Chapter 13


    Gunther was Hailey’s father. The name rang a bell to Oliver, but he did not know he was Hailey’s father.


    Gunther thought it was unreliable for her daughter’s store manager to buy antiques. He nced at the


    box opened by Oliver and asked, “Hailey, how much did you spend on these things?”


    Hailey bragged, “It cost me 4 million dors until I almost emptied everything in my store. Dad, buy it,


    please. I know you like calligraphy and painting.”


    Gunther knew she was bluffing about it, but he believed the money must have been spent, so he


    reached out to look.


    Gabriel, an antiquities expert, was having tea with Gunther too.


    Gabriel, formerly a professor of Archeology in the Department of Archeology at Jacaster University, had


    been associating with him. After he retired, he became Gunther’s assistant.


    Gabriel took out a painting from the box and scanned it before he gasped in wonder.


    They fumbled with the box full of 55 items. After that, Gunther nced at Gabriel in surprise.


    Gunther’s expression was mirrored on Gabriel’s face as well. He stared at Oliver and asked, “Have you


    carefully checked on each item?”


    Oliver nodded, thinking there was no need to hide it since he was Hailey’s father. He answered


    honestly, “Yes, I think they are all authentic. We paid 1.57 million dors for all 55 items. I don’t know if


    it will be a loss or not…”


    “1.57 million dors?” Gabriel smiled in surprise and looked at Gunther as he thought to himself,


    “Hailey’s store manager is so lucky. It will not be less than 4 million dors if all these items are sold!”


    lucky


    as this


    Gunther sighed and red at Hailey again. “You won’t give up until I get mad at you. You will not


    always be as time. I advise you to recycle your items. Believe me, you won’t suffer significant losses


    from it.”


    “You just don’t want me to do well, do you? You always want me to lose money, but I never lose it.”


    Hailey was not convinced.


    Gunther admitted defeat and sighed. “Okay. I’ll offer you 4 million dors to buy these things. Is that


    okay?”


    “Now we are talking!” Hailey smiled with satisfaction. Then she took the lynx skin and gold-sped


    jadeite ring from her bag andid it before her father. “There are two more pieces left. How much are


    you willing to offer?”


    Gunther shook his head with a bitter smile and picked up the lynx skin without saying a word. However,


    when he scanned it, his facial expression changed. He looked at it again and handed it to Gabriel.


    “Gabriel, look!”


    Gabriel took it over, and he turned solemn as well. Then he picked up a magnifying ss on the coffee


    table and observed it.


    Gunther picked up the gold-sped jadeite ring and observed it too. Then, he asked his daughter,


    “How did you get these two items?”


    Hailey pointed to Oliver and said, “He made an offer for these two things. They cost 100 thousand


    dors together. I don’t know what they are.”


    Gunther stared at Oliver and asked, “Do you know what this is? How could you get the items by only


    offering 100 thousand dors?”


    Oliver pondered for a while before answering, “Well, I did not have any reference either. There is a map


    crafted on the lynx skin. The map pattern is unrefined, but the gold-sped jadeite ring looks more


    valuable. The gold button should be pure gold, and its quality was not bad. The jade ring was hollow


    with a miniature carving inside, but the most valuable part was…”


    Gunther and Gabriel shot a look at each other without saying a word. Then, their gaze fell upon him


    again.


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    Oliver said to Hailey, “Ms. Fox, please find a ss, fill it with some water, and get a shlight for me.”


    Hailey didn’t know what he wanted to do, so she nodded and returnedter with a delicate shlight


    and a ss of water.


    Under their gaze, Oliver poured some water into the jade ring, put the ring on the shlight, and then


    turned on the switch.


    A beam of light shone out, and Oliver pulled away the lynx skin that was as big as a foot and put it


    under the beam of light.


    Hailey was also surprised that a three-dimensional map emerged from the lynx skin at this time. There


    were mountains, trees, rivers, and streams. The gurgling water was flowing between the rocks in the


    river.


    Gunther and Gabriel also bent down and stared at the map in awe-striking silence.


    When he looked at the gold-sped jadeite ring, he could see a carving of miniature stones in the


    hollow. He never thought there would be such a secret surprise in the ring!


    He couldn’t have discovered the secrets inside the lynx skin if Oliver did not use a shlight and the


    water to illuminate light


    on it.


    The process was so important.


    The miniature carving could be seen with a special magnifying ss, but it would be impossible for him


    to find the secret


    inside


    Oliver showed them the secret and then ced the lynx skin back on the coffee table.


    Gunther suddenly changed his impression of Oliver. He took the gold-sped jadeite ring and held it in


    his hand as he asked Oliver, “How did you know this secret? And do you know what the map


    indicates?”


    Oliver shook his head and smiled sheepishly, saying. There are words in the miniature carving inside


    the jade ring. Henry’s treasure map is also known as the Seven-Star treasure map. One-third of the


    map is in lynx skin, and one-third is in gold-sped jadeite ring, but I’m not sure where the one-third left


    is. As for the treasure map. I do not trust it as it only appeared in the movies, TV shows, or novels but


    not in real life.”


    Gabriel stared at him and surprisedly said, “Do you think it’s unreliable? The Seven-Star Treasure Map


    has a historical record. I think it is authentic since there is a real map now.”


    Oliver shook his head again. “Anyway, I’m not interested in these illusory kinds of things.”


    Gunther pped his hands and said, “Hailey, I’ll offer you 4 million dors for those paintings. I’ll give


    you 4 million dors for these two items as well. A total of 8 million dors will be credited to youter.”


    Hailey stretched her tender hand and said, “Okay, give me the money!”


    She spent about 1.8 million dors but earned 8 million dors. She earned a total profit of 6 million


    dors. This was a good deal.


    Gunther tapped his daughter’s head gently. Then, he took the check and signed a cash cheque for 8


    million dors before he passed it to her.


    As he saw his daughter hold the check cheerfully, Gunther smiled bitterly. But when he looked at Oliver,


    he became serious again as he asked, “What is your name?”


    “Oliver Eastwood, the store manager of Ms. Hailey Fox’s luxury second-hand upcycling store.”


    Gunther nodded, stared at him, and asked, “Oliver, you are so young; where did you learn your


    identification skills?” Although these items were not very valuable, their total value was over 2 million


    dors. Besides, they were all genuine products, which proved that this young man had real skills and


    sharp eyesight.


    The most important thing was Oliver knew the secret of the Lynx Map and gold-sped jadeite ring,


    which nobody could have discovered except the experts.


    Oliver pretended to be dumb and said, “I studied it all alone. Nobody ever taught me anything, I read it


    all from books.” “You learned it from the books?” Gunther and Gabriel burst intoughter upon hearing


    that.