"Uh, Chen Jie, you're not actually going to give Uncle Wang that broken jade pendant, are you?"
Ye Fan chuckled as he saw the jade pendant Chen Jie took out. It was indeed one of the five jade pendants he had bought from Yuzun Workshop for a hundred thousand yuan.
He loudly announced to everyone, "Everyone, the five jade pendants this guy bought were purchased with me from Yuzun Workshop."
"He bought five jade pendants in total back then, with a total value of 150,000 yuan. However, the owner of Yuzun Workshop, considering his relationship with the Wang family, only charged him 100,000 yuan."
"This means that the jade pendant he's presenting only cost him twenty thousand!"
After speaking, he looked at Chen Jie with a hint of mockery.
The crowd was momentarily stunned by his words.
Then, they shook their heads.
A jade pendant worth twenty thousand yuan, and he dared to claim it was better than someone else's jade Buddha worth 2.8 million?
This was beyond thick-skinned.
Even a dog would shake its head.
Wang Fa's expression also stiffened, and he gave Chen Jie a displeased look.
He had wanted to spare Chen Jie some face, but this young man, while having saved his life, was indeed unreliable in his actions.
Even if he had said he was in a hurry and hadn't prepared a gift, it would have been much better than presenting a twenty-thousand-yuan jade pendant and claiming it was superior to a jade Buddha worth over two million.
"Hmph, you don't know a good thing when you see it! This jade pendant of mine is a spiritual artifact; wearing it can protect the owner from harm. But your useless jade Buddha only brings bad luck. You dare to flaunt a disaster worth over two million?" Chen Jie said calmly.
Ye Fan angrily retorted, "Enough! I've had enough of your pretentious act! You say my jade Buddha brings bad luck, where is this bad luck?"
Chen Jie said mockingly, "What? Wasn't being beaten up at the entrance of Yuzun Workshop today your bad luck?"
Ye Fan was taken aback.
He quickly recalled that the jade Buddha had indeed been on him when he was dealt with by Poison Wolf.
But he soon sneered, "That was an accident, you charlatan! Now the jade Buddha is with Uncle Wang, why isn't he experiencing any bad luck?"
Chen Jie glanced at Wang Fa. In just a moment, under the influence of the jade Buddha, a considerable amount of malevolent energy had gathered between his brows, showing signs of an imminent outburst.
"Uncle Wang, quickly throw away the jade Buddha, or you'll have misfortune," Chen Jie advised.
"Hahaha... You're too jealous! You can't stand seeing what others have is better than yours, so you're telling him to throw it away. I..."
Before Ye Fan could say more, Wang Fa quickly stood up and said, "Alright, these are the well-intentioned gifts from you youngsters. It's not about how expensive they are. I accept both of your见面礼. Chen Jie, give me your jade pendant..."
As he spoke, he walked towards Chen Jie.
However, after taking just his first step, his foot inexplicably softened, and with a thud, he stumbled to the ground.
"Dad, what's wrong..." Wang Xiaoyan exclaimed in shock.
"I'm fine, my leg fell asleep. Let me have a drink of water." Wang Fa didn't think much of it and stood up to pick up the cup of water on the table.
Chen Jie sneered. This was more than just a leg falling asleep.
Sometimes, when bad luck strikes, even drinking cold water can lead to choking.
However, since Wang Fa didn't believe him, he couldn't be bothered to remind him further.
Gulp...
Ah!
As Wang Fa took a sip of the tea on the table, he suddenly spat out all of it with a "wow."
The temperature of the water in the cup was scalding hot, as if it had just been poured.
It burned his mouth as if it were on fire.
A servant nearby apologized repeatedly, "Sir, I'm so sorry. I just refilled your cup and forgot to remind you."
"Idiot, what are you doing? Get out!"
Having been embarrassed in front of everyone repeatedly, Wang Fa's temper flared, and he shouted.
The servant ran out, feeling wronged. The paper cup was so thin; he should have been able to feel the heat when holding it.
"Dad, be careful!" Wang Xiaoyan suddenly cried out.
Her delicate body lunged towards Wang Fa.
Then, with a whoosh, the ceiling fan, which had been rotating at high speed, fell directly onto the spot where Wang Fa had been standing.
If Wang Xiaoyan hadn't saved him, his head would have been sliced off.
However, just as Wang Fa was still trembling with lingering fear, the wires of the ceiling fan suddenly broke, and the exposed wires flew towards Wang Fa's exposed hand.
"Uh..."
The powerful electric current made Wang Fa's entire body tremble like a three-cylinder engine.
Even Wang Xiaoyan couldn't escape and was electrocuted.
Chen Jie had initially intended not to help Wang Fa, but seeing his fiancée being electrocuted and trembling, he frowned and stepped forward, pulling Wang Xiaoyan away and kicking the wires away.
"What's going on? What in the world is happening?" Wang Xiaoyan's body trembled like a frightened deer in Chen Jie's arms, deeply scared.
All of this was too bizarre.
In less than a minute, her father had almost met the Grim Reaper.
"I told you, that jade Buddha brings bad luck," Chen Jie said calmly.
Wang Xiaoyan's delicate body trembled slightly, and she quickly urged the still-stunned Wang Fa, "Dad, quickly throw away the jade Buddha!"
Ye Fan's face turned grim. "Uncle Wang is just having a run of bad luck. What does it have to do with my jade Buddha?"
However, Wang Fa now dared not dismiss Chen Jie's words. He immediately threw the jade Buddha he was holding outside the door.
Chen Jie, however, said calmly, "It's too late to throw it away now. The misfortune from the jade Buddha has already completely entangled Uncle Wang."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entryway cabinet next to Wang Fa suddenly had a leg break. Then, the entire cabinet toppled over and crashed towards Wang Fa's face.
"Ah!"
Wang Fa cried out in terror and, with all his might, crawled backward a step.
With a crash, the entryway cabinet shattered.
Wang Fa was filled with lingering fear. If it had hit him directly, his head would have exploded.
He stumbled backward repeatedly but soon felt a pain in his backside.
He turned around and his hair stood on end.
It turned out that a watermelon knife that had fallen from the entryway cabinet had lodged itself in the gap between the floor tiles. As he retreated, his crotch landed on the upright blade.
In an instant, his entire crotch was slashed open, bleeding like a woman's menstrual flow.
One more step, and his manliness would have been split in half vertically.
If he had harbored any doubts about Chen Jie before, he now had none.
To become a eunuch because of this would be a laughingstock, worse than death.
"Son-in-law! Save me quickly!" Wang Fa pleaded with Chen Jie.
He regretted everything, regretting that he hadn't taken Chen Jie's words seriously.
Everything that had happened was too coincidental. He had almost died in his own living room, while others were unharmed, which spoke volumes.
At that moment, he wished he could kill Ye Fan. This wasn't a gift of a jade Buddha; it was an attempt on his life.
Chen Jie said calmly, "It's too late. Once misfortune erupts, even I can't resolve it. During this period, you can only try to avoid it, and only when the misfortune is exhausted can things return to normal. Anyone who approaches you during this time will be implicated."
As these words were spoken.
Everyone immediately distanced themselves from Wang Fa.
Just moments ago, Wang Xiaoyan had been a living example.