<h4>Chapter 796: Chapter 0798: Appraising the Wooden Fish</h4>


    Meanwhile, outside Chu Ge’s vi, a car slowly pulled to a stop nearby. Inside were two people.


    Man Sha couldn’t help but feel dumbfounded as she looked at Uncle Liu, "Master, you’ve put so much effort into delivering that wooden fish to Chu Ge’s hands; did you really not consider that he might not believe in such an unanticipated windfall?"


    Uncle Liu red back at her and snorted, "Quiet, you. If it wasn’t for your refusal to help me deliver the wooden fish to Chu Ge, would I have had to exert so much effort? I nearly got beaten up by Miss Man Sha, who mistook me for a lunatic."


    Man Sha grimaced. Was she expected to take a gift and actively seek a good rtionship with Chu Ge?


    She certainly wasn’t willing to do that.


    Man Sha huffed, turning away to murmur, "Knowing Chu Ge as I do, I’m sure he’s already tossed that wooden fish aside by now. With the conference approaching and so much happening, Chu Ge is way too cautious to easily trust something sold by a stranger for a mere two hundred yuan."


    Uncle Liu was about to burst with frustration at Man Sha’s words. He red at her, "Zip it. If you bber one more word, get out of the car!"


    Man Sha promptly mped her mouth shut. She had no intention of getting out; it wasn’t easy to catch a taxi from here.


    Uncle Liu, seeing Man Sha quiet down, continued to stare at Chu Ge’s vi. But what good was staring? He couldn’t see anything significant inside.


    Uncle Liu was genuinely exasperated. Should he find an excuse to just walk into the vi?


    With this thought, Uncle Liu’s gaze drifted onto Man Sha, and as a sly smirk spread across his face, a sh of inspiration struck his mind. Man Sha felt a shiver down her spine at his cunning smile.


    Rubbing her arms, Man Sha eyed Uncle Liu warily, "Master, why are you looking at me like that? What are you nning to do?"


    Every time he looked at her in this way, it spelled nothing good. She hade to dread that look from her master.


    Uncle Liu coughed lightly, then said to Man Sha, "Let’s go. We’re going in."


    Man Sha was taken aback and didn’t even have the time to react before Uncle Liu dragged her out of the car with such swiftness that Man Sha barely had a chance to process what was happening.


    "Are you joking, Master? You want to go in?" Man Sha looked at Uncle Liu in shock, not understanding why he was doing this.


    Besides, what were they to say once inside? Were they to tell Chu Ge that the wooden fish was actually from them, with the intention of helping him boost his martial arts skills rapidly to shine at the uing conference?


    He wouldn’t believe them if they told him! In Chu Ge’s eyes, Uncle Liu was still merely a carpenter. How could he possibly possess a top-tier secret martial arts manual?


    Man Sha looked at Uncle Liu, perplexed, and asked, "Master, are you nning to reveal your true identity to Chu Ge?"


    Wouldn’t disclosing this be too rming? To directly tell him that Uncle Liu was in fact Dao Liu, one of the Five Immortals?


    Such news would indeed be a lot for anyone to take in.


    However, Man Sha was quite curious to see Chu Ge’s reaction upon discovering Uncle Liu’s true identity.


    Uncle Liu gave Man Sha an exasperated look. Though she was already thirty-one, her thinking, just like her appearance, seemed as naive as that of a child.


    Uncle Liu was too weary to even critique her.


    With hands sped behind his back, Uncle Liu walked straight up to Chu Ge’s door and rang the doorbell.


    Soon after, Chu Ge opened the door and was momentarily stunned to see Uncle Liu standing there, "Uncle Liu? What brings you here?"


    Chu Ge was followed by Gu Tong, and he looked at them with some confusion.


    "What happened?"


    Chu Ge invited Uncle Liu and Gu Tong into the house, then asked with bewilderment.


    Uncle Liu’s face had been looking rather grim ever since he entered, staring angrily at Gu Tong, he said: "It’s all because of this guy who pissed me off. He suddenly told me he didn’t want to work at the Gambling Stone Field anymore. He was supposed to be at work today, but he just impulsively skipped work. Isn’t that infuriating?"


    Gu Tong, a look of utter confusion on his face, suddenly felt like he had been used as scapegoat by his master.


    He was about to say something with his lips parted, but then he caught Uncle Liu’s warning nce and, swallowing hard, closed his mouth somewhat speechlessly.


    Leaving Uncle Liu to single-handedly stage the act.


    Poor Gu Tong, what kind of fate had he encountered? He knew that being suddenly called out by Uncle Liu today spelled trouble.


    Chu Ge looked at Gu Tong with suspicion – he was fine during lunch, so what changed in the afternoon?


    "Gu Tong, do you have some difficulties?"


    Chu Ge asked.


    Gu Tong felt like crying without tears. Difficulties? Of course, he had them. His difficulty was that his master had sold him out!


    He must be a fake apprentice!


    Uncle Liu, still ring at Gu Tong, said: "Hmph, what difficulty could he have? He must be just seeking fun again. Mr. Chu, this rtive of mine is actually not a bad person at heart; he just likes to y a little too much. Could you give him another chance?"


    Chu Ge was as confused as a monk at a loss, he hadn’t said he didn’t want Gu Tong, and it seemed like it was Gu Tong who didn’t want to continue, wasn’t it?


    If he hadn’t misunderstood, that should be the case, right?


    Chu Ge looked up at Gu Tong, "Gu Tong, do you still want to keep working at the Gambling Stone Field?"


    Gu Tong was even more dismayed. Before this moment, he had hoped he could continue working there, because the Gambling Stone Field had allowed him to experience a different life. But now, with such a drama king as a master, he really didn’t want to keep on.


    Gu Tong heaved a sigh, but now it wasn’t up to him to say no.


    He could only stiffen his resolve and say, "I do."


    Uncle Liu nodded satisfactorily, but his gaze quickly caught the wooden box on the table, his eyes flickering.


    "Since you’re willing, then you’ll continue to stay at the Gambling Stone Field."


    Although Chu Ge did not know exactly what had happened between Gu Tong and Uncle Liu, since Uncle Liu came personally for Gu Tong’s matter, he also wanted to give face. So anyway, as long as Gu Tong was still willing to stay, he was willing to retain him.


    Uncle Liu pointed at the wooden box on the table and eximed: "What’s in this box? It looks so exquisite."


    "There’s a wooden fish inside." Chu Ge replied. Thinking of Uncle Liu’s true identity, he wanted to have him appraise whether there was anything fishy about this wooden fish, so he answered truthfully: "It was bought by my friend who was forcefully stopped on the street and pushed to buy it."


    Exining it this way was not wrong either, Gu Tong, suppressing a smile, wasn’t it just purchased being strong-armed by Uncle Liu?


    From the initial US$ 1,000 to 500 yuan, and finally the transaction at two hundred yuan, if it wasn’t for Miss Man Sha’s understanding of jade, perhaps the wooden fish would not have been bought.