and said, “Deal.”
He actually was content with getting 600-700 yuan as the renting fee, but who knows that his insistence could lower it to 300? It’s such a good location too, he won big this time.
After leaving the door, Shen Xingsui finally couldn’t help but said, “Teacher Fu, you are so amazing. How could you tell at a glance that the vase is fake? Where did you learn all of that?”
Fu Jinxiao answered nonchalantly, looking completely innocent, “Hm? At a glance? Of course I can’t. I was too far away to see it clearly.”
Shen Xingsui was taken aback, “Ah, then you
”
“It was to scare him at the time,” Fu Jinxiao walked outside, and said slowly, “As for those The basis for the identification is also my nonsense. He has a guilty conscience, so of course he won’t refute it.”
“
”
Shen Xingsui fell into silence.
The audience in the live broadcast laughed like crazy:
[This bullshitting technique is too high!!]
[You are really a thief.]
[Too bad I’m in love with such a doggy man!]
After Shen Xingsui doubted his life, he finally managed to say something, “But no matter what, we still have a big advantage!”
Fu Jinxiao tried to contact Shen Xingchen and Li Xu’an who were picking the fruit. Then, he asked Shen Xingsui, “Do you think that the antique shop’s boss is eating a loss?”
Shen Xingsui thought for a while, then nodded his head.
Fu Jinxiao was a little surprised, looked away from the phone, and asked, “Hm
 how to say this
”
Shen Xingsui tried to guess, “Ah, so uhm
 what you said was a mixture of truth and lies. But, the way that boss earns money is not righteous. I also don’t doubt that there are quite a few counterfeit antiques there.”
Fu Jinxiao smiled, “Little Comrade Shen has become smarter.”
Shen Xingsui choked up, why did it feel like Fu Jinxiao was praising a child? He was obviously not young anymore!
Netizens in the live broadcast room also sighed:
[Yeah, that unscrupulous boss definitely won’t lose money.]
[In the future, us fans will check that boss. He better only sell the real thing. Or else.]
[Hahahaha, with that kind of supervision, he won’t dare selling fakes anymore!]
[That kind of lying dog needs whips to be honest.]
The fruits picked by Shen Xingchen and Li Xu’an were delivered soon. The stall that they rented also had basically been cleaned up. It was almost noon by this time, but everyone was full of energy, no one was tired or hungry.
After the stall was set up, someone came to ask the price as they looked around.
After Shen Xingchen quoted the price, he wanted to help others weigh, but he didn’t know how to use this electronic scale3you know, the ones you see in the fruit counter in supermarkets?. He was dumbfounded and looked at Li Xu’an, “Can you?”
Li Xu’an shook his head, “I haven’t used this either.”
These young masters had never seen this kind of scales, let alone used them. Thankfully, Shen Xingsui stood up and said, “I will “
He took a bag, packed the fruits skillfully, then measured the weight on the electronic scale. Finally, he said to the buyer with a smile, “The total is 15.3 jin41 jin (æ–€) = 0.5 kg, you can pay it for 15 jin. Thank you for the purchase and come again~”
“Oh, 1 yuan per jin? That’s quite cheap for this quality. I also get a 30 jiao51 yuan = 10 jiao/mao (角) = 100 fen (戆). discount? Thank you, thank you.” The customer was satisfied, and they immediately pulled out their phone to pay.
Their payment code was just printed, and the payment can be completed after scanning.
When the first payment came in, the mobile phone at the stall rang the Alipay prompt. Although it was only 15 yuan, it inexplicably boosted morale and made everyone very excited.
Shen Xingchen smiled, “It’s sold!”
“We actually made a sale.” Shen Xingchen wiped the sweat off his face, “Suisui, you can use it? That’s not bad, ah!”
A shy smile appeared on Shen Xingsui’s face, “I used to work as a cashier when I was at my part-time job.”
Shen Xingchen praised him, “Amazing!”
When the cameraman got closer, the camera gave Young Master Shen a close-up shot. It let everyone see the stains on his face clearly. Because he was picking fruits, his whole body was dirty. The sunlight rays in Taohua Town were strong, the temperature was high, and his whole body was a little red from the sun. But the spiky-haired young man didn’t care at all. On the contrary, he actively promoted and recruited customers, “Fresh and organic6I actually have Words to say about the whole “organic” sale gimmick, but I’ll refrain this time. That would make me write 1k words at the lower end. Just keep in mind that it’s mostly a pure sales-pitch/gimmick. fruits! Good-quality fruit, all grown without pesticides! It’s okay if you don’t buy it, you can just have a look!”
The young master successfully gained the attention of the passersby, and slowly some potential customers began pouring in.
“This peach is too soft, sadly
”
“Can the price be cheaper?”
“Young man, hurry up, pack it, I’m in a hurry!”
Shen Xingsui responded one by one, actively communicated with the buyers, and answered when someone asked, “No problem, no problem. If there is a problem, you can get it for free~”
The weather in Taohua Town was too hot.
He stood there, talking and moving non-stop, his back was soaked in sweat. During “Starlight”, he was a shy, quiet kid. But now, he was much more vibrant and communicative. He worked hard without complaint, even his fair skin was flushed from the sun, but he didn’t complain one bit.
There was also a thin layer of sweat on Shen Xingsui’s forehead. He didn’t have time to fix his messy hair. He just casually wiped his face with a towel before going back to work. His delicate face revealed determination. When facing customers, his warm eyes always smiling, meticulous and patient, his long hair looks sunny and energetic.
Netizens in the live broadcast room were caught in this charm.
[He is so hardworking.]
[I agree, Suisui is really hardworking.]
[I didn’t like him before, because I thought he was such a boring person. But now, I suddenly understand his charm value!]
[The most adorable little cutie in the world~]
Slowly, even the audience felt the subtle changes in Shen Xingsui.
He was no longer so dull and suffocated. Since the broadcast of “Starlight”, he seemed to have slowly integrated into the group, opening himself. Like a bud of a flower on the edge of winter, once spring comes, it blossoms into a beautiful flower, delicate petals with vibrant colors. Now the whole world could see his beauty. Everyone felt this change was gratifying – watching a young man slowly cultivated himself into a better version of himself.
1the original is xswl or çŹ‘æ­»æˆ‘äș† “xiĂ o sǐ wǒ le”; I’m laughing to death.2a mix of powerful people and commoners, and you can’t easily tell which is which.3you know, the ones you see in the fruit counter in supermarkets?41 jin (æ–€) = 0.5 kg51 yuan = 10 jiao/mao (角) = 100 fen (戆).6I actually have Words to say about the whole “organic” sale gimmick, but I’ll refrain this time. That would make me write 1k words at the lower end. Just keep in mind that it’s mostly a pure sales-pitch/gimmick.